BMF (2021) s03e04 Episode Script

1
Look, man, you come in
here acting like Moses,
but me and mine we ain't
wandering around the desert
with your ass no more.
Well, you gonna die of thirst
without me then, partner.
Got to stop putting money
into Greeny's pockets
and bet on yourself
You different.
I'm from Child Protective Services.
I'm here to ensure he's
in a safe environment.
Look, we're responsible
parents, all right?
Those three-letter folks,
they have a track record
for ruining Black families.
Letting you walk away, it's
one of my biggest regrets.
[BRYANT] Why don't you just tell me
what the fuck I got to do
and let's get on with it?
You could escort a
shipment I got coming.
If you want your
flight to land smoothly,
you need to find a ship
that can hide in plain sight.
- [GUNSHOT]
- [GRUNTS]
- [GUNSHOTS]
- [GRUNTING]
[GREENY] Don't you ever
forget your place, a'ight?
I run the show. You hear me?
I run the motherfucking show!
What the fuck? What the fuck is
[MEECH] You fucking snake.
I don't talk to basura.
You fucked Boom's esposa.
You want Demetri? You
take your ass to Atlanta.
He's with Ty's crew.
Demetri es muy rápido.
How much, uh, to start?
Two fifty?
[KID FROST'S "LA RAZA"]
Raza, raza ♪
♪
The foreign tongue I'm
Speaking is known as Calo ♪
Y sabes que loco ♪
that's impressive,
wait till you see how I stack your money
when the first shipment arrives.
You're so cool That
I'ma call you a culo ♪
You're just a peewee
You can't get none ever ♪
[COUGHING]
You good, Loco?
♪
I speak English.
You want your money up front or later?
[PERSON] Later is fine.
[MEECH] No doubt. Give me the details.
♪
Okay.
Yeah.
- [LOCO] ¿Qué dijo?
- We good. Muy bueno.
they don't give you
no work without dinero.
We got nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
Macomb Airport in Detroit.
I'm gonna send my brother
Tee over there to pick up.
No, no, no.
♪
Okay.
I'll go, Loco.
♪
[R&B MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
- [ANGEL] Enjoying the view?
- Can't even lie. I kind of was.
Hey, you got my sweatshirt on?
- [SIGHS] It was on the floor.
- [CHUCKLES]
Whatever.
Man, what you doing?
Where you going? Why you packing?
It's your space. I don't
want to be in the way.
Man, come on, I told you to
stay here as long as you want.
Mi casa es su casa.
♪
It's pretty.
I ain't never had a real
home, just a backpack.
Made it this far by making sure
everything I had could fit in it.
A tree's got roots,
and I got legs, so
Angel, you ain't talking
about hustling dudes no more, are you?
You done with that shit.
What am I supposed to do, Meech?
Use your God-given
talent, keep dancing,
and hold your head high.
Look, from now on, you
making all your money.
You're not giving shit to nobody else.
I need to go out of town for a few,
but I'm gonna leave some
guys here to watch the house.
- Well, where are you going?
- To the D on some business.
What if Greeny comes by looking for me?
He's not, trust me.
Make sure you safe.
Well, I guess I should give
you something to miss, then.
[MEECH] Hold on.
♪
Your love is where it's at ♪
♪
Girl, I need you More than that ♪
Your love is where it's at ♪
♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Well, damn, them cravings
is really kicking in, huh?
Yeah, I guess.
[SIGHS]
Look, Wanda, for real,
all this CPS stuff,
it's gonna work itself out.
- I'm really scared, Tee.
- [TERRY] I know.
You just really have to trust me.
Terry, trust ain't the
word when it comes to you.
But [SIGHS]
I guess I just got to have faith
it'll all work out, right?
I promise you
ain't no one gonna fuck
with our family, all right?
[ROLAND] Tee, come on, man.
She already pregnant.
We don't need y'all making
another baby up in this bitch.
[LAWANDA] Ha ha, very funny.
Fuck you, Roland.
Yo! Yo!
Hey, when is that shipment coming in?
You know, some of our
clients are getting antsy.
Yo, can we just chill
on that for a second?
Just deal me a good hand, please.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, BELL RINGS]
[HOOP] Is that
Yo, the king has returned!
[LAUGHTER, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Rollie Rol.
[ROLAND] Hey, Meechie
Motherfucker Meech.
- [MEECH] You know that.
- What?
[GRUNTS]
My mama told me you was looking
out for her while I was gone.
I appreciate that, dawg, for real.
Ain't no thang. She family.
You know that. How
little man been doing?
Man, he doing good, man.
Thanks for the gift you got him.
Little man already fitted in
Gucci thanks to Uncle Meech.
You know that ain't nothing, man.
Hey, y'all know y'all need four
people to play spades, right?
Let's get it. How my boy Duffy doing?
Crazy as a motherfucker always
trying to jump on somebody ass.
[STERL SCOFFS] That
sound like that nigga.
[TERRY] What the fuck
is going on? Oh, shit.
[MEECH] Damn, One-Eye Terry.
Can you pretend to be happy to
see your brother for a minute?
I'm only here for a
limited amount of time.
Why you got all these goddamn
baby pictures up of me, nigga?
I can't even tell that's me.
Demetrius, why are you here?
[MEECH] Nigga, what's your problem?
Yo, cut me some slack.
This this CPS shit really
been stressing me out, man.
I'm gonna keep it real with you.
- I think Markisha called CPS.
- No, Markisha did not.
Them niggas need to stop saying that.
- How you know?
- In fact, she's helping me.
She's trying to hook me up
with a judge who can help.
God, I don't want to talk
about it no more, all right?
Shipment coming
tomorrow, Macomb Airport.
Okay, it's about damn
time. What was the holdup?
Javier was nervous about the pilots,
but I need you running distro.
You know Loco don't
trust your ass already.
He don't want you making the trip.
Why the fuck not?
First impression's everything, nigga,
and you already fucked that up.
Okay, so let me get this straight.
You're going to drive
all the way to Macomb,
in an area that's
whiter than Wonder Bread,
with 250 keys and no
fucking driver's license?
I don't need a driver's license
to drive 250 keys, nigga.
I'm not pulling over, period.
Not only can the cops hem you up,
but now you got Bryant to
be on the watch-out for.
That nigga just linked
with crazy-ass Henrietta,
who's not a fan of me neither.
So is it still worth the fucking risk?
Loco saved my life, Tee.
This is our first delivery with him.
I can't fuck this up,
or this falls back on me.
So, yes, fuck, yes, the
risk is worth the reward.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
I know Hoop getting his ass kicked.
- [HOOP] Hell, nah.
- [PERSON] Hell, yeah.
[OLDER TERRY] What people forget
about the "Parable of the Prodigal Son"
is that it's about two brothers.
One brother lost, and the other returns.
And with Meech back,
he was calling the shots
like he was the king of the D again.
He might've been willing to
take chances that I wasn't,
but this time,
I couldn't tell if he
was just careless as fuck
or a mastermind in the making.
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
[CHARLIE] I got
everything On the line ♪
Out here I'm on the grind ♪
Trying to get mine ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
A nigga move the weight ♪
Trying to get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand ♪
It go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
[50 CENT] The D's
ain't that good ♪
These niggas is ratting ♪
They tell them what's going on ♪
That's how they
know what's happening ♪
I'm riding with the top down ♪
Trunk full of yola ♪
Ghetto pharmaceutical ♪
I move that Coca-Cola ♪
Thousand grams of pure ♪
Though I fuck with the weirdos ♪
They snort away the pain ♪
Bang their dope in their vein ♪
Shorty crying Christmas ain't coming ♪
Her pop's locked up ♪
When it hurts the worst ♪
Your ace find out she knocked up ♪
Welfare ain't an option ♪
When the Feds come knocking ♪
It's all fucked up so wish me luck ♪
[CHARLIE] At least
You could wish me luck ♪
A nigga move the weight ♪
Trying to get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand ♪
It go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake ♪
It's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Wish me luck ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪
Wish me luck ♪
All you got to do
is wish me luck, yeah ♪
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
[SIGHS]
I miss you, Che Che.
Hey.
♪
When they say the universe
works in mysterious ways,
I was hoping they
weren't talking about you.
I just wanted to see for
myself if you were okay.
Well, you must have been transporting
something pretty important
to have the PA Boys
and BMF following you.
I came back to save you. I
didn't have to, but I did.
Fuck you, Bryant.
What do you want? A thank-you?
I'm gonna find out what kind
of bullshit you're up to,
and when I do, I'm slapping
a full report on Garr's desk.
When you write that report,
make sure you add in your confession
how you helped me replace
two bricks of cocaine
with synthetic Benzos.
♪
Tampering with evidence is
still a fireable offense.
And I know how much
that fucking piece of tin means to you.
I already swapped out the
fake shit with real shit
after I found Saint's
stash next to his body.
Yeah, I learned a thing or two
working with your scurvy ass.
Well
then you know better than anybody
how far we'll go for our families.
♪
So whatever it is you think I'm doing
♪
just know I'm doing it
all to protect my son.
♪
[MEECH] You getting so big, Zoe.
You looking more and more like your mama
every time I see you.
I miss her so much.
Me too, but trust me, she's so proud
of the young lady you're becoming.
I think I want to be a lawyer
like Mama when I get older.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
You know I got you, whatever you need.
And I'm gonna make sure
that I pay for the best college
in the world for you to go to.
I want you to always know I
got you and Tee Tee for life.
Ain't that right, baby girl?
Oh, man, we got to clean up that mess.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪
Ooh, let's go. Let's fucking go.
Give me them dice. Give me them dice.
♪
Mm. Give me them dice back.
Here.
Judge Darnell
Boom did a lot of favors
to help you out, right?
[SIGHS]
Miss Taylor, your husband is
now a convicted drug dealer
and not somebody I want to be helping.
Well, I'm not talking about for Boom.
I'm talking about for a friend.
He's in some trouble with CPS,
and we were hoping you
could make it go away.
You realize this is an
election year, right?
Mm-hmm.
I need friends in high
places, not low ones.
Well, he's a small-business owner
with deep ties in the community.
You know, the kind of influence
that could help you with re-election.
[CLEARS THROAT] Fuck!
Ain't that a bitch.
[TERRY] Look, all my earnings are yours
if you help my family out.
I got CPS coming to
the restaurant tomorrow,
and I just need everything to go well.
♪
Judge, this ain't the kind of man
you should get caught in bed with.
Would hate for you to disappoint me.
[JUDGE DARNELL] We
just rolling some dice.
I'm heading out. [SIGHS]
Oh. Now, what is a woman as fine as you
doing with a motherfucker
who still wets the bed?
- Excuse me?
- Watch it, bitch.
Hey, don't talk when the
grown folks is talking.
I know you fucked with my shipment.
If it weren't for the house rules,
I'd slit your throat
right here, right now.
[CHUCKLES] As for you,
holla if you trying to get that
back cracked like a glow stick.
Get the fuck out my face.
Shit, get the fuck on my face.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[THE WINANS' "AIN'T NO NEED TO WORRY"]
♪
[LUCILLE] Anybody home?
Hello?
What the night Is gonna bring ♪
Hey.
How was work?
You know, paradise as usual.
[CHUCKLES] I fixed you a plate.
It's down there whenever
you're ready to eat.
Really?
Thank you.
♪
You're welcome.
♪
- You got funny aim.
- You got funny timing.
I appreciate you telling me
everything you know about Terry and BMF.
Now I got something to tell you.
Meech is back in town.
Wow.
Something big going
down for him to be back.
Mm, he must be trying to
expand outside of Michigan.
Making it a great opportunity to strike.
He could be spread too thin.
You got a time and place?
No.
That's where you come in.
Okay. I can run surveillance.
What's your play?
One of us will follow the
shipment to their stash house,
where my guys will ambush the weight
and kill every single
motherfucker on sight.
When it's all said and done,
I'm gonna mount Tee's
head on my dart board.
[CHUCKLES, SCOFFS]
This will take BMF off the map.
My father won't have any
choice but to respect me.
[DART THUDS]
Listen, I ain't interested
in getting in the middle of
whatever the fuck going on
between you and your pops.
- He's always had my back.
- [SCOFFS] Must be fucking nice.
Yo, parents just want
what's best for they kids.
We just got a funny way
of showing it sometimes.
This shit needs to go smoothly.
Would hate to have to
pull your kid's protection.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[PERSON] Ecorse station. Can I help you?
[JIN] Hey, Cobie. Any luck with Kutz?
Garr said that if we keep putting points
up on the board, he'll consider
reinstating me to DRANO.
Oh, well, I gave Kutz
the royal treatment
cigarettes and an ice cream.
I didn't take him for a
strawberry shortcake kind of guy.
Wait a minute. Hold on.
Are you telling me that my entire career
hangs in the balance over ice cream?
Sometimes it's a popsicle.
But do you know how many
confessions I've gotten
by giving a suspect ice cream?
Everybody loves ice cream.
Not me. Lactose intolerant.
So did you break Kutz?
Sadly, he lawyered up.
Rather do the time than to
snitch on his beloved PAs.
I was gonna nail him for Saint's murder
and prove that he was the
one who carried out the hit
for Terry Flenory.
Well, now, for the good news.
[JIN] Oh, thank goodness.
[CHUCKLES] A patrol unit
found a torched ambulance
and uncovered a partial VIN number.
Could it be the ambulance
that we were following in that chase?
It could be.
It was sold at a car auction
to a guy named Lenny Edwards.
And did you get an address?
He's listed several
different residencies.
Well, let's go do some door knocking.
♪
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
♪
[MEECH] Are you Captain
Ian? I'm Meech, Loco's dude.
We spoke on the phone, remember?
[IAN] Let's make this quick.
Okay.
Damn, that's a big-ass plane.
A Cessna can't exactly
carry 2,500 bricks.
Wait, what?
2,500?
Javier told me it was
only supposed to be 250.
Nope, Javier said 2,500.
Go take a look for yourself.
♪
Oh, shit.
[IAN] I'm also gonna
need a lift to my hotel.
I'm wheels up in 24 hours.
♪
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hello?
[MEECH] Tee, the recipe
got fucked up, man.
We accidentally got ten
times more eggs in it.
Wait, what? What
what do you mean ten?
We don't have enough pans.
Shit got lost in translation, man.
[TERRY] W-what's the
point of an interpreter
if he can't fucking speak English?
Nigga, we can't worry
about that right now.
Right now we need more busboys and cooks
at all our restaurants.
I already got busboys
flying in from Atlanta.
We don't have no time for shit, Tee.
We got 24 hours to sell these eggs
and get the cook his money.
Demetrius, we do not have the setup.
We ain't got no choice, nigga.
We gonna have to slash the prices
to meet the deadline,
period, point blank.
But we'll barely make a profit.
[MEECH] Nigga, it don't matter.
Something is better than nothing.
Call all your boys from Ohio and Lansing
and tell them we need to call a meeting.
No. No, I-I can't do that.
I got CPS coming to the
restaurant any minute.
I'm not about to risk losing Terry Jr.
Because of their fuck-up.
Nigga, this is do or die.
It's called hustling
for a fucking reason.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
- This fucking nigga.
- [CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[MEECH] Yo, my man.
Trying to make some extra dough?
No, I'm good.
Hold on, hold on, man.
Look, all I need to do is
use your truck for the night.
I'm gonna bring it right back here,
parked in the same
spot, full tank of gas.
Key's in the ignition.
Hey, you seen me?
Seen who?
♪
[VIDEO GAME ANNOUNCER] Fight.
[GRUNTING ON TV]
[BREEZE] Nikki's not good.
- It's stuck.
- It's okay.
That's, like, the third time you lost.
- Whatever.
- You need to put that away.
It's okay. You just
don't know how to play it.
Yes, I do.
I'm gonna teach you how to play it.
- No, you don't.
- You don't teach nobody.
You just tried to show me
you playing, and you lost.
But that's what you said to do.
- [LUCILLE] Nicole.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- What what is going on?
- [NICOLE] What? Nothing.
- Where is your father?
- Pops is still at work.
I'm sure you all need
to be home by the time
the streetlights come on.
So goodbye, everyone.
Ooh.
- Bye, Nicole.
- [NICOLE] Bye.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- [CHUCKLES] Next time
I'll teach you how to
handle the joystick better.
- [LAUGHS]
- [LUCILLE] Uh, goodbye, Breeze!
Get home safely.
[BREEZE] Thanks for having me.
- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Nicole
you cannot have boys over
without my permission.
I told you that my friends
were coming over, though.
Yeah, but there is
no "boy" in "friends."
Girl, you better fix your face.
Mm, mm, mm. Jesus, give me strength.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
[MEECH] Yo, you not gonna help?
Hands are full.
Stick 'em up
Get on the ground ♪
And y'all better not
panic Better keep it smooth ♪
This is a jack move ♪
Heads down, hands up Don't lose ♪
♪
Welcome to Los Skanless ♪
Wel wel wel
welcome to Los Skanless ♪
Could you grab me another
bag of chips from in there?
Hey, Diesel, I appreciate
you coming out here, man.
Meech speaks very highly of you.
No doubt, man.
It feel good to be back home in the D,
even though it's just for a minute.
Look, fellas, we're in an
unprecedented time right now.
So we're gonna have to sell
double the amount for half the price.
More like half of half.
Look, we in a flood, not a drought.
So we got to adjust based
on weather conditions.
[TERRY] Exactly.
BMF has always and will always be known
for having the best product.
So tell everyone that this
is a one-time press special.
[BELL RINGS]
Oh, shit, shit.
Look, I need everyone to
just fucking play along.
Just just play along, all right?
All right, so what what
would you, uh, like to order?
Uh, can I get the ribs
with the mashed potatoes
- and a grape Faygo?
- All right.
Uh, could you hold the onions, please?
Because you forgot that last time.
All right.
[ROLAND] Let me get a large side salad.
I got to start watching what I eat.
And we'll need separate checks.
[PERSON] Mr. Flenory.
Hey. Excuse me, guys, for a second.
Hey, Miss Murray.
Welcome to my restaurant.
It's great to see you.
As you can see, it's a family spot.
It's quaint.
[TERRY] Please, have a seat.
Make yourself comfortable.
Uh, I don't know if you had a
second to check out the menu.
I would recommend our most popular dish.
It's the mac and cheese.
Uh, waiter, take two of those as well.
[SIGHS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[IAN] I need to use the restroom.
Pull in here.
[MEECH] Are you serious?
[IAN] It'll just take a minute.
♪
[MEECH] Make it quick.
♪
[KEYS CLICK]
Oh, shit.
♪
[DOOR OPENS, BELLS RING]
♪
[DOOR CLOSES, BELLS RING]
♪
[SCOFFS] What the fuck
is Bryant doing here, man?
♪
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
[SIGHS] Fucking pick up.
Pick up, pick up, pick up,
pick up, pick up, pick up.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Shit, we got trouble, But I got an idea.
♪
I see you've made some adjustments.
But over 70% of new restaurants
fail in the first six months.
How will you support
your son if this fails?
Well, one thing I would like
for you to know about me is
no matter what happens
with this restaurant,
I'll always be a good father.
[DIZZ] Waiting on that mac and cheese.
Um, excuse me for a second.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Yo, if you motherfuckers
don't stop playing,
the next plate of ribs is
gonna be your fucking ribs.
Shit.
Oh, hey.
You leaving so soon?
We'll be in touch, Mr. Flenory.
Well, thanks for stopping by.
I'll I'll get that for you.
- [MURRAY] Thank you.
- [TERRY] No problem.
You have a good one.
♪
All right, motherfuckers,
this restaurant is closed.
Everyone get the fuck out.
Look, fellas, I'm gonna need y'all
to find every driver that you can.
If there's anyone in the back
with a license that can drive,
- you grab them, too.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Rollie, you gonna hit the
road with us, all right?
Okay.
Sterl, we we appreciate you, man.
We're just gonna need some
of your crew and a stash spot.
- That's cool?
- Always. Got you.
[TERRY] Come on, boys.
♪
[SIGHS]
♪
[DOOR OPENS, BELLS RING]
Come on, motherfucker. Come on.
[DOOR CLOSES, BELLS RING]
♪
- [VAN DOOR CLOSES]
- God damn, Pilot.
It took you long enough.
[IAN] I had to lay it
on thick. Just watch.
♪
Sir, you mind rolling down your window?
Listen, man, I'm a cop in Ecorse.
You got a badge?
I don't have it on me,
but I can show you my card.
Keep your hands where I can see 'em.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay.
- Get out of the car.
♪
Look, man, there's a known drug dealer
in that van with drugs in it.
Oh, really?
Because the pilot said you've
been following 'em for miles,
and he was afraid that
you were gonna rob 'em.
Rob 'em?
Look here, I'm telling you,
you're profiling the wrong fucking dude.
- This shit registered?
- Man, fuck the gun, man.
- [ENGINE TURNING OVER]
- They're gonna get away.
Hands behind your back.
[BRYANT GRUNTING]
♪
[MEECH CHUCKLES] Bryant got
to learn not to mess with me.
♪
[LUCILLE SIGHS, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Charles, you fixing the drywall?
[SCOFFS] I never thought
I'd live to see the day.
I'm just doing what you asked.
Wow.
[GRUNTS]
"If your last name isn't Flenory,
you may not go upstairs."
Well, as a Flenory, I'm not
sure where this is coming from,
but I ain't sneaking up no
No, I'm Our daughter
had boys over unsupervised.
- Who?
- Breeze from school.
Oh, I talked to him.
He's a fine young man.
Quiet, the way I like it.
Yeah, you were a fine young man once,
- and look at where that got us.
- Ah
You know, speaking of the past,
I saw that check from Dr. Montclair.
When you were planning on telling me
you two had reconnected?
I know you're not questioning me
after all you done with Mabel.
I'm not looking for a fight.
I'm trying to move forward,
hoping we can be honest with each other.
He's here on rotation at
the Downriver Hospital.
I ran into him volunteering
at the mobile clinic.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]
Ain't it interesting that a
man who was always feeling you
suddenly rolls into
town when we separated?
I was being honest, Charles.
You being ridiculous.
Oh, come on, Lucille.
♪
Your face is really loud right now.
Just say it.
Bryant's not picking up.
Called his ass a few times.
I knew I couldn't trust
that bald-headed bastard.
End of the day, he's a
cop, just like my pops.
Yeah, well, what the
fuck are we gonna do
- about BMF's shipment?
- Fucking nothing.
Bryant was supposed to be
following that shipment.
We ain't got shit on those fuckers.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
I warned his ass not to fuck with me.
[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
What up, doe?
[TERRY] Hey.
[LAUGHING] Damn.
Yo, what up?
Look, all right, once we unload this,
we're gonna hit the stash spots.
Some of your homies from Atlanta
is gonna be meeting us there.
[MEECH] I knew you was
gonna figure this shit out.
[TERRY] Yeah. How was the drive?
Besides Bryant tailing me,
everything was all good.
See, I-I told you to be on the lookout
for that nigga and Henri.
It don't even matter, though,
'cause he got arrested.
- Stop playing.
- Nah, for real.
[LAUGHING] Yo, imagine him and
his son sharing the same cell.
[BOTH LAUGH]
[MEECH] Man, you fucking
stupid as fuck, man.
- I swear to God.
- [TERRY LAUGHS]
I got the pilot at the hotel.
After we done counting Loco's money,
the pilot will fly it back to Atlanta.
[TERRY] Getting all this done
in 24 hours is gonna be tight.
Damn straight, but at least
everything gonna be in place.
Impressing Loco is priceless.
- [TERRY] Right.
- [SIGHS]
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- [AMBERSON] Mr. Edwards?
- Yes?
- Hi. We're Detectives Amberson and Jin.
We want to talk to
you about an ambulance
you bought at a car auction.
Um, no, you got the wrong address.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
Guess we're getting
some hot-fudge sundaes
on the way back.
What the fuck are you talking about?
[DETECTIVES CHUCKLE]
See you won't take no for an answer.
You must forget I'm a businesswoman
and an image maker.
You know, one of the
many hats that I wear.
[SCOFFS] True, true.
Boom wasn't shit before he met you.
[LAUGHS] Right.
But what is it about that Flenory kid
that's so important to you?
Well, for one, I don't want
to see another Black father
separated from his children
due to systematic failures.
Terry is a good man and a good father
unlike you.
[JUDGE DARNELL] What's this?
Copies of illegal bribes
you took from drug dealers.
You know, I was thinking,
if this gets into the wrong hands,
say, like your opponent's,
I don't think your political
career could take such a hit.
And don't even think I'm bluffing.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[SOFTLY] I made copies.
[NORMAL VOICE] Thanks for the drink.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah
- Uh-huh ♪
- Yeah, yeah -
Uh-huh, uh-huh ♪
This is for my
niggas on the block ♪
Strapped with the Glock ♪
Ready to lick shots
crack in they socks ♪
Clocking the fat knot ♪
We out all day it's
time to get paid ♪
This is for my
niggas on the block ♪
Strapped with the Glock ♪
Ready to lick shots
crack in they socks ♪
Clocking the fat knot ♪
We out all day it's time to get paid ♪
Sunup to sundown ♪
Never put the gun down ♪
You'll catch a beatdown
fronting on Uptown ♪
- Where you from, son? ♪
- I'm from Uptown ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Where niggas get
stomped in the ground ♪
[OLDER MEECH] Hand counting
was more accurate than machines.
Tee and I didn't always
agree on everything,
but when it came to this, we did.
But even two brothers
counting at Godspeed
would still take a
whole motherfucking day.
You good?
Never been better.
♪
[OLDER MEECH] You put
the thousand-dollar stacks
with a rubber band in the middle.
Then when you get five of them,
you rubber-band those
together on each end.
Once you started to stack them,
they were thicker and higher
than a row of King James Bibles.
♪
Uh, sit your ass over there.
I'ma teach you how to count that shit.
[OLDER MEECH] We eventually
taught everyone to hand-count
and neatly stack the
money the way we did.
Tee and I were meticulous.
That's why plugs loved us.
Our crew stayed loyal,
which is why the whole world
would eventually know our names.
♪
[LUCILLE] Hey.
Thank thank you so much.
I just uh, I really
appreciate you taking the time.
I-I know you're busy.
Anything for you,
Lucille. You know that.
Come on in.
I was just worried about Nicole,
because, you know, she's having
boys over to the house now.
And, you know, I just
I-I-I want her to
graduate from high school
and and have better
opportunities than I did.
I remember what it was like
to be young and in love.
[CHUCKLES] Me too.
[CHUCKLES]
Here you go.
[LUCILLE] Thank you.
Girl, do you remember how
nervous I was at our prom?
- [CHUCKLES] You were not.
- [MAURICE] Yes, I was.
- [LAUGHING] No.
- You looked so damn good.
I remember thinking to myself,
how did a guy like me get so lucky?
[CHUCKLES] Well, I-I
was pretty lucky, too.
So
what does Charles think about
Nicole going on birth control?
Well, I wanted a
professional opinion first.
- I see. -
[LUCILLE] Mm-hmm.
How is Charles otherwise?
Um
I mean, he works a lot and
Did he end up going into music?
I mean, he was such
a talented guitarist.
No, he didn't.
I mean, you you were
the only one from our class
who actually achieved
what he set out to do.
Well, you know, the meaning of achieving
changes as you get older.
Just 'cause someone's
goal looks different
- doesn't mean they fail.
- Hmm.
We both know life is
full of surprises
some better than others.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]
Yes, indeed.
♪
You know, I-I better get out of here.
- Um, I got, uh
- [CHUCKLES] Yes.
[LUCILLE] things to do.
♪
Always a pleasure seeing you.
Thank you, Reece.
You're welcome, Luce.
♪
- Yes.
- Yep.
♪
Man, we did it, Tee.
We really livin' in our
own American dream, dawg.
You know, the craziest
part about all of this
is that we made less on 2,500
than we would have on 500.
And so the fuck what?
Nigga, our reputation's still intact.
We created our own demand with supply.
Nigga, and Loco only hired
us 'cause we move fast.
You can't put a price
tag on that shit, Tee.
So, moving forward, we can
sell weight at any size.
See, you only see the
small picture, Tee.
You still watching cartoons
while I'm at the movies.
Whatever, nigga.
[MEECH] Yeah, ain't nothing like the D,
but Atlanta's still cool.
You should come through sometime.
I don't know, man.
I got to wait till all
this CPS shit rolls over.
Well, yo, I'm about to bounce, though.
- I got dinner with Markisha.
- No, you not, nigga.
- Fuck you mean?
- Nikki made us dinner
me, Lawanda, Mama, and Pops.
And why the fuck would she
tell you and not just call me?
Shit, because I'm
still Granny's, Mama's,
and Nikki's favorite.
- Whatever, nigga.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
See you soon, baby bro.
[AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING]
[TERRY] 'Kisha, you here?
I'm here, Tee.
Oh, my God.
You look gorgeous.
[MARKISHA] Thank you.
Hey.
So
sit down.
I have some news.
[TERRY] All right. [EXHALES DEEPLY]
I was able to meet with
Judge Darnell again.
Okay.
And he agreed on a reasonable donation
to make your CPS issue go away.
- For real?
- Mm-hmm.
- [SIGHS]
- [CHUCKLES]
Thank you so much, for real.
I told you I always got your back.
Now, you might have to put
some of his campaign posters
in the restaurant, but
[LAUGHING] I mean, I don't care.
I would hang up all his
little ugly baby pictures
- all around that restaurant.
- [LAUGHS]
I really appreciate you coming through.
Of course.
So what fancy restaurant
are we going to to celebrate?
About dinner tonight,
um, Meech is in town.
Now my folks are
throwing a family dinner.
The world does not revolve around Meech.
Nikki really planned it, though.
And I ain't even know about it till now.
You runnin' shit now. I don't
know why you don't act like it.
You need to see yourself
the way I see you, Tee,
like a fucking boss.
[TERRY SIGHS]
You're right.
Thank you for always believing in me.
Now, look, just 'cause we
can't go to dinner tonight
Mm-hmm.
Don't mean I can't
enjoy something first.
[CHUCKLES]
Do the streets love you ♪
Better than I do? ♪
♪
What in the world is this?
[LAWANDA] Oh, Nikki made
dinner all by herself.
[CHARLES] Oh, smells great, baby.
- [BABY CRYING]
- What a nice surprise!
- [CHARLES] Smells mighty fine.
- [LUCILLE] Mmm!
- That's not the only surprise.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Ooh.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
[GASPS] Oh, my goodness.
- Meechie!
- Mama, I missed you.
[LUCILLE] I missed you, baby.
- [MEECH] Here you go.
- Hey.
Oh, my whole family in one room.
[CHARLES] Mm.
- Pops, how you doing?
- [CHARLES] All right, man.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, BABY BABBLING]
- Wanda, you glowing.
- [LAUGHS]
Hey, guys, uh, I got
some good news, too.
So everything with CPS
is starting to work out.
TJ's going to be with us.
- Oh, thank God.
- [NICOLE] Oh, my goodness.
Whoo, the Lord is just
blessing this family.
- [TERRY] Yeah.
- Mm, mm, mm.
Uh, let's start by saying grace.
- Okay. All right.
- [LUCILLE] Okay.
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank
You for blessing this food.
I ask that it goes for the nourishment
of our bodies and souls.
I ask that You help us
to come out as a stronger,
healthier, happier family.
[LUCILLE] Mm.
[NICOLE] In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.
Amen.
[ALL] Amen.
Okay, Nikki, you sound grown now.
- [CHARLES CHUCKLES]
- That's because I am.
Oh, no, you still got a few
more years to be a child.
- Don't rush it.
- [LAUGHTER]
I didn't rush it.
It was the adults
around me who rushed me.
That's why I organized
this dinner, actually,
because I'm just tired
of everyone's newfound
obsession with me.
Nobody even paid attention to me
until Meech and Terry moved out.
I think you're
exaggerating a bit, Nicole.
You mean like when you make assumptions
about me and Breeze?
Or when you think
that me wearing tampons
is going to make me into a whore,
but Meech and Terry
have been having babies
since before they could legally drink.
Meech has two babies
by two different women,
and Terry has been messing
around with some old Jezebel
while Wanda was pregnant.
Listen, we're being hard on you
because we're trying to protect you.
From what?
Both of my brothers are drug dealers.
And my first boyfriend
got stabbed to death in front of me.
And y'all are getting a divorce
because Pops cheated
with Miss Mabel, so
- Hey, that that's enough.
- Now stop it, Nicole.
I seem to be the only one in this family
who ever really tells the truth.
Pops, you know Mama been making
goo-goo eyes at some doctor
at the church's mobile clinic?
How dare you?
Go to your room, Nicole.
Happily.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
[BABY COOING]
♪
Well, that went very well.
Don't try to make me laugh.
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
Come on, Nikki, talk to me.
Everybody keeps asking me
if Breeze is my boyfriend.
Honestly, I don't even
I'm afraid to even have a boyfriend
'cause I don't want him
to end up like Darius.
♪
[SIGHS] Nikki, I
I still feel terrible about that.
Then why you keep doing this?
Why don't you just get out?
I made a pact with
myself a long time ago
that I would never let
nobody dictate my life
or tear our family apart.
All I want
is for everybody to just stop putting
their bad behavior on me.
Sometimes I wish y'all
would just leave me alone.
Trust me, I know what you mean.
When I was here, I felt
like I was suffocating, too.
You saying I should run away?
Hell, no.
I'm just saying that when
it was me, I had to bounce.
But you can't go nowhere.
But I promise you,
I'm gonna be a better big brother, okay?
I love you, Nikki.
I love you, too, Meechie.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
Is it too late?
No.
No, not at all. [STAMMERS, CHUCKLES]
I practically live here.
- Please come in.
- Reece
- Look, I was going to
- I just wanted to
Listen, I-I-I have not been
completely honest with you.
Charles and I are separated.
And and i-it's all new.
And I just been trying
to navigate everything
with the kids and and all that.
And and ever since we
reconnected, it just feels so
Right.
Yes.
♪
And maybe God is closing one door
so He can open another one.
My feelings never went away
for you, Lucille, all right?
You have been in my heart and on my mind
since the day you walked out of my life.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]
♪
We should stop.
♪
Whenever you're ready.
♪
[MEECH] Hey, press the button.
- Stop. Don't elbow me.
- Now look here.
- Stop.
- [GRUNTING ON TV]
[TERRY] Meech, she sucks.
You just terrible at this game.
Nikki, I don't what they
- Hey, Mama. How you doing?
- Hey.
[MEECH] Hey, Mama.
Hey.
Why you staring at us like that, Mama?
I'm just
I'm just so happy to see
all my babies under one roof.
We ain't babies anymore.
Well, you my babies.
- We love you, Mama.
- I love you more.
[GRUNTING ON TV]
Yeah, Nikki, but you play like a baby.
Stop. Okay, can you let
Mama get up the steps?
Let me just show you.
Let me just show you.
- [NICOLE] It is my turn still!
- [TERRY] No, no, no, no!
Where'd you go?
Um, I just went out for some fresh air.
You feel better?
Yes.
And also, no.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
Good night, Lucille.
♪
Do the combo.
He don't know shit.
Whoo, let's go!
- What up, Rollie Rol?
- [ROLAND] What up, doe?
Let's go. Come on,
you can get this next.
Yo, I got to talk to y'all
about something real quick.
Give us a sec, Nicole.
Yeah, play by yourself.
Oh, I've been thinking
a lot about the night
you saved my life, dawg.
And I still got your ass for life.
But ever since I had my kid,
I'm thinking it's time
for me to step away.
It's all good, Rollie. You
got your own family now.
For real? You ain't mad, Meech?
What the hell are we mad at, man?
Look, you got your own
family to take care of.
You got to do what's best for them.
Besides, nigga, you
live across the street.
We know where to find you
if we need your goofy ass.
True that, true that.
Shit, but y'all know
I'm always gonna be here
for your mom, pops, and Nikki, right?
You know we know that.
- We love you, dawg.
- I love you, too.
Sure.
Besides, that don't
mean I can't whup Nikki
- in a game real quick.
- [LAUGHTER]
Hey, yo, Meech, I think I'm
gonna roll with you to ATL.
Besides, half the
operation is mine, anyway.
But I got to make sure
you ain't fucking shit up
and you doing shit properly.
- Oh, yeah?
- [TERRY] Yeah.
Okay, sure, come on down.
- All right, buddy.
- Fuck you, nigga.
- [TERRY LAUGHS]
- [CELL PHONE RINGS]
Hey, I got to to take this, Rollie.
Kick his ass for me.
[ROLAND] Got you.
[MEECH] What up, doe?
Yo, it's Stacks.
Oh, man, I just want to apologize
for how I snapped off
the other day, bro.
Man, I've been stressing
like a motherfucker.
But, anyway, I heard you
put Duffy and Diesel on.
And like a man, I want
to admit that I was wrong.
And I'm wondering if I can get back down
with the operation again.
Yeah, but I ain't doing this for you.
It's for Ty's widow and his kids.
Nice, nice.
Look, man, I appreciate this.
[MEECH] Yeah, it's cool.
And I'll be back soon.
And I'm bringing my brother with me.
[STACKS] Okay, cool.
- That's tight.
- All right, bet.
[CELL PHONES BEEP]
Meech and his brother coming to town.
It's gonna be crazy.
It means niggas talk shit,
but don't get shit done.
God gets shit done,
don't even need to talk.
So then we got a deal then?
You help me kill Meech
and I'll help you kill Remi.
Bet.
And I'll throw Meech
brother in for the free.
Then me and you can talk biz.
very d with your driving.
Mm.
Can we go?
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]
No, that's what you're supposed to do.
Stop! You got to let me play.
Kick her ass, Rollie. Kick her ass.
- Already know.
- Get him.
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
[OLDER MEECH] Another
name for the prodigal son
is the lost son,
but not in the way you think of it.
Lost, as in learning the
discipline of being found.
And after the last 24 hours,
we made history, and I was on my way
to becoming the man I've
always wanted to be
a fucking icon.
This should be the time
of your life to make nice ♪
The best time of your life
the best time of your life ♪
Fuck you think this is, nigga? ♪
Where you going? ♪
I know you're irate ♪
But it's way too
late for roamin' ♪
And I ain't combin' these streets ♪
Lookin' for you either ♪
You need a breather ♪
Here's your pump and
some pain reliever ♪
But you're not leaving this
house, fuck is that about? ♪
Go to Charlene's house
and run your fuckin' mouth ♪
So she can tell you to do
some shit she'll never do ♪
Tell you to grab
the keys and leave ♪
But she won't leave her boo ♪
Okay, I did some shit ♪
But we got over that ♪
I'm tryin' to move forward
but you keep goin' back ♪
Is that to justify the other
guy you feel like seein' ♪
Or just to make me feel
like a fucked-up human being? ♪
We not seein' eye
to eye it's temporary ♪
You talkin' old shit last February ♪
My money's up, bitch ♪
We doin' super good ♪
Fuck is wrong with you?
I got us out the hood ♪
This should be the time
of your life to make nice ♪
The best time of
your life to do right ♪
This should be the time
of your life to make nice ♪
The best time of
your life to do right ♪
This should be the time
of your life to make nice ♪
The best time ♪