Greenleaf (2016) s04e02 Episode Script
Did I Lose You?
1 [GRACE.]
Previously on "Greenleaf".
Reverend Grace Greenleaf.
Give it up.
[AUDIENCE CHEERS.]
Keep it short.
If you work to be my eyes and ears among the Greenleafs, I'd be made head pastor, and not Grace.
I'd definitely make you AP.
- Are you asking me to spy? - I'm just saying you scratch my back and I scratch yours, Pastor.
Can I move into Noah's old cabin? [CLICKS TONGUE.]
The key's in my desk.
- Thank you.
- [MAN.]
It's no secret that Dante's a handful.
That's why we really want someone in this position he'll respect.
It sure would help if your name was on some church's letterhead, - you know what I'm saying? - Loud and clear.
I need for you to hire my brother and sister as my associate pastors, or I'm out.
Putting family first is a mistake.
That's what I have to do.
- He said Jacob could be AP.
- Yes! - What about me? - He wouldn't do it.
I'm sorry.
- Noah.
- I just got a phone call from some inmate at a prison in Arizona.
He says he's our son.
[GEESE HONKING.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[GRACE YAWNS, SIGHS.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Hey.
[CHARITY.]
I'm sorry.
About what? The way I behaved last night when you said Bob said Jacob could be AP and not me.
Grace, I'm sorry.
I was I was out of line.
You were disappointed.
- It's okay.
- It's not.
And the thought that you and Jacob are gonna be working together at Calvary now, and me, I'm just They won't let me hire you as AP, babe.
I know, but do you think they'd let me come back - as music minister? - What about Carlton? He's been begging me to come back.
That H&H lady is driving him nuts.
- You said you were done singing.
- I know what I said.
I just wanna be on the team.
I will talk to Phil tomorrow.
- You will? Really? - No guarantees, okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
You're so good.
Well, go get some sleep, okay? [CHARITY.]
You too.
[SIGHS.]
It's good to have my sister back.
Amen.
[BREATH CATCHES.]
[SIGHS.]
Amen - Oh - Amen Oh Well Oh Oh Amen, amen Ooh [SIGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
[DESIREE.]
Are you sure you're not able to come? Oh, I want to, baby, but I have this last minute meeting.
With that Phil Demars? That man could stand to be stood up a few times.
I know.
Where does he get his confidence? I feel like I could push him over with one finger.
I think he's fine in like an evil way.
[GIGGLES.]
Well, now, you got the evil part right.
All right.
It's your last chance.
[CHUCKLES.]
A day of haute couture and fancy food with the most beautiful woman in Memphis.
Mom, please come.
It'll be fun.
Oh, baby, we have the whole road trip to Hampton to talk about clothes.
And, who knows, maybe we'll stop at some outlet stores.
- Michael Kors in Williamsburg? - If they have Michael Kors - in Williamsburg, yes.
- Yes, there is.
Okay.
Deal.
All right.
Have fun.
- I love you, guys.
Bye.
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[PIANO PLAYING.]
Unforgettable In every way And forevermore That's how you'll stay That's why darling It's incredible - That someone - That someone - So unforgettable - So unforgettable - Thinks that I am - Thinks that I am - Unforgettable too - Unforgettable too [GIGGLES.]
- Come.
- So why did you lure me out? [SNIFFLES.]
Well I know you're upset right now and feeling a little left out.
But you're still the heart of this family.
And I know - [SIGHS.]
- that God has a plan waiting for you too.
Now it's gonna take a minute for you to know what it is.
Thanks for saying that, Daddy.
Whether or not it turns out to be true.
It is.
Now Oh.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
I gotta [SIGHS.]
I gotta get to my travel agent.
I'm planning a honeymoon.
You and mom are getting remarried? Well, that depends on your mother.
But without a vision the people perish.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[EXHALES.]
Your 10:00 a.
m.
with Judee Whitmore - got moved to next week.
- [GRACE.]
Mm-hmm.
Wait a minute.
Whitmore? She's Bob's wife? No.
His wife died last year.
She's his daughter.
She's the head of praise and worship for all H&H.
Huh? So, apparently, nepotism's okay when it's his family, but not ours.
Mm-hmm.
And what does she want with me anyway? Oh, she just wants to get to know ya.
And Phil says he wants to talk about Blue Lake when you get in.
It is a summer camp.
What could possibly be the problem? He just said, "Have Grace see me.
" Oh, my gosh.
Could you see what he wants? I thought the deal was just to play nice? Every morning, I come in here and it's like, "Phil wants to see you.
" Enough.
All right.
All right.
I'll take care of it, okay? Thank you.
Thank you.
Is he here yet? - He's waiting in your office.
- [EXHALES.]
Great.
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
Thank you.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING IN BACKGROUND.]
Hey, Noah.
So, uh how was your flight? How was my flight? - [NOAH.]
Are you kidding me? - I know.
I'm sorry.
I [SIGHS.]
Why didn't you tell me we have a son? I told you when we talked on the phone.
I knew if you knew that I was pregnant, - you'd wanna keep it.
- I need to understand why the hell you kept this from me.
I had just told my parents about Mac and Faith.
I was leaving home.
I was 18 years old.
- I wasn't about to have a child.
- But you did.
I went to a clinic but I couldn't go through with it.
I couldn't let him go.
[SIGHS.]
And then I had him.
He was so beautiful.
But the nurse said, "Give him to me right now or you'll never be able to.
" [CLICKS TONGUE.]
So I did.
I just wish you would have told me.
I thought that was the end of it.
Does Isabel know you're here? I told her I'm visiting family.
- So she doesn't know about AJ? - If she did, she would leave me.
The fact that I have a child with you and I can't seem to have one with her I'm so sorry.
You told me the last time that we spoke that he contacted you once before.
Yeah.
He found me in Phoenix after he turned 18.
He got my name from the adoption agency when they unsealed the files.
[STUTTERS.]
Sophia was 12 at the time.
Her dad, Ray, he was always looking for a reason to turn her away from me or take her away.
I I So what? You you just said, "Get lost?" Noah you just said how you couldn't let him into your life, because of Isabel.
I know it's not pretty to admit, but Isabel is real.
Sophia is real.
How they feel matters.
How we feel about them matters.
This is complicated.
I'm not saying what I did is right, by you or him I just wanna make it right now.
Then do it.
He's getting released tomorrow.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[JACOB.]
All right.
Appreciate it.
Good to be back.
Noah.
- Hey, man.
- Hey.
- Oh, man.
- [LAUGHS.]
- What's going on? - I'm good.
What brings you back? - Uh, just visiting family.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- So Gigi knows you're here? - Yeah.
Yeah.
We just talked.
- All right.
Good.
- So how's Isabel? - Great.
Great.
- Uh, how's Kerissa? - [CHUCKLES.]
- Same Excedrin headache, man.
- [CHUCKLES.]
No, I'm kidding.
We're good.
Uh she's good.
Okay.
And I see you're working here again.
[SIGHS.]
Yeah.
And back at the house again.
Uh, you know, everything's kind of upside down and backward, but we're figuring it out.
You? Same, you know, life.
- Yeah, man.
- Yeah.
- Man, it was nice seeing you.
- Hey, you too, man.
[NOAH.]
All right.
[JACOB.]
Hey, Noah.
Why don't you come by the house to see my mom and dad? Oh.
Actually, I'm on my way to the airport.
- So, maybe next time.
- All right.
- I'll tell them you said hey.
- Oh Jacob Listen do me a favor.
Don't.
I just don't wanna seem rude.
- Okay.
- Thanks.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[SIGHS.]
My legs look like toothpicks.
Chopsticks.
You're a meal, okay? All that matters in the romper is the cheeks.
What's your cheek wattage? How do I measure it? Well, if you have to ask, it's probably too low.
- [SOPHIA GRUNTS.]
- [ZORA.]
You should be able to power a small village with your cheek watts, okay? [PHONE CHIMES.]
I'll show you.
Okay, so you're about like at - twenty-five watts? - [SOPHIA.]
What? - [ZORA.]
Twenty-five watts.
- [LADY MAE.]
Connie? [ZORA.]
I'd go smaller, but you could Yeah.
[INHALES.]
The devil is a liar! - [SCREAMING.]
- What the - [SIGHS.]
- What just happened? Uh I dropped my phone.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR.]
Got a second? Pastor Greenleaf.
Welcome aboard.
I, uh trust you're settling in? I am.
You know, it's just like riding a bike.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, before Gigi came back to Memphis, I was AP under Bishop.
I know.
So what can I do for you? Oh.
Well, Gigi told me you wanted to talk about Blue Lake so I'm here to follow up.
She's too busy to cross the hall? Oh, uh, she just got pulled into a meeting.
Well, okay then.
All right.
Well, listen.
Uh, I know Calvary has a long history with this Cabin Blue Lake and I'm sure the program is exceptional, but H&H has over 20 camps nationwide.
They're better equipped, racially diverse, and to be honest, uh, much cheaper.
Well, well I don't know about cheaper [CHUCKLES.]
But we've always felt, uh, I know my parents feel this way, I'm sure Gigi does too, that it's nice that summer camp gives our kids a little break from diversity, you know what I'm saying? I mean, they're getting that diversity thing real heavy every day.
Where? Well, America.
See [CLICKS TONGUE.]
Blue Lake allows our kids to focus on their black heritage, food, art, dance, music.
I'm sure you could see the value in that.
[SIGHS.]
Well, even if I saw the value I don't see the savings.
We can't do it.
Because of the money? Well, since I don't have time right now to walk you through Harmony of Hope's denominational commitment to [INHALES.]
encourage better relationships between all races in the context of Christian love and what we see as the value of that, yes, because of the money.
And if Pastor Grace has a problem with that, hmm, she can come see me about it herself.
Welcome back brother.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Okay then.
- [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- [WHISTLES.]
[DOOR UNLOCKS.]
[JAMES.]
Hey.
Do you remember that trip to Paris that I was [LADY MAE.]
Not now, James.
Did those girls upset you somehow? Oh, the girls are fine.
They're down there in Zora's bungalow being delightful.
So, may I inquire what's got you so, uh - flustered? - Connie Sykes, of course.
[JAMES.]
Ugh, what has she done now? Oh, sent me an invoice of overages related till she changes everything.
The hell she did? For how much? It's not about the money, James.
It is about the audacity of this paper cut-out of a woman [INHALES.]
Who thinks she can bully me like this.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
I mean, I know we are all equal in God's eyes, but there is something uniquely grating about the way people with no class flaunt their power when they get it.
I mean, it is just amateurish and brutish and dumb.
[SIGHS.]
What's that? Um it's nothing.
Just a, a a bid from the exterminator.
Oh? Well, please give them Connie's address and tell them to spare no expense.
Tell them that I won't be happy until every crawling thing in that house is laying on its back, begging God for mercy, starting first and foremost with her.
[LADY MAE.]
Lord, help me! I know you don't like - [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- [JACOB.]
Yo.
[GRACE.]
Hey.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[INHALES.]
So your boy, Phil Demars, is something else.
[CHUCKLES.]
I mean, he's like Uncle Tom meets Voldemort.
What is his problem with Blue Lake? [SIGHS.]
He thinks it's too spendy.
- Well, how much is it per kid? - See, it's not even really that.
There's some denominational mission for diversity he wants to enforce.
We've been sending kids to Blue Lake for 20 years.
- Tell him no.
- He said if you got a problem with it, you come see him yourself.
Just reserve the spots at Blue Lake, - I'll pay the difference.
- That's gonna add up very quick.
It doesn't matter.
Okay.
Good to know somebody in this family has been saving their money.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, um I saw Noah was here.
Mm-hmm.
Everything all right with him? Why? I don't know.
He just seemed a little off.
I think maybe he and Isabela are having trouble.
- I don't know.
- Oh.
Hmm.
I get it.
- See you later.
- All right.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[MAN.]
Hello.
Communicate Network.
Uh, hi.
I need to set up an offender phone account for AJ Delahey.
[MAN.]
And to whom am I speaking? Um my name is Grace Greenleaf.
I'm his mother.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- So what do you think? - Oh.
- I sent you this listing, because I know your taste.
- I think this could be the one.
- Oh.
How much is it gonna go for ultimately? Hmm, high threes, maybe four.
I mean, this neighborhood is gaining in value.
- It is a great investment.
- Mm-hmm.
Make sure you take some cookies.
They're inside on the table.
Sugar-free.
Look, I know it's a good deal, but we're kind of cash-poor right now.
- Your in-laws couldn't help you? - Girl, I'd rather sell plasma.
You know what? Let me see what I can work out.
Okay? Thanks.
[WOMAN.]
So, what do you think? [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING.]
Man I'm just like Mendez Watch me how I wake up With a smile What a beautiful day All that hatin' Send you to your grave Yeah, I gonna take Your advice Pastor Greenleaf.
Brother Saunders.
I'm here for the win Everybody be cautious Hey you were killing the way you were getting to the bucket the other night, man.
I got to tell you, you look like a young MJ.
You know, I'll take comparisons to the goat.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's my boy, Cameron.
Hey, man.
Hey, get in the back, man.
He's a pastor.
- Yeah, whatever.
- [SEAT BELT CLICKS.]
I don't think they know ya Everybody feeling close For a nation I guess I'm ready To go get it So, uh wanna grab some lunch or something? Nah.
We just had breakfast.
Hey, you ever played basketball with a football? Um, no.
Can't say that I have.
I'm a winner I'm a winner Big Ben, key I need options Everybody feeling close For a nation I guess I'm ready To go get it [CAR ENGINE REVS.]
- [MUSIC BLARES.]
- [TIRES SQUEAL.]
So what's the matter? I don't know if I can do this.
You should have heard him.
He said I was the heart of the family.
Is that how he treats you? Like you're the heart of the family? Not all the time maybe, but Watch what a man does, not what he says, and you'll see who he is.
I know he's not perfect, Phil.
Well, he's the only pastor I know who's been accused of arson, negligent manslaughter, and still owes the IRS two million in back taxes.
So, forgive me if I reserve my benefit of the doubt for someone who deserves it.
- Who? - Do you think I offered you the AP position to buy your loyalty? No.
I did it, because I saw in you a beautiful child of God in the grip of a family who doesn't know who doesn't see the jewel she is.
Why would you say that? If you don't mean it, that's cruel.
Do you think you know people? I didn't once, obviously, but yes.
Well, after all you've been through, you better.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
Look in my eyes, Charity.
Tell me I'm lying.
I know what you are.
I see it all.
And it's good.
You're making me shy.
[CHUCKLES.]
There's nothing wrong with shy.
Especially the way it looks on you.
That's game.
[JACOB.]
Oh, man.
Hey.
You did a lot better than that guy.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- [CAMERON.]
Yo.
Hey, yo, D, when are you trying to drop him off and go to the city? I got to go, man.
Soon, bruh.
Soon.
Everybody's got to be somewhere.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, ain't that right? Hey.
So, listen I know the team is giving you a little stipend or whatever it is but I figure a little something extra couldn't hurt your pockets.
[JACOB.]
Extra? Like, extra what? I'mma do me.
And I can't have you reporting back to management every time I feel like blowing ten racks up in a club.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Take it.
Whoa, whoa.
Put your money away.
- That's ten grand.
- I Dante I get it.
But look [SIGHS.]
I wasted a good part of my life thinking I could run up the bill and the check would never come.
But the check comes.
So, I don't want your money man.
Put it away.
I was just testing you anyhow.
Trying to see if you the real holy man my mom made you out to be.
You might make a saint of me yet.
- [DANTE.]
Let's go, man.
- [CAMERON.]
For real? - I'm ready now.
- [CAMERON.]
Hey, I gotta go, man.
Look, I'm not trying to worry or anything [DANTE.]
I'm your ride, right? - [CAMERON.]
Yeah, man.
- Yeah.
It's better than Uber.
[PHIL.]
Your brother came and saw me.
Now, he maybe your right-hand, but he isn't mine.
Now when I ask to see you, I expect the courtesy of a visit.
Phil I don't know how to put this.
- I don't work for you.
- I'm the Southern Conference Minister of Harmony Hope.
Every pastor within this region looks to me for guidance and support.
And if I need either of those, I'll let you know, okay? - Deal.
- [CHUCKLES, SIGHS.]
I see you went ahead and, uh, paid the non-refundable application fee to Blue Lake without my sign off? I paid with my own money.
Do you plan on paying all the fees for this program? Because, eventually, it's gonna go upwards Hundred thousand dollars.
I know.
Oh.
Do you have that kind of cash? I do.
Okay.
We'll pay the rest, but you're gonna have to explain it to Bob.
[GRACE.]
I'd be more than happy to.
But, Phil my sister did ask about coming back as a music minister, and I told her - you wouldn't go for that, so - That's fine.
See? I'm quite amenable when I'm approached with the requisite respect.
The fact that he's hanging out with this fine-ass man and doesn't invite me? [MUSIC PLAYING.]
He's punishing me.
You know, I'm not gonna go.
To Hampton? Shut up.
Look, it's like they're besties or something.
It's outrageous.
Yeah.
I'm just gonna go in the fall.
I mean, I heard summer in Hampton is buggy anyways.
But you already paid for your summer classes, - haven't you? - It's just two classes.
I'll get a refund.
I don't wanna miss this summer with you.
Or with my mom.
Okay.
I'll support you under one condition.
- Name it.
- You have to live here with me.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
[EXHALES.]
It'll be a stretch but, uh [SIGHS.]
- Fine.
- And you have to come to Bible time with me and Grandma in the mornings.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
That's two conditions.
I expanded my demands on the fly.
Learned that from The Art of War.
What's that? One of Noah's old books.
There's lot of, like, kooky old stuff in here and I'm pretty sure it's haunted.
Like, seriously haunted.
[INHALES.]
Why do I have to do Bible study? Because I have to do it.
Duh.
Okay.
I'll wake you up in the morning, but I'm not going.
Okay.
Fine.
We'll be like spinsters.
- What's a spinster? - [EXHALES.]
I never really knew.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
Bishop, I could get into a lot of trouble for printing that out for you, so you can't tell anyone where you got it.
Not even Lady Mae.
You have my word.
- Thanks, K.
- Mm-hmm.
This sure don't feel like church.
- Hi.
- Hey, honey.
I'm sorry I'm home late.
Zora and I, we're moving stuff down there and just [SIGHS.]
couldn't stop.
Oh.
Is something the matter? Ultimately, no.
Uh, but I do have to tell you something.
Can you can you sit for a minute? Yeah, sure.
I have some news for you too, and I think you're gonna like it.
- Yeah? What's going on? - You first.
[SOPHIA.]
I don't know what to say.
It's okay if you're upset.
I'm not upset.
I just - [SOPHIA SIGHS DEEPLY.]
- Sophia.
My whole life all you've done is complain about how grandma and grandpa weren't there for Faith.
I told you, I'm gonna help AJ.
By sending him money.
You're his mom.
What he wants is his mom.
[SIGHS.]
Honey, will you sit back down please? Sit back down.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
I don't want you coming with me to Hampton.
- I'll just drive myself.
- Oh, no.
You can't drive yourself all that way.
I can do whatever I want.
Sophia.
Sophia.
[SIGHS.]
What? There is too much on the line for me right now the congregation Harmony and Hope, okay? Just for now, this has to stay between us.
You are such a hypocrite.
[SIGHS.]
[JAMES.]
You see, there's all the evidence you need.
Right there.
H&H was paying off Connie Sykes.
How did you get this? It doesn't matter how I got it.
All that matters is how you got it, James.
Who gave you this? Karine? Mae.
Mae.
Look.
Look at the date on that check.
The last check deposited into Connie's account? Two days after they joined H&H.
So, it was Karine.
Don't you see this is why they don't trust you? Pulling this kind of garbage.
Why they don't trust me? Well, who else was at the wheel when the ship went aground? Me? I'm trying to get this church back for you, and this is what you wanna throw back at me? No.
All I am doing is trying to tell a man whom God just spared to turn back and quit your foolish ways, or the selfsame Lord who restarted your heart - is gonna stop it.
- My heart is just fine.
- Thank you.
- No, it's not.
This is not the way.
James, God is talking to me and I'm listening.
[SIGHS.]
Now, I despise Connie just as much as you do, even more, but this is not the way that we're gonna win back this church.
It's not.
Not by power and might.
Not by sneaking around and pointing fingers.
Not by blaming and shaming.
"By my will" says the Lord.
James, we have to get our house in order.
[SIGHS.]
We have to get our hearts in order, or we're gonna lose everything.
What are you doing? Inching you back from the edge of an abyss that I fear you are inexplicably unaware.
You like it? Uh, where will we get the money to pay for this? We can sell the land.
- The real church land? - Yes.
It's just sitting across from Calvary doing nothing.
And, I mean, if we even got what we paid for it, we we'd have a good down payment.
I I don't wanna sell it.
Jacob, I want out of this house.
Okay.
And I want you out of this house.
- Excuse me? - Uh, with me.
Come on.
I want you to have what you want, Kerissa.
- Don't do that.
- Well, then how come [SIGHS.]
How come we can't sell that land, buy this house, and make a fresh start? Why isn't that the obvious move? Something happened to me today.
- Okay? - What? I got through to this kid, a little all right? And I I got to a place inside myself that I've never been.
Okay.
But what does that have to do with this? I mean if we could use that land to do something for kids like him - By doing what though? - I don't know yet.
I know, but, like what even maybe? I just know that that land is one of the few solid things we have left.
And I don't wanna sell it.
Can I at least ask Nadine to do a market analysis to see what we could potentially get for it? - No! - Jacob! My name in on that deed right next to yours.
- I don't have to ask.
- Okay.
But you did, and I'm telling you just wait one beat.
All right, asking you, honey.
Listen just give me a week to pray on it and if the Lord gives me nothing, I'll tell you.
But just give me one week.
[SIGHS.]
[GRACE.]
Sophia.
Sophia, please don't do this.
It's too far for you to drive alone.
Well I'm not driving alone.
- [SIGHS.]
- Who's going with you? Dad.
I called him last night.
I'm picking him up at the airport.
[DOOR SHUTS.]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- I love you.
- Baby.
- [SEAT BELT CLICKS.]
Baby I said I love you.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
Yeah.
I heard you.
Sophia.
Sweetheart Sweetheart [LADY MAE.]
Where is she going so early? - Hampton.
- But I thought - that y'all were going together.
- Things changed, Mom.
Well, don't you wanna talk about it? I don't.
[SOBS.]
Where Where's Sophia going? [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- To college.
- Wait.
What? I thought she was staying? - What happened? - I don't know.
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[KEYBOARD CLICKS.]
Father [SIGHS.]
I know we haven't talked in a while, but I need some guidance.
[SIGHS.]
I feel like I've got an opportunity to do something here.
It's big.
Something new.
[SIGHS.]
[SHOES SCUFFING.]
Just don't know what it is.
If you got any ideas [SIGHS.]
please let me know.
[FOOTBALL THUDS.]
Now, I've told you that about Darlene, Karine, so you've got to give a sister something.
Anything.
Okay.
I can tell you this, but you did not hear this from me, all right? Honey, if Darlene knew I told you what I just told you, she would cut me up in pieces and throw me in the river in an old cheap suitcase.
[LAUGHS.]
Yes.
You know it.
Come on.
Noah.
- Well, what about him? - [DOOR OPENS.]
Why, Lady Mae.
What a surprise.
Walk with me? Of course.
Karine, I'm sure it's tempting to see this as a period of transition.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Well, this interim year while Grace will be Head Pastor and while Harmony and Hope seeps through this church - like a fog.
- Mm-hmm.
But in God's time there are no transitions.
It's just the steady march to holiness or hell, and every day is a step up or a step down.
- I know.
I thought to call you.
- And a smart thought that was.
Next time you should heed that still small voice, because it will keep you in good stead.
And, Karine [SIGHS.]
You may be of use to me at some point in the future, so I would appreciate it if you'd avoid getting canned.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yes, Ma'am.
Oh.
Here.
Please see that Connie gets that before the board meeting tonight.
I'll spare you the question.
It is payment in full for all remaining cost from my day with Lady Mae.
- Oh.
- Feel free to let anyone who wonders know that I pay my debts in full per Romans 13:7.
Romans 13:7.
Got it.
Are you familiar with it? Not word for No.
What is going to get us through this turbulent time is the righteousness of God, Karine.
Yes, Ma'am.
[WOMAN.]
You can fast and pray all you want, you could know every verse of numbers by heart, Pastor, but if you don't get your praise program to where people are dying to come to church and sing - [PHONE RINGS.]
- [WOMAN.]
Your church is gonna die.
- Can I get an Amen? - [CROWD.]
Amen! [WOMAN.]
Can I get an A - [SIGHS.]
- [PHONE RINGS.]
- Hello? - [MAN 1.]
Hello, you have a prepaid phone call from - [MAN 2.]
AJ Delahey.
- [MAN 1.]
An inmate at the Yuma Federal Correctional Center.
Hi.
This is Grace Greenleaf.
Hi.
This is AJ.
[AJ.]
Are you there? Yeah, AJ I'm here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
So they got a halfway house I can land in once I'm out, but it's just a temporary situation, so [GUARD.]
Two minutes.
So, you know, I don't know.
Well, you're gonna need money hmm? [AJ.]
Yeah.
Yeah.
And a a permanent place to live.
Yeah.
[GRACE.]
Um, that's why you're calling, right? Yeah.
Does Sophia know about me? That's her name, right? Mm-hmm.
That's her name.
So you gonna help me out or what? Yeah.
I can help [SIGHS.]
And I want to.
Okay.
Cool.
Thank you, bye.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Bye.
I'm gonna lay My burdens down My burdens down My burdens down I'm steady working For my crown Lord, I just wanna Hear well done I'm gonna lay My burdens down Burdens down My burdens down Oh, I'm steady working For my crown Lord, I just wanna Hear well done
Previously on "Greenleaf".
Reverend Grace Greenleaf.
Give it up.
[AUDIENCE CHEERS.]
Keep it short.
If you work to be my eyes and ears among the Greenleafs, I'd be made head pastor, and not Grace.
I'd definitely make you AP.
- Are you asking me to spy? - I'm just saying you scratch my back and I scratch yours, Pastor.
Can I move into Noah's old cabin? [CLICKS TONGUE.]
The key's in my desk.
- Thank you.
- [MAN.]
It's no secret that Dante's a handful.
That's why we really want someone in this position he'll respect.
It sure would help if your name was on some church's letterhead, - you know what I'm saying? - Loud and clear.
I need for you to hire my brother and sister as my associate pastors, or I'm out.
Putting family first is a mistake.
That's what I have to do.
- He said Jacob could be AP.
- Yes! - What about me? - He wouldn't do it.
I'm sorry.
- Noah.
- I just got a phone call from some inmate at a prison in Arizona.
He says he's our son.
[GEESE HONKING.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[GRACE YAWNS, SIGHS.]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Hey.
[CHARITY.]
I'm sorry.
About what? The way I behaved last night when you said Bob said Jacob could be AP and not me.
Grace, I'm sorry.
I was I was out of line.
You were disappointed.
- It's okay.
- It's not.
And the thought that you and Jacob are gonna be working together at Calvary now, and me, I'm just They won't let me hire you as AP, babe.
I know, but do you think they'd let me come back - as music minister? - What about Carlton? He's been begging me to come back.
That H&H lady is driving him nuts.
- You said you were done singing.
- I know what I said.
I just wanna be on the team.
I will talk to Phil tomorrow.
- You will? Really? - No guarantees, okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
You're so good.
Well, go get some sleep, okay? [CHARITY.]
You too.
[SIGHS.]
It's good to have my sister back.
Amen.
[BREATH CATCHES.]
[SIGHS.]
Amen - Oh - Amen Oh Well Oh Oh Amen, amen Ooh [SIGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
[DESIREE.]
Are you sure you're not able to come? Oh, I want to, baby, but I have this last minute meeting.
With that Phil Demars? That man could stand to be stood up a few times.
I know.
Where does he get his confidence? I feel like I could push him over with one finger.
I think he's fine in like an evil way.
[GIGGLES.]
Well, now, you got the evil part right.
All right.
It's your last chance.
[CHUCKLES.]
A day of haute couture and fancy food with the most beautiful woman in Memphis.
Mom, please come.
It'll be fun.
Oh, baby, we have the whole road trip to Hampton to talk about clothes.
And, who knows, maybe we'll stop at some outlet stores.
- Michael Kors in Williamsburg? - If they have Michael Kors - in Williamsburg, yes.
- Yes, there is.
Okay.
Deal.
All right.
Have fun.
- I love you, guys.
Bye.
- [CAR DOOR SHUTS.]
[PIANO PLAYING.]
Unforgettable In every way And forevermore That's how you'll stay That's why darling It's incredible - That someone - That someone - So unforgettable - So unforgettable - Thinks that I am - Thinks that I am - Unforgettable too - Unforgettable too [GIGGLES.]
- Come.
- So why did you lure me out? [SNIFFLES.]
Well I know you're upset right now and feeling a little left out.
But you're still the heart of this family.
And I know - [SIGHS.]
- that God has a plan waiting for you too.
Now it's gonna take a minute for you to know what it is.
Thanks for saying that, Daddy.
Whether or not it turns out to be true.
It is.
Now Oh.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
I gotta [SIGHS.]
I gotta get to my travel agent.
I'm planning a honeymoon.
You and mom are getting remarried? Well, that depends on your mother.
But without a vision the people perish.
[CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[EXHALES.]
Your 10:00 a.
m.
with Judee Whitmore - got moved to next week.
- [GRACE.]
Mm-hmm.
Wait a minute.
Whitmore? She's Bob's wife? No.
His wife died last year.
She's his daughter.
She's the head of praise and worship for all H&H.
Huh? So, apparently, nepotism's okay when it's his family, but not ours.
Mm-hmm.
And what does she want with me anyway? Oh, she just wants to get to know ya.
And Phil says he wants to talk about Blue Lake when you get in.
It is a summer camp.
What could possibly be the problem? He just said, "Have Grace see me.
" Oh, my gosh.
Could you see what he wants? I thought the deal was just to play nice? Every morning, I come in here and it's like, "Phil wants to see you.
" Enough.
All right.
All right.
I'll take care of it, okay? Thank you.
Thank you.
Is he here yet? - He's waiting in your office.
- [EXHALES.]
Great.
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
Thank you.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING IN BACKGROUND.]
Hey, Noah.
So, uh how was your flight? How was my flight? - [NOAH.]
Are you kidding me? - I know.
I'm sorry.
I [SIGHS.]
Why didn't you tell me we have a son? I told you when we talked on the phone.
I knew if you knew that I was pregnant, - you'd wanna keep it.
- I need to understand why the hell you kept this from me.
I had just told my parents about Mac and Faith.
I was leaving home.
I was 18 years old.
- I wasn't about to have a child.
- But you did.
I went to a clinic but I couldn't go through with it.
I couldn't let him go.
[SIGHS.]
And then I had him.
He was so beautiful.
But the nurse said, "Give him to me right now or you'll never be able to.
" [CLICKS TONGUE.]
So I did.
I just wish you would have told me.
I thought that was the end of it.
Does Isabel know you're here? I told her I'm visiting family.
- So she doesn't know about AJ? - If she did, she would leave me.
The fact that I have a child with you and I can't seem to have one with her I'm so sorry.
You told me the last time that we spoke that he contacted you once before.
Yeah.
He found me in Phoenix after he turned 18.
He got my name from the adoption agency when they unsealed the files.
[STUTTERS.]
Sophia was 12 at the time.
Her dad, Ray, he was always looking for a reason to turn her away from me or take her away.
I I So what? You you just said, "Get lost?" Noah you just said how you couldn't let him into your life, because of Isabel.
I know it's not pretty to admit, but Isabel is real.
Sophia is real.
How they feel matters.
How we feel about them matters.
This is complicated.
I'm not saying what I did is right, by you or him I just wanna make it right now.
Then do it.
He's getting released tomorrow.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[JACOB.]
All right.
Appreciate it.
Good to be back.
Noah.
- Hey, man.
- Hey.
- Oh, man.
- [LAUGHS.]
- What's going on? - I'm good.
What brings you back? - Uh, just visiting family.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- So Gigi knows you're here? - Yeah.
Yeah.
We just talked.
- All right.
Good.
- So how's Isabel? - Great.
Great.
- Uh, how's Kerissa? - [CHUCKLES.]
- Same Excedrin headache, man.
- [CHUCKLES.]
No, I'm kidding.
We're good.
Uh she's good.
Okay.
And I see you're working here again.
[SIGHS.]
Yeah.
And back at the house again.
Uh, you know, everything's kind of upside down and backward, but we're figuring it out.
You? Same, you know, life.
- Yeah, man.
- Yeah.
- Man, it was nice seeing you.
- Hey, you too, man.
[NOAH.]
All right.
[JACOB.]
Hey, Noah.
Why don't you come by the house to see my mom and dad? Oh.
Actually, I'm on my way to the airport.
- So, maybe next time.
- All right.
- I'll tell them you said hey.
- Oh Jacob Listen do me a favor.
Don't.
I just don't wanna seem rude.
- Okay.
- Thanks.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[SIGHS.]
My legs look like toothpicks.
Chopsticks.
You're a meal, okay? All that matters in the romper is the cheeks.
What's your cheek wattage? How do I measure it? Well, if you have to ask, it's probably too low.
- [SOPHIA GRUNTS.]
- [ZORA.]
You should be able to power a small village with your cheek watts, okay? [PHONE CHIMES.]
I'll show you.
Okay, so you're about like at - twenty-five watts? - [SOPHIA.]
What? - [ZORA.]
Twenty-five watts.
- [LADY MAE.]
Connie? [ZORA.]
I'd go smaller, but you could Yeah.
[INHALES.]
The devil is a liar! - [SCREAMING.]
- What the - [SIGHS.]
- What just happened? Uh I dropped my phone.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR.]
Got a second? Pastor Greenleaf.
Welcome aboard.
I, uh trust you're settling in? I am.
You know, it's just like riding a bike.
[CHUCKLES.]
You know, before Gigi came back to Memphis, I was AP under Bishop.
I know.
So what can I do for you? Oh.
Well, Gigi told me you wanted to talk about Blue Lake so I'm here to follow up.
She's too busy to cross the hall? Oh, uh, she just got pulled into a meeting.
Well, okay then.
All right.
Well, listen.
Uh, I know Calvary has a long history with this Cabin Blue Lake and I'm sure the program is exceptional, but H&H has over 20 camps nationwide.
They're better equipped, racially diverse, and to be honest, uh, much cheaper.
Well, well I don't know about cheaper [CHUCKLES.]
But we've always felt, uh, I know my parents feel this way, I'm sure Gigi does too, that it's nice that summer camp gives our kids a little break from diversity, you know what I'm saying? I mean, they're getting that diversity thing real heavy every day.
Where? Well, America.
See [CLICKS TONGUE.]
Blue Lake allows our kids to focus on their black heritage, food, art, dance, music.
I'm sure you could see the value in that.
[SIGHS.]
Well, even if I saw the value I don't see the savings.
We can't do it.
Because of the money? Well, since I don't have time right now to walk you through Harmony of Hope's denominational commitment to [INHALES.]
encourage better relationships between all races in the context of Christian love and what we see as the value of that, yes, because of the money.
And if Pastor Grace has a problem with that, hmm, she can come see me about it herself.
Welcome back brother.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Okay then.
- [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- [WHISTLES.]
[DOOR UNLOCKS.]
[JAMES.]
Hey.
Do you remember that trip to Paris that I was [LADY MAE.]
Not now, James.
Did those girls upset you somehow? Oh, the girls are fine.
They're down there in Zora's bungalow being delightful.
So, may I inquire what's got you so, uh - flustered? - Connie Sykes, of course.
[JAMES.]
Ugh, what has she done now? Oh, sent me an invoice of overages related till she changes everything.
The hell she did? For how much? It's not about the money, James.
It is about the audacity of this paper cut-out of a woman [INHALES.]
Who thinks she can bully me like this.
[BREATHES DEEPLY.]
I mean, I know we are all equal in God's eyes, but there is something uniquely grating about the way people with no class flaunt their power when they get it.
I mean, it is just amateurish and brutish and dumb.
[SIGHS.]
What's that? Um it's nothing.
Just a, a a bid from the exterminator.
Oh? Well, please give them Connie's address and tell them to spare no expense.
Tell them that I won't be happy until every crawling thing in that house is laying on its back, begging God for mercy, starting first and foremost with her.
[LADY MAE.]
Lord, help me! I know you don't like - [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- [JACOB.]
Yo.
[GRACE.]
Hey.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[INHALES.]
So your boy, Phil Demars, is something else.
[CHUCKLES.]
I mean, he's like Uncle Tom meets Voldemort.
What is his problem with Blue Lake? [SIGHS.]
He thinks it's too spendy.
- Well, how much is it per kid? - See, it's not even really that.
There's some denominational mission for diversity he wants to enforce.
We've been sending kids to Blue Lake for 20 years.
- Tell him no.
- He said if you got a problem with it, you come see him yourself.
Just reserve the spots at Blue Lake, - I'll pay the difference.
- That's gonna add up very quick.
It doesn't matter.
Okay.
Good to know somebody in this family has been saving their money.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, um I saw Noah was here.
Mm-hmm.
Everything all right with him? Why? I don't know.
He just seemed a little off.
I think maybe he and Isabela are having trouble.
- I don't know.
- Oh.
Hmm.
I get it.
- See you later.
- All right.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[MAN.]
Hello.
Communicate Network.
Uh, hi.
I need to set up an offender phone account for AJ Delahey.
[MAN.]
And to whom am I speaking? Um my name is Grace Greenleaf.
I'm his mother.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- So what do you think? - Oh.
- I sent you this listing, because I know your taste.
- I think this could be the one.
- Oh.
How much is it gonna go for ultimately? Hmm, high threes, maybe four.
I mean, this neighborhood is gaining in value.
- It is a great investment.
- Mm-hmm.
Make sure you take some cookies.
They're inside on the table.
Sugar-free.
Look, I know it's a good deal, but we're kind of cash-poor right now.
- Your in-laws couldn't help you? - Girl, I'd rather sell plasma.
You know what? Let me see what I can work out.
Okay? Thanks.
[WOMAN.]
So, what do you think? [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING.]
Man I'm just like Mendez Watch me how I wake up With a smile What a beautiful day All that hatin' Send you to your grave Yeah, I gonna take Your advice Pastor Greenleaf.
Brother Saunders.
I'm here for the win Everybody be cautious Hey you were killing the way you were getting to the bucket the other night, man.
I got to tell you, you look like a young MJ.
You know, I'll take comparisons to the goat.
[CHUCKLES.]
That's my boy, Cameron.
Hey, man.
Hey, get in the back, man.
He's a pastor.
- Yeah, whatever.
- [SEAT BELT CLICKS.]
I don't think they know ya Everybody feeling close For a nation I guess I'm ready To go get it So, uh wanna grab some lunch or something? Nah.
We just had breakfast.
Hey, you ever played basketball with a football? Um, no.
Can't say that I have.
I'm a winner I'm a winner Big Ben, key I need options Everybody feeling close For a nation I guess I'm ready To go get it [CAR ENGINE REVS.]
- [MUSIC BLARES.]
- [TIRES SQUEAL.]
So what's the matter? I don't know if I can do this.
You should have heard him.
He said I was the heart of the family.
Is that how he treats you? Like you're the heart of the family? Not all the time maybe, but Watch what a man does, not what he says, and you'll see who he is.
I know he's not perfect, Phil.
Well, he's the only pastor I know who's been accused of arson, negligent manslaughter, and still owes the IRS two million in back taxes.
So, forgive me if I reserve my benefit of the doubt for someone who deserves it.
- Who? - Do you think I offered you the AP position to buy your loyalty? No.
I did it, because I saw in you a beautiful child of God in the grip of a family who doesn't know who doesn't see the jewel she is.
Why would you say that? If you don't mean it, that's cruel.
Do you think you know people? I didn't once, obviously, but yes.
Well, after all you've been through, you better.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
Look in my eyes, Charity.
Tell me I'm lying.
I know what you are.
I see it all.
And it's good.
You're making me shy.
[CHUCKLES.]
There's nothing wrong with shy.
Especially the way it looks on you.
That's game.
[JACOB.]
Oh, man.
Hey.
You did a lot better than that guy.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- [CAMERON.]
Yo.
Hey, yo, D, when are you trying to drop him off and go to the city? I got to go, man.
Soon, bruh.
Soon.
Everybody's got to be somewhere.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, ain't that right? Hey.
So, listen I know the team is giving you a little stipend or whatever it is but I figure a little something extra couldn't hurt your pockets.
[JACOB.]
Extra? Like, extra what? I'mma do me.
And I can't have you reporting back to management every time I feel like blowing ten racks up in a club.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Take it.
Whoa, whoa.
Put your money away.
- That's ten grand.
- I Dante I get it.
But look [SIGHS.]
I wasted a good part of my life thinking I could run up the bill and the check would never come.
But the check comes.
So, I don't want your money man.
Put it away.
I was just testing you anyhow.
Trying to see if you the real holy man my mom made you out to be.
You might make a saint of me yet.
- [DANTE.]
Let's go, man.
- [CAMERON.]
For real? - I'm ready now.
- [CAMERON.]
Hey, I gotta go, man.
Look, I'm not trying to worry or anything [DANTE.]
I'm your ride, right? - [CAMERON.]
Yeah, man.
- Yeah.
It's better than Uber.
[PHIL.]
Your brother came and saw me.
Now, he maybe your right-hand, but he isn't mine.
Now when I ask to see you, I expect the courtesy of a visit.
Phil I don't know how to put this.
- I don't work for you.
- I'm the Southern Conference Minister of Harmony Hope.
Every pastor within this region looks to me for guidance and support.
And if I need either of those, I'll let you know, okay? - Deal.
- [CHUCKLES, SIGHS.]
I see you went ahead and, uh, paid the non-refundable application fee to Blue Lake without my sign off? I paid with my own money.
Do you plan on paying all the fees for this program? Because, eventually, it's gonna go upwards Hundred thousand dollars.
I know.
Oh.
Do you have that kind of cash? I do.
Okay.
We'll pay the rest, but you're gonna have to explain it to Bob.
[GRACE.]
I'd be more than happy to.
But, Phil my sister did ask about coming back as a music minister, and I told her - you wouldn't go for that, so - That's fine.
See? I'm quite amenable when I'm approached with the requisite respect.
The fact that he's hanging out with this fine-ass man and doesn't invite me? [MUSIC PLAYING.]
He's punishing me.
You know, I'm not gonna go.
To Hampton? Shut up.
Look, it's like they're besties or something.
It's outrageous.
Yeah.
I'm just gonna go in the fall.
I mean, I heard summer in Hampton is buggy anyways.
But you already paid for your summer classes, - haven't you? - It's just two classes.
I'll get a refund.
I don't wanna miss this summer with you.
Or with my mom.
Okay.
I'll support you under one condition.
- Name it.
- You have to live here with me.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
[EXHALES.]
It'll be a stretch but, uh [SIGHS.]
- Fine.
- And you have to come to Bible time with me and Grandma in the mornings.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
That's two conditions.
I expanded my demands on the fly.
Learned that from The Art of War.
What's that? One of Noah's old books.
There's lot of, like, kooky old stuff in here and I'm pretty sure it's haunted.
Like, seriously haunted.
[INHALES.]
Why do I have to do Bible study? Because I have to do it.
Duh.
Okay.
I'll wake you up in the morning, but I'm not going.
Okay.
Fine.
We'll be like spinsters.
- What's a spinster? - [EXHALES.]
I never really knew.
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING.]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING.]
Bishop, I could get into a lot of trouble for printing that out for you, so you can't tell anyone where you got it.
Not even Lady Mae.
You have my word.
- Thanks, K.
- Mm-hmm.
This sure don't feel like church.
- Hi.
- Hey, honey.
I'm sorry I'm home late.
Zora and I, we're moving stuff down there and just [SIGHS.]
couldn't stop.
Oh.
Is something the matter? Ultimately, no.
Uh, but I do have to tell you something.
Can you can you sit for a minute? Yeah, sure.
I have some news for you too, and I think you're gonna like it.
- Yeah? What's going on? - You first.
[SOPHIA.]
I don't know what to say.
It's okay if you're upset.
I'm not upset.
I just - [SOPHIA SIGHS DEEPLY.]
- Sophia.
My whole life all you've done is complain about how grandma and grandpa weren't there for Faith.
I told you, I'm gonna help AJ.
By sending him money.
You're his mom.
What he wants is his mom.
[SIGHS.]
Honey, will you sit back down please? Sit back down.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
I don't want you coming with me to Hampton.
- I'll just drive myself.
- Oh, no.
You can't drive yourself all that way.
I can do whatever I want.
Sophia.
Sophia.
[SIGHS.]
What? There is too much on the line for me right now the congregation Harmony and Hope, okay? Just for now, this has to stay between us.
You are such a hypocrite.
[SIGHS.]
[JAMES.]
You see, there's all the evidence you need.
Right there.
H&H was paying off Connie Sykes.
How did you get this? It doesn't matter how I got it.
All that matters is how you got it, James.
Who gave you this? Karine? Mae.
Mae.
Look.
Look at the date on that check.
The last check deposited into Connie's account? Two days after they joined H&H.
So, it was Karine.
Don't you see this is why they don't trust you? Pulling this kind of garbage.
Why they don't trust me? Well, who else was at the wheel when the ship went aground? Me? I'm trying to get this church back for you, and this is what you wanna throw back at me? No.
All I am doing is trying to tell a man whom God just spared to turn back and quit your foolish ways, or the selfsame Lord who restarted your heart - is gonna stop it.
- My heart is just fine.
- Thank you.
- No, it's not.
This is not the way.
James, God is talking to me and I'm listening.
[SIGHS.]
Now, I despise Connie just as much as you do, even more, but this is not the way that we're gonna win back this church.
It's not.
Not by power and might.
Not by sneaking around and pointing fingers.
Not by blaming and shaming.
"By my will" says the Lord.
James, we have to get our house in order.
[SIGHS.]
We have to get our hearts in order, or we're gonna lose everything.
What are you doing? Inching you back from the edge of an abyss that I fear you are inexplicably unaware.
You like it? Uh, where will we get the money to pay for this? We can sell the land.
- The real church land? - Yes.
It's just sitting across from Calvary doing nothing.
And, I mean, if we even got what we paid for it, we we'd have a good down payment.
I I don't wanna sell it.
Jacob, I want out of this house.
Okay.
And I want you out of this house.
- Excuse me? - Uh, with me.
Come on.
I want you to have what you want, Kerissa.
- Don't do that.
- Well, then how come [SIGHS.]
How come we can't sell that land, buy this house, and make a fresh start? Why isn't that the obvious move? Something happened to me today.
- Okay? - What? I got through to this kid, a little all right? And I I got to a place inside myself that I've never been.
Okay.
But what does that have to do with this? I mean if we could use that land to do something for kids like him - By doing what though? - I don't know yet.
I know, but, like what even maybe? I just know that that land is one of the few solid things we have left.
And I don't wanna sell it.
Can I at least ask Nadine to do a market analysis to see what we could potentially get for it? - No! - Jacob! My name in on that deed right next to yours.
- I don't have to ask.
- Okay.
But you did, and I'm telling you just wait one beat.
All right, asking you, honey.
Listen just give me a week to pray on it and if the Lord gives me nothing, I'll tell you.
But just give me one week.
[SIGHS.]
[GRACE.]
Sophia.
Sophia, please don't do this.
It's too far for you to drive alone.
Well I'm not driving alone.
- [SIGHS.]
- Who's going with you? Dad.
I called him last night.
I'm picking him up at the airport.
[DOOR SHUTS.]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- I love you.
- Baby.
- [SEAT BELT CLICKS.]
Baby I said I love you.
[ENGINE STARTS.]
Yeah.
I heard you.
Sophia.
Sweetheart Sweetheart [LADY MAE.]
Where is she going so early? - Hampton.
- But I thought - that y'all were going together.
- Things changed, Mom.
Well, don't you wanna talk about it? I don't.
[SOBS.]
Where Where's Sophia going? [BIRDS CHIRPING.]
- To college.
- Wait.
What? I thought she was staying? - What happened? - I don't know.
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[KEYBOARD CLICKS.]
Father [SIGHS.]
I know we haven't talked in a while, but I need some guidance.
[SIGHS.]
I feel like I've got an opportunity to do something here.
It's big.
Something new.
[SIGHS.]
[SHOES SCUFFING.]
Just don't know what it is.
If you got any ideas [SIGHS.]
please let me know.
[FOOTBALL THUDS.]
Now, I've told you that about Darlene, Karine, so you've got to give a sister something.
Anything.
Okay.
I can tell you this, but you did not hear this from me, all right? Honey, if Darlene knew I told you what I just told you, she would cut me up in pieces and throw me in the river in an old cheap suitcase.
[LAUGHS.]
Yes.
You know it.
Come on.
Noah.
- Well, what about him? - [DOOR OPENS.]
Why, Lady Mae.
What a surprise.
Walk with me? Of course.
Karine, I'm sure it's tempting to see this as a period of transition.
I'm not sure what you mean.
Well, this interim year while Grace will be Head Pastor and while Harmony and Hope seeps through this church - like a fog.
- Mm-hmm.
But in God's time there are no transitions.
It's just the steady march to holiness or hell, and every day is a step up or a step down.
- I know.
I thought to call you.
- And a smart thought that was.
Next time you should heed that still small voice, because it will keep you in good stead.
And, Karine [SIGHS.]
You may be of use to me at some point in the future, so I would appreciate it if you'd avoid getting canned.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yes, Ma'am.
Oh.
Here.
Please see that Connie gets that before the board meeting tonight.
I'll spare you the question.
It is payment in full for all remaining cost from my day with Lady Mae.
- Oh.
- Feel free to let anyone who wonders know that I pay my debts in full per Romans 13:7.
Romans 13:7.
Got it.
Are you familiar with it? Not word for No.
What is going to get us through this turbulent time is the righteousness of God, Karine.
Yes, Ma'am.
[WOMAN.]
You can fast and pray all you want, you could know every verse of numbers by heart, Pastor, but if you don't get your praise program to where people are dying to come to church and sing - [PHONE RINGS.]
- [WOMAN.]
Your church is gonna die.
- Can I get an Amen? - [CROWD.]
Amen! [WOMAN.]
Can I get an A - [SIGHS.]
- [PHONE RINGS.]
- Hello? - [MAN 1.]
Hello, you have a prepaid phone call from - [MAN 2.]
AJ Delahey.
- [MAN 1.]
An inmate at the Yuma Federal Correctional Center.
Hi.
This is Grace Greenleaf.
Hi.
This is AJ.
[AJ.]
Are you there? Yeah, AJ I'm here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
So they got a halfway house I can land in once I'm out, but it's just a temporary situation, so [GUARD.]
Two minutes.
So, you know, I don't know.
Well, you're gonna need money hmm? [AJ.]
Yeah.
Yeah.
And a a permanent place to live.
Yeah.
[GRACE.]
Um, that's why you're calling, right? Yeah.
Does Sophia know about me? That's her name, right? Mm-hmm.
That's her name.
So you gonna help me out or what? Yeah.
I can help [SIGHS.]
And I want to.
Okay.
Cool.
Thank you, bye.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Bye.
I'm gonna lay My burdens down My burdens down My burdens down I'm steady working For my crown Lord, I just wanna Hear well done I'm gonna lay My burdens down Burdens down My burdens down Oh, I'm steady working For my crown Lord, I just wanna Hear well done