Queen Sugar (2016) s05e10 Episode Script

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Previously on Queen Sugar
I got accepted into this really
cool school in Washington D.C.
Mom and pop said that I can go.
You know deep down that that
boy is mine as much as he is yours!
That's not your son, Aunt Vi!
It was really good of you
to drop everything.
You say that like I had a choice.
There's no place I'll ever
be if you ever need me.
you think I'll forget the
cops' faces who did this to me?
You thanked him in your book.
What?
Calvin Gaston.
He's the one who did this to me.
Great.
You put the snacks in the car?
Indeed. Close all them windows?
I did.
Where our little man at?
Probably should get going.
He said he had to look for something.
- Found her.
- mmm!
Couldn't leave without Kenya, huh?
She'll probably miss you too much.
Oh, I'm not bringing Kenya.
I want her to stay here so
she can look after you guys.
Are you worried about us?
I heard pops in the bathroom
this morning.
He sounded upset.
upset?
I'm not upset. I'm happy for you.
But are you happy for you?
We're sad that we won't
get to see you every day.
But I'm happy you get to live your life.
Well, whenever you are sad,
Kenya will keep you company.
How about when I'm sad
I just call you?
But I might be too busy doing homework.
Too busy? Busy saving the world, huh?
- You know it.
- That's right.
All right. We gotta go. Long drive.
We gotta go.
Long, long, long drive.
so
- slide along a little.
- Oh.
Come on.
Traffic waits for nobody.
- Put your seatbelt on.
- All right.
Washington DC
here we come!
dreams never die take
flight as the world turns
dreams never die take
flight as the world turns
Micah needs to bring himself home.
He does not need to be
out there in them streets.
I want everybody home and safe.
Hell, home ain't safe.
Well, I'm just glad
for the homes that we got.
I've been watching this
reports on these evictions.
People losing their jobs.
Healthcare's a mess.
Those fools. Trying to fight
about wearing a simple mask.
Being brainwashed to fight
against their own survival.
Surreal.
don't get me started.
I tell Hollywood to turn
that crap off the TV.
Gets my pressure up.
It's infuriating.
We gotta get this vote out.
I just hate that I
I can't be out there getting
people registered and
Staffing the polls.
Yeah, well, you can't, so stop it.
That cold you had could've been worse.
Nova's out there on behalf
of the family doing all of that.
Micah, Hollywood, driving seniors.
The bordelons are doing
their part. We always do.
We always do.
Can I ask you a completely
random question?
Go on.
Is there anything that Jimmy
Dale could do right now
For you to see him differently?
What?
What on earth would make you ask me
some stupid shit like that?
I
I'm I'm sorry, Aunt Vi.
You didn't answer me.
What on earth would make you ask me
I'm just wondering.
Why in all the hell
would you wonder that?
Ain't enough going on to wonder t?
I mean, where did that come from?
I asked you a question, Charley.
Davis came by here last week
to pick something up that Micah needed
and ship it to him.
And, uh
We got to talking.
And he seemed
He seemed different.
And it got me thinking about change.
Can people really change?
And forgiveness.
And I guess I was wondering
what you felt about all that.
Charley
Jimmy Dale is an evil man
Who gets off on inflicting pain,
physical, emotional,
on any and everybody.
He's a dark soul.
Thinks love is weakness and
feeds on hate and treachery.
And he made sure that I lived
inside of his hell.
For so long it almost
destroyed me entirely.
So there is nothing in
this world that he could do
to make me forget what he did to me
Or think he's changed ever.
Davis, on the other hand,
is just damn stupid.
Huh?
He's not a bad person.
He's a foolish man
who took the good life
you gave him for granted
and made dumb, hurtful choices.
But he ain't Jimmy Dale.
He loved you even though he blew it.
And he loves that boy.
So if you saw change in him,
that's worth looking at.
Y'all can at least
be civil to each other.
Yeah.
Yeah, at least.
Hey, you all right?
What's wrong?
Is everything okay?
What's this?
His name is Andre Nixon.
He was only 19 years old the night
he said you and your cop friends
beat him until he could no longer walk.
Wait a minute, Nova
please don't say you
don't know this man.
Because he definitely knows you.
And once I started digging
into his case,
it wasn't that hard
to put it all together.
All someone had to do was look,
see,
care enough.
And no one did until now.
Nova
Look me in my eye and tell me
you had nothing to do with this!
That you weren't there that night.
And I'll believe you.
Because I want to believe you.
I think
I tried to convince myself
it was somebody else's memory
just lodged in the back of my mind.
I was the son of a cop.
I was having a real hard time.
And everyone said I had to prove
that I could make it on my own.
They got a hold of this kid
His name is Andre.
Right.
Andre.
Andre
Got dragged
into an abandoned building.
They beat him real good.
They said it was
They said it was good practice.
I stood in the back, I was scared.
I knew what they were doing was wrong.
Then they called my name and they said,
"get up here and
prove you're one of us."
I knew what they were asking me to do.
And you did it.
I hit him once.
Maybe twice.
But that's all, I swear.
I barely touched him.
But you did touch him, Calvin.
I've never done anything
like that before or since.
You gotta believe me.
I believed you when you told me you had
never done anything like this at all!
Remember?
Remember what you told me?
Those were lies, Calvin!
It was over 20 years ago.
I'm not that person.
It was yesterday to him!
Have you heard from him
since they got back?
Ralph Angel is not speaking to me.
And you ain't talking to him.
How long is that gonna go on?
It'll work itself out.
Wondering what my baby's doing
right now.
He's with his grandmother
Who is trifling, but she loves him.
And she ain't gonna let
no harm come to him.
That's where he is.
I just don't want him to change.
He's perfect. He's us.
Baby, that's not gonna happen.
That boy's got a good soul.
And Blue is gonna stay Blue.
We pray for that, we manifest that,
and we know that, okay?
Okay.
And maybe you should
think about apologizing to Ralph Angel.
Blue is the whole reason
he got his life together.
So if he sent him away,
it's probably because he
thinks the promise of tomorrow
outweighs the pain right now.
So my pain and love
for a child I helped raise don't matter?
Baby, you can't honestly say
that your pain
is worse than Ralph Angel's.
That's his son.
Baby, you call Ralph Angel a boy.
You said his father would be
ashamed of him.
I believe that's the truth.
But was it kind, Vi? Was it necessary?
Maybe you should consider
being the adult in the room on this one.
That's all I'm saying.
when Micah
left for college, I was lost.
It's kinda stunning to realize
that I didn't know how to live
without thinking about his daily needs.
I didn't know how to
Just be.
I mean, it's gonna take some time.
I mean, when I get down,
I think about how much
Blue loved his new room
and how he took
to all the kids in the class.
They really loved him.
I mean, just being in a classroom again,
he was on cloud nine.
And mom loves him so much.
It was really beautiful to see.
I mean,
that's what I start thinking
about when I'm getting in my feelings.
- Hmm.
- Thank you for the talk, Charley.
I don't wanna keep you.
Oh, actually, um
I wanted to ask you something.
I've come to think of you as one
of the strongest women I know.
You've been through so much.
And yet here you are.
Thank you. That means a
lot coming from you, Charley.
I need some advice.
Advice? From me?
Well, I'll certainly try.
I've been thinking about Davis.
Thinking what about Davis?
Oh, oh. I see. Um, I mean,
I would never do that.
You wouldn't?
Ouch.
No, no, no. I mean, I would never
give you advice about your man.
I mean, just for me from experience,
I've found that no one really
knows your relationship but you.
No one knows your heart.
No one knows his.
I mean, everyone else's opinion
doesn't really matter in the end
because it's the two of you that
have to look at each other every day,
have to love each other every day.
You're right.
Has he changed?
I think
Yeah. Yeah, he has.
Is that even possible?
Look at me and Ralph Angel.
We are completely different
people than we were in the beginning.
We made every mistake.
We hurt each other,
we fell away from each other.
And somehow we ended up
back in each other's arms.
So yes, it is possible.
If you see a chance at something real
with someone who knows you
and truly cares about you
Step out in faith.
It might be everything you hope it is.
The fact that the hashtag
"defund the police" is trending
and on news outlets everywhere
and that people in this country
and countries around the world
are taking to the streets
is just like
I don't know, it's just monumental.
You know what I mean? It just feels
really,
really meaningful. Don't you think?
I do. I have never seen
anything like it.
Never felt anything like it.
I'm just catching up to
everything now and
I am totally and completely blown away.
Wait, catching up to
everything? What do you mean?
I I, uh
What's going on?
Uh
I've I've been under the
weather the past few days.
What do you mean "under
the weather"? What was wrong?
Mom.
I, uh I have COVID.
- What?
- But I'm recovering.
What are you saying right now?
You took a test?
No.
Then what are you basing that on?
well
I was pretty out of it.
What does that mean?
Is Aunt Vi there?
No, no. She's not. And I'm okay now.
What is aunt Nova saying?
What was your temperature at the
highest? Let me talk to aunt Nova.
Micah, Nova's not here.
And I didn't call her over.
Uncle Ra?
No.
Then how do you know you have COVID?
Mom, what's happening? why
Why aren't you telling me? Like,
why am I pulling teeth right now?
Please, please stop yelling at me.
I shouldn't have come here.
I just
I left you alone and now you
No, I wasn't alone.
I couldn't call the family
for various reasons,
so when things got pretty bad
I called your father.
I'm on my way.
Here you go, here you go. Uh-huh.
And that's this one.
You've seen me at home,
now you've seen me at work!
Ten!
Oh, I guess we are
making a little noise, huh?
A little. I can hear you
cackling from across the way.
I had missed everybody
at this place so much.
So I'm doing it like the
kids say. I'm getting it in.
- That's right.
- Yeah, I miss her, too.
You know, it's just good
to know we got each other.
- Mmm-hmm.
- Mmm! Indeed, indeed.
And to get it on sitting down.
- Come on!
- Okay!
Oh!
happy reopening.
- Sort of.
- Yeah, sort of.
Thank you.
Is Ralph Angel popping?
No, he, um
He couldn't make it.
I see.
But the flowers are from both of us.
Mmm-hmm.
- How's Blue?
- So far so good.
He's still adjusting to my mom's
rules and ways about her house.
But I think
I think the real test is gonna come
when
he starts school in a couple of days.
So we shall see.
Well, I should probably get going.
Of course.
I understand.
Congratulations.
Thank you, baby.
I ask my ancestors for wisdom.
I ask for guidance.
I ask for the capacity to love
from a place of truth
and healing.
All right. I hope you know
how sorry I am for what I did.
Your feelings aren't the issue.
Am I allowed to get better?
To be better than I was.
You didn't know
it was wrong to stomp a 19-year-old
in the back until it cracked?
You knew.
And you decided not to
be better in that moment
and then to deny it
and then to hide it.
Yes. Yes,
what I did was wrong and I knew it,
to fit in,
- to protect myself
- He's paralyzed.
I know. I've been trying
to keep up with him from afar.
I want to yell
and fight.
I want to scream and
I want to hurt you.
I want you to know
how much you've hurt me.
- Please
- But I can't. I can't scream.
Can't yell.
Can't even write about this.
I feel like I can't move.
Like I'm paralyzed, too.
I'm ashamed that I'm so scared.
I'm ashamed that I want to protect you.
I'm the only one who should
be ashamed for what I did.
What I did was in my past.
It's far in my past.
It's not me.
It never was.
You know me.
Mm.
I'm yours.
You know who I am.
I'm yours, baby.
I'm so sorry.
You ready for today?
Mm. Yeah. How about you?
Oh, baby, I'm so excited
about the real spot zone.
Micah taught me
everything I needed to know
about how to run a session.
Rsvps are coming in nice.
I'm thinking we're gonna get
six or seven guys.
No, baby.
We up to 46.
Oh!
You are doing it.
Mm.
You are doing what you always do.
Shine.
I'm so proud of you.
Ah, thank you, baby.
No, we just can't wait
for the bad to be over.
No, we got to live through it
and find pieces of joy along the way.
You're right.
I'm gonna call Ralph Angel.
It's the right thing to do.
And I'm sorry if I had to talk
a little tough for you to hear it.
But I'll make it up to you.
What you got in mind?
You.
I got you in mind.
Mm, but not right now.
Right now, you're gonna
finish doing this.
I'll finish doing what I'm doing.
We'll link back up later.
Uh-huh.
Get out of here.
Mm.
so, how are you feeling? Back to 100%?
I'd say 87%.
Mm.
It's the precision for me.
So
Do you have any idea
why I asked you to meet?
Not for sure,
but I'm hoping it's not
what I hope it's not.
What do you hope it's not?
Something tough about Micah
you didn't want
to talk about on the phone.
Is keke pregnant?
No.
As far as I'm aware,
keke is not pregnant.
Not by Micah anyway.
You don't know that they broke up?
I did not know that, no.
He stopped talking to me
about girls and stuff
a while back, understandably.
It's interesting that
Micah and keke
having a baby at their age
is your worst fear for him.
Nah, I wouldn't say
that's my worst fear.
You know, him being hurt physically
is definitely my worst fear,
but a baby Would be a close second.
We were his age.
Wasn't that awful.
No, it wasn't awful at all.
If only for one reason.
Half of the couple in question
was Charley Bordelon.
I mean, don't get me wrong. Keke
is cool and all, but she ain't you.
And Micah is a very, very smart kid,
but he ain't you either.
I mean, you were the only part of us
that made it possible for that
situation to be the opposite of awful.
You know? It was probably
the most beautiful time of my life.
I've never heard you
talk about it that way.
Your decision to keep Micah,
you know, face your mother, Ernest,
everyone who was looking at you to excel
and become the quintessential black
woman
scholar you were destined to be.
you know, come on.
Single mother
did not figure into that plan.
But you never wavered.
And you had this kind of
resolve and And fortitude
that I had never seen in a person.
Before or since.
I wish I would have
told you that before now.
You should have heard it every day.
Oh
It's the Blue Bordelon.
- Hey, pops. It's good to see you.
- It's good to see you, too.
- How you doin', buddy?
- Everything is great.
It is amazing, terrific. I
promise. How are you and mom?
- Is that Blue? Hi.
- Hey, ma!
I had my first day of school yesterday.
I can't wait to show you all
the cool stuff I'm working on
when I come home for the holidays.
My teachers are so so cool.
- Oh, Blue
- I know you miss me
and I miss you too, but in a good way.
Hey, we miss you too in a good way.
In a good way, yes.
How was your first day?
- How was everything?
- Were they nice to you?
It is amazing.
I love it. I love everything
about it here.
That's so wonderful, baby.
I'm so happy that you're this happy.
Thank you, guys,
for letting me come here.
Thank you so so much.
Grandma's calling me for
breakfast. So I'll see you guys later.
- Love you.
- Love you, too.
And make sure
you call us again soon, Blue.
- We love you, sweetheart.
- We love you so much.
Have a good day!
Just like that.
just like that.
- He's happy.
- Yeah, I know.
He'll be all right.
I remember feeling like
No expectation made of me
was as strong as my mission to
make a family with you and Michael.
yeah.
You were definitely on a mission.
I mean, strong.
You made me believe we could do it.
I thought
I could build this fortress
around us that was so strong,
so undeniable
That nothing could ever touch us,
nothing could ever take you
away from me.
And you did that.
you just didn't calculate
that the monster was already
inside the fortress with you.
You had children with other people.
- One.
- That's enough.
Yeah. It's too much.
It shouldn't have happened and
I shouldn't
have hidden it when it did happen.
Melina Goldie.
I defended you.
I paid her off.
That was the biggest failure of my life.
I remember longing
I mean, longing to be with you
when you were on the road.
It was the same feeling
of wanting to be with my
father when I was younger.
I wanted his love so desperately.
And it felt like
Somehow I
I never could grasp it.
I remember what that felt like.
Imagining daddy with this
family I wasn't part of.
Nova and Ralph Angel being
able to see him every day.
Them all happy
Without me.
Like you
Happier with these other women
And having children
Without me.
I was never happier when
I wasn't with you, Charley.
Then why?
Why did you do that, Davis?
Why did you do that to us?
Uh Look
The only reason
a person actively destroys
everything good in their life
is because
Is Because
Because they hate who they are.
I hated myself, Charlie.
I've had to face myself
head-on over the last four years.
Oh, we've We've all got these
corners of our mind where
we keep all the bad stuff,
the memories, the guilt
we don't want to face.
But I've gone to my corners
And I've taken all that
stuff out, one by one
And I've looked at it all.
All of it
For what it is
And for what it says about me.
I was the monster inside our fortress.
And I am not that anymore.
Who are you now then, Davis?
That's why I asked you here.
I need to know if that kind selfless man
who was there for me when I was sick
Who went above and beyond
Who cared
I need to know if he's real.
If that's the real you, Davis.
It's me.
It's me, I'm real and I'm here.
I'm here for you, Charlie.
And I can finally love you
the way you always deserved.
If you'll let me.
is this payback from your dinner?
When you gonna tell me
where we're going?
Look, it's what the latins
call a quid pro quo.
A surprise for a surprise.
well, I know it ain't a restaurant,
because half of them are closed down,
and the numbers are surging
in New Orleans, so
Baby, I know all that. Can
you just hold off for a second?
All right?
Because your chariot awaits.
I know you don't
think I'm getting on that thing.
A-ha-ha! Yes, I do!
You can't have joy in life
without taking a little risk, right?
- No.
- You know all this already.
Ah, look at it.
Let me hear you say "no" now.
mm-hmm.
There you go, get right on in there.
Oh. Oh, no, you didn't.
Yes, I did.
Yes, I did.
Now, I just want you to know,
don't get jealous
- Oh, you gonna beat me?
- When I smoke you.
Hey, you call me evel knievel.
- When I smoke you.
- Let's go.
Leave you trying to catch up with me.
- Oh, lord, I can't even get the
- bye!
Oh! Stop!
I love you, Vi.
I love you more, Hollywood!
Yeah, baby, we gonna be all right.
Yes, yes, yes. We gonna be all right!
Micah,
this is really good work, son.
Thanks.
Thank you for
Being here, when I wasn't.
Yeah.
Well, I'm kind of glad that you weren't.
Cause she would have never
wanted you to see her like that.
She got really bad?
- Mm-hmm.
- But I'm not anymore.
I'm okay.
I just wished you called me,
but I understand why you didn't.
Now, I just got a taste of
What it's like when someone you love
decides to do something
that you don't agree with,
and there's nothing you can do about it.
You just gotta respect their decision,
love them anyway.
Now, that's what you have
always done for me.
I felt how hard it was and I just
Thank you for giving
me that all the time.
But I do have some
more photos to show y'all.
So this was like protest stuff,
but we went to this church service.
So many beautiful faces,
and then the elders pulled up, look.
Look at this lady.
Singing herself off.
Oh, that's a good one.
- Go back, go back.
- She's
- Yes, I love that one.
- Look at that.
Are you expecting someone?
yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Hi.
- Nola pd. Internal affairs.
Are you Calvin Gaston?
- yes, I am.
- we're here to ask you
to accompany us
to Nola pd central station
- regarding your call.
- yes.
What did you do?
the right thing.
Finally.
though we never saw them shooting stars
Blue was so excited
about seeing a few weeks back,
sky hella bright tonight.
And it's shining bright.
Like Blue.
It's good to see him happy, huh?
Hmm.
That's our little star.
And we're letting him be that.
Thank you for making dinner.
My chicken noodle soup
came a long way, huh?
Mm.
It has.
And we've come a long way too.
You all right?
You're gonna be fine, baby.
I'm not sad.
I'm happy.
And
I want you to be happy too.
I just need some time, that's all.
Get used to all this quiet.
No more Blue
waking me up all early.
Talking about pops.
"Pops!"
That little voice,
I will miss that.
Ralph Angel
You are the best father to Blue.
You were exquisite.
And you're gonna be a father again.
I'm pregnant.
With your child.
Pregnant with mine.
Yeah.
- Pregnant with my child?
- Yes.
Stop playing.
You always blessing me, doll.
Blessing me.
You're my blessing.
You truly are.
I love you.
I love you.