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COOKIE: You okay, Andre?
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LUCIOUS:
Previously onEmpire...
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ANDRE: I would never
threaten a woman.
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KINGSLEY:
You wouldn't. I did.
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Those blackouts
you're having,
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I can do that whenever I want.
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I'm in control.
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GISELLE: This is
my little brother Julian.
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I told youhe was coming to visit.
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How 'bout some diplomacy?
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You stay away from my family
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and yours will keep breathing.
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That's a deal.
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You were born for that stage
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and that gift
that makes you beautiful.
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We need a Bossy sound.
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That says,
"You are listening to Bossy."
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Durrell.
I will never get over
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the coward that took him
away from me.
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Hey, Teri.It smells good in here.
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Did you prepare
this meal yourself?
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Yes, I did.
I love our new kitchen.
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COOKIE: What meal, child?
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I'm just saying, honey.
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Cookie starts talking
in third person
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when she ain't had
nothing to eat
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and all you keep
filling her up with
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is cheese and crackers.
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TERI:
Dinner will be out shortly.
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We had a little issue
with the frenching
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the rack of lamb,
but it has all been resolved.
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CAROL: "Frenching"?What, you in there trying to be
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fancy or something?
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I mean, listen, girl, please.
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That mattered, like,two hours ago.
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We just need you to throwthat food on a plate
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and bring it out.
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-Is it cooked? Just bring it.
-CAROL: Amen.
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Trust me, it'll be worth it.
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Teri, you sureyou don't need some help?
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Once you've had Juanita
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and then you go solo,
it's...
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ANDRE: You know what?
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I think it's time we propose
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a new Lyon family dinnertradition.
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CANDACE: And what's that?
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Teri and I have decidedno business talk
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and no what, babe?
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Drama.
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Our home is all peace, love,
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and soulful conversations.
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Oh, that is so cute,
Donna Cornelius,
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but can it also be about
some food?
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See, that's
a family tradition too.
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-I'm sorry.
-I'll be right back.
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-I'm just saying, child.
-Oh.
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COOKIE: Just bring the lamb.Don't French it.
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Well, if it isn't
my favorite artist.
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So how did the gig go?
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It was amazing.
The crowd ate it up.
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I'm hyped right now.
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Mm. Hey.
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Make sure y'all are availablefor this week,
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'cause I'm having a showcasefor Yana over at the mansion.
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All of the major labelsare gonna be there,
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and it's gonna be bidding war,so come early.
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Pop, please, can you not?
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Are you asking for a man
who can't keep it in his pants
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to have a modicum of couth?
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Those two things
don't go together, nephew.
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-LUCIOUS: I'll call you back.
-YANA [over phone]: Bye.
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Yeah, I'll drink to that.
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LUCIOUS: Yeah, your ass
will drink to anything.
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I'm sorry--smoke anything.
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All right, Lucious,
don't be petty.
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Why don't we have a toast
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to Cookie quitting a jobthat she's hated for years,
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AKA divorcing Lucious?
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Ooh.
Cheers.
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Then why am I still stuck
with Ursula
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and her ugly twins?
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CAROL: You know, you about
to get your ass beat.
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-[all arguing]
-Hey, hey.
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Okay, okay,
Okay, listen.
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Can we please not--
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tonight,
can we please not--
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-Please! Damn!
-Okay, baby.
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Where's Teri with the--
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-[screams]
-[gunshot]
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[gunshot]
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[panting]
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ANDRE:
Teri, I'm so sorry, baby.
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Uh...
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QUINCY: I'll clean it up, Mom.
Don't worry about it.
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Are you all right?
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[silverware clinking]
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Uh, Teri, girl, you trying
to give me a heart attack?
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Uh, sis, seriously,you just screamed
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like somebody was shooting upthe joint.
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I'm so sorry.
I know you worked so hard.
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Thanks a lot, Andre.
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I'm so sorry.
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Here, baby,
take this to the...
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-QUINCY: Okay.
-I spent hours
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preparing this food.
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Amen, true story.
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We can just--we can just
order something.
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LUCIOUS:
Yeah, I got a friend, um, has
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an Italian spotaround the corner.
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He'll fix us up real quick.
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Teri, I'm so sorry, baby.
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I wanted tonightto be perfect for you.
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Wait, wait, now, Teri.
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We don't haveto let this ruin the evening--
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You know, I have stood by
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and watched the dysfunction
in this family,
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the way you all go
at each other
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like dogs in the street,
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and I thought, like a fool,
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that it would
be different here,
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for Andre.
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[dramatic music]
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I had one--one rule, just one.
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Look, Teri, on behalf
of Dino and Marmaduke...
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-Lucious, you know what?
-Oh.
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You know what?
Them perms up in yo' head...
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[all arguing]
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Stop!
Stop it!
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Just stop!
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♪
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Well, at least we kept up
with tradition,
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another messy
Lyon family dinner.
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Happy?
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♪
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[dramatic hip-hop music]
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♪
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Come on in here...sis.
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What is going on?
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Your nerves are bad.
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I think you have PTSD.
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Yep, shooting someone
is a big deal.
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You wouldn't be human
if it wasn't still
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haunting you in some way.
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Yeah, maybe--
maybe I should
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talk to my therapist
about it.
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I mean, it's beenon my mind a lot lately.
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[foreboding music]
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♪
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[indistinct chatter]
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♪
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-Carol.
-[whimpers]
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I found you something to wearfor the funeral.
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-It's in an hour.
-[Carol gasps]
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Sis, I can't do it.
I don't wanna bury him.
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Sis, I can't.
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Why'd they have to kill him
like that?
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Why'd they shoot him like that?
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He was my ride or die
like Lucious is to you.
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Why'd they have to do that
to him, sis?
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It ain't right!
It ain't right.
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O-okay, Carol.We--come on.
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Let--let's take her Becky,all right?
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-We gonna get Becky.
-I can't go.
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-I can't do it.
-CANDACE: We'll be right back.
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[sobbing, sniffles]
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Wow.
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[somber music]
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She is way worse
than the last time
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she was on that stuff.
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[Carol groans]
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♪
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CAROL: You really needto forgive yourself, sis.
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You know that bitch Tracydid not give you a choice.
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And bottom line, somebody wasgonna die that night,
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-and I'm glad it wasn't you.-CANDACE [whispering]: Exactly.
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Sis, if you hadn't pulled
that trigger when you did...
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it might be only two of us
standing here right now.
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You need to lean on us.
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We're here for you, sis.
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That's what sisters are for.You hear me?
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I don't want you stressed outlike that.
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We got you.
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[Cookie sighs]
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[water running]
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[sighs]
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-Smack me.
-[scoffs]
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No, I deserve it
for destroying a meal
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that I know would have
put Juanita's to shame.
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Well, I guess
we'll never know, right?
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This is not the look I wanted
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to see on your face tonight,Teri.
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I'll make this up to you,I promise.
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Okay?
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[Gorgeous George's
"Shake It Up"]
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry too, babe.
Let me get in the shower.
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♪
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♪ Come close
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♪ Baby, come at me
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[sighs]
Andre.
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♪ Oh, and we
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Oh, what has gotten into you?
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♪
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Andre.
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You yelling at my familytonight...
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was incredibly sexy.
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[gasps]
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♪ All night long
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Andre Lyon, we cannot do this.
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Your mother and father
are right downstairs...
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-I don't care.
-[Teri scoffs]
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Yes, we can, baby.
Yes, we can.
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Oh!
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And we will.
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♪ Shake it up
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♪ Shake it, shake it up,
shake it, shake it up ♪
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♪ Shake it up
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Hey, y'all, Valentino's
is all backed up,
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but they're gonna give us
some plates.
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Y'all hangry folks try not
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to kill each other
while I'm out.
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CAROL: Nobody cares where
your ass is going, Lucious.
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LUCIOUS: Ugly mutt.
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[ominous music]
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[engine turning over]
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♪
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[siren wailing distantly]
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♪
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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[brakes squealing]
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[car door clicks open]
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♪
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[gun cocking]
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♪
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Damon.
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You said we had a deal,
Lucious.
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You leave mine alone,
I leave yours alone.
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Yana came to me, man.
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No, no, no.
We had a deal, Lucious.
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Put the damn shotgun down, man.
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Yana is a star.
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You can knowwhere my son lives
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but you can't see thatyour baby girl has got a gift?
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She sings like an angel.
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I heard her sing.
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I heard her sing
in the hospital.
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She's still singing.
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She's singing right nowin the studio.
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You come check for yourself.
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♪
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I swear to you, man...
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if it ain't legit,
it's a wrap.
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She's the brightest star
I've ever seen.
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♪
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-[hip-hop music]
-[sirens wailing]
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♪
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[dramatic music]
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Cook, what's up?It's late.
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Carol and the babyain't even here right now.
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Something wrong?
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Yeah, you putting your hands
on them.
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That's what's wrong.
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00:10:27,844 --> 00:10:29,280
I know what you up to.
265
00:10:29,324 --> 00:10:31,282
You ain't been nothing
but a menace
266
00:10:31,326 --> 00:10:34,329
to my sister
and your own damn kids.
267
00:10:34,372 --> 00:10:35,330
I'm telling you,
268
00:10:35,373 --> 00:10:36,897
Durrell, if you don't stop
269
00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:38,812
treating 'em like that--
my hand to God--
270
00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:40,291
this is gonna be bad for you.
271
00:10:40,335 --> 00:10:41,597
Yo, you need to be careful
272
00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:42,903
who you roll up on,making threats--
273
00:10:42,946 --> 00:10:44,905
[gun cocking]
274
00:10:44,948 --> 00:10:51,128
♪
275
00:10:51,172 --> 00:10:53,740
[Cookie breathing shakily]
276
00:10:53,783 --> 00:10:55,045
I didn't come here to do this,
Durrell.
277
00:10:55,089 --> 00:10:56,525
Don't make me.
278
00:10:57,918 --> 00:11:00,834
Bitch, if you dumb enough
to pull a gun on me,
279
00:11:00,877 --> 00:11:03,053
you better be smart enough
to use it.
280
00:11:03,097 --> 00:11:05,708
See, them threats
and that talk,
281
00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:07,101
it don't work with me.
282
00:11:07,144 --> 00:11:08,798
I'm not my sister.
283
00:11:08,842 --> 00:11:11,322
And I'm not gonna come
over here one more time
284
00:11:11,366 --> 00:11:14,586
to pick her up off the floor
after you drop-kicked her.
285
00:11:14,630 --> 00:11:16,284
Just leave her, okay?
286
00:11:16,327 --> 00:11:18,155
Do everybody a favor
and just leave.
287
00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:20,984
Oh, you Holloway sistersgot a lot of mouth on you.
288
00:11:21,028 --> 00:11:23,944
It's any wonder how y'allgot any teeth left at all.
289
00:11:23,987 --> 00:11:24,858
-[Durrell grunts]
-[Cookie screams]
290
00:11:24,901 --> 00:11:25,902
[gunshot]
291
00:11:25,946 --> 00:11:29,732
[wheezing]
292
00:11:29,776 --> 00:11:32,996
♪
293
00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,215
[breathing shakily]
294
00:11:35,825 --> 00:11:36,913
[whimpers]
295
00:11:38,001 --> 00:11:39,960
I t-told you to leave,
Durrell!
296
00:11:40,003 --> 00:11:41,788
♪
297
00:11:41,831 --> 00:11:44,834
[breathing heavily]
298
00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:52,015
[solemn music]
299
00:11:52,059 --> 00:11:54,670
♪
300
00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:55,889
[exhales deeply]
301
00:11:55,932 --> 00:12:02,765
♪
302
00:12:08,510 --> 00:12:11,034
All right, Quincy, you're not
only gonna earn extra cash
303
00:12:11,078 --> 00:12:12,340
these two weeks you're temping.
304
00:12:12,383 --> 00:12:15,604
You're gonna go back to school
knowing the art of the woo.
305
00:12:15,647 --> 00:12:18,041
So is that, like, schmoozingor ass-kissing or something?
306
00:12:18,085 --> 00:12:19,869
It's way more sexy, brother.
307
00:12:19,913 --> 00:12:22,132
Wooing is customized
to the individual.
308
00:12:22,176 --> 00:12:23,830
It requires strategy.
309
00:12:23,873 --> 00:12:26,833
So...we're startingwith this guy?
310
00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:27,877
Paul Bennett?
311
00:12:27,921 --> 00:12:28,878
He's an ASA voter.
312
00:12:28,922 --> 00:12:30,837
You're gonna escort
his daughter Piper
313
00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,839
to Laviticus
to see Treasure and Devon
314
00:12:32,882 --> 00:12:34,710
perform their
ASA-nominated duet.
315
00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:37,887
That's work, taking her out?
316
00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:40,803
You're taking her
for the Empire experience,
317
00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:44,024
pictures backstage
with the artists, all that.
318
00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:45,373
She'll run back to Daddy
and tell him
319
00:12:45,416 --> 00:12:47,636
how awesome it was
and, more importantly,
320
00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,507
how incredible
Devon and Treasure are.
321
00:12:49,551 --> 00:12:52,902
Oh, so he votesfor whoever his kids like.
322
00:12:52,946 --> 00:12:54,861
-That's right.
-Yeah, okay.
323
00:12:54,904 --> 00:12:58,255
-These old dudes are corny.
-Ah, corny and influential.
324
00:12:59,039 --> 00:13:00,867
But if you woo her right,
325
00:13:00,910 --> 00:13:03,826
Empire won't be the only ones
who get lucky.
326
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:04,740
You feel me?
327
00:13:04,784 --> 00:13:06,089
-I feel you.
-[Andre chuckles]
328
00:13:06,133 --> 00:13:07,177
[soft guitar music playing]
329
00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:08,831
YANA: ♪ You burned a hole
330
00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:10,746
♪ Right through my brain
331
00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:13,749
♪ Yeah, mm
332
00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:14,968
♪ And the games you played
333
00:13:15,011 --> 00:13:17,622
♪ Drove me insane
334
00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:18,841
♪ Oh, yeah
335
00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:20,930
♪ So we should leave this
336
00:13:20,974 --> 00:13:22,714
♪ And not look back
337
00:13:22,758 --> 00:13:27,197
♪ I'm trying heal,
but you ain't helping that ♪
338
00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:28,764
♪ Looking me in my face
339
00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:32,899
♪ Like it was nothing
340
00:13:32,942 --> 00:13:35,205
♪ So tell me, who do you
341
00:13:35,249 --> 00:13:39,644
♪ Think you are?
342
00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:41,908
♪ Tell me, who do you
343
00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:46,651
♪ Think you are?
344
00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:48,001
♪ I know this wound's gonna heal ♪
345
00:13:48,044 --> 00:13:50,003
♪ But there'll always be
346
00:13:50,046 --> 00:13:54,485
♪ A scar
347
00:13:54,529 --> 00:13:55,922
♪ Yeah
348
00:13:55,965 --> 00:13:58,272
[Lucious clapping]
349
00:13:59,621 --> 00:14:00,709
What the hellare you doing here?
350
00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:02,145
Lucious, what's going on?
351
00:14:02,189 --> 00:14:03,712
LUCIOUS:Look, I wanted your father
352
00:14:03,755 --> 00:14:06,715
to come by and see
what kind of talent you are.
353
00:14:06,758 --> 00:14:07,934
DAMON: I came hereto make sure my baby girl
354
00:14:07,977 --> 00:14:09,544
wasn't gettingtaken advantage of.
355
00:14:09,587 --> 00:14:11,328
You can be pissed off at meif you want,
356
00:14:11,372 --> 00:14:13,069
but I'm still gonna beyour father.
357
00:14:13,113 --> 00:14:14,288
You--
[laughs]
358
00:14:14,331 --> 00:14:16,116
So, what,
you're protecting me now?
359
00:14:16,159 --> 00:14:17,334
Is that what you're doing?
360
00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,119
So who's gonna protect me
from you?
361
00:14:19,162 --> 00:14:20,816
LUCIOUS: I just thought
that it would be best
362
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:22,949
if your father got involved
early on.
363
00:14:22,992 --> 00:14:25,952
Then we could avoid obstacles
that may occur in the future.
364
00:14:25,995 --> 00:14:29,477
I'm sorry, am I all of a suddenin a different country
365
00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,132
or something, where I need
a man's permission
366
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:33,611
to make moves?
367
00:14:33,655 --> 00:14:36,397
Lucious, I don't know
what's going on with you,
368
00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,355
but whenever you get back
to your senses,
369
00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:41,793
let me know so we can
get back to business, okay?
370
00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,361
My apologies.
371
00:14:44,405 --> 00:14:47,364
[dramatic music]
372
00:14:47,408 --> 00:14:51,586
♪
373
00:14:51,629 --> 00:14:53,022
You heard that.
374
00:14:54,241 --> 00:14:56,243
So you're using herfor your comeback.
375
00:14:57,679 --> 00:14:59,724
But what happens to herwhen you're done?
376
00:14:59,768 --> 00:15:01,988
This ain't about no comeback.
377
00:15:02,031 --> 00:15:04,512
Your daughter's
the real thing, man.
378
00:15:04,555 --> 00:15:06,427
Just keep it business, Lucious.
379
00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:09,299
'Cause if I find windthat you're trying to screw me
380
00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:11,432
or screw her, I'll end you.
381
00:15:11,475 --> 00:15:13,695
♪
382
00:15:19,135 --> 00:15:21,790
[Run-D.M.C.'s "My Adidas"
playing over speakers]
383
00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:24,401
♪ I stepped onstage
at Live Aid ♪
384
00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:26,882
♪ All the people gave,
and the poor got paid ♪
385
00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:29,015
♪ And out of speakers,
I did speak ♪
386
00:15:29,058 --> 00:15:30,451
♪ I wore my sneakers
387
00:15:30,494 --> 00:15:32,453
Yes, I'd like a drink.Thank you very much.
388
00:15:32,496 --> 00:15:33,541
You ain't gonna be here
that long,
389
00:15:33,584 --> 00:15:34,672
and this ain't a date.
390
00:15:34,716 --> 00:15:36,326
We both agree on that.
391
00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:37,371
Why am I here?
392
00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,590
Need you to do me a favor.
393
00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:42,245
I'm already launderingyour dirty money.
394
00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:44,291
What could you possibly wantfrom me now?
395
00:15:45,248 --> 00:15:47,120
Sign Yana to your record label.
396
00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:48,164
-[scoffs]
-If she gonna be
397
00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:49,209
working with shady-ass Lucious,
398
00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:51,472
I'ma need some eyes and ears
on the inside.
399
00:15:51,515 --> 00:15:54,257
You're forgetting that I'm notthe sole owner of Bossy.
400
00:15:54,301 --> 00:15:56,259
I have partnerswho don't like it
401
00:15:56,303 --> 00:15:58,566
when I makeunilateral decisions,
402
00:15:58,609 --> 00:16:00,176
one of them being Cookie.
403
00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:03,092
This isn't a request, Giselle.
404
00:16:03,136 --> 00:16:06,226
This is what you will do,
or Bossy Media will be
405
00:16:06,269 --> 00:16:07,227
several million in the hole.
406
00:16:07,270 --> 00:16:08,663
You feel me?
407
00:16:08,706 --> 00:16:10,447
Now, get everybody on board.
408
00:16:10,491 --> 00:16:12,275
You owe me.
409
00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:15,191
[tense music]
410
00:16:15,235 --> 00:16:16,279
Ah.
411
00:16:16,323 --> 00:16:20,631
♪
412
00:16:20,675 --> 00:16:23,025
I am loving what the newmarketing and press team
413
00:16:23,069 --> 00:16:24,418
is doing for our new song.
414
00:16:24,461 --> 00:16:25,941
Cookie was pretty genius
415
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,203
for putting us all on ittogether.
416
00:16:27,247 --> 00:16:29,031
BECKY: And she's about to find
our new Bossy sound.
417
00:16:29,075 --> 00:16:30,206
-TIANA: Mm-hmm.
-LALA: Okay.
418
00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:33,079
So we need to talkabout how my song
419
00:16:33,122 --> 00:16:35,733
that I wrote for methat Cookie made us sing
420
00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:39,259
like a girl group is somehowbenefitting everybody but me.
421
00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:41,087
All right, I get no love
422
00:16:41,130 --> 00:16:42,827
but these hos get to shineon Twitter?
423
00:16:42,871 --> 00:16:45,308
"These hos"?
I'm right here, Lala.
424
00:16:45,352 --> 00:16:47,049
Okay, um, I don't know
what's happening
425
00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:49,617
on social media,
but this is the loudest
426
00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:50,966
and clearest I've heard you
427
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,663
since you landed at JFK
a few months ago.
428
00:16:52,707 --> 00:16:53,882
[scoffs]
429
00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:56,406
They're sayingI can't hold my own
430
00:16:56,450 --> 00:16:59,105
next to Tiana and Melody.
431
00:16:59,148 --> 00:17:00,758
But you should know there areplenty of other labels
432
00:17:00,802 --> 00:17:03,283
that are saying they could havealready made me a star.
433
00:17:03,326 --> 00:17:05,676
So you need to come with it.
434
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,070
Wow, okay.
So I'm loving this passion.
435
00:17:08,114 --> 00:17:11,117
What I'm not loving
is the tone and the delivery
436
00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,076
or the implication
that we somehow wronged you.
437
00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:15,077
TIANA: Exactly.
438
00:17:15,121 --> 00:17:18,124
The song is an instant hit.
Why are you tripping?
439
00:17:18,167 --> 00:17:19,299
BECKY: We're doing everything
that we can
440
00:17:19,342 --> 00:17:21,170
to ensure your success.
441
00:17:21,214 --> 00:17:22,693
TIANA: I know
what you're going through.
442
00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:24,086
I've been there before.
443
00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:26,088
It just takes time, Lala.
444
00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,176
[laughs]All right.
445
00:17:27,220 --> 00:17:28,090
All due respect,
446
00:17:28,134 --> 00:17:31,006
when you arrived at Bossy,you were already famous.
447
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:34,183
So real talk, what have theyreally done for you?
448
00:17:34,227 --> 00:17:35,358
BECKY: I'll tell you
what I haven't done.
449
00:17:35,402 --> 00:17:36,229
I haven't snatched up
450
00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:38,535
ungrateful artists
that I signed, okay?
451
00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:40,885
And you should go
before that changes.
452
00:17:40,929 --> 00:17:42,931
Yeah, she ain't playing
with you.
453
00:17:43,845 --> 00:17:44,802
Ugh!
454
00:17:44,846 --> 00:17:46,239
[funky music]
455
00:17:46,282 --> 00:17:48,241
She seemed smarter
when she was quiet.
456
00:17:48,284 --> 00:17:50,156
-Yep.
-♪ Na, na, na, na
457
00:17:50,199 --> 00:17:51,157
-Yes! Yes.
-♪ Na, na, na
458
00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,768
I know we've been at this
all night, okay,
459
00:17:53,811 --> 00:17:55,248
but I think we onto something.
460
00:17:55,291 --> 00:17:57,032
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
461
00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,165
Ooh, Kev, whatever you doing
with them drums,
462
00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:00,340
stay right there.
463
00:18:00,383 --> 00:18:01,558
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
464
00:18:01,602 --> 00:18:03,995
Z, you better be taking us
465
00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:06,041
back to Africa up in here!
466
00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:07,390
♪
467
00:18:07,434 --> 00:18:09,392
♪ Na, na, na, na
468
00:18:09,436 --> 00:18:12,134
Come on, harmony.
Come on.
469
00:18:12,178 --> 00:18:13,396
♪ Na, na, na, na
470
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,310
♪ Na, na, na
471
00:18:14,354 --> 00:18:16,312
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
472
00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:19,359
Yes, y'all better sing.
Sing, bitches.
473
00:18:19,402 --> 00:18:22,623
Uch--sing!
Yes!
474
00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:24,059
SINGERS: ♪ Na, na, na
475
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,844
All right, stay with it.
I'll be right back, okay?
476
00:18:26,888 --> 00:18:28,150
SINGERS: ♪ Na, na, na, na
477
00:18:28,194 --> 00:18:29,630
BECKY: Hey, they sound good.
Yeah.
478
00:18:29,673 --> 00:18:32,415
Uh, this better be important.
479
00:18:32,459 --> 00:18:35,288
Oh, yeah, so Giselle just had
a really great idea
480
00:18:35,331 --> 00:18:37,290
that I loved,
and we wanted your blessing.
481
00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:41,294
Uh, look, Bossy really needsto be at the Yana showcase.
482
00:18:41,337 --> 00:18:45,080
That chick can blow, and she isperfect for our roster.
483
00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:49,389
You two heifers come in here
and disrupt my flow for this?
484
00:18:49,432 --> 00:18:52,000
Yana belongs to Lucious.
That's his artist.
485
00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:53,306
Don't you know
I just divorced him?
486
00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:55,308
Why would I wanna
work with her?
487
00:18:55,351 --> 00:18:56,396
Well, I thought maybeyou could put
488
00:18:56,439 --> 00:18:58,398
your personal feelings asideand realize
489
00:18:58,441 --> 00:19:00,835
what a great business movethis is for Bossy.
490
00:19:00,878 --> 00:19:03,011
Yeah, look, we both want it.
Are you in, Cookie?
491
00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:04,621
SINGERS: ♪ Na, na, na,
na, na, na, na ♪
492
00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:08,538
Look, you guys like her,
you sign her, okay?
493
00:19:08,582 --> 00:19:11,324
I'm not leaving here
until I find my magic.
494
00:19:11,367 --> 00:19:14,109
-All right.
-"Heifers"?
495
00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:14,979
-SINGERS: ♪ Na, na, na
-COOKIE: Yes!
496
00:19:15,023 --> 00:19:16,067
♪ Na, na, na, na
497
00:19:16,111 --> 00:19:17,199
Whoo!
Y'all gonna get me
498
00:19:17,243 --> 00:19:19,419
the Holy Spirit up in here!
499
00:19:19,462 --> 00:19:20,855
Come on!
500
00:19:20,898 --> 00:19:23,684
[footsteps approaching]
501
00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:26,382
ANDRE: Baby.
502
00:19:26,426 --> 00:19:29,124
What a nice surprise.Everything okay?
503
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,170
We need to talk, Andre.
504
00:19:34,912 --> 00:19:37,088
[door clicks shut, lock clicks]
505
00:19:40,527 --> 00:19:41,484
What's wrong?
506
00:19:42,485 --> 00:19:45,009
[playful music]
507
00:19:45,053 --> 00:19:46,620
♪
508
00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:48,012
Sexy.
509
00:19:48,056 --> 00:19:49,536
I want more fun.
510
00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:52,191
What do you mean?
511
00:19:54,062 --> 00:19:56,195
Like in the bathroom,
during dinner.
512
00:19:57,152 --> 00:19:59,720
What else would I be
talking about, Andre?
513
00:19:59,763 --> 00:20:05,378
♪
514
00:20:05,421 --> 00:20:06,857
Teri...
515
00:20:06,901 --> 00:20:10,339
♪
516
00:20:10,383 --> 00:20:12,167
Three people areabout to walk through that door
517
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,821
for a meeting, Teri.
518
00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:15,866
♪
519
00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:19,435
Seriously?
You can't push it back?
520
00:20:20,567 --> 00:20:21,568
Listen--
521
00:20:23,222 --> 00:20:25,093
I can't.
522
00:20:25,136 --> 00:20:26,529
I can't.I'm sorry.
523
00:20:26,573 --> 00:20:27,922
I'm sorry.I can't.
524
00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:31,404
[tense music]
525
00:20:31,447 --> 00:20:35,843
But I can give you
a rain check for tonight.
526
00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:38,324
♪
527
00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:39,716
Okay?
528
00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,416
You are beinga very...bad boy.
529
00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,461
[chuckles]
I'm the worst.
530
00:20:45,505 --> 00:20:46,462
Mm.
531
00:20:47,594 --> 00:20:48,595
Tonight?
532
00:20:49,683 --> 00:20:50,640
Tonight.
533
00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:52,381
Okay.
534
00:20:52,425 --> 00:20:57,343
♪
535
00:20:57,386 --> 00:20:58,779
Tonight.
536
00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:05,612
♪
537
00:21:16,405 --> 00:21:18,581
Hey, guys,
it's your girl Lala,
538
00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,322
and I'm herewith my boy Julian.
539
00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:21,323
What's up?
What's up?
540
00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:23,194
We are about to set it off.
541
00:21:23,238 --> 00:21:24,979
So if you guys didn't know,
542
00:21:25,022 --> 00:21:27,721
I was told to domore self-promotion.
543
00:21:27,764 --> 00:21:30,027
Apparently, even when you havea record deal,
544
00:21:30,071 --> 00:21:31,899
you have to fend for yourself.
545
00:21:31,942 --> 00:21:33,161
So here I go.
546
00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:36,251
[squeals]
547
00:21:42,649 --> 00:21:44,390
[engine turning over]
548
00:21:44,433 --> 00:21:47,393
[upbeat hip-hop music]
549
00:21:47,436 --> 00:21:53,268
♪
550
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:57,011
♪ Bet your girl
can't do it like I do ♪
551
00:21:57,054 --> 00:21:58,795
♪ Can't do it like I do
552
00:21:58,839 --> 00:22:01,015
♪ Bet she trying to walk
all in my shoes ♪
553
00:22:01,058 --> 00:22:02,799
♪ All in my shoes
554
00:22:02,843 --> 00:22:05,411
♪ I bet she wish she had
my every move ♪
555
00:22:05,454 --> 00:22:07,369
-♪ Every move
-Huh.
556
00:22:07,413 --> 00:22:08,631
♪ Bet you wishing
557
00:22:08,675 --> 00:22:10,981
♪ That she had 'em too
558
00:22:11,025 --> 00:22:13,419
♪ 'Cause anything she doing,
that's mine ♪
559
00:22:13,462 --> 00:22:15,986
♪ Anything she wearing,
that's mine, yeah ♪
560
00:22:16,030 --> 00:22:17,423
♪ Way she do her hair,
that's mine ♪
561
00:22:17,466 --> 00:22:20,382
♪ Everybody see it,
they ain't blind, yeah ♪
562
00:22:20,426 --> 00:22:22,428
♪ The bag that she be flexing,
that's mine ♪
563
00:22:22,471 --> 00:22:25,213
♪ And I can't really help
that I'm a dime, yeah ♪
564
00:22:25,256 --> 00:22:28,172
♪ You act like you don't
love me, but you're lying ♪
565
00:22:28,216 --> 00:22:30,566
-♪ You're lying
-♪ Oh
566
00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:34,962
♪ Your shawty wanna be me,
and that's fine ♪
567
00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:37,965
♪ Your shawty wanna be me
568
00:22:38,008 --> 00:22:40,097
-♪ And that's why
-[both grunt]
569
00:22:40,141 --> 00:22:41,403
♪ I give these girls
motivation ♪
570
00:22:41,447 --> 00:22:42,970
♪ Look at me for inspiration
571
00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:44,406
Damn, Julian.
572
00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:46,321
Julian?
573
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:47,888
♪ You know that it's true
574
00:22:47,931 --> 00:22:49,411
Oh, my God, Julian.
575
00:22:49,455 --> 00:22:50,456
Wake up!
576
00:22:50,499 --> 00:22:51,674
Julian, wake up.
577
00:22:51,718 --> 00:22:53,676
-[car crashes]
-[gasps]
578
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,286
Oh, man.
579
00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:56,287
[suspenseful music]
580
00:22:56,331 --> 00:22:57,332
Hey.
581
00:22:57,376 --> 00:23:00,074
Hey, Julian, can you hear me?
582
00:23:00,117 --> 00:23:01,380
Julian, wake up.
583
00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:05,645
♪ Your shawty wanna be me
584
00:23:05,688 --> 00:23:07,255
♪ And that's why
585
00:23:07,298 --> 00:23:09,257
[both grunt]
586
00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:10,650
He's not even answering
my texts, Becky.
587
00:23:10,693 --> 00:23:11,999
Well, just calm down.I'm sure he's okay.
588
00:23:12,042 --> 00:23:12,913
WOMAN [over phone]:
Emergency room.
589
00:23:12,956 --> 00:23:14,436
Hello.
Yes.
590
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,308
Do you have a Julian Sims
admitted?
591
00:23:17,352 --> 00:23:19,441
There was an accident
wi-with a car.
592
00:23:19,485 --> 00:23:20,573
Can you hold, please?
593
00:23:20,616 --> 00:23:22,313
Yes, I'll hold.
594
00:23:22,357 --> 00:23:25,055
He had no business being there
in the first place.
595
00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:27,536
This your girl.
Your girl, Becky.
596
00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:29,495
You signed her.
You can un-sign her.
597
00:23:29,538 --> 00:23:31,714
Well, okay,you're overreacting.
598
00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:33,063
She gotta go.
599
00:23:33,107 --> 00:23:35,457
We already spent a lotof money on her, Giselle.
600
00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:37,590
I don't care how much money
we spent.
601
00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:39,679
Becky, you need to checkLala's IG.
602
00:23:39,722 --> 00:23:40,593
Thank you.
603
00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:42,464
LALA [over phone]:
Hey, guys, it's Lala.
604
00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:44,466
I'm sorry
if I let you all down,
605
00:23:44,510 --> 00:23:46,512
but Bossy hasn't been
giving me the support
606
00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:48,122
-that I need, and...
-Wow.
607
00:23:48,165 --> 00:23:49,384
LALA [over phone]:
Becky and Giselle just keep
608
00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:50,516
pressuring me.
609
00:23:50,559 --> 00:23:51,821
So I had to do something.
610
00:23:51,865 --> 00:23:53,736
I for real, though, feel like
611
00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:55,129
Bossy is burying me...
612
00:23:55,172 --> 00:23:56,696
Burying you?
Wow.
613
00:23:56,739 --> 00:23:58,741
-Are you freaking kidding me?
-Okay, burying her.
614
00:23:58,785 --> 00:24:00,700
I'm sorry.She's got to go!
615
00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:02,745
-Okay, Giselle.
-Correction, I'm not sorry.
616
00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:04,268
I just need a minute with her.
Let me talk to her.
617
00:24:04,312 --> 00:24:05,748
-WOMAN [over phone]: Hello?
-Yes, hello?
618
00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:08,272
-We do have a Julian Sims...
-Oh, you do?
619
00:24:08,316 --> 00:24:10,492
But no one's listed
on his emergency contact.
620
00:24:10,536 --> 00:24:11,841
[stammers]
Emergency contact?
621
00:24:11,885 --> 00:24:12,929
I'm his mother.
622
00:24:12,973 --> 00:24:16,367
[dramatic music]
623
00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:17,281
-Hello?
-Yes.
624
00:24:17,325 --> 00:24:18,631
[stammering]I'll be there right away.
625
00:24:18,674 --> 00:24:20,415
-Thank you. Okay.
-Wait.
626
00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,286
Um, do--do you want meto go with you?
627
00:24:22,330 --> 00:24:23,287
-No.
-'Cause I can go with you.
628
00:24:23,331 --> 00:24:24,637
You know what I want.
629
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,290
I want you to get a handleon this little princess.
630
00:24:26,334 --> 00:24:27,509
I want you to goto the showcase,
631
00:24:27,553 --> 00:24:29,119
and I want you to sign Yana.
632
00:24:29,163 --> 00:24:30,643
-Okay.
-At least she can sing.
633
00:24:30,686 --> 00:24:32,862
♪
634
00:24:32,906 --> 00:24:34,647
"Mother"?
635
00:24:36,431 --> 00:24:37,432
Uh...
636
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:40,566
[upbeat hip-hop music]
637
00:24:40,609 --> 00:24:41,871
♪
638
00:24:41,915 --> 00:24:43,786
♪ Let's skip
the conversation ♪
639
00:24:43,830 --> 00:24:45,527
BOTH:
♪ Don't keep me waiting
640
00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:47,007
♪ You say you want me
641
00:24:47,050 --> 00:24:48,356
♪ Baby, show me you mean it
642
00:24:48,399 --> 00:24:52,360
♪ No hesitation,
I'm losing patience ♪
643
00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:54,667
♪ You better walk that walk,
you better talk that talk ♪
644
00:24:54,710 --> 00:24:56,364
♪ Yeah, yeah,
hold me the way ♪
645
00:24:56,407 --> 00:24:58,627
♪ You say I'm always
on your mind ♪
646
00:24:58,671 --> 00:24:59,933
♪ Show me I'm special
647
00:24:59,976 --> 00:25:01,325
♪ Like you tell me
all the time ♪
648
00:25:01,369 --> 00:25:02,457
♪ Tell you all the time
649
00:25:02,501 --> 00:25:03,719
♪ Trust me,
I want you just as bad ♪
650
00:25:03,763 --> 00:25:05,329
♪ As you want me, boy
651
00:25:05,373 --> 00:25:06,548
♪ But I ain't gonna make it
652
00:25:06,592 --> 00:25:07,984
♪ I ain't gonna make it easy
653
00:25:08,028 --> 00:25:09,029
DEVON: ♪ Oh
654
00:25:09,072 --> 00:25:10,204
♪ You want my love
655
00:25:10,247 --> 00:25:11,771
♪ You better work for it
656
00:25:11,814 --> 00:25:15,557
♪ Yeah
657
00:25:15,601 --> 00:25:18,473
♪ I want your love, so I'ma work for it ♪
658
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,389
BOTH: ♪ Yeah
659
00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:22,782
♪
660
00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:23,783
TREASURE: ♪ Work for it
661
00:25:23,826 --> 00:25:25,741
♪ Too much
662
00:25:25,785 --> 00:25:27,569
♪ I don't wanna do too much
663
00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:28,962
♪ Girl,
you make my blood rush ♪
664
00:25:29,005 --> 00:25:31,834
♪ But you need to know
that I want you ♪
665
00:25:31,878 --> 00:25:34,184
Empire really knowshow to throw a show, huh?
666
00:25:34,228 --> 00:25:36,665
-That's--
-Treasure and Devon.
667
00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:38,188
This song's kind of hot.
668
00:25:38,232 --> 00:25:40,190
-SERVER: Tequila?
-So hot.
669
00:25:40,234 --> 00:25:42,628
Look at you,
trying to get me drunk.
670
00:25:42,671 --> 00:25:43,716
Hey, it's a party.
Come on.
671
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:45,805
-SERVER: On the house.
-Cheers.
672
00:25:45,848 --> 00:25:48,198
DEVON: ♪ I just wanna
love you better ♪
673
00:25:48,242 --> 00:25:49,983
♪ Better than he could
674
00:25:50,026 --> 00:25:51,288
BOTH: ♪ Yeah
675
00:25:51,332 --> 00:25:55,075
DEVON: ♪ You know
just how I feel ♪
676
00:25:55,118 --> 00:25:56,467
♪
677
00:25:56,511 --> 00:25:58,078
No, I-I can't find my...
678
00:25:58,121 --> 00:25:59,470
What are you looking for?
679
00:25:59,514 --> 00:26:01,603
[scoffs]
My stuff.
680
00:26:01,647 --> 00:26:03,213
TREASURE: ♪ You want my love,
you better work for it ♪
681
00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:04,824
You party?
682
00:26:04,867 --> 00:26:08,088
TREASURE: ♪ Yeah
683
00:26:08,131 --> 00:26:09,742
DEVON: ♪ I want your love,
so I'ma work for it ♪
684
00:26:09,785 --> 00:26:13,615
Perfect.
You are a lifesaver.
685
00:26:13,659 --> 00:26:15,791
You know,
I wasn't even planning
686
00:26:15,835 --> 00:26:17,184
on coming out tonight.
687
00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:19,316
Well, I'm glad you did.
688
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:20,709
That's what's up.
689
00:26:22,102 --> 00:26:23,756
[sniffing]
690
00:26:23,799 --> 00:26:25,105
Your turn.
691
00:26:25,148 --> 00:26:26,193
TREASURE: ♪ Yeah
692
00:26:26,236 --> 00:26:27,673
What?
693
00:26:27,716 --> 00:26:28,978
Your nose.
694
00:26:29,022 --> 00:26:30,327
DEVON: ♪ I want your love
695
00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:32,634
-♪ So I'ma work for it
-Oh.
696
00:26:32,678 --> 00:26:35,028
BOTH: ♪ Yeah
697
00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:38,205
You got a lot of nerve.
698
00:26:38,248 --> 00:26:39,206
Hey.
699
00:26:39,249 --> 00:26:40,207
I just wanna say--
700
00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:42,688
No, no, no.You are done talking.
701
00:26:42,731 --> 00:26:44,037
Now's your time to listen.
702
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,649
First of all, you will beissuing a public apology.
703
00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:50,086
You are not my mother.
704
00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:51,827
Correct, I'm your boss.
705
00:26:51,871 --> 00:26:55,135
Yeah, the same boss that has
been giving all the promotions
706
00:26:55,178 --> 00:26:57,659
to Tiana as soon
as she came to Bossy
707
00:26:57,703 --> 00:26:59,052
and then to Melody.
708
00:26:59,095 --> 00:27:01,750
And now I hear you're trying
to sign some Yana bitch.
709
00:27:01,794 --> 00:27:05,362
I came to Bossy
with 5 million followers,
710
00:27:05,406 --> 00:27:08,801
and you and Giselle have done
nothing to push my projects.
711
00:27:08,844 --> 00:27:09,932
It's a process, Lala.
712
00:27:09,976 --> 00:27:12,935
Look, I know you worked
with Lucious for years,
713
00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:15,068
but to me, it looks like
you don't have
714
00:27:15,111 --> 00:27:16,939
a damn clue
what you're doing...
715
00:27:16,983 --> 00:27:18,332
boss.
716
00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:21,683
Well, if it's promotionyou want, then I got you.
717
00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:22,728
Say no more.
718
00:27:22,771 --> 00:27:23,859
Effective immediately,
719
00:27:23,903 --> 00:27:25,774
you will be going on tour
720
00:27:25,818 --> 00:27:27,863
for the remainderof your contract.
721
00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:29,691
Tour?
I only have one song.
722
00:27:29,735 --> 00:27:32,389
Mm-hmm, and you will besinging that one song
723
00:27:32,433 --> 00:27:35,915
on a white linen tourwith 112 and Brownstone.
724
00:27:35,958 --> 00:27:38,961
You can try to get out of itif you want to.
725
00:27:39,005 --> 00:27:39,962
We'll just sue you.
726
00:27:41,181 --> 00:27:42,486
I got places to be.
727
00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:46,316
[dramatic music]
728
00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:47,709
[Roberta Flack
and Donny Hathaway's
729
00:27:47,753 --> 00:27:48,884
"Back Together Again"]
730
00:27:48,928 --> 00:27:50,712
♪
731
00:27:50,756 --> 00:27:54,847
♪ You, you, and I
732
00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:56,718
♪ Back together again
733
00:27:56,762 --> 00:27:58,589
♪ Got the world in a spin
734
00:27:58,633 --> 00:28:00,635
♪ You, you
735
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:01,984
LUCIOUS: Welcome, everyone.
736
00:28:02,028 --> 00:28:06,989
Now, all of you have known...
737
00:28:07,033 --> 00:28:09,949
of my involvement
over the last three decades
738
00:28:09,992 --> 00:28:12,952
in developing
some of the hottest acts
739
00:28:12,995 --> 00:28:16,738
that's ever graced
the music industry.
740
00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:18,000
But this young woman
right here,
741
00:28:18,044 --> 00:28:22,439
she made me believe
in music again.
742
00:28:22,483 --> 00:28:24,920
She made me rediscover
in myself
743
00:28:24,964 --> 00:28:28,315
why I dedicated my life
to music,
744
00:28:28,358 --> 00:28:31,361
and she's gonna make
each and every one of you
745
00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:32,798
feel the same.
746
00:28:32,841 --> 00:28:36,018
So without further ado...Yana.
747
00:28:36,062 --> 00:28:38,760
[applause]
748
00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:40,022
Thank you.
749
00:28:40,066 --> 00:28:41,807
Thank you.
750
00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:45,985
[bluesy music playing]
751
00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:49,249
♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah
752
00:28:49,292 --> 00:28:53,688
♪ No one gets out
with a clean slate ♪
753
00:28:53,732 --> 00:28:54,994
♪ Do they?
754
00:28:55,037 --> 00:28:56,691
♪ No
755
00:28:56,735 --> 00:29:00,216
♪ It's the price of war
in love that we pay ♪
756
00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:01,609
♪ Yeah
757
00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:03,916
♪ Tell me, who do you
758
00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:09,008
♪ Think you are?
759
00:29:09,051 --> 00:29:10,836
♪ Tell me, who do you
760
00:29:10,879 --> 00:29:15,797
♪ Think you are?
761
00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:17,494
♪ I know this wound's
gonna heal ♪
762
00:29:17,538 --> 00:29:21,847
♪ But there'll always be
a scar ♪
763
00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:23,849
♪ Ooh, oh, ooh
764
00:29:23,892 --> 00:29:28,027
♪ You burned a hole
right through my brain ♪
765
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:28,810
♪ Yeah
766
00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:30,290
♪ Yes, you did
767
00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:32,074
♪ And the games you played
768
00:29:32,118 --> 00:29:35,991
♪ Drove me insane,
oh, yeah ♪
769
00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:37,950
Uh, hey, Cookie.
770
00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:39,299
♪ Not look back
771
00:29:39,342 --> 00:29:40,517
♪ I'm trying to heal
772
00:29:40,561 --> 00:29:42,389
♪ But you ain't helping that
773
00:29:42,432 --> 00:29:44,043
Giselle had a family emergency,
774
00:29:44,086 --> 00:29:46,741
so I'm at this Yana thing
by myself.
775
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,830
And, uh, she is killing it,
but there are
776
00:29:48,874 --> 00:29:51,311
a lot of really important
execs here,
777
00:29:51,354 --> 00:29:52,660
and so I could use some backup.
778
00:29:52,703 --> 00:29:56,185
♪ Think you are?
779
00:29:56,229 --> 00:30:02,104
♪ Tell me, who do you
think you are? ♪
780
00:30:02,148 --> 00:30:03,758
-Pop.
-Hey.
781
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:04,846
Nice show.
782
00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,761
Thank you.
783
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,111
I wanna let you knowI appreciate you.
784
00:30:09,155 --> 00:30:12,027
Yeah, I appreciate
the hell out of you too, son.
785
00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:14,856
♪ But there'll always be
a scar ♪
786
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:18,729
♪ Be a scar, be a scar
787
00:30:18,773 --> 00:30:20,906
I already shot a noteto the studio manager
788
00:30:20,949 --> 00:30:22,908
to block out a studiofor Yana's sessions.
789
00:30:22,951 --> 00:30:24,910
I'm thinking Metro Boominfor starters, you know,
790
00:30:24,953 --> 00:30:26,912
maybe see if Dev Hynesis interested.
791
00:30:26,955 --> 00:30:28,696
No, I'm--I'm confused.
792
00:30:28,739 --> 00:30:32,569
I mean, all these other cats
are here to bid for Yana.
793
00:30:32,613 --> 00:30:35,355
The only people not bidding
is Empire.
794
00:30:35,398 --> 00:30:36,530
♪
795
00:30:36,573 --> 00:30:37,923
What?
796
00:30:37,966 --> 00:30:42,362
You kicked me
out of my own company,
797
00:30:42,405 --> 00:30:43,711
the company I built
798
00:30:43,754 --> 00:30:46,714
before I taught you
how to walk.
799
00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:49,021
You think I want Yana
at a place like that?
800
00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:50,544
♪
801
00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,067
So why'd you invite me?
802
00:30:53,503 --> 00:30:55,723
'Cause I wanted you to see
what you're gonna miss.
803
00:30:55,766 --> 00:30:57,725
YANA: ♪ Oh
804
00:30:57,768 --> 00:30:58,813
Enjoy.
805
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,684
YANA: ♪ Oh
806
00:31:00,728 --> 00:31:02,730
♪ Oh, oh, oh
807
00:31:02,773 --> 00:31:05,080
[cell phone buzzes]
808
00:31:05,124 --> 00:31:05,907
♪ I know this wound's gonna
809
00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:08,170
Quincy, what's wrong?
810
00:31:08,214 --> 00:31:10,172
What?
811
00:31:10,216 --> 00:31:11,826
Okay, don't--
No, no, don't move.
812
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,175
-I'm on my way.
-YANA: ♪ Yeah
813
00:31:18,354 --> 00:31:21,357
-[applause]
-Thank you. Thank you.
814
00:31:21,401 --> 00:31:23,533
LUCIOUS:
Isn't she something?
815
00:31:23,577 --> 00:31:25,927
Now you see what I saw in her,
816
00:31:25,971 --> 00:31:29,191
and now I know that eachand every one of you
817
00:31:29,235 --> 00:31:32,629
is going to want to have Yanaon your label.
818
00:31:32,673 --> 00:31:34,066
So this is howwe're gonna do this.
819
00:31:34,109 --> 00:31:37,286
We've assigned individual roomsfor each label,
820
00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:41,987
where you can write down
your bid, make it your best,
821
00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,206
and maybe one of youwill be lucky enough
822
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:47,340
to sign Yana this evening.
823
00:31:47,383 --> 00:31:49,516
Y'all better get at it.
[laughs]
824
00:31:49,559 --> 00:31:52,519
[dramatic music]
825
00:31:52,562 --> 00:31:53,520
♪
826
00:31:53,563 --> 00:31:55,391
Well, if it isn't the man
827
00:31:55,435 --> 00:31:57,393
who took down Def Jam.
828
00:31:57,437 --> 00:31:58,960
Lucious.
829
00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:01,223
So happy to have a chance
at one of your artists.
830
00:32:01,267 --> 00:32:03,443
She's amazing.
831
00:32:03,486 --> 00:32:05,662
I call her extraordinary.
832
00:32:05,706 --> 00:32:08,883
Hey, I hope you gotsomething good for me.
833
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,754
I do.
834
00:32:10,798 --> 00:32:17,457
♪
835
00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:20,851
Are you serious?
836
00:32:20,895 --> 00:32:21,983
Yeah.
837
00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:24,377
♪
838
00:32:24,420 --> 00:32:28,337
We believe this is
more than generous.
839
00:32:28,381 --> 00:32:31,123
♪
840
00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:33,821
Well, that all depends upon
841
00:32:33,864 --> 00:32:37,433
your idea of generosity.
842
00:32:37,477 --> 00:32:40,175
We do have one caveat.
843
00:32:40,219 --> 00:32:42,351
It's kind of a major point.
844
00:32:42,395 --> 00:32:45,267
♪
845
00:32:45,311 --> 00:32:47,182
LUCIOUS: There she is...
846
00:32:47,226 --> 00:32:49,402
the queen of Epic Records
herself.
847
00:32:49,445 --> 00:32:51,621
[chuckles]
848
00:32:51,665 --> 00:32:54,015
How long have we known
each other, Lucious?
849
00:32:54,059 --> 00:32:56,887
Too many years for meto reveal our age.
850
00:32:56,931 --> 00:32:59,020
-[chuckles]
-Have a seat, dear.
851
00:32:59,064 --> 00:33:01,283
I'm comfortable
with my years.
852
00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:04,417
Are you comfortable
with yours?
853
00:33:05,461 --> 00:33:08,203
Murders, money laundering,
854
00:33:08,247 --> 00:33:10,510
public spats,
and negative press?
855
00:33:10,553 --> 00:33:13,121
Perhaps you have me confusedwith Suge Knight.
856
00:33:13,165 --> 00:33:14,818
[laughs]
857
00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:17,299
I've watched you run through
this music industry
858
00:33:17,343 --> 00:33:19,301
like a bull in a china shop.
859
00:33:19,345 --> 00:33:21,651
Then you sweep up the pieces,
put it back together
860
00:33:21,695 --> 00:33:23,218
to deliver a hit.
861
00:33:23,262 --> 00:33:27,309
There's a bit of methodto this madness, I assure you.
862
00:33:27,353 --> 00:33:29,094
Of course.
863
00:33:29,137 --> 00:33:31,183
It's called chaos.
864
00:33:31,226 --> 00:33:32,184
Here's my offer.
865
00:33:32,227 --> 00:33:35,187
[unsettling music]
866
00:33:35,230 --> 00:33:38,538
♪
867
00:33:38,581 --> 00:33:40,279
And that comes with...
868
00:33:40,322 --> 00:33:43,195
Epic is prepared
to give Yana the world,
869
00:33:43,238 --> 00:33:46,111
but we're not prepared
to do business with you.
870
00:33:46,154 --> 00:33:49,201
We'll take her and only her.
871
00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:56,338
♪
872
00:33:57,165 --> 00:33:59,037
So what are they saying?
873
00:34:00,777 --> 00:34:05,652
Well, the general consensus is,everybody's in love with you.
874
00:34:05,695 --> 00:34:09,351
Okay, but...
875
00:34:10,613 --> 00:34:12,137
They want me out.
876
00:34:13,790 --> 00:34:15,575
What do you me--all of them?
877
00:34:15,618 --> 00:34:17,316
All of them.
878
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:18,926
But...
879
00:34:19,970 --> 00:34:22,234
This ain't about me.
880
00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:24,932
This is about you, Yana.
881
00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:27,108
You're at the beginning
of your career,
882
00:34:27,152 --> 00:34:29,806
and if I were you...
883
00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:31,417
I would choose Epic.
884
00:34:33,419 --> 00:34:34,942
She'll do right by you.
885
00:34:34,985 --> 00:34:39,381
♪
886
00:34:39,425 --> 00:34:42,123
[upbeat hip-hop music
playing over speakers]
887
00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:44,125
♪
888
00:34:44,169 --> 00:34:46,736
[crowd cheering]
889
00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:49,217
Where's the coke?Hurry up.
890
00:34:49,261 --> 00:34:51,001
That hers?
891
00:34:51,045 --> 00:34:52,264
-Yeah.-Put it in her purse, hurry up.
892
00:34:52,307 --> 00:34:54,004
-What?
-Do it now, hurry up.
893
00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:58,052
♪
894
00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,358
Make sure that goes outwith her.
895
00:34:59,401 --> 00:35:04,798
♪
896
00:35:04,841 --> 00:35:07,148
What the hell were youthinking, man, cocaine?
897
00:35:07,192 --> 00:35:09,063
-What, you're blaming me?
-Who else, Quincy?
898
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:12,284
Andre, you gave me the coke!
899
00:35:12,327 --> 00:35:13,372
That's impossible.
900
00:35:13,415 --> 00:35:16,375
[suspenseful music]
901
00:35:16,418 --> 00:35:20,292
♪
902
00:35:20,335 --> 00:35:22,424
What am I supposed to dowith this?
903
00:35:22,468 --> 00:35:23,991
Show her a good time.
904
00:35:24,034 --> 00:35:26,036
♪
905
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,430
Trust me, she likes to party.
906
00:35:28,474 --> 00:35:30,258
I mean, she doesn't go
in and out of rehab
907
00:35:30,302 --> 00:35:32,042
for the avocado toast.
908
00:35:32,086 --> 00:35:33,174
♪
909
00:35:33,218 --> 00:35:35,742
You're gonna do fine.
910
00:35:35,785 --> 00:35:42,444
♪
911
00:35:44,359 --> 00:35:46,579
What's my mom gonna say, man?
912
00:35:47,536 --> 00:35:49,059
You don't say a thing
about this to anybody.
913
00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:51,018
It never happened,you understand me?
914
00:35:51,061 --> 00:35:53,063
-But, Andre, she--
-Do you understand me?
915
00:35:53,107 --> 00:35:54,587
Yes.
916
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:55,892
Good, come on.
917
00:35:55,936 --> 00:35:57,459
There's a back exit.Let's go.
918
00:36:02,377 --> 00:36:05,380
[melancholy music]
919
00:36:05,424 --> 00:36:12,387
♪
920
00:36:14,259 --> 00:36:16,348
So...
921
00:36:16,391 --> 00:36:18,480
Lucious,
I don't know what to do.
922
00:36:18,524 --> 00:36:20,700
Well, well, well, somebody
scrounge me up a drink.
923
00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:22,136
I'm parched.
924
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,007
No, you're actually late, Cook.
925
00:36:24,051 --> 00:36:25,139
You missed her performance.
926
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:26,488
Well, it's better late
than never.
927
00:36:26,532 --> 00:36:27,489
Ah, Becky tells me
928
00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:29,274
you having the bigwigs
up in here.
929
00:36:29,317 --> 00:36:30,492
Well, I didn't wanna miss
the party.
930
00:36:30,536 --> 00:36:32,712
So I'm here to support
my sisters.
931
00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:34,714
-Go, Team Bossy.
-Hey.
932
00:36:34,757 --> 00:36:36,498
Yana, you're
a very special talent.
933
00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:37,847
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We--we--we know that.
934
00:36:37,891 --> 00:36:40,285
We know that.
So, uh, Yana...
935
00:36:40,328 --> 00:36:41,460
you belong at Bossy.
936
00:36:41,503 --> 00:36:46,029
Well, um, all the other execs
are in private rooms,
937
00:36:46,073 --> 00:36:47,422
working out their final offer.
938
00:36:47,466 --> 00:36:48,728
Maybe you shouldwrite something down.
939
00:36:48,771 --> 00:36:50,425
That's really sweet,
but they ain't here
940
00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:51,818
to offer what I am.
941
00:36:51,861 --> 00:36:52,862
Why don't you go collect
them losers
942
00:36:52,906 --> 00:36:54,473
and let's get this over with?
943
00:36:54,516 --> 00:36:56,126
Excuse me.
[sighs]
944
00:36:56,170 --> 00:36:58,128
Yana, I may not
be able to offer you
945
00:36:58,172 --> 00:37:00,087
all the money thesemulti-conglomerates can,
946
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:02,307
but I'm hereto offer you something
947
00:37:02,350 --> 00:37:05,527
that's worth more than money,honey, and that's control.
948
00:37:05,571 --> 00:37:07,747
Wait a minute.
What are you saying?
949
00:37:07,790 --> 00:37:11,054
What I'm saying is thatI am here to offer you
950
00:37:11,098 --> 00:37:12,534
what these snakes in the grass
951
00:37:12,578 --> 00:37:14,710
could never grow the balls
and offer you,
952
00:37:14,754 --> 00:37:15,929
and that is 50-50.
953
00:37:15,972 --> 00:37:18,323
And with Luciousproducing your project,
954
00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:21,761
you also get100% creative control.
955
00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,937
-Now, top that, bitches!
-That's nonsense.
956
00:37:23,980 --> 00:37:25,765
Cookie,
you're out of your mind.
957
00:37:25,808 --> 00:37:29,116
I just might be, but you're outof the Yana business, honey.
958
00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:31,510
And--you so cute--
take the rest of them losers,
959
00:37:31,553 --> 00:37:32,641
and y'all kick rocks.
960
00:37:32,685 --> 00:37:34,513
I got this.Bye-bye.
961
00:37:34,556 --> 00:37:36,384
Thank y'all for coming.
962
00:37:36,428 --> 00:37:38,560
Yeah, thank youbut no, thank you.
963
00:37:38,604 --> 00:37:40,432
Yana, you are special.
964
00:37:40,475 --> 00:37:41,563
Thanks.
965
00:37:41,607 --> 00:37:43,304
A talent like yours only comes
966
00:37:43,348 --> 00:37:46,176
every once in a while...
967
00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:47,917
and I know what to do with it.
968
00:37:47,961 --> 00:37:49,571
So what you gonna do, Yana?
969
00:37:49,615 --> 00:37:51,399
[uneasy music]
970
00:37:51,443 --> 00:37:52,792
Ever since I met you, Cookie,
971
00:37:52,835 --> 00:37:55,751
you've only spoken truth to me,and I appreciate that.
972
00:37:55,795 --> 00:37:56,752
You're welcome.
973
00:37:56,796 --> 00:37:59,364
And you definitely have
your things going on
974
00:37:59,407 --> 00:38:01,975
with Bossy
and with Tea Talk...
975
00:38:02,018 --> 00:38:04,369
and, um, you clearly
get things done.
976
00:38:04,412 --> 00:38:06,545
♪
977
00:38:06,588 --> 00:38:08,721
-I believe in you.
-You better.
978
00:38:08,764 --> 00:38:11,941
[laughs]
And I believe in Lucious too.
979
00:38:11,985 --> 00:38:13,987
So with that said...
980
00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:16,816
I would like to work
with both of you.
981
00:38:16,859 --> 00:38:19,340
But let's just get this
understood now.
982
00:38:19,384 --> 00:38:23,562
I will not be in the middle
of your relationship, okay?
983
00:38:23,605 --> 00:38:25,346
-There's no relationship.
-It's kind of too late.
984
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:26,478
But hey...[muttering]
985
00:38:26,521 --> 00:38:28,958
I just wanna keep it business,
just music.
986
00:38:29,002 --> 00:38:30,220
Can we agree to that?
987
00:38:30,264 --> 00:38:31,787
Hey, that's what I'm hereto talk about, baby.
988
00:38:31,831 --> 00:38:34,573
-Agreed.
-Mm-hmm, cool.
989
00:38:34,616 --> 00:38:36,618
-Welcome to Bossy, Yana.
-[Yana squeals]
990
00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,403
Thank you.
991
00:38:39,621 --> 00:38:42,276
Mr. Lucious,
you don't have to help.
992
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,409
Baby, I know that,but sometimes
993
00:38:44,452 --> 00:38:46,193
everybody needsa little bit of help.
994
00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,283
-JUANITA: Now, that is true.
-[dishes clatter]
995
00:38:50,763 --> 00:38:52,242
You know, Juanita,
why don't you take
996
00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:53,418
the rest of the night off?
997
00:38:53,461 --> 00:38:56,508
-JUANITA: Are you sure?
-LUCIOUS: Absolutely.
998
00:38:56,551 --> 00:38:57,639
All right, thank you, sir.
999
00:38:57,683 --> 00:38:59,772
You better finish them dishesfirst, you know?
1000
00:38:59,815 --> 00:39:01,600
-[laughter]
-Thank you.
1001
00:39:01,643 --> 00:39:02,557
-Hi, Miss.
-How you doing?
1002
00:39:02,601 --> 00:39:03,689
Okay.
1003
00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:06,996
You surprised me.
1004
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:08,520
Oh, come on, Lucious.
1005
00:39:08,563 --> 00:39:11,305
You know damn well
you're not surprised.
1006
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:14,613
I know you're a big person,but the thing with Yana,
1007
00:39:14,656 --> 00:39:16,049
that was really, really big.
1008
00:39:16,092 --> 00:39:18,617
Hey, look, I said what I said,
and I meant it.
1009
00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:21,620
I-I didn't have
a problem with you
1010
00:39:21,663 --> 00:39:24,013
or your music or your talent.
1011
00:39:25,014 --> 00:39:27,582
I was just starting
to doubt...us.
1012
00:39:27,626 --> 00:39:28,844
There is a difference.
1013
00:39:30,672 --> 00:39:31,804
Then that deserves a drink.
1014
00:39:31,847 --> 00:39:33,588
No, Lucious, I'm good.
1015
00:39:33,632 --> 00:39:36,765
No, the fact that we can
get to a place
1016
00:39:36,809 --> 00:39:39,594
where we can just be
grown folks like this,
1017
00:39:39,638 --> 00:39:41,030
that's worth drinking to.
1018
00:39:41,074 --> 00:39:42,423
-[cork pops]
-[screams]
1019
00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:46,253
-[gunshot]
-[Cookie panting]
1020
00:39:47,515 --> 00:39:49,778
Cook, what in the hell
is wrong with you?
1021
00:39:49,822 --> 00:39:52,781
[dramatic music]
1022
00:39:52,825 --> 00:39:55,436
The thing that happened
with Tracy,
1023
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,482
you're gonna have to put
that body behind you,
1024
00:39:57,525 --> 00:39:59,440
'cause she deserved that.
1025
00:39:59,484 --> 00:40:03,705
It's not Tracy.It's not...White Tracy.
1026
00:40:03,749 --> 00:40:06,491
♪
1027
00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:08,580
Then what is it?
1028
00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:14,586
♪
1029
00:40:14,629 --> 00:40:17,545
It's the White Tracy incident.
1030
00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:19,547
It's bringing somethingback to me
1031
00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:23,682
that--that I thoughtI buried a long time ago,
1032
00:40:23,725 --> 00:40:27,729
and it is killing me...
1033
00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:30,166
to keep it inside.
1034
00:40:30,906 --> 00:40:32,865
Whatever it is,
1035
00:40:32,908 --> 00:40:34,693
you know you can
talk to me about it.
1036
00:40:34,736 --> 00:40:37,304
I don't care if it's
about the boys or whatever.
1037
00:40:37,347 --> 00:40:39,611
It's not about the boys.
1038
00:40:39,654 --> 00:40:44,398
♪
1039
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,879
Um...
1040
00:40:46,922 --> 00:40:49,316
it's about
my sister Carol.
1041
00:40:49,359 --> 00:40:52,101
[ominous music]
1042
00:40:52,145 --> 00:40:52,885
[door clicks shut]
1043
00:40:52,928 --> 00:40:57,846
♪
1044
00:40:57,890 --> 00:40:59,587
Where the hell are you?
1045
00:40:59,631 --> 00:41:01,546
♪
1046
00:41:01,589 --> 00:41:02,590
Come out!
1047
00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:05,158
Show yourself!
1048
00:41:06,638 --> 00:41:07,508
No need to yell,little brother.
1049
00:41:07,552 --> 00:41:09,771
♪
1050
00:41:09,815 --> 00:41:10,555
[grunts]
1051
00:41:10,598 --> 00:41:12,687
[panting]
1052
00:41:12,731 --> 00:41:15,385
It's you, isn't it?
Answer me!
1053
00:41:15,429 --> 00:41:17,518
Calm down, Andre.
1054
00:41:17,562 --> 00:41:24,003
♪
1055
00:41:24,046 --> 00:41:26,353
In regards to your question,yes, it's me,
1056
00:41:26,396 --> 00:41:28,137
your loving brother.
1057
00:41:28,181 --> 00:41:30,749
I'm doing the workthat you're too soft to do.
1058
00:41:30,792 --> 00:41:31,880
I'm not soft.
1059
00:41:31,924 --> 00:41:34,361
♪
1060
00:41:34,404 --> 00:41:36,232
Quincy could have gotten
in serious trouble.
1061
00:41:36,276 --> 00:41:38,539
♪
1062
00:41:38,583 --> 00:41:40,759
Had to be done.
1063
00:41:40,802 --> 00:41:42,804
It's my show now, Andre.
1064
00:41:42,848 --> 00:41:44,980
Do you still not
understand that?
1065
00:41:45,024 --> 00:41:47,461
This, all of this,
1066
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,202
you in that chair,
1067
00:41:49,245 --> 00:41:52,031
I did that for you...
1068
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:55,077
For us.
1069
00:41:56,165 --> 00:41:57,602
You don't appreciate
my handiwork...
1070
00:41:57,645 --> 00:42:00,213
♪
1071
00:42:00,256 --> 00:42:02,345
But I'm pretty sure Teri does.
1072
00:42:02,389 --> 00:42:05,827
♪
1073
00:42:05,871 --> 00:42:08,787
[both moaning]
1074
00:42:08,830 --> 00:42:15,315
♪
1075
00:42:16,272 --> 00:42:19,580
[dramatic music]
1076
00:42:19,624 --> 00:42:20,799
♪
1077
00:42:20,842 --> 00:42:22,191
She said it was
the best lay of her life.
1078
00:42:22,235 --> 00:42:24,150
You had no right.
1079
00:42:24,193 --> 00:42:26,587
Come on, Andre, when has Teri
ever showed up
1080
00:42:26,631 --> 00:42:28,676
in the middle of the dayfor a little afternoon delight?
1081
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:30,069
Shut up.
1082
00:42:30,112 --> 00:42:31,374
Got a beautiful woman
on your hands, Andre.
1083
00:42:31,418 --> 00:42:33,246
-Shut up.
-That little garter getup.
1084
00:42:33,289 --> 00:42:34,987
-What do you even do with that?-Enough!
1085
00:42:35,030 --> 00:42:38,643
♪
1086
00:42:38,686 --> 00:42:40,470
Why are you doing this?
1087
00:42:40,514 --> 00:42:43,299
♪
1088
00:42:43,343 --> 00:42:45,737
It's a simple concept...
1089
00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:49,436
that all Lyons understand:
revenge.
1090
00:42:49,479 --> 00:42:51,177
Revenge for what?
1091
00:42:51,220 --> 00:42:53,266
See, you don't even
think about her.
1092
00:42:53,309 --> 00:42:55,224
You pretend like
she never existed.
1093
00:42:55,268 --> 00:42:56,617
Who?
1094
00:42:56,661 --> 00:42:58,837
My mother...
1095
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,969
the woman you
and your family killed.
1096
00:43:01,013 --> 00:43:08,020
♪
1097
00:43:16,115 --> 00:43:19,074
[dramatic hip-hop music]
1098
00:43:19,118 --> 00:43:25,733
♪
1099
00:43:50,932 --> 00:43:52,717
See the final episodes
of Empire.
1100
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,849
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