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[Bishop] Previously onGreenleaf...

We were just discussing your post-release care options

with Dr. Sawh.

Then I wanna go home with him.

[Grace] You have to get him in to see someone.

-He needs medicine. -I know.

What does Edenvale Lending do?

Whatever it is,Bob doesn't want us to find out.

He got Darius fired just for working on the story.

Bob knows people at the papers?

They're endorsing his upcoming run in the senate race.

[Charity] The reason you can't find Marcus DeMars

is he doesn't exist.

-So what, is there an alias or---Yusef Shabazz.

Your wife previously worked for a company

called Edenvale Lending.

Come on, let's set a date.

We already talked about this. Do you not remember?

[Jacob] We are getting divorced.

That's why we wanted to sit you down.

-Can I go? -Don't you let Winkie grow

one inch away from you.You are his one and only father.

Look, Ms. Greenleaf, that house could be a shelter

for women and kids living out here on the streets.

I think we have to give her the house.

-Because she said so? -[Lady Mae] I think because

Jesus said so.

Told you, Tara. These Greenleafs...

you just can't get rid of 'em.

[birds chirping]

[Bishop] No, no, no. Did it ever occur to you

to call the people she swindled

and alert them to this freak of nature?

James, you have to go.

Well, that's what I call itwhen I see two unrelated species

coupling shamefully in the shadows.

Your physical is in twenty minutes

and the doctor fit you in.

If the FBI is so proud to be in bed with the likes

of Rochelle Cross, why isn't it public knowledge?

Mom, who's he talking to?

Agent Dollis from the FBI.

Wait. The one who oversaw the embezzlement case with Jacob?

Yes. We're trying to get some clarity as to how

Rochelle has been zipping around Memphis

like she's got the key to the city.

[Bishop] No, no, no, no. Thank you! For nothing!

What'd they say, Daddy?

Just that Rochelle Cross is no longer

a person of interest.

James, if you are going to make it to the doctor,

you have to leave now.

[Bishop] Mae, please let it go.

There's a woman out there who wants me dead,

roaming the streets.

Now, getting a physical is no longer a priority.

Would you please make sure that he gets to the doctor?

His appointment is at 8:00 and I have Tara coming over.

Tara James is coming over here?

[Lady Mae] Well, she insists that she didn't know

anything about Rochelle coming back,

and she just wants a chance to convince me.

Why does she care what you think?

She wants this house, of course.

And she's worried that the revelation

of Rochelle's involvement

will put an end to all that. Which it should.

The woman deserves a fair hearing, James.

Not from me, she doesn't.

Look, goodbye to the both of you.

-You are going to your doctor---[Bishop] No.

I'm going to the club where I'm going to meet

with the city inspector.

Now, you and Tara can sift through the mud of the past

all you want.

I am looking to the future.

Why is he going to the doctor?

-[telephone rings] -Well, now he isn't, is he?

Mom, I'm sorry, excuse me.

Hello?

Grace, it's Darius.

Hey. Where are you?

-At home. I just got in. -[Grace] What's this number?

It's a new phone.

Somebody broke into my hotel room in Vegas

and stole my phone and my laptop.

Yeah. Bob Whitmore really does not want this story

on Edenvale to get out.

Hey, do you still have those e-mails saved,

the ones with the photos of the escrow files

from Clark County?

Uh, I think so. Excuse me, one moment.

Yeah. Let me, uh...Just give me a second. Hang on.

Okay, I have it right here.

Where do you want me to send it--

[Darius] What? What is it?

[Grace] They're being deleted.

What do you mean they're being deleted?

Just that.

The files are being deleted as I'm sitting here.

They're gone.

Gone?

♪ Amen

♪ All right

♪ Amen

♪ Oh

♪ Ooh

♪ Well...

♪ Ooh

♪ Oh

♪ Amen, amen

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

Can I help you?

I'm actually here to help you.

Is Winkie all ready to go?

Yeah, uh, why is he wearing a tie?

I don't know. It was his idea.

Does he know where we're going?

Obviously, not in great detail.

And... [sighs]

just so we're on the same page,

this meeting is not an arbitration.

We're just letting Winkie know.

I know that.

So, I don't want to argue about custody

-with him sitting right there. -Neither do I.

I deserve shared custody, though.

You're not going to get it.

Hey,look at my handsome little man.

[door closes]

So, all this comes from religion?

Well, the people in the church

like to see their leaders doing well.

[Yusef] Who told you that?

That sounds like one of those things

folks tell themselves. It has that ring.

Mr. Shabazz. Grace Greenleaf.

-As-Salaam-Alaikum,sister. -[Grace] Yeah.

You're the one I hung up on.

Uh, that's all good.

I wasn't apologizing.

You really are Phil's father.

Uh, we ready to go?

[Yusef] Wait, now, this reporter friend of yours,

now, he knows I'm not on the record, right?

I mean, I'm what you call deep background.

I've explained the situation. Yeah.

All right.

-Hey, Charity. -Yeah.

-Nice work. -Thank you.

Took you long enough.

Sorry, I was in the shower when you texted.

What do you need?

And are you okay with the whole--

Uh, divorce thing? Yeah, sure. Never been better.

I've just been working on my audition

for the New School.

Uh, I just need a little

surgical zoom help with the camera.

And I marked where to zoom.

Uh...

You're auditioning for what year?

This year. Look, if my parents can't keep it together,

I'm not gonna stay and prove myself to them.

And if there was ever a talent worth extending

their application deadlines, it's mine.

[sighs]

[angry grunt] Can you help me? This is severely frustrating.

Oh, sure.

[beeps]

Zora, where are you flying?

What do you mean?

[Sophia] Your flight is ready for check-in?

Oh, yeah. New York.That's where the New School is.

And everything else that isn't totally divorced.

When are you going?

Tomorrow night.You can't get it either, right?

Come on, let me try.

[Sophia sighs]

So, where are you gonna stay?

Uh, I'm leaving that open.

I'll see how I feel when I get there, you know.

Are you sure you're not kindafreaking out about the divorce?

No! Look, this divorce thing hasgiven me so much clarity, Soph.

That is their life. This is mine.

[sighs] I'm ready for my close-up.

[sighs]

From what I had been able to gather

right before they stole all my files is this:

Bob Whitmore, in the '80s, owned a mortgage company

called Edenvale Lending.

And anybody with an internet connection knows that,

so what else ya got?

He sold second mortgages to people who needed cash.

Then, when they couldn't make the balloon payment,

basically steal their houses.

Yeah. Not just folks, though.

[Darius] Well, all the loans I found in the county records

were to individuals.

Yeah, but what kind of individuals?

Well, to be honest, I had just gotten my hands

on the escrow files of Edenvale clients

right when my room was robbed.

And they deleted her copies.

Yeah.

So, you never saw the pattern?

Who are they targeting, Mr. Shabazz?

Who do you think, Einstein?

Why do you think Bob Whitmore'sgoing out of his way

to look like a friend to the Black church?

They're targeting poor, black families.

That's right.

And Phil's mother, well,she was the friendly black lady

who arrived at the door.

She made it sound like Edenvalewas black folks

helping black folks pay their bills.

When it was really just one greedy white man

bleeding everybody dry.

If he plans on running for senate, like y'all say,

it's no wonderhe wants this thing cleaned up.

Did Phil know about any of this?

No. No, this all happened when he was real little.

Oh, thank God.

And as much as I hate me some Bob Whitmore,

I never wanted him to see his mama like that.

Mr. Shabazz, he needs to know.

We've gone this many years without talking.

I'm not starting now.

Are you sure you don't wanna goon the record?

It would really be helpful.

I told you, my legal situation is such,

I'm just deep background.

But if you can come up with one person

on the record to back me up...

I'll confirm.

[Charity] Mr. Shabazz.

-[Yusef] What? -Please.

He won't believe it coming just from me.

Please.

All right. All right.

How much longer you in town for?

-Uh, a day or two, tops. -I'll be in touch.

These ladies know where to reach me.

And they never give up.

Oh, well that's the Greenleaf way.

She's not kidding.

[Grace] I'll see you back at the house.

All right. Ready?

So, where are you off to?

Oh, AJ has a doctor's appointment.

Noah got him to get on his meds.

Well, that's good news, anyway.

Yeah, I mean, I'll take what I can get.

-[Darius] Hey, Grace. -Yeah?

You remember what I said, before I left for Vegas,

about the future?

Oh, yeah.

Well, once we get to the bottom of this,

we'll talk about that future.

Deal?

Deal.

And then she just showed up.

I thought she was still in Mexico.

I didn't know she had made a deal with the FBI.

I knew nothing.

-Mm-mm. -I'm telling you the truth.

But you reached out to her

after Jacob came to visit you the first time.

If that wasn't your plan, Tara,

-why would you even-- -Ms. Greenleaf,

my sister is volatile.

-Hm. -Especially when it comes

to the Bishop and your family.

If she ever found out the overtures were being made,

and I didn't tell her...

She's still my sister.

And this is still my house.

Make no mistake about it, Tara.

I am trying to do the right thing.

If I could somehow manage to see what it is.

Ms. Greenleaf, I haven't seen this house.

I am convinced now, more than ever,

that God wants to do something good with it.

But if we-- if we can't reach that answer peacefully,

then maybe it's not the answer.

But do you think Rochelle would settle for that,

if that's what it came to?

[sighs] I don't see her ever letting this go.

Yeah, you...

[sighs] You might be right about that.

Now that...

That is an answer,

the clarity of which I can appreciate.

Uh, I asked Maricel to let me know

when you guys got back.

Do you have a second?

-Sure, Sophia, what's up? -What can we do for you?

It's not me. It's Zora.

[inspector] All right.

There you go.

So, how long do we have to get all these things up to code?

Well, you can take as long as you want,

you just can't have folks in here worshiping

until everything's up and--

[Rochelle] Until everything's true.

In the old-fashioned sense.

Exactly. We just want folks safe.

Yes. we'll, uh... we'll get right on it.

Okay. Give me a call when it's done.

Mm-hmm.

Ma'am.

What do you want, Rochelle?

I heard from Tara that you and Mae

are starting a new church here.

You do know this is an old bar,right?

We do, yes.

[Rochelle] Gonna take a lotta work.

Might be easier to just burn the place down with me in it.

That is the old Greenleaf way, isn't it?

When are you gonna get it through your head--

When are you going to get it through your heart

that you need to tell the truth?

God knows it.

He knows.

Which is why he told Jacob to tell Tara about the will.

Which is why he told Mae to give us the house.

Your lies are grieving the Spirit, James.

You need to tell the truth.

I had nothing to do with that fire.

Then why are things going so badly for you

and so well for me?

Success is the evidence

of holy favor.

And you look highly out of favor.

Oh, Bishop, getting tossed out of your church...

evicted from your house...

building a church in a stinky bar.

Better ask yourself...

or even wonder...

is this what a saint's life looks like?

Get out.

[Rochelle] Oh, I'm leaving.

Lord knows I don't feel safe alone with the likes of you.

But, Bishop...

beware.

Until you admit the role you played in the death

of my father, nothing you do will stand.

And I mean nothing.

When is it going to end, Rochelle?

This delusion that you're laboring under.

You're sick.

You need help.

What?

Basie should have killed you when he had the chance.

Oh, so, I have found that book in the cabin,

the one that you were telling me about,

and whoever Mrs. Davis' caretaker was,

he certainly was fixated on that "“Negro'’s"”

comings and goings.

Yeah. I know, right?

And without really speaking to him, if he's even alive,

there's no way of knowingif that "“Negro"” was Daryl James.

If it was, why was he even there?

You know, I can ask the neighbors,

maybe get the guy's name if that'll help.

Oh, please. I would hate to seemy parents give the house away

in the name of some giant misconception, you know?

I'll get on it right after this.

Yeah.

How did you get AJ to say yes to seeing this doctor?

I thought for sure he would throw that number in the trash

right when he got home. But...

[Noah] Who knows why.

And I think the offer that the Bishop made.

Oh, right, the car.

[Noah] Yeah. That made an impression.

I mean, he was showing my mom pictures

of GTOs online last night.

He found a place in town that rents space, tools.

I just asked him and he said yes.

That's good, right?

Yeah, of course. I mean, it's ideal.

You're his father.

It's...

What?

Nothing.

I'm just glad he's getting treated.

It's all for the best.

[AJ] Ooh, look at you two.

I can see it.

[Grace] You can see what?

How it happened. You know, you two. Me.

Okay... [laughs]

How did it go?

Good. They got me on this new stuff, Dovato.

You only gotta take one pill. It's, like, much simpler.

I'm glad it all worked out.

They said they got it in the pharmacy

on the first floor,but I don't have insurance, so--

[Noah] I'll meet you by the elevator in a sec.

-I just need to finish-- -Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Take your time. -Okay.

[cooing jokingly]

[Noah] Boys will be boys.

Even at 24, huh?

What's up?

I just wanted you to know that I found a place

for AJ and I down the road from my Mom's.

-That's great. Good. -[Noah] Yeah.

Look, I know we're not... this.

But if your parents do give up the house,

and you need a place to stay, you got a place with us.

Platonic. No strings.

I'm just saying.

And I'll let you know what I find out

about the old caretaker.

Great.

Noah, thank you.

Z! You in here, baby?

Uh, Dad? Yeah, hold on a sec.

-Watch your temper. -Look, I know. Dang.

I'm good, K.

I assume Sophia told you.

Yes, she did.

Well, New York has a long tradition

of welcoming young, independent women

into its bosom. I'll fit right in.

-You're not going to New York. -I'm not a kid anymore.

-Excuse me? -[Jacob] Okay.

We know you're not a kid, see? Okay?

But, even though you've grown a lot,

you've still got a lot of growing up to do.

We know we can't control you.

We don't wanna keep you from pursuing your dreams,

no matter what they are.

We just want you to be safe.

Okay, well,

then help me get me my own place.

Oh, so you're just gonna hold yourself hostage?

If we don't get you a place,

you're gonna end up sleeping on the streets?

[Jacob] Okay. How about this?

Is your ticket still refundable?

Please tell me it is.

[clears throat]

Yeah. Of course it is.

Okay.Then we'll get you a new ticket.

Just give your mother and I a day or two to talk.

There's a lot going on right now obviously.

Maybe we can give your cousin Camila a call,

and see if she's got room?

We'll call your cousin Camila

and maybe you can stay there until school starts.

Okay, but doesn't she live in Hoboken?

That's not New York.

Zora, your father is only trying to help.

[sighs]

So just give it a beat, okay?

And we can see what we can do to help you.

All right?

Cool?

Cool.

Thanks.

We are not giving this house to those con artists.

No way! Full stop!

Why?

What happened now?

Rochelle just stopped by the club and she threatened me

with all the subtlety of a gang enforcer.

Well, I had a fairly reasonableconversation with Tara,

who holds few illusions about her sister.

And for that piece of wisdom she's deserving of our house?

Do you really think I wanna giveher our home, James?

-Are you mad? -Well, you seem predisposed.

Nothing would please me less.

-Mrs. Davis gave us this house.-After Daryl James was--

After Daryl James was what?

After Daryl James was unable to receive it, which...

-troubles me. -[groans]

You're talking about that first will?

The all-knowing first will?

Yes.

We don't even...

We don't even know it's real.

Well, Aaron seemed to think that it was.

Oh, whatever.

Rochelle made up a website,

I'm sure that she can fake a will!

Oh, and did she make the bright blue skies

and the stars and the heavens, too?

I mean, do I have to deny the reality in everything

to be on your side?

Why would Mrs. Loretta Davis,

a white woman,

proud daughter of the American Revolution,

why would she give up her house

and hundreds of acres to Daryl James?

-It's crazy! -Why would she leave it to us?

She never came to our church.

Until Mac sent you over there to see her,

had you even ever heard her name?

You see, it's all unclear.

And I am trying to find

the holy way through this, aren't you?

You wanna talk to me about holy?

[knocking on door]

-[clicks tongue] -[Bishop sighs in frustration]

Yes, come in.

Hey. Sorry to interrupt.

Your father's lucky that you did.

Hmm.

Well, Kerissa and Winkie are gonna be leaving soon

to stay with their parents.

I was hoping we could all come downstairs

and say goodbye, you know. Make it a little normal.

Marry someone you love next timeand be faithful.

You won't have to worryso much about all this normalcy.

We'll be down in a moment.

Would you please reschedule the physical.

I wasn't finished.

Oh, well, go ahead, please, finish.

You wanna talk to me about...

holiness?

Try confessing your own sins.

Every mistake I made

has been broadcast from a blimp

all over this town.

You've lived a lie for 40 years...

and you're still living it.

Telling that boy how to live.

Keep your holy admonitions to yourself.

[door opens]

[door slams]

These are the cleanest documentsI've ever seen.

Impeccable.

Why do you say it like that?

-Like what? -"Impeccable."

It was her job.

I know, but she... Hmm, you know.

She always had those earbuds in.

I don't know, it just seemed like she was--

Careful. Everything you say in the darkness

shall be heard in the light of day.

Hi, Phil.

We know you snuck in last night.

What are you doing here, Charity?

I brought someone to see you.

[Judee]You need to hand over your keys.

Who's this, your new boyfriend?

I'm Philip's father.

[Judee] Oh.

I'm his fiancée.

What the hell do you want?

[Jacob] Hey, um...

mind if this stays here so...

it'll be here next time he visits?

Of course.

Forget something?

What's the matter?

[scoffs] What's the matter?

I'm sorry. I mean...

I was...

Yeah, what's the matter?

I'm just standing here thinking about

-how you said, "we". -"We?" When?

When you were talking to Zora.

About us. You kept saying "we".

And I was just standing herethinking about how sad it is

that we had to break up in order for you to finally

become the husbandI thought you'd be when we met.

Maybe meeting me was the problem.

If I would have never met you,

we'd never have a Zora or Winkie for...

for me to say "we" to.

That might have been better for them.

[Jacob] To never have been born?

No.

By that measure,

we should've all stayed in heaven with the angels.

I'm glad we met, Kerissa.

You can have shared custody.

[sniffles]

Bob used her, Philip.

Hell, she used herself.

Don't make that same mistake, Son.

At least stop making it today.

None of that's true, Phil. None of it.

This is all just Satan.

[Phil] I don't know who it is.

I just know what I'm gonna do about it.

[Judee] Who are you calling?

-Daddy? -No. I'm calling the police.

I'm sure the statute of limitations has run out

on most of the things you did back in the day, but--

-Don't you dare do that. -You stay out of this.

This man is trying to help you, Phil.

Why can't you see that?

Charity, I don't know what he's talking about.

"Predatory lending", "targeting black folks"...

As if! Daddy loves black people!

-Oh! -All I remember

is my mother working long hours

while he did the crossword

and bad-mouthed Western civilization

with a mouth full of food she paid for.

He's not here to help me.

No, he's here to piss all over the one thing

I was able to count on when he walked out the door.

[exhales]

I don't wanna ever see your face again.

Yusef.

I'm gonna pray for you.

Most people say that as an insult...

or warning.But right now, it's just a fact.

I'm gonna pray for you.

'‘Cause only God can help you now.

Boy, I cannot waituntil this building comes down.

They're like pigeons, these people.

They just keep coming back,

making noise.

All right. Love you, man.

So...

-should we hug? -[chuckles]

You wanna hug?

-Zora-- -I know, I know.

-What do you think you know? -Everything.

Hmm. [chuckles]

Well, you are your father's daughter.

I love you.

[car door closes]

[car engine starts]

Am I allowed in the house yet?

I have something to say.

As we enter this season of new beginnings,

it's important we don't drag our past behind us.

Your father helped me see that truth

-afresh this afternoon. -Mae, I did not mean--

Oh, I know what you meant.

But I won't be beaten

with that stick of mine.

Not by you or myself.

Ever again.

Mama, what's this about?

You actually know.

Right now? We need to do this right now?

Yes.

Why are y'all standing out here?

What'd I miss?

Well, Charity, just be quiet and a whole lifetime

of missed moments is about to be erased

after one sentence.

[chuckles] Okay. What's the news, Mama?

Grace is a product of an affair

between Lionel Jeffries and myself.

Grace has known it for a while

and so has your father

for whom it changes nothing.

We are family.

Dinner will be served at, uh...7:30.

That might be...

the quietest dinner that table has ever seen.

I mean...

what else is there to say?

[chuckles]

Did you know she was gonna do that?

Not until right before she did.

I mean, if y'all knew what mama has put me through

because of me cheating on Kerissa...

[Grace] What about the hell she put me through

since I was born!

Like it was my fault I existed!

[mimics explosion]

It's just a plane crash.

-What are you talking about? -[Charity] This.

It's like we're born into it and we look around

and there's... this big house,

and money. And-- And then we think,

"Well, this is where I come from.

So, I'd better be good.

I better live up to it,

to-- to that-- that-- that-- that pretty...

perfect perfection."

But it ain't nothing but a plane crash.

-[laughs] -[Charity] It's like...

It's like we crawled...

out of a plane...

that crashed... [laughs]

...because the pilots were drunk.

-You're drunk. -Yes, but...

we're survivors.

We don't have to live up to all this.

At least we're survivors.

[Charity] Yeah, I guess.

You all right over there, Jacob?

I'm just thinking about Winkie and...

how's he's gonna feel the same way about me.

[Grace] No. no.

No.

You know, sorry if I'm not, you know,

trippin' enough about this whole Lionel thing,

but I really don't care.

You're my sister, Gigi.

-That's right. Yeah. -All right.

That's right.

Always have been, always will be.

End of story.

Well, I am glad

to know where you got that light skin from, though.

Good point.

-[Charity] Uh-huh. [chuckles] -Yeah.

I'm saying, Mama's light but she ain't that light!

[Charity laughing]

Faith was light.

Uh, Faith was light, but...

-Not Jeffries light! -[Charity] Mm-mmm.

It's a different kind of light.

-Jeff... -[laughs]

[Grace] Excuse me?

Does Aaron know?

-[Jacob] What? -And Kevin?

Shit! Gigi, really?

-[Jacob] Wow. -Kevin knows and I don't? Ah!

But that was Mama's secret, Charity!

Yeah, well, now I'm mad all over again.

[cell phone ringing]

Uh, wait.

Oh, this is Darius, I gotta take this.

[mocking voice] "I gotta take this.

-It's Darius." -[Jacob] You do you.

The two of us is just gonna sit over here

and figure how to cut you out of everything.

-[Charity chuckles] -Cut me out of what?

Everything. Breakfast, wills...

-spades... -Pancakes...

Hey, stranger.

[Darius] We got him.

Who? Bob?

[Darius] One of the names Yusef gave us panned out.

They're willing to go on record

about how Edenvale took their house away.

I'm on my way back to the house.

-Can I see you? -I'll be right over.

[knocks on door and opens]

There's a word for people like you.

[Sophia] Cousin?

-No. -[Sophia] Sister-cousin?

Foe. Snitch. Loose-lipped trout.

Thanks to you, my escape plans

are now in a major holding pattern.

And it could involve Hoboken.

Very uncool.

I thought Hoboken was cool now.

[exhales] It's fine.

Pretty weird about Grandma, though.

Yeah.

I feel bad for her.

I was actually

just reading this stuff about adultery in the Bible.

I thought you were over the Bible.

I am.

But she's not.

I always knew Grandma was freaky.

[laughs] What?

Just the idea of Grandma... freaky.

Everyone's freaky.

I guess.

Wait, how come you're not more mad at me?

Oh, I was.

I was.

But, I got it out.

How?

I told your Mama about your pics.

[laughing]

-You did not. -Oh, yes, I did.

Tell me you're joking.

Tell me you're joking!

I told her that I was concerned that

your embarrassment about a certain

set of mildly revealing pictures

was giving you second thoughts about going back to Hampton.

You are not the only one around here

with deeply sympathetic fears

that just have to be shared with adults.

Okay.

I guess that's fair.

[crickets chirping]

Darius?

Dy!

[Darius] Darius Nash...

[voicemail] ...is not available.

Please leave a message after the tone.[beeps]

Hey, I-- I'm here. Where are you?

[car approaching]

[car door opens and closes]

Hey, Grace.

Where's Darius?

You know, it's the funniest thing.

Where is he?

-Come on, I'll take you. -Don't you touch me.

Where is he?

Better be careful, Grace.

No one cares anymore about journalists.

No one likes a squeaky wheel.

Stay out of it.

[car door opens and closes]

[music playing]