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Previously on "Greenleaf"...

I just think you should calm down

on the groupies at the cotillion.

No! Ow.

I promise you I will never do this again.

Excuse me, first lady.

Both: Yes? I meant first lady skanks.

When kerissa and I were doing real church,

we met some amazing people.

And we need them here.

Creating new programs at a time like this?

Maybe it'd be better to wait on your real church integration.

Tamela mann asked me to sing backup for her.

I do not want to see you throw away your dignity.

Mama!

The one good thing about your mother

leaving us the way she did...

She knew about you too, all of them.

I could have ended my marriage.

You are disgusting.

Tell Mae I'm sorry.

♪♪

Enchante, madame.

Monsieur.

♪ Three little words ♪

♪ oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phrase ♪

♪ to hear those three little words ♪

♪ that's all I'd live for the rest of my days ♪

wow.

♪ And what I feel in my heart ♪

wow, look at you two. Still got it, huh daddy?

Well, time hasn't taken everything.

Mama, take a look at these two. Astaire and Rogers, right?

Yes, just poetry in motion.

All right, baby. All right. All right.

You're gonna be late for school.

Fine. I guess I'll go to school.

Come on, come on, come on.

Uh, practice again tonight? Only two weeks until cotillion.

Anytime you want to dance, you just tell me, huh?

I'm there.

You two should join a dance club or something, grandma.

He's good.

Oh, don't you know I know it.

No, dear. I just... Go, go, go.

Maricel called early this morning and, uh,

she's in the hospital with Keiko.

Well, what happened? Meningitis.

What? Is he gonna be okay?

Thankfully, yes.

But she's not gonna be here today

and possibly not for the week.

But isn't she supposed to go on tour with charity

starting Friday?

Well, that was Satan's plan,

but seems like the lord has intervened.

Can't we just keep Nathan with us? Help out for two weeks?

This is for the best.

She's staying home now and don't help.

I think she should go. Excuse me?

I think gigi's right. We should all chip in.

Oh, you gonna pitch in with a baby?

Or pay someone else to.

And who will lead praise and worship?

Charity said Carlton can do it.

Carlton? Yeah.

I don't have a problem with that.

Is that a problem for you?

You see, we're just trying

to give your daughter the same access

to her own happiness

that you've taken so freely for yourself over the years.

Hmm.

Well, I tell you what.

Charity and I will go and visit them both

in the hospital this morning

and get a better sense of the situation.

Brilliant idea. Yes, because what is the sense

in trying to make decisions when we don't know

what the hell we're talking about?

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♪ Amen ♪

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♪ Amen ♪

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♪ Amen, amen ♪

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bishop?

Yes, karine.

Ms. Cross is here to see you.

Oh, marvelous. Send her in.

I was praying for some distraction.

Well, here I am. Karine, you can go now.

Thank you.

Open or... Closed will be fine.

Thank you.

In all seriousness, I hope I'm not interrupting anything.

I see you have your big Bible open.

I was just preparing some thoughts

for my message on Sunday.

What are you preaching on?

Well, the text is the story of the flood,

but I'm still waiting to see what I'm gonna be preaching.

The lord hasn't revealed that to me yet.

Well, I'm sure you'll find something to shake the walls.

You always do.

May I? Oh, make yourself at home.

Thank you.

So, to what do, I owe this surprise?

Well, I wanted to stop and drop this by.

Well, what's this for?

You put good things out, good things come back, right?

Well, at least we hope they do, right?

Is there some sort of problem?

You know me, don't you?

Everyone else in my life thinks of me as the, you know,

every hair in place, but you see through all of that.

It's nice actually having someone who sees the real me.

I'm sure you have that with Mae.

What's this big check really about?

Nothing. Hopefully.

Um...

I went and had my five-year cancer screening the other day.

And this morning they asked me to come in.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

No, but usually when it's good

they give you the results over the phone.

So, we'll see.

When's this big appointment? 10:00.

I was actually headed that way.

Might I accompany you?

You sure you're not too busy?

No.

I'll be back in a couple of hours.

So what brings you by, skip?

Just happen to be in the hood?

No.

No one knows this yet, but the mayor is stepping down

at the end of this term,

and I'm gonna be running.

Mayor Leonard. Could be.

Anyway, basie was gonna be my spiritual advisor.

You know, support me publicly, sit by my right hand,

make sure the community knows I'm god's man in Memphis.

Okay.

He didn't mention this to you before he...

Oh, no.

Anyway, I just dropped by to find out

if I can count on triumph. Triumph?

The handsome, fresh face of triumph.

Could be mutually beneficial.

Say what you want about church and state,

but there's a lot of overlap.

What kind of overlap we talking?

Well, like there's all kinds

of community development block grants.

Programs like this homeless thing of yours.

People love to hate on the government nowadays.

But there's a lot of cash waiting to be claimed.

Well, tell you what. I'll pray on it.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

And in the meantime, you can send over

any stuff you have for me to take a look at.

You know position papers, policies,

just to be sure we're on the same page.

Thank you for the time. Thank you.

♪♪

I can't believe you're doing this.

Charity, I'm not doing anything.

You won't let me take maricel

after we agreed it was gonna be okay.

That was before her husband was parked outside death's door.

They said he's gonna be fine, mama.

He's going home in a couple days.

He's through the worst of it, mama.

That's what the doctor said.

The doctor said that it would take two weeks for him

to fully recover.

But you know that is not the plan.

The answer is no.

Thank you for coming with me today.

Of course.

Actually gave me some ideas about my message on Sunday.

Oh, well, feel free to share.

I'd rather think about almost anything else.

Well, I was thinking about the animals on Noah's ark.

How all the animals entered the ark two by two.

How god made us to need each other.

Well, I need you today.

Even if it didn't occur to me to ask.

Ms. Cross. Oh, yeah.

Go on.

Paging care coordinator to admitting.

Paging care coordinator to admitting.

Mama, you wanted to see me?

I did. I do. I mean, yes.

Well, what's up?

Maricel's husband is illegal.

I think you mean undocumented.

I'm just trying to help, grace.

All right. Go ahead. Sorry.

Well, the reason that he just waited so long

and let himself get so sick

before he went to a hospital was he was afraid.

Scared that he'd be, you know, sniffed out or deported.

Can you imagine? No, I can't.

I don't want to, and that's why I'm asking you

if we can do something to help him get...

Documented. Yes.

Is there any way we can get this on a fast track?

Because if I had to give up maricel

on top of everything else,

I just don't know.

I'll see what I can do.

Mama?

Is something wrong between you and daddy?

Yes.

But you take care of that because that will give me

the joy that I need to persist.

♪♪

Good morning, karine.

Good morning.

Where's bishop?

With Ms. Cross.

♪♪

- All clear. - Oh, praise god.

I know. Oh, thank you.

So, why'd they want to see you?

Oh, uh, just some kidney stuff they want to keep,

you know, eyes on. No big deal.

I'm sure it's just an after effect of the chemo.

But, I'm cancer free.

I knew you would be.

You know my daughter gigi tells me that

I shouldn't tell folk that, but I knew it.

I'm so glad that god decided to put you in my life.

And thank you for being open to letting him do that.

Well...

I'm happy to be of service.

So you want to go to dinner or have a light drink to celebrate?

Um, I...

Should be getting back.

I probably should. I know.

It was silly to ask.

I've been hogging you all day

and want you for the night time too.

Who am I? One of many I'm sure.

Come on. Okay.

Let's be getting you back.

You have a sermon to write, mister.

It'll just be two weeks.

Yeah, but two weeks is two weeks.

But I'll learn the parts. You know that.

And who's gonna sing until then?

I'll have to hire somebody to cover.

Right, but just for two weeks.

And then I can come meet up with the tour. It...

But the money I'll have to spend for someone to rehearse...

Charity, for you, I'd spend the extra, but it's not just me.

It's the promoters, tamela's people.

It's okay just not to do it. We'll have other chances.

No. I'll make it work.

It's really okay to say you can't.

I'll make it work. Okay?

I'll see you Friday for rehearsal.

I'll see you Friday. Bye.

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♪♪

Zee?

Um, one sec.

Just give me a minute.

Yes?

What were you doing? I was folding laundry.

Uh, you can help. Just grab some underwear.

So, what's the big emergency?

Well, there's no big emergency, but Mr. Darcy came

to see me about you today.

Why? I'm pulling a "b" average, or near that.

It wasn't about your grades.

He says you're not participating.

'Cause he's a great teacher. Getting it all in here.

Are you sure there's nothing wrong?

Yes. I'm sure.

I'm as good as it gets.

Are you sure, zora?

Mom, you being weird.

I wear a long sleeve, and you have a problem with it.

Then, I used to get grief from talking too much,

and now, apparently, I don't talk enough.

I'm maturing.

Maturing. Yeah.

I'm becoming serious.

Okay. Well, clean up.

That's what I was doing before you rang.

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I won't lock it.

Gosh, have you seen my earring?

Yeah.

There you go.

Thank you. Oh, wow.

Good hands. Nice.

Nice everything. Ooh.

I'm sorry I can't stay the night, but you know Sophia.

Nah, it's cool.

Yeah? Yeah.

I mean I obviously wish you could stay.

Yeah. But I get it.

Is she okay with me coming to dinner tomorrow?

Yeah, she is. But?

I just wonder if we should go out somewhere.

You know, just the three of us.

Isn't, uh, normalizing this whole thing with your family,

uh, kinda the point?

Yeah. Come here.

But... Okay. But what?

No, it's just...

What? Say it.

My parents.

Something's going on with them.

Well, they can fight in front of me.

Yeah? Yeah.

My parents did it all the time.

Lasted 24 years, that marriage.

Well, we'll see.

I just don't know if it's the right time to cross the streams.

Well, whenever, I'm down.

Thank you...

♪♪

For being perfect.

♪♪

Thank you for being you....

Good evening.

You saw Ms. Cross today.

As a matter of fact, I did.

She was off to get the results

from her five-year cancer screening

and needed some spiritual support.

I see.

As to the compassionate question

that your suspicion prevents you from asking,

she's fine.

She also brought us a check. Did karine tell you that too?

She did. Good.

I'd hate to think that you were being denied

any crucial information.

Good night.

♪♪

What did zora have to say about Darcy?

Just what you'd expect,

but when I went to go see her, her room was locked.

She was acting very strange.

Maybe she was high?

You don't think she's doing that.

I was at that age.

I'm not saying it was good, but that's how it was.

It didn't smell like marijuana.

Maybe it was edibles.

Well now listen to you, Bob Marley.

I'm just going off what you said.

Skip Leonard shouldn't trust you.

Just, um, bring me back some...

I cannot with you.

You are terrible.

What are you doing in my stuff?

What are you doing with this?

♪♪

Kevin's gone.

He's not coming back.

It looks like that, doesn't it?

I have to get on with my life.

And you have the right to do that.

Even if I am partly doing this

to be with Jabari.

Daddy, what's wrong with that? People like other people.

I think your mother's just worried.

I know she is, but, daddy, it's my life.

When I'm standing on that stage singing,

and the spirit of god falls on me,

I can't explain.

It's... it's life.

And I know I'm just singing background on this tour,

but I don't want to just sing at calvary.

I want to sign to the nations,

and this is a step toward that.

I mean she is playing Madison square garden.

Then you have to do that.

I know I'm leaving you in a lurch

when it comes to worship, daddy.

And I'm sorry, but Carlton is available,

and all you have to do is go over and ask.

Whatever mama or Betty wilcox thinks...

That's a whole 'nother can of worms.

But what about Nathan? I'll make it work.

I can't be the first woman to bring her baby on tour with her,

so we'll figure it out.

What?

I'm just proud of you.

Don't worry about leading worship, I'll take care of that.

I'll handle it.

You just go.

♪♪

I love you. Love you back.

♪♪

How could you be so irresponsible?

I mean, we were using protection.

That's the definition of responsible.

I knew that boy was no good. It was my decision.

And it was stupid.

When are you going to learn that I am not like you?

I'm not you.

I don't want you to be me.

I want you to be you, zora.

But I want you to be the best you

that you can be, and this is not it.

I know you think I'm uptight and uncool

and the opposite of lit

or whatever it is you kids are saying these days.

But I can tell you this... Making your father wait

until we were married earned me his respect.

Did it?

Zora?

I'm sorry.

Sweetie, look at me.

Look at me.

All I'm saying is that...

There's a lot of sex to be had,

but it's never a measure of a woman's worth.

I need you to understand that.

You are young and smart

and of much value.

Are you gonna tell dad?

I don't know.

I don't know what I'm gonna do yet.

But in the meantime, that boy is not to be

in this house ever again.

End of story.

And I want you to read corinthians chapter 7.

♪♪

♪♪

Now the strong housing and job training initiatives

in the second and third phase of this plan

are built on the foundation of phase one's focus.

Regular church attendance, which starts with busing.

- Pastor Greenleaf. - Sister Weaver.

When were you thinking about setting all this in motion?

Oh, as soon as possible I hope.

This Sunday?

Well, as treasurer it falls to me, unfortunately,

to talk about the financial realities here.

We already have the buses,

and we can get volunteers to drive them.

I mean so for phase one

we're literally just talking about the cost of gas.

- And insurance. - And insurance.

For the drivers and passengers.

That's correct.

Which is no small thing.

Plus when pastor skanks launched his open

and inclusive coalition,

we gained four new members total,

and lost 200 old ones.

Now you're talking about bringing in potentially

an even less desirable element,

which by definition will cost us more money,

and don't add a dime.

Sister Weaver. Pastor Greenleaf.

I'm not the one who's in charge. The money's in charge.

No, the lord is in charge.

And he told me the city's gonna pay for it.

All in favor say, "aye."

Aye.

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I had a talk with charity today.

Oh, tell me that she has made her peace, please.

Well, I say she has.

She's going on tour,

and Carlton's coming back to lead worship.

Says who? Me.

I'm gonna talk to him about it tomorrow.

And, like everything else in your family,

it's not a conversation.

♪

What's in the box?

Oh, just a little something for your boyfriend.

Oh, really? Look at you.

Look at you. Such a girl.

This is not gonna be one big

"tease your mom about her boyfriend" night, okay?

I don't know what it's gonna be.

Oh, he's here.

Hey. Hey. Good evening.

Good evening. Come on in. Thank you, ma'am.

Excellent help you have there.

Oh, we aim to please.

Uh, Sophia, you remember Mr. Nash.

From the night of the car accident.

Yes. That's right.

Well, look at you with all these flowers, huh?

Yeah, they're for your mother, and this is for you.

Thank you. Thoughtful.

This is for you.

I thought music would be a safe bet.

Totally.

Oh, what is this?

A playlist. Great minds.

What kind of music?

All kinds of gospel, contemporary.

Okay. Cool. Thank you.

Well, you ready to go get raked

over the coals for doing your job?

Uh, there's still gonna be food, right?

Oh, there's gonna be food.

Okay. We're gonna take care of you.

I see chocolate cake.

♪

Before we go into this breakfast.

Uh-huh?

I just want to dial in the message.

Of course. Jesus great.

Church great. Homeless great.

Brother Leonard, god's man in Memphis, even better.

Okay. Well, I think I can do that.

Just maybe lay off the, you know...

The gay stuff.

Seriously?

Just for this morning. I'm cool with it.

I'm more than cool with it, but some of these cats...

Stick to the common ground.

Inclusivity is what we do here.

Pastor, if these guys get me into the mayor's office,

and they're the ones that can do it,

those block grants will be rolling in so fast

you'll have to swim to keep from drowning in all that money.

Amen? One mountain at a time.

Okay.

See you in there preacher man.

♪

Here's my father in a nutshell.

Atlantic city council was trying to prove

they didn't have to pass any more laws to desegregate.

This was back in the 1960s.

My father gave a passionate speech

that threatened to change all their minds.

My uncle says it's some of the finest words he's ever heard,

outside a pulpit.

He sounds like a remarkable man.

Too bad he's passed.

So, uh, now what church did your parents attend?

First presbyterian. Oh.

Is your mother still alive? Uh, no.

My parents were one of those couples you hear about.

My father passed away,

and my mother passed shortly thereafter,

just a few days later.

- Aw, that's beautiful. - Isn't it?

To have a bond like that with another person.

Yes. I can't imagine.

♪

Well, I think we should probably move inside

because I have a feeling that roast is ready.

You were great tonight.

Thank you.

You were.

Something is up with your parents though.

Yeah... Yeah.

You have no idea what?

I have no idea.

I've never seen them like this before.

Something tells me it's gonna get worse before it gets better.

♪♪

Thank you.

Thank you for coming.

It was my pleasure.

♪♪

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Hello?

Hey, baby.

Where are you? Nicky said that...

Never mind what Nicky said. It's...

It's better you don't know where I'm at.

Basie, baby. Just come back.

Yeah...

That's not the plan.

I'm never gonna see you again, am I?

I'm never gonna see you.

Just tell me you love me.

I love you.

That's my girl. Don't trust them, baby.

They conned us out of our church,

and they murdered my father.

Tasha, baby, when it comes to the greenleafs...

Yes, basie? Make 'em pay.

I will.

I will. I promise.

Oreck is the best immigration lawyer in Memphis,

bar none.

You are too kind Rochelle.

Rochelle knows everybody.

She's the one who got Sophia and zora into the cotillion

after all that mix-up.

Mm, yes. I remember.

So, tell me about this gentleman's story.

Yes, um, well, the husband of our housekeeper, maricel,

he came from Honduras with absolutely nothing.

He worked his way from dishwasher

all the way up to head chef.

And let me guess. When he was a dishwasher

they paid him in cash, and once he became a chef

they could no longer pay him off the books,

so he made up his own social security number.

Exactly. And he paid taxes with that number for years.

But then last month he nearly died

staying away from the hospital with meningitis

because he was afraid they would report him.

And this new climate of ours.

We just want to get him documented

before it really becomes a problem.

We'll pay your fee. Full freight.

Oreck, please.

These two are a one-two punch.

♪♪

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Good afternoon.

Bishop Greenleaf, good afternoon.

You got a minute to talk?

I do.

Charity's going on tour for a few months with tamela mann.

I'm aware.

We're all very happy for her,

but it leaves us without a director

for our music ministry.

You haven't found a replacement?

No.

I was wondering if you'd consider coming back to join us

with full benefits, of course.

What as?

What do you mean what as?

I mean, what as?

As a friend of the court? As your pet homosexual?

As who you are!

Doing what you do best.

Putting your gifts into the service

of our most holy lord.

You still don't get it. No, I guess I don't.

What?

I am not interested in coming back as the exception,

even a beloved one.

Now, until calvary can join triumph

in being open and inclusive,

I won't be coming back.

I actually can't.

The man I love won't let me.

Two by two.

What's that bishop?

The lord just finally gave me my message for Sunday.

It's crazy how that happens.

Listen... Don't tell me the church

will change quicker if I'm in there getting beat up.

I've already heard that.

The church isn't mine to fix.

No, brother,

but the world is.

The church can still change the world

in a way that only the church can.

That was good, shorty.

Will you think about it?

Let's do it together.

I'll do it.

God bless you.

Thank you, bishop.

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♪ Glory hallelujah ♪

♪ we're gonna shout all our troubles ♪

♪ god, we gotta thank ya ♪

♪ thank god for being so good to me ♪

♪ oh, oh, I want to thank you ♪

- ♪ thank you ♪ - ♪ thank god ♪

- ♪ thank you ♪ - ♪ thank god ♪

- ♪ thank god ♪ - ♪ thank him ♪

- ♪ thank you ♪ - ♪ he woke me up ♪

- ♪ up ♪ - ♪ this morning ♪

- ♪ this morning ♪ - ♪ he woke me up ♪

- ♪ up ♪ - ♪ this morning ♪

- ♪ this morning ♪ - ♪ oh, and I thank him ♪

- ♪ I thank him ♪ - ♪ and then I Rose ♪

- ♪ then I Rose ♪ - ♪ I Rose this morning ♪

- ♪ I Rose this morning ♪ - ♪ and now I feel ♪

- ♪ I feel ♪ - ♪ like shouting ♪

- ♪ like shouting ♪ - ♪ like shouting ♪

- ♪ like shouting ♪ - ♪ like shouting ♪

- ♪ like shouting ♪ - ♪ like shouting ♪

- ♪ like shouting ♪ - ♪ I want to thank god ♪

- ♪ want to thank ♪ - ♪ for being ♪

- ♪ for being ♪ - ♪ good ♪

♪ god be so good! ♪

- ♪ to ♪ - ♪ so good ♪

♪ so good to ♪

- ♪ so good to me ♪ - ♪ me ♪

Yeah!

Let's hear it for our special guest, Joshua Nelson!

And our very own minister of music,

the lovely Ms. Tasha skanks.

That's an old school classic.

Yes, sir.

Now as most of you know,

triumph has moved very aggressively

these last couple months toward greater inclusivity.

One of the things that we've been pressing forward on

with a passion is our outreach to the homeless.

Which brings me to another special guest.

Deputy mayor, skip Leonard.

Brother Leonard, please stand.

Now, deputy mayor skip Leonard and the fine city of Memphis

have arranged for triumph

to receive a very generous Grant.

- All right now! - Worth $75,000!

$75,000 to start this incredible work.

Let's show them how thankful we are.

Now, there's some folks who said this couldn't be done,

but obviously, they haven't met my god.

You ready to talk now?

Are you?

I know you had an affair with Lionel.

I saw it when he was here.

What matters is that...

When?

James.

What matters is that when he asked me to leave you,

I didn't.

When was it?

The summer we spent at nags head?

I used passion

to fill the pit of pain

you left in me

when what you did with my sister.

That was a one-time thing,

and I confessed immediately after.

You kept this from me for years.

I know. I had this man in my home,

and you looked down on me the whole time,

the both of you,

like I was some kind of...

Oblivious insects in a jar.

I was terrified to tell you

because I didn't want you to hate me.

But I don't know if I love you right now.

Or if I ever will again.

Do you think you could really afford to give this all up?

I don't know what this is.

This.

This struggle. This family.

This fight.

I didn't choose you because you were perfect.

No. All I ever wanted was this.

Us. You.

That's a battle I would fight.

To be the best I could be would be fought with you.

And if you question that love then you question life itself,

so please don't do it.

James, please.

Hey, you got a minute?

Oh. Of course.

Come on in.

Have a seat. Thank you.

So, how you been? Feeling any better?

I am. Thank you for asking.

I just wanted to come by and tell you that I have cleaned out

all of my things out of the office

so it's free and clear and Karissa can have it now.

Oh, you know that wasn't necessary.

Of course, it was.

Come on. We both know that she needs it.

That's thoughtful. Thank you. I'll let her know.

And I just want you to know that I'm here

to do whatever I can do to make your job easier.

That's why I stayed on.

That's, um... that's great.

I believe in you, Jacob.

Really? Thank you. Yeah, of course.

Thank you. You know if we...

If we both keep believing in Jesus,

we'll all make it to heaven together.

Amen. Amen.

Well, um, I should let you get back to it.

I know a pastor's day is full.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming by.

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