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Previously on "Queen Sugar"...The Party has asked me

to run for Congress.What?!

My mom on the Squad?![ Laughs ]

Don't make any sudden moves!Nova:I have no weapons.

Why have you broken into my home?

Hollywood: Your boy Theo got arrested.

How many times did I beg you

to be honest with me?I know.

And you chose to lie.

Celine tried to kiss me.She did what?

After everything that woman's done for you,

this is how you repay her?

Billie: Jimmy Dale hurt me,too.

I was a child!

Did you everstop to think

if what you heard was true?!

♪♪

Charley said she on the way.

And her lawyer right behind her.

♪♪

I can't go back.

♪♪

I can't be locked up again.

♪♪

If they arrest me --

We'll pay your bail and get you out right away.

♪♪

I'm sorry, Darla.

♪♪

For everything.

♪♪

Just because we don't choose right the first time...

♪♪

...it doesn't mean we can't on the last.

♪♪

You are so strong, Ralph Angel.

♪♪

I'm here for you,

no matter what.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Meshell Ndegeocello: ♪ Dreams never die

♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ Dreams never die

♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines

♪ Take flight

♪ Dreams never die

♪♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ Keep the colors in the lines

♪ Take flight

♪ Hey, after all these years

♪ I'm still here

♪ Fingers outstretched

♪ With your imprint in my bed

♪♪

Nova: Hello?Charley: Rah turned himself in

last night.

Turned himself in for what?

He, uh -- He got into some trouble and, um --

Look, I-I can't talk about all the details here,

but I need the family to be aware and get involved.

Look, I've been handling this alone since late last night.

I, uh --

[ Sighs ] I'm at the police station now.

Just -- Just meet me here as soon as you can, okay?

Nova?

Yeah. I mean, yes. Yes.

I'll be right there.

Okay.[ Cellphone beeps ]

♪ Have I become the cavity I feared? ♪

Isaiah: I think you might need a few more slides in the middle,

just to animate the --[ Door opens ]

Jordana: Oh.

Hi.

I didn't know anyone would be here.

Micah: Yeah, I'm just, uh, going over everything for tomorrow.

Wonderful. I, um, left my purse in the lectern.

Oh.

And, uh, how's the rest of your semester been going?

Good. Good, yeah, how 'bout yours?

All's well. I'm really looking forward to your talk tomorrow --

past- and present-day Maroon societies, right?

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah. I expect you'll have a unique take.

Well, I'll let you get back to your preparations.

Hi. Hi.

Hey. Bye.

Micah: "I expect you'll have a unique take?"

Isaiah: What was that about?I don't even know, man.

[ Chuckles ] Hey, look, I can clear my day

if you want to talk or chill or something.

Micah: Nah. I appreciate it, Iz.

I'm just going to focus on this thing.

Yeah, alright. Whatever you need.

Alright, peace.Peace.

♪♪

I appreciate you, bro.

Yeah.[ Men speak indistinctly ]

See you later.

Billie: So, I'll get you those documents.

Okay. Bye, everyone.

Morning, Daddy.

You want some coffee?

Uh, so how's work going?

Well, it looks like we'll be heading

back to the office next month.

And now that you're on your feet and you have Sandy,

I was figuring

I should probably think about heading back to Chicago.

Well, then.

I'm sure Vince and the kids'll be happy to have you back, huh?

Yeah. Yeah.

I think it's for the best.

Um, I, uh...

I wanted to talk to you last night, but you had left.

You know, I just -- I never wanted you to know.

And I-I didn't mean to bring it up yesterday,

but just -- Violet got me so frustrated.

Look, Maybelle,

if you're hurting, I want to know about it.

Now, you can talk to me about anything.

You know that. I'm here to listen.

[ Telephone ringing ]

[ Phone beeps ]Hello?

Yeah, he's right here. Hold on.

It's Hollywood. Sounds important.

[ Phone beeps ]

Hollywood.Hollywood: I wanted to let you

know what's going on over here with Rah.

Man, that boy done got in some trouble,

and I didn't want you hearing about it out and about.

Uh --I'll make that coffee to-go.

Uh, actually, Hollywood, uh,

why don't you call me tonight and tell me all about it?

I got something important going on here, too.

Alright, bet. I'll holler at you later, dawg.

Okay.

[ Telephone beeps ]

Why don't I make the coffee, and then we'll talk?

Alright.

♪♪

Charley: Thank you. Yeah. I'll be in touch.

[ Darla sighing ]

Was that your lawyer?

Yeah.

The DA is keeping things close to his chest,

but she'll keep digging.

Darla: What does that mean for us now?

Charley: Well, honestly, Darla -- [ Sighs ]

I just wish that you both would have come to me

before he turned himself in.

I'm not sure how much

even the best lawyer can do at this point.

He didn't turn himself in.

He came here to answer their questions

because they've been looking for him to ask him questions.

[ Sighs ] They'd left messages at the farm.

They'd gone to see him at The Real Spot.

Darla: He didn't want the family embarrassed.

He didn't want them showing up at Vi's

or coming to your office at the council --

Ralph Angel: [ Sighs ]Are you okay?

Baby.

Just trying to go home.

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

Darla: Did they hurt you? Did they touch you?

Mnh-mnh.

Okay.

Ralph Angel: Thank for bailing me out.

Yeah.

Darla: Charley's lawyer is working really, really hard

on your case.

How's it looking?

♪♪

That bad, huh?

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

[ Quietly ] So, what did you tell them?

That I ain't do nothing.

Stop coming 'round my family asking questions,

that's what I told them.

Shit. Really, I was just trying to see what evidence they had.

There wasn't no witnesses.

And them cameras was off.

I made sure of it myself.

♪♪

Well, I called the family to meet us here,

but I think we should meet at my place instead.

You need to talk to us.

Well, I ain't got no excuses.

I ain't got no reasons that's gonna make sense to y'all, so...

All I know is how I felt when that pandemic hit.

I had to take out a loan to

make sure I could bring harvest in.

Couldn't pay that back.

Just got too deep.

♪♪

And I was up against losing the farm,

and, uh...

I took out some payday loans just to --

just to take care of everything.

I couldn't pay them back, either.

So I did what I had to do.

Just to provide for my family.

So you think it's okay

for you to take somebody else's things?

I was just getting back what I was owed.

What are you talking about?

Landry poisoned my crop.

How'd he do that?Pesticide.

A lot of it.

I got my soil tested.

Shit was off the charts.

And you can prove

that it was Sam Landry?

[ Chuckles dryly ]

No, Charley, I can't prove it.

That's why I ain't tell y'all.

'Cause I knew you'd tell me I couldn't prove it.

Probably throw some money at me,

'stead of justice.

But, look, I know it was Landry, so...

I wasn't stealin'.

I was just standin' my damn ground.

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

Unfortunately, the law won't see it that way.

Violet: It sure the hell won't.

This is all about ego.

And pride.

You could have asked any one of us for help.

Hey, maybe you right. [ Scoffs ]

Maybe pride is all I got.

And I'm trying to hold onto it.

But ain't you the one who said I wasn't a man,

for sending Blue to get a better education?

But now you expect me to go crawling to Charley

or Darla's parents or you?

For money to provide for myfamily?

Nah.

That's what you call being a man, Aunt Vi?

All these years, I -- I been trying to get right,

and it's always something stacked against me.

I mean... [ Chuckles ]

How long you expect me to stay down,

getting kicked,

before I fight back with everything I got? Huh?

Hollywood: We hear you, Ralph Angel.

So, our lawyer tells me

that Theo is not in jail anymore.

He made one phone call after his arrest,

to Sam Landry.

After that, the charges were dropped.

It looks like Theo's making a deal.

Nah, it looks like I got played.

♪♪

That's what it looks like.

That's on me.

I'm-a have to work this out with Sam Landry.

No, it's too dangerous in your current situation.

I'll talk to Sam.

No. I'll go.

The hell you will.

Sam and me got a lot of history.

It's time I remind him of his place in it.

Hollywood: Well, I'm going with you.

♪♪

I love you.

No matter what.

I love you, too.

No matter what.

♪♪

♪♪

Jimmy Dale was smooth about it.

I could see that now.

So, when Nova and I would visit Violet,

he would ask me about my -- my dreams

and my future plans.

It made me feel real grown-up and smart.

But then he tried to take it to the next level.

And I didn't want that.

But he didn't care.

And he assaulted you?

He tried.

But luckily, my daddy taught me

how to throw a pretty nice right cross.

[ Chuckles ]

And your uppercut wasn't nothing to mess with, either.

[ Both chuckle ]

Look, why didn't you come to me, Billie?

I would have handled that son of a bitch myself.

I told Mama.

But she told me it was my fault.

Said that with the way that I acted and I dressed,

I should be grateful that the worst didn't happen.

Uh, your mama was from a different time.

Uh, I know she didn't mean to harm you.

But why didn't you still come to me?

How could I come to you, Daddy?

The whole town was whispering,

and you never said one word.

You just pretended like I was some dirty little secret

you didn't want to talk about.

I figured you believed the talk.

♪♪

Look, I-I --

I didn't know what to believe.

I mean, I guess I just thought that it would all go away.

I mean, I look back on myself at that time,

and -- and I'm ashamed.

I mean, we were -- we were all friends,

Ernest, Jimmy Dale.

[ Sighs ]

And at the time, I didn't know he was gallivanting around.

But it was easier for me to --

to believe him than it was to defend you.

And I took the easy way out.

♪♪

And I hurt you so bad, you left, and you never came back.

♪♪

But I'm glad you're back.

Not just here in St. Jo or in this house.

♪♪

But back with me.

♪♪

I'm sorry, Billie, for all of it.

♪♪

Sam: Yeah, I'll tell you, it was great.

Woman: Hey, excuse me, you can't go in there.

Tom, let me call you back. Alright.

Okay.M-Mr. Landry --

It's fine, thank you.

Violet, Mr. Hollywood.

What brings such a lovely couple to my door?

Well, I'm sure you've heard of my nephew's arrest.

Ralph Angel.

Bad news travels fast.

It really seemed like he had turned his life around.

How did Theo Jackson,

who was arrested for the same crime,

mysterious be released

after a phone call to you?

Well, there's no mystery to it. Theo was just smart enough

not to get caught on the surveillance footage.

What surveillance footage?

Ralph Angel was smart to turn off the security cameras,

but we had backups -- less visible ones.

Theo was in on this with you from the beginning.

You set Ralph Angel up.

Set him up?

Ralph Angel is on that video

acting completely of his own accord.

I knew you was low.

But I didn't even think you would stoop to this.

I'm not foolin' with you.

You gon' drop these charges, Sam.

Company protocol mandates that we prosecute all these cases

to the full extent of the law.

That is horse shit.

Now, you owe me this.

In fact, you owe my entire family

for all the crap that the Landrys have pulled for decades.

The Landrys are the victims here, Vi.

I have been outmaneuvered by you Bordelons

more than once over the years.

It's what our families do.

But pride goeth before the fall,

and Ralph Angel, he's got a lot of pride.

You've got no cards to play this time.

I made damn sure of it.

♪♪

[ Chuckles ]

[ Sighs ]

♪♪

Are you sure?

How would you like to join your sister in prison?

Why would I go to prison for getting robbed?

Because you coerced Theo Jackson

to conspire with you to commit fraud.

We're gonna be pressing charges for agricultural terrorism.

Agricultural terrorism?

Is that the woke police's latest catchphrase?

No, the Bordelon Farm's harvest was completely destroyed

because of excessive levels of pesticide.

I can't help it if her nephew is such a bad farmer,

he can't properly use pesticide.

Nah, nah, nah, nah.

See, we know you did it,

and we got the proof.

We just don't go around dramatically flashing ours

in janky-ass folders.

Well, I would love to watch you try to prove all of this

in our magnificent St. Josephine justice system.

Listen, I'm not interested in your empty threats,

and I don't think your family is interested in a drawn-out trial.

What would that do to the future business of Vi's Pies?

Hmm? Nova's career?

Micah's future?

Charley's political aspirations?

Will Blue's fancy new school want a student

whose Black father is on trial for theft?

There is a way out of all this.

This is all about money.

I don't want your money, Violet.

The only thing that I want

is the farm.

Ralph Angel signs over the farm to me,

and the rest goes away.

♪♪

Micah: Uh, and thank you. Thank you for your attention

in this exploration of the processes

by which enslaved Africans from diverse societies

created new cultures in the Americas

and on the present-day status of surviving Maroon cultures

in Suriname and French Guiana,

Jamaica, Colombia, and elsewhere.

[ Chuckles ] Thank you.

Jordana: Well, hold on, Mr. West.

Micah: Yes.

I want to interrogate that a little bit more.

Okay.

So, what are these modern-day forms of slavery

that you refer to?

Redlining, voter suppression,

school defunding, employment discrimination,

loan discrimination, mass incarceration.

And that's a list. It's not an argument.

The list isthe argument.

It's -- It's evidence.

Evidence of a flawed system, yes,

but isn't every system flawed in some way?

Perhaps, but not every system is designed

to subjugate a specific group of people.

So then how does that make Black Americans "Maroons"?

If the structures of a system are designed

to keep a people out of neighborhoods,

out of government,

out of education, out of the workforce,

and in some instances, out of society and in prisons

and in a constant state of danger,

what else do you call that but being on the run,

out in the wild?

♪♪

Thank you, Mr. West.

Thank you.

Well, class is dismissed,

and I'll see you all next week.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

♪♪

That was very impressive, Micah.

You've grown a lot.

♪♪

We should celebrate.

I think I'm good.

You're good?

Yeah, like you said, I've grown.

I'll see you in class, Professor.

♪♪

Ralph Angel: Nah.

Nah, we ain't doing that.Ralph Angel --

No, I'll take my chances with the courts.

They can take me to trial, but they not takin' my land.

Mm. Ralph Angel, you don't want to go to trial on this.

He has you on this.Nah.

Nah, I turned off --It was a setup.

That Theo, the guy who "didn't show" -- all of it.

Yeah, you disabled the cameras,

but they had some strategically set up just to catch you.

Well, I got the best attorney, right?

Can't she tell 'em Theo led up the whole thing?

Huh?

With Theo's charges dropped,

the DA will put the whole thing on you.

On me?

You will take the full brunt of the prosecution.

Because of your prior conviction,

it's, um --

It's a harder path.

[ Voice breaking ] It means missing out...

on our daughter's early years,

like we missed out on Blue's.

Nova: Nothing is worth that gamble.

Nothing is worth you going back to prison.

♪♪

I will make sure

that the attorney works out a rock-solid deal

with Sam Landry.

We'll get written and video affidavits

that Landry Enterprises hired you

to move equipment,

and because of a -- of a clerical error,

your paperwork just wasn't processed.

Your record will remain clean,

and you can just -- you can move on from this.

Rah?

♪♪

Y'all serious right now?

You're willing to just let the family legacy go like that?

♪♪

Why you givin' up so easy, huh?

Because you did it.

You did this!

You stole that white man's stuff, bruh!

You did this shit.

Yeah, racism.

Yeah, the system.

But also? You stole it!

And you were caught red-handed, on-camera!

And, man, all these women

who put their family farm in your hands --

they're willing to let it go.

Because they'll let that land go before they let you go.

Your freedom is worth more

than any land, Ralph Angel.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

What about Mama?

She buried there, you know.

♪♪

We can -- We can move her next to Daddy's at the cemetery.

That way, they'll -- they'll be together.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

[ Phone line rings ]

Blue: Hey, you! You've reached Blue!

Please leave a message and have an astronomical day!

[ Beep]Blue.

It's your old man.

Just seein' how you doin' up there.

♪♪

I hear you been killin' them classes.

Showin' them white kids

what a young Black man's all about, huh?

Hope you been having fun.

And I'm proud of you, okay?

[ Sighs shakily ]

Look, I just wanted to call and let you know...

I couldn't have asked for a better,

brighter, more kind son.

Anyway [Clears throat]

keep reachin' for them stars, boy.

Love you.

♪♪

I know you got somethin' to say.

I can take it.

♪♪

I understand how frustrated

you must have been

to do that.

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

But I am so...

angry at you.

I know --No, you don't know.

'Cause I have never actually told you how I really feel.

You endangered our family.

You betrayed my trust.

You made me go against my gut.

You made a fool

out of all of the work that we've supposedly done together.

And what is worse

is that I bottled up all of this anger inside...

♪♪

...so that I wouldn't hurt you.

Ralph Angel: I know I hurt you real bad.

You ain't got to bottle it up.

You have every right to feel how you feel.

You know, I thought I was past all this.

I'm still trying to be better.

I'm still trying to make good.

I'm still trying not to lose hope.

In myself.

No more secrets.

No more lies.

Let's make both of our children proud, okay?

I'm sorry.

I know.

♪ On the widow's peak

♪♪

♪♪

[ Knock on door ]

♪♪

[ Sighs ]

Hi. Charley: Hi.

Just wanted to check in on you.

Charley: Can I come in?

[ Voice breaking ] I, um --

I'm not doing too great, Charley.

None of us are, Nova.

No, I'm trying to tell you something.

The police broke in here yesterday.

What?

Wait.

♪♪

♪♪

They terrorized me.

♪♪

Charley.

♪♪

[ Sniffles ]

But really, this is about my power.

My activism.

My voice, my skin,

my gender,

my -- my everything.

Yes. You areeverything.

They didn't take anything from you.

They gave you something.

More power.

More fire.

More.

♪♪

Yes?

♪♪

Yes.

♪♪

Nova: Thank you.

Everything is [Sighs] hitting me all at once.

I've seen attacks on other activists,

but this is the first time I've felt it so directly.

Every step towards progress is pushed back tenfold.

See, that's how they want you to feel.

We have to stay fighting.

But the powers that be always win.

Look, I hear you.

♪♪

And I am frustrated, too.

I mean, I have a position of power

in the local government here,

and I still didn't have the leverage to save the farm.

♪♪

And that is why I am considering

a run for Congress.

For real?

I'm thinking about it.

But whether I do or not,

I will need you in the fight with me,

so promise me you will not let those bastards succeed

in trying to break you.

Get up and fight again.

I promise.

Get some rest.

Take this time.

It belongs to you.

This peace belongs to you.

This home belongs to you.

Billie: Morning, Daddy.

Oh, morning.

Made you some breakfast.

Oh, thank you, sweetie. Ah.

I found the recipe in one of Mama's old albums.

And I got cereal on standby, just in case it's terrible.

This is delicious.

Really?Yeah, this is delicious.

[ Chuckles ]You -- You wanna join me?

Uh, yeah. Let me get a plate.

Uh, you, uh --

You ever thought about staying a while longer?

I mean, the kids are grown and you can do what you want.

May be nice. You know, and then we can go fishing,

maybe visit some more and...

catch up some more.

♪♪

Yeah. I'll definitely think about that.

Okay.

[ Chuckles ]

♪♪

First, how are you?

Celine: I been okay.

And Gabriel?

They got Gabriel in school.

This a good place.

Good people.

You scared the life out of me, disappearing like that.

I was ashamed.

You should be.

I opened my heart,

my life, my wallet to you,

and in return,

you hit on my husband.

I'm sorry.

You need to know, Hollywood put me straight in my place.

He wasn't having none of me.

Guess you got the last good one in him.

I don't need you to tell me nothin' about my husband.

I know that man.

This is not the person I want to be.

It isn't you.

Look, I consider myself a good judge of character.

You are a good person, Celine.

Too good for some mess like this.

What were you thinking?

I don't know.

Maybe 'cause

I've either been with my Daddy,

boyfriends, or my husband all my life.

I don't even know who I am without a man to tell me.

Hmm?

And I know you, Queen Vi, think it's pathetic.

No, baby.

That's real.

♪♪

When it finally hit me I was...

alone,

I panicked.

And...

I know I shouldn't have disrespected you, never,

or your husband,

or your marriage.

If I could take it back --

I am truly sorry.

I am so, so sorry.

I swear, I am so sorry.

♪♪

When my first husband and I got together,

I was barely out of high school.

And when I left him, he told me

that I would never be nothing without him.

It took me a lot of time

and a whole lot of support

to get to where those words weren't...

always controlling my thinking.

♪♪

It took me even longer

to figure out what healthy boundaries look like

in a relationship.

♪♪

But that's what you gotta do.

They got me going to therapy here.

I want to -- I want to be strong.

That's good.

Nothing to be scared of.

You were truly, truly

a good friend.

And I am so sorry.

I am so sorry.

I thank you.

♪♪

Um...

so, here is...

a little last bit to help you.

Now, my family's going through some really...

major things right now, and so I'm not gonna be able

to see you or Gabriel.

But I wanted to wish you blessings.

You got a good boy.

And you a strong spirit, Celine.

Do well by both.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ Phone line ringing ]

♪♪

Edward: Councilwoman Bordelon.

I'm ready to run for United States Congress.

[ Laughs ] Cutting straight to the chase --

I love it. And so does the rest of the Party.

So, how do we kick this off?

Groundwork, Ms. Bordelon.

A national meet-and-greet in Washington

with voters and donors.

Are you up for that?

More than up for it.

I'm ready to start winning.

That's great, but I should remind you,

our real goal is to change the political dynamics

across the map.

To give people a reason to hope again

and reason to vote again,

just like Stacey did in Georgia.

Of course.We need to assess

if Louisiana's the best possibility for you

or California.

Both have vulnerable seats.

Our goal is to get you to Washington

through whichever avenue is best.

I understand all that.

So, how'd you make the decision?

What finally convinced you?

♪♪

Recent personal events have shown

that I don't currently have the power necessary

to protect the people I love the most.

♪♪

I want to change that.

♪♪

[ Engine shuts off ]

[ Sighs ]

Mr. Bordelon, you're looking well.

How 'bout we save the small talk and get to it?

Thanks for meeting with me.

I wanted to make sure, face-to-face, man-to-man,

that we had a deal

before I proceed with the paperwork and start dealing

with your sister's pain-in-the-ass lawyers.

I don't have time to be wastin'.

Yeah, go ahead, get them papers ready.

Good.

Very good.

You know, my daddy --

I don't give a damn about your daddy.

And you sure as hell don't give a damn about mine.

♪♪

You're right about that.

I'll get things in order.

Then you'll have 45 days to vacate.

♪♪

[ Engine starts ]

♪ Standing now

♪ Calling all the people here to see the show ♪

♪ Calling for my demons now to let me go ♪

♪ I need something, give me something wonderful ♪

♪♪

♪ I believe

♪ She won't take me somewhere I'm not supposed to be ♪

♪ You can't steal the things that God has given me ♪

I don't know what's about to happen next.

♪ No more pain and no more shame and misery ♪

But I promise, this ain't the end.

♪ You can't take me down

♪ You can't break me down

♪ You can't take me down

♪♪

♪ You can't take me down

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da-da ♪

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da-da ♪

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da-da ♪

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da-da ♪

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da-da ♪

♪ Ba-da, ba-da ba, ba, ba-da ♪

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