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Previously on Empire...
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This is your scarf.
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You were wearing it the night
that you killed Shine.
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Withdraw your bid for Empire.
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- You just gave away Empire!
- I did it for that.
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- Why you packing?
- 'Cause I'm leaving, Ma.
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I need to be nobody for a minute.
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What did you do to me?
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- Karma's a bitch.
- (SCREAMS)
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(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
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I'm pregnant, and it's yours.
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Cookie, I want you to be my wife.
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JUDGE: I now pronounce you
husband and wife.
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- Hakeem, he's got a gun!
- Dad, what are you doing?!
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- No!
- (GUNSHOT)
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♪
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♪
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(SIGHS)
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("IBIZA" PLAYING OVER LAPTOP)
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♪ Top down, feel the breeze ♪
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♪ Chillin' with the homies in Ibiza ♪
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♪ Pipe down, girl, please ♪
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♪ Don't you see the camera?
Say "cheese" ♪
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♪ Whine down on me ♪
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♪ Shake it like some new car keys ♪
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♪ 'Cause right now, I might be ♪
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♪ 'Bout the flyest one
that you've ever seen ♪
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♪ I know you do it for the culture ♪
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♪ Just come a little closer ♪
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♪ Baby, we can do the most-a ♪
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- Hey. - ♪ Right now, right
now, right now, right now ♪
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♪ Real money, I ain't hood rich ♪
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♪ If you ain't a dummy, go stupid ♪
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♪ I got the check, baby,
you can make it run up, run up ♪
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♪ Run up, run up ♪
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♪ Oh, what we got now? ♪
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♪ Whole thing shut down ♪
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♪ Flames burn to the ground ♪
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♪ Burn up, burn up,
burn up, burn up... ♪
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(MUSIC STOPS)
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(MUSIC FAST-FORWARDS, STOPS)
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(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
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COOKIE: Damn!
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It is hot as hell in here!
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Can't we get the AC fixed
or something?
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If you got $50,000.
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Bump that. I'll sweat it out.
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Well, don't forget, I like you sweaty.
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You were supposed to meet me
at the network.
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We'd like Lucious to be a judge
on our musical talent show.
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We'll write a catchphrase
for Lucious, like, uh,
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"Welcome to the dog pound,"
or, uh, "Not now. Not ever."
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No, stupid. (CHUCKLES)
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"No, stupid"? Yeah.
"No, stupid." I like that.
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(EXECUTIVES CHUCKLING)
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"No, stupid." You see?
He's sitting there.
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He's... I like that.
That's pretty good.
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Had me up there looking stupid.
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I'm sorry. I-I just,
I can't think about anything
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like that until we...
until we get Empire back.
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Yeah, well, until then,
we got to stay afloat.
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- Now, I'm out here hustling.
- What do you see me doing?
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I'm over here
trying to edit this thing, look.
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We got millions of dollars
worth of footage
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that nobody in the world has;
we can cash in online.
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Look at our boy.
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You tell me Keem
wasn't meant to do this.
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Hmm, that's my baby.
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Look, Lucious, we don't have
time to do all of this, okay?
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You know how much stuff we got
to do before tomorrow night?
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Yeah, I haven't forgotten. We've
been planning it for two years.
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Eddie won't see it coming either.
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(LAPTOP RINGING)
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- Ooh, Jamal.
- Ah.
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- What's up, y'all?
- Hey, baby.
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- LUCIOUS: You looking good, son.
- When you coming home, boy?
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Ma, London is my home.
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- How are you?
- I'm good.
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- Yeah, we're great, man.
- How'd you celebrate?
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- Celebrate what?
- Are you serious?
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Y'all two-year
wedding anniversary. Damn.
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- What?
- Uh, oh, we-we, um,
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we gonna celebrate this weekend.
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Look, how's your love life, huh?
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How's, uh, what's his name?
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- Ky-Kyle? Kylie? Kale?
- (LAUGHS)
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You're so shady. You know good
and well that boy's name is Kai.
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I'd remember his name
if I met the boy.
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Look, on another note, um, son,
how's your label doing?
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Dad, I just signed this rapper
out of Dakar.
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(LAUGHS): He's so dope.
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I ain't making no money
or nothing, but whatever.
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- I love it.
- Really?
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Yeah, well, that sounds
more like a hobby than a job.
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I mean, if we could get Eddie
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to let you out of
your Empire contract...
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Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
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Y'all up there taking Eddie to court,
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trying to get Empire back;
I don't want none of that.
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- I'm good.
- (DOORBELL RINGS)
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Y'all expecting company?
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Uh, something like that. (CHUCKLES)
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JUANITA: Miss Cookie?
Those people are here.
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(MOUTHS) Boy, we got to go.
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It better not be another six weeks
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- before I hear from your ass.
- All right, I love y'all.
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- I love you, too.
- (DOOR OPENS)
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Miss Cookie, my pay...
it's already been five weeks.
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COOKIE: I know, I know.
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I got you, I got you, Juanita, okay?
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Friday, I promise. Okay.
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(SIGHS) We forgot our anniversary.
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I'm sorry, baby.
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I've just been so busy
trying to scratch out a living.
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Happy anniversary.
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- Happy annivers...
- (CART ROLLING)
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- Oh, no. Oh, my God.
- Wait.
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You said to sell it all, Miss Cookie.
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I know, I know, I know, but just...
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W-Wait, wait, wait. Why don't you...
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wrap that up and protect it first?
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Okay, hey, it's just things,
Lucious. It's just things.
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We're better than that.
Hey, put that back.
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That's-that's my Derrick Adams.
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Gift my husband gave me
for my wedding.
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Come here. Come on, baby.
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I'm so sick and tired of people
taking things from us.
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Now, we tried it the legal way.
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I think it's time we-we got to plan.
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Let's go get what's ours.
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We get Eddie tomorrow night
at the awards ceremony,
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when his security aren't around.
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You talked to Andre?
He's gonna get us what we need?
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Andre's gonna deliver,
don't you worry about that.
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GUARD: You got 15 minutes!
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(INDISTINCT GUARD RADIO CHATTER)
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Better keep walking.
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- (INMATES CHATTERING)
- (WEIGHTS CLANKING)
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♪
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♪
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LUCIOUS: No, it don't make sense.
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I mean, he-he couldn't have
possibly known
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that she would fall;
he didn't mean to kill her.
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THIRSTY: Yeah, that's why
I got it reduced
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to reckless endangerment.
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- Two years, man.
- You know I did everything I could.
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All right? This is the
best deal we're gonna get.
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Someone caught Andre
spiking Anika's drink
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- in a cell phone pic.
- COOKIE: No.
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I can handle two years, Ma.
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- No.
- You did 17.
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And that's why I went,
so you wouldn't have to.
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Thirsty got me a good deal, Ma.
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Hey. I can do this.
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You know why they transferred
you to this hellhole, Steve?
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(CHUCKLES)
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It was because of me.
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Traded in a lot of favors
to get you here.
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What do you want?
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You were Eddie Barker's money manager.
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You ran that Ponzi scheme
that brought him down.
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I didn't do it.
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I hope you did it, Steve.
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Because if you did,
you have access to what I need,
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and then I can get you
back to Club Fed.
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Home sweet home.
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But, Steve, if you didn't,
you're no use to me.
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And that is no good for you.
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♪
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Up, up, up, up, up. No. Down.
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Down. Okay, yes.
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Right there. Hold it right there.
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(EXHALES): Whoa.
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- That was good.
- (EXHALES)
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That was good.
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I like a woman who
knows what she wants.
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(LAUGHS)
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I really needed that.
We make a good team, Kingsley.
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Great things in business
are never done by one person.
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Are you really quoting
Steve Jobs after sex?
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(CHUCKLES) Aren't you
even a little concerned
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- about Eddie catching us?
- No.
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He's too busy test-driving
hotel mattresses
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with his new assistant.
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- So why'd you remarry him?
- Temporary insanity.
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Or temporary "strategery."
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Look, when Eddie gets tired of
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pretending to do actual work
around here, I'm taking over.
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You're still singing my praises
in Silicon Valley, right?
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I've been known to sing a note or two.
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Good.
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So, Glasses, you could go ahead
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and confirm my lunch
with Zane's playlist people.
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- Thank you so much.
- Mm-hmm.
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Ponytail, can you set
a meeting with Eddie
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- about upping our radio budget?
- Mm-hmm.
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Thank you so much. And, Man Bun...
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yesterday's photo shoot
looked like some weird, like,
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Rugrats porno, and I hated it.
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- And you need to do better,
- Mm-hmm.
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And go get it done.
Thank you. Merci beaucoup. Bye.
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Listen up, everybody.
I just got back the P&L reports.
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Empire's profits...
are all the way up.
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(ALL CHEERING)
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BECKY: Yes! Okay, okay.
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'Cause that is all four quarters;
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- that is a clean sweep.
- And what do we call that?
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BOTH: Black Girl Magic.
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- Yes.
- Yes.
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We have to focus.
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We have to make sure
that "Ibiza" makes
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Best Original Song
at the MVP Movie Awards.
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Girl, you know I already
took care of that.
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- I basically stroked everybody involved.
- (LAUGHS)
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(WHISPERS): I have carpal tunnel
in both wrists now.
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- You nasty. But I like it...
- I am.
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...because Eddie hates to lose.
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Uh, speaking of Eddie,
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he knows that his fellow
nominated producers,
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Cookie and Lucious, will be
there that night, too, right?
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Please. He knows. Besides,
we doubled up on security.
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Perfect. That is exactly
what I was getting after.
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And you know what,
I'm just really glad
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that "Ibiza's" getting
this kind of attention,
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because it was Hakeem
and Tiana's last song
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- before the shooting.
- Yeah.
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- I just really miss them.
- I know.
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♪
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- (HAKEEM GRUNTS)
- BLAKE: No!
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- (CAR ALARM WAILING)
- (HAKEEM COUGHS)
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(BELLA CRYING)
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(GUNSHOT)
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TIANA: Oh, my God.
Look at me, look at me.
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Hakeem, Hakeem.
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- Keem! Keem!
- Help! Help!
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- Help! Help!
- Help!
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Keem! Someone call an ambulance!
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(HAKEEM COUGHING)
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(CLEARS THROAT)
243
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- Oh, come on, now.
- (EXHALES)
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Put your mind to it.
245
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Take a deep breath in.
246
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(COUGHING)
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I can't. It hurt, lady.
248
00:12:01,917 --> 00:12:04,152
Hey, losing part of your lung
is tough,
249
00:12:04,153 --> 00:12:06,220
but getting your wind back
isn't impossible.
250
00:12:06,221 --> 00:12:07,889
Don't let some crazy guy's
bullet beat you.
251
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Leave me the hell alone!
252
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(HAKEEM COUGHING)
253
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I think he needs a second.
Please, just give us a minute.
254
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(COUGHING)
255
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Come here, Bella.
256
00:12:22,438 --> 00:12:24,439
Can you take Bella and Prince
down to the park,
257
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and I'll be there in a few minutes.
258
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- Okay. Come on, Prince.
- Thank you. (KISSES)
259
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- Be good. See you in a second.
- Come on, Bella, let's go.
260
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Mommy will be down soon.
261
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(DOOR CLOSES)
262
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I know that this is hard...
263
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but you can do this.
264
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I thought that getting back onstage
265
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would be good motivation for you.
266
00:12:46,895 --> 00:12:49,797
I can't rap, Tee. I can't hold it.
267
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You'll have a backing track.
268
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You mean lip sync?
My fans would drag me for life.
269
00:12:54,837 --> 00:12:58,206
No, your fans want to see you
back onstage.
270
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They're happy that you're alive.
271
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And you know I need to do this
272
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to get back on Eddie's good side.
273
00:13:03,645 --> 00:13:05,913
Man, to hell with him and
his Steve Harvey-looking suits.
274
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- Okay?
- Mm-hmm.
275
00:13:08,751 --> 00:13:10,618
Look, Eddie full-on sidelined me
276
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when he found out that I was pregnant.
277
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I need to be back on that stage,
in front of the world.
278
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So all this mess can stop.
279
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But I need you to do it with me.
280
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(SIGHS)
281
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Okay.
282
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Okay. For you.
283
00:13:40,349 --> 00:13:44,786
Yes, yes, Andre came through
like a champ.
284
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And we got everything we need.
285
00:13:46,789 --> 00:13:50,191
Mm-hmm. I'm on my way back
from the prison now.
286
00:13:50,192 --> 00:13:53,995
Okay, take care.
I'll talk to you soon, babe.
287
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WOMAN: ♪ They be like, no ♪
288
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♪ We never seen a chick so cold ♪
289
00:13:57,099 --> 00:13:58,833
♪ Never seen a chain so gold ♪
290
00:13:58,834 --> 00:14:00,568
♪ Never seen a wrist so froze ♪
291
00:14:00,569 --> 00:14:02,537
♪ Diamonds on my neck all glow ♪
292
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♪ So cold ♪
293
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♪ So ♪
294
00:14:06,508 --> 00:14:07,975
♪ Shining my light, I'm the best ♪
295
00:14:07,976 --> 00:14:09,544
♪ Never seen nobody like me. ♪
296
00:14:09,545 --> 00:14:11,345
PORSHA: Cook. Come on, we got to go
297
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if you want to get to
the awards on time.
298
00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:13,934
Okay.
299
00:14:13,935 --> 00:14:15,683
And you better not
turn on that driving app.
300
00:14:15,684 --> 00:14:17,952
I'm not paying all them
damn high surging prices.
301
00:14:17,953 --> 00:14:20,721
No, I'm not getting up there.
302
00:14:22,057 --> 00:14:23,825
Porsha, you're doing too much.
303
00:14:23,826 --> 00:14:26,694
This damn car look like
a circus. And fluffy.
304
00:14:26,695 --> 00:14:28,696
- I...
- Come on! I don't wanna hear it!
305
00:14:28,697 --> 00:14:30,832
("MI GENTE" BY J BALVIN
AND WILLY WILLIAM PLAYING)
306
00:14:30,833 --> 00:14:33,100
♪
307
00:14:37,873 --> 00:14:40,208
(LIVELY CHATTER)
308
00:14:40,209 --> 00:14:41,642
(GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
309
00:14:44,313 --> 00:14:47,181
- Hey, Lucious!
- Cookie, right here!
310
00:14:47,182 --> 00:14:49,183
Who are you wearing?
311
00:14:49,184 --> 00:14:51,652
♪
312
00:14:53,489 --> 00:14:54,489
Hi.
313
00:14:55,991 --> 00:14:57,959
REPORTER: You two look fabulous.
314
00:14:57,960 --> 00:14:59,527
Seems like retirement is
treating you well.
315
00:14:59,528 --> 00:15:03,364
Yeah, well, you know,
we were, uh, docking our yacht
316
00:15:03,365 --> 00:15:06,601
when we got the info
about the nomination.
317
00:15:06,602 --> 00:15:08,603
(LAUGHS) I love it.
318
00:15:08,604 --> 00:15:10,705
Now, Lucious, we know
you and Eddie Barker
319
00:15:10,706 --> 00:15:12,673
have had some legal tussles
over Empire.
320
00:15:12,674 --> 00:15:14,775
Where do you stand now?
321
00:15:14,776 --> 00:15:17,778
Oh, you know, um, people squabble,
322
00:15:17,779 --> 00:15:20,848
but at the end of the day,
blood is thicker than water.
323
00:15:20,849 --> 00:15:22,717
He's always gonna be my brother.
324
00:15:22,718 --> 00:15:24,385
Okay. All right, then, thanks.
325
00:15:24,386 --> 00:15:28,589
And you heard it
from the Lyon's mouth.
326
00:15:28,590 --> 00:15:32,326
- Look at how scared of us he is.
- He should be.
327
00:15:32,327 --> 00:15:34,562
(CHUCKLES) Punk bitch.
328
00:15:34,563 --> 00:15:36,664
- WOMAN: Cookie! Hey, girl!
- Hi.
329
00:15:43,632 --> 00:15:46,334
- Here you are.
- Thank you.
330
00:15:46,335 --> 00:15:47,494
That dress is beautiful.
331
00:15:47,495 --> 00:15:48,896
Who makes it, Balmain?
332
00:15:48,897 --> 00:15:51,932
♪
333
00:15:51,933 --> 00:15:53,734
Listen, Cookie,
I just want you to know
334
00:15:53,735 --> 00:15:56,303
that I would have handled
things differently than Eddie.
335
00:15:56,304 --> 00:15:58,105
(CHUCKLES)
336
00:15:58,106 --> 00:16:00,441
Do you think I care
337
00:16:00,442 --> 00:16:03,310
what Eddie's ho would
have done differently?
338
00:16:03,311 --> 00:16:04,812
Girl...
339
00:16:04,813 --> 00:16:06,947
(SCOFFS)
340
00:16:06,948 --> 00:16:09,083
You know, you should be careful
with the pit stains.
341
00:16:09,084 --> 00:16:11,218
H&M won't take that back.
342
00:16:13,521 --> 00:16:15,489
Too bad you can't get your money back
343
00:16:15,490 --> 00:16:17,391
for that botched face job.
344
00:16:17,392 --> 00:16:21,128
I can think of somewhere else
you could've used the money.
345
00:16:22,831 --> 00:16:24,865
Can I get champagne?
346
00:16:24,866 --> 00:16:27,935
ANNOUNCER: And now,
performing "Ibiza," Tiana,
347
00:16:27,936 --> 00:16:31,605
and for the first time
in two years, Hakeem Lyon!
348
00:16:31,606 --> 00:16:33,207
(CROWD CHEERING)
349
00:16:33,208 --> 00:16:35,342
("IBIZA" PLAYING)
350
00:16:41,416 --> 00:16:44,518
♪ Ah, top down, feel the breeze ♪
351
00:16:44,519 --> 00:16:46,286
♪ Chillin' with the homies in Ibiza ♪
352
00:16:46,287 --> 00:16:48,355
♪ Right now, catch me ♪
353
00:16:48,356 --> 00:16:50,758
♪ Linen shorts with the sandals
on my feet ♪
354
00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:53,627
♪ Calm down, it's just me ♪
355
00:16:53,628 --> 00:16:55,796
♪ Ain't my fault
that I make it look easy ♪
356
00:16:55,797 --> 00:16:57,331
♪ Oh, wow, I might be ♪
357
00:16:57,332 --> 00:16:59,633
♪ 'Bout the flyest one
that you ever seen ♪
358
00:16:59,634 --> 00:17:02,403
♪ I know you do it for the culture ♪
359
00:17:02,404 --> 00:17:04,938
♪ Just come a little closer ♪
360
00:17:04,939 --> 00:17:06,373
♪ Baby, we can do the most-a ♪
361
00:17:06,374 --> 00:17:09,143
♪ Right now, right now,
right now, right now ♪
362
00:17:09,144 --> 00:17:11,345
♪ Real money, I ain't hood rich ♪
363
00:17:11,346 --> 00:17:13,313
♪ If you ain't a dummy, go stupid ♪
364
00:17:13,314 --> 00:17:16,016
♪ I got the check, baby,
you can make it run up, run up ♪
365
00:17:16,017 --> 00:17:17,284
♪ Run up, run up ♪
366
00:17:17,285 --> 00:17:19,820
- ♪ Top down, feel the breeze
- (COUGHING)
367
00:17:19,821 --> 00:17:21,155
♪ Chillin' with the homies in Ibiza ♪
368
00:17:21,156 --> 00:17:23,957
- ♪ Right now, catch me
- (COUGHING CONTINUES)
369
00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:25,993
♪ Linen shorts with the sandals
on my feet... ♪
370
00:17:25,994 --> 00:17:28,028
He's using a backing track.
371
00:17:28,029 --> 00:17:30,130
♪ Ain't my fault
that I make it look easy ♪
372
00:17:30,131 --> 00:17:32,166
- ♪ Oh, wow, I might be
- (COUGHING CONTINUES)
373
00:17:32,167 --> 00:17:35,035
♪ 'Bout the flyest one
that you ever seen... ♪
374
00:17:35,036 --> 00:17:37,871
- What's up? Uh-huh.
- He lip syncing. I told you.
375
00:17:37,872 --> 00:17:40,340
- (MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (COUGHING)
376
00:17:42,777 --> 00:17:44,745
(CROWD MURMURING)
377
00:17:46,481 --> 00:17:49,049
- ♪ Top down, feel the breeze
- (CROWD CHEERING)
378
00:17:49,050 --> 00:17:50,684
♪ Chillin' with the homies overseas ♪
379
00:17:50,685 --> 00:17:52,653
♪ I might move, I don't ever
wanna leave from the beach ♪
380
00:17:52,654 --> 00:17:54,354
♪ Watch the wind through
the palm trees ♪
381
00:17:54,355 --> 00:17:57,458
- ♪ Going wild in Ibiza - ♪ Uh-huh
382
00:17:57,459 --> 00:17:58,692
♪ Only come around
if you can keep up ♪
383
00:17:58,693 --> 00:18:00,728
♪ Turn this up loud in your speaker ♪
384
00:18:00,729 --> 00:18:02,996
♪ Temp ain't never going down,
might catch a fever ♪
385
00:18:02,997 --> 00:18:05,365
♪ Trying to be a participant in
anything that we dealing with ♪
386
00:18:05,366 --> 00:18:06,567
♪ Ain't no point in concealing it ♪
387
00:18:06,568 --> 00:18:08,235
♪ Girl, I know that you feeling it ♪
388
00:18:08,236 --> 00:18:10,637
♪ Say it loud, scream it loud,
every night we going out ♪
389
00:18:10,638 --> 00:18:13,073
♪ It's going down, yeah.
390
00:18:13,074 --> 00:18:15,108
- (SONG ENDS)
- (CROWD CHEERING)
391
00:18:18,747 --> 00:18:20,481
MAN (OVER P.A.):
We're back in two minutes.
392
00:18:20,482 --> 00:18:22,316
- (COOKIE SIGHS)
- Two minutes until Best Original Song.
393
00:18:22,317 --> 00:18:24,651
What happened? How's our boy?
394
00:18:24,652 --> 00:18:26,220
Uh... (CHUCKLES)
395
00:18:26,221 --> 00:18:29,389
Well, his ego is bruised, but
the doctor said he'll be okay.
396
00:18:29,390 --> 00:18:32,659
If we could just have the
nominees, please, no security.
397
00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:34,261
- No, I need them.
- Oh, um...
398
00:18:34,262 --> 00:18:35,295
Oh.
399
00:18:37,332 --> 00:18:38,866
- This won't work.
- Oh, God.
400
00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,901
Sir, your category's coming up
after the commercial break.
401
00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:43,403
We need all the nominees
together for the camera shot.
402
00:18:43,404 --> 00:18:45,372
Your escorts can wait just off camera.
403
00:18:45,373 --> 00:18:47,241
Look, we're all gonna be on camera.
404
00:18:47,242 --> 00:18:49,543
They're not gonna act a fool
in front of the whole world.
405
00:18:49,544 --> 00:18:51,545
Okay? We got this.
406
00:18:51,546 --> 00:18:53,547
- All right.
- Let's do it.
407
00:18:55,583 --> 00:18:57,751
- Hello again. Lucious.
- Evening.
408
00:18:57,752 --> 00:18:58,599
Well, hello!
409
00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,254
- What the...
- (GASPS) Ooh!
410
00:19:00,255 --> 00:19:02,189
- Oh. Oh, that's all you got?
- Can you help her, please?
411
00:19:02,190 --> 00:19:03,390
- Yes. Right this way, ma'am.
- That's all you got?
412
00:19:03,391 --> 00:19:06,093
- You want some more?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop!
413
00:19:06,094 --> 00:19:08,028
- So sorry. Can you take this?
- Right this way.
414
00:19:08,029 --> 00:19:09,329
- Thank you.
- Oh, okay, take that...
415
00:19:09,330 --> 00:19:12,065
- Oh, oh! Ooh, girl!
- Right this way.
416
00:19:12,066 --> 00:19:13,066
- Get her out of here.
- Okay.
417
00:19:13,067 --> 00:19:14,568
Accident. Happens.
418
00:19:14,569 --> 00:19:16,537
Excuse me. I'm so sorry, guys.
419
00:19:16,538 --> 00:19:18,238
- LUCIOUS: Apologize, Eddie.
- What's this?
420
00:19:18,239 --> 00:19:19,439
COOKIE: This was an accident.
421
00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:20,874
EDDIE: A cheap shot in front
of the whole place here?
422
00:19:20,875 --> 00:19:22,009
COOKIE: It was an accident.
Have a seat.
423
00:19:22,010 --> 00:19:23,577
Come on. We're okay.
424
00:19:23,578 --> 00:19:26,747
COOKIE: Relax. You look nice.
425
00:19:26,748 --> 00:19:28,849
Have a seat.
426
00:19:34,923 --> 00:19:37,324
Take your hand off me, all right?
427
00:19:37,325 --> 00:19:38,926
Oh.
428
00:19:38,927 --> 00:19:42,396
I just wanted to know
why you betrayed Empire.
429
00:19:42,397 --> 00:19:45,065
- Betrayed by raising revenues?
- (SCOFFS)
430
00:19:45,066 --> 00:19:46,834
I'm talking about
skimming off the books.
431
00:19:46,835 --> 00:19:50,671
MTA Bank of Panama. That ring a bell?
432
00:19:53,341 --> 00:19:56,376
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- (RAP MUSIC PLAYING)
433
00:20:01,816 --> 00:20:04,184
Welcome back, folks.
434
00:20:04,185 --> 00:20:06,353
And next up we have the award for
435
00:20:06,354 --> 00:20:08,622
Best Original Song in a Film.
436
00:20:08,623 --> 00:20:10,324
(APPLAUSE)
437
00:20:10,325 --> 00:20:13,427
And the nominees are
Coldplay for "Mai Tai..."
438
00:20:13,428 --> 00:20:15,863
Yeah, your money guy told us
that's where you keep
439
00:20:15,864 --> 00:20:18,232
your secret shell company accounts.
440
00:20:18,233 --> 00:20:20,300
Yeah, money disappears from Empire,
441
00:20:20,301 --> 00:20:24,004
and then, poof, it ends up
in your Panama account.
442
00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:25,505
- Can't prove it, right?
- Oh, yeah.
443
00:20:25,506 --> 00:20:28,308
- We have all the receipts, baby.
- We were brothers,
444
00:20:28,309 --> 00:20:31,478
and you just flushed that all
down the toilet, didn't you?
445
00:20:31,479 --> 00:20:33,947
EMCEE: Pasek and Paul,
"Marvin's Song."
446
00:20:33,948 --> 00:20:37,351
All right, I ain't gonna deal
with this. It's about time...
447
00:20:37,352 --> 00:20:39,353
COOKIE AND LUCIOUS: Sit your ass down.
448
00:20:39,354 --> 00:20:41,288
What is it you want? What do you want?
449
00:20:41,289 --> 00:20:42,789
Same thing you wanted.
450
00:20:42,790 --> 00:20:46,660
I want Empire,
or your ass will go to jail.
451
00:20:46,661 --> 00:20:48,395
Yeah, you always had a problem
keeping your paws
452
00:20:48,396 --> 00:20:50,030
out of the cookie jar.
453
00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:52,065
Now look at you, caught,
sticky fingers.
454
00:20:52,066 --> 00:20:55,636
And the big surprise is
now, when we win,
455
00:20:55,637 --> 00:20:57,738
you're gonna go up there
and announce to the world
456
00:20:57,739 --> 00:20:59,673
that you're stepping down from Empire.
457
00:20:59,674 --> 00:21:01,375
- What, now?
- COOKIE: Yeah, now.
458
00:21:01,376 --> 00:21:04,011
And nominated for "Ibiza,"
459
00:21:04,012 --> 00:21:07,581
Lucious Lyon, Cookie Lyon
and Eddie Barker.
460
00:21:07,582 --> 00:21:09,383
- (APPLAUSE)
- ♪ Oh, what we got now
461
00:21:09,384 --> 00:21:11,718
♪ Whole thing shut down...
462
00:21:11,719 --> 00:21:15,088
We'll expect a call
from Kelly Patel tomorrow.
463
00:21:15,089 --> 00:21:18,926
And the winner is...
464
00:21:18,927 --> 00:21:20,560
"Ibiza"!
465
00:21:20,561 --> 00:21:24,264
Lucious Lyon, Cookie Lyon
and Eddie Barker.
466
00:21:24,265 --> 00:21:25,399
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- ("IBIZA" PLAYING)
467
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:26,566
Showtime, baby.
468
00:21:26,567 --> 00:21:28,669
♪ Flames burn to the ground
469
00:21:28,670 --> 00:21:30,804
♪ Burn up, burn up,
burn up, burn up. ♪
470
00:21:32,573 --> 00:21:34,608
(SHREDDER WHIRRING)
471
00:21:41,983 --> 00:21:45,886
So, why'd you just leave me
backstage at the awards?
472
00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:47,421
(SLURRING): As you can see,
473
00:21:47,422 --> 00:21:49,423
I had some urgent business
to take care of.
474
00:21:49,424 --> 00:21:51,058
What are you, drunk?
475
00:21:53,428 --> 00:21:55,429
(SIGHS) A little.
476
00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:58,465
(LAUGHS) Maybe a little more
than a little.
477
00:21:58,466 --> 00:22:01,101
So you're stepping down now?
478
00:22:01,102 --> 00:22:02,803
Not gonna give me any warning?
479
00:22:02,804 --> 00:22:04,671
What's going on, Eddie?
480
00:22:06,708 --> 00:22:08,542
(WHISPERS): We lost.
481
00:22:12,246 --> 00:22:14,247
We lost what?
482
00:22:14,248 --> 00:22:15,949
Everything.
483
00:22:15,950 --> 00:22:19,553
The Lyons discovered
my little indiscretion.
484
00:22:19,554 --> 00:22:22,723
(CHUCKLES) They want
to give me the option
485
00:22:22,724 --> 00:22:26,359
of, like, going to prison or...
486
00:22:28,396 --> 00:22:30,430
...letting them take over Empire.
487
00:22:30,431 --> 00:22:34,401
Eddie, what did you do?
488
00:22:34,402 --> 00:22:36,303
- How unoriginal is that?
- What did you do?
489
00:22:36,304 --> 00:22:37,604
Seriously? Think about it.
490
00:22:37,605 --> 00:22:39,439
What did you do?
491
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,310
It's okay. Doesn't matter.
492
00:22:43,311 --> 00:22:44,978
What do you mean it doesn't matter?
493
00:22:44,979 --> 00:22:48,248
- We lost.
- No, no. We didn't lose.
494
00:22:48,249 --> 00:22:51,618
Not "we," "you." You lost.
495
00:22:51,619 --> 00:22:54,821
Tomato, tomahto.
496
00:22:54,822 --> 00:22:57,491
Potato, potahto.
497
00:22:57,492 --> 00:22:59,960
(SCOFFS): You really...
498
00:23:01,529 --> 00:23:03,697
Let me tell you something;
I didn't work this hard
499
00:23:03,698 --> 00:23:05,165
to lose everything again.
500
00:23:05,166 --> 00:23:07,401
- Not everything.
- I'm not playing...
501
00:23:07,402 --> 00:23:12,939
You been, like, uh, putting away
a little stash of money.
502
00:23:12,940 --> 00:23:15,108
Couple million, at least.
Use that to stay afloat.
503
00:23:15,109 --> 00:23:17,277
Look, you're not gonna take
all this away from me.
504
00:23:17,278 --> 00:23:19,346
They're not gonna take it from me.
505
00:23:19,347 --> 00:23:21,214
- I'm the one that's been running Empire.
- (LAUGHS)
506
00:23:21,215 --> 00:23:23,617
While you just walk around here
like you've been running it.
507
00:23:23,618 --> 00:23:26,119
- I made it a success.
- Come on. Are you serious?
508
00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,721
You... really?
509
00:23:27,722 --> 00:23:30,157
You wasn't running
any a damn well thing.
510
00:23:30,158 --> 00:23:32,526
You should be happy that
you still... half of your looks,
511
00:23:32,527 --> 00:23:35,429
- so you can still ride on my coattails.
- Okay.
512
00:23:35,430 --> 00:23:38,532
Hold on.
513
00:23:38,533 --> 00:23:42,002
You're right. I'm sorry.
You were running it, baby.
514
00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:43,503
No. Just get off me.
515
00:23:43,504 --> 00:23:45,572
- Come here. Come here.
- Hey.
516
00:23:45,573 --> 00:23:46,807
- Just...
- Hey, whoa, whoa. Stop.
517
00:23:46,808 --> 00:23:48,141
- No, don't you touch me.
- No, like, come on.
518
00:23:48,142 --> 00:23:49,476
- Don't touch me, Eddie.
- Like, you look so pretty.
519
00:23:49,477 --> 00:23:50,877
- I said get off me!
- What's going on?
520
00:23:50,878 --> 00:23:52,712
- What are you doing?
- Get off me!
521
00:23:52,713 --> 00:23:55,081
- (LOUD THUD)
- (GASPS)
522
00:23:56,918 --> 00:23:59,086
Eddie.
523
00:23:59,087 --> 00:24:01,455
Okay. Drunk ass.
524
00:24:01,456 --> 00:24:04,124
Help me. I need help.
525
00:24:04,125 --> 00:24:05,825
Help. Help me.
526
00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,501
I'm sorry.
527
00:24:20,441 --> 00:24:23,109
I can't help you anymore, Eddie.
528
00:24:28,983 --> 00:24:31,017
♪
529
00:24:55,415 --> 00:24:57,416
(SHOUTING)
530
00:24:58,652 --> 00:25:01,587
Lucious! Lucious!
531
00:25:01,588 --> 00:25:03,990
Stop it, Lucious! Stop!
532
00:25:03,991 --> 00:25:06,092
We had his ass!
533
00:25:06,093 --> 00:25:08,961
We had his ass, and then
he gonna turn around and croak?
534
00:25:08,962 --> 00:25:11,964
I know, I know, and he's in
hell right now laughing at us
535
00:25:11,965 --> 00:25:13,799
in that yellow suit.
536
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,401
My God.
537
00:25:15,402 --> 00:25:18,070
And our deal is just
as dead as he is. I know.
538
00:25:18,071 --> 00:25:20,072
What are we gonna do, huh?
539
00:25:20,073 --> 00:25:22,502
We should've never gave up Empire.
540
00:25:22,503 --> 00:25:25,272
You should've never gave it away.
541
00:25:25,273 --> 00:25:27,953
I did that to save
your ass from prison.
542
00:25:27,954 --> 00:25:29,237
You think they could've
kept me in there?
543
00:25:29,238 --> 00:25:30,838
What are you, Houdini, huh?
544
00:25:30,839 --> 00:25:32,237
You was gonna magically disappear?
545
00:25:32,238 --> 00:25:33,040
- Escape?
- No.
546
00:25:33,041 --> 00:25:36,344
You're supposed to trust me.
You should've had faith in me!
547
00:25:36,345 --> 00:25:39,485
But you always walking around
here like you got balls
548
00:25:39,486 --> 00:25:41,787
that's bigger than
every-damn-body else.
549
00:25:41,788 --> 00:25:44,623
- You don't!
- Oh. So I'm supposed to bow down
550
00:25:44,624 --> 00:25:46,959
behind you 'cause you the man, huh?
551
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,996
Lucious, is your ego that fragile?
552
00:25:50,997 --> 00:25:53,536
You think this is about ego?
This is about my dream.
553
00:25:53,537 --> 00:25:57,007
Empire was my destiny, Cookie.
It was my legacy!
554
00:25:57,008 --> 00:25:59,142
You, you, you! Everything is you!
555
00:25:59,143 --> 00:26:00,677
- Yeah, 'cause this is about me!
- Oh, okay.
556
00:26:00,678 --> 00:26:02,145
- So I didn't help?
- Empire was mine!
557
00:26:02,146 --> 00:26:04,714
- I didn't help? I didn't help?
- Yeah. What did you do?
558
00:26:04,715 --> 00:26:06,549
I mean, where were you
most of the damn time?
559
00:26:06,550 --> 00:26:07,062
(CHUCKLES)
560
00:26:07,063 --> 00:26:08,718
You weren't there when I
built the damn thing.
561
00:26:08,719 --> 00:26:10,353
By the time you got back,
562
00:26:10,354 --> 00:26:13,256
Empire was a
multibillion-dollar business!
563
00:26:13,257 --> 00:26:15,425
You have a very short memory,
564
00:26:15,426 --> 00:26:19,462
Mr. Dwight I Can't Do Music,
Please See My Colors!
565
00:26:19,463 --> 00:26:22,165
You gonna go there...
566
00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:24,267
- Yeah, I'm-a go there! I'm going there!
- Okay.
567
00:26:24,268 --> 00:26:26,403
All right, Cookie, so maybe
you helped me one time.
568
00:26:26,404 --> 00:26:28,405
- One time, Negro? One time?!
- One time.
569
00:26:28,406 --> 00:26:30,340
- Negro, please. One time?
- One time you helped me! One time!
570
00:26:30,341 --> 00:26:33,843
- One time?!
- Hello?
571
00:26:33,844 --> 00:26:36,179
(SCREAMS)
Jamal? What are you doing here?!
572
00:26:36,180 --> 00:26:39,783
(BOTH LAUGH)
573
00:26:39,784 --> 00:26:41,618
- Yay.
- You look amazing.
574
00:26:41,619 --> 00:26:43,720
- Uh, stunning.
- COOKIE: Hi.
575
00:26:43,721 --> 00:26:46,089
- Oh, this is, this is Kai.
- Yeah.
576
00:26:46,090 --> 00:26:47,857
- Yes. Hi, Kai. How are you?
- (KAI CHUCKLES)
577
00:26:47,858 --> 00:26:50,760
Thrilled to meet you.
Jamal talks about you every day.
578
00:26:50,761 --> 00:26:53,329
- He better. Shoot, he don't know
how to pick up the phone. - Ow.
579
00:26:53,330 --> 00:26:55,298
Hey, Dad.
580
00:26:55,299 --> 00:26:57,233
Hey, son. I'm-I'm sorry I'm sweaty.
581
00:26:57,234 --> 00:27:00,270
- You are. What you got...?
- Forgive me.
582
00:27:00,271 --> 00:27:03,306
- Mr. Lyon, it's a pleasure, sir.
- Uh, no, pleasure's mine.
583
00:27:03,307 --> 00:27:06,409
You're a remarkable reporter,
I mean, impressive stuff.
584
00:27:06,410 --> 00:27:08,111
You go to dangerous places, man.
585
00:27:08,112 --> 00:27:11,147
- You're the one who's been watching?
- (LAUGHTER)
586
00:27:11,148 --> 00:27:13,783
It's nice to know I'm not
risking my life for nothing.
587
00:27:13,784 --> 00:27:17,705
Well, look, I... I wanted
the family to meet Kai.
588
00:27:17,809 --> 00:27:18,526
Yes.
589
00:27:18,527 --> 00:27:20,323
Figured, you know, since
Dre is getting out soon,
590
00:27:20,324 --> 00:27:23,026
it was the perfect time.
Why is it so damn hot in here?
591
00:27:23,027 --> 00:27:26,062
Uh, 'cause we conserving energy, child.
(LAUGHS)
592
00:27:26,063 --> 00:27:28,331
- So y'all gonna stay with us?
- Uh, nah, nah, nah, we gonna,
593
00:27:28,332 --> 00:27:32,168
um, chill at my place, 'cause
I didn't know that y'all were,
594
00:27:32,169 --> 00:27:33,903
- um, renovating and stuff.
- Mm-hmm.
595
00:27:33,904 --> 00:27:35,605
- We're not.
- We are.
596
00:27:35,606 --> 00:27:37,807
I need to step out and make a call.
597
00:27:37,808 --> 00:27:39,842
- Excuse me.
- Okay.
598
00:27:41,245 --> 00:27:42,412
(DOOR OPENS)
599
00:27:43,914 --> 00:27:46,349
(DOOR CLOSES)
600
00:27:51,789 --> 00:27:54,591
The hell is going on, y'all?
601
00:27:56,482 --> 00:27:58,628
What happened to the house?
602
00:28:00,965 --> 00:28:04,121
So Empire's gone?
603
00:28:04,122 --> 00:28:06,890
It's just no more? That's it?
604
00:28:09,828 --> 00:28:11,829
Well, praise the Lord.
605
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:13,664
Praise Jehovah.
606
00:28:13,665 --> 00:28:16,433
Praise Allah. Praise Oshun.
607
00:28:16,434 --> 00:28:18,836
Shoot, praise Zeus,
praise all of the gods.
608
00:28:18,837 --> 00:28:20,337
- Really, Jamal?
- Yes, Ma, I'm serious.
609
00:28:20,338 --> 00:28:22,673
You know what? The evil king is dead.
610
00:28:22,674 --> 00:28:24,842
So long live the new king and queen.
611
00:28:24,843 --> 00:28:27,444
- I don't want to hear none of this.
- No, Dad, listen, man. Come on.
612
00:28:27,445 --> 00:28:29,079
Y'all spent 20 years
613
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,782
building something that
literally ate y'all alive.
614
00:28:31,783 --> 00:28:34,018
Then you lose it,
615
00:28:34,019 --> 00:28:36,687
and you spend two more years
trying to get it back.
616
00:28:36,688 --> 00:28:39,390
You hocking silverware, you...
617
00:28:39,391 --> 00:28:42,359
selling the art that you love
off of your walls.
618
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,096
You're in this hot-ass house.
619
00:28:46,097 --> 00:28:48,499
That's not a dream, that's a drug.
620
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:50,501
You can't hold on to what hurts you.
621
00:28:50,502 --> 00:28:52,703
Let it go.
622
00:28:52,704 --> 00:28:57,041
I don't know two people that
are more dynamic and creative,
623
00:28:57,042 --> 00:29:00,277
so if anybody's gonna build
magic from scratch,
624
00:29:00,278 --> 00:29:03,113
it's gonna be y'all.
625
00:29:03,114 --> 00:29:06,417
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (SIGHS)
626
00:29:06,418 --> 00:29:08,419
Oh.
627
00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:12,222
So you finally decided to bring
your ass back up in here, huh?
628
00:29:14,225 --> 00:29:17,027
Hey, Hakeem, how you feeling?
629
00:29:17,028 --> 00:29:18,629
Your lungs still coughing up blood
630
00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:22,066
from trying to do my song last night?
631
00:29:22,067 --> 00:29:23,667
Hmm. You got your trophy.
632
00:29:23,668 --> 00:29:26,437
Ain't like you care
about anything else.
633
00:29:26,438 --> 00:29:28,605
(SCOFFS)
634
00:29:29,607 --> 00:29:31,241
I need another drink.
635
00:29:31,242 --> 00:29:34,044
Hakeem, staying out late
and getting drunk
636
00:29:34,045 --> 00:29:37,314
and getting into fights is not
gonna solve your problems, okay?
637
00:29:37,315 --> 00:29:38,949
- Who you yelling at, Tee?!
- You!
638
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:42,319
Daddy? Tata? Why are you shouting?
639
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,555
Hey, babe. High-five.
640
00:29:44,556 --> 00:29:47,024
Look.
641
00:29:47,025 --> 00:29:50,461
Daddy and Tata are just
having a big person talk.
642
00:29:50,462 --> 00:29:52,096
I want you to go back in the playroom
643
00:29:52,097 --> 00:29:54,465
and play with your toys.
644
00:29:54,466 --> 00:29:56,500
I love you.
645
00:29:59,838 --> 00:30:01,805
Listen.
646
00:30:01,806 --> 00:30:06,443
I need some space
to get myself together.
647
00:30:11,616 --> 00:30:13,717
- (SIGHS HEAVILY)
- (FAN BUZZING)
648
00:30:20,325 --> 00:30:24,795
You gonna get a big fat gut,
all that stress eating.
649
00:30:24,796 --> 00:30:26,997
Who cares? It's good.
650
00:30:30,635 --> 00:30:33,871
Well, what about what Jamal said?
651
00:30:33,872 --> 00:30:37,975
What about what he said?
I mean, look, baby, you...
652
00:30:37,976 --> 00:30:39,977
you can't just make something happen
653
00:30:39,978 --> 00:30:41,945
just 'cause you want it to happen.
654
00:30:41,946 --> 00:30:44,915
- It just don't work like that.
- Well, what do you want, huh?
655
00:30:44,916 --> 00:30:46,884
Do you want something new to happen?
656
00:30:46,885 --> 00:30:50,521
I worked...
657
00:30:50,522 --> 00:30:52,155
We worked...
658
00:30:53,892 --> 00:30:58,829
...so hard and scarified
so much trying to build Empire.
659
00:30:58,830 --> 00:31:00,831
Last I checked, we ain't dead.
660
00:31:03,301 --> 00:31:07,070
But we can't start no label
unless you got some money.
661
00:31:07,071 --> 00:31:09,339
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Broke?
662
00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:11,808
Broke ain't ever stopped us before.
663
00:31:11,809 --> 00:31:13,544
Don't you remember?
664
00:31:13,545 --> 00:31:16,713
For the longest, you were
the only artist at the label,
665
00:31:16,714 --> 00:31:18,282
and look what we've become.
666
00:31:18,283 --> 00:31:21,552
- Chocolate or vanilla?
- (SIGHS) Chocolate. Look.
667
00:31:21,553 --> 00:31:23,887
All my life, all I wanted
to do was music, Lucious,
668
00:31:23,888 --> 00:31:26,089
and I want to do it with you, okay?
669
00:31:26,090 --> 00:31:28,959
I mean, if we gonna fly,
then we golden.
670
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,196
But if we gonna fail,
we gonna fall to our own song.
671
00:31:32,197 --> 00:31:34,064
(DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES)
672
00:31:34,065 --> 00:31:39,703
What we need is a new sound,
something unexpected, like...
673
00:31:39,704 --> 00:31:43,440
when people heard N.W.A.,
Whitney or Prince
674
00:31:43,441 --> 00:31:45,108
for the first time, you know?
675
00:31:45,109 --> 00:31:47,444
Them them old school heads, man.
676
00:31:47,445 --> 00:31:51,148
Yes, old school with a new sound.
677
00:32:00,458 --> 00:32:03,227
But that's like trying to find
a needle in a haystack.
678
00:32:03,228 --> 00:32:07,164
You need somebody that just
drops you dead in your tracks.
679
00:32:12,403 --> 00:32:14,638
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
680
00:32:14,639 --> 00:32:16,573
Lucious.
681
00:32:17,942 --> 00:32:19,710
I think I found someone.
682
00:32:24,882 --> 00:32:27,618
- (DOOR BUZZES)
- COOKIE: She must've been in here
683
00:32:27,619 --> 00:32:29,820
visiting her boyfriend
or her brother or something.
684
00:32:29,821 --> 00:32:32,723
Look, you got to help me
find this girl, okay?
685
00:32:32,724 --> 00:32:34,691
Ask a brother in here about his woman?
686
00:32:34,692 --> 00:32:36,126
You trying to get me killed?
687
00:32:36,127 --> 00:32:38,996
Don't even play like that, Andre.
688
00:32:38,997 --> 00:32:41,765
Look...
689
00:32:41,766 --> 00:32:45,068
the closer it comes
to you getting out of here,
690
00:32:45,069 --> 00:32:47,237
haters gonna come out the woodwork.
691
00:32:47,238 --> 00:32:49,506
- Ma...
- Don't you let nothing or nobody
692
00:32:49,507 --> 00:32:53,510
get in the way of you coming
home, 'cause I need you.
693
00:32:53,511 --> 00:32:56,346
I hear you, Mom. Okay?
694
00:32:56,347 --> 00:32:58,115
- Okay.
- Don't worry.
695
00:32:58,116 --> 00:32:59,850
All right.
696
00:32:59,851 --> 00:33:03,787
But while you in here, keep
an eye out for me for this girl.
697
00:33:03,788 --> 00:33:06,223
I need to find out who she is.
698
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,128
Uh, who-who is that?
699
00:33:12,997 --> 00:33:15,299
Social worker.
700
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:17,334
Can I help you, ma'am?
701
00:33:17,335 --> 00:33:19,336
What's your name?
702
00:33:21,706 --> 00:33:25,042
- Um, Treasure.
- Treasure.
703
00:33:25,043 --> 00:33:26,977
I'm Cookie Lyon.
704
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,414
I'm gonna change your life.
705
00:33:44,118 --> 00:33:46,119
KELLY: It was a beautiful service.
706
00:33:48,264 --> 00:33:50,965
- I hate to talk business right now...
- It's okay.
707
00:33:50,966 --> 00:33:53,730
...but I can't afford to let
a ship as big as Empire
708
00:33:53,731 --> 00:33:55,799
float along without a captain.
709
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,201
Yeah.
710
00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:02,806
I'd like you to step in
as Empire's interim CEO.
711
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:07,044
Wow.
712
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,513
I can't think of a better way
to honor Eddie's legacy.
713
00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:10,881
(SNIFFLES)
714
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,383
Perfect. We'll talk tomorrow.
715
00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:15,786
- Yes.
- Okay.
716
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,754
Thank you.
717
00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:19,756
Take Mrs. Barker home, please.
718
00:34:19,757 --> 00:34:22,792
("I LIKE THAT"
BY JANELLE MONÁE PLAYING)
719
00:34:34,105 --> 00:34:36,740
- Excuse me, sir.
- DRIVER: Yes, ma'am.
720
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,909
In the next block,
can you just pull over
721
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,511
- for a moment, please?
- No problem.
722
00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:42,913
Thank you.
723
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,915
♪
724
00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:53,090
♪ I don't really give a... ♪
725
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,992
♪ If I was just the only one
who likes that... ♪
726
00:34:58,262 --> 00:35:01,231
Okay.
727
00:35:01,232 --> 00:35:03,066
♪ The chase is on ♪
728
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:07,137
♪ Oh, me, oh, me, oh, me, oh, my... ♪
729
00:35:07,138 --> 00:35:09,906
Wow. (CHUCKLES)
730
00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:11,908
♪ Oh, me, oh, me, oh, me, oh, my ♪
731
00:35:11,909 --> 00:35:13,110
(SIGHS)
732
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:16,246
♪ I like that. ♪
733
00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:18,548
COOKIE: Okay, here we go.
734
00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:21,084
Right this way. (CHUCKLES)
735
00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:22,319
Hey, hey.
736
00:35:24,822 --> 00:35:27,257
And who's this?
737
00:35:27,258 --> 00:35:28,825
Manager.
738
00:35:28,826 --> 00:35:31,795
COOKIE: (CHUCKLES) Well,
you know, have a seat, honey.
739
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,763
Um, don't mind the mess.
We are renovating.
740
00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:35,932
Oh, no, it's beautiful.
741
00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:37,300
I like how you like
to keep it toasty in here...
742
00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:38,768
Yeah, it's for the throat,
child. Sit down.
743
00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:40,504
Uh, do you want anything to drink?
744
00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:42,639
I'll have a vodka tonic, two cubes.
745
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,008
You know, you people are lucky
746
00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:46,843
that you found my client when you did.
747
00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,478
LUCIOUS: Wow. I mean...
748
00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:50,447
"us people," we weren't even aware
749
00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:53,683
that Treasure had representation.
750
00:35:53,684 --> 00:35:56,553
Oh, Treasure's been
one of my girls for a long time.
751
00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:59,189
- One of your girls?
- Yeah, I put a lot of time
752
00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:01,424
and money into this one's career.
753
00:36:01,425 --> 00:36:05,195
Now, look here. Cookie said
that, uh, she heard you
754
00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:08,064
- freestyling in the car.
- Yeah.
755
00:36:08,065 --> 00:36:10,000
So we wondered
what you would sound like
756
00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:12,002
in front of a microphone.
757
00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:14,804
Yeah. Uh, did you write
that song in the car?
758
00:36:14,805 --> 00:36:16,973
- Yeah.
- Why don't you sing that.
759
00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:18,608
Okay.
760
00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:20,310
LUCIOUS: You ever, um,
761
00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:22,612
- sang into a mic before?
- No, I...
762
00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,781
Hey, hey, uh... do some scales first.
763
00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:27,984
And-and the breathing exercises
I taught you, okay?
764
00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:30,387
(BREATHING RHYTHMICALLY)
765
00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:32,289
Joe, no, I-I don't need
to do that. It's okay.
766
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:36,193
Hey, do what I say, Treasure.
And no back talk. (CHUCKLES)
767
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,995
Yeah, I mean, she's hopeless
if she can't find her breath.
768
00:36:38,996 --> 00:36:41,331
You know? These ghetto kids
with no training.
769
00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:42,832
- (LAUGHS): I tell ya.
- Uh...
770
00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:44,067
LUCIOUS: You know what?
771
00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:46,236
Um, why don't you and Cookie,
772
00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:49,673
y'all just get comfortable
and get acclimated in there.
773
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:52,692
You and me, we go, um, out back,
talk about some business?
774
00:36:52,693 --> 00:36:54,494
Oh, I like the sound of that.
(CHUCKLES)
775
00:36:54,495 --> 00:36:56,663
Yes.
776
00:36:56,664 --> 00:36:58,098
Come on, man.
777
00:36:58,099 --> 00:36:59,797
- After you.
- COOKIE: Yeah, we gonna vocalize
778
00:36:59,798 --> 00:37:01,638
and we'll have your drink ready
when you get back,
779
00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:03,719
with the two ice cubes.
780
00:37:07,578 --> 00:37:09,880
- (TREASURE SIGHS)
- (DOOR OPENS)
781
00:37:09,881 --> 00:37:11,181
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
782
00:37:11,182 --> 00:37:12,499
But you're not mad
that you came, though?
783
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:13,483
No, of course not.
784
00:37:13,484 --> 00:37:15,594
Look, I'm not gonna let
anything interfere with us,
785
00:37:15,595 --> 00:37:16,950
not even my crazy-ass family.
786
00:37:16,951 --> 00:37:19,997
I know. Besides, before you know
it, we'll be back in London.
787
00:37:19,998 --> 00:37:20,633
You damn right we will.
788
00:37:20,634 --> 00:37:22,066
All right, where do you
want me to put these at?
789
00:37:22,067 --> 00:37:23,450
Who the hell are you
and why you here?!
790
00:37:23,462 --> 00:37:24,424
JAMAL: What the hell
are you doing, Keem?!
791
00:37:24,425 --> 00:37:25,361
- Put that down!
- I'm calling the police.
792
00:37:25,362 --> 00:37:26,796
- He just put a gun to my head.
- Okay.
793
00:37:26,797 --> 00:37:28,731
And we in the States, and they
use us for target practice.
794
00:37:28,732 --> 00:37:30,866
Who he?
795
00:37:30,867 --> 00:37:32,802
He is my boyfriend Kai.
796
00:37:32,803 --> 00:37:35,237
I told you about him.
797
00:37:35,238 --> 00:37:37,273
'Sup?
798
00:37:37,274 --> 00:37:41,477
'Sup? I don't much appreciate
guns being pulled on me.
799
00:37:41,478 --> 00:37:44,847
Relax, it ain't even loaded.
800
00:37:48,785 --> 00:37:51,654
It's a beauty.
801
00:37:51,655 --> 00:37:53,689
May I see it?
802
00:38:05,335 --> 00:38:07,603
You missed the one in the chamber.
803
00:38:07,604 --> 00:38:09,438
Common, deadly mistake.
804
00:38:09,439 --> 00:38:10,973
JAMAL: Yeah.
805
00:38:14,244 --> 00:38:15,845
What is this, Hakeem?
806
00:38:15,846 --> 00:38:17,980
(SIGHS) Going through a rough patch.
807
00:38:17,981 --> 00:38:20,382
I ain't even know
you was gonna be here.
808
00:38:20,383 --> 00:38:22,485
Maybe you would if you actually
would've answered my texts.
809
00:38:22,486 --> 00:38:24,620
HAKEEM: Look, my bad.
I got a new number.
810
00:38:24,621 --> 00:38:26,422
- I really need a place to crash.
- You know that
811
00:38:26,423 --> 00:38:27,790
you can stay here
any time that you want.
812
00:38:27,791 --> 00:38:29,458
But what the hell is all of this?
813
00:38:29,459 --> 00:38:31,494
What the hell are these guns,
man? What are you going through?
814
00:38:31,495 --> 00:38:33,562
- What are you even thinking?
- Who you screaming at, bruh?!
815
00:38:33,563 --> 00:38:36,165
I'm screaming at you.
816
00:38:36,166 --> 00:38:37,800
You my little brother
and I'm worried about you.
817
00:38:37,801 --> 00:38:39,368
Then why you run off to London?
818
00:38:39,369 --> 00:38:40,803
(SIGHS)
819
00:38:42,806 --> 00:38:45,708
I came back the second
that I heard that you were shot,
820
00:38:45,709 --> 00:38:47,142
and you know that.
821
00:38:47,143 --> 00:38:50,012
Two days and you were gone.
822
00:38:50,013 --> 00:38:52,681
When you got shot, I stayed by you.
823
00:38:52,682 --> 00:38:55,551
When you shot Angelo,
who was there with you?
824
00:38:55,552 --> 00:38:58,087
Who was there?
825
00:39:05,295 --> 00:39:07,296
You were.
826
00:39:09,032 --> 00:39:11,333
Nah, man, come here.
827
00:39:11,334 --> 00:39:14,004
You were.
828
00:39:14,005 --> 00:39:16,461
♪
829
00:39:21,311 --> 00:39:23,245
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (EXHALES)
830
00:39:25,968 --> 00:39:27,935
- We good?
- LUCIOUS: Unfortunately,
831
00:39:27,936 --> 00:39:30,571
your manager, he's...
832
00:39:30,572 --> 00:39:32,507
He ran into something.
833
00:39:32,508 --> 00:39:33,741
Now, what do you know about singing?
834
00:39:33,742 --> 00:39:36,611
I... just sing.
835
00:39:36,612 --> 00:39:40,683
Well, keep in mind
that singing is not about
836
00:39:40,684 --> 00:39:42,685
trying to hit some particular note,
837
00:39:42,686 --> 00:39:46,055
it's about taking what you feel inside
838
00:39:46,056 --> 00:39:48,724
and sharing that
with everybody around.
839
00:39:48,725 --> 00:39:51,527
Okay, okay, but I...
840
00:39:51,528 --> 00:39:54,363
I don't know if I can
do all that. I'll try.
841
00:39:54,364 --> 00:39:57,433
Well, do you like your job?
842
00:39:57,434 --> 00:39:59,602
No, sir, I don't.
I mean, being in there,
843
00:39:59,603 --> 00:40:02,204
as soon as I walk in,
I feel like I'm a prisoner, too.
844
00:40:02,205 --> 00:40:04,640
I see those men suffering
845
00:40:04,641 --> 00:40:08,110
and being treated like
less than human all the time.
846
00:40:08,111 --> 00:40:10,980
Yeah, well, we want
to hear that in your voice.
847
00:40:10,981 --> 00:40:12,581
Share that with us.
848
00:40:14,651 --> 00:40:16,986
You know, everybody said
I wasn't gonna be good enough...
849
00:40:16,987 --> 00:40:19,855
Okay, okay. You know what?
Girl, we lost Empire.
850
00:40:19,856 --> 00:40:21,256
We lost it. Gone.
851
00:40:21,257 --> 00:40:23,359
But we are still here,
852
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:24,960
so don't you ever let nobody stop you
853
00:40:24,961 --> 00:40:27,630
from doing what you were
born to do. Okay?
854
00:40:27,631 --> 00:40:29,365
Now sing the song, child.
855
00:40:29,366 --> 00:40:31,366
LUCIOUS: I want to feel that.
856
00:40:33,403 --> 00:40:36,438
♪ Never seen a girl like me ♪
857
00:40:36,439 --> 00:40:38,741
♪ They'll never put a hold on me ♪
858
00:40:38,742 --> 00:40:40,843
♪ No, I... ♪
859
00:40:40,844 --> 00:40:42,544
♪ I'll do it all alone ♪
860
00:40:42,545 --> 00:40:45,447
♪ I'll do it on my own ♪
861
00:40:45,448 --> 00:40:47,916
♪ Nothing ever comes easy ♪
862
00:40:47,917 --> 00:40:50,352
♪ They told me it was just a dream ♪
863
00:40:50,353 --> 00:40:52,221
♪ But I... ♪
864
00:40:52,222 --> 00:40:56,759
♪ I'm-a prove 'em wrong ♪
865
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,527
(HEAVY R&B TRACK BEGINS)
866
00:41:01,598 --> 00:41:03,766
♪ Scree, I don't need your attitude ♪
867
00:41:03,767 --> 00:41:06,268
♪ Don't want your goofy-ass man
with the busted shoes ♪
868
00:41:06,269 --> 00:41:09,238
♪ I'm walking in bossed up,
got a lot to prove ♪
869
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,240
♪ I'm breaking necks with
the way that my body move ♪
870
00:41:11,241 --> 00:41:14,576
♪ I know they asking who's that
chick with all the confidence ♪
871
00:41:14,577 --> 00:41:16,912
♪ Step into the room
like she owning this ♪
872
00:41:16,913 --> 00:41:19,381
♪ I'm coming for your check,
I'm-a garnish it ♪
873
00:41:19,382 --> 00:41:22,551
♪ I don't want a piece,
I want all of... cold ♪
874
00:41:22,552 --> 00:41:24,787
♪ Never seen a chick so cold,
never seen a whip so cold ♪
875
00:41:24,788 --> 00:41:27,623
♪ Tell me, have you ever seen
a chick so cold? ♪
876
00:41:27,624 --> 00:41:31,260
♪ They be like, no,
we never seen a chick so cold ♪
877
00:41:31,261 --> 00:41:33,796
♪ Shining my light, I'm the best ♪
878
00:41:33,797 --> 00:41:37,166
♪ Never seen nobody like me ♪
879
00:41:37,167 --> 00:41:39,068
♪ So cold ♪
880
00:41:39,069 --> 00:41:40,969
♪ So... ♪
881
00:41:40,970 --> 00:41:43,005
♪ Shining my light, I'm the best ♪
882
00:41:43,006 --> 00:41:46,408
♪ Never seen nobody like me. ♪
883
00:41:46,409 --> 00:41:48,210
- She's kinda dope, y'all, seriously.
- Mm-hmm.
884
00:41:48,211 --> 00:41:50,345
- She's really dope.
- Hey, Ma, who the hell is this?
885
00:41:50,346 --> 00:41:53,315
That is Treasure,
and we just signed her.
886
00:41:53,316 --> 00:41:54,758
What you mean, "signed her"?
887
00:41:54,759 --> 00:41:56,160
- Yeah, we started our own label. Hakeem.
- COOKIE: Yes.
888
00:41:56,161 --> 00:41:57,628
- There you go.
- Thank you.
889
00:41:57,629 --> 00:41:59,396
It's going to be our new family label.
890
00:41:59,397 --> 00:42:02,399
And we're gonna give
Hakeem time to heal,
891
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,237
and Andre is joining us
when he gets home.
892
00:42:04,238 --> 00:42:06,740
Yeah, and we're getting you out of
893
00:42:06,741 --> 00:42:08,408
that wack-ass contract with Empire.
894
00:42:08,409 --> 00:42:09,576
- Mm-hmm.
- JAMAL: Wait, hold up.
895
00:42:09,577 --> 00:42:11,578
(CHUCKLES) I'm proud of y'all,
896
00:42:11,579 --> 00:42:14,247
I really am, but I got
my own label I'm starting.
897
00:42:14,248 --> 00:42:16,216
I... got my own man.
898
00:42:16,217 --> 00:42:19,019
I got a life in London to get back to.
899
00:42:19,020 --> 00:42:20,654
Boy, that's a hobby.
You ain't got no check.
900
00:42:20,655 --> 00:42:24,024
You gonna stay here until
at least we launch it, okay?
901
00:42:24,025 --> 00:42:24,927
- Ma...
- Baby.
902
00:42:24,928 --> 00:42:26,026
LUCIOUS: No, look, Mal, this is
903
00:42:26,027 --> 00:42:27,160
- about the family.
- COOKIE: Yes.
904
00:42:27,161 --> 00:42:28,895
LUCIOUS: It's for us and about us.
905
00:42:28,896 --> 00:42:30,197
That's right.
906
00:42:30,198 --> 00:42:33,500
And London ain't going nowhere,
and neither is that boy.
907
00:42:34,869 --> 00:42:37,003
Come on. To the Lyons.
908
00:42:39,641 --> 00:42:41,608
May we rise.
909
00:42:41,609 --> 00:42:43,243
Like always.
910
00:42:43,244 --> 00:42:44,578
Come on, clink, clink!
911
00:42:44,579 --> 00:42:46,446
(LAUGHTER)
912
00:42:53,688 --> 00:42:55,689
♪
913
00:43:04,799 --> 00:43:07,234
(WHISPERS): I'm sorry.
914
00:43:24,305 --> 00:43:30,385
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