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- May we rise.
- Like we always do.
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Only on Fox.
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- Previously on Empire...
- Please marry me. I love you.
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- I love you.
- I'm gonna help you get out of here, Quincy.
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Trust Andre.
If he says he can help, he will.
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Lyon Family Management
is looking
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for artists
that got something to say.
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We did find a star.
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Your followers
and your impressions are way up.
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What's this bruise?
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Things just got a little rowdy
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in spin class, that's all.
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The data shows that TBD
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can never make
as much as they cost.
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I am dropping them.
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- We have a proposition for you.
- "We"?
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Hey, Lucious.
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Looks like the Divas got a hit.
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- No.
- What you mean, no?
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The Divas thought that working
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with Cookie and Lucious would,
keep them on the label?
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Nice try.
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- That song is fire.
- It's irrelevant.
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Since when, Jeff?
There's a deal to be made here.
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Let's talk about this upstairs.
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Yeah, excuse me, hello?
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Y'all not gonna talk
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about the future of our group
without us.
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I'll meet y'all in the elevator.
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Listen, Jeff,
we're going to put together
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an upcoming showcase
for our clients.
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Now, we want to headline that
with the Divas
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and this new song,
so we're gonna need
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some money for promotion
for this.
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That sounds like your problem.
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You don't want to make money?
Do you understand
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how this industry works?
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Jeff, Empire usually shares
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the promotional cost
with artist management.
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No, Empire used to share
those costs.
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We signed with Lucious
because he has a track record
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of making hits for us. I mean,
we're worth the investment.
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I determine the worth
of my investment.
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You know what, if you don't want
to invest in them,
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why don't you let them go,
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and we'll take them
someplace else.
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I don't know if you're trying to
start a pissing contest with me,
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but don't. You'll lose.
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- You sure about that?
- No. Lucious.
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He's beneath us. Let's go.
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This whole damn place
is beneath me. Come on.
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Y'all getting so big.
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What you doing, little man?
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Yeah, you missed a lot
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since you were too busy posting
diss tracks against Blake.
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He's a thief.
Did you forget that?
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Doesn't matter. That wasn't
the way to handle it.
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Babe, I don't get no credit
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for taking the song down? Here.
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No, you don't get credit
for undoing
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something that you shouldn't
have done in the first place.
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- So you on his side?
- No.
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I haven't even talked to him.
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Look, I'm glad
that you took it down.
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And I'm glad that you are
taking care of yourself lately.
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Look, um, maybe you should take
the kids for a couple days.
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Really? You serious?
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Just please make sure that Bella
stays on her schedule.
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I don't want to be up with her
at 200 a.m. next week.
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A'ight. Come on, little man.
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My little fighter right here.
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- Come on, let's go.
- Okay, bye.
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Gonna go with Daddy? Yeah?
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Hey, babe.
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You got cash for the pizza guy?
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You ain't cooking?
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You are confusing me
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with your wannabe-chef
ex-boyfriend.
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- Shady when he's hungry.
- And you know this.
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Thank you.
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And I look better, too.
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You do.
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You are not my pizza.
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- My God. Hey.
- Hi, lovely.
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How are you?
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Wynter.
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What the hell?
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Okay.
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- It never gets old, does it?
- I'll clean it up.
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- Okay, actually, it does. Hi, darling.
- Hi.
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- Did you know she was...?
- No. -Good Lord,
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this place is enormous.
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Um, Wynter,
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what the hell
are you doing here?
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Well, you've convinced me
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to sign to your lovely
little London label,
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making all sorts of promises,
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and then you ran out on me.
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- Okay, that's a little dramatic.
- You sure?
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We just video conferenced,
like, two days ago.
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Okay, enough of that.
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We are going to finish my album,
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and we are going to do it here.
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Where's your loo?
And where am I going to sleep?
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Um... I'm gonna take her stuff.
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Look, I hate to admit this,
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but we really need
this deal to work.
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No, I can't be letting this man
disrespect me.
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Look, TBD are Empire artists
who we now manage.
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That breaks the dam.
Don't you see?
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We can get others.
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Artists who already have
big label deals.
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That's money in the bank,
and we need it.
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I don't want to hear any more
about Lucious's genius.
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- I'm not doing it.
- Okay, look at the bigger picture.
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Okay? You were the one
that wanted
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to bring Lucious back into
the fold just a few weeks ago.
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- Remember?
- Well, that was before he effectively
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threw the gauntlet down.
He started his own firm.
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- He slapped me in the face.
- Come here.
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Aren't you the one that
always puts data over emotion?
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Right? This is
a smart business move.
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Well, what about Giselle?
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Can you trust her?
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Bunk trust.
We watch that bitch like a hawk.
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And we get this money
in the meantime.
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Okay?
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Come on.
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They do all the work.
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We make all the money. Simple.
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Hey, look here, man.
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At the end of the day,
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all my baby and I
are trying to do
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is-is make some good music,
build our company
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and-and leave a great legacy.
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Now, I can't expect you
to understand or appreciate
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working for something
that's bigger than yourself.
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But I promise you, Jeff,
if you get out of your own way
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and allow me and Cookie
to do our thing
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with these Divas,
I guarantee you,
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it's going to pay off.
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Deal.
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- Yes.
- Okay, so, to all my blue-eyed
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queens in Staten Island,
I need you to bring the force.
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I'll be waiting.
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Cookie out.
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- How's that?
- I mean, it was all right.
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But, Cookie, don't nobody want
to see no commercial.
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They want the real,
like last time. Your feelings.
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Your heart. You know
how you poured yourself out?
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The people really like that.
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I didn't say
I would open up a main vein
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every time I open up my mouth.
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And you need to know,
honey, every time
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I use this GlamSugar,
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Lyon Family Management
get a check.
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- You know what that mean? You get a check.
- Okay.
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- You get a check. You get a check.
- What?
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Y'all get a check! Yes!
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- What's my numbers?
- They're still high.
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Not like last week, but
they're good. Okay.
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But wait. Snap.
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- Wait a second. Wait.
- What?
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Where'd they go?
They all just disappeared.
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All your followers
just disappeared.
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- Well, how the hell does that happen?
- See, look,
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it's, like, some green blob.
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- This ain't good.
- Franklin?
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Baby, come here.
Help out your auntie.
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Come here, baby.
I need a millennial. Come here.
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What happened?
How do I get the followers back?
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This is a B-Glitch.
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- What?
- A what?
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"B" stands for "bitch."
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It's just my term
for pesky things
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that pop up out of nowhere.
I can get rid of it.
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- Well, you have that bitch get my numbers back.
- Okay?
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He is just so technical
and smart and handsome.
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Ooh, sis, you did a good job.
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Thank you.
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He's happy to be here.
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Teri, I know you're upset.
I'm upset, too.
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What good are
all the witnesses we found
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if the judge won't admit
their testimony?
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I never said this would be easy.
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Let me rethink strategy,
and I'll circle back
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- in a couple of months.
- Months?
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- I have to take this. Hello?
- Wait.
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Teri. You all right?
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What we need is a new D.A.
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who cares
about the justice system
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and less
about his conviction rate.
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Well, we need to take this
to the court of public opinion.
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Quincy has a lot of people
who care about him.
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Let's-let's get them down here.
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When I am done,
everybody in this city
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is gonna know Quincy's name.
I guarantee it.
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Thank you, Andre.
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- For what?
- I'm just...
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I'm so happy I'm not
doing this alone anymore.
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Yeah.
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It's gonna be okay.
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You got it. Come on.
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Let's catch a cab.
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Hey.
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Yes!
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What black woman raised you?
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- Ma.
- That's a whole lot
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of gospel music up in that girl.
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She took us to church in here,
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- didn't she?
- See?
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That was amazing, boo.
Just chill for a second,
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we gonna comp a couple things.
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Mike, do the, um...
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- You are something else. You know that?
- It's Jamal.
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He brings it out of me
like nobody else.
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I would follow him anywhere.
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Well, you followed him
to the right place, honey,
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because Lyon Family Management
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will give you
exactly what you looking for.
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Huge record deal.
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Ma, what's good?
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You-you propositioning
my artist now?
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Jamal, calm down.
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I'm just walking Wynter
through all her options
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if she sign with us.
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I think that Wynter
understands her options.
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- She's very smart.
- I'm sure she is. She's here.
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Right.
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And, um,
she's got her own people.
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00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:03,190
But you already know
that you are the queen.
236
00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:05,592
Yeah, but her people ain't us.
237
00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:08,061
You need to get
with the Lyons, baby.
238
00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:09,729
No, I don't...
239
00:12:09,763 --> 00:12:12,599
- Ma, come on.
- Yes. You in the right place.
240
00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:13,777
- Queen, come on.
- That's right.
241
00:12:13,801 --> 00:12:16,904
Queen Lyon. Rawr. Yes, okay.
242
00:12:16,937 --> 00:12:18,714
My house, this is my house, damn it.
We good.
243
00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,607
She's sweet.
244
00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,877
She is sweet.
245
00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:27,781
- Hey, Selle.
- Hey.
246
00:12:27,815 --> 00:12:29,749
Could've sworn
I saw Lucious walking around
247
00:12:29,783 --> 00:12:31,718
- with Three Black Divas earlier.
- Shh.
248
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,596
Yes, you did. They're working
on some new music.
249
00:12:33,620 --> 00:12:35,231
- Can you run point on that for me, please?
- I'm sorry,
250
00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:37,057
working, as in being managed by?
251
00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:38,768
TBD was supposed to be dropped
from the label,
252
00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:40,303
- and now they're LFM clients?
- Okay, okay.
253
00:12:40,327 --> 00:12:42,495
- What is happening?
- I convinced them to sign
254
00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:44,998
with Lucious and Cookie. I
thought it would be a good move.
255
00:12:45,032 --> 00:12:48,301
For them or for you?
What is happening?
256
00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:50,637
Why are you exploiting
the war between...
257
00:12:50,670 --> 00:12:53,173
Why are you exploiting the war
between Lucious and Kingsley?
258
00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:55,742
You have to trust me, okay?
259
00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,345
Lucious is either gonna scare
Kingsley straight
260
00:12:58,378 --> 00:12:59,779
or scare him out of here.
261
00:12:59,813 --> 00:13:02,282
- Either way, we win.
- All right.
262
00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:04,617
But let me remind you,
the last high yellow heifer
263
00:13:04,651 --> 00:13:07,187
that was running around here
making moves like that
264
00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,756
ended up crashing into a table
full of champagne.
265
00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:11,658
Do I look like boo boo kitty
to you?
266
00:13:11,691 --> 00:13:13,793
I am way smarter than Anika was.
267
00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:15,362
And can I be honest?
268
00:13:15,395 --> 00:13:17,530
If you maneuvered
a little bit more,
269
00:13:17,564 --> 00:13:19,366
you'd rise to the top faster.
270
00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,669
Moves aren't all that bad.
271
00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:26,773
Heifer.
272
00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,517
Can't be treating me
like I'm some little boy,
273
00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,110
you know what I'm saying?
274
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:32,288
And then... and it's like every
single thing that I have,
275
00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:33,613
no matter what it is,
276
00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,682
automatically just belongs
to her.
277
00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:37,650
Does it?
278
00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,253
Why would you ask that?
279
00:13:42,055 --> 00:13:45,358
Jamal, have you told your mom
that we're engaged yet?
280
00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:47,961
No.
281
00:13:47,995 --> 00:13:50,898
Um, I guess I'm just...
I'm waiting, waiting...
282
00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:53,600
Waiting to catch her
at a time when she'll agree?
283
00:13:54,868 --> 00:13:57,670
You just don't understand.
284
00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,907
I do understand, babe, but...
285
00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,243
you keep opening up space
for her to come and control you,
286
00:14:03,276 --> 00:14:06,013
and... I don't know,
287
00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:07,948
Cookie just walks right into it.
288
00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:14,521
You don't need her permission
to be your own man.
289
00:14:14,554 --> 00:14:17,390
That's all I'm saying.
290
00:14:17,424 --> 00:14:19,726
Yeah.
291
00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:26,766
Cookie, this is amazing.
What's your secret?
292
00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:30,237
It's my special
"change your life" spices.
293
00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:33,073
Well, I need a bloody good
change in my life.
294
00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:35,875
I don't know how I'm gonna
afford the plane ticket home.
295
00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:38,611
Well, as soon as you sign
with us, those worries
296
00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:40,547
will... disappear.
297
00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:43,850
Hey, Wynter,
298
00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:45,118
um, they need you... actually,
299
00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:46,753
all y'all... in the studio.
300
00:14:46,786 --> 00:14:49,957
- On my way, chief.
- Yes. Make that hit, honey.
301
00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:51,424
Thank you, baby. I got more now.
302
00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:52,658
- See ya in there.
- Leftovers.
303
00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:56,563
- Ma.
- Yes?
304
00:14:56,596 --> 00:14:58,798
Come on. What part of...
305
00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:01,701
"please leave my artist alone"
do you not understand?
306
00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:04,537
That girl is fire, Jamal.
307
00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,473
If we don't sign her,
somebody else will.
308
00:15:06,506 --> 00:15:08,808
Yeah, see,
somebody already did. Me.
309
00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:10,810
Wynter's mine.
310
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:12,645
So what's yours is yours,
311
00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,814
while you up in my studio
recording.
312
00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:17,284
Okay. All right, you got me.
But you c...
313
00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:20,053
I feel like you could have
at least come to me
314
00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:22,322
out of respect instead
of just going behind my back.
315
00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:23,823
I'm not behind your back, child.
316
00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:25,468
I'm right in front of your face
in this kitchen.
317
00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:27,560
- Boy, what is your problem?
- For one,
318
00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:28,771
I'm tired of being called "boy"
319
00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:30,463
when we're talking
about business. Mom,
320
00:15:30,497 --> 00:15:31,674
- I'm a grown man, with-with...
- Ooh.
321
00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:34,401
No. With a-a home and a label
322
00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,703
and a life.
323
00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:43,276
And a fiancé.
324
00:15:43,310 --> 00:15:44,911
You and Kai?
325
00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:46,746
Yes. . So you talking
326
00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:47,923
about doing things
behind people's back.
327
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,816
I didn't know that happened.
328
00:15:49,849 --> 00:15:51,251
Behind my back.
329
00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:54,687
Or you could just say,
"Congratulations,
330
00:15:54,721 --> 00:15:56,356
my son."
331
00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,326
Mom. Really?
332
00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:02,662
Yes.
333
00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:03,997
You a beast, Cookie Lyon.
334
00:16:04,031 --> 00:16:05,598
- I know.
- But so am I.
335
00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:07,167
Okay, well...
336
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,702
You a pain in my ass,
that's what you are.
337
00:16:09,736 --> 00:16:11,338
- Morning, nephew.
- Hey, Auntie.
338
00:16:16,576 --> 00:16:19,312
- Morning, sis.
- Hey. Good morning.
339
00:16:19,346 --> 00:16:20,947
You okay?
340
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:23,883
I'm just peachy keen.
341
00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:28,388
See you in there.
342
00:16:40,267 --> 00:16:41,734
Is she still in there?
343
00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:43,503
Yeah, she is.
344
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:45,572
Wh-What's happening here?
345
00:16:45,605 --> 00:16:47,807
You haven't seen the bruises
on Candace's wrists?
346
00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,876
Somebody is hitting on her,
347
00:16:49,909 --> 00:16:52,479
and I can't imagine
that little punk-ass Kevin.
348
00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:55,048
Honey, I can. You know
they used to battle real hard
349
00:16:55,082 --> 00:16:56,525
when I was
staying with them, right?-
350
00:16:56,549 --> 00:16:58,085
No wonder they got separated.
351
00:16:58,118 --> 00:17:00,253
Separated?
Why didn't she tell me?
352
00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,425
What the hell is this?
353
00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:06,826
Pull your sleeve up, Candace.
354
00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:08,428
- What? Are you...
- Just do it.
355
00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:10,430
Don't touch me.
356
00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:11,931
Candace, please?
357
00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:14,167
- I will not.
- Okay, damn it. How long
358
00:17:14,201 --> 00:17:16,603
has Kevin been beating you
and why didn't you tell us?
359
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:19,139
You are out of your league
and out of your mind.
360
00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,242
Nobody is hitting me.
361
00:17:22,275 --> 00:17:24,244
Not Kevin or anyone.
362
00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,581
Excuse me.
363
00:17:28,615 --> 00:17:30,083
However,
364
00:17:30,117 --> 00:17:32,185
I will beat the hell out
of both of you
365
00:17:32,219 --> 00:17:33,920
if you don't mind your business
366
00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:36,723
and stay out of my face
about this.
367
00:17:41,128 --> 00:17:42,595
Deny, deny, deny.
368
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,364
She getting her ass whupped.
369
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,333
She damn sure is.
370
00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:04,417
The market appeal here
is limited, wouldn't you agree?
371
00:18:04,451 --> 00:18:07,487
Dude, I know what I'm doing.
How do you think I built Empire?
372
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,955
I know what sells.
373
00:18:08,988 --> 00:18:10,390
The song will struggle,
374
00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:12,401
because it's missing
certain keywords and references
375
00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:14,661
that audiences respond to.
376
00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:16,996
Check your phones.
That's from me.
377
00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:22,169
This is a chart.
378
00:18:22,202 --> 00:18:24,404
Infographics.
379
00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,639
It's proven that when
certain keywords are mentioned
380
00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:28,308
in a song by a female act,
381
00:18:28,341 --> 00:18:30,910
the predominantly female
audiences will respond better.
382
00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:34,447
Of course. Because women
are like Pavlov's dogs?
383
00:18:34,481 --> 00:18:36,816
The same is true for
the male audiences. Scroll down,
384
00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:39,852
and you'll see a good list
of options for the next track.
385
00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:46,125
"Home," "family," and "love."
You kidding me, right?
386
00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:48,995
I would have to rework
the whole song.
387
00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:50,197
If anybody can do it,
388
00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:53,132
it's you, Lucious.
389
00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,467
After all,
390
00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:57,069
you started Empire.
391
00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:04,677
These are great photos
of Quincy.
392
00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:06,846
My contact at the Times
wants us to choose
393
00:19:06,879 --> 00:19:08,981
the best three
for a story he's running.
394
00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:10,393
I still can't believe
that you were able
395
00:19:10,417 --> 00:19:12,151
to arrange that so quickly.
396
00:19:12,185 --> 00:19:14,687
Let's just hope
this media attention works.
397
00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:17,123
Which is why the right picture
is everything.
398
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:20,126
A drunk white girl
goes missing on vacation,
399
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:22,529
we get blinded by her halo
in the news.
400
00:19:22,562 --> 00:19:25,298
A black child gets murdered
in the streets,
401
00:19:25,332 --> 00:19:27,667
first picture you see of him
is in a hoodie,
402
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,168
like he's some thug.
403
00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:31,003
That will not be my baby.
404
00:19:31,037 --> 00:19:33,340
It won't happen.
405
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:34,707
I promise.
406
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,215
Who's this?
407
00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,185
That Quincy's dad?
408
00:19:46,219 --> 00:19:48,588
I left him because I thought
409
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:51,023
he was a bad influence
on Quincy.
410
00:19:51,057 --> 00:19:53,159
Maybe if I hadn't, he would've
411
00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,862
learned better
how to handle himself.
412
00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,531
In the streets, around the cops.
413
00:19:58,565 --> 00:20:00,767
I-I did what I thought
was right, but...
414
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,702
did it get my baby locked up?
415
00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:03,936
No, no. No.
416
00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:05,872
Teri, it's not your fault.
417
00:20:09,709 --> 00:20:11,744
We're gonna get Quincy out
of there.
418
00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:13,846
And I'm not gonna stop
until he's home.
419
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,283
You are not alone in this,
you hear me?
420
00:20:18,084 --> 00:20:20,287
I'm with you.
421
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,802
I'm sorry.
422
00:20:42,809 --> 00:20:45,044
That's it. It's a wrap for me.
423
00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:47,046
- I got to wake up early with the kids.
- Ha.
424
00:20:48,948 --> 00:20:51,551
- This guy.
- Right. Look at Hakeem,
425
00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,886
being all responsible
and parental.
426
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,831
- Never thought I'd see the day.
- Well, you see it.
427
00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:58,124
Aw, hell no.
428
00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:00,593
- What is it?
- Alert from TMI.
429
00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,137
Look like they got ahold
of your diss track.
430
00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:03,229
I took it down.
431
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:05,064
The Internet is forever, bro.
432
00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:06,633
Right. And that's not all.
433
00:21:06,666 --> 00:21:07,900
Blake heard it.
434
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,736
He released a diss track.
435
00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:53,279
- Damn, bro.
- Hey, so you're really gonna let
436
00:21:53,312 --> 00:21:55,682
this walking jar of mayonnaise
come for you like that?
437
00:21:55,715 --> 00:21:58,818
If war he wants,
war he gonna to get.
438
00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:06,526
Listen, y'all. I need real
ideas. Ideas. Who got 'em?
439
00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:08,895
Man, you done
had us here all night.
440
00:22:08,928 --> 00:22:10,568
Because I'm trying
to get the right record
441
00:22:10,597 --> 00:22:12,832
to blast Blake out of here...
442
00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:15,334
once and for all.
443
00:22:15,368 --> 00:22:18,237
Yeah, bro, end this man.
He came for your kids.
444
00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:20,082
- What does he care about?
- I mean, his pops already
445
00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:21,908
checked out,
so that doesn't work.
446
00:22:21,941 --> 00:22:24,711
- He got a girl?
- Nah. That's why he coming at mine.
447
00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:27,680
Yeah, I really don't think Blake
got anything going on right now.
448
00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:29,616
I mean, it's kind of sad.
449
00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:33,753
Maybe that's what
you should talk about.
450
00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:38,958
Hey, yo, pass me my phone.
451
00:22:43,730 --> 00:22:45,364
So you just gonna
go off the dome?
452
00:22:45,398 --> 00:22:47,500
Something like that.
453
00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:49,268
Hey, what's up, world?
454
00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:50,770
I know you heard Blake diss
455
00:22:50,803 --> 00:22:52,271
and you're waiting
for me to reply.
456
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:54,774
But you gonna
be waiting for years,
457
00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:57,009
because this beef
between me and Blake...
458
00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:59,879
It'll sell records for, like,
one or two weeks,
459
00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:01,614
and then what?
Y'all forget about it,
460
00:23:01,648 --> 00:23:03,916
and then my family gets dragged
through the mud?
461
00:23:03,950 --> 00:23:05,785
Nah, I ain't about that life.
462
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,353
I got two beautiful children
463
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,857
that mean more
than this battle to me.
464
00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,925
So I'm deading this right now.
465
00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:15,127
I'm shutting it down.
466
00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:17,764
Out.
467
00:23:17,797 --> 00:23:20,299
Yo, what did you just do?
468
00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:23,102
Something that shouldn't even
been there in the first place.
469
00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:25,838
I'm-a go check on my babies.
470
00:23:35,782 --> 00:23:37,750
So, what's good, man?
471
00:23:37,784 --> 00:23:39,385
Look at you.
472
00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,287
Yeah, you're looking good.
473
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,156
- Outside treating you well?
- You know.
474
00:23:44,190 --> 00:23:46,392
As well
as it ever treated men like us.
475
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,261
Anybody bothering Quincy?
476
00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:52,164
Nah. I told you
I'd look out for him.
477
00:23:52,198 --> 00:23:54,834
I got to be real
with you, though.
478
00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:57,103
He has had some bad days.
479
00:23:57,136 --> 00:23:59,338
I'm afraid he's gonna crack.
480
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:02,274
That's why I'm here.
481
00:24:04,511 --> 00:24:08,447
I've been planning
this media blitz thing, Mouse.
482
00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:10,617
It's taking too long, so...
483
00:24:10,650 --> 00:24:13,452
Dre, you fresh out.
484
00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:15,755
Why you still doin' for Quincy
485
00:24:15,788 --> 00:24:18,725
when you need
to just do for you?
486
00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:22,394
Because I can.
487
00:24:24,531 --> 00:24:26,533
And I should.
488
00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:29,268
Listen...
489
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,470
I need a favor.
490
00:24:31,504 --> 00:24:33,840
Now, it's not a small one,
491
00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:36,909
but I can make it
worth your while.
492
00:24:38,911 --> 00:24:40,847
I'm listening.
493
00:24:53,593 --> 00:24:56,328
Candace, I'm sorry.
494
00:24:56,362 --> 00:24:58,197
I was just being concerned.
495
00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,399
I told you, I'm fine.
496
00:25:01,734 --> 00:25:03,402
Okay.
497
00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,838
Well, can you help me, then?
498
00:25:05,872 --> 00:25:07,540
Porsha thinks
I need to be more personal
499
00:25:07,574 --> 00:25:10,009
on Instagram, so...
500
00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:12,579
Maybe we do a video, um, showing
the world how we work together
501
00:25:12,612 --> 00:25:16,215
as a family, as "sistors."
. Let me go get my face on.
502
00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:18,751
- All right.
- Mom, Dad's here.
503
00:25:18,785 --> 00:25:21,387
What?! No!
504
00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:24,490
What are you doing coming here?
505
00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:26,325
You do see I'm at work, right?
506
00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:28,761
I'm not here to fight.
I just need my black suit.
507
00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:31,664
I stopped by the house
to get it and found out
508
00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,432
my keys no longer work.
Really, Candace?
509
00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:35,034
If you had gotten your stuff
510
00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:36,603
out of there
when I asked you to...
511
00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:38,104
You need to get out of my house.
512
00:25:38,137 --> 00:25:40,106
- This is not your business.
- This is my house,
513
00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:42,508
so it is.
514
00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:45,444
Franklin, give your father
your keys.
515
00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:47,446
I don't want to.
516
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:49,548
Do it.
517
00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:04,897
What are y'all looking at?
518
00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:07,566
This is what divorce
looks like, okay?
519
00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:11,638
Mom, I don't want him there.
520
00:26:14,807 --> 00:26:17,710
Son... it'll be okay.
521
00:26:17,744 --> 00:26:19,445
He's in our house.
522
00:26:19,478 --> 00:26:20,780
Please. We need to go.
523
00:26:23,149 --> 00:26:25,117
I'm sorry, Cook. We got to go.
524
00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:26,953
Come on.
525
00:26:31,023 --> 00:26:32,258
What the hell just happened?
526
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:37,263
They're both scared of Kevin,
that's what happened.
527
00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:46,673
You need something?
528
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,746
I came to invite you
to my house for dinner.
529
00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:55,815
Excuse me?
530
00:26:55,848 --> 00:26:57,583
Jeff, if you and I
are gonna work together,
531
00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:00,452
we need to get
to know each other.
532
00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:02,655
So how about
we break some bread?
533
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,657
Are you serious? You're...
534
00:27:04,691 --> 00:27:06,693
you're inviting me to your home?
535
00:27:06,726 --> 00:27:09,461
I'm not gonna ask you again.
536
00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:12,765
All right.
537
00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:15,434
I'm in.
538
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,436
Good.
539
00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,371
Eight o'clock.
540
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:55,541
Hey, Ma.
541
00:27:55,574 --> 00:27:57,509
How you doing today?
542
00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:01,714
I have some good news.
543
00:28:03,282 --> 00:28:06,418
The monster has invited me
into his lair.
544
00:28:10,456 --> 00:28:12,691
I'm getting closer to him.
545
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,262
He thinks he can ambush me.
546
00:28:23,469 --> 00:28:25,671
I will make him pay
547
00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:27,639
for what he did to you.
548
00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:35,447
I swear.
549
00:28:45,758 --> 00:28:47,960
Man, I can't wait till
Juanita come back full-time.
550
00:28:47,994 --> 00:28:49,938
You ever think about how bougie
you sound sometimes, though?
551
00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:52,564
- Man, shut up.
- Just, like, so beyond raggedy.
552
00:28:52,598 --> 00:28:54,300
Shut up. Hey, Jeff.
553
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,478
- Hey.
- Welcome, man. Didn't mean to start without you,
554
00:28:56,502 --> 00:28:58,570
but the mashed potatoes
get cold quick.
555
00:28:58,604 --> 00:29:00,248
I didn't realize
the whole family would be here.
556
00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:01,917
Well, you better hurry up
and make you a plate,
557
00:29:01,941 --> 00:29:04,243
'cause we don't have servants
around here no more.
558
00:29:04,276 --> 00:29:06,212
Did y'all know your brother
was getting married?
559
00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:08,047
You finally sacked up
and told her?
560
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,582
We been knew, Ma. You're late.
561
00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:12,151
Yeah, I'm telling you something,
562
00:29:12,184 --> 00:29:14,153
I'm not sure I'm ready
563
00:29:14,186 --> 00:29:16,055
to see my son marry a dude, but
564
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,724
I have to say, Kai's a nice guy.
565
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,659
Dad, shut up, all right?
Your ass is gonna be
566
00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:22,428
sitting there
like everybody else.
567
00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,430
Don't be telling me to shut up.
I'll stab you
568
00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,398
- in the neck with a spoon.
- Shut up.
569
00:29:26,432 --> 00:29:29,235
You mean to tell me
I'm the last to know?
570
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,303
- I saved the best for last.
- Boy.
571
00:29:31,337 --> 00:29:33,906
Ma, also, don't nobody want you
putting them on blast
572
00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:35,407
on your social media
or whatever.
573
00:29:35,441 --> 00:29:37,476
First of all, I am
574
00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:40,412
an influencer
on the social media, honey.
575
00:29:40,446 --> 00:29:43,082
I change and touch lives,
if you hadn't noticed.
576
00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:46,118
I have checked out
some of your posts. Very savvy.
577
00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:47,695
I think you're appealing
to an untapped audience.
578
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:49,155
Thank you.
579
00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:50,598
Jeff, I wanted
to ask you a question.
580
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:53,125
You're a tech guy.
581
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:55,527
So, why Empire?
582
00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:57,763
Well, I have
to credit my mother.
583
00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,999
She, she raised me
on the Empire sound.
584
00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:01,467
She loved it.
585
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,135
She called it "the new Motown."
586
00:30:03,169 --> 00:30:05,504
Sounds like your mama
had a good grasp for music.
587
00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:06,973
What happened to you?
588
00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:10,709
Greens good, aren't they?
589
00:30:10,742 --> 00:30:12,778
Delicious.
590
00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,280
What about you, Lucious?
591
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:16,815
Why Empire?
592
00:30:16,849 --> 00:30:18,817
What do you mean?
593
00:30:18,851 --> 00:30:22,054
Well,
I've read all the articles,
594
00:30:22,088 --> 00:30:24,556
seen all the documentaries.
595
00:30:24,590 --> 00:30:27,693
You used to be a street hustler,
slinging drugs.
596
00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:29,528
Yeah.
597
00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:32,564
Yeah, we did what we had to do
back then, man.
598
00:30:32,598 --> 00:30:33,900
You ever feel guilty about it?
599
00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:36,135
Those drugs ruined a lot
of people's lives.
600
00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:39,505
- Yo, man, ease up on that.
- No, no, no, it's all right.
601
00:30:39,538 --> 00:30:42,909
Actually,
I'm really happy for Jeff
602
00:30:42,942 --> 00:30:45,477
that he'll never know
what it's like to live without.
603
00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:48,080
But I had three children
to raise, so...
604
00:30:48,114 --> 00:30:50,682
I don't make any excuses for
what I had to do to make sure
605
00:30:50,716 --> 00:30:53,852
- they ate. I'm not gonna apologize for that.
- Damn right.
606
00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:55,864
But when this is over,
when we finish with this meal,
607
00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:57,890
I'm gonna take you
into the studio with my boys,
608
00:30:57,924 --> 00:30:59,658
if they'll come,
and I'll show you
609
00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:02,394
what came out
of all that struggle.
610
00:31:02,428 --> 00:31:05,497
We can have some salt, baby?
611
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:08,734
You don't need salt, honey.
I seasoned that food just right.
612
00:31:13,906 --> 00:31:15,874
Lord.
613
00:31:15,908 --> 00:31:17,476
You got it.
614
00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:29,021
Now if I have Hakeem join in,
615
00:31:29,055 --> 00:31:31,857
he adds a whole
nother dimension to it.
616
00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:51,243
Hell yeah.
617
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:54,913
- Nah.
- He like himself.
618
00:32:00,352 --> 00:32:02,321
That's the thing
about this music.
619
00:32:02,354 --> 00:32:03,922
I mean, it's not something
620
00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:06,825
that you can find
with analytics or on a chart.
621
00:32:06,858 --> 00:32:08,961
You have to understand,
I put that into my sons.
622
00:32:08,995 --> 00:32:10,929
I mean, even Andre.
623
00:32:10,963 --> 00:32:13,832
You can hit him with a problem,
and he's going
624
00:32:13,865 --> 00:32:17,469
to find a thousand different
solutions to that problem.
625
00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:20,339
What I'm saying, Jeff,
626
00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:24,143
is you can't come in here
with catchphrases and
627
00:32:24,176 --> 00:32:28,347
magic words,
like "love" and "family,"
628
00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:31,150
because this is family.
629
00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:33,585
This is love.
630
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:36,822
This is the alchemy
that-that built the music
631
00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:39,325
that you grew up listening to.
632
00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:42,428
You can't make music
the way you make an app.
633
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:45,864
If you have the music in you,
then, my God.
634
00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:50,169
But if you don't, then you
should do yourself a favor
635
00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:52,438
and just get out the way
636
00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:54,840
and let us Lyons do what we do.
637
00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:56,508
You feel me?
638
00:32:58,510 --> 00:33:01,347
I think so.
639
00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:04,116
It's great that you have
an education, Jeff,
640
00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:05,984
but you can learn a lot
from Pop, trust me.
641
00:33:07,553 --> 00:33:11,557
Yes... your father is
a great teacher.
642
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:17,529
Man, I was really feeling
that little melody, though, man.
643
00:33:17,563 --> 00:33:19,131
There you go.
644
00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:21,633
I didn't expect to like it
that much, man.
645
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:23,135
Come on. Give me that back.
646
00:33:23,169 --> 00:33:24,570
Give me that back.
647
00:33:52,298 --> 00:33:55,234
What'd I tell you? Inviting Jeff
was the right thing.
648
00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:57,269
I didn't think it would work.
649
00:33:57,303 --> 00:33:59,771
But we finally got
the Divas' song
650
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:01,873
back on track for the showcase.
651
00:34:01,907 --> 00:34:03,242
I got to hand it to you.
652
00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,577
You got to hand it to me?
653
00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:07,579
- Yeah.
- What you gonna hand to me?
654
00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:09,848
- I don't know...
- Okay. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
655
00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,227
Don't y'all know this is a place
of business? Go get a room.
656
00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:14,253
Speaking of business,
I got to get to the studio.
657
00:34:14,286 --> 00:34:15,763
- I love you, baby.
- I love you, too.
658
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:18,224
- Thanks, Carol.
- You're welcome, Lucious.
659
00:34:18,257 --> 00:34:20,459
- What is it?
- It's Candace.
660
00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:23,729
You know she hasn't shown up and
she's not answering the phone.
661
00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:27,433
That's not like Candace.
She always has that phone.
662
00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:29,468
Right.
663
00:34:29,501 --> 00:34:33,739
I say, let's go pay her a visit.
664
00:34:33,772 --> 00:34:36,108
And if Kevin is beating on her,
I'm gonna kill his ass.
665
00:34:36,142 --> 00:34:37,676
You're gonna have
to stand in line.
666
00:34:40,146 --> 00:34:42,814
Wow.
667
00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:44,216
That looks great.
668
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:46,218
Now we just have to get
a thousand more printed.
669
00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:48,154
Well...
670
00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:51,022
- Yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah.
671
00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:57,763
Listen, um...
672
00:35:00,266 --> 00:35:03,669
About the other night...
673
00:35:03,702 --> 00:35:07,606
I shouldn't have.
674
00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:10,108
Until Quincy gets out,
he's pretty much...
675
00:35:10,142 --> 00:35:11,577
all I can think about.
676
00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:15,581
Yeah. Yeah,
I understand that, um...
677
00:35:15,614 --> 00:35:17,759
We don't have to blow this out
of proportion, you know.
678
00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,751
- Right.
- Cool. Great.
679
00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:22,321
Um...
680
00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:29,027
Yeah?
681
00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:31,830
What?
682
00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:34,766
Y-Y-You're kidding me?
683
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,768
When?
684
00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:39,738
Does that mean...?
685
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,175
Yeah, yeah. Call me back.
686
00:35:43,209 --> 00:35:45,777
That was our lawyer.
687
00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:48,547
Someone, an inmate,
688
00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:51,350
someone already doing time
confessed to the robbery.
689
00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:55,954
His account matches the
witnesses' initial description.
690
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:59,057
- So, what, Quincy's getting out?
- The judge has to sign off,
691
00:35:59,090 --> 00:36:01,960
but... yeah.
692
00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:05,831
Yeah, my baby's getting out.
693
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:12,904
You should've seen the act
he put on in front of me.
694
00:36:12,938 --> 00:36:15,173
Trotting out his family
like some sort
695
00:36:15,207 --> 00:36:18,910
of ghetto
Norman Rockwell painting.
696
00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:24,250
He went on and on about all the
musical talent he gave his sons.
697
00:36:24,283 --> 00:36:27,953
About how Cookie was
his ride-or-die.
698
00:36:32,224 --> 00:36:35,261
He's trying to erase us.
699
00:36:38,564 --> 00:36:40,566
But I won't let that happen.
700
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:43,034
Diana Dubois said that the way
to hurt Lucious
701
00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,004
is to destroy his ego...
702
00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:48,740
destroy his legacy.
703
00:36:48,774 --> 00:36:52,978
I'm going to erase him
from the face of the earth.
704
00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:01,820
How's that for talent, Dad?
705
00:37:22,073 --> 00:37:24,776
What's going on?
706
00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:28,246
- Candace? Kevin!
- Candace! Candace!
707
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,217
No!
708
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,486
Get off her! Franklin!
709
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,556
No, Franklin, no!
710
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:39,591
I hate you!
711
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,762
Stop it, Franklin, stop, stop!
712
00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:51,570
Candace, are you okay?
713
00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,409
- My God.
- Come on.
714
00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:06,284
Come out!
715
00:38:06,318 --> 00:38:08,687
- Stop!
- No, please, stop!
716
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,657
Come out! Come out!
717
00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:13,325
No, stop it!
718
00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:18,263
Please hurry...
he-he's gonna kill my sister.
719
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,265
Please hurry.
720
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,769
- Come on!
- Stop it, Franklin!
721
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:25,804
Franklin, stop!
722
00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:28,273
Come out! Come out!
723
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,775
Franklin, stop!
724
00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:32,043
Franklin, calm down!
725
00:38:32,077 --> 00:38:35,981
Calm down, baby, please.
Please calm down. Okay?
726
00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:40,652
Just calm down. Just calm down.
727
00:38:40,686 --> 00:38:44,823
Just... Okay. No, no, no,
no, no. Put that down.
728
00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:46,392
The cops are coming.
729
00:38:46,425 --> 00:38:48,727
I need you to put that down,
all right?
730
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,162
Please calm down, okay?
731
00:38:51,196 --> 00:38:53,164
Just calm down.
732
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,266
Is that the police?
733
00:38:58,269 --> 00:38:59,971
Put that...
Put that down, baby. Okay?
734
00:39:00,005 --> 00:39:01,749
They're gonna think
you have a weapon. Please.
735
00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:05,310
Put it down, baby.
Please put it down, okay?
736
00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:09,748
Stay right there. Okay, he-he
doesn't have... he's not armed.
737
00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,926
- He's not armed. He's not armed!
- Put your hands up, sir!
738
00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:13,018
Is that police out there?
739
00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:15,253
Just give it a second, please.
740
00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:16,926
- Put your hands up now!
- He's not armed.
741
00:39:16,955 --> 00:39:20,225
- He's not...
- Franklin!
742
00:39:20,258 --> 00:39:23,995
My God! I said he didn't
have a weapon! My God.
743
00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:26,031
- Who else is here?
- M-My sisters.
744
00:39:26,064 --> 00:39:28,867
They-They're in the...
They're in the bathroom, hiding.
745
00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,669
You can come out now. He's down!
746
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:33,672
Franklin! My God.
My God, my baby.
747
00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,741
- God.
- Candace, he'll be okay.
748
00:39:35,774 --> 00:39:37,509
They just tased him
to calm him down.
749
00:39:37,543 --> 00:39:40,512
- They had to calm him down.
- You called the police?
750
00:39:40,546 --> 00:39:42,614
- I had to. He was gonna kill you.
- No, wait.
751
00:39:42,648 --> 00:39:44,358
Hey! Calm down,
or else I'll take you both in!
752
00:39:44,382 --> 00:39:45,751
Take him where?
753
00:39:45,784 --> 00:39:47,185
We got to take him downtown,
ma'am.
754
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,720
No, no, you can't take him
anywhere.
755
00:39:48,754 --> 00:39:50,522
He's just 19, Officer.
He's a baby.
756
00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:52,691
He didn't mean it.
He didn't mean it.
757
00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:55,894
He didn't, Officer.
Listen. Officer.
758
00:39:55,927 --> 00:39:59,397
My son has mental issues, and
he's normally perfectly calm.
759
00:39:59,431 --> 00:40:00,966
All right, we'll take that
760
00:40:00,999 --> 00:40:02,410
- into consideration...
- If he takes his medicine.
761
00:40:02,434 --> 00:40:04,736
And notify the proper
authorities, all right?
762
00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:06,481
- Now, make a list of all of his meds.
- No, no, no, Officer.
763
00:40:06,505 --> 00:40:08,082
And bring it downtown to the
precinct with you, okay?
764
00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:09,786
Listen to me, he's got
mental issues, okay?
765
00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:13,712
Don't hurt him.
Don't hurt my baby.
766
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:15,413
Wait, Candace... Candace.
767
00:40:15,447 --> 00:40:18,116
No, stay away from me, Cookie.
768
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,819
You called the police on my son!
769
00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:22,654
You could have
gotten him killed.
770
00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:26,658
I...
771
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,296
You are not my sister.
772
00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,805
I never want to see you again.
773
00:40:39,838 --> 00:40:41,973
Franklin.
774
00:40:43,775 --> 00:40:45,577
I mean, he was gonna kill her.
775
00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:47,178
It's okay. It's okay.
776
00:40:47,212 --> 00:40:48,780
What did she want me to do?
777
00:40:48,814 --> 00:40:52,083
He was gonna kill her.
778
00:40:52,117 --> 00:40:54,052
He was gonna kill her.
779
00:40:56,121 --> 00:41:00,358
It's okay, Cook.
780
00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:45,336
Hey, y'all.
781
00:41:45,370 --> 00:41:48,139
It's Cookie.
782
00:41:48,173 --> 00:41:51,242
I can't hide this
783
00:41:51,276 --> 00:41:56,014
so I might as well... be honest.
784
00:41:57,916 --> 00:42:02,387
Someone I love very much
did this to me.
785
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:04,255
No, no, no, no, no.
786
00:42:04,289 --> 00:42:09,060
I-It w-wasn't Lucious
or my sons.
787
00:42:09,094 --> 00:42:13,231
It was a very troubled child.
788
00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:19,571
And I had to make a choice.
789
00:42:19,605 --> 00:42:24,109
I did something I never thought
I'd have to do.
790
00:42:24,142 --> 00:42:27,045
I called the police
791
00:42:27,078 --> 00:42:31,016
because I needed to save
one loved one from another.
792
00:42:33,051 --> 00:42:37,055
And when the cops got there,
I was so scared.
793
00:42:40,826 --> 00:42:45,296
I was scared because...
794
00:42:45,330 --> 00:42:48,033
I thought I would lose someone
I love so much
795
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:50,902
to a cop's bullet.
796
00:42:55,641 --> 00:42:58,109
Well, that's what it's like
to be black
797
00:42:58,143 --> 00:43:00,846
and brown in this country.
798
00:43:02,981 --> 00:43:05,617
My God...
799
00:43:05,651 --> 00:43:07,786
Who do we call?
800
00:43:07,819 --> 00:43:11,589
Who do we call
when we need help?
801
00:43:13,258 --> 00:43:15,961
Who will protect us?
802
00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:05,643
Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH.
803
00:44:07,846 --> 00:44:09,981
Now that Empire
has you all fired up,
804
00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:12,317
here are a few more shows
to check out from Fox.
805
00:44:14,419 --> 00:44:15,653
Buckle up, buttercup.
806
00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:20,325
It's real, and it pulls
people together.
807
00:44:27,532 --> 00:44:28,533
Touchdown!
808
00:44:41,379 --> 00:44:43,348
That sounds like fun.
58663