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["Changes"]

♪ Come on come on I see no changes ♪

♪ Wake up in the mornin and I ask myself ♪

♪ Is life worth living ♪♪

You didn't tell me these rows would ache, Ma.

Fashion hurts.

Hurts my eyes, Lutheretta.

Lutheretta? You callin' me a girl?

It ain't don't look too tough, that's all.

I like it, Lu.

There we go.

Look at the poster, and tell me

I don't look like "The Answer."

You look like Brandy.

[laughing]

- Hey. - Cedric, I saw that.

- He needs his strength. - Uh-huh.

And it's Thanksgivin' for him, too.

Can I have the wishbone, Vaughn?

Man, what you gonna wish for?

I don't know. Lots of things.

Uh-uh-uh.

First, we say our thanks.

♪ That's just the way it is ♪

[Maeve] 'Lord, we're grateful for the meal'

we are about to receive, and the blessings of family.

For Vaughn..

'...who stepped into his daddy's shoes after his passin'..'

...and for Cedric, always bringin' home his stray mutts

'and whatnot.'

He ain't a mutt.

And for Quincy, my dreamer

'head in the clouds'

'and Luther, the Answer, who don't look like Brandy.'

- Much. - Hey.

'And finally, for our baby Patrick.'

Let him get any wish he wants.

And for you too, ma.

And for me, too.

- Amen. - Amen.

Ready.

♪ And although it seems heaven sent ♪

♪ We ain't ready to see a black president ♪

[intense music]

[crowd clamoring]

[siren wailing]

[gunshots]

[police radio chatter]

[clamor]

[cameras clicking]

Aye yo, if I'm being held, I want a lawyer.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Hey, you wanna talk about the murders

just went down, talk.

Otherwise, shut up till we get to you.

Yo, I ain't seen no murders.

You sit on that stoop all day

but you missed these gangsters tradin' shots?

Hey yo, screw all cops, alright, a thousand times.

That's good attitude, Doughboy.

Hey, boss. We're back on the line tonight?

Hell, they got a triple. They need all the help they can get.

Quiet out here, huh?

Little slice of paradise.

What went down?

Ninth Street Gang had a shootout with the O's.

What's the score?

Three dead, one wounded.

All gangsters. Community service murders.

Anybody talking?

Lot of talk. No help.

[Maeve] 'No! Luther! Is that Luther?'

'Let me go. That's my boy out there.'

Do you understand me?

My boy is out there. That is my son.

I know her.

Yeah?

Her son died.

It was, uh, my first homicide.

Practically makes you friends.

And maybe she'll talk to you.

You-you get out of my face! Get out of my face!

- Who do you think you are? - Hey, hey, hey.

Mrs. Bubley, you remember me?

- I gotta get past this tape. - You can't do that right now.

I'm Detective Rush. I worked your son's murder.

Which son?

It was...in '99.

Vaughn.

Right. Vaughn.

And now we lost Luther.

I'm so sorry.

Don't be sorry, little girl.

Just get out of my way.

Any idea who might have done this to him?

Like you gonna solve his murder?

I'm gonna try.

Like you solved Vaughn's?

Or Cedric's? Or Quincy's?

You've lost four sons?

Patrick's all I got left.

And after he gets gunned down

you won't solve his murder either.

[theme music]

- Sutton comin'? - She took a leave.

Yeah? She say why?

Just said it was personal.

Four out of five brothers, dead.

All shot in Fairhill, all unsolved.

Mother give you any help on who killed 'em?

Mother gave me crap. Hates cops.

So the shooting last night..

...just another turf war between the O's and the Ninth Streeters?

Looks that way. But the gang unit says the leader of the O's

Miguel Maldonado, has some kind of running feud

with the Bubley family.

What about?

Don't know, but Miguel's name is in every one of these boxes

as a person of interest.

So we think he's behind all the murders.

What if Luther didn't just get caught up

in a turf war last night?

Maybe it was personal.

The problem is, Miguel's untouchable.

'Cause snitches get stitches.

And he's known as a real sadist.

Well, there's one brother left. Patrick.

We get someone to finger Miguel

for any of these jobs. we put him away.

Solve one Bubley murder, solve 'em all.

And maybe keep Patrick from joining his brothers here.

Ow! What the hell?

Why'd Luther Bubley shoot you, Carlos?

I didn't see no one shoot no one.

We got preliminary ballistics back.

So?

So Luther's gun put that hole in your leg.

Maybe he shot me.

Ain't no thing.

And your boys shot him up outside that market.

Your boss Miguel tell you to kill Luther?

Over his problem with the Bubleys?

Bubleys ain't nothin' to Miguel.

- Aah! - So why's he killing them off?

You the police.

You can't be gettin' all torture chamber on me.

Sorry. What?

- Aah! My leg! - Your what?

Okay! Okay, okay. Damn!

You a terrible cop, you know that?

Last night. Yin's market. How's the shootin' start?

I was jus' goofin' around on my scooter..

["Let The Drummer Kick"]

Hey, go grab some milk, man, I'll grab these flakes, alright?

- I don't want cereal. - Yeah, maybe ma wants some.

She don't eat nothin' but smoke no more.

You got to fill up before school.

I ain't goin' to school.

So what you sayin'?

You dropped out. Quit playin' ball.

Yeah, well, you ain't me, alright?

I'm not gonna let you waste your talent bein' stupid.

You wasted yours.

♪ Creation Incarceration ♪

♪ Determination Equation ♪

- Yo, go home, Trick. - What?

I said go home, now.

Alright, fine.

Whatever.

♪ Elation Identification ♪

Yo man. This for Web D.

[gunshot]

[shouting]

♪ Inspiration ♪

[gunshots]

Fool had no cause to do what he did.

What was he talkin' about, Web D?

You find out, you tell me.

Like to know why I was capped.

Thanks, Carlos.

[groans]

What?

Patrick, this is Detective Jeffries.

We spoke to the guy your brother shot in the market.

He said you were at the scene.

Nah.

Luther said the shooting was for Web D.

What's that mean?

What happened to Luther don't concern you.

'Cause you're gonna to take care of it?

Someone's got to.

Maeve.

You again?

We're working on your sons' murders.

[Jeffries] 'Maeve, my name is Will.'

Look, we need your help here.

Clean out of help for the police.

We think Miguel Maldonado's responsible

for killing your boys.

And?

And if we solve Luther's murder from last night

maybe we can close all your boys' cases.

I don't know nothin' about nothin'.

Come on, let's focus here.

Don't you talk to me like that.

You lost kids? You?

Then get out of here. I got no use for you.

That's not how you felt back in '99.

When Vaughn died. I was there, remember?

You wanted my help then.

♪ Why does my heart ♪

♪ Feel so bad ♪

♪ Why does my soul ♪

♪ Feel so bad ♪

[Maeve] 'Oh!'

Aw, crap.

Critter's got family.

Should I...notify 'em?

Yeah. Go on.

I've, I've just never done it before.

This is the perfect opportunity, then

because this here ain't nothin' but an NHI.

- No humans involved. - Yep.

I don't really believe in that.

Stick around long enough

and your bleeding heart will run dry real soon.

Oh, that can't be my boy.

- It's Vaughn Bubley. - Oh, God, no.

Vaughn's dead?

I'm afraid so.

Do you have any idea who might have done this? Any of you?

He wasn't buying and he wasn't bangin'

if that's what you're thinking.

No. I wasn't.

He was a good boy. He worked hard.

You got to find out who did this, lady.

He was like a father to his brothers, you understand?

Yes.

Vaughn's really dead?

I'm sorry.

I ain't gonna make it without him.

♪ Why does my heart ♪♪

That was a long time back.

We know you've had it rough.

You know?

Well, you understand my life?

I'm trying to, Maeve.

Don't. Don't waste your time.

Dolin' out your sorry ass pity like it's gonna do something

when everyone knows it ain't nothin' but bull.

White policewoman's bull!

Come on, Maeve.

Yup, I got a funeral to plan.

A burial to see to.

Know how much that costs?

Hmm? You think I got money to pay for another boy dyin'?

Layin' him to rest in-in-in any kind of decent way?

Any luck with the Bubleys?

No.

Nothin' on Maldonado? Web D?

A weird thing happened today

when I was talkin' to the mother.

Yeah?

Ah, she was goin' off on a tear, and I just..

...tuned out.

Like I didn't care.

You're doing a J-O-B, Lil.

Sometimes that's all there is.

You ever meet my first partner? Ben Fulcrum.

Retired now, isn't he?

I keep hearin' his voice in my head.

- NHI, NHI. - You're not like that.

I was...today.

So tomorrow will be different.

Maybe. But I'll quit

before I look in the mirror and start seein'

Fulcrum's face starin' back at me.

I've seen your old partner's face. Nobody wants that.

The Bubleys hate us...boss.

Lot of Fairhill does.

So how do we keep from hating them back?

Boss say how long Sutton's on leave?

Nope.

Maybe she ran off with Sergeant White.

Gil Sherman told me what really went down at Northeast.

Yeah? Dish.

It was a one-way thing.

Guy made her life hell chasing her skirt around.

So they never..

Mm-mm.

She could've set the record straight.

Didn't think she had to.

That the security tape from the market?

Well, remember how no one saw nothin'?

Interviewed every one of those guys, no help.

Same old same old.

Hey, that tall kid with all the bling.

He's in Quincy Bubley's file, too.

Theodore Clauson. Street name "Cartier."

[Rush] 'Busted twice for sellin' rock.'

And?

Was questioned as a witness in Quincy Bubley's murder, '03.

He talk back then?

Says here he couldn't recall the tragic events in question.

Guy witnessed two Bubleys get murdered. That's something.

Lied to our faces the other night.

Why is he gonna talk today?

We'll give him some incentive.

Cartier's got to make a living.

Pay for all that bling.

No drugs today?

Shut him down.

So, I got lemon. Lemon...and lemon.

- No cherry? - Lemon.

You guys friends of Cartier's?

Family, actually.

You lookin' to score?

Hook a brother up.

Hey, one sec, we'll get 'em for you.

Cartier. Got another customer.

[Cartier] 'Oh, yeah, huh?'

Where should we send him?

[Vera] 'Next village over, to your competition?'

Or a little east, into O-Town?

Man! Y'all messin' with my livelihood!

Hey, Cartier, hook a brother up.

Are you really as stupid as you are?

Huh?

No drugs today, Biff.

Okay, okay! I'm playin'.

Why'd Luther Bubley shoot Carlos?

I don't know. For real.

For real, what's Web D?

Ask me a question I cananswer.

'Cause I cannot afford to have you on my stoop.

[Vera] 'Quincy Bubley, '03. You were there when he was killed.'

[Jeffries] 'What happened?'

Quincy messed up. He went out of bounds.

Out of bounds how?

He got desperate to support his family

after Vaughn and Cedric passed.

Hey, don't anyone know what day it is?

- Thanksgivin'. - That's right.

And look what I brought.

You brought chicken for Thanksgivin'?

And I got the sides.

So get some plates on the table.

[Maeve] Quincy, you bring me somethin'?

Come on, ma. Not now.

Alright, no, no, you're right.

Uh, Ma, Lu's fixin' you a plate.

Oh no. I-I-I ain't hungry.

I-I'll watch you eat.

We should say a blessing. Like we used to.

Come on, ma, let's do it.

Alright.

Think I remember how it's done.

Lord, we thank you for the meal we're about to receive..

...for the blessings of family..

Keep goin', ma, you're doing good.

Well, I can't.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Yeah. We'll just eat.

But you wait till next year..

You'll see I'll be back to my old self.

There you go.

You know, get my job, at the beauty shop back

and get you off the streets.

That sounds good.

Next Thanksgivin', can we have some of your pumpkin pie?

Aw, now you got me thinkin' about it.

Well, maybe-maybe, maybe it ain't too late.

Maybe I can still whip one up.

I'll run to the store if you want. Get what you need.

But it's Thanksgivin'.

I'm havin' dinner with..

Yeah, alright. Alright.

I'm comin'.

I gotta go, ma. Sorry.

We'll save a slice of pie for you.

Maybe.

Come on, we gotta go.

All gonna be different, Quincy.

[gunshots]

[tires screeching]

You see who pulled the trigger?

Flash of light, screeching tires.

But you got a notion.

Told you, Quincy was desperate

to make bank, to do right for his family.

And?

And he branched out.

Started sellin' on the wrong block.

Whose block?

Jesus Maldonado.

Miguel's cousin.

Why don't Miguel call me?

I guess he's busy.

He's gonna be a daddy.

That's Miguel's girl.

Five-O! Five-O!

Hey, what are you doin'?

Hey.

Jesus Maldonado?

- What do you want? - Let's have a chat.

- When's the baby coming? - I don't know.

Can take you to see a doctor.

Why do you care? Ain't like you knocked me up.

I know a clinic nearby.

And you gonna get me in?

I'll take you there. We'll talk about the daddy to be.

I ain't no snitch.

- What is he hasslin' my woman? - Your woman?

- Thought she was Miguel's. - Whatever.

She's pretty.

[Valens] Hanging with bangers though. That can get her in trouble.

Bull.

DHS gets word, they take the baby.

- Close that up, man. - That mean you gonna talk?

- About what? - Quincy Bubley.

Sold on your corner in '03. Got shot up for it.

Nah.

Miguel give those orders?

Then I hate doin' this. Baby should be with their ma.

Oh, come on, man. Don't twist her up.

Why's Miguel got it out for the Bubleys?

Bubleys bring it on themselves.

They are at fault of dyin'?

They're defective, man. They got bad genes.

- Aw, you made a study. - Nah, I seen it for myself.

The night Cedric Bubley was killed.

[chatter]

[hip-hop music]

Why you on me like that when you know I'm Miguel's girl?

He don't care about you, Letecia.

He just don't like to show it.

Don't you know he's all wrong for you?

- And you're right? - I'll prove it.

I'm with your cousin.

And he's with about ten other girls too.

Don't you wanna be special?

I wanna see Miguel.

Probably up there with one of them now.

You shut up, Jesus.

[intense music]

But Maeve Bubley was partying

with the man who's killing off her kids.

The same night one of 'em gets dead.

You see what I'm saying about bad genes?

That's cold.

Mom like you, Maeve..

...it's a wonder you have any boys left alive.

You are one tight-assed bitch, you know that?

And to think I actually felt bad for you.

Well, Cedric's body wasn't even cold yet.

[Rush] 'And you're lighting up with his killer.'

That's what you think, huh?

I think you know why Miguel's killing your boys.

You're so desperate to get your high on you don't even care.

I wanna leave.

That rock in your apartment, says you're staying.

I ain't talkin' about that night.

You wanna stonewall? Go ahead.

Stay here, get good and dopesick.

[door slams]

[sighs]

Miguel ever finds out I let a cop take me to the doctors--

He's the one that should be here with you.

Yeah, well..

Too busy, huh?

Killing off kids.

I said I ain't a snitch.

'You know Maeve Bubley?'

Lady you saw Miguel smoking crack with at the O's one night?

Yeah. So?

What was she doing there?

Miguel don't tell me nothing.

So he never confided he murdered four of her sons?

Got any feelings about that?

He's bad.

I know.

Is he bad to you?

Runs with other girls?

Gets you in this situation, then adios?

- Yeah. - So why are you loyal to him?

He ain't to you.

All I know about that woman is one of her sons asked for it.

Which one?

Sorry-looking one, with glasses.

Cedric?

Yeah.

Same night she was at the party, but earlier..

...when we was out for dinner.

[Latin American music]

[chuckles]

[singing in foreign language]

Miguel Maldonado.

Who's askin'?

You killed my brother, Vaughn.

Vaughn?

He Urkel-looking like you?

It's been two years, and my family...can't get back.

Two years.

And you just found your cojones?

We tried gettin' better, but what you took..

...we're still missin'.

What do you want me to do about it?

- 'Unh-unh.' - This is for Web D.

Come on, then!

[Letecia] 'I know you.'

You work at the pet store.

You sold me a scratch post.

Come on now, pet boy, shoot!

You ruined our family.

You should've pulled the trigger when you had a chance!

So Miguel set after him?

I just know he got shot that night.

Probably not a coincidence.

I know you're right.

Miguel's no good.

But I'm hung up on him.

Bet he'll make a hell of a parent.

So, Miguel kills Vaughn in '99.

And Cedric gets killed in '01, trying to get payback.

Leaving the Bubleys without a breadwinner.

Quincy gets desperate, starts selling on the wrong corner.

[Jeffries] 'Gets himself shot'

by the O's. Thanksgiving, '03.

Then Luther trades shots with another O

at Yin's, a couple nights ago.

And says it's for Web D.

Why did Miguel kill Vaughn in the first place?

And what's this Web D everyone's dying over?

Where's my mom?

I bet he knows.

Alright, just settle down, son.

Uh, it's okay.

Come on.

I know you got her here.

I got a hold of your report cards, Patrick.

From elementary school.

You gonna tell me where she is or not?

Now, you were a gifted student.

Honors classes.

Then I checked out high school.

You're failing out.

I got other things to tend to.

What's Web D?

Why'd Miguel kill Vaughn?

I wanna see my mom.

- Now! - Think I care what you want?

Yeah, that's right.

Showing your true colors now.

Well, I'm busy, Patrick.

You wanna know why I won't talk to you?

[chuckles] Not really.

'Cause you look at people like us

and think NHI.

No humans involved.

Think what you want, just get outta my face.

Guess who's crying out for room service?

Twitchin' pretty bad, huh, Maeve?

I tell you what you want

you let me out of here?

You don't make the deals, we do.

I gotta get what I need.

Then start talking about Miguel.

Why you were at his place, the night Cedric was killed.

It wasn't for drugs, like you think.

I was clean my whole life before then.

We don't care about your drug history.

Just why you were partying with Miguel.

You can't tell Patrick.

Crack making you deaf?

You talk, we deal.

Alright, I'll tell you.

And I hope you choke on it.

They say my boy Cedric, is in a dumpster...someplace.

Okay.

There's a lot of those in Fairhill.

This the boy who... put a gun on my girl?

I gotta find him.

Bury him right.

I feel you.

'But..'

...ain't nothing free.

I don't got no money.

There are other ways to pay, you know.

Just..

Please..

Tell me where my son is.

This is my trigger finger.

You gonna start here.

No.

Come on.

[sobbing]

You wanna suck on this first?

Get you warmed up?

[sobbing]

He say where Cedric was?

In alley dumpster.

Cast off like trash.

Happy now?

No.

You wanna finish me off?

Go on...tell Patrick.

We won't, Maeve.

Then I can get the hell outta here?

Go get what I need?

DA's office say we could charge Miguel?

We can arrest him for sexual assault.

But the case will never make.

'Cause Maeve won't testify.

But Miguel doesn't know that.

Neither does Jesus.

So, let's make a deal with him.

Get him to flip on his cousin.

Well, then he takes over the O's.

We replace one Maldonado for another.

It's better than doing nothing.

Patrick Bubley's not gonna care who's running the O's.

He's gonna want revenge either way.

We ain't gonna get them both, Lil.

Yeah, we gotta pick our battles, win the ones we can.

Well, it's no win if Maeve loses her last son.

You got a better idea?

You ain't got nothin' on me.

Keep walking and shut up.

- I ain't do nothin'. - I said shut it, Miguel.

Ain't no thang.

I ain't sweatin', cuz.

Yeah, you will be.

Hey, what? You wanna go with him?

[tires screeching]

Get out.

Come on.

You gonna kick my ass now or what?

I wish.

[Valens] 'Yeah, we know Miguel killed those four brothers.'

We just can't prove it.

Well, that's your problem.

Well, let's think for a second here.

You really want Miguel back out on the street?

'Cause it had occurred to us that maybe you want

to run the O's yourself.

If someone's got to be king..

...maybe now you finally get your queen.

- 'Letecia.' - Hey, don't talk about her.

She's hung up on Miguel right now

but how long is that gonna last?

Her man rotting away in a jail cell?

She's gonna move on.

Miguel's my blood.

So's that kid she's having.

He's gonna need a father.

You give us something real, Jesus.

Miguel never steps foot in O-Town again.

Vaughn Bubley. 1999.

How'd it go down?

Wrong is how it went.

All wrong.

[Vaughn] 'That's it, Trick.'

All you gotta do is push off

and then float.

Push and float.

Yeah, that's it, little man.

Push and float.

Yeah, push and float.

Whoa.

Check me out, V, I'm flying!

She just showed up. Hey, hey, hey!

'What's up, little brother?'

- This is my alley. - Sorry.

[Vaughn] 'Hey!'

What are you doing?

Well, taking this.

Go home, Patrick.

Nah. I ain't leaving you here alone.

Look, I said, go home.

Look, that scooter means a lot to my brother.

A lot to me, too.

This scooter ain't his no more.

Look, man, I 'm asking you...with respect.

Please, give me back the scooter.

Come on, cuz, it's only a scooter.

Then, tell that to him, bro. What's up?

- What you doing, man? - I ain't lettin' go.

I ain't lettin' go, man!

Man, I'll hit ya.

[chuckles]

You win, dawg.

And here's your prize!

[gunshot]

Four boys dead.

All over a scooter.

Where we going?

I wanna show you something.

We've arrested Miguel Maldonado

for killing Vaughn.

So who took over the O's?

Now, you going after them, huh?

Road you're going down, Patrick, leads right here.

There's a spot open..

...next to your brothers.

Maybe that's just how it goes.

Patrick, you're 15.

'You're just beginning your life.'

I got their deaths on my back.

You think they want this for you?

Think your mom wants that?

- You don't understand. - No, I don't.

But I need to.

Why?

'Cause it's how I stay human.

You are gonna make it without 'em.

Tell me what Web D is.

Nothing but dead air.

It's gotta be something.

I don't believe four boys are dead over a scooter.

It wasn't just a scooter.

It stood for something?

[sighs]

Everything.

And now for the winner of the 1999

WEB Du Bois Essay Contest..

...Patrick Bubley.

[applause]

Come on over here, son.

Get your brand-new scooter.

[laughs]

Now, I'm sure the audience would like to hear some

of that winning essay of yours.

You want me to read it? Now?

Maybe just the beginning.

Alright.

"In our city of Philadelphia

"in 1910, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote

"There is in this world no such force

as the force of a person determined to rise."

And I wrote about how I think so, too.

[applause]

You did so good, Patrick.

You know what I'm gonna call my scooter?

What, little man?

Web D, like W.E.B. Du Bois.

[laughing]

Web D.

That's good, Trick. I like that.

Teach me how to ride.

Oh, yeah, man. It's easy.

All you gotta do is push off and then float.

Push and float.

Push and float.

["Faith In You"]

♪Doo da da dum♪

♪Doo da da da♪

♪Doo da da doo dada da ♪

♪ I don't kiss the future like the fortune tellers do ♪

♪ So I can't dream with you at night ♪

♪ Pessimism's hunger changes everything ♪

♪ I wish I walked with faith ♪

♪ And not by sight but ♪

♪ You know with anything you do ♪

♪ There's a hundred people bringing you down ♪

♪Bringing you down♪

♪ Oh no matterwhoyou are ♪

♪ Don't let 'em make you 'cause they'll break you ♪

♪ Don't let 'em love you 'cause they'll hate you even more ♪

♪ So if no one else believes in you ♪

♪ I'm completely yours ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪ No matter what this life puts in front of you ♪

♪ You can save this world ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪Doo da da da♪

♪ Oh doo da da dum♪

♪Doo da da da♪

♪Doo da da da ♪

♪ Anyone who knows you sees the renaissance in you ♪

♪ And I have to try and act surprised ♪

♪ I'm a prime demotivator says my point of view ♪

♪ I wish I had some cheer ♪

♪ To lead you to but ♪

♪ No matter how much good you do ♪

♪ There's a million people wishing you harm ♪

♪Wishing you harm♪

♪ I'm telling you ♪

♪ No matter who you are ♪

♪ Don't let 'em make you 'cause they'll break you ♪

♪ Don't let 'em love you 'cause they'll hate you even more ♪

♪ So if no one else believes in you ♪

♪ I'm completely yours ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪ No matter what this life puts in front of you ♪

♪ You can save this world ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪ Thank you ♪

♪ Thank you ♪

♪ Oh ho ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪Doo da da dum♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪

♪ Doo da da doo ♪

♪ I got so much faith in you ♪♪

[female narrator] Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.

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