Empire (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Sins of the Father - full transcript

Previously on Empire...
She working with Beretti.

ANIKA: You are accusing me
of betrayal?

After all those women,
all those lies, and now her?

I told you that's over.

It's not over.
It's over!

It's not...
It's over!

VERNON: Olivia's living with
some dude put his hands on her,

so she got an order
of protection against him.

Jamal, you think
there's a possibility

that this little girl might

really be your daughter?
Yeah.



COOKIE:
Nothing good

can come from loving you.

You know I got rules, right?

Oh, man, break
the rules.

Lucious is my boss.

Listen, you're
off limits to me.

I think I would be
the most qualified

to be the interim
head of the company

if for any reason
Lucious Lyon

were to be temporarily
incapacitated.

LUCIOUS:
You will never run my company!

I work harder than
anybody up in here.

I made Empire!

(indistinct shouting)



Hold him down.

(Andre groans)

COOKIE:
Lucious, don't do this.

(sighs)

(sniffles, clears throat)

Lucious ain't gonna make it,

but he said he's gonna see you
tomorrow, baby, at the house

when we sign those
papers for the IPO.

MAN: Should we go ahead
without him?

Sure.

♪ I'm robbing you
for your love ♪

♪ She's robbing me for my love ♪

♪ It's a shake down,
shake down ♪

♪ Boy, you ain't
gotta say nothing ♪

♪ Well, baby,
put your hands up then ♪

♪ Shake down ♪

♪ Shake down ♪
♪ Shake down ♪

♪ Shake down ♪ ♪ Ooh-ooh,
ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Shake down ♪
♪ Down ♪

♪ I see us in your chamber ♪

♪ Your heart's in danger ♪
♪ I'm taking your love ♪

♪ Won't you just give it up? ♪

♪ Shake down... ♪

I'm Dr. Sirak,
Andre's psychiatrist,

and this is Michelle White,
our music therapist.

Music therapy?

Are y'all serious?

(sighs)

Don't worry about it, Andre.
Mama gonna put a lid on that.

Music therapy
can be very effective

treating bipolar disorder.

It helps with stress,
depression,

extreme highs and lows
and thoughts of suicide.

SIRAK:
Andre responds well to it.

HAKEEM:
And plus,

he responds well to all
the money we finna make.

Bro, are you
excited that we got

this IPO thing started?

Yeah. JAMAL: Yeah,
man, that's-that's all

'cause of you, Dre. It's...
COOKIE: Yeah.

Us signing over these shares--
that's crazy symbolic.

This is the final step before

your company is
publicly traded, babe.

You have to be there.

COOKIE:
Hey, hey, just

everybody hold on
for a minute.

And what is this
bipolar disorder?

Is this your idea?

Mine?
Yes, yours.

Yeah, 'cause you know
that wack stuff,

the psychiatrists and-and-and...

and-and music therapy,

whatever this is--
that's white people problems.

See, 'cause my
baby's strong.

He's a Lyon.
He can beat anything.

No, this isn't
a white person thing, Cookie.

I was diagnosed
my junior year in college.

That was when he had
his first psychotic break.

Never fear. Andre's here.

(laughs) I got presents.

Presents for everybody.
Dre, why you away from school?

Olivia, let's see what I got for
my dear, darling sister-in-law.

School is for
ordinary people, J.

Andre is... exceptional.

JAMAL:
What's wrong with you?

Lucious, is this your oldest?
Yeah.

Uh, they call me
Andre Lyon, pretty lady.

You can call me...
♪ Santa Claus. ♪

(laughs)
She's pretty, Papa.

Hey. Why you tripping, man?
I'm fine! I'm good!

Hey, it's Christmas in July,
Pop. Ho, ho, ho.

Oh, it's not July,
though, is it?

Y'all, Andre's tripping.
It's all... It's Christmastime.

I got watches, I got scarves, got hats.
Andre... no, no. Whoa, whoa.

Dre, come here. Come on, come on.
Oh, what's going on?

JAMAL: What's wrong with him?
ANDRE: I love you, Dad.

That's why I came.
What are you smoking?

Smoking nothing.
Smoking happiness.

Merry Christmas.
God bless everyone!

Andre,

I'm so sorry I wasn't
there for you, baby.

I'm so sorry.

We gonna go to
your daddy's house,

and we gonna sign away
your shares

so the company
can become public.

This is all happening
because of you, Dre.

JAMAL: Dre, it's all
'cause of you.

Know what I'm saying?
Empire going public.

We wouldn't even know
what IPO was

if it wasn't for you.

HAKEEM:
And Dad still needs you.

You know he can't bring this
thing home without you, bro.

Come here. Come here.

I don't what's gonna happen...

but whatever

that judge says,

I want you to remember
Mommy loves you.

Don't you ever
forget that, okay?

(crying): He won't talk.
RHONDA: I know.

(sniffles)

So you really are trying
to give Cookie

the same amount of shares
as the boys, huh?

My way of thinking is,
if she has her own,

she's not gonna give
me that much trouble

when I ask her to
sign the prenup.

Come on, man,
you're not seriously thinking

about marrying her again?

I want to spend the rest
of my life with Cookie.

Having my family with me before
I die-- that's what's important.

Well, if family's important
to you, you need to go

to the hospital
and see Andre.

(sighs)

Yeah, I don't want
to see him like that.

I'll see him at the house when
we do the transfer of the stock.

Okay. So you think Cookie's
gonna be okay with this?

Cookie missed out on
raising our-our boys.

We got a second
chance now with Lola.

She loves her.

Yeah, me, Lola and Cookie.

I'm gonna get it
right this time.

Oh.

We got reasons
to be cheerful, bro.

Can't believe we're about
to take this thing public.

After all these years. Come on,
now, don't leave me hanging.

We?

You mean me.

This is mine.
I built this.

Yeah, right.

So this is about
me and Dre, huh?

And the temporary
incapacitation, now.

We were trying
to protect you, bro.

Yeah. You tried
to pull a cool on me.

Now, Andre I expect that from
because he's book-smart,

but you-- you from the streets.

You ought to know better.

At least I thought you did.

All right.
Like you said, all right?

This is all you, right?

This your company.

(knocking)

Come in.

May I have a word?

Uh-oh.

Did I violate

some top secret,
super classified

security code?
No.

I'm the one that
violated the code.

My own personal
code of conduct.

And that's a problem.
Yeah, well,

I'm sure you know
I got a nasty rap sheet,

so I'm not really one to judge.

Well, I've been disloyal
to my commander

by falling for his wife.

That is
a serious breach

of every pledge I've ever sworn.

So I hope you understand

I will be keeping my distance,
and...

I didn't want you to think
I wasn't, you know, around.

Yeah.
Um, wait.

Are you saying
you're falling for me?

I'm saying that

I can't stop thinking
about you.

And I'm sorry if I overstepped.

Malcolm...

You want to leave?

You want me to?

No.

JAMAL:
♪ When I look at you ♪

♪ I see a piece of me ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Make me happy every time ♪

♪ You count to three ♪
♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Never thought my heart ♪

♪ Would ever be complete ♪
♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Here's the lock
and you can throw away the key ♪

♪ Said I'm in love
with L-O-L-A ♪

♪ Lola, Lola, Lola ♪

♪ Said I'm in love
with L-O-L-A ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Lola, Lola, Lola ♪

♪ My Lola. ♪

(music cuts out)

(laughs)

You on the edge of
something epic in there.

Thank you, man. Thank you.
My man. Kudos.

It's good?

He's right.

You serious?

Lyrics are deep.

It's beautiful.
Thank you.

I got to ask you something
about it, though. It's...

What's up?

(sighs)

Is it just a
song, or is...

is that really you?

Oh.

I mean, I don't
think that Lola

should be staying
with my dad.

You know, especially
since Anika's gone.

Thinking about taking her
off his hands.

That's a big step.

Yeah, you were
the one that told me

I should spend time
with her, right?

Yeah, I know.
It's...

I respect your decision,
Jamal, so much.

Like...
it's beyond.

I don't know, I guess
you're a better man than me.

Ryan, come on, man.
It's not like I'm

asking you to co-parent
or something.

I know. Obviously,
we're not there yet.

I-I know. It's just...
it's not something

that I see taking on.

Right.

I respect
your decision, too.

Doesn't change mine, though.

She's my daughter.

I want to raise her.

Right here.
All right.

All right.

MAN:
Well, look what I found.

Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey.

Where's Lola?

Reg, please.

See, you can run,
but you can't hide.

(whimpers) And don't
walk away from Daddy.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Let's go get Lola.

All right?

Just walk.
(whispering): Please...

You belong to me,
and so does Lola.

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey, hey... ♪

Baby, I don't feel like
doing this right now.

I'm still worried about Dre.

I know you're hurting.

I know you feel deeply
about your brother.

Unlike your father,
who is a brute.

I'm just really bummed he didn't
come to the hospital with us.

You know? But we got
to cut Dad slack.

He's sick, you know?
Well,

Cookie may be vulgar,

but at least
she does make Jamal better,

which is what I'm trying
to do with you.

We've got to keep our eye
on that prize.

Give me another one.

(Camilla laughing)

I'm taking charge
of your look.

We're a team.

♪ ♪

♪ I don't know your name ♪

♪ But you heard my name ♪

♪ I know why you came,
trying to get that name ♪

♪ But you heard my name,
girl, I know... ♪

Now, that's what
I'm talking about.

Finally a partner to launch my
men's collection. (chuckles)

Who you say we're like again?

We are like Antony
and Cleopatra, darling.

Yeah, we just like them.

Hey, babe.

(sighs)
Should we go get changed?

You ready to make your
dad a billionaire?

This is your
night, Andre.

When you sign those papers, your
dad is gonna see that you are

the only one that...
I'm not going.

What do you mean
you're not going?

Vernon says Dad doesn't want
to see me like this.

Well, this is me. This is who I am.
(sighs)

Andre, please. You
can't let them win.

You have worked too
hard for this.

I don't care about winning.
Well, you can't

just stay here.

Why not?

Because...

I need you, Andre.

I am nothing without you.

Get off of me!

I'm giving you my proxy,

and you can sign for the shares.
I had Vernon

prepare a signed
power of attorney.

It's in an envelope
at the front desk.

You get the hell out of here.

Not sleepy.

Oh, really? Well, look,

Lola-bear is very sleepy and
wants you to close your eyes.

But-but Scary Bird
is gonna get us.

What's Scary Bird?
Is that a monster?

Hmm?

All right.

I promise
I won't let him get you.

He tries to hurt Mommy.

There's no Scary Birds here,
baby.

Well, I'll
tell you what.

There's definitely
no Scary Birds at my house.

Think you'd want to
come live with me?

Will Mommy be there?

No, but... I'll protect you.

I promise I'll never let
anything hurt you.

What do you say?

Want to come live with Daddy?

Yes.

Yeah?

(chuckles)

(snorting sounds)
(chuckles)

Three, two, one...
Man, just do

the damn thing
and stop wasting my time.

Thank you.

Congratulations,

Ms. Cookie Lyon, you
are now the head of A&R

for Empire Records.

What are you talking about,
Lucious?

That's what
you wanted.

Position's open.

Well, whatever
Cookie wants,

Cookie gets.

I want you
to be a better father.

I want you to think
about what our sons need

instead of being so self-serving
all the time.

And...

I want to produce
your tribute concert.

But under my own banner.

Cookie Lyon Presents...

The Lucious Lyon Sound.

Hey.

Cookie
and Lucious Lyon,

together...

again.

What are you talking about?

Hey, Dad, um,
can I talk to you for a second?

Hold that thought.

You're gonna love
where this is going.

♪ Hold up, hold up, hold up ♪

♪ Pop a bottle ♪
♪ Pop a bottle ♪

♪ Hold up, hold up, hold up ♪

♪ Let's get on it now ♪

♪ Smell that good on me, they gonna
follow ♪ ♪ They gonna follow ♪

♪ Throwin' money on her
like she won the lotto ♪

♪ The lottery ♪
♪ Really must be serious ♪

♪ Hold up ♪

♪ Scared of heights,
come face your fears ♪

♪ Hold up, hold up ♪

♪ Do it just like Nicki,
goin' and bend it over ♪

♪ Say she roll with me,
she tired of being a loner... ♪

Hi. I'm here for Vernon.
Hey.

♪ Oh, foreign girls
call me sexy ♪

All right.
♪ Hey, white girls ♪

♪ Give me Becky ♪
♪ Becky... ♪

Hey, Vernon.
What's up, Olivia?

A lot of people been looking
for you.

Damn straight, Vernon.

Aren't you glad I found her?

Who are you?

Reg.

♪ Makin' noise, hold up ♪

♪ Hold up, hold up,
hold up, hold up... ♪

Have a seat.

♪ We dem boyz ♪

♪ Hold up, we dem boyz ♪

♪ Hold up, we makin' noise... ♪

Olivia says

you're the one
who knows where Lola is.

♪ Hold up, hold up,
we dem boyz. ♪

It's getting worse, huh?

You haven't the slightest idea.

Look, that's one of the reasons

why I've decided
I'm gonna take Lola.

You've decided?

Yes, sir.

It's my responsibility.
I should step up.

You don't have
to do that, Jamal.

I want to.

I'm going to.

No, Lola don't need to be raised

in that kind of lifestyle, son.

Really?

What lifestyle is that?

Don't be a smart-ass, Jamal.

You know what I'm talking about.

Look, if you love Lola,

you want what's best
for her, right?

What if she's not perfect?

What if she has
that trait that you

just can't seem
to look at?

Andre, can you hear me, babe?

I'm gonna come visit you, okay?
Okay...

MAN:
Uh, Mr. Lyon,

your son has a serious
mental illness.

If he gets the right
care, he can lead...

Shut the hell up.

Gone. Y'all get out of here.

Wait, wait. Where are they
taking him, though?

Your brother's been working
too hard at school.

He just needs
a little vacation.

And you, little rich white girl,

don't you dare share this
with nobody at your school.

This is a family matter.

I won't say anything.

Mental illness?

No!

No one will
refer to my son

as having a mental illness.
It's all right.

Do you understand me?

(cell phone beeping)

(chuckles quietly)

¿Como estás, señorita?

Hey. I need to report
a code violation.

You're talking
about the violation

that's taking place
in the dining room

of the Lyons' residence,
I'm on that, ma'am.

Do you have a camera on me?
(laughs)

Where is it?

Oh, it's looking out
from that picture, isn't it?

Mm-hmm.

I'm gonna give you a reason
to arrest me

for indecent exposure.

I'm tracking you
with your phone's GPS.

There is no camera.

(laughs)

Well, too bad, 'cause I'm not
wearing any panties.

(chuckles) Well, I still want
to handcuff you.

Ooh, you talking dirty
to me, daddy.

Baby, guess who decided
out of nowhere

that they want to be a daddy.

Uh, Carol, girl, uh,
you know I told you,

you got to have that oil
bubbling hot

when you put your chicken in.

Yeah, so call me later.

Let me know how it works out.
All right, bye.

He's doing the right thing,
Lucious.

You need to support him.

I have been,
but you know that...

that Lola belongs here.

And I recall...

you wanting to raise
a little girl.

What are you...?

Well, looky here.
Hey.

Y'all all coordinated.
See, Lucious?

You just got to coordinate.

HAKEEM: Hey, yo, I hope
y'all don't mind,

I brought Camilla.
We've got a new song

we want to play
for y'all tonight.

Oh. So, Yoko, you got the
tambourine under that fur?

HAKEEM: Cut it out, Ma. (laughs)

Can we be civil, Cookie?

For Hakeem's sake?

Yeah, okay.

For Hakeem's sake.

'Cause I love
you, Hakeem.

She got her drawers wrapped
around my baby's neck.

He can't breathe.

JAMAL:
That's a good one. Yeah.

HAKEEM:
She's designing all my looks.

Look how cute he looks there.

That's a good one.

HAKEEM: That's how
you build our brand.

And Camilla had some
extra material,

so she made me a scarf.

Aw, fool, looks good.
You look chic.

She say we're like the new
Antony and Cleopatra.

(laughs) Child...

JAMAL: Y'all know
that's a tragedy,

where they end up dying
at the end, right?

Stop, boy.

Hey, everyone.

This is Ms. Jaworski.

She is our notary
for the night.

Hi. Who's ready to sign these
papers so we can get rich?

Not until Andre and
Rhonda get here.

Okay. Hey, why don't you
help yourself to the buffet

while we wait?
Yes, sir.

Well, this seems
like a good time.

LUCIOUS:
A good time for what?

Well, Hakeem and I
share some feelings...

Oh they're sharing
feelings now, y'all.

CAMILLA: ...is that
Hakeem's musical palette

is limited for an artist
at his level.

He should be expanding beyond
the simplistic rapping...

Wait, wait.
Hold on, Miss Thing.

He's a rapper.

That's what he does.
He raps.

Dad, just check her out.
Go ahead, baby.

Like, in the beginning,
the Lucious Lyon sound

drew on a variety
of influences.

And Hakeem
has developed

his own sound in the same way.

♪ ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I'm living in the public eye ♪

♪ Here a camera,
there a camera ♪

♪ I ain't never lie ♪

♪ We can't even be alone ♪

♪ They wanna take a pic ♪

♪ Baby, even though
I'm loving life ♪

♪ It can be a bitch ♪

♪ I guess things
are getting serious ♪

♪ Got a new bae
and it's a fiasco ♪

♪ I ain't talking Lupe,
here da BS go ♪

♪ I'm doing my best, though ♪

♪ If I cared 'bout
what they said ♪

♪ Why would you be here fo'? ♪

♪ You keep huffin' and puffin' ♪

♪ You be thinkin' I'm bluffin' ♪

♪ You get mad and holla back
and that's the end of ♪

♪ Discussion,
now everybody's a critic ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm sittin'
wit' pretty ♪

♪ Play it cool
out in the streets ♪

♪ When you get home,
you gon' get it ♪

♪ 'Cause age ain't ♪

♪ Nothin' but a number ♪

♪ Age ain't nothin'
but a number ♪

♪ Yeah, that's right,
tell 'em, baby ♪

HAKEEM: ♪ If it don't add up,
we can subtract ♪

♪ It don't matter,
we'll be right back ♪

♪ Because age ain't ♪

♪ Nothin' but a number ♪

♪ The older the berry,
the sweeter the juice ♪

(laughs)

♪ The older the berry,
the sweeter ♪

♪ The juice, yo. ♪

That was a very
beautiful song, man.

I never expected that
from Hakeem.

He's doing amazing.

Lucious, he's
gonna surprise you,

because he's so much
deeper than you realize.

Kehinde Wiley.
Yes, indeed.

Be great if he did a portrait
of Hakeem, don't you think?

(chuckles)
Come into my study.

Thank you.

So...

you love my son,
don't you?

Yes, very much.

I need to know how much.

Well, you can't
quantify it.

If that's
what you're asking.

I mean, you're not
here for nothing.

And you had to know
showing up here,

you were going to get
a reaction, right?

And you been
around the block,

and I'm not judging
just from your little accent.

You knew showing up at my
house-- on this night--

that's a big move.

So how much?

There's no amount of money...

See?

I wasn't even
thinking about money,

but you sure were.

(lock clicks)

I didn't say you
were dismissed.

You are not gonna
keep me in here.

Sit down.

Hakeem's been jumpy lately,

but your name
keeps popping up.

I need to know how much

it will cost to make you...

disappear.

Now I'm talking money.

There's no amount
of money, Lucious,

that's gonna make me
go away from Hakeem.

Do you understand?

This is a big night
for me, Camilla.

Pulling this IPO off
before I die

and getting my family
where it's supposed to be.

I have investigated your
financial situation.

You are in debt

up to your neck,

your business
is underwater,

you are selling your clothes
that you strut around in.

I am going to offer you
a great deal of money

to go as far away from my son
as humanly possible.

You know how God
made man in his image?

I'm making Hakeem in my image.

God didn't
need no help,

and neither do I.

After all this, you're saying
you want to take Lola back?

Yeah. Yeah, that's right.

Mm.
How is she?

I do miss her.

Oh, great.
Where's Andre?

You might want to ask
your husband that, Cookie.

I don't have
a husband, Rhonda.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I'm sorry to disturb your
evening, but Mr. Lyon called.

He said he needed me.

I better go.

Juanita said
you had a bad dream.

But fear not,

because Uncle Hakeem
and I are here.

You want us
to sing you a song?

You think she'll like
"Drip Drop"?

♪ Drip, drippity, drop ♪

No, get away from her with all of that.
♪ Drip, drip, drippity, drop. ♪

What? She'll like that. She ain't
gonna listen to no dang "Drip Drop."

I wrote a song for my baby.

We'll sing that.

(beatboxing)

♪ Pretty little girl ♪

♪ Ooh, you look ♪

♪ Just like
your dad ♪

You do. ♪ Say, where you
been all of my life? ♪

Uh-huh. ♪ Oh, baby,
don't grow up too fast ♪

♪ No, no ♪
♪ 'Cause when I ♪

♪ Look at you, I see ♪

♪ A piece of me ♪
♪ Oh ♪

♪ Make me happy
every time ♪

♪ You count to three ♪
♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Never thought my heart ♪

♪ Would ever be complete ♪
♪ Oh ♪

♪ Here's the lock and you can ♪

♪ Throw away the key ♪
♪ Uh, uh-huh, yo ♪

♪ La, L-O ♪
♪ L-O ♪

♪ L-A ♪
♪ L-A ♪

♪ Welcome to the Lyon family ♪

♪ One more time, L-O ♪

♪ L-O ♪
♪ L-A ♪

♪ L-A ♪
♪ Welcome to the Lyon family ♪

♪ One more time, L-O ♪
♪ L-O ♪

♪ L-A ♪
♪ L-A ♪

(quietly): ♪ Welcome to
the empire, baby, here we go ♪

♪ And I feel so happy I could
dance ♪ ♪ I could dance ♪

♪ I could even clap my hands ♪

♪ Clap ya hands, clap ya hands ♪

♪ Clap ya hands,
clap ya hands, let's go ♪

♪ Dance, I could dance ♪

♪ I could even... ♪

You will take Ms. Marks
directly to JFK

and put her on the very first
flight to London.

One way.
Understood.

Everything in your
apartment will be packed

and shipped to that one-room
flat in Clerkenwell.

This is the very
first installment.

Once you are out
of my son's range,

I will deposit the rest
into your bank account.

I don't want your money.

And as soon as I hear
that you're dead,

I will take
the first flight back.

Do you hear me?

Ms. Marks, please, this way.
Don't touch me.

He will forget you in a month.

And in six months,
you'll be rotting

in a wheelchair like a vegetable

with a colostomy bag
trailing behind you.

You are a disgusting,
despicable human being.

And I wish you a miserable death
when you go to hell.

Bon voyage.

Finally, everybody's here.

Let's sign these papers.

Where's Andre?

He didn't want to leave
the hospital, so I'm his proxy.

Well, hold on, hold on.

I'm not signing
over Andre's stock

to some little
country club queen

just because
his feelings are hurt.

Look, you want to raise
your family's fortune, Rhonda,

you're gonna have
to work for that.

I've been with your son
for ten years,

and you don't know
a damn thing about me.

But just to clarify,

I came from nothing.

And I worked my ass off
to put myself through Penn.

Nothing has ever
been handed to me,

and I have never expected
anything to, either.

Where do I sign?

Okay, why does it say 750,000
shares and not a million?

Well, that was before.

And this is Common B shares,

not the voting A shares
that he was promised.

Really, Lucious?

You gonna cheat Andre
on top of everything else?

I'm not cheating anybody.
She don't even know

what she's talking about.
RHONDA: Well, it looks like

he reduced Hakeem
and Jamal's as well.

What the hell is wrong
with you, Lucious?!

I did it for you.

I-I took shares from everyone,

so I could give some
to you, Cookie.

And how many shares did you
personally give up, Lucious?

He stole from his sons

to buy your loyalty.
That's what he did.

"Stole"?

This is all mine.

I'm sharing

my stock with you,
Oh, here we go. Okay.

you ungrateful little grub.
You did it all alone.

Yo, yo, wait, wait, wait.

What's going on?

"What's going on?"

Where's Camilla?

What up, fam?

Let's get this party started.

Uncle Vernon is here.

I'm bringing some guests.

Say hi to everybody.

(sniffles)

Thank you.

♪ Follow my hands ♪

♪ I'll teach you how to play ♪

♪ I'll be patient with you ♪

♪ Someone was patient with me ♪

♪ Oh, ah ♪

♪ There'll always be a chance ♪

♪ That you could hit
the wrong note ♪

♪ Everybody could laugh ♪

♪ And make you think
you won't grow ♪

♪ You don't have to give up ♪

♪ It's not the end
of the world ♪

(chuckles)

What's up with you, man?

Why would you bring
these people into my house?

What "people" are we
talking about? It's Olivia.

That's Lola's mother, right?

Lola, who is in your house.

So... thought that was
the right thing to do.

(sniffing)

That's what I do, right?

I always do the right thing.

But what about dude in there--
Mr. Sketchy-- you know him?

I don't know him. He's... You don't
know him, but he's in my house?

No, but he's the one
that convinced her

to come get her kid.

So how bad could that be?

And you brought him here.

Yeah, but you know what?

I can go find out
for sure who he is.

No, hold on, hold on.
No, that's what I do for you.

I got you, man. I got you. I got this
for you. No, no, no, no, man, no!

No, dude. I got this, man!

You done did enough.

What's up with you?

Look at you, man.

You doing that thing again?

Go home.

Get yourself together.

(door slams)

Music's not gonna do it tonight.

Your meds?

Not helping, either.

I think I know
something else that might.

What?

Sometimes music and medicine
isn't the best therapy.

But...

...you know what is?

This might be against
hospital rules.

Pray with me.

I don't pray.

Why won't you just
give it a try?

What have you
got to lose?

Why don't you pray for me?

Dear God...

So, Reg, how do
you know Vernon?

We just met.

Mm.

And Olivia?

We go way back.

Oh.

Dad, you seen Camilla?

I can't find her nowhere.

Well, stop looking for her--
she's gone.

She left with Malcolm.

With Malcolm?

Where?

At the airport.

Or on the plane by now.

I asked her how much money
it would cost

to make her
walk away from you

and stop playing
with your mind.

Did she take your money?

What do you think?

COOKIE: (whistles)
Dude, those some crazy tats.

(chuckles)

Let me see what you into.

What's that?

A bird, a demon?

What is that?

It's a crow.

Crows eat dead people.

And dead animals.

That's what you into?

REG:
Nah, not particularly.

No, don't, don't...

Just joking.

Scary Bird.

Lola has nightmares
about birds.

Is that him?

Olivia, does
he hurt her?

(whispers):
Help me.

I'm gonna go get Lola.

No.

You the one
she's scared of.

I should kick
your ass.

OLIVIA: Put the gun down, Reggie!
Oh, my God.

Reggie, put it down!

I should have smoked
your ass...

What the hell is going on?!

Hold on a second! Hold on!
No! Dude, don't...

Everybody, shut up!

You need to leave right now.
Shut up, shut up!

Just calm down, dude.

Trying to take what mine.

Olivia's my lady.

You put a ring on it,
put a baby in her.

Reg, Jamal was my husband
before you were my man.

No, see, y'all got
all the money,

you think you can do
whatever you want, right?

Man, that's it?
You want some money?

Ain't a problem
when you in this family, man.

You-you want some diamonds?

Here, take this watch.

$30,000. No, it ain't
about no watch.

See, you took her from me
Would you shut the hell up,

the moment you put the baby...
and just tell me what you want.

What I want... is to
kill your ass. No!

Do it. Do it. Do it!
No, no, no, no!

Don't! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop!

Stop! It was me!

It was me!

I'm the father.

I put the baby in her, not him.

I did it.

It was me.

I'm the father
of the baby.

Shoot me!

Is that true?

Hey, hey, hey, no!
No! Stop! Stop!

No! Stop!

No, no, no, no,
wait, wait, wait.

Dude, I done came clean.

It's me.

I'm the one that promised her
that if she married Jamal,

I was gonna make
her a star.

I'm the one

that got her pregnant.

She was lonely.

Jamal wouldn't
touch her.

I took advantage.

I'm the bad man.

If you kill me,

everyone in this room
would applaud.

You see the little
pretty blonde there?

She hates me.

My son... wants me dead

because I saved him
from a con artist.

But the worst
thing that I did--

I let the mother
of my children rot in jail

for 17 years.

So trust me, Reg,

if you shoot me, you would be
everybody's personal hero.

Shoot me right here.

Let her go.

Be the hero.

Just let her go.

Nah, man,
don't come any closer!

Would you just let her go?!
(gunshot)

(Cookie screams)

Oh, my God.

Everybody, away.
Get back.

Get back. Move.

Are you all right?

I thought I lost you.

I wish he would
have shot you.

HAKEEM:
He dead?

Come on, I got you.

All right, let's
get some air.

I got you.

LUCIOUS:
What you looking at, huh?

I saved your ass.

(police sirens approaching)

You the one that left--
no word, no nothing.

Jamal, I left because
you were so horribly unhappy.

You hated pretending
to love me.

I was never gonna be
in your life again,

but I had to get
Lola away from Reg.

And I had nowhere
else to go.

And you could
be her daddy.

Probably not.

Hey.

It's okay.

But I knew you would
take care of her.

Because you're kind.

Reg said he was gonna
kill me and Lola

before he'd let us go.

I was running away to my cousins
in Florida when he found me.

And I never meant
to hurt any of you.

I swear I didn't.

I swear I am so sorry.

COOKIE:
It's all right.

You left your baby to save her.

There's nothing harder
than that.

And now that he's
gone, I'm gonna be

the best mother
I can be.

I promise I will.

Come here, babe.

JAMAL:
Say bye to everybody, hmm?

RHONDA:
Bye, sweetheart.

Bye, Rhonda.
(chuckles)

You come back and visit
whenever you want, okay?

Okay.
(chuckles)

Don't be sad.

Don't be mad.

How could I be mad
at my Lola-bear?

You gonna be good?

Mm.

Good-bye, baby girl.

Bye.
Mm.

Mm.

You be good to your mom, okay?

LOLA: Okay. COOKIE: So
that when you grow up,

you can be just
as strong as her.

Okay?
LOLA: Okay.

(Cookie kisses her)

(grunts)

Can I still sing
the Lyon song?

'Cause I'm still
a Lyon, right?

(chuckles)

You'll always
be a Lyon.

So you won't get scared.

I won't be scared.

Oh, let me help you with this.

Girl, I missed you.

Thank you.

COOKIE: Bye-bye.
OLIVIA: Bye-bye.

Y'all be safe.

MAN:
This way, ma'am.

COOKIE:
You wanted to see me?

You know, Cookie,
there was a lot I wanted

to say to you last night

that I didn't get
a chance to say to you.

Yeah, well, after
last night,

you might want to
leave a lot unsaid.

No, no, I realized last night

that I don't ever want to be
in that position again

that I could lose you.

I don't know how much time
I got left in this world, but...

I got 18,000 square feet.

I'll share it with you.

(chuckles softly)

18 thou...
(sighs)

Are you asking me to move
in with you, Lucious?

No, I'm asking you
to be my one again.

I mean, we conceived
all of this.

You and me.

We built this together,
we fought for this,

we-we defended this.

You know, when I first
got out of prison,

I had a stupid fantasy about
us getting back together.

So stupid.

So I made mistakes.

And?

I'll spend the rest
of my life fixing them.

Lucious,

you don't care about
nothing but yourself.

Everything you
touch, you destroy.

Look at what you
did to my sons.

I can do better, Cookie.

And in the end,
you're gonna understand

the choices I've made.

I promise you,
I can do better. I...

You just don't
want to die alone.

It all looks good.
All right.

This is all
the same info, really.

Mm-hmm.

Nothing...
Right.

There's nothing really
different in here.

Malcolm, excuse me. I need
to talk to you for a minute.

Okay, give me a second.
Mm-hmm.

Um, I got your
message. You okay?

Y-You're not having any
PTSD reactions, are...?

Take me somewhere
with you, Malcolm.

I want to be alone
with you.

Okay, let's do that.