Greenleaf (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 13 - The New Life - full transcript

Previously on Greenleaf.

Here's what the feds think happened.

Jacob transferred
$200,000 of church funds

into what turned out
to be a personal account,

and then you withdrew all that money

to pay off the IRS.

I've called an emergency meeting
of the Deacon board

to discuss your removal.

And who will you get to preach here?

Philip Demars!

Harmony and Hope ministries.



Is that the money Bishop gave you?

None of your damn business.

That's what we're gonna live on

once we cross that ol'
little border to Mexico.

Tasha is our only way out of this.

She loves you, Jacob.
Where does that leave me?

Jacob!

Are you okay to talk to the FBI tonight?

- Yes.
- I want a divorce, Jacob.

Is Lionel my father or not?

I don't know.

You'll never stop
fighting to save us all.

My precious daughter.

God's great day of reckoning is any day



that you say, "thank you, Jesus,
and take what's yours."

You killed my dad!

I didn't mean to do it!

Be ready to die, Bishop.

Okay.

I know you're upset but you have
got to see the first lady...

Wait! No! No!

- Come on, Bishop.
- No, don't!

Blood is on your hands, Bishop. Come on!

Karine, don't call the police. You go.

Just go!

Ooh, Bishop.

You got some amazing faith here.

Shame it's misplaced.

No.

No, it's not.

You're not a killer, Basie.

You didn't know that until
right now, did you, son?

Ooh, well not even Peter could deny

what just happened up in there, Mae.

What do you think just happened?

Girlfriend, you got yourself a church!

- Lady Mae! Lady Mae!
- What?

The Bishop, Basie... what happened?

He's got a gun.
I think he's gonna shoot Bishop.

Go in peace and serve the Lord.

You do the same.

- Listen.
- What happened?!

It's all right. I'm okay.

No need to call the police.

But, James, the man came to kill you.

Mae, there's no need to call the police.

The only law we need around here
is God's law.

Daddy, what happened? I'm all right.

I'm all right.

I don't care what he says.

Get a doctor over there
and check him out!

All right, I will.
Thanks for calling, Charity.

I love you. Bye.

- Everybody's safe.

Basie is still out there.

Look... can we just agree that
now that Zora's home

and all this craziness is going on,

that we can just stop
talking about divorce?

Baby, it was one kiss, all right?

A kiss I regret.

I want to make this work.

I don't know.

Papa almost just got killed!

I can't fight about this right now!

I'm not packing my bags, am I?

But don't ask me to say something now

that I don't know to be true.

Okay? I don't know.

It's Joseph.

The accountant from Triumph?

- Yeah.
- Why is he calling?

I don't know.

Joseph, my brother.

What's happening?

What is it?

Son of a bitch just stole our church.

Now get some rest.

This kind of stress takes a toll
that you won't see coming.

Thank you, doctor.

Could you just show him out?

Yes, ma'am. This way.

Well, he's right, you know.

James, you need to rest.

We have to talk first.

But first, you need to go to Percy's...

This won't wait, Mae.

...and you need to sleep, James.

I'm sorry I didn't come today...

To the sanctuary to see you preach.

It sounds to me like more than
just a preacher showed up.

The way this building's been buzzing,

it sounds like the spirit
showed up, too, didn't it?

Ooh, let's just say that
the weather cooperated, it did.

Mae.

The church is yours.

Thank you.

Thank you, James.

You earned it.

Oh, my goodness.

How could I ever thank you?

Going to that board meeting this week,

take hold of that church
with the confidence of a Saint.

That'll be all the thanks I need.

Become yourself, Mae.

It's time.

- Maxine, I love you.
- Love you.

Bye.

Sexual abuse, tax evasion,
embezzlement, fraud, gunfire.

Tell me one other church

where these are the things that are

talked about in the pews on Sunday.

No one understands my family's failures

more than I do.

And that's why I'm telling you.

The Deacon board has adopted a resolution

to join Harmony and Hope
Ministries and move on.

These folks want change, Grace.

And I don't blame them.

My mother just raised the roof.

Why aren't you asking her about this?

Your mother suffers by association,

apart from many faults of her own.

And she has some, as you know.

So, why are you talking to me?

I've overseen the admission
of over 50 independent churches

into the "H" and "H" family, Grace.

Sometimes it's simple, sometimes not.

But when we have some continuity,

at least at first, it's always better.

Now, Connie has told
me she's talked to you

in the past about stepping up.

Now, I know you've said no,

but it would just be for a year to start

until things settle down.

You want me to take over the church.

Now, I must be straight with you.

This is happening with or without you.

Now, with that being said,

we'd love to have you on the team.

Can I have a beat to pray about it?

Of course.

I am seeing the deacons later today

to tell them the big news.

Want to see how Connie
and the rest of them take it.

Yeah... Mama, about that.

What?

The deacons want
to join Harmony and Hope,

and they want Bishop and you...

To retire with full benefits.

Hmm. Well that's generous of them.

And...

They wanted to know if I would take over

as interim head Pastor for a year.

And what did you say?

I said that I would pray about it.

Yeah, when "no" would've sufficed.

If I had said no,

they would have Phil
running this church...

- Oh, Grace.
- ...Until they found someone

from wherever, like poughkeepsie or...

is that what you would prefer?

No, what I would prefer

is to not see a church that was
just resurrected by the Lord

dragged back to the grave!

I don't want that either!

That is why I wanted to talk to you!

Oh, so you could tell me
that you didn't say no?

So, you could try to make me
feel sorry for you,

the victim?

Sorry for you who
always has to betray me?

You have beaten me down for decades

for a mistake that you made!

You want to talk about betrayal?

I don't want to talk to you
about anything!

"Oh, mama. About that, mama.

And, oh, mama, I have this on you, mama,"

and "mama this," and
"mama, you did that wrong."

I'm sick of it!

Aaron and I took a blood test!

And?

Lionel's my father.

And what do you want to do?

I don't know.

I assume you want to tell Bishop.

Well, I don't want to keep it a secret.

Oh, no, of course you don't,

because who would that serve,
Grace, just everybody.

Do you honestly have no concern

for how this affects me at all?

And do you have any concern
for how this affects me?

You have just told me
that my own shameful mistake

is gonna be memorialized forever!

In this shameful, sad, ugly...
Annoying fact of me!

I am so sorry I found out,

but you cannot ask me to
keep who I am a secret.

That's not fair to anyone.

Fine.

I will tell Bishop.

And I'm sorry.

And I'm ashamed.

I never meant to bring...
So much pain to so many.

Hey.

Hey, Pastor Greenleaf.

You're a sight for sore eyes.

Oh, come on in.

You doing okay, pop?

What? Oh. Oh, you mean yesterday.

Well, never better. More alive, even.

Powerful.

Mm-hmm. Well, good. That's a relief.

Expected nothing less coming from you.

Well... the board has asked
me to leave Triumph

because of the scandal.

They know it's not
your fault, don't they?

Well, the accountant has told them

that Kerissa and I
are not responsible stewards

of God's beneficence.

The majority agreed.

So, what do you intend to do?

Figured I'd ask mama
if she needed some help.

I'm sure she'd love to have you back.

Especially now that you've been
tried by the fire

and become quite
a strong preacher yourself.

When have you heard me preach?

What do you think I watch
at 3:00 A.M. when I can't sleep?

And you think I'm doing okay?

Oh, I steal from you regularly.

Really?

Come with me.

Where to?

Your mother's about to put down
this rebellion in the ranks.

I don't want to miss the fireworks.

So, now what everyone at one time saw

as implausible is now the most plausible,

inspiring, inevitable choice...

Me.

And... I have Bishop's support.

First lady, you make
a very convincing case,

- but if I may...
- Oh Connie, please.

But if I may, I have been
conferring for a while

with the deacons and Phil Demars

of Harmony and Hope Ministries...

yes, I know about this.

- You do?
- Yes.

Grace told me this very morning.

Then why would you put us
through all this

when you know full well
what we hope to do?

What I now know full well, Connie,

is that you have been
conspiring against me,

conspiring against us
like a Judas in a bad pantsuit.

And if the people of this congregation

ever learned exactly how
you contrive to betray us,

they would launch you
from the roof of this church

in a water Cannon.

So, you can just go
and tell your little friend,

Phil Demars, that you were driving

in Daddy's car with a fake I.D.

Misty.

First lady.

Oh, so, what is this?

A list of grievances
dating back to Genesis?

It's a petition.

As you'll see, it's been signed
by over 2,000 members.

It calls for both you and the Bishop

to retire effective immediately,

and it also calls
for a church wide referendum

to join Harmony and Hope.

This is how church works now.

Since when have either of you
cared how church works?

You two have dragged the faith
and reputation

of thousands of our members

through your own mud for over 40 years.

As chairman of this Deacon board,

I say enough.

It's nothing personal, Mae.

You can say what you want about me.

I'm ready to admit
it's time I stepped down.

But she didn't deserve that.

Bishop, for the first time
in the history of this church,

it's what the members deserve
that matters.

And from what I know of Harmony and Hope,

I'm sure they'll get it.

Those grifters skim every dollar they can

from the churches in their family.

And... I wouldn't doubt that...

Connie here isn't scheduled
to receive a check

as soon as the contract is signed.

Bishop, you can fight this,
but you won't win.

It is time for a change.

On that, we agree.

I'll see you all in church.

And that I.R.S. Lady called again.

I'll call her back tomorrow.

I can't take any more static today.

You know, that doctor wasn't wrong.

Ever since yesterday,
I'm feeling a little...

I don't know.

Oh, good. You're still here.

Are you headed over to Percy's?

Yes. You?

Well, I...

yeah, I was just leaving.

Yeah.

Quite a day, huh?

What?

Would you like to come over for dinner?

I'll cook.

I'd love that.

Who's gonna run Calvary?

For the time being, Gigi.

Well, who's gonna be her associate?

I have no idea.

And we haven't talked yet.

It should be you, shouldn't it?

You were gonna ask your mom.

I mean, what's in it for you?

I'm gonna need child support.

Oh, that's funny?

Let me tell you something...

whether we stay married or not,

I'm still the mother of your children,

and I do have a stake
in what you do and don't.

Well, I guess that's true.

Yeah, you know what?

I tell you what... for the time being,

let's just stay together.

Just like that?

Yes, because you are not gonna know

how to seize this opportunity
without me there to guide you.

I can see that now.

Okay, so, wait a minute.

So, now we're not getting divorced?

I never said that we were,
I said I didn't know.

Now I do.

Okay then.

I mean, how long do you think
that Gigi's gonna last

over there, really?

How long before she says something,

shoots her mouth off, and gets the hook?

And Harmony and Hope is a gigantic deal.

Bob Whitmore, the guy that's in charge

of the whole thing,

he is one of the richest men in America.

This is an opportunity.

It's bigger than Triumph, even.

What are you looking at?

You.

Why are you looking at me?

Yeah, I know. Come here.

No. Come here, crazy.

What?

What?

How long before the kids get home?

Mm, a little bit over an hour.

I don't know why you askin'.

Mm.

- Jacob.
- Mm-hmm.

What are you doing?

Oh, nothing.

You about to see what I'm doing.

Oh, my God. No. Jacob.

James.

Yes, dear.

I have to tell you something.

God knows I don't want to.

But if I don't, I know
you're gonna hear it from Grace.

This about Harmony and Hope?

I wish it was.

Grace... is Lionel's daughter.

Well, now we're even.

That's it?

That's all you have to say to me?

I'm telling you the scariest
secret in my whole life,

and that's it?
That's all you have to say?

But it isn't, is it?

No.

And you can't lose me over it.

And you already kicked me out the door.

Well, I guess that's true.

Oh, Lord.

So, what do you want me to say?

Would you please...

Come home?

On one condition.

This uncertainty and shame that you felt

over Grace's... Lineage.

What about it?

That's what set you so against her

from the day she was born?

I don't know.

That, and, oh,
her stubbornness, I just...

then you and your daughter are more alike

than you want to admit.

We're mildly alike.

So, heal it.

Would you sit with her...
And heal it, please?

There's no use me coming back
to live in this house

if we can't all live as family...

real family.

Can you do that?

Hmm?

Yes.

Hmm?

Yes.

Yes.

Look, baby, just pack your bag
and meet us there.

A place called Windsor Air Center.

Rochelle found a guy
who could fly us to Puerto Rico,

no questions asked.

From there, just a hop to Cancun.

Basie, how many times
do I have to tell you? No!

Just stop calling me, please.

What you gonna do, huh?

Run and get it back on with your teacake?

Look, Jacob Greenleaf don't want you.

Basie, look... I cut
a really good deal with the FBI,

and I won't have to do any time.
I can't mess that up.

What you gonna do for green?

We got a suitcase full of it.

You need to give that money back.

Oh come on, baby, the Lord giveth.

If he wants it, he could take it away.

Otherwise, it's staying with uncle Basie.

Why do you want me?

Why do you think?
You're my sweet-ass girl.

Basie, goodbye.

Wait. Wait, baby. Don't hang up now.

I'm not giving up on you.
You know that, right?

But I do know when prayer and fasting

work better than begging
and pleading. I know that.

I'm gonna see you again,

so I'm just gonna say hasta luego, huh?

That's Spanish for...

goodbye, Basie.

Every man got his woman.

I'll be damned if that angel ain't mine.

Just gonna take awhile
for her to remember.

What's the damage?

$40.17.

Fabulous. 17 is my blessed number.

The Lord gave it to me
at the roulette table to use,

and it ain't failed me once.

Black 17, there's your 40.

Thank you, brother.

That just the money
you had in your pocket?

Ain't that something.

That's just the Lord at work.

You better give this brother a discount.

He got a blessing coming his way.

- Drive.
- You got my gin?

Woman, are you deaf? I said drive.

But my respect for the office
of the district attorney

and the people it benefits

requires me to hand the reins over

to someone who can give the job

their undivided attention.

Did you hear about Weston Price?

How he just got "me too'd?"

By a lot of women, apparently.

It's good for Coralie, right?

I don't see how it wouldn't be.

I can't imagine they'd get
anybody worse to replace him.

So, do you have good news for me?

$3 million?

Yeah, the lawyer read the will,
came down to your name,

looked at me, and asked,
"who's Grace Greenleaf?"

What did he leave you?

Nothing.

Nothing? Aaron, really?

Not a cent.

You want mine?

I got to say... feels really weird

to call it mine 'cause it's not.

No, he wouldn't give me
his respect or his love.

I don't want his money.

Spoken like a real Christian.

Getting to know you as a brother

is worth so much more than this money.

I'll try to earn that faith.

You don't need to earn it.

You're family.

Grace.

I'll be right there.

I'll be in the waiting area.

- Excuse me.
- Yeah.

Normally, this kind of interview
is a make or break thing,

but, uh, Phil has already
raved to me about you,

so let me just say that there's
no church in the world,

Grace, protestant denomination, anyway,

like Harmony and Hope.

Hundreds of churches
in dozens of countries.

People from all walks of life,

black, brown, white, yellow,
what have you.

What makes it work is
respect for God's word.

For all of God's people.

And I understand that you just signed on

as interim for a year, correct?

That's correct,
but we still have a couple...

almost done.

I hear you're a prophet.

Boy, the church could use more of those.

But what we're gonna need
from you this year,

Grace, is your voice.

A voice that can unify this congregation.

A voice that can join...

I always feel silly saying it,
but it's true,

in Harmony and Hope
with all the other churches

in our worldwide family of believers.

Grace... are you ready to be that voice?

Got a second?

For the soon-to-be Pastor
of Calvary fellowship? I better.

I just met with Bob Whitmore,
head of the denomination.

- Don't trust him.
- I don't.

You have to think of Harmony
as the... occupying army.

As soon as Connie and her crew are out,

then you can get back to being free.

We. We can get back to being free.

No, Gigi, I'm done.

This last season of woe
has cost me heavily...

perhaps more heavily
than even I realized.

- Daddy?
- Yeah?

This is gonna sound strange.

What?

I have a...

I've come into some money,

and I want you to have it
to pay off the IRS.

Must be a lot of money.

It's a lot of money, and I don't need it.

Where'd this money come from, Gigi?

Just say that you'll take it, please.

I want to help, and I want
all this trouble to be done.

Gigi.

Yeah.

In this family,
we don't live by the flesh,

we live by the spirit.

And in the spirit,

you are my daughter.

My beloved daughter,

and you always will be, hmm?

Daddy.

As you all know, I'm sure,

this is my last Sunday preaching.

Next week, it'll be Pastor Grace up here,

and this whole rich
pageant will have fallen

under the shadow of Harmony and Hope,

a family we're all so proud
to be joining.

I want to talk today about Moses.

A man of God, but not without faults...

Denied entrance to the
land of milk and honey

that he had led his people to.

Now, what had Moses done
that caused God such sorrow

that he made Moses watch from a mountain

as his people crossed the Jordan?

A failure to trust in God.

I always thought
that Moses felt angry, sad...

like God done him wrong.

But I know today that Moses felt proud

to be on that mountain.

Because every man, woman, and
child that crossed that river,

Moses knew them.

He knew their struggles.

He knew the strength in each of them

that earned them that ticket to glory.

And I know he felt grateful.

He felt grateful to have been
on that adventure at all.

Bishop!

- Daddy, what's the wrong?
- What's the matter?

Daddy?

I think it's my heart.

- Grandpa!
- Call 9-1-1.

It's no use, baby.

James, what are you saying?

The Lord gave me a vision
about how I was gonna die.

This is the moment.

- No.
- No, it isn't.

- Do you hear me, James?
- It is not.

I love you.

I love you, too.

I love you so much.

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

Daddy!

- Daddy!
- We love you.

Daddy, don't go!

- James.
- Please, Daddy.

You stay with us.

You stay with us.

I leave for one month, and
everything turns upside down.

Yeah. Turns out
you're what holds everything

together around here.

I never doubted it.

What are you gonna do now?

Go to therapy.

Try and figure out
why I wasted so much time

on that piece of trash boyfriend of mine.

Good plan.

Yeah, then I got to take
some whack special classes

so I can graduate on time.

And then, if they let me,
audition for musical.

In New York?

Yeah. You know how I'm, like,

super charming and hilarious.

I'm thinking about making it pay.

- Oh, that's awesome.
- Yeah.

- Look at us.
- I mean, somebody look at us.

Can we make a deal,
that no matter where we go

or what we do,

we never stop talking
to each other again?

Deal.

All right, let's go. Okay.

Thanks, mom.

Hey, what are you two plotting?

Hmm?

Your brother's moving back home.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Okay. Great.

May I speak to you a moment?

Uh, sure.

Maricel wanted these, do you...?

Oh, yeah, sure. I'll take them.

Thank you.

Well, what's up?

Well, your father
wanted me to talk to you

to make things right between us.

You don't have to do that. It's fine.

No, it's not.

And I do.

Well, it's not a good time
to talk through it all,

but from here on out, Grace,

I just want you to know

that I'm here to help.

Thank you, mama.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Nathan joining us for dinner?

No.

We are setting him up the
kitchen with Maricel and Sonia.

Yeah, I don't think he's ready

for a real Greenleaf
family dinner just yet.

Whoever is?

You ready to eat, let's go, baby.

Let's go.

So, are you two ready to go public

about being half-brother and sister?

Oh, not tonight.

Tonight's about honoring Bishop.

Mm.

Come on in, guys. Dinner's served.

I told you, don't go wandering
off without telling me.

But dad said I could.

Don't give me the reasons why
you didn't obey, Zora,

just make me happy that you did.

- You got me?
- I'm sorry.

And your dad is not
in charge of this family, I am.

You two exchange an e-mail, I get copied.

- Yes, ma'am?
- Yes, ma'am.

Maricel, we can take these off
of the table for dinner.

Uh, Maricel knows what she's doing.

You don't have to help, Kerissa.

Okay, all right.

Thank you.

Thank you, son.

It's a shame I had to be drop-
kicked out of my own church,

then felled like a tree by God himself,

and laid up in a
hospital bed for two weeks

to see you all together like this...

But I'll take it.

How you feeling, pop?

Couldn't be better.

Retirement and an aspirin a day
suits me just fine.

You know, the Lord gave me
a vision recently,

and I thought it was a vision
of my last day on earth,

and, in a sense, it was

because ever since I've lived through it,

I feel like I'm in heaven.

I've been given that new day
here with all of you.

Family.

This is the real promised land.

Amen.

We love you, pop.

I love you back. Come on.

Grace?

Will you do the blessing?

Pastor?

I'd be glad to.

Let us pray.

Heavenly father,

we come humbly before your
throne with praise and thanks,

and we just ask
that you bless this food...

This family...

This faith...

And we ask that you let it give
us strength and sustenance...

...so we can take back what is ours.

Amen.

Amen.