Greenleaf (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 5 - Closing Doors - full transcript

Previously on "Greenleaf"...

In the event that things
between your parents

take yet another turn
for the worse,

the deacons may ask you
to step up.

- Step up?
- Take over as head pastor.

I'm divorcing James.
I want to start my own church.

Girl, you already got
a perfectly good one.

- Which one?
- Calvary, honey.

I could really
slap you right now.

Go ahead. Do it!

Girls!



How much more
space do you need?

You shouldn't
be here.

If I was
your money manager,

I would definitely advise you
to make sure you're protected.

I'm thinking it might
be wise for us

to sit down
with my money people.

Stop. Don't be mad.

Look, I'm not.
I'll call you later.

Officer: Ma'am, are you
charity Greenleaf?

I need you
to come with us.

Zora's room.

Mae: Oh, lord.

Babies.

- First lady?
- Yes?



- Nana Clara is on line one.
- Wonderful, wonderful.

Thank you, Jesus.

Clara, hello.

Oh, yes.
We've been expecting your call.

I cannot tell you
how much bishop

and I appreciate
your generosity.

Wha...?

Clara is not
giving us the money.

I know. I just got off the
phone with her money manager.

What a piece of work
that man is.

And what reason
did he give you?

He supposedly has a problem with
the tax bill being a personal

and not an institutional debt,
but I've got a funny feeling

that he's just hanging
onto every penny,

thinking that when
Clara dies, he'll cash in.

What did she say?

That she had heard that you
and I were having troubles

and she wouldn't feel
right down the road

supporting a church
with a divorced bishop.

Who told her
we're having troubles?

Well, she said Connie did, but,
James, everybody is talking.

Look, it's just money.
I... I'll handle it.

Oh, like you did
the last time?

Mae, Mac was
your brother.

He's the one that got us
into this mess.

No, you both got us
into this mess,

and Mac failed
to get us out.

And you weren't
there every week

when we collected
those offerings,

when we paid
for those cars in cash.

You told me that those
offerings were not taxable,

and I believed you.

And I believed Mac.

Oh, look. Everybody knows
that we're having problems,

and you have to do
something about it.

- Like what?
- Tell the church, like adults,

that we're
getting divorced,

and then you'll step aside,
and I'll take over.

- Excuse me?
- You heard me.

Take over what?

Don't you dare act like you
didn't know when you met me

that I had a calling
on my life from god,

and I dumped it in the dirt
and followed you,

and what did that get me?
- Janelle and Tiffany.

James, step down.
Walk away.

Let me raise the money
for the I.R.S.

It won't be
your problem.

Now, that is my offer,
and you won't get better.

I applaud your desire to
reclaim what you left behind.

I really do,
but sadly,

it's based on
a sorely mistaken idea.

If we divorce, it's you who
will exit the building, not me.

That's nature's way.

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Yeah.

Mae: Yes.

Yes?

Bible study in 15 minutes.

Did you hear me?

Yes.

Mae: Thank you.

Mae: It's just the hope
in this passage.

It's
so inspirational.

Sophia:
Morning, zora.

- Zora?
- Morning.

- Good morning, grandma.
- Morning.

- Have a good run.
- Thank you.

So, zora, why don't you
read the next verse?

"For I have
briefly abandoned you,

but with deep compassion,
I will bring you back."

And he will.
He will bring us back.

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- Hey. Can I come in?
- What do you want?

- Just seeing if you're okay.
- Why wouldn't I be?

Did Kevin come this morning
to pick up Nathan for the week?

Yeah, and he wouldn't be if you
had just stayed out of it.

I asked him
not to call the police.

And he just
wouldn't listen?

I got arrested at
the four seasons, grace.

And I made sure that
he didn't press charges.

Not before
I was in handcuffs.

Do you have any idea
how humiliating...

If you'd just called me,
I could've come and got you.

Get out!
God, leave.

I'm sorry.

Hey. Hey.

Oh! Ow.

Karine?

- Good morning, bishop.
- Get me Percy Thompson, please.

Right away.

Bishop?

I just want to say
I'm sorry about Nana

not giving you
the money.

Don't be silly.
God will provide.

Can't wait
to see how.

Wow.

Jacob has
to sign all of these?

Do you have
a problem with that?

No. Um,
what are they?

Well, most of them are just
a bunch of legalese nothing,

but there is a form in
there that authorizes

the opening of a bank account
for the real church.

Real? Real church
doesn't exist anymore.

Child, lean over like you know
how and get him to signin'.

Believe me, he won't
be looking down.

All right.
Are you going to calvary?

After the way bishop talked
to me at that roundtable party,

he going to have
to look for me,

and with his I.R.S. Troubles
all over the front-page news,

you can bet
yo' ass he is.

Mae, you wanted
to see me?

Yes, please come in.
Close the door.

I am so concerned as I'm
sure you are, Connie,

about this I.R.S. Scandal,
but it's going to be okay.

I have no doubt.

- Oh, please.
- Thank you.

I've already spoken to
bishop about stepping aside.

He hasn't assented to it yet,
but I know he will because he,

as well as you and I, Connie,
want what's best for calvary.

Well, this is such
a relief to hear.

And the good news is, I am
ready to step up and take over.

Mae, we've... we've had
this discussion before.

Well, this time
it's not a discussion.

Mae, it's
my feeling,

and the Deacon board
shares this feeling

that the best hope
for a stable future

is if a disinterested third
party takes over the pulpit.

And who on earth
would be disinterested?

Why, grace.

Sophia: Okay, walk straight
a couple steps.

Okay, stop.
Turn to your left.

Yes. Now keep going straight.
Keep going straight.

A little to the right,
a little to the right.

Oh, there we go. We saved you.
Now turn around.

Okay. Slowly sit down.

Good job.

Okay. So that's what
it means to have faith.

Just like Gavin
trusted me to lead him,

we trust god to lead us,

even when we can't see
where we're going,

and it's super scary.
Make sense?

All: Mm-hmm.

Okay. Good.

So I want everybody
to help clean up.

Hey.

Hey, stranger.

You're so good
with them.

I think they're
good with me.

What are you
doing after this?

Why?

I was thinking we can
grab something to eat.

Someone wants
to apologize?

For starters.

Sounds like you got
what Gil Scott-heron calls

the double blues.
- What's that?

Oh, that's the, i-got-no-
money-neither-no-woman blues.

That's not so funny when
you actually have those blues.

You had some trouble
with the I.R.S.

A few years back,
didn't you?

Indeed I did.

Rolled up to my funeral home
and found a padlock on the door

and a sign hollering,
"negro, get me my money."

Well, how'd
you handle that?

Well, got me a lawyer,
robbed Peter to pay Paul,

borrowed this, sold that,
didn't owe no millions.

Well, this is as deep a hole
as I done ever been in,

that's for sure.

Well, you got a way to dig
yourself out of that hole,

you're just too scared
to use it.

- How you say that?
- Oh, that pretty little bunny

you had prancing
around your party.

Ms. Cross? Yeah.

So why are
you talking to me

when you need
to be talking to her?

Oh, Percy,
there be dragons.

The thing about dragons is,
they got pots of gold,

now, that woman handles more
than hedge funds and stocks.

She's into cryptocurrency
and apparently doing quite well.

Crypto what?

Cryptocurrency,
zcoins, bitcash.

- Never heard of it.
- Well, it's a whole new market,

and it's growing faster
than bad grass.

How'd you hear
about it?

Her website.

What you doing
on her website?

And what do you care?

Oh, just give me
the lawyer's number.

Well, get me
her number.

You know, you ain't
nothin' but trouble.

Yeah, but good trouble.

Mm.

Hey, pastor,
got a minute?

Yeah, sure.
Come in, Tasha.

Oh, smart.

- Oh, I can come back.
- No, no, no.

You're just in time
to witness my crushing victory.

Okay. Well,
hey there, handsome.

- Thank you.

He looks
just like you.

Yeah, that's what
they tell me.

All right.
There's my move.

What's your move?

Checkmate.

What? Is that...

Are you kidding me?
You see that?

How did you get
to be so smart, huh?

You get those smarts
from me, huh?

Um, you know,
I should go.

No, no, no. Hold on.
Tasha, it's cool. Hold on.

Is that for me?
- Oh, it... it can wait.

I mean, it's okay.
I mean, I can use a win

after the stomping I just took
from the little master here.

Um, I just... you know,
it's the silliest thing.

The a/c in my office,
the little venty thingy,

it just blows on
full blast all the time.

Okay.

I talked to Craig
in the maintenance

about turning it down,
but...

Well, you know what?
I'll give him a call.

Well, I mean,
if you see him.

It's not a big deal.
- I'll take care of it.

Okay.
Well, y'all have fun, okay?

- All right.
- All right.

- Bye.
- Bye.

Well, good afternoon,
mama.

So I spoke to Connie, and I know
about this little coup of yours.

Coup?

You spoke to her
about taking over?

She spoke to me.
I said no.

Well,
how conclusively,

because she seems to think
that you're still available.

And I'll
tell her again.

If your father
ever knew

that you were conspiring
with Connie

to steal his church
from underneath him...

He'd be misinformed.

For your
information, mama,

you two are losing this
church all on your own.

You want Connie off your backs?
Forgive each other and move on.

Put an end
to all the rumors. Lead.

Don't you think
that if I could

put this mess back
together, I would?

Do you honestly think that I
would cut off my own nose

to spite my face with so much
on the line, our whole family?

I don't know. I don't know
where the pride ends

and the weakness begins
with you two anymore.

I don't want
the church.

Good because
you'll never get it.

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- Is everything okay?
- You tell me.

I'm just waiting on that
account authorization form.

Oh, yeah, um...

You couldn't
get him to sign it?

No, I just, um...

You know, it really wasn't
the right time.

Do you want to see
basie again?

- Of course I do.
- Then make it the right time.

Because until we can start
shifting money

into that account, we have
nothing on him or bishop.

And you and basie
ain't ever triumph back.

Understand?

Yeah. I'll get him
to sign them tomorrow.

Do.

Ms. Connie,
you spoke to my mother.

I assume
she spoke to you.

She did.

Look, I know
you're up against it.

We all are,

but I'm not sure my taking over
the church is the right thing.

Last summer, when I preached,
the offering actually went down,

and you and I both know
that my politics

aren't exactly in tune with
you and the Deacon board.

Well, I thought we might be able
to find a middle ground,

that is, if by politics,
you mean open and inclusive.

There is no middle ground
with open and inclusive,

but it's more than that.
If I take over,

I'm gonna want to move
this church forward.

To a place they may
not be ready to go.

Are you really willing
to just stand by

and watch
this church die?

First of all, I'm not standing
by and watching anything die.

I am on my knees, day and night,
praying that my parents

will find a way
to work through this

or that god will work it out.
- I pray for that as well.

And no, I'm not willing
to march in place

and call it progress
just to keep

the Greenleaf name
on a letterhead.

That's not church.
- And what is church to you?

Jesus' way, love, unconditional
love, and change.

Well, change is
coming.

Your mother has
it in her head

to try and stay on
after the divorce.

What planet she heard
that works on, I don't know.

I look ahead and I
see schism, scandal,

and a big ole
for-sale sign out front.

That'll be change, all right,
but it won't be church.

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Hmm.

Bishop Greenleaf,
as I live and breathe.

I never would've expected you
to darken my doorstep again.

Did you come to chide me
for not coming to service today?

I feel bad about how we
left things at the party.

I came to offer
my sincerest apology.

Hmm.
Is that all?

No, you...
You were right.

I have been inconsistent
in my responses to you,

and, of course,
you felt used.

Who could blame you?
I hope you can forgive me.

Well, I'm a Christian woman
first and foremost,

so yes,
I do forgive you.

Thank you.

Is that all
you came to say?

Well, I could use
a little advice.

About?

This I.R.S. Mess.

You've read
the paper, I assume?

- Me and everyone else.
- Indeed.

You know, we thought we had
it covered, but we don't.

I didn't want to bother you,
but I prayed on it, and I...

You prayed, and it brought
you back to this jezebel?

Is that how
your Jesus works?

You just show up and say,
"I'm sorry,"

and I'm supposed to whip
up some cash for you?

Ha!
Bruh.

It wasn't like that.
I thought you wanted to help.

I...

Now, why would
I want to help you?

No.

You're right.
I'm sorry.

You just can't throw me
out on the street

and come back
begging for favors.

If he comes back calling again,
Fred, don't tell me.

I don't
want to know.

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Sophia: You've been
doing some digging.

- You taking it back, huh?
- My iPod was confiscated.

I just went through
faith's old stuff,

and now I'm vibing out to some
ice-t, pre- "law & order."

I didn't even know there was
a pre- "law & order" ice-t.

Sign me up.

Want to go to zaxby's?

Want to go to zaxby's?
- I'd rather eat my socks.

You know, I don't want to
especially hang out

with you either.
I'm just trying to be nice.

- What's the matter with you?
- Nothing.

I just keep getting
this pain in my side.

Maybe you're
pregnant.

Are you sure
you don't want to?

- Take over calvary?
- Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Some church someday?

Maybe. Would you want
to be first gentleman?

Oh.
- Is that what they call it?

Mm-hmm. First lady,
first gentleman.

Huh, I don't know. I couldn't
be first boyfriend?

Not in any church
I'd be running.

No, they wouldn't have it,
and, really, neither would I.

That's
good to know.

Mm.
That's my mother.

Okay. She's just calling
to yell at me.

Hello?

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Hi.

Here, you acknowledge this
is an exploratory laparotomy,

and you consent to treatment
for conditions

discovered
during surgery.

Perfect. Thank you.
- Thank you.

We're gonna have
the nurses come in

and prep you
for surgery now.

I'm scared.

It's gonna be
all right, sweetheart.

Will you
stay with me?

After we get you prepped,

she can come back in
and sit with you.

I'm gonna be
right down the hall.

I love you.
- I love you.

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Any word?

She has
an ovarian torsion.

They're gonna untwist it, try
to figure out what caused it.

Oh, my lord.

Poor baby. Being sliced
open is not fun.

Speaking from experience.
- Have you been drinking?

No.
I had a little wine,

but, gigi, I know what it's
like to lose a daughter,

so if this thing goes south,
just know I got you.

Listen, why don't we
just sit down, huh?

I don't want
to sit.

I want to help gigi
through her grief.

- We're ready for you, mom.
- Thank you. Okay.

Where do you think
you're going?

I'm coming
with you.

I'm good.
Thank you.

That's what she do.
She ruins everything.

Please drink
some water.

I'm just trying
to help, mama.

- Hey.
- It's all gonna be okay.

She's on something,
I assume?

Mm-hmm. I'm on
a lot of something.

Oh, congratulations.

You wanna pray, baby?

No. I want to
tell you a secret.

Roberto wants to marry me.
- He said that?

- Mm-hmm. Yeah, today at lunch.
- He proposed to you?

No, but he apologized
for a fight

we had the other night...
- Ah.

And said that he respects
me for setting boundaries,

and he could see
a future.

That's wonderful
he loves you like that,

that you love each other.
- Yeah, and a future.

That's great.

We're gonna get married
with a big wedding and a house

and a mailbox and a puppy
and kids and...

Nurse: We're gonna
take her in now.

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Excuse me. Can you tell me
where the chapel is?

Oh, it's right down the hall
to the right.

Thank you.

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So how's everything going
at your grandmother's?

It's fine, I guess.
I've been gaining weight,

and it's only been,
like, a week,

but thick is
kind of in.

- You look great, baby.
- Whatever. It's fine.

How's things
going for you guys?

I bet it's nice and quiet
without the juvenile delinquent.

Now, why you want
to act like that, huh?

You kicked me out of the house.
How else am I supposed to act?

Princess, you told us you didn't
want to live there anymore.

You know, this is why
I didn't want to talk,

you're always picking
at me all the time.

- Hi. How's Sophia?
- She's in surgery now.

Oh, okay.

Hey, honey.

How you doin'?
- Fantastic.

Early-morning Bible study,
no t.V., no computer.

You know, I'm turning into
a regular American girl doll.

Wasn't that the plan?

If you want to come home,
come home, okay?

You can come home.

I'll be good.

Y'all really
messed her up bad.

Excuse me?

Oh, don't get mad.
You got winkie.

You can still have
at least one good kid.

- Are you okay?

Why is everybody
asking me that?

I'm fine. Everybody
needs to chill.

Oh, come on.
Hand it over.

Charity,
what are you doing?

It won't let go of my
whatchamacallit.

Your what?

My whatchamacallit,
my candy bar.

Okay. Here, let me
get you another dollar.

What is
your problem?

I'm getting ripped off,
but you picked the wrong one.

Not today, honey.
Give me my candy bar.

- Charity.
- Is she drunk?

I don't know.
It seems like it.

- Charity...
- Charity, calm down.

Here. Here's another dollar.

I don't want more money!

I want what I deserve!
I want my candy bar! Ah!

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Oh, my god.

- Can we get a nurse?
- I'm gonna need stitches.

Somebody gonna
need a lawyer.

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What is she on?
Did they say?

Oxycodone.

Where did
she get it?

Left over
from her cesarean.

Oh. Look, Mae.

Look, these kids
need their parents.

I mean,
grace, charity,

Jacob with this zora mess,
they all need us.

What are you
proposing, James?

Please, let's put
this behind us.

I wish I could,
but I don't see how.

I've reached a point
in my heart

where going back would be an act
of disrespect to god himself.

I'm sorry.
I wish it could be another way,

but it's time
to tell the children,

the church,
and move on.

Charity:
What happened?

Mae: You got upset
about a candy bar.

James,
you're not wrong.

These children do need
their mother and their father,

but I don't think they'll ever
have their parents again.

No, I can walk, mama.
Oh!

My head hurts.

I'm sure it does.
I'm sure that's true.

Oh!

All right, baby.
That's all right, baby.

James.
James.

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- Our father who art in heaven...
- Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

- Thy will be done,
- on earth as it is in heaven.

All:
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those
who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory
forever and ever.

Amen.

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Hey. How did it go?

During the surgery,

we discovered the
cause of the torsion.

Sophia had dermoid cysts
on both ovaries.

Is that a cancer?

No, they're typically benign
cysts that develop in utero.

They're
kind of strange.

They can be full of strange
things, like hair or teeth.

In Sophia's case,
they had grown quite large

and were causing significant
organ displacement and necrosis,

and once we removed them,

there wasn't enough
healthy tissue

left to preserve the ovaries.

So you...
You took them out?

We had no choice.

Oh. She's not going
to have children.

Not of her own.
I'm sorry.

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Pastor, I just have
a few papers here

that need
your John hancock.

All right.
And what is this?

Oh, same old,
same old.

Payroll approval
and purchase orders

for the streaming cameras.
Blah, blah, blah.

All right.

You know, Tasha, if I haven't
said so enough already,

thank you so much
for stepping up around here.

Oh.

Spent the night
in the hospital

with Sophia
and charity.

- Oh, no. Are they okay?
- Yeah.

Thankfully yes,
but I don't know.

I mean, between zora
being a handful,

kerissa stretched super thin
over at her school...

I mean, I don't know, us trying
to get our streaming up

and running,
it's just super appreciated

how much help
you've been.

- Oh, it ain't no thing.
- Oh, no.

It is a thing,
and I told Craig

not only to turn up
the heat in your office,

but if you ever,
if you ever ask for anything,

and you don't get it
immediately,

he's going to be
looking for work.

You did not
have to do that.

Oh, yes I did.
You know why?

Because you're family.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

And just...
Yep.

All right.

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Mom?

Hey, honey.
Hey, be careful.

The nurse said not to move
too much, okay?

Okay.
You slept here all night?

Of course I did.

I didn't want you to wake up
alone in some strange place.

Am I okay?

Ultimately, mm-hmm.

You're gonna heal
from this surgery.

You're gonna be back to your
normal self very soon.

Then why do you look
so worried?

There was a
complication, sweetheart.

They had to remove
your ovaries.

What does that mean?
I can't have children ever?

If you want to be a mama,
you're gonna be a mama.

You'll have lots of options.
You can adopt.

Oh, I know.
I know.

I know it doesn't seem like it,
but it's gonna be okay.

Baby, god has got you.
God has got you.

You can lean on him.

Why would he let
this happen? Why?

I wish
I had the answer.

I wish I did.

- May I?
- Of course.

How can I be
of assistance?

Um, it's not what I want,
but I hear you,

and having heard you
and having prayed on it myself,

well, I too now see
no choice.

What's this?

It's a draft of what I think we
should tell the church Sunday.

Feel free to make
any changes you see fit.

I trust
your judgment.

And, Mae...

I'm sorry.

Please close the door
behind you.

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