Greenleaf (2016–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - Runaway Train - full transcript

𝒯𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓉e 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓉 E𝒩𝒢LI𝒮H

Previously on "Greenleaf"...

I know you had an affair
with Lionel.

This just came for you, ma'am.

James: The first lady
is joining me up here today

because we have
some news to share.

We're divorcing.

You can have the house.

I'll take care of the IRS bill,

but you have to leave
the church.

Grace, I trust you.



If you say that this is
the case, then this is the case.

What about my silver jubilee?

Oh, you mean the silver jubilee

that I was just informed
about this morning?

What about it?

What are you doing?
Leave me alone!

Stop it.
It's all lies!

We will have a very,
very special guest...

Maxine Patterson.

- You found more cash.
- Yes.

You emptied our shared account?

It'll be full in 2 weeks' time.

It's time to go.

Man:
Celebrating bishop James
Greenleaf's silver jubilee,



recognizing 25 years of service
and dedication to the community

and to the lord's church.

Wow.

Who's helping you with this?

No one.

Contrary to popular belief,
I can run this church on my own.

Karine was supposed to be my
aide-de-camp through all this,

but she's so busy with
your mother and Maxine's team

that I I can't
get her attention.

Grace: But, daddy, uh,
you're going to have to

put a system in place
for this eventually.

For what?

For how you're going to handle
stuff like this

on a regular basis...

Decorations, flowers, events,
making the church nice.

The things that mama
has always done.

I... I think I'm doing
a fine job.

You have, for one Sunday,
but you, yourself,

said the days got away from you.

You're going to need some help.

Daddy?
Mm-hmm.

A bit much?

You think?

Karine, what an unexpected
surprise.

Mae let you out the mine?

What's this?

The divorce papers.

They were just couriered over
from the lawyers.

So, um, after I sign these,
I'm a free man?

Once she signs them, too.

Fantastic.

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♪ Amen ♪

♪ all right ♪

♪ amen ♪

♪ uh-huh, hmm ♪

♪ ooh-ooh, ooh ♪

♪ well ♪

♪ oh-ohh, ohh ♪

♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ amen, amen ♪
♪ oh ♪

♪ yeah ♪

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Percy: So what are you
going to do now?

Now that you and Mae are done,
and she got the house,

some arrangements were made
at some point, right?

No, no.

The divorce papers landed
on my desk yesterday,

and, to be honest,
they've thrown me a bit.

I hear you, but don't let them
sit too long.

It's not going to get
any easier,

and you've got
some living to do.

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How's that granddaughter
of mine?

Not great.
I mean, she comes home.

She goes to her room.

She just stays there.

- Poor thing.
- Yeah.

Maybe I'll give her a visit.

- Yeah.
- You know, she does miss you.

That would be great.
- Mm-hmm.

Oh, you wanted to talk to me?

Yeah, I do...

Well, how can I help?

Is it true you invested
some large sum

of money with Rochelle?

Who told you that, your mother?

I asked her whatever happened
with that IRS bill.

She said you have some plan
with Rochelle.

You have a problem with that?

How much money did you give her?
I didn't give her anything.

She invested the money for me,

and, for your information,
she didn't even charge me.

She did it as a favor.

How much?

What is your point here, gigi?

I don't trust her.

But she's a part of your
legal defense fund, isn't she?

Yes, but...

But you still don't trust her?

Don't let your mother get into
your head about Rochelle, gigi.

Mnh-mnh.
She's wrong.

This isn't mama, daddy.

This is me, and I have
my own reasons for asking.

I assume that
when you accepted her help

that it was
because you trusted her.

No. No.

I accepted her help
because I didn't trust her,

and I still don't.
What does that even mean?

I'm only working with her
to find out what the hell

she's doing in this church.

I am astounded.

Come on, daddy.
Uh-uh.

Daddy, listen.
No, no, no.

The way she has just swooped in
and, out of the blue,

drove some kind of wedge
between you and mama...

She did nothing of the sort.

It was your mother's jealousy
over something innocent.

Daddy, get that money back.

Oh, I will, with dividends.

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Oh, look at that,
the happy family.

How is my grandson doing?

He's almost figured out
the walking thing, bishop.

Let me see.
Come here, baby.

Ooh.

Oh.
All righty then.

All righty.

All righty.

All right.
I got you, man.

Kevin.

Aaron.

Bye, baby.

Bye, daddy.

Bishop?

How can I help you?

My dad called you a few times.

Oh, yes. He has.

You know, I've been so busy
with the jubilee that I, uh...

He has pancreatic cancer.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah.

He's doing chemo
at Memphis general.

They're supposed to be
the best when it comes

to these type of cancers.

Then you two
are on speaking terms?

Barely, but, yeah.

He's sick.

I'll give him a call.

Thanks.

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Come in.

Oh, hey.

You got a second for an old man?

Grandpa, what are you
doing here?

Just got off from work.

I hope you don't think just
because your grandmother

and I have been having
our differences

that I will never visit.

I guess I hope
that's not the case,

but, you know, nobody knows.

I see that Bible I gave you
has been out of rotation lately.

Yeah.

I should probably
just give it back.

No, no.
You hold onto it for a while.

You never know when
it might come in handy.

May I?

Sure.

I feel like I spend my whole
life in this room lately.

But every time I go downstairs,
everybody just...

I know.
It's a chore, isn't it,

fielding everyone's clumsily
stated concern?

Do you ever get mad?

About what, having Parkinson's?

Yeah, and everything, dying.

I used to, at first,
but you get to be old

as me, Sophia,
and you come to realize...

And I don't... I don't mean
this to sound too depressing.

We fall apart, and everything
gets taken away in the end,

and who would I blame?

God.

For letting everything
fall apart in the first place.

Just come to church on Sunday.

Grandpa, I don't want to.

It just... it doesn't
feel right anymore.

I'm sorry.
It is my silver jubilee,

and I'll tell you something
that you can't tell everyone.

God has given me
a special message just for you.

I'll think about it.

I hate my life.

You come to church.

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Hey.

You must be the bishop.

You must be Percy's friend.

Teresa.

James.

Percy has told me all about you.

All good, I hope?

Mostly.

He wishes you went
a little easier on yourself,

but that's it.

Is, um, is Percy around?

No.
He's conked out.

We're done.

Oh.
I can stick around.

Oh, thanks.

I'm good.

All right then.

Bye.

Thanks for coming over, pop.

Where's kerissa,
at the church tonight?

No, she said she just wanted us

to have some
father-son-grandson time.

Plus, at this point,
she's not, uh,

I'm not really on her good side.

Don't tell me
because of you and Tasha.

No.
What about me and Tasha?

Well, I came by the church
the other day.

It seems to me that the two
of you

were in the middle of something.

No. That was...
That was nothing.

I don't play
that way anymore, pop.

Good.

So what'd you want
to talk about?

I got the divorce papers
a few days ago.

They're waiting to be signed.

Mama sign them yet?
No.

You having doubts?

No, not doubts.

It's complicated.

I don't see any way forward
that looks right.

God hasn't given me
any clear path.

In the meantime, those divorce
papers sit in my briefcase,

like a bomb.

You don't want to sign them.

Then don't, pop.

Then what?

You have your jubilee.

Let her have her day.

You two go back to your corners.

Fight is over.

You think that's possible?

Oh, I do.

You're not really ready to sign,
not yet.

Do it.

See, I can't do it.

I can't do it.

Good morning.

So how long has this preacher
friend of yours

and Mae been hanging out?

I don't know.

Mae always takes great pains
to minimize it

whenever she speaks of it.

I assume that's to make
what I did seem even worse.

Either... either way,
it happened.

I think you should go ahead
and speak to him.

Why do you say that?

Most folks only get a few people
you know in life

that they can
work things out with,

and he might be one of yours.

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I brought you a charity special.

Oh, thank you.

Mm.
Mm.

Must have been reading my mind.

Now, you looked like you were
in a bit of a state yesterday,

when I saw you.

Hmm?
I was.

Still am, I guess.

You want to talk about it?

Kevin and Aaron
are buying a house.

They were telling me
right before you walked in,

mid-century.

And they're doing that
as a couple?

Yep, and talking about marriage.

Hmph, that's awfully fast,
isn't it?

I don't understand why everybody
gets their fairy-tale

ending except for me.

You know what I do when I see
your mother

making her plans these days,

coming into her own like she
never did when we were together?

What?

I play your cd.

I watch Jacob preach
on the triumph website.

I open the paper,
and I see what holy ruckus

that sister of yours
has made today,

And I thank god
for the three of you

and for the woman
who raised you all with me.

The happier Kevin gets...

And we have to assume that
he was unhappy for a long time

well,
the better it is for Nathan,

and that's what matters.

I know.
Right?

I know.
You're right.

Now, what you singing
for me on Sunday?

"If I can help somebody."

My favorite song.

I know, daddy.

Oh, mind if I join you?

It is my silver jubilee.

Do I have a choice?

♪ James: Oh, my living ♪

♪ my living ♪

♪ shall not be ♪

♪ shall not be ♪

♪ in vain ♪

♪ hey, hey ♪

♪ if I ♪

♪ if I ♪
♪ can help somebody ♪

♪ as I'm singing,
singing this song ♪

Both: ♪ my living ♪

♪ shall not be in vain ♪

♪ no way ♪

♪ thank you, Jesus ♪

♪ my living ♪
♪ my living ♪

♪ shall not ♪

♪ be in vain ♪

♪ hallelujah ♪

- Morning, cavalry.
- Morning.

Now that was some good singing,
daddy.

You give him another hand.

Amen.

Now what can I say
about my father,

by way of introduction,
this morning, hmm?

By way of celebration,
really by way of revelation.

Some of y'all have known him
longer than I have.

Woman: Amen.

Now what I want to talk
about this morning is this.

My daddy, my bishop,
your bishop...

- That's right.
- Yes.

Is a man of faith.

Woman: Yes.

He doesn't walk by sight.

Now do I wish sometimes that
he was a little less trusting,

a little more careful?
Yeah.

I do, but I have grown more
in the light

of my father's faith in me,

so who am I to deny
someone else that advantage?

We all owe so much to the faith
the bishop has had in us.

It's only fitting that we
reaffirm our faith in him

and welcome him to the pulpit
with holy enthusiasm.

Now I want you to get up.
- All right now.

Grace: I want you to get
excited, giving glory to god.

Welcome bishop James Greenleaf.

Rochelle is not what you think.

I hope you're right.

Amen.

Good sermon, bishop.

Well, thank you for saying so.

I don't know what tricks Mae and
Maxine have up their sleeves,

but that's going to be
hard to beat.

It's not a competition, Connie.

Yes. It is.
Sophia.

Well, what'd you think?

Your spirit didn't hear that?

I don't think I have a spirit.

Don't even think that thought.

Can you come to my office?
No.

I'm going to go home and get
that Bible that you gave me.

Sophia Greenleaf, give me
10 minutes, 10 minutes, 5.

And what?

I'm going to tell you
the meaning of life.

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Sit here because I want you
to see that nothing

is any clearer behind that desk
than it is anywhere else.

Okay?

Now this is what I want
to tell you.

You're born, and by the time
you're 5, 6,

you look around and you realize
that you're on a train.

And by the time you're your age,
you realize,

oh, well, that train
is going very fast,

faster than anything
you've ever read about,

anything you've ever seen.

So you see your parents,
and you ask them,

"are we on a runaway train?"

And they say, "no. No.
We would never do that to you,

bring you into a world
we can't control,

that no one can control."

But that's exactly how it is.

So you say, "I'm going to go
to the front.

I'm going to talk
to the engineer.

There's got to be one."

You go to the front,

but by the time
you get there, you're angry.

Why?

Because by the time you get
to the front, you've seen

that this whole train
is filled with scared people.

You bang on the door,
and you say, "open this door.

I want to talk to you,"

and by the time
you kick down that door,

and you see...
You see the engineer's face,

and you can see the tears
in his eyes,

that he knows exactly
what's going on.

He feels all the pain
that you feel,

all the fear, everybody's,

and he's doing everything
he can to make it better.

So you say, "how can I help?"

He says, "who are you?"

You say, "I... I'm Sophia,"
or, "I'm James," and he says,

"go back there, Sophia,
please, and you...

You tell everybody
that I love them,

and I'm doing the best
that I can to bring this thing

to a safe and satisfying end,

and if you ever want to talk,
you know where to find me,"

so you go back into the train,

and you live
the rest of your life.

That's it.

That's life.

That's salvation.

Happiness isn't
the absent of sadness.

It's living, and it's being
in the mystery

and the adventure of this life
in god's world with others,

with god.

I know that you,

you feel that god
is not there for you right now,

but I need you to know that
you need to be there for god.

God needs you.

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I just want you
to be happy again.

I want to see that smile
on your face.

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Bye.

Love you, grandpa.

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All alone tonight, Percy?

Well, I, uh, I can't afford

this kind of action
more than once a week.

What do you spend your money on?

I'm not talking about money,
James.

I'm talking about...
I'm talking about self-respect.

Hmm. Hmm.

No matter how good
those women act,

you don't ever forget
that you're paying for it.

You've got such a rare thing
with Rochelle.

Hmm, young woman like that,

all ready to rub your feet,
ride you.

Man, I'm just telling you about
how rare that thing is, James,

and now an unbelievable
good night.

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Rochelle:
Is something wrong?

I'm not sure.

Does it have to do
with the investments?

Oh, no. No. No.
It's not that.

Good, because, you know,
those take time.

You have to have Patience.

Mm.

What are you doing in my life?

What do you think I'm doing?

I don't know.

I mean, I thought I knew,
but now I'm just...

I'm... I'm not sure.

You say you love me.

Is that true?

Why would I say it
if I didn't mean it?

I don't know.

Look at me.

Look at me, I'm...
I'm looking at you.

I'm an old man.

My hands shake.

My body is not what it used to
be, and it never will be again.

Now, in a city full of young
studs to choose from,

what do you want with me?

You think I'm using you
or something?

Hmm?
I don't know.

To what, help out
with my lack of heartache

or my lack of headache?

Take out your phone.

Open up that app I showed you,

the one that shows you
all your accounts.

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Holy god in heaven.

Now who is using who, hmm?

Have I made that much already?

I said, "who is using who?"
James.

You're making money already.

But what I got?

No man, no ring, nothing.

Are you using me?
No.

Because that's what
it seems like.

No, no.
Yeah.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I asked the question.

I'm so tired
of your entire family.

All of y'all are snakes.

All y'all see is snakes,
and I'm over it.

Rochelle.
Rochelle.

No.
I'm serious, James.

You know, you just go ahead on

and take care of your IRS bill.
All right?

I'm glad I could be
of some assistance.

Rochelle, please don't go.

I'll never doubt you again.

Please.

Please.

Percy: You go and see
that Lionel yet?

I'll go today.

Good.

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Man: Lionel jeffries?

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Um, ma'am, I'm bishop Greenleaf.

Are you okay?

Have you lost a loved one?

No.

If there's anything I can do...

I hope you don't mind if I...

If I just sit with you
for a while.

It's okay.

It's my father.

It's his left hip, and he
doesn't know anybody here,

and I can't take care of him.

Hmm.

I have kids.

I, uh, have to work,

and I can't
watch him all the time.

Thank you.

He needs someone
that can feed him,

you know, and bathe him.

I tried.
I tried really hard, I did.

What a blessing that god
gave you a father

that means so much to you,

and that you're able
to demonstrate that love

by giving him the best care
that you can give,

by putting him here.

God knows that you trying
to do it yourself

wouldn't be
in anybody's best interest,

not your father's,
not yours or your family's.

This, what you're doing,
is a pure act of love.

Yeah, but this love hurts.

Can we pray together?

May the blessings of god
be upon you always.

Amen.

Thank you.

Man: Come in.

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Thank you for coming.

You have something to say?

I... I assume
that's why you called.

I just want to say I'm sorry.

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I don't expect that
you will forgive me.

A man expects his dealings
with a woman to be splintered,

fraught, messy, imprecise,

but he looks to his friends
to keep things whole.

I am so sorry, James.

What was done was wrong
in a million ways.

Ten million, million ways.

You know what broke the heart
of Jesus as I understand it?

It was the betrayal of a friend.

For this to begin with
a kiss from a friend...

I am so sorry.

This is the last time that we
will see each other

in this life.

I forgive you.

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Hey.

Here are the divorce papers.

I've already signed.

Why?

Why what?

Why did you sign them, James?

Because I know...

I have no right
to this marriage,

perhaps I never did.

Whether you sign them or not
is obviously up to you.

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Karine, have these messengered
to my attorney, please.

You just missed Sophia.

Thanks.

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