Power Book IV: Force (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Firestarter - full transcript
Previously
on Force...
Goddamn, man.
It's the third fucking
time this year.
You the new owner?
So if I want that cut,
I can come through
in a few days
and you'll clean me up?
You know who I am,
you know my name,
and you know what the fuck
I can do with that.
Why the fuck do you insist
on pushing your way into a room
where you're not wanted?
Mr. Flynn, this is Dr. Bruton.
We need to have a conversation
about your test results.
Why'd you come back?
I feel like
I could breathe here.
There's something
you should know about me.
This motherfucker.
I ain't in this game
to snatch chains
and pick pockets.
Beef within crews,
jumping off block to block.
These little niggas
crazy out here, bro.
Fuck off, Diamond.
I walked in with him.
I'm not walking out
without him.
You clockin' my city.
It gonna
be a problem if I am?
Every time
Ghost left somebody alive
out of his generosity,
it came to bite us in the ass.
It's always good
running into old friends.
Here. Put it on your head
or your neck.
It'll help with the swelling.
You didn't give
a fuck about my face
when that bitch
with the pink sneakers
sliced it open
when I was running for you.
Facts.
But to be fair, we did pay
for your hospital bill.
You also wanted me dead.
More than once.
But let's not talk
about the past.
Let's focus on the future.
Where did you get this product?
I know you ain't got the funds
to front that kind of weight.
From some guy who tried
to kill me for my shit.
I'm beginning to see
a pattern here with you.
- Who was he?
- Didn't stick around
long enough to find out.
He ain't come back to collect?
I'm the only one that
walked away from that fight.
Hmm.
I'm not that bitch
getting caught
slipping in elevators no more.
'Sides, been a few weeks.
If someone was coming,
they would've knocked by now.
It's not if, it's when.
Didn't you learn nothing
running for us?
How many bricks you got there?
Let's see.
We got one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
You got ten bricks.
At, what,
30 fucking grand a pop?
Ain't nobody
just gonna walk away
from that kind of paper.
Lucky for you,
I kicked in your door.
Oh, yeah, I'm real lucky.
You get my coke and I get got.
I ain't gonna kill you.
We're gonna get into some
real interesting shit together.
The way I see it,
we could either
keep trying to kill
each other...
Let me rephrase that.
I could either kill you,
or we could work together.
Which one it gonna be?
I'm always on
the side of money.
Yeah, that's what I thought,
so grab a bag.
Pack this shit up.
Let's get to work.
Can I get some help?
Hello?
How can I help you, sir?
Hi, how are you?
I'm here for uh, Simon McDougal,
Brian Kennedy,
and Jimmy Muldoon.
That'll be $9,500.
It's all there.
Go sit down.
It'll be a minute, maybe more.
Little something extra
for the, uh,
Police Activities League.
They'll be right up.
I appreciate it.
These cocksuckers grabbed us
for doing nothing.
Yeah, yeah, tell me about it
in the middle
of a fucking police station.
Get outside.
How the fuck they get all you?
I don't know.
We're coming out of Mother's.
Weren't doing a goddamn thing.
Two fucking Unis show up,
grab us.
I thought
it was a fucking joke.
Hey, listen,
don't worry about it, okay?
Let's get you fed.
Get in the car.
Be there in a minute.
Give me my shit.
What the fuck, Bennigan?
You got patrolmen
picking up our guys?
Our guys?
Just 'cause I got a Mick name
doesn't mean we're fam.
You got beef?
Kick that shit
up the food chain.
Yeah, I got beef
when I have to post
almost ten large.
- My family gets a pass.
- I'm trying.
That shit's above my pay grade.
You got a problem in the ward.
Interesting.
I thought the whole reason
I paid you
is to make my problems go away.
And I'm doing everything I can.
You know, I don't believe you.
Take your hand
off my goddamn door
while you still got use of it.
You got an alderman issue,
not a cop issue.
Thank you.
Who wants breakfast?
Whoa.
No offence, but uh, you don't
really do it for me, Liliana.
- I don't fuck white boys.
- Nah?
Your asses
are too much trouble.
That's true.
The first rule of cutting
is don't get that shit
on your fit.
Hmm.
Your arm's busted?
Been a minute since I cut.
Been in management too long.
Watch and learn.
Okay.
Yo, if me and Ghost knew
you had skills like this,
we would've
taken you off the routes
and put you in the lab.
Is Ghost gonna be coming
down to Chicago
to get down on this?
Nah.
You two finally
decided to break up?
Ghost dead.
You do it?
Nah.
But I couldn't stop it neither.
Sorry for your loss.
Yeah.
Me too.
Look, it's gonna
take me all night
to get this to that sweet spot.
It'll be completely
undetectable.
- Double the weight.
- Double the profit.
That's right.
So what's the split?
70/30 my way.
Fuck that.
You think I'm
that scared little courier
you knew back in New York?
Think again, mano.
I need you and you need me.
So it's 50/50.
50/50.
Why you helping me, Tommy?
You wanted me dead.
Why you keep pushing it, huh?
It was a long time ago.
You the one that came at me.
- I didn't wanna die.
- And you ain't dead.
That's all that matters.
To Ghost.
To Ghost.
Yo, JP.
Yo, Tommy.
Yo.
- Hey. Oh, man.
- Where you want to put this?
Come on over here.
Well, upstairs
is uh, gutted to the studs.
Down here
is gonna be a motherfucker.
Yeah, I bet.
Where do you want these?
Come on, man.
Right here.
- You're a lifesaver.
- Yeah, dig in.
- You're welcome.
- All right.
- Cheese?
- I love cheese.
Next. Oh, mmm. Ah.
There we go. All right.
Those squares, man.
I'll never get used to it.
Come on, man,
that's good stuff.
So who's paying
for Miriam's nursing home?
Well, I assume she got
some kind of trust set up.
She had money like that?
Enough, I guess.
Nobody ever hit up
you or your old man?
Nah.
Me and Herman weren't a part
of her life for a long time.
By the time
we came back around,
she was already in the home.
I guess if we wanted
some answers...
No, no, no, no, no.
No fucking way
am I ever gonna go
to that crazy bitch.
Kate's out of the picture.
Lot of work to be done in here,
but, um...
...I think I'll hold onto this.
What's "this"?
You are right there.
Holy shit.
There I am.
Doesn't look like we were
ever here at the same time.
Yeah, no wonder we didn't know
the other one existed.
What's the plan for this place?
Man, I don't know.
Look, I appreciate this.
- No...
- But it doesn't feel right.
I can't keep it.
Doesn't feel right
and it doesn't feel legal.
Laundromats ain't legal
in Illinois?
That was my business, JP.
Laundromats,
parking lots, nightclubs.
Me and my partner
did real good.
Sold that shit,
split it right down the middle.
So you retired,
headed to Chicago?
Yeah, something like that.
And your partner?
He headed south.
Man, you break off
a knot like this, I mean...
Well, look,
money ain't got no feelings.
But I do.
Well, is your feelings gonna
keep the lights on here
or at the club?
Money fucks things up,
especially with family.
Take it back.
What's your number?
- I just said...
- No, I know what you said,
but I ain't heard
what you need.
Everybody's got a number
so they could breathe.
What's yours?
Come on, hit me.
One hundred
ninety-six thousand...
two hundred and twenty-three.
That's a big breath.
Hang on to that money,
all right?
I'll, uh,
I'll see what I can't do.
I'll hit you later.
This field is going to shit.
We should do
some community work.
That's a good way
to clean some cash.
Let's do something
that's just about...
I don't know, man, some good.
Shit, it's all good, nigga.
Let me ask you something.
You think money
has a conscience?
I mean, for real.
We get some new bleachers,
backstops,
put some real grass
in the outfield.
Come on.
All the shit we didn't have?
Ain't nobody gonna give a fuck
about where the money
came from.
Man, I am.
Look, everything on your back,
that crib I got you set up in,
it all come
from the same break now.
So think about it.
Why shouldn't these
beautiful Black kids
from around here
get the same shit that them
little white motherfuckers
in Barrington get?
You know I'm right.
But anyway, let's get into
game seven of the series.
Nigga, batter up.
Never saw it.
Lost TV privileges.
The fuck outta here.
For real.
Heard it on a transistor radio.
Only time I ever
felt free in there
was listening to that game.
Damn.
Well, no more excuses, nigga.
Let's go.
Come on, let's go.
I just sat my ass down.
Time to work.
Look at you
with the homework
on the two biggest players
in Chicago.
What do you know
about the Flynn family?
We tight.
Already been to the house
up at the lake.
Little over the top.
You got coffee?
Nothing with a kick?
I gotta cut
for another crew today.
Uh...
Breakfast of champions.
Ah, fuck it.
I gotta test the product.
Make 'em small.
Clean. Nice work.
I told you my shit was fire.
You know, it ain't easy
getting an invite
up to the big house
in the 'burbs.
If you can lock in Sampson
or the Flynns, we're set.
Think bigger.
Chicago ain't
like New York, right?
It ain't about Boroughs,
it's about blocks.
And the crews
that used to hold down
these neighbourhoods is fucked.
They all broke apart.
So this whole shit
is up for grabs.
Except for CBI or the Flynns.
CBI's the only crew
that matters South Side,
Flynns up north.
Yeah, between them
they got a lot of land
locked up here in Chicago.
- You ever cut for CBI?
- Only once.
Jenard tried fucking me
the whole time I was working.
Guess he did.
Piece of shit
still owes me eight grand.
I'll get you your money.
- And the Flynns?
- Nope, pills only.
They move mad weight.
One more for the road?
You can get your ass
a latte on the way there.
So it's Black and Latin crews
on the south and west side.
Whites up north.
Yeah, my guy Jason
said that none of them
fuck with each other.
- Who?
- Uh, old associate.
Retired.
Seems like a wasted shot
for Black and Latin
and white crews not to mix.
It ain't New York.
It's a hard line
nobody wants to cross.
Yeah, well, I wasn't born
within these lines here,
so I ain't gonna stay in 'em.
Well...
The Flynns don't know I'm here,
but Sampson does,
so I gotta get
this coke out there
to get them to the table.
Get this pipeline in motion.
Did you not hear the part
about Black, brown, and white?
Yeah, I heard you,
but if they smart,
the only colour they gonna
give a fuck about is green.
And if they too stupid
to do something about it,
then I'm gonna run
the whole fucking table.
You know what?
Let's keep one for ourselves.
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
Shit, nigga, you rusty.
- It's been a minute.
- I see.
I don't know, bro.
It look like you
lost your shit.
You sure you ready
for this heat?
I stay ready
so I ain't gotta get ready, J.
A'ight, I hear you, I hear you.
I don't know,
you look like you lost your cut
a little bit, bro,
just-just a little bit.
You doing a lot of talking,
and not a lot of pitching.
A'ight, a'ight.
Here come the janky leg.
Gotta watch that leg.
You gotta watch that leg.
Ah, yeah!
Steeerike two!
Show me something else.
So what's up, man?
You still fuckin'
with this white boy or what?
Man, just pitch.
- Are you?
- Man, pitch.
You ain't answer my question.
Because I don't need to.
Pitch.
Okay, so what?
This motherfucker
just gon' be around
for a minute or something?
Is that it?
He helped me get you
out of jail, right?
Fuck all that.
I'm good and you good.
So fuck him, bro.
We don't need him.
It don't work like that.
Spare me with
that Buddha bullshit, okay?
The old Diamond
would've popped
this goofy-ass nigga by now.
I'm not the old Diamond.
Yeah, you damn sure
right, you not.
And let me tell you
something else, too, nigga.
This ain't the old days.
Listen to me.
I am not your little brother
just happy to be
at the table, nigga.
I am a grown-ass man, D.
I earned my seat.
I done gave you that seat.
Now pitch.
You might've been
the motherfucker
that give me that seat,
but I'm the one
that made us relevant.
Remember that shit.
So Bennigan passed
the fucking buck?
Yeah.
He says we need to take it
to the alderman.
Look, if we don't get
somebody else on the inside,
this shit's
gonna keep happening.
Well, he's been strong so far.
As long as the Feds aren't
building a case against us,
we're good.
Our profits are down 12%
from six months ago.
I've told you, we'll come back.
You okay?
Y'know, maybe you should quit
smoking.
Maybe you should stop worrying.
Touch of bronchitis.
I need you to go and see
Alderman Maguire again.
Send the fucking politician.
Look at those lips.
Perfect for ass-kissing.
Yeah, but somehow,
I don't see your brother
in a skirt.
Let's agree to disagree.
I need you to convince Maguire,
stop these fucking shakedowns.
No, we can't play fast
and loose with this prick.
Land on a fucking number.
Got it.
I will head by his office
tomorrow and make it happen.
No, not his office.
A meal, expensive wine.
That motherfucker's
taking our money.
And I'm not having it anymore.
It ends now.
Make sure you wear something,
you know,
stimulate his imagination.
Got it.
- And hey, bunny.
- Yeah.
Put a little sugar on it.
You did this?
You bought my mom
a new tombstone?
She deserves it.
She gave us her blessing.
Yeah.
After I convinced her
you'd look after me.
I saw you with him.
So that's why you did this?
'Cause you're jealous?
Because I want you to be happy.
If you want me
to be happy, Vic,
then stop trying to buy me
and start standing up for me.
Okay, I just... I need...
I just...
Can you wait
for me to figure it out?
I don't know.
This fucking guy.
Unreal.
Let's take him out right now.
Nah, Paulie.
That'd be rude.
Let's see what he's got to say.
Then we'll take him out.
Hey yo, Walter.
River's almost as cold
as the house on the lake.
You surprised to still
see me in Chicago?
No.
I've been around
dumb motherfuckers before.
I'm not clear why you're still
in my fucking city, though.
Dumb motherfuckers like me
don't follow directions
too well.
You're a bit wee, aren't ye?
Your backup?
That the best you got, Thomas?
Don't sleep on her, Walter.
She a hitter.
Nice face.
Walk with me.
How'd you fuck up your face?
Shaving accident.
What's your fucking excuse?
Why you run with this asshole?
Why's a Polack
work for the Micks?
You always answer
questions with questions?
Do I?
You wanna grab dinner sometime?
Shave the moustache,
and we'll talk.
Gotta say, Thomas,
I'm not used to people
not following my orders.
Good thing I ain't your people.
Oh, you think so?
It's in your eyes, boy.
I see County Cork in there.
Nah, Walter,
I'm a fucking mutt.
Look like a fucking mutt to me.
All right, then.
What are you fucking
looking for?
I'm looking
for that long money.
I got enough money.
Yeah, but do you
got vision?
I got a business proposition
I think you might be feeling.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I recently ran into some coke.
Pure motherfucking shit.
Fuck! I move pills.
I don't fuck with powder
or any other shit.
Jesus Christ,
I know you sell pills.
All of Chicago
knows that you sell pills.
You a one-trick pony.
Why don't you diversify
your game?
If I'm gonna invest my money
in coke,
then I'm gonna go
with the CBI boys.
They make better partners.
Get the fuck
outta here, Walter.
You know you never run
with no Black crews.
Stop fronting like
you know the difference
between BLM and BET.
All right, so we got
a student here.
Yeah, you give the people
whatever the fuck they want,
and they will pay you
whatever the fuck you ask.
You got some
fucking balls on you, boy.
Balls will get you
through the door.
Brains will keep you
in the room.
And now that I'm in the room,
the fuck you gonna do about it?
I'm listening.
Good.
You ain't exactly
my first fucking choice here.
I didn't sign up
for this field trip.
But daddy's corner boy
can't say no.
Look, he told me to do this deal
with you, so here I am.
I don't say no when there's
real money to be made.
Real money... what the fuck
you know about real money?
You probably still
get an allowance.
Look, your coke's
a good product.
Put the Flynn stamp on it,
it's a new revenue stream.
I been trying to tell him
that coke goes hard 365
in Chicago,
but he won't go near CBI.
Yeah, 'cause rocking
with the South Side
bad for public image?
I ain't got a problem
with Black crews.
But what would people
say about Daddy
if sonny was
flipping packs with...
Yo, chill with that son shit,
will you?
Fuck, how long you gonna
be in Chicago anyways?
Long enough.
Why was you making side deals
without your old man knowing?
You here to move weight
or what?
Yeah, I'm here
to move weight.
Lead the way, son.
What the fuck
did you give me, Colin?
My heart's racing!
Colin, turn that shit down.
Colin,
turn that shit down!
Colin, turn
the fucking music off!
Okay, this
is all kinds of wrong.
She's fine. Just a lightweight.
Let's get the fuck outta here.
Fuck this.
I'm calling the cops.
You know,
let's not call the cops.
I'm the guy
that's gonna make sure
that you get out of here safe.
How's that sound?
Good.
Let's go.
No.
You came here to do a deal.
That's what your old man said.
So you are not leaving
until we have one.
Is that fucking clear?
You know,
I love that Papa Flynn
took the training wheels off,
but not all the way,
'cause this dude eye-fucking me
is clearly here
to hold his baby's hand.
Now...
who the fuck is this clown?
Oh!
Give me the gun.
Give me the fucking gun.
This is so good!
Shoot him, Fat Tony.
You ain't fat.
I went keto.
Fuck it.
Didn't think today was
your day, did you, Fat Tony?
It never is.
I got kids.
I got four kids.
What was it you were saying
about my old man, Colin?
What was that?
I can't fucking hear you!
Yo, as much as I like
where this is going,
I don't think we want
to haul out a body
in the middle of the day.
Freight elevator is good
for 2,000 pounds, easy.
Take you right
to the alley too.
Are you kidding me, Tony!
All right, Tony,
get her the fuck out of here.
- Please, Vic...
- Shut the fuck up!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Here ya go.
Now, paint the fucking walls.
No, no, no, wait, wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Jesus fucking Christ, Victor.
Psshh.
You can't handle
one fucking deal?
That motherfucker Colin
was outta line.
I'm talking to my son.
The deal didn't make, Da.
We gotta take the product
up to Lake County.
You can't move
fucking weight in this city.
What chance you think
you got up there?
You know what?
Call this fucking idiot.
Colin.
Get us back on fucking track.
You can call him if you want,
but I don't think
he's gonna answer.
All right, you want
to make a real fucking move?
Unify all the cocaine.
One deal.
You get Diamond Sampson
to the table.
That's it.
And we're all good.
All right.
Ha ha ha. Diamond Sampson.
Best hand-eye coordination
that Chicago has ever seen.
I used to fight a little.
My coach would always say,
"Stay off the ropes
and outta the corners."
Best advice I ever got.
Sound advice.
What, you here to lace 'em up
or just read my press clip?
I'm here for business.
I got a meet set.
Me, you,
and Walter Flynn.
Ain't no white boys crew
got down with us before,
and that's not gonna change
'cause a white boy
with a little bit of swag
decided he wanted
to kick it around our city.
I ain't never been
no white man's nigga.
I ain't about to be one now.
Right.
So before you move forward
with any deal
or proposition
or any of that shit,
you better make damn sure
that you ain't out here
thinking the same shit as them
other white motherfuckers.
Oh, I ain't.
You keep forgetting.
I ain't from this city
so I wasn't born
into these rules,
so I ain't got to live by 'em.
This deal is undeniable.
Fuck them other crews.
This about you.
- So Walter Flynn already down?
- Mm-hmm.
What? Come on, you seriously
thinking about Flynn?
Yo, yo, me and big bro
having a conversation here.
A'ight, boy, you and big bro
ain't having shit.
You know where you at?
The fuck is wrong with you?
It's cool, J.
No, it ain't
motherfucking cool.
Nigga, don't no CBI business
go down without me.
You want the top seat, D?
Only way to get that shit
is to take it, nigga.
What's up?
Ain't no coming back
from this, J.
Mm, okay, yeah.
Well, there ain't
moving forward without it.
Y'all get the fuck out.
Let's move forward, nigga.
You sure you wanna do this?
Ooh.
All right, let's go.
Hey, yo.
Who you got?
J, all the way.
Always bet on the little man,
you feel me?
They both bigger than me.
500.
You got five?
Shit, I got a coup'.
Money on the wood
make the backbone good.
- Bet.
- Let's get it.
Damn.
Got this, Diamond.
Come on, J, you got it.
Let's go, little bro. Come on!
Get him back on his feet.
- Ha ha ha. Okay.
- Let's go.
J, go 'head, let them legs fly.
Legs?
Fuck is you
talking about, legs?
Uhh...
Man, stop that
Karate Kid bullshit, man.
Use your hands.
That's your perineal nerve, D.
It's sending a message
to your central nervous system
telling you to tap out.
Tap, nigga.
Man, fuck that.
Punk motherfucker.
MMA bullshit.
How you like that?
There we go.
See what I'm saying?
Don't ever bet against a man
who ain't got nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
Yeah, whatever.
- Damn.
- A'ight, trip.
You got the top seat, D.
Heavy is the motherfuckin' head
that wear the crown, nigga.
Yo, Diamond.
Now that you got
the juice back,
what you think about
that sit with Flynn?
Set it.
I hope you don't mind...
I took the liberty
- of ordering for you.
- Yeah, I'm not here to eat.
The chef makes me
a butter-poached monkfish
that isn't on the menu.
It's phenomenal.
Besides, you can't do business
on an empty stomach.
Alderman,
my family has been very...
It's taxpayers' money.
- It'll be our little secret.
- Oh, okay
This is perfect.
Our family should not have
to be bailing out our men...
Just one more sec, pumpkin.
I detect yellow citrus fruit,
white flowers that mingle
with hints of crushed chalk...
You know, I thought
we had an agreement.
Agreements
and their terms change.
Well, then we need to be
notified on those changes.
Give us a firm number
and stop moving the target.
I think I mentioned something
to your father about that.
Or did I?
So much to do in a day.
If the harassment of my family
or any of our associates
continues in your ward,
then those monthly envelopes
you enjoy so much
will quickly disappear.
And we'll take our business
to another ward.
I'm not here to play games.
Too bad.
I can think of three right now
that end with us fucking.
There are so many pockets in
this city looking to be filled.
Yours can go empty very easily.
Ha.
Relax, Claudia.
Honestly, I don't know
why you don't like me more.
We have a lot in common.
Oh, we have nothing in common.
Oh, we do.
We both love to eat pussy.
Those fucking envelopes
are the only thing
keeping you and your family
from going away
for a very long time.
I decide when and how much.
You know, speaking of families,
I'm so glad to see that
your daughter Molly
is attending Sacred Heart.
- Don't you say another word.
- You know, I fucking hated
those uniforms, but...
Oh.
Look how clean she keeps hers.
I bet she would hate it
for it to get covered with...
dirt.
We're good.
The number
will remain the same.
Good.
I'll let my father know.
Oh, and something
tells me that
even if I gave you a manual
and a map,
you wouldn't know the first
thing about eating pussy.
Good night, Liam.
This shit is depressing.
Not even a box of cereal.
I gave up eating
cereal a long time ago.
It's not good for you.
If the Flynns can't move that,
I got a way.
Let me run with it.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Half that shit's mine.
I can do whatever I want.
Why do I get the feeling that
who's ever looking for this...
When did you
become so paranoid?
Let me buy you out your half.
- No.
- Whose cocaine is this?
I already told you
the whole fucking story.
You better have.
I think I'm gonna
keep all of it.
Yeah.
But I will call you later.
Hasta lue... go.
Bye.
Fuck.
Walter.
The boy's late.
Don't you worry about that.
He'll be here.
Oh, aye?
Walter, Vic.
Diamond.
Good to see you out, Diamond.
Good to be out.
Let me get right down to it.
Diamond's the biggest
motherfucker on the South Side.
The Flynns, y'all got
the North Side on lock.
But in order
for this partnership to work,
all this Chicago
Black and white bullshit
gonna have to end, Walter.
We're ready to work with CBI.
- Have access to your cocaine...
- Ah...
In exchange for our product.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold your roll, son.
I mean, this is just the first
conversation, isn't it?
I'm listening.
This how shit gonna go down.
CBI's gonna start
moving powder up north.
That'll give the Flynns
an opportunity
to sell their pills down south.
Below Garfield Ave.
Kickback is 10%. Both ways.
Huh.
And where is
your cut in all this?
'Cause I know
you ain't doing it
out of the kindness
of your heart, are you?
Five percent.
On every deal.
Oh-ho.
That's a bit steep.
Walter, been hearing that
your numbers been down
for the past couple of months.
Thought
you'd be happy about this.
So how've you been
hearing that?
It's the word on the street.
How do I know that
your man Diamond here
will keep up
his end of the deal?
And no turn around,
stab me in the back
first chance he gets.
Because my word
means something.
Your word?
Yeah, does it though?
Twenty years ago,
when you rolled up
on Paulie and his wife.
Remember that?
Beth catches
a face full of fuckin' glass.
Fifty-two fucking stitches
to put her
beautiful face back together.
Hold up now, we getting
a little off topic here.
It wasn't us and it wasn't me.
Oh, 'cause...'cause...
'cause we should just
take your word for that.
- Da, let it go.
- Get off of me.
That's your trouble,
you motherfucking
Black parasite.
Jesus Christ.
Is you think
you're untouchable?
- A'ight, you know what? I'm out.
- No, no, no, Diamond,
Diamond, Diamond, come on, man.
Don't leave me here.
Not now, not now.
Walter ain't gonna
pull that bullshit again.
Yeah. Okay.
All right, Walter.
Go ahead and continue with
your little history lesson
and tell your son
how you put nine of my men
in the ground.
Nine... because you think
we all look alike.
And I never retaliated.
You never retaliated
'cause I'd have buried another
19 more of you motherfuckers.
Because I wasn't gon' lose
any more of my men
behind the lies
of a worthless man.
Huh.
What the fuck just happened?
It's called history, new guy.
You had a chance here, Walter,
to do something
that fucking mattered.
They don't need to matter to us
'cause we are Flynns,
you hear me?
We're the fuckin' Flynns.
That was our chance
to make a change.
Expand the business
in a real fucking way.
Know what, son?
You gotta shut up and listen.
The Italians or the Greeks
or the Polish
find out that
we are in bed with them,
we become outcasts.
You understand that?
If we don't,
we're fuckin' extinct.
Yo, Dime.
Yo, man.
I didn't know
that motherfucker
was gonna come at you
like that.
I did.
But that ain't on you.
It's on the city.
Damn.
This definitely answers
my question about
what it is you do.
How could it be an answer
when you never asked?
You fucking kidding me?
My car already smells like
we got a dead body in it.
Get a vape.
Nothing a grown-ass man smokes
should smell like cotton candy.
Let me see the new face.
Maybe Flynn's got a new guy.
Could be.
Motherfucker.
Figured I'd introduce myself
to the man who seems
to have little regard
for his own short life.
Look at you out here
in these streets
rolling up on me
like a motherfucking OG.
Daddy know you out here?
How come
he ain't never put you on?
I'm on. Different role.
Yeah.
Well, wherever he has you,
it ain't nowhere close
to where you should be.
What are you actually looking
to get out of Chicago?
Every last motherfuckin' dollar
'til I'm running it.
You want in?
Might be a day late
and a dollar short
on that one, handsome.
I don't think so.
Yeah, you're about
to become obsolete.
I've got something
that'll kick your teeth in
a thousand times over.
Sounds fun.
What you got?
Stick around and find out.
- Is that an invitation?
- Maybe.
Chaos creates opportunity.
Yo, what's that mean?
Welcome to Chicago, Tommy.
The champ is here.
What up, fool?
Hey.
You sold that dive in the ring
like a motherfucker.
He really thought
he put your ass out to sleep.
Yeah, and he bought it.
You know this shit
gonna cut CBI
straight down the middle
though, right?
'Cause half these niggas,
they gon' go with you.
Other half gon' stay with D.
Mean, it's the long game, E,
the whole time.
When it's all said and done,
they all gon' come with me.
That's you.
This shit is incredible.
You know what else
is incredible?
Can't believe it took
three trials with the FDA
for them to discover
that the chemical compounds
were too close to cocaine.
Third time was a charm.
Buried me.
And there you were,
holding the bag
with an abundance
of this beautiful drug.
All this from
a busted diet pill?
God bless America.
This is where you
and your family come in.
Correction.
This is where I come in.
If you're hoping for the Flynn
family experience on this one,
you're not getting it.
It's just you and me.
Makes sense financially.
Money's simple.
People are complicated.
This is just you and me,
understood?
Yeah.
Oh! So the biggest fire starter
in Chicago
lives in a firehouse.
Smart.
I never started a fire
I couldn't handle.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Well, I don't want to talk.
No more questions.
No more answers.
No... more... words.
on Force...
Goddamn, man.
It's the third fucking
time this year.
You the new owner?
So if I want that cut,
I can come through
in a few days
and you'll clean me up?
You know who I am,
you know my name,
and you know what the fuck
I can do with that.
Why the fuck do you insist
on pushing your way into a room
where you're not wanted?
Mr. Flynn, this is Dr. Bruton.
We need to have a conversation
about your test results.
Why'd you come back?
I feel like
I could breathe here.
There's something
you should know about me.
This motherfucker.
I ain't in this game
to snatch chains
and pick pockets.
Beef within crews,
jumping off block to block.
These little niggas
crazy out here, bro.
Fuck off, Diamond.
I walked in with him.
I'm not walking out
without him.
You clockin' my city.
It gonna
be a problem if I am?
Every time
Ghost left somebody alive
out of his generosity,
it came to bite us in the ass.
It's always good
running into old friends.
Here. Put it on your head
or your neck.
It'll help with the swelling.
You didn't give
a fuck about my face
when that bitch
with the pink sneakers
sliced it open
when I was running for you.
Facts.
But to be fair, we did pay
for your hospital bill.
You also wanted me dead.
More than once.
But let's not talk
about the past.
Let's focus on the future.
Where did you get this product?
I know you ain't got the funds
to front that kind of weight.
From some guy who tried
to kill me for my shit.
I'm beginning to see
a pattern here with you.
- Who was he?
- Didn't stick around
long enough to find out.
He ain't come back to collect?
I'm the only one that
walked away from that fight.
Hmm.
I'm not that bitch
getting caught
slipping in elevators no more.
'Sides, been a few weeks.
If someone was coming,
they would've knocked by now.
It's not if, it's when.
Didn't you learn nothing
running for us?
How many bricks you got there?
Let's see.
We got one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten.
You got ten bricks.
At, what,
30 fucking grand a pop?
Ain't nobody
just gonna walk away
from that kind of paper.
Lucky for you,
I kicked in your door.
Oh, yeah, I'm real lucky.
You get my coke and I get got.
I ain't gonna kill you.
We're gonna get into some
real interesting shit together.
The way I see it,
we could either
keep trying to kill
each other...
Let me rephrase that.
I could either kill you,
or we could work together.
Which one it gonna be?
I'm always on
the side of money.
Yeah, that's what I thought,
so grab a bag.
Pack this shit up.
Let's get to work.
Can I get some help?
Hello?
How can I help you, sir?
Hi, how are you?
I'm here for uh, Simon McDougal,
Brian Kennedy,
and Jimmy Muldoon.
That'll be $9,500.
It's all there.
Go sit down.
It'll be a minute, maybe more.
Little something extra
for the, uh,
Police Activities League.
They'll be right up.
I appreciate it.
These cocksuckers grabbed us
for doing nothing.
Yeah, yeah, tell me about it
in the middle
of a fucking police station.
Get outside.
How the fuck they get all you?
I don't know.
We're coming out of Mother's.
Weren't doing a goddamn thing.
Two fucking Unis show up,
grab us.
I thought
it was a fucking joke.
Hey, listen,
don't worry about it, okay?
Let's get you fed.
Get in the car.
Be there in a minute.
Give me my shit.
What the fuck, Bennigan?
You got patrolmen
picking up our guys?
Our guys?
Just 'cause I got a Mick name
doesn't mean we're fam.
You got beef?
Kick that shit
up the food chain.
Yeah, I got beef
when I have to post
almost ten large.
- My family gets a pass.
- I'm trying.
That shit's above my pay grade.
You got a problem in the ward.
Interesting.
I thought the whole reason
I paid you
is to make my problems go away.
And I'm doing everything I can.
You know, I don't believe you.
Take your hand
off my goddamn door
while you still got use of it.
You got an alderman issue,
not a cop issue.
Thank you.
Who wants breakfast?
Whoa.
No offence, but uh, you don't
really do it for me, Liliana.
- I don't fuck white boys.
- Nah?
Your asses
are too much trouble.
That's true.
The first rule of cutting
is don't get that shit
on your fit.
Hmm.
Your arm's busted?
Been a minute since I cut.
Been in management too long.
Watch and learn.
Okay.
Yo, if me and Ghost knew
you had skills like this,
we would've
taken you off the routes
and put you in the lab.
Is Ghost gonna be coming
down to Chicago
to get down on this?
Nah.
You two finally
decided to break up?
Ghost dead.
You do it?
Nah.
But I couldn't stop it neither.
Sorry for your loss.
Yeah.
Me too.
Look, it's gonna
take me all night
to get this to that sweet spot.
It'll be completely
undetectable.
- Double the weight.
- Double the profit.
That's right.
So what's the split?
70/30 my way.
Fuck that.
You think I'm
that scared little courier
you knew back in New York?
Think again, mano.
I need you and you need me.
So it's 50/50.
50/50.
Why you helping me, Tommy?
You wanted me dead.
Why you keep pushing it, huh?
It was a long time ago.
You the one that came at me.
- I didn't wanna die.
- And you ain't dead.
That's all that matters.
To Ghost.
To Ghost.
Yo, JP.
Yo, Tommy.
Yo.
- Hey. Oh, man.
- Where you want to put this?
Come on over here.
Well, upstairs
is uh, gutted to the studs.
Down here
is gonna be a motherfucker.
Yeah, I bet.
Where do you want these?
Come on, man.
Right here.
- You're a lifesaver.
- Yeah, dig in.
- You're welcome.
- All right.
- Cheese?
- I love cheese.
Next. Oh, mmm. Ah.
There we go. All right.
Those squares, man.
I'll never get used to it.
Come on, man,
that's good stuff.
So who's paying
for Miriam's nursing home?
Well, I assume she got
some kind of trust set up.
She had money like that?
Enough, I guess.
Nobody ever hit up
you or your old man?
Nah.
Me and Herman weren't a part
of her life for a long time.
By the time
we came back around,
she was already in the home.
I guess if we wanted
some answers...
No, no, no, no, no.
No fucking way
am I ever gonna go
to that crazy bitch.
Kate's out of the picture.
Lot of work to be done in here,
but, um...
...I think I'll hold onto this.
What's "this"?
You are right there.
Holy shit.
There I am.
Doesn't look like we were
ever here at the same time.
Yeah, no wonder we didn't know
the other one existed.
What's the plan for this place?
Man, I don't know.
Look, I appreciate this.
- No...
- But it doesn't feel right.
I can't keep it.
Doesn't feel right
and it doesn't feel legal.
Laundromats ain't legal
in Illinois?
That was my business, JP.
Laundromats,
parking lots, nightclubs.
Me and my partner
did real good.
Sold that shit,
split it right down the middle.
So you retired,
headed to Chicago?
Yeah, something like that.
And your partner?
He headed south.
Man, you break off
a knot like this, I mean...
Well, look,
money ain't got no feelings.
But I do.
Well, is your feelings gonna
keep the lights on here
or at the club?
Money fucks things up,
especially with family.
Take it back.
What's your number?
- I just said...
- No, I know what you said,
but I ain't heard
what you need.
Everybody's got a number
so they could breathe.
What's yours?
Come on, hit me.
One hundred
ninety-six thousand...
two hundred and twenty-three.
That's a big breath.
Hang on to that money,
all right?
I'll, uh,
I'll see what I can't do.
I'll hit you later.
This field is going to shit.
We should do
some community work.
That's a good way
to clean some cash.
Let's do something
that's just about...
I don't know, man, some good.
Shit, it's all good, nigga.
Let me ask you something.
You think money
has a conscience?
I mean, for real.
We get some new bleachers,
backstops,
put some real grass
in the outfield.
Come on.
All the shit we didn't have?
Ain't nobody gonna give a fuck
about where the money
came from.
Man, I am.
Look, everything on your back,
that crib I got you set up in,
it all come
from the same break now.
So think about it.
Why shouldn't these
beautiful Black kids
from around here
get the same shit that them
little white motherfuckers
in Barrington get?
You know I'm right.
But anyway, let's get into
game seven of the series.
Nigga, batter up.
Never saw it.
Lost TV privileges.
The fuck outta here.
For real.
Heard it on a transistor radio.
Only time I ever
felt free in there
was listening to that game.
Damn.
Well, no more excuses, nigga.
Let's go.
Come on, let's go.
I just sat my ass down.
Time to work.
Look at you
with the homework
on the two biggest players
in Chicago.
What do you know
about the Flynn family?
We tight.
Already been to the house
up at the lake.
Little over the top.
You got coffee?
Nothing with a kick?
I gotta cut
for another crew today.
Uh...
Breakfast of champions.
Ah, fuck it.
I gotta test the product.
Make 'em small.
Clean. Nice work.
I told you my shit was fire.
You know, it ain't easy
getting an invite
up to the big house
in the 'burbs.
If you can lock in Sampson
or the Flynns, we're set.
Think bigger.
Chicago ain't
like New York, right?
It ain't about Boroughs,
it's about blocks.
And the crews
that used to hold down
these neighbourhoods is fucked.
They all broke apart.
So this whole shit
is up for grabs.
Except for CBI or the Flynns.
CBI's the only crew
that matters South Side,
Flynns up north.
Yeah, between them
they got a lot of land
locked up here in Chicago.
- You ever cut for CBI?
- Only once.
Jenard tried fucking me
the whole time I was working.
Guess he did.
Piece of shit
still owes me eight grand.
I'll get you your money.
- And the Flynns?
- Nope, pills only.
They move mad weight.
One more for the road?
You can get your ass
a latte on the way there.
So it's Black and Latin crews
on the south and west side.
Whites up north.
Yeah, my guy Jason
said that none of them
fuck with each other.
- Who?
- Uh, old associate.
Retired.
Seems like a wasted shot
for Black and Latin
and white crews not to mix.
It ain't New York.
It's a hard line
nobody wants to cross.
Yeah, well, I wasn't born
within these lines here,
so I ain't gonna stay in 'em.
Well...
The Flynns don't know I'm here,
but Sampson does,
so I gotta get
this coke out there
to get them to the table.
Get this pipeline in motion.
Did you not hear the part
about Black, brown, and white?
Yeah, I heard you,
but if they smart,
the only colour they gonna
give a fuck about is green.
And if they too stupid
to do something about it,
then I'm gonna run
the whole fucking table.
You know what?
Let's keep one for ourselves.
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
Shit, nigga, you rusty.
- It's been a minute.
- I see.
I don't know, bro.
It look like you
lost your shit.
You sure you ready
for this heat?
I stay ready
so I ain't gotta get ready, J.
A'ight, I hear you, I hear you.
I don't know,
you look like you lost your cut
a little bit, bro,
just-just a little bit.
You doing a lot of talking,
and not a lot of pitching.
A'ight, a'ight.
Here come the janky leg.
Gotta watch that leg.
You gotta watch that leg.
Ah, yeah!
Steeerike two!
Show me something else.
So what's up, man?
You still fuckin'
with this white boy or what?
Man, just pitch.
- Are you?
- Man, pitch.
You ain't answer my question.
Because I don't need to.
Pitch.
Okay, so what?
This motherfucker
just gon' be around
for a minute or something?
Is that it?
He helped me get you
out of jail, right?
Fuck all that.
I'm good and you good.
So fuck him, bro.
We don't need him.
It don't work like that.
Spare me with
that Buddha bullshit, okay?
The old Diamond
would've popped
this goofy-ass nigga by now.
I'm not the old Diamond.
Yeah, you damn sure
right, you not.
And let me tell you
something else, too, nigga.
This ain't the old days.
Listen to me.
I am not your little brother
just happy to be
at the table, nigga.
I am a grown-ass man, D.
I earned my seat.
I done gave you that seat.
Now pitch.
You might've been
the motherfucker
that give me that seat,
but I'm the one
that made us relevant.
Remember that shit.
So Bennigan passed
the fucking buck?
Yeah.
He says we need to take it
to the alderman.
Look, if we don't get
somebody else on the inside,
this shit's
gonna keep happening.
Well, he's been strong so far.
As long as the Feds aren't
building a case against us,
we're good.
Our profits are down 12%
from six months ago.
I've told you, we'll come back.
You okay?
Y'know, maybe you should quit
smoking.
Maybe you should stop worrying.
Touch of bronchitis.
I need you to go and see
Alderman Maguire again.
Send the fucking politician.
Look at those lips.
Perfect for ass-kissing.
Yeah, but somehow,
I don't see your brother
in a skirt.
Let's agree to disagree.
I need you to convince Maguire,
stop these fucking shakedowns.
No, we can't play fast
and loose with this prick.
Land on a fucking number.
Got it.
I will head by his office
tomorrow and make it happen.
No, not his office.
A meal, expensive wine.
That motherfucker's
taking our money.
And I'm not having it anymore.
It ends now.
Make sure you wear something,
you know,
stimulate his imagination.
Got it.
- And hey, bunny.
- Yeah.
Put a little sugar on it.
You did this?
You bought my mom
a new tombstone?
She deserves it.
She gave us her blessing.
Yeah.
After I convinced her
you'd look after me.
I saw you with him.
So that's why you did this?
'Cause you're jealous?
Because I want you to be happy.
If you want me
to be happy, Vic,
then stop trying to buy me
and start standing up for me.
Okay, I just... I need...
I just...
Can you wait
for me to figure it out?
I don't know.
This fucking guy.
Unreal.
Let's take him out right now.
Nah, Paulie.
That'd be rude.
Let's see what he's got to say.
Then we'll take him out.
Hey yo, Walter.
River's almost as cold
as the house on the lake.
You surprised to still
see me in Chicago?
No.
I've been around
dumb motherfuckers before.
I'm not clear why you're still
in my fucking city, though.
Dumb motherfuckers like me
don't follow directions
too well.
You're a bit wee, aren't ye?
Your backup?
That the best you got, Thomas?
Don't sleep on her, Walter.
She a hitter.
Nice face.
Walk with me.
How'd you fuck up your face?
Shaving accident.
What's your fucking excuse?
Why you run with this asshole?
Why's a Polack
work for the Micks?
You always answer
questions with questions?
Do I?
You wanna grab dinner sometime?
Shave the moustache,
and we'll talk.
Gotta say, Thomas,
I'm not used to people
not following my orders.
Good thing I ain't your people.
Oh, you think so?
It's in your eyes, boy.
I see County Cork in there.
Nah, Walter,
I'm a fucking mutt.
Look like a fucking mutt to me.
All right, then.
What are you fucking
looking for?
I'm looking
for that long money.
I got enough money.
Yeah, but do you
got vision?
I got a business proposition
I think you might be feeling.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
I recently ran into some coke.
Pure motherfucking shit.
Fuck! I move pills.
I don't fuck with powder
or any other shit.
Jesus Christ,
I know you sell pills.
All of Chicago
knows that you sell pills.
You a one-trick pony.
Why don't you diversify
your game?
If I'm gonna invest my money
in coke,
then I'm gonna go
with the CBI boys.
They make better partners.
Get the fuck
outta here, Walter.
You know you never run
with no Black crews.
Stop fronting like
you know the difference
between BLM and BET.
All right, so we got
a student here.
Yeah, you give the people
whatever the fuck they want,
and they will pay you
whatever the fuck you ask.
You got some
fucking balls on you, boy.
Balls will get you
through the door.
Brains will keep you
in the room.
And now that I'm in the room,
the fuck you gonna do about it?
I'm listening.
Good.
You ain't exactly
my first fucking choice here.
I didn't sign up
for this field trip.
But daddy's corner boy
can't say no.
Look, he told me to do this deal
with you, so here I am.
I don't say no when there's
real money to be made.
Real money... what the fuck
you know about real money?
You probably still
get an allowance.
Look, your coke's
a good product.
Put the Flynn stamp on it,
it's a new revenue stream.
I been trying to tell him
that coke goes hard 365
in Chicago,
but he won't go near CBI.
Yeah, 'cause rocking
with the South Side
bad for public image?
I ain't got a problem
with Black crews.
But what would people
say about Daddy
if sonny was
flipping packs with...
Yo, chill with that son shit,
will you?
Fuck, how long you gonna
be in Chicago anyways?
Long enough.
Why was you making side deals
without your old man knowing?
You here to move weight
or what?
Yeah, I'm here
to move weight.
Lead the way, son.
What the fuck
did you give me, Colin?
My heart's racing!
Colin, turn that shit down.
Colin,
turn that shit down!
Colin, turn
the fucking music off!
Okay, this
is all kinds of wrong.
She's fine. Just a lightweight.
Let's get the fuck outta here.
Fuck this.
I'm calling the cops.
You know,
let's not call the cops.
I'm the guy
that's gonna make sure
that you get out of here safe.
How's that sound?
Good.
Let's go.
No.
You came here to do a deal.
That's what your old man said.
So you are not leaving
until we have one.
Is that fucking clear?
You know,
I love that Papa Flynn
took the training wheels off,
but not all the way,
'cause this dude eye-fucking me
is clearly here
to hold his baby's hand.
Now...
who the fuck is this clown?
Oh!
Give me the gun.
Give me the fucking gun.
This is so good!
Shoot him, Fat Tony.
You ain't fat.
I went keto.
Fuck it.
Didn't think today was
your day, did you, Fat Tony?
It never is.
I got kids.
I got four kids.
What was it you were saying
about my old man, Colin?
What was that?
I can't fucking hear you!
Yo, as much as I like
where this is going,
I don't think we want
to haul out a body
in the middle of the day.
Freight elevator is good
for 2,000 pounds, easy.
Take you right
to the alley too.
Are you kidding me, Tony!
All right, Tony,
get her the fuck out of here.
- Please, Vic...
- Shut the fuck up!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Here ya go.
Now, paint the fucking walls.
No, no, no, wait, wait!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Jesus fucking Christ, Victor.
Psshh.
You can't handle
one fucking deal?
That motherfucker Colin
was outta line.
I'm talking to my son.
The deal didn't make, Da.
We gotta take the product
up to Lake County.
You can't move
fucking weight in this city.
What chance you think
you got up there?
You know what?
Call this fucking idiot.
Colin.
Get us back on fucking track.
You can call him if you want,
but I don't think
he's gonna answer.
All right, you want
to make a real fucking move?
Unify all the cocaine.
One deal.
You get Diamond Sampson
to the table.
That's it.
And we're all good.
All right.
Ha ha ha. Diamond Sampson.
Best hand-eye coordination
that Chicago has ever seen.
I used to fight a little.
My coach would always say,
"Stay off the ropes
and outta the corners."
Best advice I ever got.
Sound advice.
What, you here to lace 'em up
or just read my press clip?
I'm here for business.
I got a meet set.
Me, you,
and Walter Flynn.
Ain't no white boys crew
got down with us before,
and that's not gonna change
'cause a white boy
with a little bit of swag
decided he wanted
to kick it around our city.
I ain't never been
no white man's nigga.
I ain't about to be one now.
Right.
So before you move forward
with any deal
or proposition
or any of that shit,
you better make damn sure
that you ain't out here
thinking the same shit as them
other white motherfuckers.
Oh, I ain't.
You keep forgetting.
I ain't from this city
so I wasn't born
into these rules,
so I ain't got to live by 'em.
This deal is undeniable.
Fuck them other crews.
This about you.
- So Walter Flynn already down?
- Mm-hmm.
What? Come on, you seriously
thinking about Flynn?
Yo, yo, me and big bro
having a conversation here.
A'ight, boy, you and big bro
ain't having shit.
You know where you at?
The fuck is wrong with you?
It's cool, J.
No, it ain't
motherfucking cool.
Nigga, don't no CBI business
go down without me.
You want the top seat, D?
Only way to get that shit
is to take it, nigga.
What's up?
Ain't no coming back
from this, J.
Mm, okay, yeah.
Well, there ain't
moving forward without it.
Y'all get the fuck out.
Let's move forward, nigga.
You sure you wanna do this?
Ooh.
All right, let's go.
Hey, yo.
Who you got?
J, all the way.
Always bet on the little man,
you feel me?
They both bigger than me.
500.
You got five?
Shit, I got a coup'.
Money on the wood
make the backbone good.
- Bet.
- Let's get it.
Damn.
Got this, Diamond.
Come on, J, you got it.
Let's go, little bro. Come on!
Get him back on his feet.
- Ha ha ha. Okay.
- Let's go.
J, go 'head, let them legs fly.
Legs?
Fuck is you
talking about, legs?
Uhh...
Man, stop that
Karate Kid bullshit, man.
Use your hands.
That's your perineal nerve, D.
It's sending a message
to your central nervous system
telling you to tap out.
Tap, nigga.
Man, fuck that.
Punk motherfucker.
MMA bullshit.
How you like that?
There we go.
See what I'm saying?
Don't ever bet against a man
who ain't got nothing to lose
and everything to gain.
Yeah, whatever.
- Damn.
- A'ight, trip.
You got the top seat, D.
Heavy is the motherfuckin' head
that wear the crown, nigga.
Yo, Diamond.
Now that you got
the juice back,
what you think about
that sit with Flynn?
Set it.
I hope you don't mind...
I took the liberty
- of ordering for you.
- Yeah, I'm not here to eat.
The chef makes me
a butter-poached monkfish
that isn't on the menu.
It's phenomenal.
Besides, you can't do business
on an empty stomach.
Alderman,
my family has been very...
It's taxpayers' money.
- It'll be our little secret.
- Oh, okay
This is perfect.
Our family should not have
to be bailing out our men...
Just one more sec, pumpkin.
I detect yellow citrus fruit,
white flowers that mingle
with hints of crushed chalk...
You know, I thought
we had an agreement.
Agreements
and their terms change.
Well, then we need to be
notified on those changes.
Give us a firm number
and stop moving the target.
I think I mentioned something
to your father about that.
Or did I?
So much to do in a day.
If the harassment of my family
or any of our associates
continues in your ward,
then those monthly envelopes
you enjoy so much
will quickly disappear.
And we'll take our business
to another ward.
I'm not here to play games.
Too bad.
I can think of three right now
that end with us fucking.
There are so many pockets in
this city looking to be filled.
Yours can go empty very easily.
Ha.
Relax, Claudia.
Honestly, I don't know
why you don't like me more.
We have a lot in common.
Oh, we have nothing in common.
Oh, we do.
We both love to eat pussy.
Those fucking envelopes
are the only thing
keeping you and your family
from going away
for a very long time.
I decide when and how much.
You know, speaking of families,
I'm so glad to see that
your daughter Molly
is attending Sacred Heart.
- Don't you say another word.
- You know, I fucking hated
those uniforms, but...
Oh.
Look how clean she keeps hers.
I bet she would hate it
for it to get covered with...
dirt.
We're good.
The number
will remain the same.
Good.
I'll let my father know.
Oh, and something
tells me that
even if I gave you a manual
and a map,
you wouldn't know the first
thing about eating pussy.
Good night, Liam.
This shit is depressing.
Not even a box of cereal.
I gave up eating
cereal a long time ago.
It's not good for you.
If the Flynns can't move that,
I got a way.
Let me run with it.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Half that shit's mine.
I can do whatever I want.
Why do I get the feeling that
who's ever looking for this...
When did you
become so paranoid?
Let me buy you out your half.
- No.
- Whose cocaine is this?
I already told you
the whole fucking story.
You better have.
I think I'm gonna
keep all of it.
Yeah.
But I will call you later.
Hasta lue... go.
Bye.
Fuck.
Walter.
The boy's late.
Don't you worry about that.
He'll be here.
Oh, aye?
Walter, Vic.
Diamond.
Good to see you out, Diamond.
Good to be out.
Let me get right down to it.
Diamond's the biggest
motherfucker on the South Side.
The Flynns, y'all got
the North Side on lock.
But in order
for this partnership to work,
all this Chicago
Black and white bullshit
gonna have to end, Walter.
We're ready to work with CBI.
- Have access to your cocaine...
- Ah...
In exchange for our product.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold your roll, son.
I mean, this is just the first
conversation, isn't it?
I'm listening.
This how shit gonna go down.
CBI's gonna start
moving powder up north.
That'll give the Flynns
an opportunity
to sell their pills down south.
Below Garfield Ave.
Kickback is 10%. Both ways.
Huh.
And where is
your cut in all this?
'Cause I know
you ain't doing it
out of the kindness
of your heart, are you?
Five percent.
On every deal.
Oh-ho.
That's a bit steep.
Walter, been hearing that
your numbers been down
for the past couple of months.
Thought
you'd be happy about this.
So how've you been
hearing that?
It's the word on the street.
How do I know that
your man Diamond here
will keep up
his end of the deal?
And no turn around,
stab me in the back
first chance he gets.
Because my word
means something.
Your word?
Yeah, does it though?
Twenty years ago,
when you rolled up
on Paulie and his wife.
Remember that?
Beth catches
a face full of fuckin' glass.
Fifty-two fucking stitches
to put her
beautiful face back together.
Hold up now, we getting
a little off topic here.
It wasn't us and it wasn't me.
Oh, 'cause...'cause...
'cause we should just
take your word for that.
- Da, let it go.
- Get off of me.
That's your trouble,
you motherfucking
Black parasite.
Jesus Christ.
Is you think
you're untouchable?
- A'ight, you know what? I'm out.
- No, no, no, Diamond,
Diamond, Diamond, come on, man.
Don't leave me here.
Not now, not now.
Walter ain't gonna
pull that bullshit again.
Yeah. Okay.
All right, Walter.
Go ahead and continue with
your little history lesson
and tell your son
how you put nine of my men
in the ground.
Nine... because you think
we all look alike.
And I never retaliated.
You never retaliated
'cause I'd have buried another
19 more of you motherfuckers.
Because I wasn't gon' lose
any more of my men
behind the lies
of a worthless man.
Huh.
What the fuck just happened?
It's called history, new guy.
You had a chance here, Walter,
to do something
that fucking mattered.
They don't need to matter to us
'cause we are Flynns,
you hear me?
We're the fuckin' Flynns.
That was our chance
to make a change.
Expand the business
in a real fucking way.
Know what, son?
You gotta shut up and listen.
The Italians or the Greeks
or the Polish
find out that
we are in bed with them,
we become outcasts.
You understand that?
If we don't,
we're fuckin' extinct.
Yo, Dime.
Yo, man.
I didn't know
that motherfucker
was gonna come at you
like that.
I did.
But that ain't on you.
It's on the city.
Damn.
This definitely answers
my question about
what it is you do.
How could it be an answer
when you never asked?
You fucking kidding me?
My car already smells like
we got a dead body in it.
Get a vape.
Nothing a grown-ass man smokes
should smell like cotton candy.
Let me see the new face.
Maybe Flynn's got a new guy.
Could be.
Motherfucker.
Figured I'd introduce myself
to the man who seems
to have little regard
for his own short life.
Look at you out here
in these streets
rolling up on me
like a motherfucking OG.
Daddy know you out here?
How come
he ain't never put you on?
I'm on. Different role.
Yeah.
Well, wherever he has you,
it ain't nowhere close
to where you should be.
What are you actually looking
to get out of Chicago?
Every last motherfuckin' dollar
'til I'm running it.
You want in?
Might be a day late
and a dollar short
on that one, handsome.
I don't think so.
Yeah, you're about
to become obsolete.
I've got something
that'll kick your teeth in
a thousand times over.
Sounds fun.
What you got?
Stick around and find out.
- Is that an invitation?
- Maybe.
Chaos creates opportunity.
Yo, what's that mean?
Welcome to Chicago, Tommy.
The champ is here.
What up, fool?
Hey.
You sold that dive in the ring
like a motherfucker.
He really thought
he put your ass out to sleep.
Yeah, and he bought it.
You know this shit
gonna cut CBI
straight down the middle
though, right?
'Cause half these niggas,
they gon' go with you.
Other half gon' stay with D.
Mean, it's the long game, E,
the whole time.
When it's all said and done,
they all gon' come with me.
That's you.
This shit is incredible.
You know what else
is incredible?
Can't believe it took
three trials with the FDA
for them to discover
that the chemical compounds
were too close to cocaine.
Third time was a charm.
Buried me.
And there you were,
holding the bag
with an abundance
of this beautiful drug.
All this from
a busted diet pill?
God bless America.
This is where you
and your family come in.
Correction.
This is where I come in.
If you're hoping for the Flynn
family experience on this one,
you're not getting it.
It's just you and me.
Makes sense financially.
Money's simple.
People are complicated.
This is just you and me,
understood?
Yeah.
Oh! So the biggest fire starter
in Chicago
lives in a firehouse.
Smart.
I never started a fire
I couldn't handle.
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
Well, I don't want to talk.
No more questions.
No more answers.
No... more... words.