Power Book IV: Force (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Outrunning a Ghost - full transcript

Previously on Force...

No one's prepared for it.
You know why?

'Cause no one's ever seen
anything like this.

Welcome to my buzz saw.

Just take my word for it.
Best high I ever had.

That's a big claim.

Don't care. Best.

You're the only one
who knows how to cook Dahlia.

You crack it yet?

No, you can't bond it

to any other foreign substance.

It literally self-destructs.

- Hi, Doc.
- You got everything

- you need to start cooking?
- I'm not a drug dealer.

Good thing for you I am.

I got a job for you.

It's about that nigga Tommy.

What you need?

I just want you to watch
the motherfucker.

So you want me to babysit
this motherfucker?

I don't need
no more fucking charity.

I need to start
making some bread.

I'm trying to have
a real moment with you.

We having a real moment.

Nah, you blowing rainbows
and sunshine up my ass.

I don't want that gig
no more, fam.

Yo, what the fuck you mean
you don't want the gig no more?

Find someone else for the job.

I'm Adrienne.

Diamond.
Nice to meet you, Adrienne.

It's nice to be met.

Did you feel special?

I did.

You good? You good?

Look at me, Gloria. Look at me.
We're okay.

Why the fuck would the Serbs
try to take you out?

That fucking Tommy Egan.

You tell Mirkovic
he comes after my boy,

I'll burn this fucking city
to the ground.

- This is who we are.
- And this is what we do.

Doc's more impressive
than I thought.

She can turn this out
a lot faster than I...

Faster ain't always better.

She in a hurry to work herself
out of this current situation.

But quality control
is everything right now.

I think it's time we go bigger.

After we move this,
then we can go wider.

Well, why not right now?

We're already heavy
in the clubs.

Yeah, and we gonna do
twice as many clubs tomorrow.

- And then what?
- This is the then what.

We creating the demand
before the supply.

We gonna get everybody hyped
on this thing.

Yeah, that seems
kind of backwards.

You know what?
You need to start trusting me.

Okay. Go on.

We gonna make it so everybody
who want it

can get down with it.

And I mean everybody.

The current version is nice,

but shit priced too high.

Nothing compares
to the effects of Dahlia.

People will pay
a premium for it.

Small group of people.

Now, I know what you thinking.

We ain't going low rent,
just affordable housing.

We got the doc cooking
this shit up for us,

but our margins
is gonna be fucked

if we keep producing
with the current cut.

So what we gonna do is,

we gonna set up the rollout
with the prime,

and then we gonna come at them
with the new version

of Dahlia everyone can afford.

Um...

I'm giving you
a street diploma here,

and this ain't no GED.

This is some
master's type shit,

so I hope you was taking notes.

Jenard and Diamond.

Goddamn, it's good to see
y'all niggas back together.

Always, nigga.

To be honest, I wasn't sure
if I'd be returning to the Chi.

Life in the Crescent City
wasn't too bad.

But when Chicago calls,
you gotta answer it, you know?

Well, it's good to have
you back, fam.

You too, my nigga.

Whatever y'all need from me,

you know I'm good
to pick up where we left off.

- For sure.
- Hey, yo.

Big bros, look. Check it out.

So me and Marshall
been working on some shit.

A business opportunity
we think y'all gonna fuck with.

Y'all really gonna
wanna fuck with this.

A'ight, nigga, fuck it.
Shark Tank, let's hear it.

A'ight, so look.

Me and Marshall got
a cousin down in Gary.

Now, this nigga been trying
to move weight.

Hold up, y'all two
little niggas are related?

- No.
- A'ight, then why you

starting the pitch with "we"?

- I'm-I'm confused.
- Whose cousin is it?

- Mine, nigga, damn.
- And can we continue, please?

Yeah, I heard enough, fam.

We ain't heard shit yet,
a'ight?

You know what I'm saying?

And besides, Gary, like,
a major artery to the Midwest.

- Just chill.
- Exactly.

Which is why
y'all should let us be the,

uh, cour... uh...

Couriers, nigga.

- Ah.
- That's the word, nigga.

- Right there. I like that shit.
- That shit fancy.

Yeah, I'm not
in the fancy business.

I keep it simple.

Thank y'all for the pitch.

Come on, just think about it.

Look, if we get picked up,

we don't need to do
no real time.

And that juvie shit easy.

Yeah, stupid time.
What you think, man? Come on.

I mean, shit, nigga.
I ain't gonna lie.

I like it. I like the pitch.

I think it's a good pitch.

Oh, it is?

I mean, it's kind of
out of nowhere a little bit.

But shit, Gary a good spot.
What you think?

I think we're good
in our one lane here.

That shit sound like
a white man playbook to me.

- It really does, yeah.
- Facts, G.

A'ight?
Now, I don't know about you,

but a nigga like me say,
"Fuck it."

Let's open this bitch up.
You hear me?

Fuck we talking about.

I say no.
It's not worth the trouble.

It's too many variables
that we can't control.

It ain't worth the risk, man.

Damn.

Let me holla at your mans
real quick, a'ight?

Hey, Blax.

Last time I asked you
for something,

you fucked me, nigga.

Bro, I stepped off that shit.
I gave your paper back.

It was all there.

A'ight, so you want me
to move on Gary?

Nigga, hell yeah.

Well, you gonna have to earn
my trust back, nigga.

Or else I ain't fucking
with your shit, a'ight?

Now, you got a chance
to come up here big.

What you need?

I need you to go find me
that motherfucking white boy.

Tell me where he at.

'Cause his motherfucking ass
is getting smoked tonight.

A'ight. I got you.

- Everything okay?
- Yeah.

Just fucking peachy.

We gotta be ready.

For what?

For when the Serbs come back.

Why would the Serbs be coming
after the Flynns, Walter?

We don't have a beef with them.

They took a shot at my son.

So I did what a father does.

You got a fucking problem
with that, Paulie?

No, I don't.

But we're not as strong
as we once were.

We're strong enough.

Not if they come back.

You opened
the gates of hell, Walter.

Good thing I'm the devil.

I'll get on it.

Glo, you wanna grab breakfast?

There's gonna be a huge line
at Walker Brothers.

I need to go away for a while.

I love you,
but we're never gonna

get out
from under your family.

And it just hurts too much
to keep doing this.

Hey, it's Gloria.
Leave a message.

Yeah, hey, call me back.

You know,
what we got with Dahlia

is a once-in-a-lifetime
kind of drug.

The kind that Liliana
wasn't bullshitting on

when she said
it was gonna change everything.

Problem is, it's too expensive.

People are paying for the keys.

Keys is cool,
but that ain't everybody.

If we move enough, who cares?

We still won't be able
to compete with heroin and coke.

Imagine Dahlia running
the fucking market.

You're trying to knock it down
to make it affordable.

It's smart.

I don't wanna do that.

I know my vote may not count
as heavily as...

You don't got a vote.
Dahlia's too expensive.

We gonna price ourselves out
or worse, phase out like a fad.

It's not a fad.

I want every crew in Chicago
on our list

and then expand
this shit beyond.

We need to keep this exclusive.

We need a version of Dahlia
everyone can fuck with,

from the addicts
to the garbageman

to sorority girls looking
to party on the weekend.

What do you say, Doc?

Please hear me out.

If we start deconstructing
and compromising

the molecular integrity
of our compound,

we'll be knocked off or worse.

And that's not Dahlia anymore.

Of course it's Dahlia.

We just need to knock
the price tag off,

make a shit ton
at a good cost to us.

Stack it deep. Sell it cheap.

And pretty soon,
we own the whole fucking city.

- Exactly.
- I'm in.

Dahlia's not some street drug.

Not yet.

But the doc is gonna
make it one.

I agree with Claudia.

We don't need
a cut-rate version.

You just stick
to the science, Doc.

Let me handle the business.

I think we're making a mistake.

Let's take a vote.
Who sees shit my way?

You outvoted. Two to one.

Make it happen.

There's a time lock
on the door.

So don't even try it.

Remember,
we all in this together.

Y'all little niggas
ain't got no hos.

Nigga, what?
Shut your goofy ass up, nigga.

I be stretching shit.

I need what the fuck
he smoking.

- Roll that shit up. Pass it.
- You got some fucking nerve, D.

What the fuck you got?

Man, really nigga?

- What's up?
- Come on, man.

You just put me up
to this shit.

You gotta give me some time.

Well, the clock is ticking,
motherfucker.

Hurry the fuck up.

Soon as I get him,

you gonna get the call, a'ight?

Done and done.

I hear you.

Hey, man, that Gary move,

my nigga, that's big money
all the way around.

Don't even trip
about white boy.

He good as bodied.

So we doing this?

Fucking right, we gonna do it.

We gonna make that move
to Indiana ourself.

- Check on that cousin.
- Yeah, he good people too.

Nigga head fucked up
from that war.

That nigga wasn't in no war.

He slipped on ice
during basic training

and bust his shit,
knocked hisself unconscious.

He woke up goofy as fuck.

I'm saying you ain't worried
about Diamond finding out?

Nah.

That nigga not gonna find out,
a'ight?

He real
motherfucking comfortable

with what he got
going on right here, bro.

Never really been about
no field vision.

Can only run one play
at a time.

The real risky move
is standing still,

and that nigga Diamond
forgot that shit

when he was sitting
in that fucking cell.

You, um, eyeball this shit,

or, like, you get down
to the grams and grains?

See 'cause, like, to me,
the best way is about the feel.

Yeah, that doesn't work here.

It's metrics
from start to finish.

Every chemical
that's introduced

has a very particular
chain reaction to the other.

They link
and change when they bond.

That's why it can't be
fucked with?

It's a fail-safe I instituted.

Yo, that shit was fire.

I-I couldn't get
anywhere near it.

Oh, I know. No one can.

Listen.

You gotta get me out of here.

The fuck I do.

I'll keep my mouth shut.
I swear.

But if I don't show up to work,

people are gonna know
I'm missing.

I'm extremely reliable.
I've never missed a day.

Oh, you want
a fucking gold star?

Call your boss.

- What's her name?
- Richard.

Hi, is this Richard?

I'm calling on behalf
of Dr. Lauryn Williams.

Yeah, unfortunately
she won't be able

to make it to work today.

She's having
some health issues.

Now, Richard, you know
that HIPAA law prevents me

from disclosing any personal
or pertinent information.

We do hope this doesn't cause
too much of an inconvenience.

You have a wonderful
day too, Rich.

Men are so stupid.
It's so easy.

- Okay, but...
- But?

There ain't no buts,
and you are pushing it, chica.

It's just, I have a dinner
I have to be at tonight.

A...

you got a dinner?

Okay, it's a date,
a third date, and I...

and I really... I like him a lot.

A third date. That's a big one.

Oh, Doc,
you were gonna fuck, huh?

Yeah, well, you can't
wear that.

That's what you would wear
to get a bank loan.

Don't stop 'cause I'm here.

No, no, we were just going over
the new marching orders.

Why? They wasn't clear enough?

They were, but my main concern
is the science of it all.

I literally have to reconfigure
the DNA.

It's all science, Doc.
That's why you here.

This could be dangerous.

A lower-grade version
of this drug

makes us susceptible
to someone ripping us off.

If they cut it wrong,
our brand dies

- or somebody does a...
- Fuck that.

Our brand is tight.

No one can do what you do, Doc,
on any level.

This shit's all about you.

Unless you ain't up
to the task no more.

I'm-I'm up to it.

Oh, that's good.

She got a date.

I don't give a fuck.

People are gonna
start wondering

where she is.

Tommy, they are going to start
looking for her.

Well, if you so concerned,

then you going out tonight too.

I'm not sorry for what I said,
but the way I said it,

I could have done better
with that.

And I know that shit
from Dr. Phil.

Is this an apology or...

I can't apologize
for who I am or what I do, JP.

Also Dr. Phil.

A'ight, I'll see you later.

Nah, but look, I didn't need
to fucking bite your head off.

So for that, I'm...

- Yeah?
- I'm, you know...

Say it. Two little words.

- Fuck you.
- Apology accepted.

See, there was this guy.

He was my brother, man. He...

When people get close to me,
it...

I just don't want nothing
to happen to you, a'ight?

And nothing will.
So hear me out.

You must like talking
to brick walls.

I'm not saying
that I have to cross the border

like a fucking mule.

I just don't wanna be handed
something for doing nothing.

I can do the easy shit.

Ain't no easy parts
in this business.

None.

- What about my club?
- No.

You gotta find a way
to move the money.

Are you willing to risk your
father's heart and soul for it?

No.

I'm willing to risk it
to save them.

You a good son.

We'll figure some shit out.

Now tell me what the fuck
happened with Miriam.

It was a stroke or an aneurysm.

She's in real bad shape, man.

Fuck.

Hey, I think
we should call Kate.

She buried Miriam 35 years ago.

Why the fuck
would I call her now?

Because her mother is...

If she finds out
about me and you

and I'm here in Chicago,

she gonna be on the next plane
to cover her bullshit.

She ain't the person
you hoping for.

See, I don't know that.

I don't know what the fuck
kind of person she is.

All I'm getting from this
is your side.

This bitch lied to me
my whole life.

Told me Miriam was dead.
Acted like you was never born.

And with all them lies,
all of that bullshit

from when I was a kid,
I kept coming back to her.

Family is about forgiveness.

I can't never forgive her
for what she done.

She walked out on me
right after they cut

the fucking cord,

and I'm still willing
to forgive her.

What the fuck she do to you
that was so bad?

She chose to love a ghost
instead of me.

We're tightening up
security around here,

and I'm putting
two guards on you.

I'm good, thanks.

We need to be ready
for retaliation.

I'm not really interested
in having security

up my ass 24-7.

Sweetheart, your brother

can look after himself
on the street.

What the fuck are you gonna do?
Get yourself shot?

Not remotely.

What are you gonna do?
Piss off some more crews?

This is no fucking joke.

I'm here to fucking
protect you.

You want me to have protection,

give me a fucking gun.

No better way to even
the fight, is there, Da?

I know you think
you're hard, darling.

But you do not have
the strength to pull a trigger.

I guarantee that.

Push comes to shove,
who knows what I'm capable of?

Put two on her.

You got it.

Hey, I ain't even strapped.

The fuck is you
following me for, huh?

Whoever put you up to this,
they come looking,

I ain't going nowhere.

I'm here, you hear me?
I'm right fucking here.

Ain't nobody put me up
to this shit, man.

I'm just here to let you know

that you need
to watch your back.

Who sent you?
Diamond? Jenard?

I ain't telling you
nothing else

other than you need
to keep your gun on you,

and don't get caught lacking.

Why you wanna help me?

I got my reasons.

A'ight, then.
Appreciate the heads-up.

- Don't mention it.
- I just did.

Now get the fuck out of here.

Hm.

Deep money ain't so bad.

Yeah, it's an investment.

Oh, yeah?

How much your papi invest
for you?

So...

...you know Tommy better
than anyone.

As much as anyone can.

Yeah? Do you fuck him?

Let me congratulate you all
on making the cut.

First and foremost, we need
your trust and your silence.

By entering
into this agreement,

you are signing a verbal NDA,
which means you don't say shit.

Everyone in this room
has never been in this room.

The first rollout
was seamless.

But as we move forward,
never stray from your targets.

Remember, the dude or woman
in the corner

nursing one drink all night,
that's a fucking cop.

We're giving you the players
and the playlist.

Do not stray from that.
If you do, we're all fucked.

The reason we're only giving
you enough Dahlia for your lips

is because
it isn't enough weight

to do any actual real time.

If you do get picked up,

do not call us.

This is the only number
you call.

You ask for Kippleman,

and you wait
for his ass to show up.

You're getting paid
to do one thing here:

courier.

That's French for
"get from point A to point B

without fucking up."

Is that all clear?

Good.

Macy, can I ask...

I have a proposition for you.

I need one of your girls,
maybe that redhead, Sofie,

to go after my brother, Vic.

- Okay.
- All right, you good?

Mm-hmm.

We take one property out

to add another one
to the chain...

It might affect
the entire molecular chain.

Yeah, I know.
You've been saying that

for a fucking hour.

Stop the bullshitting.

What do you need to take out
to make this shit work?

The most complex component.

Okay, which is?

The three main chemicals that
when combined makes it glow.

Hombre,
that's our calling card.

- Exactly.
- That's why you gonna

get rid of it.

It's also your fingerprint.
It's too identifiable.

So what makes Dahlia special
if it doesn't glow?

You serious? The fucking high.

That's why people
keep coming back.

Drugs with a gimmick fade away.

Drugs that hit every time
live on forever.

You got
a forever ride here, Doc.

Don't fuck it up thinking

you gotta put
a frame around it.

Have a nice time on your date.

You fucking crack
this thing yet or what?

Oh, my God. Hi. How are you?

Would you like a cigarette?

So?

She's tired.

So what?

Been working in the lab
for hours on end.

Look, I don't know how much
more we can get out of her.

That's why you there,
over her shoulder,

trying to learn...

You gonna crack it or what?

We're moving as fast as we can.

But this ain't coke.

If you move too quick,
you break the chain.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I just never had nothing
that was all mines.

When I was a corner boy,

I was always hustling
for somebody else.

People slept on me like
I was coming off the bench,

but I never wanted
nothing else but this.

Everybody else
that we came up with,

me and Ghost, especially him,

they started to want
different things.

They started to wanna
become different people.

But... not me.

Psh, not once.

You're definitely running
your own hustle now, Tommy.

You're running it on point,

and you're running it
without fucking Ghost.

But?

But if you keep
pushing too hard now,

we ain't gonna win at this.

Hey.

Claudia's working an angle.

I saw her pull
one of our girls aside,

saying some shit about Vic.

Find out where the fuck
they're gonna be at.

- Hit me up later.
- I will.

Ooh, Doc,
looking nice in my 'fit.

How the fuck you put on
each other's clothes

and that shit work?

'Cause we're magic.

- Shall we?
- We?

You didn't think you was
going alone, did you?

For a minute, I did.

You won't even know she there.

- Thanks, dad.
- Hurry back.

My God.

- Oh!
- Mm!

- J, nigga.
- What up?

- This club is fucking fire.
- Nigga.

Bitches eyeballing me
hard as fuck, nigga.

Ain't none of these hos
in here looking at you.

The only reason they staring,
'cause you between us.

Hey, he ain't lying, though.

Hey, where your nigga
D-Mac at, though?

I don't know.

Let's talk.

Shit, I hit the nigga,
like, six or seven times.

I guess the nigga too busy, J.

Fuck it. Who the fuck?

Goddamn, look at that onion.

- Uh-oh.
- Onion?

Hell yeah, girl,
that ass so fine,

it brought tears to my eyes.

- You're adorable.
- Appreciate you, mama.

Where you from?
What's your name?

Hold up.

Nah, don't listen to this
little nigga, baby, okay?

He wouldn't even know
what to do with you.

All that woman is
too much for him, a'ight?

Nigga like me,
I'll build a shrine and pray

to your motherfucking ass
every night, you hear me?

You could learn a lot
from little man.

I liked his line better.

- Damn.
- You hear me, though?

Your table is ready.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

Round one, Marshall.

I-I'm so glad we could do this.

Me too.

This place is romantic as fuck.

It's really nice.

- Yeah, great choice.
- Thank you.

Uh, so glad you could join us.

Uh... who are you?

- I'm...
- My cousin from Miami.

And she just got into Chicago.
I really hope that's okay.

Such a third wheel.

Yeah.

She's lying.

We're second cousins.

Oh.

Welcome to Chicago.

The right way.

- Fun, though.
- Yeah.

- You a'ight?
- Before that, before that.

Fuck it. Fuck it.
We here. We here.

Bro!

Act like yo' ass
been somewhere before.

Are you dumb?

Who the fuck is that?

Got room?

You know you ain't even
gotta ask.

Come here.

Nigga, this is the greatest
night ever.

Hey, bro, go tee him up.

Tonight about to get
a little bit better.

- Yeah.
- Come on, let's go by the bar.

Check on me. Five minutes.

J, you the fucking GOAT, J.

You the fucking GOAT, J.

I love you, bro.

This nigga's crazy.

- The fuck?
- It's good, right?

Yeah.

My father
would've loved this place.

You know, every other Saturday,
he'd take me with him

to his barber.

I'd sit off to the side,
listening to the men

tell their stories,

my father cringing
every time they'd curse

or talk about fucking.

Yeah, even after
he went completely bald,

he'd still take me there.

Bald men need barbers too.

Proper shave makes
a man feel important.

Well, my father couldn't grow
facial hair to save his life.

But he took great pride
in getting carded

until he was almost 40.

Those trips were...

his way of giving us
time together.

I learned
most of my life lessons

from those Saturdays.

What was the best one?

Well...

never lie to a woman
holding a straight razor.

A man with no reason to lie

has nothing to fear.

That's interesting,
'cause the other thing

I learned
from those Saturdays...

all men lie.

True.

Not you.
You're an open book, huh?

Don't know about that.

Just trying to live my life
differently now.

Yeah?

You find the light?

Maybe.

Maybe I'm still looking.

I'll say it again.

Clubs are a great place
to clean money.

Been there. Done that.
Enjoy yourself.

Scotch on the rocks,
please.

Night out.

It, uh, feels kind of nice,
right?

Doing that brotherly thing.

Yeah, we having a drink.

We could have grabbed
a couple of bottles

at Miriam's.

I wanted to see the city.

We inside.

You making me regret this
so much right now.

Get a drink.

Have a dance.

Try to have some fun.

Fuck.

Motherfucker.

Oh, you're working tonight.

I ain't working. I'm watching.

You know what, JP?

Here. Try to enjoy yourself.

I gotta get
the fuck out of here.

Psyllium bicarbonate.

Hey, thanks
for keeping your cool.

That's what I do.

Trying to.

You're doing great.

Goddamn.

How's it going, ladies?

We're exhausted.
Making no progress at all.

Not even close?

Under normal conditions,

something like this
could take months to crack.

Well, we don't have that.

Hey, um...

was he like this in New York?

I mean, Tommy was always on 11,

but he stacked more cash
than anyone I've ever known.

What happened to his last
business partner?

Yeah, you can trust Tommy.
He knows what he's doing.

Oh, fuck.
I think I got something.

Oh, shit.

- Is this it?
- I think so.

What's that?

Fuck!

Oh, what the fuck
is this shit?

Fuck.

Hey, my question is, nigga,

you taking the whip
or that fine ass?

- Motherfuck, bro!
- D, what you on?

Man, this dumbass
nigga posting his shit

all fucking night.

Why the fuck y'all going
without me, huh?

Shit. Bro, okay, stop.

Marshall, what the fuck?

So y'all gonna cut me out, huh?

Marshall, put the gun away.

Nigga, you better answer.

For the last fucking time
I'm gonna tell you,

put the fucking gun away,
Marshall!

I got it, nigga.

You and me is done,

'cause I ain't taking
your soft ass with me, D.

What the fuck is you talking
about soft?

Nigga, you ain't even wanna
make a move

on that bitch-ass
jazz club we hit a few times.

So yeah.

Marshall, put the fucking gun
away, bro.

Oh, and by the way,
this my play, nigga.

Cousin Buddy my family.
My come up.

Me and you is done.

- Marshall.
- Get the fuck off me, dude.

D-Mac.

D-Mac, take your
little ass home.

D-Mac,
take your little ass home.

And, bro,
we motherfucking downtown,

you got a motherfucking
gun outside?

My bad, B.

Young dummy, bro.

Oh, what's up, baby?

Really, nigga?

Oh, yeah. Round two, me.

Hey, who's behind this drug?

Shit. I want in. I want in.

You all the way in.

I have no idea.

Uh-uh.

You know something.

I can point you
in the right direction.

Oh, this it?

Didn't realize
we'd be babysitting

Claudia Flynn all night.

Like you got
somewhere else to be?

I gotta take a piss.

Motherfucker.

So you wanna fuck all this up
'cause you trying to flex?

What are you talking about?

I thought you wanted to keep
your family away from this.

- I do.
- Then why the fuck you got

two of your old man's muscle
out in the parking lot...

My old man's what?

...trying to keep an eye
on you?

Don't play fucking games
with me, Claud.

I saw Sofie in the club,
and Vic was the mark.

Yeah, she told me that she
saw you talking to her,

because we was all supposed
to be working together.

What the fuck is you doing
making moves alone?

I did it just to let him know
it was out there,

not that it was me
and you behind it.

I was trying to send a message.

Well, you're a goddamn grenade
waiting to go the fuck off.

If I gotta second-guess you,
then all this shit go away.

Hey.

You don't have to.

It won't happen again. Okay?

I get it.

Now, where are my father's men?

They in their ride...

waiting to go to the woods.

That gonna be a problem?

It's my father's
fucking problem.

He should have listened to me.

I told you
you couldn't fucking trust her.

Yeah, we still need her
for now.

- Thank you.
- So what did you get on him?

Nothing yet.

It'll be a great story.
Don't worry.

Adrienne, if we can do

a tell-all exposé
on Diamond Sampson,

The Rise and Fall
of a Chicago Kingpin,

and have him rise back up
in the process,

possibly taking him
back to prison...

...we're picking up
that Pulitzer.

But the piece
isn't about Diamond.

It's about broken nations
in Chicago

and the young men
who fall victim to it.

- It's not gonna be...
- It's about Diamond now.

Adrienne, if you don't want it,
I can get Worthington on it.

I'll get a story.

What if she can't re-break
the formula?

She can do it. She close.

Yeah, but what if she can't,
Tommy?

She knows too much.

She can do it.

Yo, this chick came at
me last night with that new-new

that everybody
been talking about, bro.

Oh, yeah?

This the realest shit
I ever been on.

Cleanest high I ever had.

I'm talking about
run a marathon,

fuck for hours off this shit.

Full-on definitely
was cracking

shorty ass
for a couple hours last night.

What, nigga?
Where'd you cop it?

I didn't.
This shit was brought to me.

I ain't gonna lie.
We get this, we platinum.

- It's that good?
- No cap.

G, whoever get this drug
gonna run the city.

A'ight? I'm talking about
full motherfucking stop.

We got enough of the city, bro.

Bro, it ain't never enough.

We don't know nothing
about that drug

or what it can do.

Bro, I just told you.

It's a full motherfucking
rocket shot to the moon, nigga.

I'm talking
about the other side of it.

We don't know the cut.

If people gonna start dropping
because of it.

Nothing.

But what we doing with
that Serb pipeline is working.

We need this shit
in the pipeline.

I don't wanna make moves
on something

that I can't see clearly

or something that I can't
control or understand.

What the fuck are you
even talking about?

I'm not gonna introduce
a new drug

that's gonna put me
back inside.

You been out here living, bro.

You don't know
what it's like in there.

Stick to what we know
and what we do best.

Are you saying this shit
because you really

not looking to expand

or because you finally getting
some pussy on the regular

and it's got your head
all fucked up?

Let me tell you, pussy,
that shit come and go, nigga.

But this shit right here...

...that shit change
everything, nigga.

It's a bit fucking early

to be crawling
inside a bottle, boy.

Not today.

Well...

whatever
you're trying to kill,

you won't find it in there.

Can't fucking hurt.

You don't have to worry
about me and Gloria anymore.

It's over.

Well, I know it must hurt
like hell, but, uh...

you do have a long road
ahead of you, boy.

Sounds like a fucking
life sentence.

Give it time. It will pass.

You know,
I was trying to blame you

when things went south
with her,

but it was actually
my fault all along.

Every fight I got into with Glo
was about this family.

About you.

I chose you every fucking time.

It was loyalty.

You got
your priorities straight.

No, I don't think I did.

I gave up the best thing that
ever happened to me for what?

Some old-fashioned sense
of duty?

For your future.

For your fucking family.

No.

You may be my blood,
but she's my home.

'Cause she loves me
for who I am,

not who I could be.

Now I've lost her forever.

How's business?

Can I get anything else
for you, champ?

No, I'm good, Rick. Thank you.

You know what?
Give me a cup of...

No.

Streets are talking, saying

that Walter's behind
that Serbs hit.

No shit. Walter?

Maybe he's just crazy enough
to finish what we started.

What you know about this?

What is it?

New drug.

Dahlia.

Yeah?

Sound like a stripper name.

I heard some things.

Shit is pretty.

Great high.

You try it?

You know the answer to that.

Then how you know?

Jenard said that shit
hit like a rocket.

You know who's behind it?

You ain't really sweating

some new designer drug,
are you?

Not sweating it.

I didn't even really wanna
touch it,

but now I'm interested.

Why not just stick
to the classics?

Powder. Cash. Rinse. Repeat.

I don't know, Tommy.

Something about this
feels different.

Yeah? What's that?

This... can rewrite history.

Mm-hmm.

So Gary about
to set shit off, huh?

- Could be.
- Could be?

Nigga, ain't no could be.

My cousin say y'all on
some nuclear level type shit.

Yeah, some new shit
hitting Chicago.

And you know Gary, like,
a good spot

right into motherfucking
Ohio,

Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, all that.

Oh.

CBI finally coming southeast,
huh?

Nah, this ain't got nothing
to do with CBI.

It's all me, nigga.

Nigga, what you selling?

Opportunity.

Nigga, you smooth
as Beyoncé's ass,

but you ain't slick.

I move weight.

You come through here
with that,

then we can do something.

You come through here
with a bag of bullshit,

you gotta go.

Let me ask you something,
cousin.

Can you see the future?

I'm talking about out
your good eye, though, not...

Hey, J. Hey, chill, J.
He a veteran.

I like you, cousin. I do.

And because I like you, nigga,
I got something for you.

Price of admission.

So when I come back,

we ain't gotta go through this
motherfucking dance no more.

We good?

Welcome to Gary, nigga.

I didn't think
I could do it.

So did you do it?

Tell me you did it.

You did it.

You did it!

You... did it.

You mad scientist motherfucker.

You did it.

Structural chain
is very strong.

Just like the original Dahlia,
this compound is

- nearly unreproducible as well.
- How nearly?

It would take half
of MIT to figure it out.

It look right.

It feel right.

If this shit hit right,

back up
the motherfucking trucks.

And you could go home tonight.

Thank you.

Ain't you a little bit
curious, Doc?

I am.

And I'll be back tomorrow.
Don't worry.

Then let's put the needle
on the record.