Power Book IV: Force (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - He Ain't Heavy - full transcript
♪ ♪
Previously on Force ...
I got nothing.
You know any other life?
I never wanted
nothing else but this.
Dahlia is a once-in-a-lifetime
kind of drug.
But if you keep pushing
too hard now,
we ain't gonna win at this.
We gonna make that move
to Indiana ourself,
check on that cousin.
You ain't worried
about Diamond finding out?
Nah, he ain't gonna find out.
You're in my booth.
I don't see your name on it.
Nice to meet you, Adrienne.
It's nice to be met.
If we can
do a tell-all exposé
on Diamond Sampson,
we're picking up that Pulitzer.
The piece isn't
about Diamond.
You tell Mirkovic he comes
after my family,
I'll burn this fucking city
to the ground.
I bought it.
I bought the land.
Just to clarify,
the money that I owe you--
it's got nothing to do
with Vic and me.
That's where you're wrong,
sweetheart.
Your relationship...
started off as a dare.
-I'm not a drug dealer.
-Well, good thing for you I am.
-And who the fuck are you?
-I'm her grandson.
I'm her fucking grandson.
Tommy.
You ain't getting
near my shit, never.
I just need to catch
a motherfucking break, man.
Well, it ain't gonna
be with this!
-So we got a deal?
-Where do I find you?
Don't worry about it.
I'll find you first, tía.
♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪
♪ All that dope
I stepped on ♪
♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪
♪ Been that nigga
What else you want? ♪
♪ If you want
Power, powder, respect ♪
♪ Mm, mm ♪
♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ That paper
That paper, paper ♪
♪ Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪
♪ Them diamonds keep blinking
Blinking ♪
♪ We might have
To check that ♪
♪ Now boy when
That blicky blicky ♪
♪ Come out
You get clapped fast ♪
♪ Draw down
With a little joint ♪
♪ I match at you like
pat, pat ♪
♪ Come back
When them cameras out ♪
♪ Run your block
We kick that ♪
♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪
♪ And hit that
Hit your back, the back ♪
♪ Your bitch ass
Won't even hit back ♪
♪ You'll be splashin'
In fashion ♪
♪ Nigga, you can take
The drip ♪
♪ Catch you slippin'
We slidin' ♪
♪ You niggas
On some different shit ♪
♪ We hit the licks
We with the shit ♪
♪ Shh when you get hit ♪
♪ Quiet down ♪
♪ No need for the talkin' ♪
♪ The fuck is that about? ♪
♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪
♪ All that dope
I stepped on ♪
♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪
♪ Been that nigga
What else you want? ♪
♪ If you want
Power, powder, respect ♪
♪ Mm, mm ♪
♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Told you I'd know
where to find you first.
You put in a lot of moves
to keep yourself a mystery.
I had to make sure
that the right people
got what they needed.
Well, now that we got it,
how you want to move forward?
You distro.
You the connect?
Well, yeah,
if you want the drop.
Can we stop
with all this mishegas?
It's all noise
'til you name your price.
No foreplay for you,
huh, Moishe?
Ha.
♪ ♪
So what's your number?
55 a brick.
That's a big number.
Yeah, but this
the new frontier.
Pay the price, and then
you get to play your game.
55 for the glowing drug.
It don't glow no more,
but it's the same high,
and it'll light up your bank
account like a motherfucker.
If it don't glow, how we know
it's the same quality?
Because I don't move
no trash, never.
Try it.
♪ ♪
¿Igual?
Eso está idéntico.
The people have spoken.
That's gonna be 55 a key.
Either you can take it,
or you can--
-Tres.
-I will take three, too.
♪ ♪
Tests all confirm
you have stage 1
small-cell lung cancer.
♪ ♪
Walter, we're catching
this really early.
This is nothing like
what happened with Maeve.
You still have a lot of options
for treatment.
♪ ♪
You're not gonna die today, and
you're not gonna die tomorrow,
but we have
to discuss treatment.
♪ ♪
Doc's a genius,
she stuck to her guns.
I respect that.
I got the recipe written
on my brain now, too,
so I can take over
as chef full-time.
We can let the doc go.
Nah, demand's too high
right now.
Shit's coming in fast.
I'ma need both of you.
These re-ups is coming in
like a motherfucker.
-You want to bang it 24-7?
-Yeah, I do.
-What you thinking, Tommy?
You know, I'm thinking
that we need another cook.
Break it up
into eight-hour shifts,
so nobody get burned out.
Oh, so you want to bring
someone in from New York?
Nah, ain't nobody there
I can use no more.
And who you trust enough
here in Chicago to bring in?
That is
the million-dollar question.
♪ ♪
Everything good?
♪ ♪
Fuck difference
does it make?
I'm being conversational.
I ask a question.
You give an answer.
We conversating.
I'm on some broken-record shit
with you.
-Just pull the carpet.
-No.
♪ ♪
See, now we ain't working
or talking.
Shit gonna get funky real fast.
♪ ♪
Fine.
Boy, you are just
such a fucking pain in the ass.
The cycle of being broke
is just fucking smothering me.
The bank is moving forward
with the foreclosing
of the club,
and Herman needs
a stent put in.
You need me
to help out a little bit?
Uh, now, we done already been
through this, Tommy.
♪ ♪
I'll figure something
the fuck out.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Why are you looking
at me like that?
-I'm thinking.
-Hmm, looks painful.
If you only knew.
♪ ♪
Jesus, man.
D-do you have something to say?
How was you in science class?
♪ ♪
Soto and Moishe are
a good start.
Why aren't we
bringing in CBI for distro?
They own the South Side,
and they have
the Serb territory.
I know,
and I want that pipeline.
♪ ♪
So you're waiting
for what exactly?
We waiting for them
to figure they shit out.
Right now
we bring them Dahlia.
Jenard is part of that deal,
and I don't want him
nowhere near this no more.
♪ ♪
If they're only distro,
who cares what family issues
they have?
Sell it.
Walk away.
Let them figure out
their own problems.
Yeah, but they can't figure
out they own problems
and shit gets fucked up,
they gonna be our problems.
You're overthinking this.
They're a customer,
like anyone else.
Not if they split up.
Then we fueling a war.
You gotta sell
to everybody or nobody,
and Diamond is my guy.
So, when he ready,
I'ma bring him in.
'Til then, CBI--bad look.
This family shit run deep.
I'm a little bit uneasy
with how much power
you have in our operation.
Don't mistake power
for vision.
-I ain't your father.
-You're acting like it.
We got a good thing
going here, Claud.
Don't fuck it up 'cause
you got your feelings hurt.
What would you do differently
with CBI
if you was back in charge?
What, you looking for early
retirement, nigga?
Seat ain't cold yet, bro.
I just want to know
what you would do differently.
I mean, shit.
I wouldn't have wasted so much
time with the white world.
Could have made them
same moves without 'em.
Got the credit we deserved
from day fucking one.
Now there's just gonna always
be a asterisk next to the W.
Yeah, I'm not asking what was.
Now, I expanded CBI business
since I been out.
Uh-huh, facts, facts.
We making good money
with the Serb pipeline.
Mm-hmm.
Putting away they tax, too.
The shit is smooth.
You a visionary,
so what would you do different?
You asking this 'cause
you trying to get a glimpse
inside the mind of a genius
or 'cause you really ready
to make some moves?
I'm asking
because I'm your brother,
and even at my age,
I still want to learn shit.
Okay, I mean, well,
if you the student,
there's only one lesson
on the curriculum today.
Bro, if I was running shit...
I'd put everything
we got behind this new drug.
Do whatever the fuck we gotta
do to secure the South Side.
Yeah, but there's
too many unknowns, man.
Look, I heard you, all right?
I get it.
I do.
I mean, nigga, you asked
for a hypothetical, right?
So, shit, there it is.
You believe I'm too stuck
in my ways, huh?
Yeah, nigga, I do,
but I ain't trying to get you
to zig when you want to zag.
You feel me?
Nah, but for real, though, D...
CBI started with you.
It's gonna end with you.
As long as I can play
a small part
somewhere in the middle...
it's a blessing, dog.
♪ ♪
Everyone the girls hit
is ready for another buy.
You were right.
We need a new cook
to keep production up.
If we fall below 60% output,
we playing catch-up.
There's gonna be a lag
between buys.
Hey, what the fuck
is you grinning about?
Take it easy.
It's just nice to be around
a professional
fucking criminal.
Hey, that's the nicest thing
you've ever said to me.
-We've been real cool, right?
-Very.
-Ain't got no secrets.
-No, we got each other's back.
And you've been real good
at not crossing none
of them sexual lines.
Again, I don't
fuck white boys.
The point is,
we got a good thing going here.
-Very.
-See, I got something.
I don't--I don't know
how you're gonna take it.
I don't know. There's only
one way to find out.
Hit me.
I got a brother here
in Chicago.
-Since when?
-Since I was a baby.
What the fuck does that matter?
No, I mean how long
have you known?
It's real recent.
You the only one that know.
-I'm honored.
-Get the fuck out of here.
No, I'm serious,
Tommy, for reals.
Thank you.
Why are you
telling me this now?
-I want to put him in the lab.
-All right, cool.
He a scientist?
Nah, musician.
Sax, I think.
So he's gonna play
fucking jazz while we cutting?
No, he's good with his hands.
I seen you mixing
and measuring there,
and he's smart.
And above all that,
he's someone else
that I can trust,
but only me and you are gonna
know we brothers, all right?
Oh, okay,
because two pasty-ass,
blue-eyed white boys
in the lab,
and nobody's gonna
put that shit together?
Not a motherfucking chance.
Bennigan.
How long you been
in the Flynns' pocket?
-Excuse me?
-Yeah, you can bullshit me.
Or you can come clean.
Either way, this is gonna
go down the same way.
Look, I, um...
I got a lot of medical expenses
that aren't being covered.
I'm not a total jagoff,
Bennigan.
I know you're under a fuck ton
of pressure.
You got a fucked-up sister.
Well, I got my eye
on a new boat
and house in Lake Geneva.
Hey, department doesn't need
to know about this, all right?
Any of it.
We're on the same side
of the blue line here.
How much do you want?
How much the Flynns
paid you?
A little over 100K,
but, I mean, that's going to...
-Hey, I don't give a fuck.
-...caregivers--
I really don't.
My kick's 50 grand
and counting.
Bright guy like you
can find a way to more paper.
W-W-Warshawski, I...
I cannot shell out 50K and
still take care of my sister.
Well, tell you what--
since I'm not a complete prick,
I'll give you a couple weeks.
♪ ♪
Shit.
♪ ♪
You wanted to see me?
♪ ♪
What have you been
up to, girl?
-Nothing.
-Bullshit.
You weren't there when the feds
came and kicked down the door.
And now two
of my men are missing.
Well, maybe they got bored
of following me.
You know, all I really do
is go shopping.
Don't play fucking games
with me.
I got eyes all over this city.
Oh, yeah?
And what do they see?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
You don't have the vision
you think you have.
Yeah.
Well, you're not as smart
as I thought you were...
'cause it turns out
you're just as fucking stupid
as your brother.
And you're reckless, too.
I promise you this.
Whatever you're into,
I'll find out.
♪ ♪
I'm gonna crush it
under my boot.
♪ ♪
You know what, Da?
Go ahead and raise your boot,
and when you bring it down,
you better be ready
for a fucking fight.
♪ ♪
What do you got on this new drug
everyone's talking about--
Dahlia?
We've picked up a few people,
but no one's talking.
It's spreading quickly.
Department's scrambling,
trying to figure out
what the fuck it is.
I need you
to do some digging.
Find the source.
Whoever it is, put them away.
I don't do drug busts.
I'm not asking you
to arrest them.
My family needs this drug.
If there's an obstacle,
clear it.
♪ ♪
If you want this done,
it's gonna cost you double.
Way ahead of you.
Put them away.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
What up, J?
What's the word
on that black magic?
Bro, everybody
after they next high.
No word on who
the motherfuckers
moving the shit is.
I tell you, whoever they ass
is, them niggas getting paid.
Nigga, and we ain't seeing
a dime of that shit.
I want to hit every corner
in the city
until we find out
who moving it.
-All right, bet.
-Yeah, you know what?
Nigga, I got 20 bands
for anybody, CBI or Dead Boys,
who give me that info,
all right?
♪ ♪
You wanted to see me?
♪ ♪
I need you to find out
what your sister's doing
and who she's doing it with.
And I need you
to find that out now.
And once I have
that information?
You bring it to me,
and we'll hand down
her punishment.
We're not kids.
And that's why I'm going
to punish her like an adult.
It's never gonna work on her.
Never has.
Whatever she's into, I'm sure
she's got it under control.
There is no control when
deception is the foundation.
So whoever she's rolling with,
I want you to find out
who the fuck that is.
Now, can you do that?
Yeah.
I can do that.
Are you gonna tell her
you're sick?
No, told you--
I'm never gonna tell her that.
And why is it every time
I ask you to do something
for this family--
You know what?
It's not a fucking negotiation,
and if you don't understand
that by now,
then you don't understand
your responsibilities
to this family,
to this organization.
I understand exactly
what my responsibility is.
Why did you tell me
you were sick?
Hmm?
Were you scared?
Did you want sympathy?
What was it?
♪ ♪
I told you
because you're the one that's
gonna be taking over after me.
Right, and I will...
with Gloria by my side,
not a term,
not a fucking negotiation.
This is happening,
and there's nothing
you can do to change it.
Unless I drop dead right now,
it's never gonna happen.
♪ ♪
Get some rest, Grandma.
Excuse me.
- How can I help you?
-Hi.
Uh, I wasn't sure who they put
on my grandmother's forms
as an emergency contact
when they brought her in
from Mulhern's.
Okay, just one second here.
Do you know which day
they brought her in?
- Code blue room 309.
-Uh, Tuesday.
-Excuse me.
Code blue room 309.
Charge 200.
Charge.
-Clear.
- Clear.
You'll have to wait out here.
Charge. Again.
-Clear.
- Still no pulse.
I've got no carotid.
Okay, let's call it.
♪ ♪
Yo, I--
What the fuck happened?
I don't know.
Uh, she--I was there.
And I-I stepped out the room
for one minute,
and-and came back,
and next thing I know,
th-they were working on her.
-They couldn't save her.
-Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
You should call Kate.
She deserves to know.
Look, I'm not any good
at this death shit either,
but I was able
to put the videos
on a flash drive for you,
so you can, uh...
♪ ♪
Yeah, thanks.
And this is everything with you
and-and Miriam and Kate.
I thought you would want it.
♪ ♪
I--
Tommy, you should really call
our mom.
♪ ♪
I'm not gonna call Kate.
♪ ♪
My arms are falling asleep.
I can't feel
my fucking hands no more.
Take a step back, rehydrate.
We'll get this
next batch up in time.
How'd you keep pace
with product in New York?
This was not my bag.
I was on the other side of it.
Is that how you got...?
Yeah.
And even after that,
you ain't want to get out?
No, I mean, I figure
I took the best they got,
and I ain't dead, so...
I been slashed,
suffocated, beaten, burned,
busted bones.
My proudest moment...
shot.
-Hey, you're still here.
-Abso-fucking-lutely.
I'm resilient
as a motherfucker.
Either that or you got
a lucky horseshoe up your ass.
You know, luck don't ever play
a role in this fucking game...
Doc.
You don't bet on it
or against it
'cause it ain't never
gonna show up.
And the minute you think
it's on your side,
that's when it runs
the fuck out and you get got.
Do you understand me?
♪ ♪
Answer me.
I understand.
Good.
Good.
♪ ♪
I can't win
when I come up here, Walter.
I'm either freezing my ass off
or sweating my balls off.
-It's Chicago, son.
- So I keep hearing.
-You good here, Walter?
-I don't know.
We good here, Tommy?
Well, I'm guessing
you ain't great,
since you called the sit,
but I'm straight.
-Drink?
-I'll pass.
It's like drinking
a loaf of bread.
You're not fucking wrong.
When my old man brought us
over from Ireland to Scotland,
he said the only thing
he ever missed
was a cold poured pint
of this shite.
Of course,
that fucking arsehole,
he drank himself to death...
left me and my brother
on the streets of Glasgow,
two Belfast boys
and Catholics.
All we did was fight
the Protestants and gangs,
but my heart was never
in that fight,
but I fucking loved
the violence.
Then I came to Chicago,
and I knew all I wanted to do
was fight for this city.
And I met my wife...
God rest her soul...
and had my kids.
And all I wanted to do...
is fight to the death for them.
Oh, is that why you doubled
back on them Serbs?
And I fucking meant it, Thomas.
I believe I was finishing
a fight that you started.
Oh, ain't no proof
of that now, Walter,
but thanks for the invite
to the crib.
It looks much bigger
during the day.
My son has made
some fucking decisions
that I may not agree with.
Yeah, you've been real clear
about that.
But you continue
to keep him breathing.
He pretty good in them streets.
Pretty good?
Pretty good does not keep you
alive, now, does it?
That's what you do.
So I got a proposition for you.
How about you come and join
the Flynn organization?
Oh, shit, I didn't know
this was a job interview.
I would have wore a suit...
and a big sign
right across my chest
that said "go fuck yourself."
You showed me exactly
who you was at Dr. Parker's.
You ain't someone
I could ever fuck with.
You know what I saw
in Dr. fucking Parker's?
When you walked in the door,
Gloria's little heart
jumped into her fucking throat.
Two men from her bed
in the same place
at the same time.
Oh, amazing how someone
so fucking innocuous
can cause so many problems.
♪ ♪
And now she's trying
to rip my family apart.
You know what you can't seem
to figure out?
Your son and Gloria
are in love...
the real deep kind, too.
And nothing you ever do
or say gonna change that.
She ain't the problem, Walter.
You are.
So I guess the only one
you fighting for now is you.
You know what I wish, Tommy?
I wish
you'd kept fucking her...
'cause the reward is
seeing your face
after all this
is said and done.
♪ ♪
You're in the wrong
neighborhood for a blowout.
Oh, it's beautiful in here.
-It has layers.
-Mm-hmm.
Best things in life do.
People stopped looking below
the surface a long time ago.
Well, that's where
all the fun is.
What you doing south
of Cermack?
You have the Serb pipeline...
and I have a product
that will change your life.
I can offer you 10%.
I don't think you want to do
what you about to do.
Oh, I do.
And how do you even know
what I'm about to do
if I haven't even laid out
the terms for you yet?
If you're in here
only offering 10%,
that means you have partners.
And if you have partners
and they not here with you,
you doing shit
behind they back.
And if you doing shit
behind they back,
that gets us off
on the wrong foot.
I don't need
anyone behind me.
Hmm.
♪ ♪
No deal.
♪ ♪
Is it Dahlia?
Goodbye, Diamond.
♪ ♪
Ever since Maeve died,
you've been pushing them kids
further away
instead of pulling 'em closer.
Well, I tell you something--
I don't know how much time
I'll have left
to put them
where they need to be.
I went to see that Dr. Rudin
the other day.
Jesus.
So they did find something?
Yeah.
Fuck it.
Doesn't matter.
You know, I love that boy...
but he's not ready.
He ain't ready to step in.
Well, Maybe Vic
ain't the only option.
Come on.
How the fuck are the powers
that be back home
gonna treat the news
that we put a woman in charge?
You made a Polack
your consigliere,
and they've been
all right with that.
And if you wait too long
on this, Walter,
might not be
a family business to take over.
I mean, this new shit
that's hitting Chicago
is fucking with every crew.
If we don't jump on it,
we're gonna be
the last in line.
Nah...
new shit
ain't always the best shit.
Our product--
three decades we've had it.
Why can't they get behind that?
And how the fuck
can I trust them
to get behind anything else?
Maybe they don't want
to get involved
'cause of how
you fucking treat them.
How far you think
you can push 'em
before they don't want
to come back?
So how the fuck
is this gonna end?
♪ ♪
It ain't gonna be me
wiping your ass
and shoveling dirt
on your casket.
♪ ♪
Hey, listen.
♪ ♪
That girlfriend thing...
you can call it off.
♪ ♪
I never put it on, Walter.
♪ ♪
Of course you didn't,
my Polish brother.
That's why
you're my consigliere.
♪ ♪
Yo, man, we need to talk.
You got to get the fuck
out of Chicago.
You and Gloria got to go.
Why the fuck
should I trust you?
Okay, me and you--
we been through
some shit together,
and every time I showed you
who the fuck I was.
I didn't come down on you
for that buyout bullshit,
none of it.
So I'ma tell you again--
grab your girl and bounce.
Why you trying to help me?
I got a soft spot
for romance.
That's fucking bullshit.
I got a real hard time
believing
that you're trying to help me.
Then believe
that I would help her.
I saw your old man.
He wants her gone.
So take this.
It's parked right outside.
It's got a clean title.
It's untraceable.
I pulled the GPS.
It's gonna be safer
than your ride.
Don't take no highways.
Stick to the surface
and back roads
'til you out of Illinois.
Keep that woman safe.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
So I saw the incense,
books on Buddha.
What's that about?
It's all about change.
I mean, do you think
people are defined forever
by what they've done?
I hope not.
You know what made me
so good at my job?
Hey, I...
I never asked.
What did you do before?
Come on.
Let's not do this.
Do what?
What made me so good
at my job is anonymity...
but that's gone now.
You put anything into a phone,
and you can find out
a person's entire history
with just a click
of the button.
That's how you got mine.
Diamond, listen, I di--
You know exactly who I am.
And I know exactly who you are.
So what were you doing
in my booth that night,
and what are you doing
in my fucking bed?
Okay.
When we first met,
I was writing a piece
on fallen nations in Chicago--
young gang members
with no leadership.
And, yeah,
I heard you had gotten out,
so I thought there was
a possible angle there.
Yeah, well,
we shared a few angles.
No, I don't have to fuck
for leads or headlines...
and I didn't go to the diner
that night to meet you.
I was there
to meet a CBI soldier
who was gonna give his story,
but he never showed.
Who was it?
Elijah Linden.
Look, I-I never wanted you
to become the story.
That's my editor's vision.
And what's yours?
I don't know.
But if that means
not running the piece on you
and walking away,
I'm--I'm willing to do that.
Why?
♪ ♪
Because you're more
than a story.
♪ ♪
Hmm.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Okay, let's just zip you up
really quick.
Mm, see that?
♪ ♪
Hey, let me get that off.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- What's up, kid?
You're gonna need a bigger
place to stack all this paper.
Look, I know I asked
for this to be the setup--
you step forward,
I hang back.
-But now you ain't so sure.
-I don't know.
Well, we partners.
Whatever you looking to do,
let's hear it.
I get that I built
this golden cage that I'm in.
But I can't hide
in the shadows forever.
So don't hide no more.
-Just like that?
-Just like that.
You looking to step out?
Let's go.
Okay, what are you proposing?
You take the clubs.
I keep the streets.
There's so much fucking money
to be made,
we both gonna make stacks.
Okay, but if we do this,
my father will do everything
he can to take this from me.
We drug dealers.
We take that risk
every single fucking day.
You got to protect
what's yours.
You up for that?
-Yeah.
-Good.
♪ ♪
If Walter fucks
with what's yours,
then he's fucking
with what's mines.
And ain't nobody,
your old man included,
gonna fuck with what's mines.
♪ ♪
You deserve this.
I know.
-You're back.
-I'm back.
Never thought
I'd see you again.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I just...
...had to get my head straight.
Me too.
But now it's crystal clear.
Come here.
You are the only thing
that matters to me.
Let's get out of here,
leave Chicago for good today.
-What about your family?
-You're my family.
My sister and my father
are never gonna change.
I'm done putting our lives
on hold
waiting for that to happen.
-Where would we go?
-Wherever you want.
I sold the land.
I paid off your debt.
♪ ♪
We can make a fresh start
somewhere new,
somewhere my father
will never find us.
Just say yes.
♪ ♪
Yes.
♪ ♪
Pack a bag.
We'll leave in a couple hours.
Okay.
♪ ♪
You obvious
as a motherfucker, Skinny.
How the fuck you know
I was here?
You didn't even look.
I got eyes in the back
of my head.
Now, that'd be
some sick shit.
That'd be like
superhero shit almost.
So what good news you hear
that you bringing today?
I ain't really got
no good news, really, yo.
I'm really just seeing
what you into.
You ain't down
with CBI no more?
Nah, not as much.
I'm really just trying
to diversify my skill set.
Hey, h-how about you put me on?
I ain't looking for people
who want to pivot.
I'm looking for people
who want to stay put.
Hey, now, wait, look,
I'm a loyal-ass motherfucker.
A-and check it out.
I'm a beast with numbers.
-Oh, yeah?
-What? I'm the best.
-Man, throw anything at me.
-All right.
Try me.
-Give me a hard one, too.
-All right.
Let's see what you got.
What's 6,789 times...
237?
That's...
1,608,993.
That's right.
Yeah, that right.
Give me another one,
a harder one.
All right, let's see.
Let's see.
What's 5,433 divided by 82?
That's...
66.256.
Yeah.
Jesus Christ.
How the fuck you do that?
Man, I see numbers
in my head.
Like, I always have.
When I was a kid,
I ain't really start reading
'til I was, like, six,
and all the teachers at school
thought I was stupid.
But the fact is
I was never fucking stupid.
I just had all of this math
going on in my head,
like, all the fucking time.
I could never turn it off.
All right, let's try this.
Paco got two keys of cocaine.
Maria got a half.
Now, Julian,
he need an eighth from Paco
and a quarter from Maria
to finish his cut
to get to four keys.
How much coke
did Julian start with?
Wait, wait, wait.
Are we going metric system?
Because if we are,
then the "28 grams to an ounce"
conversion,
that's technically
putting it all off by 0.71.
I think I got a spot
for you, kid.
Yeah! Now, that's what
I like to hear.
♪ ♪
Say my name again.
Liliana.
See, I could listen
to you all day.
-Hey, can we focus here?
Wow. Goddamn.
Your mama made
some fine-ass babies.
Thank you.
And y'all didn't know nothing
about each other?
-Nothing.
-No.
You know what that's like?
That is like those talk shows
when people realize
that they got
a sibling down the street--
Are we here to work
or do a fucking family tree?
Work.
Me and Liliana,
we got some brand-new shit
going on right here.
It's getting big
faster than we ever thought.
We're gonna need
an extra pair of hands.
You know I'm good
with my hands.
It's because
of the trumpet, right?
Uh, sax.
Oh, so cute.
The only thing you ever
gonna be doing with those hands
is this science right here,
all right?
You need
to produce this product
the exact same way
every time we make a new cut.
Mm-hmm.
There is no margin for error.
Got it.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Don't be thanking nobody yet.
You can't do this shit,
you ain't got no place here,
But if you can,
and I believe you could,
then the lab gonna be
the only place you gonna be.
It's secure.
It's safe.
It's legit from the outside.
Yeah, and from the inside,
all the chemicals is legal
in their
individual forms, so...
You'll be a chemist, a cook...
but nothing more, nothing less.
-It's clear?
-Absolutely crystalline.
Whew, I really like the way
that sounded.
Jesus Christ, will you just
walk him through the steps?
Okay, so we got enough here
to see if you have the basic
understanding of mixing.
Well, I was a G in home ec.
This gonna be cake.
-You see what I did there?
-I did.
J-nard.
J, what's the word, baby?
Yep, what y'all got for me?
♪ ♪
So word on the street is
the pilgrims
been moving Dahlia.
Yeah, moving that shit.
Okay, wait.
So they just straight up off
the "Mayflower,"
and now they moving Dahlia now?
I don't--don't get it.
I'm confused.
Them the fools
with the black hats
and them long-ass beards.
-You know this.
-Yeah, even in the summertime,
they be wearing them
long-ass trench coats.
Oh, shit, nigga, hold up.
Those are Hassidic Jews.
I know what y'all talking
about, bro.
Hassidic Jews, all right?
Y'all country-ass niggas really
thought they was pilgrims?
-Bro...
-For real?
...Hassidic Jews,
Orthodox Jews,
pilgrims, rabbis,
whatever the fuck ever--
They have Dahlia.
We need it.
♪ ♪
All right, you know what?
Y'all niggas did good.
All right,
I know where to look.
Don't worry about it.
-Fuck is wrong with you, dude?
Hey, so how we, um--
how we splitting the 20 bands?
I mean, well,
it's 20 divisible by two, so...
So ten and ten
should be cool.
You know...
what y'all niggas really need
-to do with that bread?
-Mm.
Y'all need to take that money
and go y'all asses
down to Chicago State.
Hop on the red line.
Get off on 95th.
All right, man.
Enroll
in history classes, okay?
How's it going,
Uncle Paulie?
Everything okay?
Yeah, just heading north
to check on your cousin.
Yeah,
he stopped by Simon's wake.
He seems like he's doing
a little better.
Yeah, until he ain't.
Yeah.
Drink?
-You're a good boy, Vic.
Always have been.
Your old man might not see it,
but he knows it.
And if he don't...
I do.
I'd be damn proud
to have a son like you.
Yeah, I wish he was.
Just--he makes it so fucking
impossible sometimes.
This next thing
I got to tell you ain't easy.
Your dad met with Tommy Egan
about bringing him in.
I knew I couldn't trust
that motherfucker.
♪ ♪
Thank you for coming through,
Uncle Paulie.
I took an oath to the family...
but I have a deeper loyalty...
...to this family.
♪ ♪
Thanks for the beer.
♪ ♪
You got to trust the spoon.
Lay it down flat.
Don't dump it.
How's he doing?
He's showing some real skill
for this.
♪ ♪
I'm not gonna
let you down, bro.
Believe that.
Oh, I do.
♪ ♪
Mm-hmm, yep.
♪ ♪
Give me the pack.
What are you talking about?
Look, I know you
Moishe's man.
You got Dahlia, right?
Give me the fucking pack.
I ain't gonna ask you again.
Fuck you, schvartze.
♪ ♪
Fucker!
This would have been
so much easier...
if you were
a fucking pilgrim.
Fucker.
♪ ♪
Your dad met with Tommy Egan
about bringing him in.
I knew I couldn't trust
that motherfucker.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Okay, Chicago
coming back on the quick.
I knew you niggas
would see the way.
Nigga, forget everything
we been thinking, all right?
This what we on now.
-Designer shit?
-You already know.
Nigga, I look like some Chicago
bitch dripping in labels?
-I mean, sh--
-Ah, don't say it, nigga.
Nigga, this Gary.
We repping one thing--
long money.
This shit right here
has a shelf life.
Molly?
Molly only around
for white kids
that want to escape
they suburban bullshit.
Ain't no color lines
on this shit.
Everybody and they mama
gonna be wanting to fuck
with this, cousin.
All right.
You don't believe me?
Hit it.
For real, nigga, try.
-But not too much, though.
-Hmm.
♪ ♪
Enjoy the ride, nigga.
See y'all niggas on the moon.
♪ ♪
Give me this shit.
♪ ♪
Come on, cousin.
♪ ♪
Boom.
Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
What the fuck...
is this shit?
Black magic.
How can we get down on this?
And how much it gonna cost us?
Ain't gonna cost you
nothing, cousin.
Just bullets and bodies,
all right?
When I call you,
I just need y'all to be ready
to come to Chicago and smoke
every motherfucker standing
between us and that shit.
Gary ready.
My nigga.
-Indeed.
- Mm-hmm.
All right, fool.
♪ ♪
Gloria Flynn has
such a nice ring to it.
-Don't you think?
-Mm, does it though?
Oh, what, you don't think so?
-I don't know.
Maybe you should take my name,
fresh start and all.
We're finally doing it.
Yes, we are.
I love you so much.
I love you, too.
♪ ♪
Vic!
♪ ♪
Vic. Vic!
Vic, are you okay?
-Uh, you--are you okay?
-Yeah, I'm fine.
Okay.
- Your face.
♪ ♪
Oh, fuck, get down, now!
♪ ♪
Glo, we're good.
Glo, get up.
Glo? Gloria?
Babe?
♪ ♪
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, please, Gloria, no.
Please, babe.
Talk to me, come on.
♪ ♪
Baby, you're good.
You're good, babe.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
-Oof.
♪ ♪
Hello?
Who the fuck is this?
♪ ♪
It's your son.
♪ ♪
♪ Cost come with the bosses ♪
♪ I paid my deposit off
With all the losses ♪
♪ I've been working out hard ♪
♪ I cut 'em off quick ♪
♪ I can tell
Where their heart is ♪
♪ When you hit the top
You a target ♪
♪ But every time I talk
Get respect irregardless ♪
♪ I don't ever fight
With the parking ♪
♪ 'Cause I know
They all talk ♪
♪ And they actions
Are harmless ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ I see them picking ♪
♪ And I keep my back
Tell 'em nothing ♪
♪ The life I made
Is deeper than hustling ♪
♪ They act funny one time
Can't trust 'em ♪
♪ Don't recommend
Them money-only discussions ♪
♪ Costs come with the bosses ♪
♪ I paid my deposit off
With all the losses ♪
♪ I've been working out hard ♪
♪ I cut 'em off quick, I can
Tell where their heart is ♪
♪ When you hit the top
You a target ♪
♪ But every time I talk
Get respect irregardless ♪
♪ No one ever bite
With the bark ♪
♪ 'Cause I know
They all talk ♪
♪ And they actions
Are harmless ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ ♪
Previously on Force ...
I got nothing.
You know any other life?
I never wanted
nothing else but this.
Dahlia is a once-in-a-lifetime
kind of drug.
But if you keep pushing
too hard now,
we ain't gonna win at this.
We gonna make that move
to Indiana ourself,
check on that cousin.
You ain't worried
about Diamond finding out?
Nah, he ain't gonna find out.
You're in my booth.
I don't see your name on it.
Nice to meet you, Adrienne.
It's nice to be met.
If we can
do a tell-all exposé
on Diamond Sampson,
we're picking up that Pulitzer.
The piece isn't
about Diamond.
You tell Mirkovic he comes
after my family,
I'll burn this fucking city
to the ground.
I bought it.
I bought the land.
Just to clarify,
the money that I owe you--
it's got nothing to do
with Vic and me.
That's where you're wrong,
sweetheart.
Your relationship...
started off as a dare.
-I'm not a drug dealer.
-Well, good thing for you I am.
-And who the fuck are you?
-I'm her grandson.
I'm her fucking grandson.
Tommy.
You ain't getting
near my shit, never.
I just need to catch
a motherfucking break, man.
Well, it ain't gonna
be with this!
-So we got a deal?
-Where do I find you?
Don't worry about it.
I'll find you first, tía.
♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪
♪ All that dope
I stepped on ♪
♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪
♪ Been that nigga
What else you want? ♪
♪ If you want
Power, powder, respect ♪
♪ Mm, mm ♪
♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ That paper
That paper, paper ♪
♪ Yeah, I gotta stack that ♪
♪ Them diamonds keep blinking
Blinking ♪
♪ We might have
To check that ♪
♪ Now boy when
That blicky blicky ♪
♪ Come out
You get clapped fast ♪
♪ Draw down
With a little joint ♪
♪ I match at you like
pat, pat ♪
♪ Come back
When them cameras out ♪
♪ Run your block
We kick that ♪
♪ Come back when your funeral
In progress ♪
♪ And hit that
Hit your back, the back ♪
♪ Your bitch ass
Won't even hit back ♪
♪ You'll be splashin'
In fashion ♪
♪ Nigga, you can take
The drip ♪
♪ Catch you slippin'
We slidin' ♪
♪ You niggas
On some different shit ♪
♪ We hit the licks
We with the shit ♪
♪ Shh when you get hit ♪
♪ Quiet down ♪
♪ No need for the talkin' ♪
♪ The fuck is that about? ♪
♪ Tougher than a Teflon ♪
♪ All that dope
I stepped on ♪
♪ We'll get the rest gone ♪
♪ Been that nigga
What else you want? ♪
♪ If you want
Power, powder, respect ♪
♪ Mm, mm ♪
♪ I want that money
And power and powder ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Money and powder and power ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Told you I'd know
where to find you first.
You put in a lot of moves
to keep yourself a mystery.
I had to make sure
that the right people
got what they needed.
Well, now that we got it,
how you want to move forward?
You distro.
You the connect?
Well, yeah,
if you want the drop.
Can we stop
with all this mishegas?
It's all noise
'til you name your price.
No foreplay for you,
huh, Moishe?
Ha.
♪ ♪
So what's your number?
55 a brick.
That's a big number.
Yeah, but this
the new frontier.
Pay the price, and then
you get to play your game.
55 for the glowing drug.
It don't glow no more,
but it's the same high,
and it'll light up your bank
account like a motherfucker.
If it don't glow, how we know
it's the same quality?
Because I don't move
no trash, never.
Try it.
♪ ♪
¿Igual?
Eso está idéntico.
The people have spoken.
That's gonna be 55 a key.
Either you can take it,
or you can--
-Tres.
-I will take three, too.
♪ ♪
Tests all confirm
you have stage 1
small-cell lung cancer.
♪ ♪
Walter, we're catching
this really early.
This is nothing like
what happened with Maeve.
You still have a lot of options
for treatment.
♪ ♪
You're not gonna die today, and
you're not gonna die tomorrow,
but we have
to discuss treatment.
♪ ♪
Doc's a genius,
she stuck to her guns.
I respect that.
I got the recipe written
on my brain now, too,
so I can take over
as chef full-time.
We can let the doc go.
Nah, demand's too high
right now.
Shit's coming in fast.
I'ma need both of you.
These re-ups is coming in
like a motherfucker.
-You want to bang it 24-7?
-Yeah, I do.
-What you thinking, Tommy?
You know, I'm thinking
that we need another cook.
Break it up
into eight-hour shifts,
so nobody get burned out.
Oh, so you want to bring
someone in from New York?
Nah, ain't nobody there
I can use no more.
And who you trust enough
here in Chicago to bring in?
That is
the million-dollar question.
♪ ♪
Everything good?
♪ ♪
Fuck difference
does it make?
I'm being conversational.
I ask a question.
You give an answer.
We conversating.
I'm on some broken-record shit
with you.
-Just pull the carpet.
-No.
♪ ♪
See, now we ain't working
or talking.
Shit gonna get funky real fast.
♪ ♪
Fine.
Boy, you are just
such a fucking pain in the ass.
The cycle of being broke
is just fucking smothering me.
The bank is moving forward
with the foreclosing
of the club,
and Herman needs
a stent put in.
You need me
to help out a little bit?
Uh, now, we done already been
through this, Tommy.
♪ ♪
I'll figure something
the fuck out.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Why are you looking
at me like that?
-I'm thinking.
-Hmm, looks painful.
If you only knew.
♪ ♪
Jesus, man.
D-do you have something to say?
How was you in science class?
♪ ♪
Soto and Moishe are
a good start.
Why aren't we
bringing in CBI for distro?
They own the South Side,
and they have
the Serb territory.
I know,
and I want that pipeline.
♪ ♪
So you're waiting
for what exactly?
We waiting for them
to figure they shit out.
Right now
we bring them Dahlia.
Jenard is part of that deal,
and I don't want him
nowhere near this no more.
♪ ♪
If they're only distro,
who cares what family issues
they have?
Sell it.
Walk away.
Let them figure out
their own problems.
Yeah, but they can't figure
out they own problems
and shit gets fucked up,
they gonna be our problems.
You're overthinking this.
They're a customer,
like anyone else.
Not if they split up.
Then we fueling a war.
You gotta sell
to everybody or nobody,
and Diamond is my guy.
So, when he ready,
I'ma bring him in.
'Til then, CBI--bad look.
This family shit run deep.
I'm a little bit uneasy
with how much power
you have in our operation.
Don't mistake power
for vision.
-I ain't your father.
-You're acting like it.
We got a good thing
going here, Claud.
Don't fuck it up 'cause
you got your feelings hurt.
What would you do differently
with CBI
if you was back in charge?
What, you looking for early
retirement, nigga?
Seat ain't cold yet, bro.
I just want to know
what you would do differently.
I mean, shit.
I wouldn't have wasted so much
time with the white world.
Could have made them
same moves without 'em.
Got the credit we deserved
from day fucking one.
Now there's just gonna always
be a asterisk next to the W.
Yeah, I'm not asking what was.
Now, I expanded CBI business
since I been out.
Uh-huh, facts, facts.
We making good money
with the Serb pipeline.
Mm-hmm.
Putting away they tax, too.
The shit is smooth.
You a visionary,
so what would you do different?
You asking this 'cause
you trying to get a glimpse
inside the mind of a genius
or 'cause you really ready
to make some moves?
I'm asking
because I'm your brother,
and even at my age,
I still want to learn shit.
Okay, I mean, well,
if you the student,
there's only one lesson
on the curriculum today.
Bro, if I was running shit...
I'd put everything
we got behind this new drug.
Do whatever the fuck we gotta
do to secure the South Side.
Yeah, but there's
too many unknowns, man.
Look, I heard you, all right?
I get it.
I do.
I mean, nigga, you asked
for a hypothetical, right?
So, shit, there it is.
You believe I'm too stuck
in my ways, huh?
Yeah, nigga, I do,
but I ain't trying to get you
to zig when you want to zag.
You feel me?
Nah, but for real, though, D...
CBI started with you.
It's gonna end with you.
As long as I can play
a small part
somewhere in the middle...
it's a blessing, dog.
♪ ♪
Everyone the girls hit
is ready for another buy.
You were right.
We need a new cook
to keep production up.
If we fall below 60% output,
we playing catch-up.
There's gonna be a lag
between buys.
Hey, what the fuck
is you grinning about?
Take it easy.
It's just nice to be around
a professional
fucking criminal.
Hey, that's the nicest thing
you've ever said to me.
-We've been real cool, right?
-Very.
-Ain't got no secrets.
-No, we got each other's back.
And you've been real good
at not crossing none
of them sexual lines.
Again, I don't
fuck white boys.
The point is,
we got a good thing going here.
-Very.
-See, I got something.
I don't--I don't know
how you're gonna take it.
I don't know. There's only
one way to find out.
Hit me.
I got a brother here
in Chicago.
-Since when?
-Since I was a baby.
What the fuck does that matter?
No, I mean how long
have you known?
It's real recent.
You the only one that know.
-I'm honored.
-Get the fuck out of here.
No, I'm serious,
Tommy, for reals.
Thank you.
Why are you
telling me this now?
-I want to put him in the lab.
-All right, cool.
He a scientist?
Nah, musician.
Sax, I think.
So he's gonna play
fucking jazz while we cutting?
No, he's good with his hands.
I seen you mixing
and measuring there,
and he's smart.
And above all that,
he's someone else
that I can trust,
but only me and you are gonna
know we brothers, all right?
Oh, okay,
because two pasty-ass,
blue-eyed white boys
in the lab,
and nobody's gonna
put that shit together?
Not a motherfucking chance.
Bennigan.
How long you been
in the Flynns' pocket?
-Excuse me?
-Yeah, you can bullshit me.
Or you can come clean.
Either way, this is gonna
go down the same way.
Look, I, um...
I got a lot of medical expenses
that aren't being covered.
I'm not a total jagoff,
Bennigan.
I know you're under a fuck ton
of pressure.
You got a fucked-up sister.
Well, I got my eye
on a new boat
and house in Lake Geneva.
Hey, department doesn't need
to know about this, all right?
Any of it.
We're on the same side
of the blue line here.
How much do you want?
How much the Flynns
paid you?
A little over 100K,
but, I mean, that's going to...
-Hey, I don't give a fuck.
-...caregivers--
I really don't.
My kick's 50 grand
and counting.
Bright guy like you
can find a way to more paper.
W-W-Warshawski, I...
I cannot shell out 50K and
still take care of my sister.
Well, tell you what--
since I'm not a complete prick,
I'll give you a couple weeks.
♪ ♪
Shit.
♪ ♪
You wanted to see me?
♪ ♪
What have you been
up to, girl?
-Nothing.
-Bullshit.
You weren't there when the feds
came and kicked down the door.
And now two
of my men are missing.
Well, maybe they got bored
of following me.
You know, all I really do
is go shopping.
Don't play fucking games
with me.
I got eyes all over this city.
Oh, yeah?
And what do they see?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
You don't have the vision
you think you have.
Yeah.
Well, you're not as smart
as I thought you were...
'cause it turns out
you're just as fucking stupid
as your brother.
And you're reckless, too.
I promise you this.
Whatever you're into,
I'll find out.
♪ ♪
I'm gonna crush it
under my boot.
♪ ♪
You know what, Da?
Go ahead and raise your boot,
and when you bring it down,
you better be ready
for a fucking fight.
♪ ♪
What do you got on this new drug
everyone's talking about--
Dahlia?
We've picked up a few people,
but no one's talking.
It's spreading quickly.
Department's scrambling,
trying to figure out
what the fuck it is.
I need you
to do some digging.
Find the source.
Whoever it is, put them away.
I don't do drug busts.
I'm not asking you
to arrest them.
My family needs this drug.
If there's an obstacle,
clear it.
♪ ♪
If you want this done,
it's gonna cost you double.
Way ahead of you.
Put them away.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
What up, J?
What's the word
on that black magic?
Bro, everybody
after they next high.
No word on who
the motherfuckers
moving the shit is.
I tell you, whoever they ass
is, them niggas getting paid.
Nigga, and we ain't seeing
a dime of that shit.
I want to hit every corner
in the city
until we find out
who moving it.
-All right, bet.
-Yeah, you know what?
Nigga, I got 20 bands
for anybody, CBI or Dead Boys,
who give me that info,
all right?
♪ ♪
You wanted to see me?
♪ ♪
I need you to find out
what your sister's doing
and who she's doing it with.
And I need you
to find that out now.
And once I have
that information?
You bring it to me,
and we'll hand down
her punishment.
We're not kids.
And that's why I'm going
to punish her like an adult.
It's never gonna work on her.
Never has.
Whatever she's into, I'm sure
she's got it under control.
There is no control when
deception is the foundation.
So whoever she's rolling with,
I want you to find out
who the fuck that is.
Now, can you do that?
Yeah.
I can do that.
Are you gonna tell her
you're sick?
No, told you--
I'm never gonna tell her that.
And why is it every time
I ask you to do something
for this family--
You know what?
It's not a fucking negotiation,
and if you don't understand
that by now,
then you don't understand
your responsibilities
to this family,
to this organization.
I understand exactly
what my responsibility is.
Why did you tell me
you were sick?
Hmm?
Were you scared?
Did you want sympathy?
What was it?
♪ ♪
I told you
because you're the one that's
gonna be taking over after me.
Right, and I will...
with Gloria by my side,
not a term,
not a fucking negotiation.
This is happening,
and there's nothing
you can do to change it.
Unless I drop dead right now,
it's never gonna happen.
♪ ♪
Get some rest, Grandma.
Excuse me.
- How can I help you?
-Hi.
Uh, I wasn't sure who they put
on my grandmother's forms
as an emergency contact
when they brought her in
from Mulhern's.
Okay, just one second here.
Do you know which day
they brought her in?
- Code blue room 309.
-Uh, Tuesday.
-Excuse me.
Code blue room 309.
Charge 200.
Charge.
-Clear.
- Clear.
You'll have to wait out here.
Charge. Again.
-Clear.
- Still no pulse.
I've got no carotid.
Okay, let's call it.
♪ ♪
Yo, I--
What the fuck happened?
I don't know.
Uh, she--I was there.
And I-I stepped out the room
for one minute,
and-and came back,
and next thing I know,
th-they were working on her.
-They couldn't save her.
-Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
You should call Kate.
She deserves to know.
Look, I'm not any good
at this death shit either,
but I was able
to put the videos
on a flash drive for you,
so you can, uh...
♪ ♪
Yeah, thanks.
And this is everything with you
and-and Miriam and Kate.
I thought you would want it.
♪ ♪
I--
Tommy, you should really call
our mom.
♪ ♪
I'm not gonna call Kate.
♪ ♪
My arms are falling asleep.
I can't feel
my fucking hands no more.
Take a step back, rehydrate.
We'll get this
next batch up in time.
How'd you keep pace
with product in New York?
This was not my bag.
I was on the other side of it.
Is that how you got...?
Yeah.
And even after that,
you ain't want to get out?
No, I mean, I figure
I took the best they got,
and I ain't dead, so...
I been slashed,
suffocated, beaten, burned,
busted bones.
My proudest moment...
shot.
-Hey, you're still here.
-Abso-fucking-lutely.
I'm resilient
as a motherfucker.
Either that or you got
a lucky horseshoe up your ass.
You know, luck don't ever play
a role in this fucking game...
Doc.
You don't bet on it
or against it
'cause it ain't never
gonna show up.
And the minute you think
it's on your side,
that's when it runs
the fuck out and you get got.
Do you understand me?
♪ ♪
Answer me.
I understand.
Good.
Good.
♪ ♪
I can't win
when I come up here, Walter.
I'm either freezing my ass off
or sweating my balls off.
-It's Chicago, son.
- So I keep hearing.
-You good here, Walter?
-I don't know.
We good here, Tommy?
Well, I'm guessing
you ain't great,
since you called the sit,
but I'm straight.
-Drink?
-I'll pass.
It's like drinking
a loaf of bread.
You're not fucking wrong.
When my old man brought us
over from Ireland to Scotland,
he said the only thing
he ever missed
was a cold poured pint
of this shite.
Of course,
that fucking arsehole,
he drank himself to death...
left me and my brother
on the streets of Glasgow,
two Belfast boys
and Catholics.
All we did was fight
the Protestants and gangs,
but my heart was never
in that fight,
but I fucking loved
the violence.
Then I came to Chicago,
and I knew all I wanted to do
was fight for this city.
And I met my wife...
God rest her soul...
and had my kids.
And all I wanted to do...
is fight to the death for them.
Oh, is that why you doubled
back on them Serbs?
And I fucking meant it, Thomas.
I believe I was finishing
a fight that you started.
Oh, ain't no proof
of that now, Walter,
but thanks for the invite
to the crib.
It looks much bigger
during the day.
My son has made
some fucking decisions
that I may not agree with.
Yeah, you've been real clear
about that.
But you continue
to keep him breathing.
He pretty good in them streets.
Pretty good?
Pretty good does not keep you
alive, now, does it?
That's what you do.
So I got a proposition for you.
How about you come and join
the Flynn organization?
Oh, shit, I didn't know
this was a job interview.
I would have wore a suit...
and a big sign
right across my chest
that said "go fuck yourself."
You showed me exactly
who you was at Dr. Parker's.
You ain't someone
I could ever fuck with.
You know what I saw
in Dr. fucking Parker's?
When you walked in the door,
Gloria's little heart
jumped into her fucking throat.
Two men from her bed
in the same place
at the same time.
Oh, amazing how someone
so fucking innocuous
can cause so many problems.
♪ ♪
And now she's trying
to rip my family apart.
You know what you can't seem
to figure out?
Your son and Gloria
are in love...
the real deep kind, too.
And nothing you ever do
or say gonna change that.
She ain't the problem, Walter.
You are.
So I guess the only one
you fighting for now is you.
You know what I wish, Tommy?
I wish
you'd kept fucking her...
'cause the reward is
seeing your face
after all this
is said and done.
♪ ♪
You're in the wrong
neighborhood for a blowout.
Oh, it's beautiful in here.
-It has layers.
-Mm-hmm.
Best things in life do.
People stopped looking below
the surface a long time ago.
Well, that's where
all the fun is.
What you doing south
of Cermack?
You have the Serb pipeline...
and I have a product
that will change your life.
I can offer you 10%.
I don't think you want to do
what you about to do.
Oh, I do.
And how do you even know
what I'm about to do
if I haven't even laid out
the terms for you yet?
If you're in here
only offering 10%,
that means you have partners.
And if you have partners
and they not here with you,
you doing shit
behind they back.
And if you doing shit
behind they back,
that gets us off
on the wrong foot.
I don't need
anyone behind me.
Hmm.
♪ ♪
No deal.
♪ ♪
Is it Dahlia?
Goodbye, Diamond.
♪ ♪
Ever since Maeve died,
you've been pushing them kids
further away
instead of pulling 'em closer.
Well, I tell you something--
I don't know how much time
I'll have left
to put them
where they need to be.
I went to see that Dr. Rudin
the other day.
Jesus.
So they did find something?
Yeah.
Fuck it.
Doesn't matter.
You know, I love that boy...
but he's not ready.
He ain't ready to step in.
Well, Maybe Vic
ain't the only option.
Come on.
How the fuck are the powers
that be back home
gonna treat the news
that we put a woman in charge?
You made a Polack
your consigliere,
and they've been
all right with that.
And if you wait too long
on this, Walter,
might not be
a family business to take over.
I mean, this new shit
that's hitting Chicago
is fucking with every crew.
If we don't jump on it,
we're gonna be
the last in line.
Nah...
new shit
ain't always the best shit.
Our product--
three decades we've had it.
Why can't they get behind that?
And how the fuck
can I trust them
to get behind anything else?
Maybe they don't want
to get involved
'cause of how
you fucking treat them.
How far you think
you can push 'em
before they don't want
to come back?
So how the fuck
is this gonna end?
♪ ♪
It ain't gonna be me
wiping your ass
and shoveling dirt
on your casket.
♪ ♪
Hey, listen.
♪ ♪
That girlfriend thing...
you can call it off.
♪ ♪
I never put it on, Walter.
♪ ♪
Of course you didn't,
my Polish brother.
That's why
you're my consigliere.
♪ ♪
Yo, man, we need to talk.
You got to get the fuck
out of Chicago.
You and Gloria got to go.
Why the fuck
should I trust you?
Okay, me and you--
we been through
some shit together,
and every time I showed you
who the fuck I was.
I didn't come down on you
for that buyout bullshit,
none of it.
So I'ma tell you again--
grab your girl and bounce.
Why you trying to help me?
I got a soft spot
for romance.
That's fucking bullshit.
I got a real hard time
believing
that you're trying to help me.
Then believe
that I would help her.
I saw your old man.
He wants her gone.
So take this.
It's parked right outside.
It's got a clean title.
It's untraceable.
I pulled the GPS.
It's gonna be safer
than your ride.
Don't take no highways.
Stick to the surface
and back roads
'til you out of Illinois.
Keep that woman safe.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
So I saw the incense,
books on Buddha.
What's that about?
It's all about change.
I mean, do you think
people are defined forever
by what they've done?
I hope not.
You know what made me
so good at my job?
Hey, I...
I never asked.
What did you do before?
Come on.
Let's not do this.
Do what?
What made me so good
at my job is anonymity...
but that's gone now.
You put anything into a phone,
and you can find out
a person's entire history
with just a click
of the button.
That's how you got mine.
Diamond, listen, I di--
You know exactly who I am.
And I know exactly who you are.
So what were you doing
in my booth that night,
and what are you doing
in my fucking bed?
Okay.
When we first met,
I was writing a piece
on fallen nations in Chicago--
young gang members
with no leadership.
And, yeah,
I heard you had gotten out,
so I thought there was
a possible angle there.
Yeah, well,
we shared a few angles.
No, I don't have to fuck
for leads or headlines...
and I didn't go to the diner
that night to meet you.
I was there
to meet a CBI soldier
who was gonna give his story,
but he never showed.
Who was it?
Elijah Linden.
Look, I-I never wanted you
to become the story.
That's my editor's vision.
And what's yours?
I don't know.
But if that means
not running the piece on you
and walking away,
I'm--I'm willing to do that.
Why?
♪ ♪
Because you're more
than a story.
♪ ♪
Hmm.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Okay, let's just zip you up
really quick.
Mm, see that?
♪ ♪
Hey, let me get that off.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- What's up, kid?
You're gonna need a bigger
place to stack all this paper.
Look, I know I asked
for this to be the setup--
you step forward,
I hang back.
-But now you ain't so sure.
-I don't know.
Well, we partners.
Whatever you looking to do,
let's hear it.
I get that I built
this golden cage that I'm in.
But I can't hide
in the shadows forever.
So don't hide no more.
-Just like that?
-Just like that.
You looking to step out?
Let's go.
Okay, what are you proposing?
You take the clubs.
I keep the streets.
There's so much fucking money
to be made,
we both gonna make stacks.
Okay, but if we do this,
my father will do everything
he can to take this from me.
We drug dealers.
We take that risk
every single fucking day.
You got to protect
what's yours.
You up for that?
-Yeah.
-Good.
♪ ♪
If Walter fucks
with what's yours,
then he's fucking
with what's mines.
And ain't nobody,
your old man included,
gonna fuck with what's mines.
♪ ♪
You deserve this.
I know.
-You're back.
-I'm back.
Never thought
I'd see you again.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I just...
...had to get my head straight.
Me too.
But now it's crystal clear.
Come here.
You are the only thing
that matters to me.
Let's get out of here,
leave Chicago for good today.
-What about your family?
-You're my family.
My sister and my father
are never gonna change.
I'm done putting our lives
on hold
waiting for that to happen.
-Where would we go?
-Wherever you want.
I sold the land.
I paid off your debt.
♪ ♪
We can make a fresh start
somewhere new,
somewhere my father
will never find us.
Just say yes.
♪ ♪
Yes.
♪ ♪
Pack a bag.
We'll leave in a couple hours.
Okay.
♪ ♪
You obvious
as a motherfucker, Skinny.
How the fuck you know
I was here?
You didn't even look.
I got eyes in the back
of my head.
Now, that'd be
some sick shit.
That'd be like
superhero shit almost.
So what good news you hear
that you bringing today?
I ain't really got
no good news, really, yo.
I'm really just seeing
what you into.
You ain't down
with CBI no more?
Nah, not as much.
I'm really just trying
to diversify my skill set.
Hey, h-how about you put me on?
I ain't looking for people
who want to pivot.
I'm looking for people
who want to stay put.
Hey, now, wait, look,
I'm a loyal-ass motherfucker.
A-and check it out.
I'm a beast with numbers.
-Oh, yeah?
-What? I'm the best.
-Man, throw anything at me.
-All right.
Try me.
-Give me a hard one, too.
-All right.
Let's see what you got.
What's 6,789 times...
237?
That's...
1,608,993.
That's right.
Yeah, that right.
Give me another one,
a harder one.
All right, let's see.
Let's see.
What's 5,433 divided by 82?
That's...
66.256.
Yeah.
Jesus Christ.
How the fuck you do that?
Man, I see numbers
in my head.
Like, I always have.
When I was a kid,
I ain't really start reading
'til I was, like, six,
and all the teachers at school
thought I was stupid.
But the fact is
I was never fucking stupid.
I just had all of this math
going on in my head,
like, all the fucking time.
I could never turn it off.
All right, let's try this.
Paco got two keys of cocaine.
Maria got a half.
Now, Julian,
he need an eighth from Paco
and a quarter from Maria
to finish his cut
to get to four keys.
How much coke
did Julian start with?
Wait, wait, wait.
Are we going metric system?
Because if we are,
then the "28 grams to an ounce"
conversion,
that's technically
putting it all off by 0.71.
I think I got a spot
for you, kid.
Yeah! Now, that's what
I like to hear.
♪ ♪
Say my name again.
Liliana.
See, I could listen
to you all day.
-Hey, can we focus here?
Wow. Goddamn.
Your mama made
some fine-ass babies.
Thank you.
And y'all didn't know nothing
about each other?
-Nothing.
-No.
You know what that's like?
That is like those talk shows
when people realize
that they got
a sibling down the street--
Are we here to work
or do a fucking family tree?
Work.
Me and Liliana,
we got some brand-new shit
going on right here.
It's getting big
faster than we ever thought.
We're gonna need
an extra pair of hands.
You know I'm good
with my hands.
It's because
of the trumpet, right?
Uh, sax.
Oh, so cute.
The only thing you ever
gonna be doing with those hands
is this science right here,
all right?
You need
to produce this product
the exact same way
every time we make a new cut.
Mm-hmm.
There is no margin for error.
Got it.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Don't be thanking nobody yet.
You can't do this shit,
you ain't got no place here,
But if you can,
and I believe you could,
then the lab gonna be
the only place you gonna be.
It's secure.
It's safe.
It's legit from the outside.
Yeah, and from the inside,
all the chemicals is legal
in their
individual forms, so...
You'll be a chemist, a cook...
but nothing more, nothing less.
-It's clear?
-Absolutely crystalline.
Whew, I really like the way
that sounded.
Jesus Christ, will you just
walk him through the steps?
Okay, so we got enough here
to see if you have the basic
understanding of mixing.
Well, I was a G in home ec.
This gonna be cake.
-You see what I did there?
-I did.
J-nard.
J, what's the word, baby?
Yep, what y'all got for me?
♪ ♪
So word on the street is
the pilgrims
been moving Dahlia.
Yeah, moving that shit.
Okay, wait.
So they just straight up off
the "Mayflower,"
and now they moving Dahlia now?
I don't--don't get it.
I'm confused.
Them the fools
with the black hats
and them long-ass beards.
-You know this.
-Yeah, even in the summertime,
they be wearing them
long-ass trench coats.
Oh, shit, nigga, hold up.
Those are Hassidic Jews.
I know what y'all talking
about, bro.
Hassidic Jews, all right?
Y'all country-ass niggas really
thought they was pilgrims?
-Bro...
-For real?
...Hassidic Jews,
Orthodox Jews,
pilgrims, rabbis,
whatever the fuck ever--
They have Dahlia.
We need it.
♪ ♪
All right, you know what?
Y'all niggas did good.
All right,
I know where to look.
Don't worry about it.
-Fuck is wrong with you, dude?
Hey, so how we, um--
how we splitting the 20 bands?
I mean, well,
it's 20 divisible by two, so...
So ten and ten
should be cool.
You know...
what y'all niggas really need
-to do with that bread?
-Mm.
Y'all need to take that money
and go y'all asses
down to Chicago State.
Hop on the red line.
Get off on 95th.
All right, man.
Enroll
in history classes, okay?
How's it going,
Uncle Paulie?
Everything okay?
Yeah, just heading north
to check on your cousin.
Yeah,
he stopped by Simon's wake.
He seems like he's doing
a little better.
Yeah, until he ain't.
Yeah.
Drink?
-You're a good boy, Vic.
Always have been.
Your old man might not see it,
but he knows it.
And if he don't...
I do.
I'd be damn proud
to have a son like you.
Yeah, I wish he was.
Just--he makes it so fucking
impossible sometimes.
This next thing
I got to tell you ain't easy.
Your dad met with Tommy Egan
about bringing him in.
I knew I couldn't trust
that motherfucker.
♪ ♪
Thank you for coming through,
Uncle Paulie.
I took an oath to the family...
but I have a deeper loyalty...
...to this family.
♪ ♪
Thanks for the beer.
♪ ♪
You got to trust the spoon.
Lay it down flat.
Don't dump it.
How's he doing?
He's showing some real skill
for this.
♪ ♪
I'm not gonna
let you down, bro.
Believe that.
Oh, I do.
♪ ♪
Mm-hmm, yep.
♪ ♪
Give me the pack.
What are you talking about?
Look, I know you
Moishe's man.
You got Dahlia, right?
Give me the fucking pack.
I ain't gonna ask you again.
Fuck you, schvartze.
♪ ♪
Fucker!
This would have been
so much easier...
if you were
a fucking pilgrim.
Fucker.
♪ ♪
Your dad met with Tommy Egan
about bringing him in.
I knew I couldn't trust
that motherfucker.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Okay, Chicago
coming back on the quick.
I knew you niggas
would see the way.
Nigga, forget everything
we been thinking, all right?
This what we on now.
-Designer shit?
-You already know.
Nigga, I look like some Chicago
bitch dripping in labels?
-I mean, sh--
-Ah, don't say it, nigga.
Nigga, this Gary.
We repping one thing--
long money.
This shit right here
has a shelf life.
Molly?
Molly only around
for white kids
that want to escape
they suburban bullshit.
Ain't no color lines
on this shit.
Everybody and they mama
gonna be wanting to fuck
with this, cousin.
All right.
You don't believe me?
Hit it.
For real, nigga, try.
-But not too much, though.
-Hmm.
♪ ♪
Enjoy the ride, nigga.
See y'all niggas on the moon.
♪ ♪
Give me this shit.
♪ ♪
Come on, cousin.
♪ ♪
Boom.
Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
What the fuck...
is this shit?
Black magic.
How can we get down on this?
And how much it gonna cost us?
Ain't gonna cost you
nothing, cousin.
Just bullets and bodies,
all right?
When I call you,
I just need y'all to be ready
to come to Chicago and smoke
every motherfucker standing
between us and that shit.
Gary ready.
My nigga.
-Indeed.
- Mm-hmm.
All right, fool.
♪ ♪
Gloria Flynn has
such a nice ring to it.
-Don't you think?
-Mm, does it though?
Oh, what, you don't think so?
-I don't know.
Maybe you should take my name,
fresh start and all.
We're finally doing it.
Yes, we are.
I love you so much.
I love you, too.
♪ ♪
Vic!
♪ ♪
Vic. Vic!
Vic, are you okay?
-Uh, you--are you okay?
-Yeah, I'm fine.
Okay.
- Your face.
♪ ♪
Oh, fuck, get down, now!
♪ ♪
Glo, we're good.
Glo, get up.
Glo? Gloria?
Babe?
♪ ♪
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, please, Gloria, no.
Please, babe.
Talk to me, come on.
♪ ♪
Baby, you're good.
You're good, babe.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
-Oof.
♪ ♪
Hello?
Who the fuck is this?
♪ ♪
It's your son.
♪ ♪
♪ Cost come with the bosses ♪
♪ I paid my deposit off
With all the losses ♪
♪ I've been working out hard ♪
♪ I cut 'em off quick ♪
♪ I can tell
Where their heart is ♪
♪ When you hit the top
You a target ♪
♪ But every time I talk
Get respect irregardless ♪
♪ I don't ever fight
With the parking ♪
♪ 'Cause I know
They all talk ♪
♪ And they actions
Are harmless ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ I see them picking ♪
♪ And I keep my back
Tell 'em nothing ♪
♪ The life I made
Is deeper than hustling ♪
♪ They act funny one time
Can't trust 'em ♪
♪ Don't recommend
Them money-only discussions ♪
♪ Costs come with the bosses ♪
♪ I paid my deposit off
With all the losses ♪
♪ I've been working out hard ♪
♪ I cut 'em off quick, I can
Tell where their heart is ♪
♪ When you hit the top
You a target ♪
♪ But every time I talk
Get respect irregardless ♪
♪ No one ever bite
With the bark ♪
♪ 'Cause I know
They all talk ♪
♪ And they actions
Are harmless ♪
♪ I just built different ♪
♪ Way you keep it real, man
It feel different ♪
♪ I ain't hiding from nobody
In the field with it ♪
♪ You can pray and guess what
Blessings are still with me ♪
♪ ♪