1 00:00:45,087 --> 00:00:48,065 I'm Claire. Are you all right? 2 00:00:50,342 --> 00:00:53,070 Cockroach was beating on CJ and his mother. 3 00:00:53,762 --> 00:00:55,030 So I stopped him. 4 00:01:02,354 --> 00:01:04,289 You call this stopping him? 5 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,890 He has a concussion. 6 00:01:24,209 --> 00:01:25,811 Maybe a few broken ribs. 7 00:01:28,046 --> 00:01:29,523 He needs an MRI. 8 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:36,905 I need to keep this quiet. 9 00:01:37,973 --> 00:01:40,683 And I need to keep him talking. 10 00:01:40,684 --> 00:01:42,452 He looks talkative, all right. 11 00:01:43,020 --> 00:01:44,520 Arturo's dead. 12 00:01:44,521 --> 00:01:47,958 I need somebody that was there that night with Mariah and Shades. 13 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:52,003 - If he can be flipped... - You can't flip a dead man, Luke. 14 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,757 If he dies, 15 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:58,719 you'll be going back to Seagate. 16 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:15,509 Luke Cage for mayor. 17 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:18,280 He need to holler at my sister's boyfriend. For real. 18 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:24,161 Hey. 19 00:02:24,603 --> 00:02:25,603 Hey. 20 00:02:25,604 --> 00:02:28,582 - You all right? - Just bad memories. 21 00:02:29,316 --> 00:02:32,419 This ain't my first rodeo with a domestic violence call. 22 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,131 - Are you going to arrest Luke? - Of course not. 23 00:02:37,032 --> 00:02:39,825 I'm going to see if I can't smooth this thing out 24 00:02:39,826 --> 00:02:41,595 before it even gets to that. 25 00:03:04,267 --> 00:03:06,578 This doesn't look good. 26 00:03:09,940 --> 00:03:11,374 It is what it is. 27 00:03:14,277 --> 00:03:16,171 Walk me through what happened. 28 00:03:17,155 --> 00:03:19,281 I came to question Cockroach. 29 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,617 He was beating his girlfriend, so I stepped in. 30 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:25,621 Ridenhour is chompin' at the bit to shut down your vigilante act, 31 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:28,332 and this doesn't help. 32 00:03:28,333 --> 00:03:31,645 So I do the right thing, and my freedom's at risk? 33 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:35,381 If y'all were doing your jobs, I wouldn't have to do it for you. 34 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:38,134 Don't you dare talk to me about sacrifice. 35 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:41,666 Now, you might have cost me my best chance 36 00:03:41,679 --> 00:03:45,045 against Shades and Mariah, doing my job. 37 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:47,911 There's still one left. 38 00:03:49,187 --> 00:03:52,189 The Jamaican. Nigel. 39 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:55,794 - Well, then he's my problem now. - No, he's our problem. 40 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,339 Those guns will eventually make it to Harlem. 41 00:03:59,823 --> 00:04:01,449 Are you gonna tie me up in this nonsense 42 00:04:01,450 --> 00:04:03,426 or are you gonna let me do what I do? 43 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,015 Walk. 44 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,184 Quickly. 45 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:14,104 Before I change my mind. 46 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:21,152 Jesus, Luke... 47 00:04:21,678 --> 00:04:23,780 you never make things easy. 48 00:06:08,243 --> 00:06:11,161 You want coffee? Blue Mountain? 49 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:13,390 You no see me just get two cups? 50 00:06:14,332 --> 00:06:16,393 They keep me energized, you know. 51 00:06:17,252 --> 00:06:18,794 What's on the agenda, brethren? 52 00:06:18,795 --> 00:06:21,338 Mariah. Until I change your mind. 53 00:06:21,339 --> 00:06:23,632 Never. We going to Harlem? 54 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:27,153 Nah. Better she come to Brooklyn. Or her people them. 55 00:06:27,637 --> 00:06:29,030 Mmm. 56 00:06:31,850 --> 00:06:36,687 Rahtid. What's this? Arturo Rey is dead. 57 00:06:36,688 --> 00:06:38,564 - Eh? - Mmm. 58 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:41,442 And me hear say Cockroach fall upon Luke Cage fist. 59 00:06:41,443 --> 00:06:43,444 Rassclaat. 60 00:06:43,445 --> 00:06:45,171 Luke Cage everywhere. 61 00:06:45,822 --> 00:06:47,757 So him work for the Stokes now? 62 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:51,302 Nah. Come to understand she hate the man. 63 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:56,457 - Him vex me. - Why? 64 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:57,809 'Cause him exist. 65 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:02,772 As long as him have the heart, Harlem won't fully be mine. 66 00:07:03,340 --> 00:07:05,150 Two bulls can't reign in one pen. 67 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,861 Don Dada is not plural, you know. 68 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:13,241 Don't make him distract you, mi dads. Keep your eye upon Mariah. 69 00:07:13,808 --> 00:07:16,936 Her people them, have to come to us to get Nigel's money. 70 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,771 And them nuh know say him dead. 71 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:20,981 So I'll give it to her. 72 00:07:20,982 --> 00:07:22,792 You're mad. Why? 73 00:07:24,402 --> 00:07:27,163 I want her nice and fat when I kill her. 74 00:07:28,823 --> 00:07:31,784 Yuh likkle birdie still deh? At Harlem's Paradise? 75 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:33,928 - Mmm. - Good. 76 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:36,931 Soon we know everything. 77 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,726 Mariah must burn. 78 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:19,265 You have it. 79 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:20,850 That thing. 80 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,603 I never did, but you do. 81 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:26,880 - Maybe my father... - No. No. 82 00:08:26,881 --> 00:08:29,067 Jackson could never play like that. 83 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:34,364 Those hands are pure Stokes. 84 00:08:36,975 --> 00:08:39,577 This keyboard belonged to our cousin Cornell. 85 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:45,649 Um, sorry. I should have asked before using it. 86 00:08:45,650 --> 00:08:46,960 Oh, no. 87 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,422 Our grandmother gave it to him. 88 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,927 But now it's yours. 89 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:58,930 Come, sit. 90 00:09:01,124 --> 00:09:02,350 Let's eat. 91 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:07,897 What you thinking about? 92 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:12,527 The last time I ate here, I was ten. 93 00:09:13,428 --> 00:09:18,223 I remember the smell of greens and Cornell playing music 94 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:22,019 and Mama Mabel yelling at us for leaving the refrigerator door open. 95 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:27,792 But I also remember strangers in the living room. 96 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:30,170 Hushed tones. 97 00:09:31,029 --> 00:09:32,755 Rooms I couldn't enter. 98 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:37,343 Bloodied towels in the trash can. 99 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:41,431 This family has always been... 100 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,061 dark. 101 00:09:47,670 --> 00:09:51,173 Show me a family that doesn't have dark corners. 102 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:53,985 But now we can move past all that, can't we? 103 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:58,114 Well, that is what I'm trying, Mommy. 104 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,041 Excuse me, sweetie. 105 00:10:15,323 --> 00:10:18,325 You need to stop showing up like this without calling. 106 00:10:18,326 --> 00:10:19,868 Since when? 107 00:10:19,869 --> 00:10:23,473 Since I am trying to keep my daughter out of the family business. 108 00:10:24,624 --> 00:10:26,542 I thought I was family. 109 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:32,256 Luke Cage got to Cockroach. He's in the hospital. 110 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:33,966 We're down to one buyer. 111 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:38,387 Piranha said we need the money, all of it, in 48 hours. Who's left? 112 00:10:38,388 --> 00:10:39,638 The Yardies. 113 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,598 Go to Brooklyn. Get it done. 114 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:44,017 Who are you talking to like that? 115 00:10:44,018 --> 00:10:45,203 I'm not the help. 116 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:49,332 I'm your partner, among other things. 117 00:10:52,569 --> 00:10:55,588 You really gonna talk to me about your feelings right now? 118 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:06,349 Here we are. 119 00:12:13,358 --> 00:12:15,408 I remember when I used to get those 120 00:12:15,421 --> 00:12:17,986 domestic calls when I was still on patrol. 121 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:22,991 Some asshole, like yourself, starts beatin' on a woman. 122 00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:26,328 She calls the cops, but by the time we show up, 123 00:12:26,329 --> 00:12:29,057 she's screaming, "Please, don't hurt him." 124 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:37,005 Then, when I became a homicide detective, 125 00:12:37,006 --> 00:12:39,341 I would get a call to that same address 126 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:43,780 and that same woman would be laying on the floor, 127 00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:47,116 outlined in chalk and photographed. 128 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,411 Why did you attack Luke Cage? 129 00:12:51,479 --> 00:12:54,665 And why did you hurt your woman and your son? 130 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:56,459 Lawyer. 131 00:12:57,819 --> 00:13:02,882 They found an exotic shotgun outside your warehouse dice and shake joint. 132 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:05,468 Did Mariah sell it to you? 133 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:07,053 Who? 134 00:13:11,749 --> 00:13:13,684 That's a good-looking fella. 135 00:13:15,169 --> 00:13:17,188 I went to go see Joi. 136 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:20,149 Friends with her ex-man, Gipp. 137 00:13:20,842 --> 00:13:23,361 I don't know why Luke targeted me. 138 00:13:24,178 --> 00:13:26,405 I'm the victim in all of this. 139 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:28,724 Oh. 140 00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:29,867 Not yet. 141 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,286 But you will be. 142 00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:36,124 As soon as Mariah finds out you've been talking to the cops. 143 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:39,276 You only half the cop that Scarfe was. 144 00:13:39,277 --> 00:13:41,295 Oh, my bad. 145 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,633 Mmm. You got the fire in your eyes, girl. 146 00:13:47,201 --> 00:13:50,680 But you like to be handled when no one else is watching. 147 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:53,373 - Most bitches do. - You know what? 148 00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:54,475 Misty! 149 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:57,478 Outside. Now. 150 00:13:58,796 --> 00:14:01,590 What did I tell you about interrupting an interrogation? 151 00:14:01,591 --> 00:14:02,744 He's not yours to interrogate. 152 00:14:02,756 --> 00:14:04,509 You need to get her out my face, Bailey. 153 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,821 Could both of you all just chill out? 154 00:14:07,430 --> 00:14:12,768 Okay, look, Nandi's right. You let a perp leave the scene of a crime. 155 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:16,521 - Oh, so Luke Cage is a perp now? - This is our case, not yours. 156 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:20,859 It's funny how you seem to be trailing behind me on your investigation. 157 00:14:42,006 --> 00:14:43,232 Ooh. 158 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:46,360 You in the doghouse, man? 159 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:50,740 - You go Eric Benét? - Never that. 160 00:14:53,017 --> 00:14:54,017 Whatever you did, 161 00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:56,311 whether your fault or not, say you're sorry. 162 00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:58,688 That woman's so fine, "yes" is always the answer, 163 00:14:58,689 --> 00:15:00,023 unless "no" is required. 164 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:04,736 - Sometimes, she needs to hear "no." - I hear you. 165 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:06,130 I don't agree. 166 00:15:10,034 --> 00:15:12,428 - You didn't come home. - No. 167 00:15:13,454 --> 00:15:16,516 I didn't know whether you were going to talk to me or at me. 168 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:19,310 That's unfair. 169 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:21,854 Unfair? 170 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,232 You called the po-po on me, woman. 171 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,572 I'm gonna call Nike back. 172 00:15:32,181 --> 00:15:33,449 Good to see you, Claire. 173 00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:43,209 I called an ambulance for him and Misty for you. 174 00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:45,670 They called the cops. 175 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:50,800 I lost control of the situation when you lost control. 176 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:54,971 You could have just tapped Cockroach on the head. 177 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:57,974 It would have conked him out. I've seen you do it. 178 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:00,142 I've seen you raw... 179 00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:03,420 but never brutal. 180 00:16:03,421 --> 00:16:06,023 Yeah, well, sometimes brutality gets shit done. 181 00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:07,775 What can I say? 182 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:26,818 What the hell were you thinking? You go to a crime scene without authorization. 183 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:30,447 You let an assault perpetrator go without authorization. 184 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:36,745 Luke Cage is out there doing things that you and me and Bailey and Nandi can't. 185 00:16:36,746 --> 00:16:40,248 Look, we are this close to taking down Mariah. 186 00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:43,251 Without clear, present, actionable evidence, 187 00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:44,836 we can't move on Mariah! 188 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:47,005 And right now, you have none of that. 189 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,341 Personally, I'd sideline your insubordinate ass, 190 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,301 but this decision is above my pay grade. 191 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:55,823 You're the department's Private Ryan. They can't let anything happen to you. 192 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:45,105 Maureen, Eileen, Christine. Give me them points. 193 00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:48,275 Check them. You know the man can't count for shit. 194 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:51,736 Only thing mi can't count is how many times I beat your ass. 195 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:54,131 Whoo! 196 00:17:55,992 --> 00:17:58,260 Take a seat anywhere you like, love. 197 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:00,985 Unfortunately, I'm not here for the food. 198 00:18:00,998 --> 00:18:01,746 You sure? 199 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:05,667 We have the best curried goat in all the city. Guarantee it. 200 00:18:05,668 --> 00:18:07,544 Thank you, but I'm not hungry right now. 201 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:12,441 Something to drink? Ginger beer? Rum? Coffee? 202 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:18,013 No, ma'am. I'm looking for a man named Nigel. 203 00:18:19,557 --> 00:18:24,245 You have to be more specific. Plenty of Jamaicans named Nigel. 204 00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:27,957 He's a part of a crew called the Yardies. 205 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:36,590 I don't know nothing about them. Haven't heard that name in a long time. 206 00:18:37,867 --> 00:18:39,635 Better you ask them. 207 00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,098 Thank you. 208 00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:52,505 Um, excuse me. I hate to interrupt your game... 209 00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:54,942 Then don't. 210 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,721 I need your help. 211 00:18:59,722 --> 00:19:01,556 - You need a job? - No. 212 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,868 Good. Go block out the sun somewhere else. 213 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,896 - Maybe him looking for a wife. - Ooh. 214 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:10,732 You got a wife? You know, my daughter, she... 215 00:19:10,733 --> 00:19:12,692 Man, ain't nobody want your daughter. 216 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:18,966 - I'm looking for Nigel. - You check in the phone book? 217 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:21,385 Do you know who I am? 218 00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,204 You're Luke Cage. 219 00:19:24,205 --> 00:19:27,582 Him say him faster than Usain Bolt. 220 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:28,684 I never said that. 221 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,772 - He the man from up in Harlem. - Yeah, but this ain't Harlem. 222 00:19:33,255 --> 00:19:35,799 - Walk good! - And walk out of here. 223 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:56,504 Greetings, brother. 224 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,424 I'm here to speak to Nigel. 225 00:20:01,158 --> 00:20:03,677 Nigel's business is my business now. 226 00:20:04,620 --> 00:20:08,498 I don't know you. I'm here on behalf of Mariah Dillard. 227 00:20:08,499 --> 00:20:12,520 Stokes. Mariah Stokes. 228 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,649 Nigel had a big head, 229 00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:03,678 a big mouth and small ideas. 230 00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:05,072 Him had no vision. 231 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:12,371 I been rethinking the value of this gun deal. 232 00:21:13,564 --> 00:21:16,333 I need you to convince me of this thing, yeah? 233 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:19,461 Hmm. 234 00:22:30,391 --> 00:22:33,268 ? The way you look at me When you think I'm not lookin' ? 235 00:22:33,269 --> 00:22:34,828 ? Tells me ? 236 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:39,941 ? Your heart's a sleeping giant worn out By someone you loved before me ? 237 00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:45,113 ? I see you're scared Unconvinced of what I've tried to say ? 238 00:22:45,114 --> 00:22:50,952 ? That I am yours And that nothing will take me away ? 239 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:53,663 ? I know that you know But I'll say it again... ? 240 00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:58,793 Jeff Alexander, after Barack said that, how could I resist? 241 00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:03,565 The rest, as we say, is history. 242 00:23:08,762 --> 00:23:12,616 Oh, you made it. Ah, I always can depend on you. 243 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:17,287 Ladies, checkbooks, checkbooks. 244 00:23:18,105 --> 00:23:22,292 Hello, Tilda. I'm Alex, your mother's assistant. 245 00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:24,902 Got anything stronger? 246 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:26,630 Ha. You are Mariah's daughter. 247 00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:32,952 ? The way you always call me With some question and every time ? 248 00:23:32,953 --> 00:23:36,914 ? Tryin' to pretend you didn't call me Just 'cause I was on your mind ? 249 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:40,251 I hope you are taking good care of her, Alex. 250 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:41,544 Absolutely. 251 00:23:41,545 --> 00:23:45,274 Excuse me, Madam Councilwoman. Nice meeting you, Tilda. 252 00:23:47,009 --> 00:23:49,052 Come in. Hey. 253 00:23:49,053 --> 00:23:51,888 Wow. You always did like it siddity. 254 00:23:51,889 --> 00:23:55,016 Oh, I invented "bad and bougie." 255 00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:57,143 Girl, go get yourself a drink. 256 00:23:57,144 --> 00:23:59,395 There's a mescal over there with your name on it. 257 00:23:59,396 --> 00:24:00,396 Oh, a real drink. 258 00:24:00,397 --> 00:24:05,568 ? But I'll say it again, I love you, baby nothing will take me away ? 259 00:24:09,239 --> 00:24:11,508 Hey, thanks for coming. Hi, darling. 260 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:13,534 Is Mark Higgins here yet? 261 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:18,265 He's been hanging out with Piranha all night and looking at Stephanie. 262 00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:21,723 You mean Billie. Capable girl. 263 00:24:21,736 --> 00:24:22,740 Mmm-hmm. 264 00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,506 - Where's Hernan? - Where he needs to be. 265 00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:29,759 Only thing that matters is that Mark Higgins stays in the pocket. 266 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,554 I've made sure Stephanie invites him to Harlem's Paradise for drinks. 267 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:35,181 You can reel him in there. 268 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:37,493 Ahab ain't got shit on me. 269 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:40,369 Again. 270 00:24:40,688 --> 00:24:41,788 Double. 271 00:24:42,064 --> 00:24:43,707 Glad you called. 272 00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:48,986 Danny said he's been trying to reach you, and you won't pick up. 273 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:52,156 I told the barefoot billionaire the same thing I told Luke 274 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,908 and everybody else. 275 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:56,285 I don't need his charity. 276 00:24:56,286 --> 00:25:00,039 - You at least talking to someone? - I'm talking to you right now. 277 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,667 - There's nothing wrong with you, Misty. - Bullshit. 278 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:06,480 I'm all jammed up. Emotions and anger. 279 00:25:07,548 --> 00:25:09,924 I can't even see things the way I used to. 280 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:12,218 You lost your arm, not yourself. 281 00:25:12,219 --> 00:25:15,072 Yeah. Well, it was a pretty big part of my self. 282 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:19,785 I'm a righty. You know. 283 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,996 I mean, I dribbled right... 284 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:27,751 and with the ball in my hand, I could see everything. 285 00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:30,087 Now? 286 00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:32,422 It's cloudy. 287 00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:35,300 Okay. 288 00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:37,135 Uh... 289 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:40,764 Close your eyes. Stop... Stop looking at me. 290 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:43,583 Okay. 291 00:25:43,584 --> 00:25:45,435 Listen, bear with me. 292 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:52,300 Our physical bodies, they're just... they're just channels, okay? 293 00:25:52,301 --> 00:25:56,196 For our energy and our power. Chi. 294 00:25:57,639 --> 00:26:00,325 - "Chi"? - Yes, chi. Close your eyes. 295 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,954 Concentrate. Breathe. 296 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,248 Feel the flow. 297 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:11,277 Om. 298 00:26:11,278 --> 00:26:13,654 Be aware of your whole self. 299 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:18,910 The only thing my whole self is aware of is how hokey all of this 300 00:26:18,911 --> 00:26:20,304 - Zen nonsense... - "Hokey"? 301 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:21,829 Hey. 302 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:23,206 - You came to me. - Hey! 303 00:26:23,207 --> 00:26:25,041 - I'm not easy. - Stop! 304 00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:26,435 - You don't like that? - No! 305 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,592 Do you feel good, huh? Taking down a cripple? 306 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,612 Yeah. If that's how you see yourself. 307 00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,865 You don't know what it's like... 308 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:43,518 to feel powerless. 309 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:48,773 To have somebody take your identity from you, your soul. 310 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:54,379 I do, actually. 311 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:56,632 More than you know. 312 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:03,621 Misty, you are the reason I still have an arm. 313 00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:07,976 When Bakuto attacked me, what did you do? You jumped in. You're selfless. 314 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:10,354 I admire that. 315 00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:16,610 So never pity. Ever. 316 00:27:34,236 --> 00:27:35,337 You thirsty? 317 00:27:35,863 --> 00:27:37,589 I got plenty of water. 318 00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:40,384 That's not what I mean. 319 00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:45,806 Come on. 320 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:55,649 Hello... 321 00:27:56,925 --> 00:28:00,404 - Claire. - Claire. I am sorry. 322 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:02,781 I'm new. 323 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:05,575 Big congregation. 324 00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:11,039 I'm James, but you can call me Rev if that makes you more comfortable. 325 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,458 No, James is fine. 326 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:15,335 James it is. 327 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:21,091 I'm new here. You can tell, this, uh... This really isn't my thing. 328 00:28:22,034 --> 00:28:24,469 Well, that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. 329 00:28:26,121 --> 00:28:28,956 He wasn't all about the church. 330 00:28:28,957 --> 00:28:33,044 Jesus was all about the people who make up the church. 331 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:37,107 "For when two or three gather together in my name... 332 00:28:38,467 --> 00:28:40,235 I am there with them." 333 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:43,572 There's just two of us. 334 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:46,491 He's here. 335 00:28:55,609 --> 00:28:56,918 You look troubled. 336 00:28:58,195 --> 00:28:59,296 I'm not. 337 00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:02,924 - My boyfriend is. - Mmm-hmm. 338 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:06,786 He's going down a dark path. 339 00:29:06,787 --> 00:29:10,265 One that I'm not sure that I can follow. 340 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,726 He's angry. 341 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:15,854 He's lost his purpose. 342 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:17,880 Well, what's yours? 343 00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:20,925 - Excuse me? - What's your purpose, Claire? 344 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:25,364 How can you help him find his if you can't state yours? 345 00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:28,950 I was a nurse. 346 00:29:30,352 --> 00:29:34,289 And now I help people with special physical abilities. 347 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,249 Athletes? 348 00:29:37,734 --> 00:29:38,835 Sort of. 349 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,713 Luther, I helped the most. 350 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,966 And now he's in a place where I can't help him. 351 00:29:48,287 --> 00:29:49,971 Because I don't know how. 352 00:29:50,664 --> 00:29:53,016 Now, this is where scripture comes in. 353 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:57,938 "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep waters. 354 00:29:58,380 --> 00:30:02,317 But the man with understanding will draw it out." 355 00:30:03,427 --> 00:30:04,528 Get it? 356 00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:06,262 It's like saying 357 00:30:06,263 --> 00:30:10,826 you can't save someone from drowning unless you have on your life jacket. 358 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:15,247 Or you make enough room on the door for both of you to float. 359 00:30:18,442 --> 00:30:20,252 Titanic? 360 00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:25,632 That always bothered me. 361 00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:29,368 Rose had plenty of room for Jack on that door. 362 00:30:29,369 --> 00:30:30,828 Keeps me up at night. 363 00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:40,046 Okay, you know what I'm saying. Tell me, Claire, do you love Luther? 364 00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,690 Yes, I do love Luke. 365 00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:51,116 Then you dive right into the deep waters of your heart, 366 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,161 and you will find your answer. 367 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,041 God bless. 368 00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:01,918 Amen. 369 00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,408 Shit. Shit, shit, shit. 370 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,243 - What happened, boy? - Luke Cage is here. 371 00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:12,703 - Talk! - Point the guns at the door! 372 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,055 - Talk, man! - It's Luke Cage! 373 00:31:54,704 --> 00:31:55,972 I'm Luke Cage. 374 00:31:56,456 --> 00:32:00,042 Me know who you are. You must be mad coming up to my turf. 375 00:32:00,043 --> 00:32:02,253 You're not faster than Usain Bolt, you know. 376 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:04,064 I never said I was. 377 00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:08,884 - I'm looking for Nigel, man. - Him gone. Headed elsewhere. 378 00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:13,198 You have something to say, say it to me. 379 00:32:14,141 --> 00:32:16,225 Your gun deal with Mariah Dillard ain't happening... 380 00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:20,646 Stokes. Mariah Stokes. 381 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:24,483 You're not taking over. Leave now, and I won't have to hurt you. 382 00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:28,028 You want to tell me what to do like I'm a little schoolboy? Hmm? 383 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:31,115 I'm stopping Mariah Dillard and anyone else who's in bed with her. 384 00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:33,301 The enemy of me enemy is me friend. 385 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:37,538 We could work together, you know. You don't know my story. 386 00:32:37,539 --> 00:32:40,708 I know you're trouble and you're bringing that trouble to Harlem. 387 00:32:40,709 --> 00:32:44,628 Harlem is not your birthright. It's mine, brethren. 388 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:47,107 Harlem is under my protection now. 389 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:52,779 Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Now stay out of my yard. 390 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:58,201 You wanna talk about a yard with a Yardie? Come. 391 00:33:07,277 --> 00:33:08,377 You. 392 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:26,330 Shit. 393 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:06,788 My grandmother, Mabel Stokes, 394 00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:10,250 believed in stepping up for people in need. 395 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:13,319 She considered it a privilege, 396 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,343 which is why our Shirley Chisholm Complex 397 00:35:16,356 --> 00:35:19,366 will feature new child-friendly services, 398 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:24,330 such as on-site daycare, rent control and financial planning, 399 00:35:24,331 --> 00:35:28,042 to inaugurate our sweeping Family First Initiative. 400 00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:31,312 Helping... Go ahead, clap, clap... 401 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:40,888 Helping hardworking single mothers in need 402 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:45,267 raise happy, ambitious children throughout our complexes. 403 00:35:45,268 --> 00:35:49,914 Government assistance is good. It works, sure. 404 00:35:50,398 --> 00:35:54,068 But it takes a mother's touch to make things special. 405 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:02,886 This is personal for me. 406 00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:09,017 I met a dashing man at Howard one day on the quad. 407 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:14,230 He was eight years older and had just graduated from Howard Medical School. 408 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:18,193 I fell for him, hard. 409 00:36:19,761 --> 00:36:23,656 Much to the consternation of my family, because of our age difference. 410 00:36:24,808 --> 00:36:26,743 His name was Jackson Dillard. 411 00:36:27,936 --> 00:36:29,120 We eloped. 412 00:36:29,813 --> 00:36:32,981 And my Jackson went off to Central America 413 00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:37,962 to provide medical services and training to campesinos in Nicaragua. 414 00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:42,574 The day I found out I was pregnant 415 00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:48,080 was the day that he was shot and killed by the Contras. 416 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:52,060 My daughter, Tilda, was born, 417 00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:57,381 and I quickly realized that I was ill-equipped 418 00:36:57,382 --> 00:37:03,679 to raise this glorious itty-bitty chocolate drop by myself, 419 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,950 and so I swallowed my pride and I returned home. 420 00:37:08,518 --> 00:37:10,745 Mama Mabel embraced me. 421 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:15,232 That was our family motto. "Family first." 422 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:17,794 Always. No matter what. 423 00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:22,465 No matter... how complex. 424 00:37:27,287 --> 00:37:33,459 In fact, I am absolutely thrilled to have my daughter here with us today. 425 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:36,170 Dr. Matilda Maybelline Dillard. 426 00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:37,480 Wave, Tilda. 427 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:49,951 Family is a blessing. 428 00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:53,228 And no mother should ever have to do it alone. 429 00:37:54,606 --> 00:38:01,528 With your help and your dollars, our Family First Initiative will ensure 430 00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:07,242 that in all of our complexes uptown, where we take care of our own, 431 00:38:07,243 --> 00:38:10,162 no mother will ever have to. 432 00:38:10,163 --> 00:38:12,539 Family first, always. 433 00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:16,477 Harlem first, always. Thank you. 434 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,109 Thank you so much. 435 00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:26,404 The British Library. 436 00:38:28,932 --> 00:38:30,182 Mmm-hmm. 437 00:38:30,183 --> 00:38:32,935 Second largest only to the Library of Congress. 438 00:38:32,936 --> 00:38:34,978 - Did you know that? - Mmm-mmm. 439 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:40,609 I would... I would go and I... I would sit and I would read everything. 440 00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:45,322 Hardy, Chaucer... that other dead guy. 441 00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:51,829 You would go to a library if you won a million dollars? 442 00:38:51,830 --> 00:38:54,390 - Yeah. Pretty much. - You're lame. 443 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,333 - What? - It's lame. 444 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:57,769 Okay, what would you do? 445 00:38:58,878 --> 00:39:05,592 Ford Mustang, black, 6-bolt V-8 engine, with cast-iron water pumps. 446 00:39:05,593 --> 00:39:08,929 - Well, your dick is bigger than mine. - You're goddamn right, it is. 447 00:39:09,931 --> 00:39:13,600 Ladies, ladies, name's Morty. A-ha... 448 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:16,704 You mind if I dip-dip my toes in this conversation? 449 00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:21,292 - Wow. - Morty... 450 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:24,278 - quit while you're ahead. - Mmm-hmm. 451 00:39:24,279 --> 00:39:28,591 The, uh... The water is too shallow for three people. I'm sorry. 452 00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:32,286 Well, then call me Mr. Fish, baby. I'll adapt. 453 00:39:32,287 --> 00:39:33,787 Get lost. 454 00:39:33,788 --> 00:39:36,540 That's cool. I'm not really talking about you, anyway. 455 00:39:36,541 --> 00:39:40,186 I'm all about the sisters. You know what I mean? 456 00:39:46,843 --> 00:39:49,195 Morty, is it? 457 00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:54,325 You need to swim you and your whack-ass game back over there. 458 00:39:55,685 --> 00:39:57,769 No, I'm right where I need to be. 459 00:39:57,770 --> 00:40:00,873 You that bitch that sent my brother to Dannemora. 460 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:08,780 You know, that's the second time somebody's called me a bitch today. 461 00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:10,842 - Hmm. - And it's gonna be the last. 462 00:40:11,284 --> 00:40:13,160 Bill Norris. Don't remember him? 463 00:40:13,161 --> 00:40:16,431 Sorry, I don't look down before I flush. 464 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:22,353 Ooh, you got a real mouth on you, girl. I'mma... stick something in it. 465 00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:24,856 Oh... 466 00:41:28,736 --> 00:41:29,921 Whoo! 467 00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:33,341 Somebody got their swagger back. 468 00:41:33,866 --> 00:41:35,742 What you know about swagger? 469 00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:36,969 Borrowed Danny's iPod. 470 00:41:38,538 --> 00:41:40,598 What? You want a hug? 471 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:46,229 Let's go. 472 00:41:48,965 --> 00:41:50,483 Put it on his tab. 473 00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:09,898 You got all the bullet holes? 474 00:43:09,899 --> 00:43:10,977 From what? 475 00:43:10,978 --> 00:43:14,025 The ricochet from Luke Cage. Did you save any fragments? 476 00:43:14,509 --> 00:43:16,861 - You sound like a fan. - Well... 477 00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:20,698 That was a beautiful speech. 478 00:43:21,182 --> 00:43:24,226 Thelma Gordon raved about it. You really outdid yourself. 479 00:43:24,227 --> 00:43:26,353 You had our hearts in your hand. 480 00:43:26,354 --> 00:43:30,374 Mark, helping people has always brought me joy. 481 00:43:30,942 --> 00:43:33,461 But as we both know... 482 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,047 joy ain't free. 483 00:43:46,541 --> 00:43:48,100 I like the third one. 484 00:43:50,169 --> 00:43:54,190 - You are a freak. - What do you want? Money? 485 00:43:55,258 --> 00:43:56,174 Cindy... 486 00:43:56,175 --> 00:44:00,947 Oh, we both know what my soror will do when she sees these pictures. 487 00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:06,017 I don't want your money, Mark. I need a vote, of confidence. 488 00:44:06,018 --> 00:44:07,060 What do you mean? 489 00:44:07,061 --> 00:44:11,731 Mr. Jones, for your protection, would you please excuse us one moment? 490 00:44:11,732 --> 00:44:12,917 Absolutely. 491 00:44:13,568 --> 00:44:14,669 Billie. 492 00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:22,176 Please. 493 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:24,911 Speak your piece. 494 00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:30,726 "Piece" is a good word. Because that's what I want, my piece. 495 00:44:31,544 --> 00:44:36,357 Your company, Atreus Plastics, is up for acquisition by Glenn Industries. 496 00:44:36,841 --> 00:44:39,527 I'm about to purchase $20 million worth of stock. 497 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:42,971 Tomorrow, you and the rest of the board 498 00:44:42,972 --> 00:44:46,158 will vote in favor of that deal to go through. 499 00:44:46,851 --> 00:44:49,269 I need you to ensure that merger. 500 00:44:49,270 --> 00:44:53,064 Atreus is the biggest black-owned plastics company in the world. 501 00:44:53,065 --> 00:44:57,193 You think I'm going to sell my company at pennies on the dollar 502 00:44:57,194 --> 00:44:59,195 to some goddamn crackers? 503 00:44:59,196 --> 00:45:03,384 Saltine or Ritz. Either way, you will. 504 00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:05,970 Because I want my cheese. 505 00:45:08,122 --> 00:45:12,208 Sell it, vote for the merger and retire. 506 00:45:12,209 --> 00:45:15,646 If you don't, these pictures will go everywhere. 507 00:45:16,505 --> 00:45:17,940 And I got video. 508 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:20,401 I'm not talking MediaTakeOut. 509 00:45:20,885 --> 00:45:23,404 I'm talking WorldStar. 510 00:45:27,642 --> 00:45:30,870 Oh, sweetie, I didn't know you were here. 511 00:45:31,354 --> 00:45:34,356 Actually, I'm just stopping by to say good night. 512 00:45:34,357 --> 00:45:37,776 I missed you at the end. 513 00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:40,195 Tilda, this is Mark Higgins. 514 00:45:40,196 --> 00:45:44,800 He is single-handedly bankrolling our Family First Initiative. 515 00:45:58,881 --> 00:46:02,384 You put me on the spot out there. 516 00:46:02,385 --> 00:46:05,679 Oh, I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable. 517 00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:07,239 Let me finish. Um... 518 00:46:10,017 --> 00:46:13,186 Emotions are not my area of expertise. 519 00:46:13,187 --> 00:46:15,498 I have a hard time letting people in. 520 00:46:16,357 --> 00:46:19,043 But when I saw you up there today, 521 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:23,714 through all the lies and hurt, 522 00:46:24,365 --> 00:46:25,549 I felt something. 523 00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:29,136 I didn't want to, but I believed you. 524 00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:33,540 I guess I never thought of our situation from your point of view, 525 00:46:33,541 --> 00:46:36,602 and for that I apologize. 526 00:46:38,921 --> 00:46:44,819 Sweetie, you have no idea how much that means to me. 527 00:46:46,595 --> 00:46:48,614 Here. Sit. 528 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,038 - Mommy... - Wait. 529 00:46:56,605 --> 00:46:59,917 I know it's hard to wrap your head around, 530 00:47:00,401 --> 00:47:04,797 but every powerful family has some dark memories. 531 00:47:05,448 --> 00:47:08,509 But I've always tried to bring us into the light. 532 00:47:09,410 --> 00:47:11,870 We've lost a lot of time, Tilda. 533 00:47:11,871 --> 00:47:13,806 Now we get to make up for it. 534 00:47:19,962 --> 00:47:24,007 Okay, I will come by the shop tomorrow to see you. 535 00:47:24,008 --> 00:47:25,484 Good night, sweetheart. 536 00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:36,871 Tell me something good! 537 00:47:41,692 --> 00:47:44,211 Jamaican me crazy, baby! 538 00:47:45,029 --> 00:47:48,239 The Jamaicans paid way over our asking price. 539 00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:50,366 There are ten more bags like this to bring in. 540 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:52,577 They were very eager to close this deal. 541 00:47:52,578 --> 00:47:54,996 I didn't know Nigel had it like that. 542 00:47:54,997 --> 00:48:00,603 Wasn't Nigel. It was someone else. Jamaican but aggressive. 543 00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:02,771 Who cares? 544 00:48:05,132 --> 00:48:08,652 Piranha! Get your tight ass in here! 545 00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:12,114 We got the money, nigga. 546 00:48:17,937 --> 00:48:20,039 Baby cousin, wah gwaan? 547 00:48:21,273 --> 00:48:22,583 You have a name? 548 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,945 They're using the money to buy stock in Atreus Plastics. 549 00:48:26,946 --> 00:48:29,614 Using a Wall Street man named Piranha Jones... 550 00:48:29,615 --> 00:48:32,784 Piranha? Like the fish? 551 00:48:32,785 --> 00:48:34,786 Yes. Can I quit now? 552 00:48:34,787 --> 00:48:36,204 Soon. 553 00:48:36,205 --> 00:48:39,350 Little more time, and we'll have everything we want. 554 00:48:42,711 --> 00:48:44,063 Me like fish. 555 00:48:44,797 --> 00:48:48,049 So many different ways of filleting it. 556 00:48:48,050 --> 00:48:50,819 Auntie, can you roast some snapper? 557 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,240 I'm starving. 558 00:49:12,199 --> 00:49:13,926 Now I'll lecture you... 559 00:49:16,412 --> 00:49:18,138 'cause I'm a fool for you. 560 00:49:20,332 --> 00:49:22,184 I love you so much. 561 00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:28,691 I love you, too. But you can't castrate me. 562 00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:35,906 Preventing you from going back to jail lessens your manhood? 563 00:49:36,682 --> 00:49:39,159 I'm finally getting results, Claire. 564 00:49:40,269 --> 00:49:41,954 Shit's getting done. 565 00:49:43,063 --> 00:49:46,608 Look, Pop always talked about Kenyatta, right? 566 00:49:46,609 --> 00:49:48,168 I see his point. 567 00:49:49,445 --> 00:49:53,156 I'm rough, but... I'm still a hero. 568 00:49:53,157 --> 00:49:55,680 Really? If beating your chest around town 569 00:49:55,693 --> 00:49:58,203 is what you need to call yourself a hero, 570 00:49:58,204 --> 00:50:01,039 then I question your understanding of the word. 571 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,957 This shit is changing you, Luke. 572 00:50:02,958 --> 00:50:07,021 - It's making me more who I am. - You're scaring people, Luke. 573 00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:09,923 You're scaring me. 574 00:50:09,924 --> 00:50:12,568 I'm a black man in a hoodie. 575 00:50:13,552 --> 00:50:16,572 People have always been afraid of me. 576 00:50:18,557 --> 00:50:23,269 Look, you never had anybody clutch a purse on an elevator, okay? 577 00:50:23,270 --> 00:50:25,480 Or follow you around the store. 578 00:50:25,481 --> 00:50:28,358 Or cross the street when they see you coming, now have you? 579 00:50:28,359 --> 00:50:31,211 I didn't need to leave my house to feel racism. 580 00:50:32,321 --> 00:50:33,922 Soy Afrocubana. 581 00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:39,285 I've got family members so filled with shame and self-hatred, 582 00:50:39,286 --> 00:50:41,722 they will deny each other to the grave. 583 00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:44,099 That's how deep it can run. 584 00:50:45,084 --> 00:50:48,896 But you rise above it. You rise above the labels. 585 00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:53,942 Baby, a black man only has two choices in this world. 586 00:50:54,385 --> 00:50:56,094 You can either lean into the fear 587 00:50:56,095 --> 00:50:58,263 and be the nigga people already think you are, 588 00:50:58,264 --> 00:51:01,557 or you can play the big, docile house cat with a smile. 589 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:05,788 That's like saying the only choice for a woman is ho or housewife. 590 00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:08,147 It's not that simple. 591 00:51:08,148 --> 00:51:10,441 You don't need to feed your anger to prove a point. 592 00:51:10,442 --> 00:51:15,697 I'm a man. Okay? Full-fledged. 593 00:51:15,698 --> 00:51:17,424 My anger is real. 594 00:51:18,450 --> 00:51:22,495 But if I can use that anger for intimidation and fear to do work, 595 00:51:22,496 --> 00:51:23,621 then so be it. 596 00:51:23,622 --> 00:51:26,541 If I have to speak the language of those who would do others harm 597 00:51:26,542 --> 00:51:29,085 to make them stop, then so be it. 598 00:51:29,086 --> 00:51:30,521 But that's not you! 599 00:51:31,005 --> 00:51:33,982 Yeah, you can use anger as a tool. 600 00:51:34,508 --> 00:51:37,635 But you disable yourself when you use it as a crutch. 601 00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:40,063 You don't get to pick and choose the parts 602 00:51:40,076 --> 00:51:42,265 of me that you like and dislike, baby. 603 00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:45,310 If you're down with me, you have to be down with all of me. 604 00:51:45,311 --> 00:51:48,479 I am so down, but... 605 00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:49,623 But what? 606 00:51:54,486 --> 00:51:56,863 Sometimes you have to step on a cockroach. 607 00:51:56,864 --> 00:51:58,215 I get it. 608 00:51:59,158 --> 00:52:01,468 But when you enjoy the stomping? 609 00:52:01,910 --> 00:52:05,246 What's next? You become an exterminator? 610 00:52:05,247 --> 00:52:07,641 You think I seek this shit out? 611 00:52:08,917 --> 00:52:12,020 I never wanted this. Any of it. 612 00:52:13,172 --> 00:52:15,256 Between you and Pop always on me 613 00:52:15,257 --> 00:52:17,342 about stepping out of the shadows, about... 614 00:52:17,343 --> 00:52:20,636 Yo, see. That's your problem right there. You won't take responsibility. 615 00:52:20,637 --> 00:52:24,057 I am taking responsibility! By taking over! 616 00:52:24,058 --> 00:52:26,809 By shutting things down, one by one! 617 00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:28,620 No, you're running. 618 00:52:29,229 --> 00:52:32,106 You're blaming me. You're blaming your father. 619 00:52:32,107 --> 00:52:34,543 - No, no. Don't. Don't. Don't. - You're blaming Pops. 620 00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:37,546 Don't talk about my father. Okay? 621 00:52:45,329 --> 00:52:47,389 I met with your father today. 622 00:52:48,874 --> 00:52:50,958 And he's not the ogre that you think he is. 623 00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:52,919 You had no right to do that. 624 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:54,855 You should talk to him, Luke. 625 00:52:56,090 --> 00:52:58,567 Oh, God forbid he's changed 626 00:52:59,009 --> 00:53:02,136 and you can't use him as an excuse to fuel your anger anymore. 627 00:53:02,137 --> 00:53:04,263 If he were to see what you did this morning 628 00:53:04,264 --> 00:53:07,225 and your justifications, he'd be ashamed of you. 629 00:53:07,226 --> 00:53:09,203 - You've become the ogre... - Enough! 630 00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,985 Claire. 631 00:53:47,683 --> 00:53:48,867 Claire. 632 00:53:49,393 --> 00:53:50,536 Um... 633 00:53:53,647 --> 00:53:54,748 I... 634 00:53:56,358 --> 00:53:57,459 need, um... 635 00:54:02,531 --> 00:54:04,007 I need the ocean. 636 00:54:09,371 --> 00:54:14,226 I need time. I need space. 637 00:54:15,752 --> 00:54:17,563 I need perspective. 638 00:54:21,467 --> 00:54:23,110 I need to go. 639 00:54:25,721 --> 00:54:29,491 I need to go see my mom and my abuelita in Havana. 640 00:54:30,267 --> 00:54:34,454 Don't. Don't. Don't leave. 641 00:54:36,773 --> 00:54:40,252 Look, if... if you want to talk... 642 00:54:55,042 --> 00:54:57,561 No, this isn't the time to talk now. 643 00:55:02,090 --> 00:55:03,191 See, um... 644 00:55:05,177 --> 00:55:07,404 that hole you just put in my wall... 645 00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:11,491 that was my childhood. 646 00:55:12,434 --> 00:55:15,186 That was my mother and my father, 647 00:55:15,187 --> 00:55:19,374 and, um... I said I would never... 648 00:55:20,609 --> 00:55:22,502 put myself through that again. 649 00:55:23,153 --> 00:55:25,213 I would never live with anger again. 650 00:55:26,406 --> 00:55:27,507 So, um... 651 00:55:32,412 --> 00:55:33,639 Look, you know... 652 00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:36,850 You know... 653 00:55:39,378 --> 00:55:42,981 I would never... hurt you. 654 00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:46,860 You know that, right? 655 00:55:58,230 --> 00:55:59,831 You need to go. 656 00:56:02,568 --> 00:56:03,752 Right now. 657 00:56:30,137 --> 00:56:32,197 I'm gonna be at the barbershop. 658 00:56:38,270 --> 00:56:41,206 Let's... Let's talk tomorrow, 659 00:56:41,898 --> 00:56:44,376 after we've both had some time to think. 660 00:56:52,576 --> 00:56:53,760 I love you. 661 00:56:59,124 --> 00:57:00,559 And I'm sorry. 662 00:57:50,175 --> 00:57:52,486 You told me stay out of your yard. 663 00:57:53,011 --> 00:57:55,572 But Harlem's not your yard, boy. 664 00:57:56,181 --> 00:57:57,407 It's mine. 665 00:57:57,923 --> 00:58:03,923 sync and corrections by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com.