1 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:27,527 Quick! This way! 2 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:28,611 Stay on 'em! 3 00:00:28,612 --> 00:00:30,047 Right there! Right there! 4 00:00:30,822 --> 00:00:32,949 Move! Move! Move! 5 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:42,851 Okay. Okay. 6 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:49,566 Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. 7 00:00:57,057 --> 00:01:00,059 Mr. Cage! You can release the little guppy. 8 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,435 Or you can fight. 9 00:01:01,436 --> 00:01:03,372 The choice is yours. 10 00:01:09,987 --> 00:01:11,279 You think we lost him? 11 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,322 Mr. Cage! 12 00:01:13,323 --> 00:01:14,463 Does it sound like we did? 13 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:21,622 Hear me now. 14 00:01:21,623 --> 00:01:24,226 Search everywhere. 15 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:25,793 There. 16 00:01:25,794 --> 00:01:28,688 - Above! - Sweet Christmas. 17 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:35,845 Up on the rooftop there! Go! Go! Go! 18 00:01:35,846 --> 00:01:37,823 - Hurry. - Find them! 19 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:43,953 What? 20 00:01:44,313 --> 00:01:46,022 How we gonna make that? 21 00:01:46,023 --> 00:01:47,416 I can't make that. 22 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,669 Oh, hell, no! 23 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:52,921 God damn. 24 00:01:56,074 --> 00:01:57,175 You won't have to. 25 00:02:03,123 --> 00:02:05,016 Get him! Now! 26 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:24,077 Damn. 27 00:02:39,534 --> 00:02:42,036 You got five seconds to tell me why your boss invaded Harlem 28 00:02:42,037 --> 00:02:44,347 and what he wants with Raymond Jones. 29 00:02:45,332 --> 00:02:52,105 Five, four, three, two, one. 30 00:02:53,215 --> 00:02:55,192 Rassclaat! 31 00:02:56,593 --> 00:02:58,052 This way. 32 00:02:59,429 --> 00:03:00,572 Up there! 33 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:11,416 I can't. He ain't gonna make it. 34 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,051 How the hell you do that? 35 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:41,220 Don't look so surprised, man. Let's go. 36 00:03:43,682 --> 00:03:45,784 Damn. Look what you did to my leg, Luke. 37 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:48,912 Supposed to save me, not hurt me. Shit. 38 00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:55,418 "Rassclaat." 39 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:58,046 What does that even mean? 40 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:24,114 That's a foul. Didn't he see that? 41 00:05:24,115 --> 00:05:27,326 - They hesitating. They gonna lose. - Huh? What you say? 42 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:31,038 They got too much power, too much talent. They cannot lose. 43 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:33,541 And now, a WBPJ breaking news update. 44 00:05:33,542 --> 00:05:37,419 Tonight, a grisly discovery at Harlem's Shirley Chisholm Complex 45 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:41,048 turned a ribbon-cutting celebration into a macabre nightmare. 46 00:05:41,049 --> 00:05:45,177 A warning: The visuals you are about to see are deeply disturbing. 47 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,238 Come on in! 48 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:53,686 Three severed heads were placed at the complex, 49 00:05:53,687 --> 00:05:56,897 owned by former councilwoman Mariah Dillard. 50 00:05:56,898 --> 00:06:00,484 And with emerging reports of an armed attack at a party 51 00:06:00,485 --> 00:06:05,072 thrown by Harlem-based Wall Street impresario Raymond "Piranha" Jones 52 00:06:05,073 --> 00:06:07,866 and Mexican cartel-level violence, 53 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:11,287 one wonders if there are more ominous events ahead. 54 00:06:11,288 --> 00:06:14,248 No matter where you go, savagery. 55 00:06:14,249 --> 00:06:15,499 Pure savagery. 56 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:18,478 Where's the talent in that? Where's the power? 57 00:06:20,088 --> 00:06:21,773 All I see is fear. 58 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,125 Talk, bredren. 59 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,193 Piranha's gone. He's running. 60 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:45,487 - How? - Luke Cage. 61 00:06:45,488 --> 00:06:46,589 Rassclaat. 62 00:06:48,491 --> 00:06:51,302 - You check the Harlem's Hero app? - I did. Nothing yet. 63 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:54,163 Call Irie Cabs. Tell Berchel I need... 64 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:56,999 Done. He gave me four cabs to cover the area. 65 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,960 I don't want four cabs. I want every cab. 66 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:02,630 Flood the streets, and he'll float to the surface. You hear? 67 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:03,714 Yeah, skipper. 68 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:05,900 And, Sheldon, hear me now. 69 00:07:06,384 --> 00:07:07,819 No weakness. 70 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:09,446 No excuses. 71 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:18,621 Move. Move! 72 00:07:44,506 --> 00:07:45,606 Psst! 73 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:48,884 I'm good. I don't need no ride, man. 74 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:50,803 You seen Luke Cage? 75 00:07:50,804 --> 00:07:53,847 Nah, man. The brother don't got a smoke signal. 76 00:07:53,848 --> 00:07:57,035 He just kinda shows up, right on time. 77 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:05,484 Check the barbershop. Keep asking around for him. He'll find you. 78 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:06,586 We good? 79 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:09,005 We're good. 80 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,217 Walk good, bredren. 81 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:28,007 Ma, I'm around the corner. 82 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:30,318 Tell Aunt Val to stay at home. 83 00:08:31,136 --> 00:08:32,654 The streets is hot. 84 00:09:31,446 --> 00:09:32,755 Whew. 85 00:09:33,823 --> 00:09:35,216 Shit. 86 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:38,011 Man, you gotta get me out of here. 87 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:41,556 Not until you tell me why the Stylers are after you. 88 00:09:42,999 --> 00:09:45,059 I ain't had no R&B group at my party. 89 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:49,463 The Jamaicans, sucker, from Brooklyn. Why are they after you? 90 00:09:49,464 --> 00:09:51,149 Or is it somebody you deal with? 91 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:55,612 What's your connection to Mariah Dillard and Shades Alvarez? 92 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:59,932 Stacks. Bills. Gouda. Paper. Greenbacks. Ducats. 93 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,850 They're my clients. I get 'em paid. 94 00:10:01,851 --> 00:10:04,103 Hold up. Why are you questioning me? 95 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:07,731 You work for me. I'm paying you. You are my Hero for Hire. 96 00:10:07,732 --> 00:10:11,127 Well, where's my money, honey? You still owe me from the party. 97 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,488 Look, I'm good for it, okay? 98 00:10:14,489 --> 00:10:17,383 Just get me safe, and I'll set you straight for life. 99 00:10:17,867 --> 00:10:19,344 Why should I protect you? 100 00:10:20,036 --> 00:10:21,763 You tried to shoot me for fun. 101 00:10:23,706 --> 00:10:28,001 I was just trippin', bro. You know how we do. Come on, man. 102 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:31,856 You're wasting my time. We're done. 103 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:35,026 You just gonna give your word and take it back? 104 00:10:38,805 --> 00:10:40,448 Shit! Shit! 105 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:59,241 Hey. That's very unprofessional, brother, okay? 106 00:10:59,242 --> 00:11:00,778 No wonder you have a billion-dollar talent 107 00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:03,650 but work out of the back of a barbershop. 108 00:11:14,549 --> 00:11:15,650 Hey. 109 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:20,738 Hey, I didn't know you was that sensitive, brother. My bad. My bad. 110 00:11:27,228 --> 00:11:28,687 It's sprained. 111 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:30,039 I'm gonna splint it, 112 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,667 and you're gonna tell me everything I need to know. 113 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:39,489 Sugar, guard the back. 114 00:11:39,490 --> 00:11:43,493 Anyone comes near it, shoot first. No questions asked. 115 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:45,954 I'm on it. What about the front? 116 00:11:45,955 --> 00:11:48,582 Let me worry about it. We'll get more guys. 117 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:50,268 Do you have time to get anybody? 118 00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:54,772 I'll take care of it. Go wall off the back. 119 00:11:56,174 --> 00:11:57,275 Copy. 120 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:07,994 Damn. 121 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:11,831 Niggas are posted up outside like it's the Alamo or some shit. 122 00:12:12,398 --> 00:12:14,733 - What's going on? - Where you been? 123 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:16,044 You ain't heard? 124 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:19,756 They cut off Ray Ray's head and placed it in front of Chisholm Complex. 125 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:21,924 - What? - Bushmaster. 126 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,284 He killed Cockroach, too. 127 00:12:24,285 --> 00:12:27,079 Where the hell were you? We're at war. 128 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,248 You want us to all spill blood with the Jamaican cats, 129 00:12:30,249 --> 00:12:33,561 who, against your advice, she sold her gun business to? 130 00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:35,772 Your point? 131 00:12:37,507 --> 00:12:39,150 Ray Ray was good people. 132 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:45,281 Now, the rest? The Jamaicans killed them to put Mariah on front street. 133 00:12:46,057 --> 00:12:49,827 Which makes me ask again: What's it got to do with you? 134 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:54,189 Mariah gets back from the station, we'll decide what to do. 135 00:12:54,190 --> 00:12:55,290 Decide? 136 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:57,460 That's not a plan. 137 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,254 You got a better one? 138 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:04,675 Mariah's with the cops. The Jamaicans are cutting heads off. 139 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:09,055 Now, if you ask me, I say it's time to cut the bitch loose. 140 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:11,724 We're not doing that. 141 00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:19,273 What advice would you give you? 142 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,611 You're getting way too emotional about this shit. 143 00:13:31,686 --> 00:13:32,870 You're right. 144 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,294 Where you going? 145 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:50,746 They want Piranha because they must be after the money. 146 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:55,143 That fool has access to every dime we earned on that Atreus Plastics deal. 147 00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:58,020 If we're gonna find him, 148 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:01,006 we don't need to go big. 149 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,067 That's probably what they expect. 150 00:14:03,801 --> 00:14:06,445 We need to go special forces with this shit. 151 00:14:07,096 --> 00:14:08,447 Like old times. 152 00:14:09,098 --> 00:14:10,283 Me and you. 153 00:14:18,775 --> 00:14:20,209 I thought we sold all these. 154 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,027 First rule of business? 155 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:23,504 Never sell the good shit. 156 00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:25,655 Rivals? 157 00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:26,841 We ain't got none. 158 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:46,593 How did your call with the chief go? 159 00:14:46,594 --> 00:14:48,178 I walked him through our theory 160 00:14:48,179 --> 00:14:51,598 that there's a connection between the heads that turned up tonight, 161 00:14:51,599 --> 00:14:53,767 the attack on Raymond Jones' party, 162 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:56,895 and the murders last week of Arturo Rey in Harlem 163 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,897 and Nigel Garrison in Brooklyn. 164 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:01,942 Did you tell him the Stylers are about to invade Harlem? 165 00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:06,631 I did. I used the dreaded phrase that wakes up most politicians. 166 00:15:07,115 --> 00:15:08,407 Gang war. 167 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:09,509 And? 168 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:12,327 He gave us 50 extra unis. 169 00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:15,372 - You've got to be kidding me. - That's the good news. 170 00:15:15,373 --> 00:15:18,875 The bad news is that we've got 48 hours to get this thing under control, 171 00:15:18,876 --> 00:15:22,295 or the governor's sending in the National Guard... and ICE. 172 00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:24,923 They're gonna round up every Jamaican on sight, 173 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,007 innocent or implicated. 174 00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,486 - You got a better idea? - Yeah. Our friend. 175 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:31,322 He's your friend. 176 00:15:31,806 --> 00:15:33,282 Has he said hello to you today? 177 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,352 That's what I thought. He doesn't need to follow rules or a clock. 178 00:15:37,353 --> 00:15:41,189 Luke Cage works when he feels like it. Harlem's Hero, my ass. 179 00:15:41,190 --> 00:15:44,359 Luke Cage is not the problem or the target. 180 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:49,239 Now, none of this is random, and Mariah knows who and why. 181 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,325 Hold on. We need to talk about Cockroach first. 182 00:15:52,326 --> 00:15:54,202 How did you know where to go? 183 00:15:54,203 --> 00:15:58,039 I didn't. The heads hadn't turned up yet. 184 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,750 I got to Cockroach's around quarter to 10:00. 185 00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:02,144 Why'd you go there? 186 00:16:03,838 --> 00:16:06,774 I wanted to do a welfare check on Drea Powell. 187 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:10,051 Look, he had just put her back in the hospital. 188 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:12,762 - She said it was Cockroach? - She didn't have to say it. 189 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:13,972 It was in her eyes. 190 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:17,285 That's right. Because eyes testify, right? 191 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:21,271 So I got to the spot, went in, 192 00:16:21,272 --> 00:16:23,607 and that's when I found him sitting on the couch, 193 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:26,109 draped in blood with his head missing. 194 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:28,653 I called it in. You know the rest. 195 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,298 How'd you get inside? 196 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:32,133 Was the door open? 197 00:16:34,368 --> 00:16:36,745 I picked the lock. Look, my gut... 198 00:16:36,746 --> 00:16:39,372 Your gut does not constitute probable cause. 199 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,624 What does it matter? 200 00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:43,001 We caught the body. Let's work the case. 201 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:46,338 You contaminated the investigation. There's a file on my desk. 202 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:48,924 Ben Donovan filed a complaint with IAB 203 00:16:48,925 --> 00:16:52,636 an hour after your chat with Mr. Hamilton in his apartment. 204 00:16:52,637 --> 00:16:56,139 The same apartment that he was beheaded in hours later. 205 00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:58,225 Harlem is a goddamn firecracker right now. 206 00:16:58,226 --> 00:17:01,561 And that is way more important than me falling on my sword. 207 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:04,314 Now, let me get in there and talk to Mariah 208 00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:07,901 to get to the bottom of this before shit escalates any further. 209 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:12,131 Go home, Mercedes, until further notice. 210 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:36,364 I been knowing Mariah since I was a kid. My whole life, man. 211 00:17:37,181 --> 00:17:40,016 My mom was working for the Stokes. 212 00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:42,185 So when I started making noise on Wall Street, 213 00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:44,145 she was one of the first people to support me. 214 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:47,375 You know, giving me clients, downtown connections. 215 00:17:48,442 --> 00:17:51,087 - What did she want? - Money. 216 00:17:51,654 --> 00:17:52,922 Real money. 217 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:56,866 She wanted to know more about offshore banking and stocks. 218 00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,011 The crooked legal ways white folk get down 219 00:17:59,024 --> 00:18:01,067 when it comes to protecting their green. 220 00:18:01,455 --> 00:18:02,789 She's surprising. 221 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:07,627 How so? 222 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:12,591 She's bougier than Lawrence Otis Graham, but with the tenacity of Frank Lucas. 223 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,593 She's straight gully with her shit. 224 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:15,903 That's the problem. 225 00:18:16,971 --> 00:18:19,782 It's what's coming out of the gully after her. 226 00:18:20,641 --> 00:18:21,742 And you. 227 00:18:43,414 --> 00:18:45,665 I have been sitting here for well over an hour. 228 00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:48,001 I am sorry, May May. 229 00:18:48,002 --> 00:18:50,211 In here, you're protected. Out there, you're not. 230 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:53,357 - May May? Oh, hell, no. - Want something from Red Rooster? 231 00:18:54,342 --> 00:18:56,569 You're a witness. Relax. 232 00:18:58,012 --> 00:19:00,197 No one thinks you're responsible. 233 00:19:02,725 --> 00:19:04,726 That's always been your tell. 234 00:19:04,727 --> 00:19:06,245 Your smile. 235 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:13,193 I am not that shy girl you held hands with in the ninth grade. 236 00:19:13,194 --> 00:19:18,382 Ninth, tenth, and eleventh. You don't remember? 237 00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:20,342 I never forget. 238 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:24,847 And then there was Karla, and that was that. 239 00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:27,457 It's been 30 years? 240 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:30,752 Thirty-five. I'll give her your regards. 241 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:32,688 I didn't send them. 242 00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:36,692 I'm not a suspect. 243 00:19:37,385 --> 00:19:38,510 I can go. 244 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,738 You're free to go whenever you want. 245 00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,910 Sayonara, baby. 246 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:52,232 - Misty. - What? 247 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:55,402 You can't be back here. Captain's got paperwork for you to fill out. 248 00:19:55,403 --> 00:19:57,713 - Really, Donnie? - Yeah. 249 00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:00,674 Fine. 250 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,807 Before you leave, one question. 251 00:20:08,374 --> 00:20:13,294 About the same time those heads rolled, five gunmen attacked a private party 252 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:16,690 in an attempt to kidnap a man I think you might be familiar with. 253 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,656 Witnesses also put Luke Cage at the scene. 254 00:20:24,765 --> 00:20:26,891 People say he might have rescued Raymond Jones. 255 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,452 Might have? Or did? 256 00:20:28,978 --> 00:20:32,206 I don't know. No one's seen either one of them since. 257 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:36,359 We've got narcotraficante shit. 258 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,528 Pirates of the Caribbean-type shit. 259 00:20:38,529 --> 00:20:41,906 And now it's in Harlem. You remember the posses? 260 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:45,553 This is the posses on steroids. Talk to me, May May. 261 00:20:46,704 --> 00:20:47,888 What do you know? 262 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:55,211 I want protection. For me and my daughter. 263 00:20:55,212 --> 00:20:59,149 We'll protect you both. I promise. But I'm gonna need your help. 264 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:05,114 The heads. 265 00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:07,408 Did you know any of them? 266 00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:12,162 Mark Higgins. He was at my fundraiser last week. 267 00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:14,481 What about Andre Jackson? 268 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:18,359 Yes, that's Ray Ray. He worked at the Paradise. 269 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,921 - Did you know he had a record? - Uh, yeah. 270 00:21:21,739 --> 00:21:23,966 It's better to give a con a chance. 271 00:21:24,450 --> 00:21:26,886 Turn him away, he got to rob you. 272 00:21:28,162 --> 00:21:33,333 Dontrell Hamilton, ran a down-low gambling operation. 273 00:21:33,334 --> 00:21:36,729 This was taken in Harlem's Paradise less than a week ago. 274 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,023 I don't work the door. 275 00:21:40,549 --> 00:21:41,650 Nope. 276 00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:43,193 Nope. 277 00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:46,363 What can I say? Players wanna play. 278 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:49,390 We are the most exciting club in the city. 279 00:21:49,391 --> 00:21:51,076 Then it's game over. 280 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:54,854 Now they're all dead. We know about your gun deal. 281 00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:55,939 My gun deal? 282 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:57,774 You can't hide that from me. 283 00:21:57,775 --> 00:22:00,527 You think your cousin prepared you for this? 284 00:22:00,528 --> 00:22:05,698 Cornell shot people, beat people to death. He threw cats off of rooftops, 285 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:09,244 but he always got rid of the bodies, and you know why? 286 00:22:09,245 --> 00:22:10,888 Because he feared the law. 287 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:14,642 Those Stylers don't fear a thing. 288 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:20,731 May May, if you don't cooperate with us, I can't protect you. 289 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:41,126 I'll be fine. 290 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:49,093 It's good to see you, Tommy. 291 00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:04,716 Man, the British press ain't no joke. They don't even censor this shit. 292 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,819 How'd you rig the game for Mariah? 293 00:23:07,261 --> 00:23:10,280 I just gave her some inside information. What's wrong with that? 294 00:23:11,265 --> 00:23:12,640 It's illegal. 295 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:15,560 Well, it shouldn't be. I mean, everybody does it. 296 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:17,186 Why they give you the weather conditions 297 00:23:17,187 --> 00:23:19,522 before a football game? Give you the injury report? 298 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:21,441 Let you know when a coach is about to be fired? 299 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:23,735 So people can make intelligent decisions on their bets. 300 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:26,547 - That's all the information is for. - Sit down. 301 00:23:27,114 --> 00:23:30,325 We took the gun-sale cash and bought a whole lot of stock, 302 00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:34,120 'cause I knew that Glenn Industries was gonna buy the company. 303 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:36,039 Which would take their investment and make it... 304 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,123 Ten times more. 305 00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:40,335 Like when 50 had a piece of Vitaminwater before Coca-Cola bought it. 306 00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:41,770 Exactly, my brother. 307 00:23:42,296 --> 00:23:45,465 Only problem was the chairman of Atreus wanted to scuttle the sale. 308 00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:48,885 But Mariah found a way. 309 00:23:48,886 --> 00:23:49,987 Yep. 310 00:23:50,471 --> 00:23:52,722 Wait, wait, wait. Damn. 311 00:23:52,723 --> 00:23:54,992 That's what she does. 312 00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:58,478 Yeah, well... So the vote sailed through, and bam. 313 00:23:58,479 --> 00:24:02,607 Black Mariah Trump. Fair, square, legal, untouchable. 314 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:06,628 That still doesn't explain why Bushmaster and the Stylers want you. 315 00:24:07,488 --> 00:24:10,239 Are they mad at you because you made Mariah all that money? 316 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,509 Is that why they put Mark Higgins' head on a stick? 317 00:24:12,993 --> 00:24:15,161 I do more than just manage money, brother. 318 00:24:15,162 --> 00:24:17,747 I offer a whole suite of high-end services. 319 00:24:17,748 --> 00:24:21,000 Everything from bespoke analytics and business intelligence, 320 00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:24,545 to temporary power of attorney over assets to prevent asset seizure. 321 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,964 - I mean, a piranha. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 322 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:30,259 You have power of attorney over Mariah's funds? 323 00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:33,655 Yeah, and the club, too. Temporarily, I mean. So what? 324 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:38,911 So whoever controls you, controls Mariah and Shades. 325 00:24:41,814 --> 00:24:45,274 All right, look, bruh. I did everything you said. I told you everything I know. 326 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:47,126 Just get me to my private jet, so I can 327 00:24:47,139 --> 00:24:49,070 get you paid and get the hell outta here. 328 00:24:49,071 --> 00:24:50,255 This is... 329 00:24:52,116 --> 00:24:53,217 Nope. 330 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:55,010 What? 331 00:24:55,494 --> 00:24:59,348 You're too valuable. You're the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 332 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:03,644 You're a living, breathing, one-man Crispus Attucks ghetto stash house. 333 00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:06,313 The best bargaining chip ever. 334 00:25:09,591 --> 00:25:11,968 I guess we're just gonna hunker down for the night. 335 00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:15,864 And tomorrow morning, I'm gonna get you to the cops. 336 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,242 The morning? 337 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:20,434 You know, you really suck at this whole 338 00:25:20,435 --> 00:25:22,520 "for hire" thing. You realize that, right? 339 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:25,606 I mean, just no professional ethics at all. 340 00:25:25,607 --> 00:25:27,042 Just... Just ghetto. 341 00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,586 Support black business, brother. 342 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:34,240 Shoot. You bulletproof. I'm ghetto-proof. That's some bullshit. 343 00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:36,242 What's up, D.W.? 344 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:38,870 I heard about that wild-ass Ghostface party. 345 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:41,914 I know it's some honeys up in there looking all exotical and shit. 346 00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:44,500 I could've used some footage. You home yet? 347 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:46,186 No. Why? 348 00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:50,173 I saw two cats walking into the barbershop through the back door. 349 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:52,609 They didn't look like friends of yours. 350 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:24,785 Ooh! 351 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:28,646 I have not been here in a minute. 352 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,148 Yeah, it's all come full circle. 353 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:34,443 And now that the Lenox Lounge is gonna be a Sephora, 354 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:37,071 old Harlem suddenly feels new. 355 00:27:37,072 --> 00:27:40,676 I remember when this place was a weed spot. 356 00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:43,995 Streets are hot again. 357 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,581 And you're right at the center, as usual. 358 00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:49,142 But why, is the question. 359 00:27:49,918 --> 00:27:52,628 Three-quarter tax-free pension. 360 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:55,232 I'd give my right arm for that kind of package. 361 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:03,180 You know, you don't sugarcoat shit, and I appreciate that about you. 362 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:06,684 You know, I should tell you, I don't consult for the department anymore, 363 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:09,010 so whatever you say to me tonight or 364 00:28:09,011 --> 00:28:11,927 moving forward is completely confidential. 365 00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:14,251 Okay. 366 00:28:17,738 --> 00:28:19,464 I... 367 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:22,801 was about to... 368 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:27,723 plant evidence on a guilty suspect. 369 00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:31,810 But I discovered his body instead. 370 00:28:33,253 --> 00:28:36,064 Well, that's one way to go about the job. 371 00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:38,650 I'm about to get fired. 372 00:28:40,636 --> 00:28:42,154 You probably should. 373 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:48,768 You don't think it's ever okay to do the wrong thing for the right reason? 374 00:28:48,769 --> 00:28:50,269 Life is funny like that. 375 00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:56,168 If you get bit by a snake, paramedic poisons you again to cure you. 376 00:28:57,945 --> 00:29:01,280 And God help you if you have a bad reaction, 377 00:29:01,281 --> 00:29:04,301 because, at that point, you'll wish you were dead. 378 00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:06,178 Believe me. 379 00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:09,348 What? 380 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:12,225 There is no right answer. 381 00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:14,811 Nobody gets a time machine. 382 00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:19,524 Now, you need to figure out how to fix this. 383 00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:24,863 You gotta be honest with yourself about who you are right now. 384 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:28,766 Not the you that everybody wants you to be. 385 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,685 And you're gonna have to dig deep. 386 00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:34,939 You're gonna have to go inside the basement of your psyche, 387 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,209 and dust things off... 388 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:42,381 and think about what's real. 389 00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:47,552 Otherwise, it'll eat away at you. 390 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:51,390 And then who knows who you'll become? 391 00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:03,509 Auntie, go home. We'll finish here. 392 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:05,362 My good, good nephew. 393 00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:07,989 - Love you. - Love you. 394 00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:11,993 Babes, don't tarry. 395 00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:19,793 Another man would've lost his head for the disrespect you showed tonight. 396 00:30:20,277 --> 00:30:22,111 Do not talk to me like that. 397 00:30:22,112 --> 00:30:26,550 The day I'm scared to speak my mind, Lord strike me dead. Even you. 398 00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:29,636 Come on. Let's reason, you know. 399 00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,916 I didn't save your life and help raise you 400 00:30:32,929 --> 00:30:34,874 for you to do the things you did tonight. 401 00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:37,185 You know damn well why it's so. 402 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:40,689 The Stokes family, they took everything from us. 403 00:30:41,340 --> 00:30:43,150 Mariah must burn! 404 00:30:43,717 --> 00:30:46,903 Then kill her. I can't argue that. 405 00:30:47,554 --> 00:30:50,973 But this terrorism makes our people look bad. 406 00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:52,308 I don't care how we look. 407 00:30:52,309 --> 00:30:56,037 You don't understand our people's position in this country? 408 00:30:57,606 --> 00:30:59,833 We come here with nothing, 409 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:04,212 and build everything up from scratch. 410 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:10,785 Restaurants, car services, nursing, 411 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:13,996 tax preparation, engineering. 412 00:31:13,997 --> 00:31:16,099 We stress education, 413 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,102 and we work hard. 414 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:24,131 You want people to be sent back? 415 00:31:24,132 --> 00:31:28,469 You want to make our people look so savage that this country turns on us? 416 00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:32,741 Come on. This country already turned on us. 417 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:34,892 It began with the Stokes. 418 00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:39,230 People think they can do whatever they want with no consequence. No. 419 00:31:39,231 --> 00:31:43,585 Then finish it with dignity, not suffering. 420 00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:48,632 An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. 421 00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:52,284 The past is gone. You can't change it. 422 00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:55,555 All you can do is build something for the next generation. 423 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:00,977 You're family. 424 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:03,522 I love you. 425 00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:06,608 But you must find peace in your heart. 426 00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:16,326 I say war. 427 00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:50,843 I make it all the way out of Seagate 428 00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:54,239 just to get whacked over some beef I ain't even cook. 429 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:00,036 That's some funny shit. 430 00:33:02,856 --> 00:33:04,457 Stubborn old bitch. 431 00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:08,986 Mariah hasn't been in this game as long as us. 432 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,738 She couldn't see what I saw. 433 00:33:10,739 --> 00:33:13,091 Then why is she the one running things and not you? 434 00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:15,075 'Cause you ain't seen what I seen. 435 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:19,598 When Luke Cage showed up, Cottonmouth mentally unraveled. 436 00:33:20,749 --> 00:33:24,311 I saw him beat this dude to death with his bare hands. 437 00:33:25,378 --> 00:33:27,731 He was becoming increasingly reckless. 438 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:32,027 I was never shook, but he was a problem. 439 00:33:32,969 --> 00:33:38,199 That stubborn old bitch pushed him right through that circular window 440 00:33:38,642 --> 00:33:41,477 and then finished his ass off with a mic stand. 441 00:33:41,478 --> 00:33:43,913 She fixed the problem. 442 00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:47,167 You saw her do it? 443 00:33:47,776 --> 00:33:51,320 I was on my way there that night to kill his ass myself. 444 00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:52,881 She beat me to it. 445 00:33:54,783 --> 00:33:57,594 She has ice in her veins, kid. 446 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:02,289 And I'm telling you, when it comes time to deal with the Stylers, 447 00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:03,933 she will not hesitate. 448 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,732 Who else knows she really killed Cottonmouth? 449 00:34:13,593 --> 00:34:14,778 Just you. 450 00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:18,114 I can't trust anybody else. 451 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,207 I don't get you, B. 452 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,670 What's not to understand? 453 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,923 Cottonmouth, Diamondback... 454 00:34:35,782 --> 00:34:37,467 They knew what I know. 455 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:39,618 You're a born leader. 456 00:34:39,619 --> 00:34:40,720 Brilliant. 457 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,791 But you finally got a chance to be in control and take charge, 458 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:48,335 and you riding for someone who doesn't deserve the crown. 459 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,188 You should take that shit from her. 460 00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,316 What's your plan? 461 00:34:58,054 --> 00:34:59,781 To live the American dream. 462 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,519 I got a loaded gun, a hard dick and a pocket full of cash. 463 00:35:06,730 --> 00:35:09,690 That's the American dream. Right? 464 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:12,443 There's more than this shit, and you know it. 465 00:35:12,444 --> 00:35:14,337 Thousand-dollar suits, 466 00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:17,549 bitches, champagne... 467 00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:19,926 All that shit is cute, 468 00:35:21,286 --> 00:35:26,290 but when you have to kill to get it, you're gonna get killed if you keep it. 469 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:27,517 That's karma. 470 00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:30,520 That's the life. 471 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:33,106 We do what we do. 472 00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:35,108 But there's a better way, 473 00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:37,193 a bigger life... 474 00:35:38,261 --> 00:35:41,364 one where you don't have to look over your shoulder every second. 475 00:35:42,015 --> 00:35:43,533 Mariah's taught me that. 476 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:48,538 You're just out of prison, but you still have that mentality. 477 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,065 You gotta forget all that shit. 478 00:35:51,066 --> 00:35:54,085 We don't have to be just gangsters. 479 00:35:57,072 --> 00:35:59,257 We could be so much more than that. 480 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,181 We are more than that. 481 00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:10,602 Or did you forget that shit, too? 482 00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:24,616 Inside was inside. 483 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,246 Lack of human interaction. 484 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,583 Lack of trust. 485 00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:39,923 We did what we had to do to keep from going crazy. 486 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:44,511 We didn't have to do shit. 487 00:36:46,496 --> 00:36:47,639 I wanted to. 488 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:51,226 You did, too. 489 00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:57,106 Life inside is inside. 490 00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:00,819 Prison has its own set of rules 491 00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:05,698 that no one in the outside world would ever understand. 492 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:09,244 We're out now. 493 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,080 It's different. 494 00:37:14,441 --> 00:37:16,376 I'm different. We're different. 495 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:18,878 I ain't different. 496 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,800 Inside, outside... 497 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,972 I am who I am, B. 498 00:37:30,123 --> 00:37:32,350 - What do you want me to say? - Come on, man. 499 00:37:34,335 --> 00:37:36,938 Cats out here getting their heads cut off. 500 00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:40,650 Maybe we survive. Maybe we don't. 501 00:37:43,887 --> 00:37:45,488 I'm just saying how I feel. 502 00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:54,497 I would die for you, Che. 503 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,210 That'll never change. 504 00:38:01,696 --> 00:38:03,172 But it is what it is. 505 00:38:15,543 --> 00:38:17,103 We need to find Lucas. 506 00:38:18,004 --> 00:38:19,772 We're wasting our time here. 507 00:38:29,474 --> 00:38:31,534 No time is ever really wasted. 508 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,331 Time reveals all. 509 00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:07,553 Your call has been forwarded to an 510 00:39:07,554 --> 00:39:09,555 automated voice messaging system. 511 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:11,282 Tilda. 512 00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:15,536 You can't just ghost me like that. 513 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,455 Call me. 514 00:39:18,648 --> 00:39:19,874 Please. 515 00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:23,211 You call me. 516 00:39:26,281 --> 00:39:28,782 It's me. Do you. 517 00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:30,534 God! Hernan! 518 00:39:30,535 --> 00:39:32,512 I didn't mean to disturb you. 519 00:39:32,996 --> 00:39:35,181 Come in. Stay. 520 00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,938 Pour me a drink, please. 521 00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:45,817 Pour yourself a drink, too. 522 00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:05,628 To trust and love. 523 00:40:06,112 --> 00:40:07,505 Screw 'em both. 524 00:40:12,869 --> 00:40:14,721 Everyone I ever loved... 525 00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:17,640 has betrayed me. 526 00:40:19,876 --> 00:40:20,976 Mama Mabel. 527 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:23,938 Uncle Pete. 528 00:40:26,466 --> 00:40:27,817 Cornell. 529 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:32,155 Now... Tilda. 530 00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:35,366 - You don't mean that. - Oh! 531 00:40:36,017 --> 00:40:39,537 When I really needed them, where they been? 532 00:40:40,229 --> 00:40:42,481 I'm sure Shades is... 533 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:47,628 Don't even get me started on Shades. 534 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,925 Yeah, bad-ass bitch. 535 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:01,059 If it weren't for Luke Cage, Piranha... 536 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:07,023 and everything I own would be long gone. 537 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:19,101 My sworn enemy is the only one I can trust 538 00:41:19,102 --> 00:41:24,082 to protect everything I've got left in this world. 539 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:30,821 Hey. Over there. 540 00:41:30,822 --> 00:41:31,923 Pull over. 541 00:41:36,452 --> 00:41:39,388 They could be in there. Call Sheldon. 542 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:48,147 Can I use your phone? 543 00:41:50,216 --> 00:41:51,317 Nope. 544 00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:55,822 Oh, come on, brother. Look, I got people that I care about... 545 00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:58,265 who are probably worried about me. Don't you? 546 00:41:58,266 --> 00:42:00,058 Man, stop trying to bond with me. 547 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:01,911 You know, I'm fueled by failure. 548 00:42:03,229 --> 00:42:05,873 See, my mother was one of Mama Mabel's hoes. 549 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:09,651 - Her best one. - You sound proud of that. 550 00:42:09,652 --> 00:42:11,087 Desiree. 551 00:42:12,905 --> 00:42:15,842 One of her regulars was a banker. 552 00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:20,138 He's big-time. You know. He promised to get her out the life. 553 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:22,956 He fell in love with her hard. 554 00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:26,102 But that was bullshit, because he wasn't gonna leave his wife. 555 00:42:26,836 --> 00:42:30,982 So my mom just had me, and he stopped calling. 556 00:42:32,717 --> 00:42:37,446 In fact, you know that book on my desk? Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? 557 00:42:38,097 --> 00:42:39,824 Yeah, that was his. 558 00:42:40,975 --> 00:42:43,161 He left it behind in her room. 559 00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:49,876 You know, I went to see him after I graduated City College... 560 00:42:52,487 --> 00:42:55,882 and he had me escorted out his office. 561 00:42:56,866 --> 00:43:00,452 I made Forbes "30 Under 30," 562 00:43:00,453 --> 00:43:03,848 and he lost everything in the mortgage crisis. 563 00:43:05,458 --> 00:43:08,561 But guess who showed up with their hands out? 564 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:12,231 I told that bastard he could take a hike. 565 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:16,051 I know that must've felt good. 566 00:43:16,052 --> 00:43:18,821 Aw, that shit felt great. In the moment... 567 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:21,574 even though I never saw him again. 568 00:43:25,812 --> 00:43:27,830 I'll tell you what's better than great: 569 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:32,460 paying all my mom's bills, 570 00:43:33,653 --> 00:43:35,922 you know, calling her at least once a day. 571 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:39,592 I'm my own father. 572 00:43:45,498 --> 00:43:48,458 Your father was a reverend, right? He was a preacher. 573 00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,853 What's his name? Reverend what? 574 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:53,296 Reverend Nunya. 575 00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:54,714 That Swahili? 576 00:43:54,715 --> 00:43:56,049 You could say that. 577 00:43:56,050 --> 00:43:58,802 You really don't like me asking about your daddy, huh? 578 00:43:58,803 --> 00:44:01,239 - What happened? - Nunya business, man. 579 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:03,532 Is he in your life? 580 00:44:04,809 --> 00:44:07,328 Not exactly. Are we done? 581 00:44:09,272 --> 00:44:10,373 Why not? 582 00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:16,236 Because when I went to prison, he didn't believe I was innocent. 583 00:44:16,237 --> 00:44:19,048 And when I got out, I didn't need him. Okay? 584 00:44:20,158 --> 00:44:21,241 I get it. 585 00:44:21,242 --> 00:44:23,493 I don't need you to get it. 586 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:24,661 Well, I do. 587 00:44:24,662 --> 00:44:29,141 I also get why you keep running around town, trying to save everybody else. 588 00:44:30,168 --> 00:44:32,019 You're just running from yourself. 589 00:44:35,298 --> 00:44:37,233 You need to go see your daddy. 590 00:44:43,639 --> 00:44:45,408 I think I know what I gotta do. 591 00:44:48,436 --> 00:44:49,537 Really? 592 00:44:51,272 --> 00:44:52,373 What's that? 593 00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:57,670 I gotta take you to the cops. 594 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:12,000 Luke, where are you? 595 00:45:12,001 --> 00:45:15,921 I'm holed up in a theater with Piranha. He's the key to this whole thing. 596 00:45:15,922 --> 00:45:19,007 He can bring down Mariah, Shades, even Bushmaster. 597 00:45:19,008 --> 00:45:20,592 He's got control over her money. 598 00:45:20,593 --> 00:45:23,053 He can speak to her money laundering and insider trading. 599 00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:24,363 That's federal time. 600 00:45:24,847 --> 00:45:27,599 Give me an address. I'll come to you. 601 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:28,934 No, you'll expose us. 602 00:45:28,935 --> 00:45:31,370 Bushmaster's got gypsy cabs patrolling the neighborhood. 603 00:45:35,107 --> 00:45:37,984 Are there any distinguishing marks on the cabs? 604 00:45:37,985 --> 00:45:40,278 Yeah, they got some kind of logo on the door, 605 00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:41,571 Jamaican colors: 606 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,758 black, gold, green... 607 00:45:44,367 --> 00:45:45,909 with a hint of red. 608 00:45:45,910 --> 00:45:47,011 Bingo. 609 00:45:47,495 --> 00:45:50,264 I just spotted one right outside the precinct. 610 00:45:54,293 --> 00:45:55,394 Shit! 611 00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:57,420 He took off. 612 00:45:57,421 --> 00:46:00,423 But I got the license plate and I clocked the logo. 613 00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,050 His ass is mine now. 614 00:46:14,689 --> 00:46:17,291 Piranha, it's not funny. Where you at? 615 00:46:19,902 --> 00:46:21,796 Hurry, before he finds us. 616 00:46:22,655 --> 00:46:24,739 Ah, shit! 617 00:46:24,740 --> 00:46:26,783 I got to call home, damn it! 618 00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:29,703 - Wait! - Get him down there, and shut him up. 619 00:46:29,704 --> 00:46:32,163 Luke! Luke! 620 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:34,767 - Shit. - Help, Luke! Help! 621 00:46:35,293 --> 00:46:37,186 Help! 622 00:46:45,219 --> 00:46:46,570 Piranha! 623 00:47:07,158 --> 00:47:08,575 Run! Run! 624 00:47:08,576 --> 00:47:09,718 Come this way! 625 00:47:15,958 --> 00:47:17,058 Enough! 626 00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:31,657 Go, go, go! 627 00:47:32,141 --> 00:47:34,034 Get him up! 628 00:48:18,229 --> 00:48:19,330 You okay? 629 00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:23,751 That shit was dope! 630 00:48:24,193 --> 00:48:26,879 Come on, let's go. I'll get you someplace safe. 631 00:48:30,616 --> 00:48:32,051 God damn! 632 00:48:33,327 --> 00:48:35,221 God damn... 633 00:48:43,963 --> 00:48:45,672 I gave you one job. 634 00:48:45,673 --> 00:48:49,777 You don't give me jobs. We're either partners or we're not. 635 00:48:50,761 --> 00:48:55,515 It's gone. Everything. Everything is gone. 636 00:48:55,516 --> 00:48:57,826 - We'll get it back. - Oh, God. 637 00:48:58,310 --> 00:48:59,745 My dream, just... 638 00:49:00,688 --> 00:49:07,277 All of the handshaking, all the baby- and ass-kissing, 639 00:49:07,278 --> 00:49:13,425 every campaign I ever waged was about my dream for this community. 640 00:49:14,243 --> 00:49:15,886 Family First! 641 00:49:17,746 --> 00:49:22,041 I swore I would take that hard-ass woman's mantra 642 00:49:22,042 --> 00:49:26,713 and just make it into something good and beautiful, 643 00:49:26,714 --> 00:49:32,427 and it would wash away all of the violence and the murder and the hurt. 644 00:49:32,428 --> 00:49:35,889 Wash it away, and now the dream has exploded. 645 00:49:35,890 --> 00:49:38,284 - Doesn't have to. - No, don't... 646 00:49:39,059 --> 00:49:41,186 Go ahead and say it! Say it! 647 00:49:41,187 --> 00:49:46,816 You warned me about Bushmaster, but I was so greedy I couldn't hear it. 648 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:51,196 I sold my Harlem to a crazed bush nigga. 649 00:49:51,197 --> 00:49:53,656 This whole shitshow is because of me. 650 00:49:53,657 --> 00:49:55,259 What's done is done. 651 00:49:56,744 --> 00:50:00,806 It's time now to take care of our enemies. Do you hear me? 652 00:50:08,923 --> 00:50:10,232 I'm listening. 653 00:50:11,467 --> 00:50:16,387 The night after you closed the gun deal, I followed Bushmaster back to Brooklyn. 654 00:50:16,388 --> 00:50:17,847 Wasn't easy. 655 00:50:17,848 --> 00:50:19,450 He's paranoid as hell. 656 00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:21,952 And I found his go-to spot. 657 00:50:23,354 --> 00:50:25,772 A Jamaican restaurant called Gwen's. 658 00:50:25,773 --> 00:50:27,249 He has friends there. 659 00:50:29,526 --> 00:50:30,961 Maybe even family. 660 00:50:40,829 --> 00:50:41,930 Good. 661 00:50:45,251 --> 00:50:46,352 Good. 662 00:50:47,586 --> 00:50:49,063 What do you want to do? 663 00:50:50,673 --> 00:50:53,108 Wait till we get Piranha back. 664 00:50:54,510 --> 00:50:55,611 And then? 665 00:50:59,056 --> 00:51:00,366 Uh-huh. 666 00:51:12,027 --> 00:51:14,153 May I ask you a question? 667 00:51:14,154 --> 00:51:17,508 Who else knew about what happened to Tone? 668 00:51:30,379 --> 00:51:32,189 Besides Turk and Cornell? 669 00:51:33,966 --> 00:51:35,067 Nobody. 670 00:51:37,928 --> 00:51:39,279 What about Spurlock? 671 00:51:40,055 --> 00:51:41,990 He just burned the body. 672 00:51:44,143 --> 00:51:45,411 That's all? 673 00:51:46,103 --> 00:51:48,330 No one else knows? 674 00:51:54,194 --> 00:51:55,337 Nobody else. 675 00:51:57,823 --> 00:51:58,923 Why? 676 00:51:59,908 --> 00:52:01,593 Just wondering. 677 00:52:35,944 --> 00:52:38,464 That's what I was doing at Cockroach's apartment. 678 00:52:39,031 --> 00:52:40,966 I went there to plant evidence. 679 00:52:41,575 --> 00:52:46,454 The son of a bitch was suing Luke, he beat the shit out of Drea, 680 00:52:46,455 --> 00:52:48,432 and I wanted payback. 681 00:52:52,002 --> 00:52:53,103 Okay. 682 00:52:54,213 --> 00:52:55,647 I can work with that. 683 00:52:57,299 --> 00:52:58,692 Work with it? 684 00:52:59,134 --> 00:53:01,219 I almost framed a man. 685 00:53:01,220 --> 00:53:04,013 - But you didn't. - Because he was already dead. 686 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:06,766 The fact that you're in here confessing speaks volumes. 687 00:53:06,767 --> 00:53:07,867 So, that's it? 688 00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:12,522 I get a stern talking to, and then I go back out there and do the job? 689 00:53:12,523 --> 00:53:15,900 No, you have to live with what you did. 690 00:53:15,901 --> 00:53:17,276 What if I can't? 691 00:53:17,277 --> 00:53:21,155 In case you haven't noticed, there's a war raging in our streets. 692 00:53:21,156 --> 00:53:22,573 Yeah, I've noticed the war. 693 00:53:22,574 --> 00:53:25,535 It's the same one that we have been fighting for years, 694 00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:27,537 and shit doesn't change. 695 00:53:27,538 --> 00:53:32,708 But the rules of engagement do, and if I do it your way, nothing happens. 696 00:53:32,709 --> 00:53:34,102 Zilch. 697 00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:37,523 And the other way, I become Scarfe. 698 00:53:38,799 --> 00:53:40,901 And I cannot become Scarfe. 699 00:53:43,637 --> 00:53:46,865 - I'm not worried you will. - Yeah, well, you're not me. 700 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:53,080 Misty, don't. 701 00:53:54,398 --> 00:53:55,481 I can't accept that. 702 00:53:55,482 --> 00:53:56,833 I'm done. 703 00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:03,173 I will turn in my paperwork tomorrow. I'm... I'm sorry, Captain. I really am. 704 00:54:15,169 --> 00:54:18,564 How long are we supposed to sit here? 705 00:54:31,477 --> 00:54:33,161 Well, it's about time. 706 00:54:39,568 --> 00:54:40,877 I can't stay. 707 00:54:42,821 --> 00:54:44,530 But I need your help. 708 00:54:44,531 --> 00:54:45,632 Anything. 709 00:54:48,410 --> 00:54:49,928 This is Raymond Jones. 710 00:54:50,996 --> 00:54:52,598 He needs a place to hide. 711 00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:54,766 Friends call me Piranha. 712 00:54:55,876 --> 00:54:59,837 It's a honor to meet the reverend behind the big man. 713 00:54:59,838 --> 00:55:03,442 So, tell me, how was he as a kid? Was he always this strong? 714 00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:09,180 Mr. Jones, if you wouldn't mind, could you just give us a moment, please? 715 00:55:09,181 --> 00:55:12,117 - Oh, yeah. Go 'head. Do you. Do you. - Thank you. 716 00:55:14,645 --> 00:55:15,912 What's going on? 717 00:55:19,816 --> 00:55:22,794 Piranha's in trouble. I'm trying to get him out of it. 718 00:55:23,403 --> 00:55:28,175 Does this have anything to do with all that craziness last night at that party? 719 00:55:28,659 --> 00:55:30,927 Or with the heads on pikes? 720 00:55:33,247 --> 00:55:36,058 Look, I'll tell you everything when I get back. 721 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,978 But for now, can he stay? 722 00:55:41,588 --> 00:55:45,442 The church is a sanctuary. Of course he's welcome. 723 00:55:46,510 --> 00:55:47,611 And... 724 00:55:48,053 --> 00:55:49,446 so are you. 725 00:55:54,184 --> 00:55:56,953 Just make sure he doesn't leave, okay? 726 00:56:01,692 --> 00:56:04,652 And you stay off the streets, too. It's not safe. 727 00:56:04,653 --> 00:56:06,254 Is it safe for you? 728 00:56:09,783 --> 00:56:10,884 Hey! 729 00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:16,080 If I'm not back in an hour, you call Mercedes Knight at the Harlem PD. 730 00:56:16,081 --> 00:56:17,415 She'll protect you. 731 00:56:17,416 --> 00:56:19,351 And what are you gonna do? 732 00:56:23,297 --> 00:56:24,564 What I do. 733 00:56:51,825 --> 00:56:54,535 What's the word? You find them? 734 00:56:54,536 --> 00:56:55,637 No, they haven't. 735 00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:57,663 And they won't. 736 00:56:57,664 --> 00:57:00,833 I've got something you want. Piranha Jones. 737 00:57:00,834 --> 00:57:02,752 And what you want in return? 738 00:57:02,753 --> 00:57:05,230 A good old-fashioned showdown. 739 00:57:05,672 --> 00:57:07,590 You and me. Today. 740 00:57:07,591 --> 00:57:11,260 No weapons. No sneak attacks. A fair fight. 741 00:57:11,261 --> 00:57:14,138 If you win, you get Piranha. 742 00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:18,285 If I win, you leave him and Harlem alone. 743 00:57:19,811 --> 00:57:20,895 Where? 744 00:57:20,896 --> 00:57:23,773 High Bridge. Let's say... 745 00:57:23,774 --> 00:57:27,544 High noon. I love those cowboy movies. 746 00:57:42,793 --> 00:57:44,352 Luke Cage! 747 00:57:45,253 --> 00:57:46,813 John McIver. 748 00:57:47,422 --> 00:57:48,965 Born in Brooklyn. 749 00:57:48,966 --> 00:57:50,675 Raised in Kingston. 750 00:57:50,676 --> 00:57:52,861 Murdered your way to the top of the Stylers. 751 00:57:53,303 --> 00:57:54,637 Now you're in Harlem. 752 00:57:54,638 --> 00:57:57,306 You wanna write my life story? 753 00:57:57,307 --> 00:57:59,600 No, but I might edit it. 754 00:57:59,601 --> 00:58:01,369 You braggadocious? 755 00:58:02,354 --> 00:58:04,480 I've fought gangsters with powers, 756 00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:07,817 maniacs looking for cheap revenge and immortality. 757 00:58:07,818 --> 00:58:09,193 Is that you? 758 00:58:09,194 --> 00:58:11,946 I'm not interested in anything cheap. 759 00:58:11,947 --> 00:58:13,572 Revenge is expensive. 760 00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:14,674 So that's it? 761 00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:19,137 This war for Harlem is about revenge against Mariah? 762 00:58:19,955 --> 00:58:21,056 Why? 763 00:58:24,626 --> 00:58:25,727 History. 764 00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:27,604 Destiny. 765 00:58:28,422 --> 00:58:30,965 You can't fight with the ancestors. 766 00:58:30,966 --> 00:58:35,261 - Don't you wanna live your own life? - And do what? Hmm? 767 00:58:35,262 --> 00:58:39,223 Get a job? Love a woman? Raise children? 768 00:58:39,224 --> 00:58:42,727 - Sounds good to me. - Is that your life? 769 00:58:42,728 --> 00:58:46,206 No. Not while I have to deal with people like you. 770 00:58:48,608 --> 00:58:51,610 You have power. I have power. 771 00:58:51,611 --> 00:58:56,949 Why fight one another when we could join together and take it from Mariah? Hmm? 772 00:58:56,950 --> 00:58:59,177 Because you're a homicidal criminal. 773 00:58:59,995 --> 00:59:03,456 And, for better or worse, I'm Harlem's Hero. 774 00:59:03,457 --> 00:59:05,392 You talk too much to be a hero. 775 00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:06,977 Heroes do. 776 01:00:37,717 --> 01:00:38,902 You're done. 777 01:00:39,719 --> 01:00:40,820 Give up. 778 01:01:00,407 --> 01:01:03,051 Can't... move. 779 01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:08,223 You're paralyzed. 780 01:01:08,707 --> 01:01:13,395 There are things that come from the earth, power you won't understand. 781 01:01:16,214 --> 01:01:17,482 Respect. 782 01:01:18,758 --> 01:01:23,154 Under different circumstances, we could have been friends. 783 01:02:00,538 --> 01:02:06,538 sync and corrections by awaqeded www.addic7ed.com.