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[RALPH ANGEL] Previously on Queen Sugar...

[WOMAN] You're now officially on the roster

as permanent foster parents in the state of Louisiana.

You're standing for us, for your father.

My pop just wanted me to excel, be some kind of a student.

- You felt like you disappointed him. - Definitely.

Would you move to Africa with me?

[NOVA] Dominic, this is your destiny, not mine.

Mom, I got a job offer.

- Plan is to drop out of Xavier. - [CHARLEY] What?

I'm not asking for your permission.

- I think we should tell him. - [DARLA] He already knows

you're not his biological father. No.

You know they're gonna auction off his land?

[RALPH] Our land's right in the middle of it.

[BY YOUR SIDE BY SADE ADU PLAYS]

- Yeah! - [ALL CHEERING]

The man of the hour. Our very own superstar.

Saint Jo's newest, blackest, beautifulest

school board member, Mr. Hollywood.

Drinks on him!

Woo!

[BY YOUR SIDE CONTINUES PLAYING]

Outside?

Under the moonlight.

[LAUGHS SLYLY]

Hi.

Feel like coming over?

[NOVA BY ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO PLAYS]

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ take flight ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com

♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ take flight ♪

[FAITHFUL BY ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO PLAYS]

♪ My daddy made no excuse I believe my lies are truth ♪

♪ why won't you eat what you're fed ♪

♪ 'cause when I touch myself I think of only you ♪

♪ and when I touch someone else ♪

♪ no one is faithful ♪

♪ I am weak, I'll go astray ♪

♪ forgive me for my ways ♪

♪ no one is faithful ♪

Morning.

Morning.

- You're up early. - Yeah.

I... [CLEARS THROAT] I don't mean to rush you,

but I'm heading out to my aunt Martha's.

Martha's cousin, right?

You remember that?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I remember.

She passed a couple of months ago.

She didn't leave a will,

but she signed her house over to a local church, apparently,

so I want to pack up her things

before they put the house up for sale

or whatever they're gonna do with it.

The... the church, I mean.

I've been so disconnected from the way I used to be.

[VOICE SHAKING] I used to be able to hold someone's hands

and...

Understand things.

I remember. I don't think it's left you.

It's way too deep.

It's a deep part of who you are.

It's not gone, you'll find it.

[SIGHS WEARILY]

I'm gonna be heading out in 20 minutes.

Okay?

Okay.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[FAITHFUL BY ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO CONTINUES]

♪ No one is faithful ♪

[HOLLYWOOD] Somebody in shreveport registered it for auction.

I don't know who we're gonna ask for when we get there,

but we're gonna wing it. [CHUCKLES]

Yeah, well, I hope we don't find somebody that want that land or lots.

Damn Landrys.

Hunting Ralph Angel just like they did Ernest.

Yeah, man.

Hey, Prosper, I know it's hard for you to watch that land go, too.

Wish there was...

I was able to have done more.

More I could still do.

[BELL DINGING]

This is the perfect, most amazing, incredible gift.

- Thank you. - Mmm-hmm.

I have not had a manicure in a very long time.

- Least I could do. - Mmm.

Gramp's allowance just sits in my drawer,

- you know? - Okay.

Look after your sister while I'm in there.

- I will. - See you later, babe.

- Buh-bye. Have fun. - [TRU GURGLES]

- Take care of Tru and Blue. - Bye. I'll take care of her. She good.

- Hi. - Hey.

- I liked that. - [CHUCKLES]

What's been going on at school?

Nothing.

Man of many words. Ain't got nothing to say?

[CHUCKLES] Come on, what's up?

It's fine.

I just don't... fit in.

Somebody been mean to you?

Blue.

Somebody bullying you?

No, it's not a bullying situation or anything.

It's... [SIGHS] It's just that I don't really vibe with them,

and they don't really get me.

Guess we grew up differently.

Look, I know you might want to fit in sometimes,

but there ain't nothing wrong with being different.

Just 'cause you raised different

don't mean you don't belong like all them other kids,

and don't forget it.

Blue.

You know your mama went to the same school?

Biological father did, too.

- What? - Yeah.

I think you should know.

I've been finding out a lot about him.

I don't want to hide something from you.

Okay.

Him and mommy went to school together.

Then we fell in love.

She said I could be Blue's daddy.

What about him? What did he say?

He said, "okay."

[SIGHS WEARILY]

'Cause he didn't want to be.

That make you feel some type of way?

[SIGHS]

I didn't really know him so it doesn't matter,

and he didn't really know me, so it's not like it's personal or anything.

Guess he just didn't want to be a father.

I did.

A lot.

If you ask me, I think I got pretty lucky.

- I think I got lucky, too. - Oh, yeah?

Come here.

Look.

Point is, you belong at that school and anywhere you want to be.

Don't ever forget it.

Remember your roots, okay?

I think I'm a pretty interesting person.

- I think so, too. - [CHUCKLES]

- From an interesting place. - [CHUCKLES]

[TRU GIGGLES]

- [CHUCKLES] - What's so funny, huh?

- You know it, Tru. - [TRU LAUGHS]

What you laughin' at, huh? [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[SIGHS] Blue, mind doing me a favor?

Don't tell mommy about this, too,

- until I can talk to her, okay? - Sure, pops.,

you got me?

[EXHALES AND CHUCKLES]

[BELL JINGLES]

- Hey. - Hey, Billie.

Hey. When's your flight?

I thought you would be in LA with your mama by now.

[SIGHS] We got into a disagreement. I'm not going.

A disagreement?

She's two days away from the biggest day of her life.

What could you possibly disagree with her about

that would cause you to not be there for her?

She said some things,

and I don't feel comfortable being there with her.

And honestly, I don't think she wants me there.

- What on earth? - [DOORBELL JINGLING]

- Hey, vi, save my... - Yeah, baby, please.

- Micah. - [BILLIE] Hi, welcome to Vi's prized pies.

You need to get on a plane and get out there.

You're the only one who can go.

You're the only one that can be there to support her

on her election night.

You know the rest of us got to be here the next morning

- for the auction. - [SIGHS]

And our foster assignment could happen any day.

No one else can go.

- You want her to be alone? - My dad is there.

Her California friends, her staff.

She's fine.

What are you thinking, Micah?

You need to get there and stand with your mother.

- I'm asking you to do this. - Don't ask me to do that.

This is the same issue I have with her.

All these demands being made about what I wanna do.

I'm a grown man. Respect that.

You lower your mouth.

So you think this is how grown men act?

Not showing up for your people?

[DOORBELL JINGLING]

Somebody here registered a bid.

Hey, good afternoon. How you doing today, ma'am?

- I'm good. How are you? - Well, I'm blessed and highly favored,

but my goodness, y'all have one mighty fine operation here.

Quick question. Where do you source your cane juice from

- to make your rum? - We have six varieties,

and we have cane from three different parishes.

Three different parishes, huh?

Does Saint Josephine happen to be one of those parishes?

I don't know. The boss would know.

- Is he here right now? - [MAN] Sure is.

Hello, gentlemen.

[CAR RADIO PLAYS]

- [RALPH] You want an ice cream sandwich? - [BLUE] Already know.

- [BLUE] You want one, mom? - [RALPH] What about you, mama?

[CHUCKLES] I'm okay. We have ice cream at home.

Sometimes I like homemade better.

Okay.

Home is better sometimes.

- [CAR ENGINE AND RADIO TURNS OFF] - I'll be back.

How's everything going at grandma's?

How's school?

- Fine. - Just fine?

- That's it. - Well, I talked to pops about it

and he's right.

I just have to remember that I deserve to be there

as much as any other kid there.

I have an alumni legacy, too.

Double as much as most kids there do,

and

I have to remember that whenever I feel like I miss home or anything.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

What do you mean by double?

I mean you, mom.

You're an alumnus.

You said double.

Yeah, grandma.

You know grandma didn't go there.

You're right. I get confused sometimes.

[SIGHS SOFTLY]

Here we take fresh cane juice and make cane spirit rum...

Like you ain't never tasted.

Mmm. Clean.

Slightly grassy notes. It's pretty damn good.

Why battle my uncle with all his issues when I could be here,

five hours away, on my own, doing this?

So, if you're not registered for the auction,

somebody's using your name.

Maybe it's an auto registration.

You know, you pay to be automatically registered in all state auctions.

I probably forgot to turn it off.

I will look into it.

[SIGHS]

I'm done with all that, with all of 'em.

Your family?

Yeah.

You can't decide who they are.

But you can decide who you are.

I'm making a difference choice.

I have to stay far away from my family,

or they'll pull me back in.

I just can't let that happen.

I wish you all the best.

[HOLLYWOOD] Yes indeed.

Good luck with all that.

♪ It feels good ♪

♪ yeah ♪

♪ it feels good ♪

♪ it feels good ♪

Who's ready for cobbler?

♪ So good good to me ♪

Yeah, I bet you these folks go for pies.

Company's done some kind of promotion

on the 'gram or the tiktok or one of them

and folks have found out that there's a real Vi's pies.

Look at this madness.

[NOVA CHUCKLES SOFTLY] It's wonderful.

Stressful, but wonderful. Aunt Vi, you're famous.

Well, I don't want it.

And if you hadn't come

- I don't know what I would've done. - I'm here.

We got this.

[BELL DINGING]

Two meatless sandwiches

- and three gumbo lunches. - All right.

Six BlackBerry cobbler slices...

- Okay. - ...Four chocolate heaven whole pies,

- and a chicken pecan salad with hot honey mustard. - [VI] Wait, wait.

This is the last of to-go lunches,

you tell the to-go's that it's only pies to go.

Full menu for seated guests only.

And, Billie, don't you dillydally, you drop those checks

as soon as you see them on their second to last bite, all right?

- [BILLIE] I... - [VI] Tell them we are out of pecan chicken,

- offer fried. - Okay.

I can't do this, it's too much.

I mean, I'm expecting a foster child any day now.

Why would this happen now?

Count your blessings, Aunt Vi.

What if I can't handle the child right now?

Maybe there was a reason why it never happened.

Maybe it wasn't meant to be.

- [DEEP BREATH] - Breathe,

Aunt Vi.

[BREATHING TOGETHER]

- All is well. - [DEEP EXHALE]

Say it with me.

[DEEP EXHALE]

[BOTH] All is well.

You got this.

- All is well. - All is well.

All right.

I am so sorry, sir.

[MICAH] Just two.

Follow me.

[MAN] Uh, hi there. I'm an old friend of the Bordelon's,

can I help at all?

Happy to lend a hand.

Uh, yeah, um, just let me check.

- What's your name again? - Remy.

Remy newell.

[REPORTER ON TV] Congressional hopeful, Charley Bordelon

and republican main stake, John Greene have been polling neck and neck for weeks,

making this contest one to watch.

You got dressed.

Mmm-hmm. Long day.

Helping vi earlier and catching up with Remy, tried.

[REPORTER] ...Newest star Charley Bordelon

is surging ahead of republican contender...

Did you talk to her today?

Earlier this week, she sounded tired.

I could, you know Charley's at her best when she's looking for what's next.

Who knows where this will lead her.

- President Bordelon. - [CHUCKLES] I wouldn't put it past her.

I wouldn't put anything past you,

or any other Bordelon woman at that point.

[REPORTER] ...Now, the dems needs Bordelon's seat to keep...

You can achieve anything you want if you set your mind to it,

that's your super power.

[NOVA CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I definitely can't do anything I set my mind to, not at all.

I mean, look at us.

[REPORTER] ...Now, there are several large precincts still to report,

but the Bordelon camp should...

Us?

Is there an "us"?

I'm just trying to figure out what we're doing here because I know,

and you know, that there should be a lot more to us.

Other than me just showing up whenever you decide to call.

[REPORTER] ...Bordelon's platform has drawn praise

for its focus on homelessness...

You're right.

I shouldn't do that.

I don't want you to stop, Nova.

- I'm just saying... - no, I know what you want.

I know.

But to be honest,

I just don't think I can give it.

You can, but you just don't want to.

I'm not a cop anymore, Nova.

I'm not married anymore.

There's no more secrets between us.

I mean, we both met each other's family.

We've lived together.

We're meant to be.

This is not the way this story's supposed to end.

I won't accept it.

♪ Unstable right in to an open heart ♪

♪ see me crumble ♪

♪ crumbling is just a start ♪

Night, Nova.

Night, Calvin.

♪ Might bleed heavy for your love ♪

♪ but you said it ♪

♪ and you're standing ♪

♪ you're standing ♪

♪ you're standing ♪

[RALPH ANGEL] He finally dozed off after them elections.

Guess he gonna have to wakeup to the good news.

Good?

Darla.

You okay?

You told him.

I was gonna tell you.

Just ain't had time yet.

I was gonna explain what happened, but we just ain't talk.

Explain what happened.

Explain how you did

the very thing,

very thing,

I asked you not to.

I begged you not to.

Many times.

Over and over, but it didn't matter.

You did what you wanted to do anyway!

You get your way, anyway, ways.

You completely stepped over what I wanted,

with total disregard.

Ain't nobody disregarding you.

All I do is regard you, Darla.

I mean, everything that happened with this Chase situation

I let you take the lead.

Trying to be in tune with what you need.

"Don't hurt him, Ralph Angel." Okay.

"Sit back while I negotiate with my rapist." Okay, Darla.

"Sit back while I take his money and give it to the co-op."

My co-op. What if I don't want his money?

Okay, Darla.

I mean, what you want me to do, huh?

My son needs to know how I feel about him.

Ain't gonna end up like me and my pops.

I can't let that happen.

So you're just gonna override me

whenever we disagree about Blue?

Your feelings

on Blue

are the only feelings?

You won't even give me a chance to explain.

I'm tired.

-I'm tired -[RALPH ANGEL SIGHS]

Or your explanations, Ralph Angel.

I'm tired of it all.

[REPORTER ON TV] We have a projected winner

in California's congressional seat.

A stunning upset.

High hopes for the democrats rising star,

Charley Bordelon have been dashed,

as she's been narrowly defeated by gop stalwart, John Greene.

Marking the first time in three decades

that this district will seat a republican,

this is a big defeat for the democrats.

Now, to put this into a historical context

the fervent Blue state hasn't seating this district to a republican

since 1977.

Los Angeles, much like the rest of the country, is deeply divided.

And while Bordelon had massive fanbase

and an exorbitant amount of media attention

she's not able to bring this home.

The Republicans have much to be decided.

They focused much of this in PR time.

Viewers may still be confused,

but they seemed to pull off this victory by a slim margin.

Charley Bordelon's colorful past

as the wife of the disgraced NBA star Davis West

made her a magnet for the press,

but she's been rejected by the people.

Greene, the popular mayor

of one of the states most popular cities is the projected winner.

And Charley Bordelon will not be going to Washington this year,

as many pundits predicted.

And while Bordelon had a massive fanbase...

[LINE RINGING]

[LINE RINGING]

[CHARLEY'S RECORDING] You've reached Charley Bordelon

I can't get to the phone right now, so please leave a message.

[MESSAGE BEEP]

[CHARLEY'S RECORDING] You've reached Charley Bordelon

I can't get to the phone right now, so please leave a message.

♪ Only two things in this life that are sure ♪

♪ of that I'm sure ♪

[CROWD CHEERING]

♪ Only two things in this life that are sure ♪

So the slow part does The Mr Benes farm

and they got some good soil over there.

[REMY] The university's actively looking

for properties to develop solar research.

And that plot is perfect.

My department can acquire the whole plot

and then sell your portion back to you.

You know what?

Think we got a plan here.

Billie, tell him about landmark status and the legal part.

Yeah, okay.

She knows all about it 'cause she gonna be going to law school.

- Uh-oh. - That's right.

- Yes. - [PROSPER] Yes.

[REMY] Wow, that's incredible.

She starts next semester in Chicago.

- Well. - [ALL CHUCKLING]

Okay, daddy. Okay.

Okay, so, we gonna go over the legalities later,

but I think we're all set.

- I like it. - All right.

[RALPH ANGEL] Total Remy.

All right.

[PROSPER] Tell me about the solar panels.

It's a shame that Darla had to go look after her mother

'cause she has been my partner in crime.

All the research, the paper work.

I just wish she could be here for this.

Just to see it go down because it's gonna be quite a day.

- I wish she was here too. - [BILLIE] Yeah.

I'll see you later, Mr. Prosper.

Hey, Suzy.

- Remy. - How are ya?

♪ How can I ever love if I didn't prepare for war? ♪

[LINE RINGING]

♪ How am I supposed to fight with someone that can't be found? ♪

♪ Never was taught to feel don't even know how to kill ♪

♪ so how can I offer love if you were never there? ♪

Yeah, beautiful home.

Beautiful land.

I lost it.

I'ma get it back.

Least I'ma try anyway.

What about Darla? You gonna get her back too?

Look, I don't know what happened,

but I saw the look on your face when you heard she was gone.

She dropped Blue off to Aunt Vi's this morning, took Tru.

Just up and left while I was at the co-op.

Ain't even bothered to say a word.

I mean, who does that? Today.

Today of all days. I mean, it's one of the...

It's one of the biggest days for our land.

And she just up and left with my baby girl without saying nothing.

[HEAVY EXHALE]

[PROSPER] Look at me.

Look at me.

I, uh... [CLEARS THROAT]

I tried my best by you kids,

I tried to be there in ways that Ernest can't no more.

I tried.

But I failed by not sharing enough with you.

By... by the things that I remembered. Things that he said to me.

Things that might help y'all.

Now, hey, I remember

this one time we were doing harvest

and I said something about a calculator.

Yeah, yeah, we gonna need a calculator today to get this done.

Calculator?

Yeah, you got one?

- [BOTH CHUCKLE] - Remember,

back in the day it was Ralph Angel.

Oh, yeah, that boy could do...

He could do that math right there in his head.

- Yeah. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] - [ERNEST] Yeah.

Yeah, you couldn't tell it now he out there in them streets.

That boy didn't need no paper, pencil, nothing.

- No calculator. - [CHUCKLES]

No, I seen him do it more than once.

Hell, yeah.

I'm sitting there, I'm trying to see the bricks value, the yield.

Ralph Angel come walking up behind me

rattling off these numbers.

Right there in his head!

Could've knocked me over with a feather.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Oh, yeah, he could do so much with this land.

So much with it. Take it father than I ever will.

If he just buckle down.

Yeah, children, man.

Me and you, we were running them streets too, remember?

Yeah.

So, he's got it in him.

Well, I hope so. I sure hope so.

[SIGHS]

I hope he does it better.

Yeah, well, don't worry, brother. You're doing just fine.

I ain't talking about the crop.

I mean...

Nova, she in the city.

Charley...

Across the country.

Trudy gone.

Ralph Angel ever come back to the land

I hope he don't end up on it alone.

Ain't the same without family.

Land without love...

Don't mean nothing.

Hope he does it better.

[PROSPER] He wants you to keep doing what you're doing on the land.

Work it, grow it, fight for it,

but he also wants you to have love on it.

To have family on it.

He came to understand that was the most important thing.

- Yes, sir. - Now, whatever it is,

whatever happened, you push through it. No, you fight for her.

Now...

If you leave now you can be in D.C. before midnight.

Thank you, Mr. Prosper.

Go get your woman and baby.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Soon. Soon. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

This Internet craziness has got to end soon, y'all.

It will Aunt Vi, everything that's a trend settles down.

Yep, just ride the wave till then.

- I'll just ride the wave, huh? - I'm just saying.

- [VI CHUCKLES] - Tables are set,

I'ma head to the airport.

- Uh, can I talk to you for a second? - Sure.

I just...

I need to apologize for the way I snapped at you yesterday.

You were right. No matter what was going on, I should've been there.

It was immature.

And it was wrong of me to...

Take our stuff out on you. I'm sorry.

That there,

that's grownup.

I haven't heard from her.

Nobody has, I'm really starting to get worried.

Me too, baby.

- Me too. - [KNOCKING AT DOOR]

Vi.

Hey, miss Malinda. Tell us something good.

It's good, it's real good.

- [VI CHUCKLES] - I found a child in Baton Rouge.

She was raised from an infant by her grandmother,

bright and sweet girl.

Well, the grandmother died, about a year ago,

and Paulie when to foster care at age 9.

Most families don't want long-term kids at that age.

- They want babies. - Right.

So, she's been to three foster homes in 12 months.

She's tried to keep up her grades, but it's been hard.

- I think that... - she's prefect for us.

She's perfect for us. [CHUCKLES]

She's perfect, she's perfect.

- [NOVA] Wow, this is amazing. - She's perfect for us.

We've got a new Bordelon.

I thank you.

- Thank you. - She's perfect for us.

I can bring her to you tomorrow.

My parents are asleep.

The auction is in the morning.

What are you doing here?

- You shouldn't've come. - I ain't drive here to fight. Okay.

Look, you say I should use my words, you push me to use my words,

I've been trying to talk to you for weeks

about this Blue and Chase thing.

- There is no Blue and Chase... - there is.

Stop saying that.

You're the one that keeps connecting them making it a thing,

you could not let it go.

No I can't let it go.

I'm sorry.

Maybe I shouldn't've told him like that, but I did.

Oh, you're so righteous when it comes to Blue, right?

You know, you don't wanna tell him things,

you wanna be honest about everything.

And what's wrong with that?

How does your commitment to honesty

factor in to you instructing our son to lie to his mother?

- That's not what I said. - [SCOFFS] What'd ya say?

I told him to let me talk to you first

because I wanted you to hear it from me.

Mmm-hmm.

There's a difference. Look, I'm sorry.

- For tell... - you're sorry?

I don't believe you.

I don't trust you.

You don't trust me, Darla?

After you ran up out the city with my daughter.

Without telling me.

You got the nerve to tell me that you don't trust me.

You remember what I said to you at that parking lot?

- Remember what I told you? - Don't you do that.

I said, "all I have to do is think about your life

whenever I thought my life was bad."

It's probably the worst thing I could've said at the time.

'Cause my life was bad.

But you know what I think about when I look at you today?

You know what I see?

I see somebody who probably loves me more than I love myself.

On most days.

And I'm sorry for it.

Maybe it didn't come out the right way, but...

[INHALES] That's why I've been trying to talk.

I can't do no more secrets.

That's what messed up the family, that's what...

That's what we've been running from.

That's what's been messing us up.

So, what do we do now, Darla?

[SIGHS]

- Wow! - What do you think, brother?

- It's magical, bro. - Morning.

[BOTH] Hey.

Aunt Vi asked me to pick up an envelope from you.

Oh, yeah. It's on the top left drawer.

Hey, you! Come here.

- I'll be back in two shakes, all right? - All right, bet.

For the auction! Know what, let me show you.

Excuse me, doll.

So, this is what I want...

[REMY] Okay...

- Tell me everything. - [LAUGHS] You!

You got the most, you go first.

No, I don't think I've got the most.

You're the one with all the books and movies.

Hell, you got the wife, kids, big job.

- Okay. We're both doing all right. - Yeah.

- We're both doing all right. - We are.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS] It's wild seeing you after all this time.

You're the same, but different.

Grown.

Why, thank you.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

No, you know, I feel grown...

'Cause I feel settled, finally.

You know what I mean?

We all have to find what settled means to us and...

You know, I guess I found it.

Have you?

Wow. That's a good question.

I guess, if I had to think about it...

I'm not, but I'm closer than I was.

- Okay. - [HOLLYWOOD SHOUTING] Remy!

- Yo? - [HOLLYWOOD] Bust a move, brother!

- Yup, yup! I'll see you there? - [NOVA] Definitely.

And thank you.

This plan, if it works, we'll get our land back.

It's huge. It's everything we want and need.

It's gonna work.

I'm gonna get another cup of coffee before we leave.

- All right. - [BILLIE CHUCKLES]

[SIGHS] It's good to see Remy, wasn't it?

It is. It's strange, though.

So many people from my past have come back into my life recently.

I kind of don't know what to make of it.

I feel like it's all trying to tell me something, but I don't know what.

[HESITATES] I...

I'm babbling. [LAUGHS] I'm sorry.

[BILLIE] Oh, girl. No, don't worry about that.

You sorting through your past like that?

I mean, it changed my life, changed everything.

Seeing you girls right now reminds me of the time

Ernest and I were talking about you.

Yeah, it was...

It was a hard day.

Billie, it was your mama's funeral.

[SIGHS]

- [ERNEST] You all right? - Yeah, I'm good.

Thank you for coming.

[SIGHS] Mmm.

- You didn't have to make that drive. - You kidding?

I wouldn't have missed it. How you holding up?

Oh, you know, best I can.

Trying to deal with Billie.

She wasn't going to come...

To her mother's funeral if it was in Louisiana.

Swore she was never coming back to st Jo.

[SCOFFS]

- That girl's a handful, ain't it? - [CHUCKLES]

You got that right. Mmm, mmm, mmm.

[CHUCKLING] Sit down.

Prosper, count it as a blessing.

Claire was in Billie's life as an adult.

I think that's one of the things with Nova.

Trudy wasn't there to help guide her...

Tell her things...

That I can't tell her or couldn't tell her.

I didn't know how.

When...

Me and Trudy...

Finally broke up, that last time,

she said to me, she said...

She said, "Ernest...

Love goes its own way, just like the river.

You can't force it or make it go your way.

If you smart...

You'll just...

Flow with it."

Wise woman. Wise woman.

Our daughters...

Will be wise one day too...

When they come to understand that...

It doesn't matter how love comes...

Rich, poor, man, woman...

Black, white...

Here or hereafter...

It flows its own way...

And you gotta flow with it.

Co-op funds, Charley's meal collateral,

and Hollywood and Vi's contribution

we had 250 k.

And then that big, anonymous donation out of D.C.

Brought us to 450,000.

And Betty's farm as collateral gave... Another...

75 k.

So then we put in the movie money

we've got 750 k to bid with.

So if none of the farmer's bid against us,

we might actually have a shot.

Look who's over there.

♪ Beautiful one ♪

♪ it's so beautiful ♪

Remy.

A back up.

Ra, no matter who else pops up...

...stick to the plan.

♪ Oh, beautiful people ♪

♪ boys and girls ♪

Now we've been under Landrys enough.

Today we take it back.

All right.

♪ Get up and dance beautiful world ♪

[GAVEL BANGING]

All right!

Before we get to the foreclosed land,

we got some good equipment here on the docket.

First up, lot 124, John deere 7830, low Miles.

[GAVEL BANGS] Sold!

Next up.

Three excellent tracks of land in St. Josephine sellin' as one unit.

The bulk of this land has been in the Landry-Boudreaux family

for over a century.

With two new parcels added this past year.

You got this, Ra.

[AUCTIONEER] 800 acre lot and foreclosure,

200 acres as historical landmark,

600 acres for farm use.

Starting bid at $250,000.

Auction on, here!

250.

- Do I have 250? - [MAN] Hey, Ra.

You got our support always, we got your back, man.

- Yeah. - [MAN 2] We got your back, man.

[AUCTIONEER] Asking 250, do I hear 250?

250! Do I hear 250?

Shake that cat.

250!

First bid from the man in the front left, 250,000,

thank you very much, sir.

$250,000 down here, now who'll give me 300?

Can I see 300, anybody 300?

Asking 300, 300 from the gentleman over here on the right.

$300,000 down here, now who can give me 400?

Whatever y'all pooled together,

my folks are prepared to double it.

Why don't you just save us all some time, tell us how much you got...

...and we'll call it a day.

[AUCTIONEER] 400, asking 400. Anybody?

[RALPH] 400!

- [CROWD GASPS] - [AUCTIONEER] Thank you very much.

For the Bordelon's, 400 down here.

Now do I see 450?

[WOMAN] 450?

- 450! - 450 right here.

- [CROWD GASPS] - Gentleman on the right, 450.

Now asking 500.

500 right here!

$500,000 down here, now what about 550?

- 750. - [CROWD GASPING]

750 from this gentleman right here.

- 750, now who'll give me 800? - That's it.

That's all we got.

[AUCTIONEER] 800 anybody? 800 anybody?

750 here right here, 750.

Can I see 800?

Going once...

- Going twice... - 800.

[CROWD CLAMMERS] -[AUCTIONEER] 800 right there in the middle.

Come on 850.

850 anybody?

That'll give me 850.850.

850.

850 right here, now who give me, uh, 875?

875.

[AUCTIONEER] 875 right here, come on now.

900, how 'bout 900?

900.

- [CROWD CLAMMERS] - [AUCTIONEER] How 'bout 925?

About 925?

925.

925 right here, how about 950.

- 950. - [CROWD CLAMMERS]

950!

- How much is Remy allowed of ours to spend? - [NOVA] Not sure.

How 'bout 975?

One million.

[CROWD GASPING]

On behalf of Texas valley A&M.

Going once...

Going twice...

[JACOB] 1.1 million.

[CROWD GASPS]

[AUCTIONEER] 1.1 million from the gentleman in the back.

Going once...

Going twice...

Gotta keep it in the family.

[AUCTIONEER] Sold! The Landry lot is sold.

Might need a movin' Van.

I'll leave the large furniture to the church

she gave the house to.

But these photos and family heirlooms,

I can't just leave them here.

Thanks for helping.

I'll always come when you call.

♪ Ah ♪

[VIOLET] Everybody loves bikes.

[HOLLYWOOD] I know I do.

- Hey! - [HOLLYWOOD LAUGHS] Come on.

♪ Slip away ♪

[VIOLET] Oh, that feels better.

It's close by.

♪ Through my fingers ♪

♪ when you left ♪

♪ oh, you took away ♪

♪ some part of me ♪

I'm so sorry, mom.

♪ I think I needed ♪

Come here.

I should've come earlier.

I should've been here.

♪ You'll always be a part of me ♪

Mmm.

♪ And wherever I go ♪

♪ I'll always know that you're near ♪

♪ oh, the tears from my eyes ♪

Welcome home, Polly.

We are so happy that you're here.

♪ You're the best of my thoughts ♪

It's a firm offer from leap.

Based in la but they're opening

a new office in New York City.

I would be the program coordinator...

...reporting directly to the senior VP.

Salary, benefits, everything.

And their motto is, "change is ours to create".

Isn't that great?

It's everything I've ever wanted.

I could even amplify artists from the collective.

[CHARLEY] You're perfect for it.

Your experience.

Your passion.

And your high profile to benefit to them.

It means a lot that you see that now.

♪ I pray just to see your face ♪

[KNOCKING]

♪ In my dreams ♪

♪ in my dreams ♪

Can I help ya?

I'm Dez George.

Pearl said you all were around this way.

Oh, hello, Mr. George.

I'm Nova, this is Calvin.

Hello to you.

[CALVIN] And to you.

You the one we been waitin' on.

Been told to give this here to ya.

That there are the deeds.

I'm...

I'm sorry, sir, deeds for?

For the church.

You Trudy's gal, ain't ya?

Well, yes, sir.

For Trudy's church.

My mother had...

...had a church?

A little reading room down the road, uh...

Worn down now, but, uh,

I've been looking after it for the sisters over the years.

♪ And of the bed of my thoughts ♪

♪ I will find you ♪

Time's, uh, wearing on it, though.

Martha said you'd look after it now.

This is the church Martha left her house to.

If that prayer room is my mother's, then...

Then the church is yours.

Right?

And this your house.

♪ And we'll never be ♪

Trudy's keys right here.

♪ Apart ♪

♪ apart ♪

♪ mmm ♪

[SHAKING] Trudy's keys.

Now, this is our favorite place, the kitchen.

I love to cook.

Do you know how to cook, Polly?

Yes, ma'am.

Grandma Annie taught me.

Oh, you know what?

I wanna taste everything that grandma Annie taught you how to make,

okay?

- Okay. - Yes! [CHUCKLES]

All righty.

And this...

This here is your room.

I get my own room?

Yes, you do, dear.

Yeah.

Woah.

How you feelin'?

[DRYLY CHUCKLES]

No one has asked me that in...

...a long time.

Well, we gotta change that.

I'm asking.

Well, I, uh, spent the day at the office dealing with people...

...very angry with me.

About the campaign?

That's...

You left it all on the court.

The outcomes were...

...out of your control.

It's not your fault.

It may be not my fault but it's still my responsibility.

Okay, it's not the outcome you wanted,

the party's upset.

I know you feel horrible but now...

...right now, mom, there's nothing you can do.

People are gonna have things to say.

Yeah, well...

Let 'em.

Let 'em. It's like you told me,

you have to be satisfied with how hard you tried.

Right? It doesn't matter what other people think.

It matters what you do.

This is the part they don't get to see,

and this is the part that matters to me.

To unwind with you at the end of a long day.

[JOKING] Unwinding?

I love you.

I love you, too.

And I'm by your side, always.

All right! See ya around.

[CALVIN] Hey, thank you.

[SOFTLY] Trudy's keys.

[CRYING]

[BREATH TREMBLING]

I've wanted this.

I've wanted her...

...all my life.

I wanted to feel this feeling.

Not outside of me, inside.

Inside, finally, I feel it.

I'm home...

...in this room, in this house...

...in this community...

...with you.

I've loved you...

...for so long.

I tried to hide it...

...to ignore it.

I second guessed it, fought it...

...cursed it.

I did everything to it, but...

...accept it.

With no conditions.

No idea as of what should be, or could be, or what others will say...

...or think.

I never just let it be.

To just...

...go with its flow.

[SOFTLY] Let us flow.

[SOFTLY] I love you, Nova.

[SOFTLY] I love you, Calvin...

...forever.

How'd you pull it off, anyway?

What line a credit did you use,

because I know you didn't have that kind of money since I cut you off.

And your mother, well...

Your mother is a felon,

and who knows what she really is.

I had strong partners.

To the tune of 1.1 million?

Well, son, those are partners I would love to meet.

I can make that happen...

...right now, in fact.

I didn't want the land,

I wanted the satisfaction of besting you.

My partners have integrity and vision for our hometown.

They're the only ones who really care about St. Joe.

That process just happened to right the wrongs done by you,

your father, his father,

who knows how long it's gone on.

Too long...

...but it's over now.

You're sayin' they bought the land?

[JACOB] They're the real leaders of this community.

I just followed their lead.

It's called workin' together, Sam.

The family bought their parcels, and I bought yours.

Now, miss Parthena has her land back.

The Bordelon's have their land back.

I have my cane fields for my distillery,

which I found a very accomplished farmer to oversee

for a percentage.

My specialized legal advice.

This is ridiculous.

How could you let yourself get caught up with them in this?

How could you do it?

Well, one of 'em...

...very persuasive.

She called right before her election.

[CHARLEY ON PHONE] Jacob boudreux, it's Charley Bordelon.

I think we should talk.

[JACOB] With their friend Remy's bid as a distraction,

the Bordelons provided the funds and the strategy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Right after Prosper and Hollywood came to my distillery,

the transfer was set.

We could just wait it out for the good old boys to hit their threshold.

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

[RALPH] One of the best moments of my life.

♪ Dreams never die, dreams never die ♪

You lost, Sam.

That's right.

It's over now.

But by the looks of this big old fancy house,

you'll be fine.

See, you and your kind,

y'all been stealing from my people for generations.

It's a hell of a head start, don't you think?

But we got something that you'll never have.

We got love.

We got each other.

We got our land back.

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

Baby, shall we?

♪ It's over now ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ it's over now ♪

♪ it's over now ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ no more cloudy days ♪

♪ they're all gone ♪

♪ gone away ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ can you help me say ♪

♪ no more cloudy days ♪

♪ they're all gone, they're all gone ♪

♪ they're gone away ♪

♪ gone away ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ if I walk alone ♪

♪ I'm not on my own ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ if I walk alone ♪

♪ I know I'm not on my own ♪

♪ I'm not on my own ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ oh, it's over now ♪

♪ it's over now ♪

♪ yes, it is ♪

♪ it's over now ♪

♪ I feel like I ♪

♪ I feel like I can make it ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, no more ♪

♪ no more ♪

♪ cloudy days ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more ♪

♪ no more cloudy days ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more crying at night ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

[DARLA] Blue, don't be late for school.

Coming!

♪ Sickness in my body ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more crying at night ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more crying at night ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more crying at night ♪

♪ crying at night ♪

♪ the storm is over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more tears and sorrow ♪

♪ no more ♪

♪ no more heartache and pain ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ no more suffering ♪

♪ no more, no more, no more ♪

♪ it's over now ♪

♪ over now ♪

♪ Oh ♪

[BLOWS] Come on.

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Over now ♪

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪