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Previously on
"Empire"...
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I'm gonna spot you $10 mil
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for your 20 For 20.
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I could do another "Drip Drop"
in my sleep,
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but I need to go harder.
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She's not used to you yet.
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You were gone five months.
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PAMELA: You don't need your attorney.
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I'm off duty.
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I trust you, right?
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My father has a serious brain injury.
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We got to keep it under wraps.
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DIANA: Get a grip, Angelo.
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Put this floundering self-pity to rest.
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It doesn't take
a rocket scientist
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to figure out you're up to something.
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Was I a violent man?
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COOKIE: I was gone for 17 years
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because I was in prison.
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I want to know everything.
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What's up, y'all?
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Welcome back to 106 & Park,
BET's top ten live.
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Now, I need y'all
to do me a favor.
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- Y'all ready to do me a favor?
- (applause and cheering on TV)
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That's my man up there.
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(on TV):
All right, mark down this date,
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this time, who you're with,
where you are, because
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this brother from Philly,
Lucious Lyon,
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- is making his TV debut...
- Change the channel.
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And history.
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Uh, I-I was watching that.
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- Yeah, now we're watching this.
- CHYNA: Yo.
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- Don't even bother. She got it on lock.
- Ugh.
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Nah, man.
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Poundcake, right?
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LUCIOUS: Wait a minute. Poundcake?
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Why-why was her name Poundcake?
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Look, how you want me
to tell the story? Huh?
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You want it blow by blow,
with me telling you
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how every bitch got her
wack-ass nickname,
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or you just gonna
let me tell the story?
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I mean, ever since I've been
out, you've never cared
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about my prison life.
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That was Lucious, but I'm asking.
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It's important. I need to know
everything that happened.
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All right.
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Well, then, let me back up
and set the scene for you.
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I got real cool with Chyna
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and all the Philly girls, of course.
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And, uh, we was cool
with the Latina chicks
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and was cool with the Chinese,
Japanese, or the Vietnamese.
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Whatever. The Asians.
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Child, the Asians.
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And we did not get along
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with them white chicks
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or the wild-ass Jamaicans.
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And Chyna had the...
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Ugh. She had a serious beef
with them D.C. girls, man.
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I don't know what it was, but
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they was wild, man. They had nicknames
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like Yunk Yunk, Butterball,
and Poundcake.
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Look, I ain't trying to disrespect you,
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but I'm gonna politely ask you
to turn that back
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- to BET 'cause I was watching that.
- Oh, well, since you asked
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so pretty, I'll politely tell you no.
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Now move your bama ass
out my sight lines.
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- LUCIOUS: So, what'd you do?
- COOKIE: What you think I did?
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(groaning, indistinct shouting)
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Then she leaned down to my ear,
talking about,
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"You know why I'm in here?
For eating
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bitches like you for breakfast
and going on about my day."
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(Cookie yells)
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LUCIOUS: And she cut you?
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She sure did.
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That wasn't my first fight, Lucious.
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And it sure as hell wasn't my last.
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But there were things
that happened to me in prison
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that cut deeper than a knife.
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Believe that.
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*EMPIRE*
Season 04 Episode 04
Title: "Bleeding War"
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- Lucious can't see me like this.
- So don't pick a fight
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with a chick named Poundcake
day before a visit.
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You're lucky nobody told,
or you'd be in the hole.
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Ouch. Can you...?
Do you know what you're doing?
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Are you questioning my skill set?
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- I was good enough for Lil' Kim.
- Just go easy.
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- Come...
- Still sore.
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- What the hell is this?
- Both: Nothing.
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- Huh?
- Nothing.
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- It's contraband.
- I know, but my husband's coming
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- to visit me today.
- Well, he's gonna have
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to see you the way God made you...
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hood rat turned into a punching bag.
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Wipe that off your face
before I throw you in the hole.
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Beauty tips, huh, Chyna? (scoffs)
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COOKIE: Yeah, she snitched,
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but her fat ass was the
least of my worries.
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(Cookie laughs)
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- (door opens) -Hey.
- LUCIOUS: Like I said, I'm gonna
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- take care of you for this.
- (Cookie sighs)
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Hey. - I tried to get us
a little privacy, but...
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It's okay.
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- It's not o... What happened to her face?!
- I'm okay.
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- Lucious. Lucious, come here.
- (bangs on table)
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Look, our time is too precious
to be thinking about that.
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Look, I saw you on BET.
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You was so fine up there. (laughs)
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- That was nothing.
- Oh, come on now, Lucious.
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Don't downplay it like that.
It was everything.
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It was exactly what AJ said...
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"Remember where you are
at this moment."
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So all I'm thinking about is
where I'm at and where you are.
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- And where...
- Hey, look, Lu...
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Lucious, I'm gonna be here
for a long time, okay?
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So might as well get used to it.
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I can deal with what
comes at me in here
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as long as I know you're out
there growing what we built.
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'Cause it's you and me...
Cookie and Lucious forever.
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Tell me about my babies.
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How are my babies doing?
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Well, Andre... he's a little...
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Something not right.
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But Jamal... he's been good, and he...
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he wants to see you for his birthday.
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Mm, no, Lucious.
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This ain't no place
for no boy for his birthday.
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Not unless he really want
to come, just, I guess.
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LUCIOUS: I remember this.
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I brought Jamal
to see you the next time.
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Wait. Am I remembering this correctly?
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You did bring Jamal, but...
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(indistinct chatter)
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Where's your father?
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LUCIOUS: I never came back, did I?
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I guess it was just hard
for you to see me like that.
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It hurt.
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It hurt me to the core,
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but it made me self-sufficient,
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and, on the inside, it-it...
it made me strong.
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It made me hard.
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That's a sad lesson
to learn by yourself.
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He should have been there for you.
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He should have.
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He should have after
everything you sacrificed.
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- He who?
- He.
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Him. Me. Lucious.
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If he loved you half as
much as he says he did,
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he would have never abandoned you.
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He would have... put you first.
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I'm gonna be a better man than he was.
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I'm gonna make it up to you
for everything he did wrong.
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(sighs)
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How can you make up for something
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you don't even remember?
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(Cookie sighs)
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The sun's up.
I got to get ready for work.
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Okay, well, maybe you're right.
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Maybe I can't make up for
a yesterday I don't remember,
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but I can make today right.
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I can go down to Empire with you
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- and support you.
- No, no, no, no, no.
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Remember you said it didn't go
so well when Jamal took you.
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It wasn't that bad, and...
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- Okay, maybe it was.
- (both laugh)
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What I'm saying is,
I'd like to try it again.
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And I think, with your help,
I could make it through it.
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With my help?
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Okay. Well, then, let's go.
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CLAUDIA: Where are we going?
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Dwight. Cookie. What'd I miss?
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- (cheering and applause)
- MAN: Welcome back.
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WOMAN: Nice to have you back, Lucious.
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- Nice to have you back, Lucious.
- Welcome back, Lucious.
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- WOMAN: Looking good, Lucious.
- MAN 2: Happy to have you back.
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MAN 3: Look out. Here he comes.
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If this gets too stressful
for Dwight, I'm gonna...
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I-I don't want to hear
Dwight stuff, okay?
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- Wow.
- This is the house
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that Lucious built.
Our house, our rules.
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- Lucious! Lucious, hi!
- (Lucious laughs)
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- It's so nice to see you.
- COOKIE: That's Becky.
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Becky was promoted to head of A&R after
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- all those years of being your assistant.
- Wow.
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Well, you know what they say.
Cream always rises to the top.
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- Congratulations.
- Thank you. It is so good to see you.
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- You, too.
- You say I'm reckless, but I hid him
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when I brought him here.
What was the sense
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if Mom was just gonna walk
him in the front door?
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- Yeah. What the hell is she doing?
- These came for you.
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There's a card in there, too.
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Who they from? _
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Yeah, thank you. None of your business.
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"For tomorrow?"
Who you meeting with tomorrow?
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Hey. I need all hands on deck
keeping our family secret.
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- Lucious! What's up?! How you doing?
- Huh?
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- Good to see you!
- (laughing): Hi.
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Welcome back. Where your suit?
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You looking like a... hippie and stuff.
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But you look good. You look good.
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- Why didn't you keep him home?
- Because he wants to be
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a part of all of this,
and I couldn't say no.
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So we'll just keep it
short and sweet.
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We'll have him
listen to Hakeem's song,
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and we'll send him home
with Nurse Ratchet. -Well, Mom,
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Hakeem's not even here.
He's at his house
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arguing with Anika
about Bella's birthday.
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Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh. Tell him to get
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his ass down here.
He can bring my grandbaby.
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Can y'all believe she
having a birthday already?
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- (laughs) - Yeah. Time flies.
- COOKIE: I know.
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Come on. I need help with your dad.
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- ♪♪ Classical music playing...
- DIANA: Amnesia?
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Like in a soap opera.
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(laughs) He don't even know his name.
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He wants them to call him Dwight.
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- You're not serious.
- I'm serious.
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He has migraines, outbursts.
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He treats his nurse like family
and his family like strangers.
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Hakeem never breathed a word of this.
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And how did you get this information?
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In bed with your catamite?
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- (laughs)
- Excuse me? Catamite?
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DIANA: It's a line from
an Anthony Burgess novel.
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Okay, so you found your razor,
you made it to your meeting.
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That does not entitle you to be a snob.
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Right. I'm just saying,
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how do we know
he's not playing you... cuz?
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Because I'm not like you... cuz.
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'Cause when I sleep with a Lyon,
I get the goods.
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- And there it is.
- DIANA: Thank you for sharing.
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- That's good work.
- Thank you.
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Much appreciated, and, Angelo,
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the running commentary
from the sidelines
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is interesting.
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But why don't you do something useful?
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- Really.
- (Warren laughs)
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(sighs)
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You want to use some ear plugs?
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No. No, I want to participate
and not really hide.
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- But thank you.
- HAKEEM: Hit it, Rekkhan.
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- ♪♪ Music plays...
- ♪ Shut up, shut up ♪
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♪ Hey, shut up, trick,
that means don't talk ♪
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♪ Don't call me, my phone's off ♪
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♪ I'm good now, that's your loss ♪
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♪ I'm self-made, my own boss ♪
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♪ Now who's trippin'? My roof missin' ♪
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♪ My jewels glistening, who's
listening? Ya heard that ♪
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♪ My new whip got two engines,
that's too expensive ♪
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♪ Lower ya voice 'cause I don't
wanna hear what you sayin' ♪
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♪ I'm tired of talkin' ♪
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♪ Ain't no conversation,
hope you understand ♪
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♪ I don't like you, you, you, you ♪
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♪ You're cool,
but the rest of y'all... ♪
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♪ Shut up, bitch, ooh... ♪
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♪ Shut up, shut up ♪
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♪ Uh... ♪
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- (music stops)
- What you think about that, Dad?
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Does it remind you of
Jay-Z on Blueprint?
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I mean, I don't know
much about architecture,
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but I was really inspired by
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the amount of effort
you've put into that.
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BECKY: Okay, Hakeem,
that definitely was not
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the song you were supposed
to be working on.
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'Cause I got to keep it real,
track by track.
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Exposing hypocrisy in democracy.
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What do you think, Ma?
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Uh, there were some nice things
in it, son.
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You know what? Why don't you
go get something to eat?
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Come on, y'all. Marcel.
And, uh, let us discuss it.
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All right, Dad.
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(indistinct chatter)
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What was that?
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- I do not know.
- What? You didn't like that?
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I just bet $100 million
of other peoples' money
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that Empire would showcase a legacy
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with that boy's album as the Alpha
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and Jamal as the Omega.
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But guess what. That wasn't it.
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I mean, I really didn't like
the-the nature of the song,
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you know, but he was so passionate
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in how he was delivering that.
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BECKY: You know, Lucious,
you just came back
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at the perfect time
because you always come up
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with some crazy, Machiavellian
scheme to save the day.
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Like, remember that time
286
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Diddy canceled on us
24 hours right before
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- the Radio City Music Hall show?
- Uh, no, no.
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Not-not, uh, Radio City.
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Um, just last night, Dad was
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telling me about one of the concerts
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he had in Philly,
and you're right, Pop.
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What you did there was exactly
what you said we should do
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with 20 For 20.
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Oh.
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Um...
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exactly.
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Here's the thing.
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All of Empire's artists want to
be a part of this 20 For 20, so
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let's get 'em out in front of us
right away, see what they got.
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Tell them to bring their
sharpest weapon to the fight,
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because they are all competing
for the Alpha spot,
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and only one is gonna be left standing.
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- (laughs)
- COOKIE: I like that.
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A fight to the death.
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Well, let the games begin.
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You did it again, Lucious. Genius.
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♪ Leave 'em in the dust, arrivederci ♪
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♪ One thing that's for certain,
I don't do the circus ♪
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♪ With you clowns,
I close the curtains ♪
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- ♪ I'm just out here working ♪
- ♪ Working ♪
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- ♪ Yeah, you see I'm surfing ♪
- (whooping)
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♪ Swimming with the sharks, and, nah ♪
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♪ It never made me nervous. ♪
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- HAKEEM: Good job.
- COOKIE: I really like his look.
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Mm-hmm. Let's see what
we working with today.
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- Hello.
- What's with all this fight-to-death, Ma?
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I gave you gold.
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Boy, right now, I'm not
your mother. I'm the label.
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And what you gave me
ain't gonna cut it. Excuse me.
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BECKY: So, you're all
Empire's premier artists,
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and what we're looking for is...
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I need somebody else
to launch the 20 For 20, okay?
323
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So that means all of you are
competing for the Alpha spot.
324
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You, too, Jamal. -Well, I'm
already Omega, boo, so I'm good.
325
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Uh, we past that.
Everybody's competing.
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TIANA: The creative process doesn't
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- work like that, Cookie.
- Well, it does today,
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sweetness, especially if Empire
decides to shelve your project.
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You know what?
That's exactly what I will do
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to anyone who hands in crap.
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Mom, are you ser... Y'all trippin'.
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- Y'all have fun with that, enjoy.
- COOKIE: Good-bye, boy,
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'cause don't nobody have time for that.
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- Bye, Ma.
- I don't have time for your poor,
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your tired.
I want your passion, your pain,
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your drive. Show me how you fight.
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- (Tiana scoffs)
- (overlapping chatter)
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00:14:08,396 --> 00:14:10,461
Yes, showtime.
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Cookie, this is just too much
and too fast for Dwight. I...
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00:14:14,530 --> 00:14:16,680
Okay, didn't you say that, um,
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00:14:16,738 --> 00:14:19,105
he should tell us what
he wants and needs?
342
00:14:19,163 --> 00:14:20,910
Well, he already said
he wants to be here, so
343
00:14:20,967 --> 00:14:23,024
why don't you go home
and take a load off?
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00:14:23,082 --> 00:14:24,524
I'll take it from here, okay?
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00:14:24,582 --> 00:14:26,406
Do what nurses do, child, I don't know.
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(clears throat) Who's... who's first?
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- Uh, Tiana.
- Mm-hmm, and she...
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00:14:31,259 --> 00:14:33,000
is-is-is... who is this?
Is she after her?
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♪♪
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♪ Put that sexy on 'em,
put that sexy on 'em ♪
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00:14:37,431 --> 00:14:39,819
♪ When you're fed up
and you been giving your all ♪
352
00:14:39,886 --> 00:14:42,288
♪ He don't wanna return your call ♪
353
00:14:42,355 --> 00:14:45,925
♪ Put that sexy on 'em,
put that sexy on 'em ♪ -Yeah!
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00:14:45,992 --> 00:14:48,109
♪ He be wildin' out ♪
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00:14:48,176 --> 00:14:50,277
♪ You don't know what he take you for ♪
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00:14:50,344 --> 00:14:52,098
♪ Ladies, I think it's time
to show 'em ♪
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♪ What he'll be missin' ♪
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♪ All the ladies in the club,
throw your hands up ♪
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00:14:55,535 --> 00:14:58,486
- Yeah!
- ♪ Shake it in his direction ♪
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00:14:58,553 --> 00:15:00,483
♪ Let him know what it is, show
him what's he's neglecting ♪
361
00:15:00,540 --> 00:15:02,490
- Yeah!
- ♪ Throw it like that ♪
362
00:15:02,557 --> 00:15:04,043
♪ Like you trying to get a check ♪
363
00:15:04,110 --> 00:15:06,193
♪ You know how a dog
like to chase the cat ♪
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00:15:06,260 --> 00:15:08,281
- ♪ Ladies, turn it up ♪
- ♪ Turn it up ♪
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00:15:08,348 --> 00:15:11,499
♪ T-Turn it up, when yo' man
don't wanna do you right ♪
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00:15:11,566 --> 00:15:13,434
♪ Just throw that sexy on 'em ♪
367
00:15:13,501 --> 00:15:16,003
Yeah, Tiana! -♪ Rather hang out
with his friends all night ♪
368
00:15:16,070 --> 00:15:18,100
- ♪ Just throw that sexy on 'em ♪
- ♪ Throw that sexy on 'em ♪
369
00:15:18,157 --> 00:15:20,359
Yeah! -♪ If he looking at her
with wandering eyes ♪
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00:15:20,426 --> 00:15:22,042
♪ Throw that sexy on 'em ♪
371
00:15:22,109 --> 00:15:23,663
♪ Got your heels on, face beat ♪
372
00:15:23,730 --> 00:15:26,165
♪ Just throw that sexy on 'em. ♪
373
00:15:26,232 --> 00:15:27,700
All right, girl!
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00:15:27,767 --> 00:15:29,150
(cheering)
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00:15:29,217 --> 00:15:31,971
You better secure the number one spot!
376
00:15:32,038 --> 00:15:33,395
What you think?
377
00:15:33,453 --> 00:15:36,082
I mean, she sure can shake a branch,
378
00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,715
um, but I don't think
she's the root of the tree.
379
00:15:38,780 --> 00:15:41,067
- Hmm.
- So she's not the Alpha for me.
380
00:15:41,142 --> 00:15:45,246
- Okay, that is cold but true.
- Yeah, I agree. Next!
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00:15:46,129 --> 00:15:49,199
PORSHA: Uh-uh, not Tory Ash, mm-mm.
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00:15:49,371 --> 00:15:51,434
COOKIE: Sorry, but the... (laughs)
383
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The first one out the gate
cannot be
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a white girl. I am so sorry.
385
00:15:55,943 --> 00:15:57,377
- Thank you but no, thank you.
- LUCIOUS: Wait.
386
00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:59,150
That sounds really unfair.
387
00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:01,121
Oh, what,
you gonna talk about how unfair
388
00:16:01,321 --> 00:16:05,219
affirmative action is now?
Please. Sorry, not sorry. Next.
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00:16:05,277 --> 00:16:07,649
♪ Leave 'em in the dust,
arrivederci... ♪
390
00:16:07,828 --> 00:16:09,809
So, here we have Paintbruh.
He made some noise
391
00:16:09,876 --> 00:16:11,444
as a street rapper and was selected
392
00:16:11,511 --> 00:16:13,160
for this year's XXL Freshman Class.
393
00:16:13,227 --> 00:16:15,948
♪ I'm just out here working,
look at me, I'm surfing ♪
394
00:16:16,015 --> 00:16:17,490
♪ Swimming with the sharks, no ♪
395
00:16:17,548 --> 00:16:19,850
♪ It never make me nervous,
okay, okay, okay ♪
396
00:16:20,036 --> 00:16:22,217
♪ Perfect, coming
for your crown 'cause... ♪
397
00:16:22,391 --> 00:16:23,959
- (grunts)
- COOKIE: Hey! Hey!
398
00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:26,234
- Hey, security!
- This punk stole my beat, man.
399
00:16:26,292 --> 00:16:27,732
I'm not... No, y'all trippin'...
400
00:16:27,790 --> 00:16:28,929
- I didn't take no beat.
- What you talking about?
401
00:16:28,986 --> 00:16:30,060
Man, get off me, though.
402
00:16:30,126 --> 00:16:31,443
You're a beat jacker?
403
00:16:31,501 --> 00:16:32,577
- Bye-bye.
- I didn't take...
404
00:16:32,634 --> 00:16:35,036
- Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
- That's crazy. All right.
405
00:16:35,335 --> 00:16:36,884
Wow. This is so wrong.
406
00:16:37,084 --> 00:16:38,771
- No. That's a no.
- File 13.
407
00:16:38,838 --> 00:16:41,571
- Next!
- This is wrong.
408
00:16:43,229 --> 00:16:45,213
- (sighs)
- (door opens)
409
00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:47,455
Your mom has gone full Lannister.
410
00:16:47,513 --> 00:16:49,129
She's chopping heads down there.
411
00:16:49,196 --> 00:16:50,683
That's why I'm not down there.
412
00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:53,467
Not to be about that competition life.
413
00:16:53,534 --> 00:16:56,799
But even if I was, I have
literally nothing to present.
414
00:16:56,857 --> 00:16:58,945
What about that song that
you played me the other night?
415
00:16:59,002 --> 00:17:01,886
That duet. That was the hottest
song I've heard in forever.
416
00:17:02,052 --> 00:17:03,786
Oh, yeah, but that was about addiction,
417
00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:06,018
and I want to make an
album of all love songs.
418
00:17:06,076 --> 00:17:08,080
Well, love can be just
as powerful a drug
419
00:17:08,138 --> 00:17:09,444
as any other substance.
420
00:17:09,502 --> 00:17:10,730
- (laughs) True.
- It's two people
421
00:17:10,787 --> 00:17:12,541
singing about their addiction to love.
422
00:17:12,754 --> 00:17:16,187
Plus, didn't Lucious and Mary J.
Blige do a duet back in the day?
423
00:17:18,166 --> 00:17:20,174
(laughs) My mom said wasn't
no white girl gonna be
424
00:17:20,232 --> 00:17:23,643
the Alpha, right? -Well, there
ain't no mountain high enough.
425
00:17:24,491 --> 00:17:28,124
I actually like that.
Let's try it. Come on.
426
00:17:29,968 --> 00:17:31,936
No. No. No, no, no, no.
427
00:17:32,043 --> 00:17:34,230
Remember, I said
the motorcycle needs to come
428
00:17:34,288 --> 00:17:36,338
before the guitars and the doves, okay?
429
00:17:36,396 --> 00:17:38,041
And please remember
to charge all of this
430
00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,554
to Hakeem Lyon's account.
And the balloons. Thank you.
431
00:17:40,612 --> 00:17:42,927
- Party planning with the Lyons, are we?
- Oh, dear God.
432
00:17:42,985 --> 00:17:44,566
(laughs) Last time I saw you,
433
00:17:44,624 --> 00:17:46,605
you were in my mother's living room,
434
00:17:46,672 --> 00:17:49,213
pledging your loyalty to Team Dubois.
435
00:17:49,323 --> 00:17:51,495
Well, your mother let me rot
in jail for five months,
436
00:17:51,553 --> 00:17:52,827
so she can kiss my ass.
437
00:17:52,885 --> 00:17:54,887
Look, I know
Cookie got you out of jail,
438
00:17:54,945 --> 00:17:56,010
but do you really think
439
00:17:56,068 --> 00:17:58,541
that the Lyons have
your best interest at heart?
440
00:17:58,833 --> 00:18:00,954
I mean, they bit you before. Trust.
441
00:18:01,261 --> 00:18:02,760
They will bite you again.
442
00:18:03,096 --> 00:18:06,592
So, when you're ready to bite back,
443
00:18:07,338 --> 00:18:09,174
why don't you hit me up?
444
00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:12,326
I'm for real.
445
00:18:21,607 --> 00:18:24,502
♪ Proud to say
I'm from the motherland... ♪
446
00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:25,945
Kendra took South By by storm.
447
00:18:26,012 --> 00:18:28,529
She every nerd's
favorite Empire artist.
448
00:18:28,596 --> 00:18:30,359
♪ 'Cause now they all want
the braids and the dreadlocks ♪
449
00:18:30,416 --> 00:18:34,520
♪ Get the money just to keep
the curves that I've got. ♪
450
00:18:34,587 --> 00:18:36,470
It's a concept album.
451
00:18:36,537 --> 00:18:38,657
Black female warriors colonize Mars,
452
00:18:38,724 --> 00:18:41,560
except it takes place
on a spaceship in 2047.
453
00:18:41,627 --> 00:18:43,477
- Uh...
- Question.
454
00:18:43,544 --> 00:18:45,364
Was there a problem on Earth
455
00:18:45,431 --> 00:18:48,015
that the warriors had to leave?
456
00:18:48,082 --> 00:18:50,079
- We're actually supposed to...
- Okay. All right, sweetheart.
457
00:18:50,136 --> 00:18:52,922
All right, baby, well, we're
not gonna make the remix of
458
00:18:52,989 --> 00:18:55,092
Ziggy Stardust and Kunta Kinte.
459
00:18:55,159 --> 00:18:57,193
I'm sorry. Thank you.
460
00:18:57,260 --> 00:18:59,381
Power to the people, though.
461
00:18:59,479 --> 00:19:01,947
I think you're hurting
a lot of people's feelings.
462
00:19:02,014 --> 00:19:05,293
Lucious, look, we are not in
the game of building confidence.
463
00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:06,495
Okay? This is the music industry,
464
00:19:06,552 --> 00:19:08,287
and we're on a deadline.
465
00:19:08,354 --> 00:19:11,038
- Next!
- (tapping on table)
466
00:19:11,105 --> 00:19:12,806
Send 'em through, baby.
467
00:19:12,873 --> 00:19:14,441
♪ Come up and rise... ♪
468
00:19:14,508 --> 00:19:16,362
BECKY: So, Tommy's won
more Grammys than
469
00:19:16,429 --> 00:19:19,532
any other Empire artist...
three on his last album.
470
00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:20,666
♪ The one ♪
471
00:19:20,733 --> 00:19:23,266
♪ The father and the son. ♪
472
00:19:26,587 --> 00:19:29,456
(applause and cheering)
473
00:19:29,523 --> 00:19:30,576
All right. Vocals.
474
00:19:30,643 --> 00:19:32,344
You hear that, Lucious?
475
00:19:32,411 --> 00:19:34,647
I think he might be the one.
476
00:19:34,714 --> 00:19:36,530
I...
477
00:19:36,597 --> 00:19:38,584
I feel so much when you're singing.
478
00:19:38,651 --> 00:19:41,187
I see visions of...
479
00:19:41,254 --> 00:19:43,337
burnt umber
480
00:19:43,404 --> 00:19:45,672
mixed with a deep magenta,
481
00:19:45,739 --> 00:19:49,892
like hope coupled with
a tremendous amount of fear.
482
00:19:51,612 --> 00:19:53,563
Are you suffering?
483
00:19:54,482 --> 00:19:57,551
Yeah. I am.
484
00:19:57,618 --> 00:19:59,753
My brother, uh...
485
00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:01,440
- he was shot up last week.
- BECKY: Oh.
486
00:20:01,507 --> 00:20:03,375
Sorry to hear that.
487
00:20:03,442 --> 00:20:05,379
Is he gonna be okay?
488
00:20:05,446 --> 00:20:08,344
We actually don't know, so...
489
00:20:11,499 --> 00:20:15,096
Well, you definitely have the
voice of an Alpha. - Mm-hmm.
490
00:20:15,163 --> 00:20:17,572
But I don't think it's time for
you to be an Alpha right now.
491
00:20:17,639 --> 00:20:21,126
I think it's time for you to go
home and be with your family,
492
00:20:21,201 --> 00:20:24,538
and when everything's okay
there, you come back, and...
493
00:20:24,597 --> 00:20:25,746
I don't know.
494
00:20:25,813 --> 00:20:28,164
You know, Empire's got you.
495
00:20:31,852 --> 00:20:33,635
Thank you.
496
00:20:34,054 --> 00:20:35,439
So much.
497
00:20:35,497 --> 00:20:37,439
Thank you.
498
00:20:38,689 --> 00:20:40,099
All right.
499
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,768
God bless you.
500
00:20:41,826 --> 00:20:43,713
Um, I think I'll take a break.
501
00:20:43,771 --> 00:20:45,510
- Yeah, five-minute break.
- Yeah.
502
00:20:45,568 --> 00:20:47,666
- That's good.
- (tapping on table)
503
00:20:54,009 --> 00:20:55,577
What was that?
504
00:20:55,635 --> 00:20:58,250
What? - He brought his
pain in here because that's
505
00:20:58,308 --> 00:21:00,213
what fuels him.
506
00:21:00,369 --> 00:21:01,549
(Lucious sighs)
507
00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:06,385
I came to Empire with you today
to help you heal the pain.
508
00:21:06,838 --> 00:21:09,986
- Oh.
- But you seem to thrive with it.
509
00:21:10,166 --> 00:21:13,541
I've watched you be
needlessly cruel all day.
510
00:21:13,674 --> 00:21:16,682
No, you've watched me be you, Lucious.
511
00:21:17,002 --> 00:21:19,158
Yeah. See, that's what it
takes to run an empire.
512
00:21:19,225 --> 00:21:20,494
The empire that you built,
513
00:21:20,552 --> 00:21:23,541
the empire
I spent 17 years in prison for.
514
00:21:24,197 --> 00:21:26,749
You know, if you don't think
this is worth fighting for,
515
00:21:26,807 --> 00:21:28,807
why don't you take yourself home?
516
00:21:28,963 --> 00:21:31,670
I mean, don't-don't be here
to do me no favors, okay?
517
00:21:31,737 --> 00:21:36,018
Hey, the break is over.
We still have a deadline. Next!
518
00:21:42,472 --> 00:21:46,342
♪ I like your smeared lipstick ♪
519
00:21:46,456 --> 00:21:48,558
♪ Your eyeliner ♪
520
00:21:48,625 --> 00:21:49,611
BOTH: ♪ Damn ♪
521
00:21:49,678 --> 00:21:52,080
♪ You got me addicted ♪
522
00:21:52,147 --> 00:21:55,565
♪ And I'm a first timer ♪
523
00:21:55,632 --> 00:21:57,285
♪ You got me good ♪
524
00:21:57,352 --> 00:22:00,604
♪ Because love ♪
525
00:22:00,671 --> 00:22:03,055
♪ Is like a drug ♪
526
00:22:03,707 --> 00:22:07,026
♪ And you ♪
527
00:22:08,078 --> 00:22:10,629
♪ Must be the plug ♪
528
00:22:12,115 --> 00:22:13,502
♪ I can't get away ♪
529
00:22:13,569 --> 00:22:15,485
♪ Want you every day ♪
530
00:22:15,552 --> 00:22:16,838
♪ When you medicate ♪
531
00:22:16,905 --> 00:22:18,907
♪ All the pain goes away ♪
532
00:22:18,974 --> 00:22:22,408
♪ Because love ♪
533
00:22:22,814 --> 00:22:25,302
♪ Is like a drug ♪
534
00:22:25,362 --> 00:22:27,646
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
535
00:22:28,365 --> 00:22:30,118
♪ And you must be ♪
536
00:22:30,185 --> 00:22:32,669
♪ The plug. ♪
537
00:22:33,302 --> 00:22:35,701
These new lyrics are not there yet.
538
00:22:36,173 --> 00:22:38,326
Everybody understands substance abuse,
539
00:22:38,393 --> 00:22:40,729
but, you know, do they understand love
540
00:22:40,796 --> 00:22:42,412
and sex addiction?
541
00:22:42,479 --> 00:22:44,006
What, it's too hard-core?
542
00:22:44,076 --> 00:22:45,415
(scoffs) Please.
543
00:22:45,482 --> 00:22:47,235
When I get around certain people,
544
00:22:47,302 --> 00:22:48,451
it's like...
545
00:22:48,584 --> 00:22:50,129
it's like I'm getting high.
546
00:22:50,187 --> 00:22:53,412
(chuckles) Like you trying
to get high off of TaKeem?
547
00:22:53,504 --> 00:22:54,936
(laughs)
548
00:22:54,994 --> 00:22:56,696
Well, more her than him.
549
00:22:57,771 --> 00:23:00,627
I don't know, I just get really
overwhelmed by my feelings
550
00:23:00,685 --> 00:23:04,000
and end up acting out really intensely,
551
00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:06,421
and I think I scare people away.
Then I end up alone.
552
00:23:06,488 --> 00:23:07,948
I'm the exact opposite
553
00:23:08,006 --> 00:23:10,292
'cause that kind of intimacy...
554
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,242
freaks me out.
555
00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:14,139
You seemed pretty intimate
with Warren the other night.
556
00:23:14,196 --> 00:23:15,731
- I know. Right?
- (laughs)
557
00:23:15,798 --> 00:23:17,213
- Yeah.
- I don't know.
558
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,420
I just... I feel like he's different.
559
00:23:19,701 --> 00:23:22,896
You're the first person
I said this to out loud, but...
560
00:23:23,310 --> 00:23:27,193
I think he could be my one.
561
00:23:27,302 --> 00:23:29,756
- Your one?
- Yeah, maybe.
562
00:23:30,499 --> 00:23:32,156
My dad would say that about my mom.
563
00:23:32,214 --> 00:23:33,963
"She's my one."
564
00:23:34,349 --> 00:23:36,768
And right before his accident,
I got a glimpse into that,
565
00:23:36,826 --> 00:23:38,620
and it was so...
566
00:23:39,029 --> 00:23:41,620
so pure and so real.
567
00:23:43,659 --> 00:23:46,545
I don't want to settle
for anything less than that.
568
00:23:55,873 --> 00:23:57,845
Hey, Pop.
569
00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:59,342
What are you doing here?
570
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,557
I thought you were helping
Cookie choose the first album.
571
00:24:01,614 --> 00:24:03,990
I think your mother's had
enough of me for the day.
572
00:24:04,057 --> 00:24:06,115
I mean, she can't see what I hear,
573
00:24:06,224 --> 00:24:08,674
and I can't hear the things she see.
574
00:24:08,732 --> 00:24:10,794
I just think it's better I go home.
575
00:24:14,342 --> 00:24:16,170
Crimson.
576
00:24:16,326 --> 00:24:17,946
That's the same sharp,
577
00:24:18,036 --> 00:24:19,652
bleeding pain
578
00:24:19,982 --> 00:24:21,842
that I see in you.
579
00:24:22,107 --> 00:24:24,358
Are you okay?
580
00:24:24,971 --> 00:24:27,156
You seem so different.
581
00:24:28,482 --> 00:24:30,998
(chuckles softly) Come on, Pop.
582
00:24:31,474 --> 00:24:33,302
I'll walk you out.
583
00:24:35,428 --> 00:24:37,912
- Why those colors?
- I don't know.
584
00:24:37,970 --> 00:24:40,306
Somebody sent them to me.
585
00:24:40,826 --> 00:24:43,660
- Well, get rid of 'em.
- Pop.
586
00:24:44,312 --> 00:24:45,880
Hakeem, I've tried.
587
00:24:45,947 --> 00:24:48,301
There's absolutely no way
that I can get that many berets
588
00:24:48,368 --> 00:24:49,535
in that raspberry color.
589
00:24:49,594 --> 00:24:51,951
It's one for each guest.
We need tambourines.
590
00:24:52,068 --> 00:24:53,473
We need doves. Write that down.
591
00:24:53,540 --> 00:24:54,818
Okay, look, that's enough.
592
00:24:54,876 --> 00:24:56,472
Y'all can figure it out.
It's not that deep.
593
00:24:56,529 --> 00:24:58,846
It's a princess and Prince
birthday party.
594
00:24:58,904 --> 00:25:00,228
May he rest in peace.
595
00:25:00,295 --> 00:25:03,217
(chuckles): And, Anika,
you are here as a courtesy.
596
00:25:03,275 --> 00:25:04,873
So you need to calm down.
597
00:25:05,192 --> 00:25:06,541
ANDRE: Hey, everybody.
598
00:25:06,599 --> 00:25:08,420
Pop wanted to see his office before...
599
00:25:08,590 --> 00:25:11,907
- Nobody told me my granddaughter was here.
- HAKEEM: Shh.
600
00:25:11,965 --> 00:25:13,285
She's asleep in her stroller.
601
00:25:13,343 --> 00:25:15,193
Anika is here,
602
00:25:15,324 --> 00:25:17,271
um, because she's planning
her daughter...
603
00:25:17,329 --> 00:25:18,235
(whispering): your granddaughter's...
604
00:25:18,314 --> 00:25:20,215
- (normal voice): birthday party.
- Anika.
605
00:25:20,273 --> 00:25:21,274
COOKIE: Yes.
606
00:25:21,601 --> 00:25:23,740
Hi. How are you?
607
00:25:24,662 --> 00:25:27,054
Better now that I'm out of jail.
608
00:25:27,121 --> 00:25:29,457
- She was in prison, too?
- Uh, jail ain't prison,
609
00:25:29,524 --> 00:25:31,763
and she wasn't in there
long enough to break a nail.
610
00:25:31,821 --> 00:25:33,889
Look, Lucious is leaving.
He just came to stop by.
611
00:25:33,956 --> 00:25:36,162
- I wanted to see Bella.
- I'm sorry I did not come
612
00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,727
see you in the hospital.
I'm sure you would have come
613
00:25:37,784 --> 00:25:39,362
to see me in jail
if you had been able to.
614
00:25:39,419 --> 00:25:41,685
After all, you are the reason
that I was there.
615
00:25:47,217 --> 00:25:49,013
Listen, I'm...
616
00:25:49,210 --> 00:25:52,131
Anika, I'm sorry for
anything I did wrong to you.
617
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:54,931
I really am.
618
00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:01,088
A sincere apology?
619
00:26:01,155 --> 00:26:02,156
(chuckling): Wow.
620
00:26:02,223 --> 00:26:03,443
Lucious, what is this for?
621
00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:04,558
For, uh...
622
00:26:04,625 --> 00:26:06,599
forcing me into a sham marriage?
623
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:07,932
Or for ripping my child
624
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:09,619
out of my arms for six months?
625
00:26:09,677 --> 00:26:10,448
Who the hell you think you are
626
00:26:10,506 --> 00:26:11,509
- to judge anybody?
- Andre!
627
00:26:11,566 --> 00:26:12,628
- What, you forgot? Did you forget?
- Andre!
628
00:26:12,685 --> 00:26:14,471
- Do you need me to remind you?
- Calm down!
629
00:26:14,529 --> 00:26:16,381
LUCIOUS: Orient yourself.
(Bella crying)
630
00:26:16,439 --> 00:26:17,767
- Just breathe.
- Just breathe.
631
00:26:17,829 --> 00:26:19,277
- HAKEEM: Just calm down.
- LUCIOUS: Breathe.
632
00:26:19,334 --> 00:26:21,309
Orient yourself around the room
633
00:26:21,376 --> 00:26:22,969
and find another way to express
634
00:26:23,027 --> 00:26:26,345
- what you're feeling.
- (sighs)
635
00:26:26,581 --> 00:26:28,034
HAKEEM: Just breathe, Dre.
636
00:26:28,101 --> 00:26:29,669
(inhales deeply)
637
00:26:29,736 --> 00:26:31,385
(exhales)
638
00:26:31,452 --> 00:26:33,673
You're not the only
person in this family
639
00:26:33,740 --> 00:26:35,705
to forget things.
640
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:39,897
Something else happened
the day Bella was born.
641
00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:46,968
Rhonda.
642
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:49,737
(whispering): Oh, I'm so sorry.
643
00:26:49,914 --> 00:26:51,791
Somebody sent me flowers today.
644
00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:53,474
(sighs)
645
00:26:53,633 --> 00:26:56,086
I thought it was one of you, but...
646
00:26:56,596 --> 00:26:57,912
(exhales)
647
00:26:58,172 --> 00:26:59,914
I should have known better.
648
00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:02,068
I told you my wife died, Pop,
649
00:27:02,135 --> 00:27:04,508
but I didn't tell you how.
650
00:27:05,149 --> 00:27:06,711
Screaming.
651
00:27:07,430 --> 00:27:09,477
Every bone in her body...
652
00:27:09,719 --> 00:27:10,974
broken.
653
00:27:11,966 --> 00:27:14,119
And the last face she saw,
654
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,912
it was...
655
00:27:17,227 --> 00:27:20,169
But because you all felt
that protecting family secrets
656
00:27:20,227 --> 00:27:21,857
was more important
than telling the truth,
657
00:27:21,914 --> 00:27:23,516
she got away with murder.
658
00:27:23,586 --> 00:27:25,086
And now here you are,
659
00:27:25,243 --> 00:27:27,960
planning her baby's birthday party
660
00:27:28,027 --> 00:27:29,710
while my family,
661
00:27:29,777 --> 00:27:31,412
- my family...
- (screaming)
662
00:27:31,479 --> 00:27:33,953
- rots in the ground!
- Andre! (sighs)
663
00:27:34,977 --> 00:27:37,590
But that's how it goes, Pop.
664
00:27:38,246 --> 00:27:39,748
That's how it always goes for me.
665
00:27:39,806 --> 00:27:42,008
(Bella crying)
666
00:27:42,516 --> 00:27:44,374
(exhales)
667
00:27:53,061 --> 00:27:55,014
You were right. I was wrong.
668
00:27:55,081 --> 00:27:56,719
Oh.
669
00:27:56,867 --> 00:27:58,035
Is there...
670
00:27:58,157 --> 00:28:01,242
is there something that-that you need?
671
00:28:02,554 --> 00:28:04,962
Just a big, fat "I told you so."
672
00:28:05,020 --> 00:28:06,121
(chuckles)
673
00:28:06,555 --> 00:28:09,500
Well, he was, um...
674
00:28:09,745 --> 00:28:12,437
disoriented when he got home.
675
00:28:12,727 --> 00:28:14,415
We were gonna do some somatic work,
676
00:28:14,473 --> 00:28:16,297
but I just put him to bed.
677
00:28:16,812 --> 00:28:19,672
I just wanted Lucious'
first day back to Empire
678
00:28:19,739 --> 00:28:21,562
to be amazing.
679
00:28:21,926 --> 00:28:23,994
Guess he wasn't ready.
680
00:28:24,648 --> 00:28:26,586
I did read the book you gave me.
681
00:28:26,644 --> 00:28:29,828
- Great.
- And there's a section in it about, uh,
682
00:28:29,886 --> 00:28:32,023
identifying, uh, the crossroads?
683
00:28:32,081 --> 00:28:33,901
I'm looking for it with him.
684
00:28:34,138 --> 00:28:36,109
We're using lucid dreaming.
685
00:28:36,167 --> 00:28:38,661
I think I know Lucious' crossroads.
686
00:28:38,719 --> 00:28:40,226
I've been there.
687
00:28:40,293 --> 00:28:41,273
Seen it.
688
00:28:41,331 --> 00:28:42,765
I'm-I'm thinking about taking him.
689
00:28:42,836 --> 00:28:44,423
- Like it says in the book...
- Oh, no.
690
00:28:44,481 --> 00:28:45,730
Please, please don't.
691
00:28:45,830 --> 00:28:47,016
Don't take him there.
692
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,945
It's too soon.
693
00:28:49,052 --> 00:28:52,374
Listen, Cookie, this really
could be a critical tool
694
00:28:52,449 --> 00:28:55,618
once his core identity is more stable.
695
00:28:56,209 --> 00:28:58,074
But in the right time.
696
00:28:59,652 --> 00:29:03,280
Tell me about it.
697
00:29:05,207 --> 00:29:07,368
Well, it's back in Philly.
698
00:29:07,543 --> 00:29:10,423
It's a lion statue in the hood.
699
00:29:11,074 --> 00:29:13,007
And Lucious slept under it
700
00:29:13,074 --> 00:29:15,168
the first night he was homeless.
701
00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:16,793
Back when he was, uh...
702
00:29:16,980 --> 00:29:18,519
Dwight Walker.
703
00:29:18,726 --> 00:29:21,285
He was only nine years old.
704
00:29:24,485 --> 00:29:26,115
Don't you think
it's a little late in the game
705
00:29:26,172 --> 00:29:27,669
for you to be changing
your tracks now, baby?
706
00:29:27,726 --> 00:29:30,400
Yeah, but I can't help that.
I mean, Tory and I
707
00:29:30,458 --> 00:29:32,026
kind of tweaked the lyrics last night,
708
00:29:32,093 --> 00:29:33,363
but it's still bothering me.
709
00:29:33,721 --> 00:29:36,520
Let me see.
710
00:29:37,184 --> 00:29:39,664
Well, unless you secretly been
into Taylor Swift all this time,
711
00:29:39,734 --> 00:29:41,297
maybe it's the line
about smeared red lips
712
00:29:41,354 --> 00:29:42,388
and smudged eyeliner.
713
00:29:42,455 --> 00:29:44,071
What am I supposed to do?
714
00:29:44,138 --> 00:29:45,919
I'm supposed to sing about
scruffy faces in the morning?
715
00:29:45,976 --> 00:29:47,168
No, I didn't say all of that.
716
00:29:47,234 --> 00:29:48,965
But, you know, I don't know.
717
00:29:49,652 --> 00:29:51,931
True. I mean, honestly, why not?
718
00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:53,114
What?
719
00:29:53,181 --> 00:29:55,902
Well, scruffy faces, no.
720
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,119
But it's been feeling fake,
721
00:29:58,186 --> 00:30:00,426
and if I'm gonna sing about love,
722
00:30:00,484 --> 00:30:02,869
I should sing about
the way that I love.
723
00:30:03,371 --> 00:30:04,616
Love?
724
00:30:04,674 --> 00:30:07,012
They don't call it
"making like," do they?
725
00:30:07,084 --> 00:30:08,949
♪♪ Playing piano...
726
00:30:09,006 --> 00:30:12,324
♪♪
727
00:30:12,381 --> 00:30:15,574
♪♪
728
00:30:17,339 --> 00:30:19,499
PORSHA: We just heard all
the best Empire has to offer.
729
00:30:19,626 --> 00:30:21,188
- Still not good enough.
- What in the hell is this?
730
00:30:21,245 --> 00:30:23,396
So, what-what-what do we do now?
731
00:30:23,463 --> 00:30:25,813
Well, thank the music gods
732
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:27,753
Jamal actually agreed
to come in and audition.
733
00:30:27,811 --> 00:30:29,412
And he's doing a duet.
734
00:30:29,470 --> 00:30:31,420
With who?
735
00:30:32,221 --> 00:30:33,560
Oh, no, no.
736
00:30:33,618 --> 00:30:36,019
No, Snow White. Didn't I tell you no?
737
00:30:36,077 --> 00:30:37,966
Cookie, just listen to the song, okay?
738
00:30:38,024 --> 00:30:39,480
It'll knock the rocks off
your little collar there.
739
00:30:39,537 --> 00:30:41,456
No! Jamal,
740
00:30:41,514 --> 00:30:43,074
- can you fix this?
- JAMAL: Yo, I-I'm...
741
00:30:43,131 --> 00:30:44,498
I'm sorry for, um, being late.
742
00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:46,826
I was working on the song
all night long.
743
00:30:46,884 --> 00:30:48,967
Tory, I love you, you know I do,
744
00:30:49,025 --> 00:30:50,467
but I had to take you off the song.
745
00:30:50,525 --> 00:30:52,234
- What?
- Yes. I'm trying to make an album
746
00:30:52,292 --> 00:30:53,654
- full of love songs. I'm sorry.
- What?
747
00:30:53,711 --> 00:30:55,279
- And that can't include me?
- No, it can't.
748
00:30:55,336 --> 00:30:57,002
I'm sorry.
749
00:30:57,245 --> 00:30:59,313
Take your little song.
I don't need you anyway.
750
00:30:59,380 --> 00:31:00,781
I'm done. You guys are ridiculous.
751
00:31:00,848 --> 00:31:02,679
- This is just absolutely absurd.
- All right, she mad at me...
752
00:31:02,736 --> 00:31:04,003
Bye-bye. Thank you.
753
00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:05,353
(clears throat)
754
00:31:05,420 --> 00:31:08,067
Anyway, I've got to make music that...
755
00:31:08,125 --> 00:31:09,593
If it's gonna be a love song,
756
00:31:09,681 --> 00:31:10,810
it's got to reflect
the way that I love.
757
00:31:10,867 --> 00:31:12,325
So I'm going to sing a duet,
758
00:31:12,434 --> 00:31:14,189
but it's gonna be with a man.
759
00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:15,255
Warren?
760
00:31:15,313 --> 00:31:16,348
Warren?
761
00:31:16,426 --> 00:31:18,065
Uh-uh. Warren is a lawyer.
762
00:31:18,132 --> 00:31:19,834
He is not an Empire artist.
763
00:31:19,901 --> 00:31:21,202
Becky, chill out, okay?
764
00:31:21,269 --> 00:31:22,799
'Cause, first of all,
you know the boy can sing.
765
00:31:22,856 --> 00:31:25,176
- He's all right.
- He's just gonna demo it for now.
766
00:31:25,246 --> 00:31:26,469
- Just listen.
- COOKIE: Okay, well,
767
00:31:26,526 --> 00:31:27,937
can y'all hurry up?
You're wasting my time.
768
00:31:27,994 --> 00:31:29,076
I'm on deadline.
769
00:31:29,143 --> 00:31:31,465
Don't pay attention to anybody.
Just sing to me.
770
00:31:31,523 --> 00:31:32,700
- Go!
- Looking
771
00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:34,895
- pretty nervous for a performance.
- Come on.
772
00:31:35,514 --> 00:31:38,887
♪♪
773
00:31:38,944 --> 00:31:40,458
♪♪
774
00:31:40,558 --> 00:31:42,106
♪ Oh ♪
775
00:31:42,170 --> 00:31:43,952
- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
- ♪ No ♪
776
00:31:44,010 --> 00:31:45,528
- ♪ Business ♪
- ♪ Uh-uh ♪
777
00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:47,262
♪ If I'm hooked on you ♪
778
00:31:47,462 --> 00:31:48,681
♪ And keep coming back ♪
779
00:31:48,748 --> 00:31:49,682
♪ Nah ♪
780
00:31:49,749 --> 00:31:51,432
♪ No nicotine ♪
781
00:31:51,490 --> 00:31:52,701
♪ In cigarettes ♪
782
00:31:52,759 --> 00:31:54,546
- ♪ Ain't got nothin' on you
- ♪ Nothin' on you
783
00:31:54,603 --> 00:31:56,215
♪ You help me relax ♪
784
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,930
♪ It's unbelievable ♪
785
00:31:58,990 --> 00:32:00,052
It's cute.
786
00:32:00,110 --> 00:32:02,197
♪ How good you make me feel ♪
787
00:32:02,255 --> 00:32:03,589
♪ Damn ♪
788
00:32:03,647 --> 00:32:07,199
♪ You should be illegal ♪
789
00:32:07,257 --> 00:32:08,958
♪ Baby, my lips are sealed ♪
790
00:32:09,016 --> 00:32:10,318
♪ I know it's real ♪
791
00:32:10,485 --> 00:32:11,619
♪ I know the deal ♪
792
00:32:11,677 --> 00:32:14,622
♪ 'Cause love ♪
793
00:32:14,689 --> 00:32:17,967
♪ Is like a drug ♪
794
00:32:18,404 --> 00:32:21,560
♪ And you ♪
795
00:32:21,677 --> 00:32:25,693
♪ Must be the plug ♪
796
00:32:25,852 --> 00:32:27,653
♪ I can't get away ♪
797
00:32:27,711 --> 00:32:29,446
♪ Want you every day ♪
798
00:32:29,804 --> 00:32:30,990
♪ When you medicate ♪
799
00:32:31,057 --> 00:32:32,358
♪ All the pain ♪
800
00:32:32,425 --> 00:32:33,993
♪ Goes away ♪
801
00:32:34,060 --> 00:32:36,644
♪ Because love ♪
802
00:32:36,711 --> 00:32:39,365
- ♪ Is like a drug ♪
- Yeah, you better sing.
803
00:32:39,432 --> 00:32:40,748
They better sing.
804
00:32:40,815 --> 00:32:42,683
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- (whoops)
805
00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:44,570
♪ And you must be ♪
806
00:32:44,637 --> 00:32:46,405
♪ The plug ♪
807
00:32:46,472 --> 00:32:48,987
♪ Oh, yeah. ♪
808
00:32:49,186 --> 00:32:51,159
(cheering)
809
00:32:51,217 --> 00:32:52,854
COOKIE: Yes! Okay...
810
00:32:52,912 --> 00:32:54,495
- That was really good.
- Okay.
811
00:32:54,614 --> 00:32:56,482
- I like that.
- All right. All right.
812
00:32:56,549 --> 00:32:59,034
(clears throat) That was amazing.
813
00:32:59,092 --> 00:33:01,546
It was beautiful, it was real,
it was from the heart.
814
00:33:01,604 --> 00:33:03,620
PORSHA: We got our Alpha.
815
00:33:06,805 --> 00:33:09,107
WOMAN: Happy birthday, Bella!
816
00:33:09,377 --> 00:33:11,964
- Hakeem, yeah!
- (applause and cheering)
817
00:33:12,242 --> 00:33:13,874
Make some noise!
818
00:33:16,017 --> 00:33:18,953
- (whooping, whistling, cheering, applause)
- Welcome.
819
00:33:19,020 --> 00:33:21,407
Welcome. Welcome. Welcome.
Listen, I want to thank y'all
820
00:33:21,474 --> 00:33:26,002
for coming out to celebrate my
princess's first birthday party.
821
00:33:26,260 --> 00:33:28,429
Bella Lyon!
822
00:33:28,496 --> 00:33:30,713
(applause and cheering)
823
00:33:33,401 --> 00:33:34,720
This for you, baby.
824
00:33:34,787 --> 00:33:36,937
- Let's hit it.
- Yay.
825
00:33:37,004 --> 00:33:39,756
♪♪ Synthesizer plays intro
to "Let's Go Crazy"...
826
00:33:41,509 --> 00:33:44,230
- HAKEEM: Dearly beloved...
- (applause and cheering)
827
00:33:44,297 --> 00:33:47,964
We're gathered here today to get
through this thing called life.
828
00:33:49,650 --> 00:33:51,552
Electric word, life.
829
00:33:51,619 --> 00:33:53,272
It means forever, and that's
830
00:33:53,339 --> 00:33:56,242
a mighty long time,
but I'm here to tell you
831
00:33:56,309 --> 00:33:58,411
there's something else.
832
00:33:58,478 --> 00:34:00,795
The afterworld.
833
00:34:00,862 --> 00:34:03,864
A world of never-ending happiness.
834
00:34:03,931 --> 00:34:05,985
You can always see the sun,
835
00:34:06,052 --> 00:34:08,969
day or night.
836
00:34:09,036 --> 00:34:11,071
(applause and cheering)
837
00:34:11,138 --> 00:34:13,526
So when you call up that shrink
in Beverly Hills...
838
00:34:13,593 --> 00:34:16,210
you know the one...
Dr. Everything'll Be All Right...
839
00:34:16,277 --> 00:34:18,431
instead of asking him
how much of your time is left,
840
00:34:18,498 --> 00:34:21,382
ask him how much of your mind, baby.
841
00:34:21,449 --> 00:34:23,436
'Cause in this life,
things are much harder
842
00:34:23,526 --> 00:34:25,204
than in the afterworld...
843
00:34:25,271 --> 00:34:29,023
Now, y'all know, uh, Prince
don't celebrate no birthdays?
844
00:34:29,090 --> 00:34:31,677
- Ain't that right, Tyka?
- See? That's what I said.
845
00:34:31,744 --> 00:34:34,728
That's exactly what I told him,
but what do I know?
846
00:34:34,795 --> 00:34:36,582
I'm nothing more than a guest here.
847
00:34:36,649 --> 00:34:37,617
Go crazy
848
00:34:37,684 --> 00:34:40,620
Punch a higher floor
849
00:34:40,687 --> 00:34:43,920
(whoops)
850
00:34:48,809 --> 00:34:53,499
♪ If you don't like
the world you're living in ♪
851
00:34:53,566 --> 00:34:55,783
Take a look around
852
00:34:55,850 --> 00:34:58,552
At least you got friends
853
00:34:58,619 --> 00:35:00,940
So, called my old lady
854
00:35:01,007 --> 00:35:03,557
For a friendly word
855
00:35:03,624 --> 00:35:06,078
♪ She picked up the phone,
dropped it on the floor ♪
856
00:35:06,145 --> 00:35:08,696
"Ah, ah" was all I heard
857
00:35:08,763 --> 00:35:11,584
♪ I'm not gonna let the elevator
bring us down ♪
858
00:35:11,651 --> 00:35:13,452
Oh, no, let's go
859
00:35:13,519 --> 00:35:15,755
Let's go crazy
860
00:35:15,822 --> 00:35:18,405
Let's get nuts
861
00:35:18,472 --> 00:35:20,341
♪ Let's look for the purple banana ♪
862
00:35:20,408 --> 00:35:22,094
♪ Till they put us in the truck ♪
863
00:35:22,161 --> 00:35:23,760
Let's go
864
00:35:28,282 --> 00:35:30,090
We're all excited
865
00:35:30,148 --> 00:35:32,402
But we don't know why
866
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:35,297
Maybe it's 'cause
867
00:35:35,498 --> 00:35:37,634
We're all gonna die
868
00:35:37,692 --> 00:35:40,194
- ♪ And when we do ♪
- ♪ When we do ♪
869
00:35:40,256 --> 00:35:42,515
- ♪ What's it all for? ♪
- ♪ What's it all for? ♪
870
00:35:42,582 --> 00:35:44,850
♪ Better live now
before the grim reaper ♪
871
00:35:44,917 --> 00:35:47,602
♪ Come knocking on your door,
tell me, baby ♪
872
00:35:47,655 --> 00:35:51,224
♪ I'm not gonna let
the elevator bring us down ♪
873
00:35:51,322 --> 00:35:53,125
♪ Oh, no, let's go ♪
874
00:35:53,192 --> 00:35:56,443
♪ Crazy ♪
875
00:35:56,510 --> 00:35:58,464
- ♪ Say let's go crazy ♪
- ♪ Go crazy ♪
876
00:35:58,531 --> 00:36:01,015
- ♪ Let's go
- ♪ Let's go
877
00:36:01,082 --> 00:36:02,635
- ♪ Let's go, let's go
- ♪ Let's go
878
00:36:02,746 --> 00:36:04,270
♪ Dr. Everything'll Be All Right ♪
879
00:36:04,337 --> 00:36:07,006
♪ Will make everything go wrong ♪
880
00:36:07,073 --> 00:36:09,842
♪ Pills and thrills and daffodils ♪
881
00:36:09,909 --> 00:36:14,628
♪ Will kill, hang tough, children ♪
882
00:36:14,695 --> 00:36:18,514
♪ He's comin', he's comin' ♪
883
00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:21,468
♪ He's comin' ♪
884
00:36:21,535 --> 00:36:24,520
(high-pitched): ♪ He's comin'! ♪
885
00:36:29,877 --> 00:36:32,929
(applause and cheering)
886
00:36:35,716 --> 00:36:39,035
(♪♪ Guitar solo)
887
00:36:42,423 --> 00:36:45,842
Yeah! Happy birthday, Bella.
888
00:36:59,507 --> 00:37:02,325
(song ends)
889
00:37:10,270 --> 00:37:12,200
(grunting)
890
00:37:13,019 --> 00:37:14,936
(gunshot)
891
00:37:18,055 --> 00:37:19,736
Hey.
892
00:37:19,922 --> 00:37:21,650
I thought you were supposed
to be getting ready
893
00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:23,375
for Bella's party.
894
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:27,430
That man that Cookie wants me to be...
895
00:37:27,742 --> 00:37:31,141
he keeps trying to come
back in my head. Uh...
896
00:37:31,609 --> 00:37:32,818
I don't want to be him.
897
00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:35,789
He's not a good person.
I don't like him.
898
00:37:36,422 --> 00:37:39,014
Dwight?
899
00:37:39,586 --> 00:37:41,914
Hey, just because you know him
900
00:37:41,972 --> 00:37:44,711
doesn't mean you have to become him.
901
00:37:45,446 --> 00:37:47,466
This is a really important moment.
902
00:37:47,562 --> 00:37:49,531
You're at a crossroads.
903
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,725
Let me help you choose
a different path.
904
00:37:54,831 --> 00:37:57,583
Come with me.
905
00:38:01,267 --> 00:38:04,437
♪ It's your birthday, your
birthday, your birthday... ♪
906
00:38:04,832 --> 00:38:07,044
This is amazing. Oh, I'm sorry.
I got to go -I thought you...
907
00:38:07,101 --> 00:38:08,378
- say something.
- ♪ Your birthday
908
00:38:08,435 --> 00:38:10,556
♪ Your birth, it's your
birthday, your birthday... ♪
909
00:38:10,623 --> 00:38:12,706
I'm so sorry that we forgot
910
00:38:12,773 --> 00:38:15,294
how sad this day was for you,
for all of us.
911
00:38:15,361 --> 00:38:16,810
It's not Bella's fault.
912
00:38:16,877 --> 00:38:19,762
This family needs to find light
where it can, so...
913
00:38:19,957 --> 00:38:21,653
Yeah.
914
00:38:21,882 --> 00:38:25,489
Dre, look, you know we love you, right?
915
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:27,825
We're not a family without you.
916
00:38:27,883 --> 00:38:29,018
We need you.
917
00:38:31,153 --> 00:38:32,689
Maybe Pop was onto something
918
00:38:32,747 --> 00:38:34,713
with this whole, you know,
kumbaya business.
919
00:38:34,780 --> 00:38:35,873
Yeah, he was. You know what?
920
00:38:35,930 --> 00:38:38,442
I owe him an apology. Where is he?
921
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,028
I don't know, I haven't seen him.
922
00:38:40,189 --> 00:38:42,157
Okay, glad to see you, though.
923
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:45,123
- Okay. Porsha?
- ♪ Better recognize.
924
00:38:45,339 --> 00:38:47,689
- For you, ma'am.
- Thank you, James.
925
00:38:47,747 --> 00:38:49,076
You're welcome.
926
00:38:49,143 --> 00:38:52,298
Hmm. I cannot wait
to see what is happening
927
00:38:52,365 --> 00:38:54,199
in the Metro Observer.
928
00:38:54,691 --> 00:38:56,152
Ooh!
929
00:38:56,223 --> 00:38:57,863
- Wow.
- Huh.
930
00:38:57,982 --> 00:38:59,207
They work fast.
931
00:38:59,265 --> 00:39:01,452
Well, they owe me more favors
than I can count.
932
00:39:01,510 --> 00:39:03,579
Enjoy the sneak preview.
933
00:39:04,402 --> 00:39:07,230
The final edition will be lethal.
934
00:39:24,962 --> 00:39:27,967
If you're here to arrest me,
you could at least do it
935
00:39:28,034 --> 00:39:30,900
in some place other
than my niece's birthday party.
936
00:39:31,618 --> 00:39:33,868
I was looking at your files.
937
00:39:34,647 --> 00:39:37,199
I saw that today is the day
your wife...
938
00:39:39,798 --> 00:39:42,314
I've already been
incredibly unprofessional,
939
00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:45,132
and I'm probably an idiot for it,
940
00:39:45,572 --> 00:39:48,009
but I thought
you might be in for a tough day.
941
00:39:48,376 --> 00:39:50,055
You sent the flowers.
942
00:39:50,915 --> 00:39:52,540
CHICKEN: What's up, Dre?
943
00:39:52,638 --> 00:39:55,792
- What's up?
- (chuckles) Okay.
944
00:39:56,415 --> 00:39:59,762
Let's get the hell out of here.
945
00:40:04,634 --> 00:40:06,685
- Oh, man, that's shady.
- COOKIE: Wait a minute.
946
00:40:06,743 --> 00:40:08,306
- What?
- What are you doing?
947
00:40:08,364 --> 00:40:10,404
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Before we open up any gifts,
948
00:40:10,503 --> 00:40:13,139
where is Anika? We-we can't
open up gifts until her...
949
00:40:13,197 --> 00:40:15,180
Mom, we don't need Anika
to open gifts up.
950
00:40:15,238 --> 00:40:17,007
I don't know, y'all.
All these gifts, I swear.
951
00:40:17,064 --> 00:40:18,618
North West and them,
they about to call us gauche.
952
00:40:18,675 --> 00:40:21,368
COOKIE: No. Shut up. North West
ain't got nothing on Bella Lyon.
953
00:40:21,426 --> 00:40:23,189
Bella, look. (whoops)
954
00:40:23,247 --> 00:40:25,228
Bella, boo. There you are.
955
00:40:25,735 --> 00:40:28,087
Happy birthday, Bella.
956
00:40:28,957 --> 00:40:30,811
Can't believe it's already been a year.
957
00:40:30,876 --> 00:40:33,486
- Uh, what the hell are you doing here?
- I invited him.
958
00:40:33,544 --> 00:40:36,243
Oh. So I see you still like
my sloppy seconds.
959
00:40:36,355 --> 00:40:38,220
(scoffs): Oh, Cookie.
960
00:40:38,335 --> 00:40:40,537
Though Anika may be more my taste
961
00:40:40,595 --> 00:40:42,723
- than your ghetto ass ever was, she...
- Ha.
962
00:40:42,798 --> 00:40:44,671
- No, what you come up in here with this?
- No, no, sit down.
963
00:40:44,728 --> 00:40:46,721
- He ain't worth it.
- We didn't come here as a couple.
964
00:40:46,778 --> 00:40:48,947
I came with a gift,
though not for Bella.
965
00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:52,917
This gift is for... the baby's father.
966
00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:57,059
So this is how you treat us
after we include you?
967
00:40:57,235 --> 00:40:58,970
Thank you for including me
968
00:40:59,028 --> 00:41:01,297
in my own daughter's
birthday party, Cookie.
969
00:41:01,355 --> 00:41:03,208
But if there's anything
that I've learned
970
00:41:03,266 --> 00:41:05,335
in the last few years, very personally,
971
00:41:05,393 --> 00:41:07,476
is that the Lyons
will destroy everything
972
00:41:07,688 --> 00:41:09,832
- that they put their hands on.
- Mm.
973
00:41:09,973 --> 00:41:13,839
Therefore, I will not allow you
to destroy my daughter.
974
00:41:14,145 --> 00:41:16,997
Angelo is here as my attorney.
975
00:41:17,215 --> 00:41:19,817
I am suing for sole custody of Bella.
976
00:41:19,903 --> 00:41:23,636
- Ugh.
- (Bella crying)
977
00:41:25,441 --> 00:41:27,428
Here are our demands.
978
00:41:27,486 --> 00:41:28,954
Happy reading.
979
00:41:29,170 --> 00:41:31,145
Happy birthday.
980
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:39,095
(indistinct conversations)
981
00:41:49,498 --> 00:41:51,176
Where... where are we?
982
00:41:51,446 --> 00:41:53,997
This is the crossroads
where little Dwight Walker
983
00:41:54,055 --> 00:41:56,590
became Lucious Lyon.
984
00:42:15,325 --> 00:42:17,247
Do you see him there?
985
00:42:21,063 --> 00:42:23,699
He looks so sad and alone.
986
00:42:23,929 --> 00:42:27,028
I understand.
I know what that feels like.
987
00:42:29,199 --> 00:42:32,135
To be sad and alone.
988
00:42:32,467 --> 00:42:35,955
But he doesn't ever have
to be alone again.
989
00:42:36,249 --> 00:42:38,473
If you want to change that,
990
00:42:38,564 --> 00:42:41,119
you can choose a different
path right now.
991
00:42:41,296 --> 00:42:43,356
It's up to you.
992
00:42:43,877 --> 00:42:45,582
Would you come with me?
993
00:42:46,098 --> 00:42:48,629
Yes, if you want me to.
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