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LUCIOUS: Previously, on Empire...
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MAN: This is what you staked
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your name and reputation on?
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I told you she wasn't ready!
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Did you let 'Keem hit or not?
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TIANA: If you don't trust me,
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then you don't need to be here.
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(PHONE BUZZING)
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(DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC)
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I'm leaving, Andre.
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Mommy's going bye-bye, Walker.
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Unless she wants to say
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and help plan our pretty wedding.
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We had a family!
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We had a life, and you took that.
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- She killed Durrell.
- We ha-What?
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We messed up your life, too, bitch.
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- BECKY: Hey.
- PORSHA: Yeah!
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PORSHA: Get is, sis!
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Yes!
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- (UPBEAT MUSIC)
- BECKY: Hilarious.
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Yeah, you better get it.
You better get it!
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- You better get it!
- (BECKY LAUGHS)
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PORSHA: You better get it.
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Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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A little sprinkle of that,
a dash of this.
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That makes a perfect soup, honey.
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That there is the new Bossy sound.
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- Bring it in for a toast.
- (ALL CHEER)
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ALL: To Bossy!
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And to Tiana debuting
that Bossy sound
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and being our flagship release, okay?
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And I have the perfect anchor song,
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a cute, sweet little
number for my boo.
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BECKY: Okay, but which boo?
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The new boo or "original recipe" boo?
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PORSHA: Okay, get out her business.
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First of all,
don't listen to Becky, okay?
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Devon is a real one.
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You got a good one on your hands.
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Okay, enough; enough of
the chitter-chatter, guppies.
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Let's get back to work. Come on.
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Come on, come on.
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- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
- KEISHA: Aunt Cookie?
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Keisha? Uh, what are you doing here?
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Is Carol okay?
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I don't think so.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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Come here.
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She won't let me come over,
and she won't leave the house.
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Where your brother and sister?
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At Aunt Candace's.
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Please.
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I'm worried she's gonna kill herself.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
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COOKIE: Hey, I gotta make a run.
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You're gonna have to
forgive me eventually.
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You threatened to take
my son away from me.
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I'm trying to keep
our family together.
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Andre, I've been thinking.
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We shouldn't get married next week.
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We should postpone this wedding.
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I can't think straight.
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I get it.
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Lots of change recently,
you're overwhelmed...
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That's why I got you an assistant.
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Courtney.
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Courtney is gonna help you out
with whatever you need:
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driving you around, errands,
wedding planning,
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changing diapers...
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24/7.
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You're busy, and you're stressed...
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And I'll feel better
knowing that you're safe.
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Just think of Courtney
as an extra set
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of eyes and hands...
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whenever you need.
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You're right.
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(UNEASY MUSIC)
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Walker has his six-month
appointment this afternoon.
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So we're gonna have to leave
here around noon.
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Yes, ma'am.
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♪
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(CLICKS TONGUE)
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I gotta run to the office.
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I love you.
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♪
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(DOOR CLOSES)
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I want to introduce Yana to the world
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in a big, gigantic way,
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and that's why we got you here,
Destiny.
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DESTINY: You're looking for a banger?
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BECKY: Yeah.
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Lizzo broke with "Truth Hurts."
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I know that might work
for other artists,
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but Yana's special.
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Uh, Lucious, can we talk in private?
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- Of course.
- Oh, anything you need to say
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to Lucious,
you can say in front of me.
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We don't keep secrets.
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Then out of respect for you,
I'm gonna keep it real.
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I'd appreciate that.
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The song you want for Yana
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is some...
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"reserved for Beyoncé" caliber heat.
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You feel me?
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Okay, Destiny,
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Yana is an extremely talented singer.
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I'm sure you have
some song up your sleeve...
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No offense,
but I saw your girl here bomb
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on the Music Weekly show.
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BECKY: Destiny,
a lot of artists have bombed
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on their way up to the top,
and you know that.
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Okay, that was
Lana Del Rey on SNL bad.
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Wow.
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DESTINY: Your girl's
in a deficit right now.
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All right, okay. I get it.
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I am inexperienced,
and I have a lot to prove.
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But can I ask you something?
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When you started out,
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how did you let everybody know
that you were for real?
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I wrote my ass off.
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And that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
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Uh... (LAUGHS)
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Yana, you're very talented,
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but we need something
iconic to launch you.
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We will pay you top dollar.
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YANA: No.
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If this song is supposed to
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represent me as an artist,
then I need to write it.
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It needs to come from me.
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And with all due respect,
Ms. DeVereaux,
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I know my voice
better than anybody else,
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and I know how to represent it.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
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That's what you would do, Lucious.
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♪
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Absolutely.
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In all truth, I mean,
anyone that doubts Yana...
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and that's pretty much
everybody in the damn industry
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right now... is not
really worthy of writing
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a song for her, with all due respect.
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Come on.
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Cancel the rest of the meetings.
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We're out. Come on.
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(BRIGHT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
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NICOLE: Quit playing around, Lucious.
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We gotta finish this album.
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HAKEEM: Just give me a minute.
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- MAN: Yo, what was that?
- Wait, play that again.
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(SNAPS FINGERS) Hit record, fool.
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MAN: I got you.
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♪
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Remember to stay above the mix.
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♪
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MAN: Spit some bars, Lucious.
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♪ Look, I don't need
no introduction ♪
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♪ Finna do it big as Paul Bunyan ♪.
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♪ Flows be hitting hard enough
to give concussions ♪
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♪ Pardon the interruption ♪
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♪ But I don't pull no punches ♪
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♪ And I really need to kill a beat ♪
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♪ A little keys and some percussion ♪
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♪ Like it's nothing,
you already know who it is ♪
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♪ They ain't never "Lyon"
when they saying ♪
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♪ "Lucious equipped,"
living legend in the making ♪
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♪ Yeah, I'm flipping the script ♪
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♪ Made it to the studio ♪
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♪ From slangin' dope as a kid, dig ♪
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♪ Selling CDs out the trunk ♪
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♪ $7, what you want ♪
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♪ I could never fake the funk ♪
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♪ Know you smell me ♪
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♪ Toothpaste, boots laced ♪
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♪ That's the routine ♪
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♪ Block hot, dodge cops,
that's the routine ♪
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♪ In the game where
there ain't no referees ♪
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♪ And the only guarantee ♪
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♪ Is that nothing come for free ♪
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♪ Toothpaste, boots laced,
that's the routine ♪
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♪ Block hot, dodge cops,
that's the routine ♪
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♪ In the game where
there ain't no referees ♪
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♪ And the only guarantee ♪
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♪ Is that nothing come for free ♪
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- Cut.
- MAN: Cut it!
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ERIC: That's our last scene.
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It's a wrap, everybody.
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- MAN: Yeah!
- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
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(PHONE LINE TRILLING)
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ANDRE (OVER PHONE): Did they get it?
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Uh, yeah, no, the last scene
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was actually amazing.
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Great, that's one less thing
to worry about.
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MAYA (OVER PHONE): What do you mean?
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The latest tracking numbers
to came in,
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and they're garbage.
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Who's bright idea was it to set
the release date for our movie
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on the same day as a Marvel movie?
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Oh, marketing said that it was
good counterprogramming.
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ANDRE (OVER PHONE):
People love an underdog story,
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but if nobody knows we're out there,
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A it won't matter.
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Find a way to get people talking.
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Andre, I'm not a Kardashian.
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I can't just get the Internet to do
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whatever you want it to do.
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You showed me how far
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you were willing to go to wrangle
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that recording contract out of me.
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Use that to generate
some buzz for this movie.
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Or maybe you don't deserve
that contract after all.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(SALT-N-PEPA'S "PUSH IT")
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SINGER: ♪ Let's go show the guys ♪
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♪ That we know how to become ♪
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♪ Number one in a hot party show ♪
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♪ Now push it ♪
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♪ Push it, push it good
- CAROL: Whoo!
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SINGER: ♪ Ah, push it ♪
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- Carol!
- SINGER: ♪ Push it real good ♪
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Carol!
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♪
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SINGER: ♪ Push it good, ah ♪
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♪ Push it, ah, push it real good ♪
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♪
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Have you lost your damn mind?
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What?
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You... this is my house.
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How in the hell you bitches
even get up in here?
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I bought you the damn house, Carol.
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- I got a key, stupid.
- Is that what you're doing?
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You gonna throw all your money
up in my face again?
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Is that what you came here for?
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- You are out of control, Carol.
- CAROL: Yeah, bitch!
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You damn right I am.
Now get out, both of y'all.
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- CAROL: Get out.
- You need help!
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I don't need a damn thing, bitch,
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but to be left alone.
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And you know what?
Who the hell you think you is?
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You ruined my life.
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You think I can't
do the same to yo' ass?
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COOKIE: What you mean by that?
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Carol, stop talking crazy.
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- Carol!
- (CAROL YELLING) No, stop it!
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- You are going to rehab.
- (CAROL MOANS)
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- Give me my joint.
- COOKIE: Come on. Come on.
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CAROL: No, give me my joint.
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- No.
- Stop! Come on.
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SINGER: ♪ Now I know
that I done wrong ♪
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♪ I'm gonna keep trying,
trying, trying ♪
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(SOULFUL MUSIC)
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♪ Been alone so many times before ♪
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♪ I'm gonna keep biding ♪
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♪ Everybody's gonna
fall down sometime ♪
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♪
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All right, y'all, wherever
y'all trying to take me,
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I'm not going.
258
00:08:53,029 --> 00:08:54,254
It's not up for negotiation.
259
00:08:54,278 --> 00:08:55,856
A rehab program is the best for you.
260
00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:56,880
They're gonna get you cleaned up.
261
00:08:56,904 --> 00:08:58,483
All right, come on, y'all.
262
00:08:58,507 --> 00:09:00,436
Come on.
263
00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:02,999
Just take me back home. I'm good.
264
00:09:03,023 --> 00:09:05,497
Y'all ain't got to worry
about me no more.
265
00:09:05,521 --> 00:09:07,611
Y'all, I'm saying "no" to drugs.
266
00:09:07,635 --> 00:09:10,846
You are still clearly high
if you think that you are good.
267
00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:13,377
Mm, soon as we pull over,
you'll ditch us in five seconds
268
00:09:13,401 --> 00:09:15,202
to go cop you a fix, honey.
269
00:09:15,226 --> 00:09:16,901
- Mm-hmm.
- You need to be thinking
270
00:09:16,925 --> 00:09:17,862
about your kids, Carol.
271
00:09:17,886 --> 00:09:19,110
Girl, please.
272
00:09:19,134 --> 00:09:21,257
You need to be thinking
about your own damn kids.
273
00:09:21,281 --> 00:09:21,993
Okay.
274
00:09:22,017 --> 00:09:23,019
You wasn't there during
275
00:09:23,043 --> 00:09:25,197
Andre's bipolar breakdowns,
276
00:09:25,221 --> 00:09:26,606
and you damn sure wasn't there
277
00:09:26,630 --> 00:09:28,655
when Lucious was shunning Jamal
for being gay.
278
00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,122
Hell, you didn't even see
Hakeem learn how to walk.
279
00:09:31,146 --> 00:09:33,583
I don't need a recap, okay?
280
00:09:34,637 --> 00:09:38,073
One of the biggest regrets
of my life...
281
00:09:38,097 --> 00:09:39,899
not being there to raise my boys.
282
00:09:39,923 --> 00:09:41,821
Mm-hmm. Yeah, you knew
283
00:09:41,845 --> 00:09:43,486
what it was like to not have a mama,
284
00:09:43,510 --> 00:09:46,497
and you still abandoned
your boys, you stupid bitch.
285
00:09:46,521 --> 00:09:49,027
So what does that make you,
stupid bitch?
286
00:09:49,051 --> 00:09:50,051
Huh?
287
00:09:50,781 --> 00:09:52,519
You want your kids to be
without their mother?
288
00:09:52,543 --> 00:09:55,562
CANDACE: Yeah, Mama leaving
changed all of us, didn't it?
289
00:09:55,586 --> 00:09:58,573
No one should have to grow up
without a mother.
290
00:09:58,597 --> 00:09:59,597
(HORN HONKS)
291
00:09:59,621 --> 00:10:01,904
JOHN: This is your fault, not mine.
292
00:10:01,928 --> 00:10:02,928
Stop it. Stop.
293
00:10:04,138 --> 00:10:04,883
You're always making excuses
294
00:10:04,907 --> 00:10:05,748
for the girls.
295
00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:06,388
No! No, you can't see them,
296
00:10:06,412 --> 00:10:07,701
'cause I'm their father.
297
00:10:07,725 --> 00:10:09,496
Renee, stay away from here.
298
00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:10,745
We don't want to see you ever again.
299
00:10:10,769 --> 00:10:12,346
Stay away from the girls.
300
00:10:12,370 --> 00:10:14,268
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
301
00:10:14,292 --> 00:10:16,056
Dad, where's Mom?
302
00:10:17,335 --> 00:10:19,072
Candace, go get
your sisters ready for school.
303
00:10:19,096 --> 00:10:22,559
(DOOR CLATTERING)
304
00:10:23,261 --> 00:10:24,646
(DOOR HINGES SQUEAK)
305
00:10:24,670 --> 00:10:26,280
Candace, where's Mama?
306
00:10:26,304 --> 00:10:27,785
CANDACE: We'll need
to get ourselves ready.
307
00:10:27,809 --> 00:10:29,067
I'm sure Mom will be right back.
308
00:10:29,091 --> 00:10:31,853
But Mama said she was gonna
help me with me outfit!
309
00:10:31,877 --> 00:10:33,647
Loretha, help with Carol.
310
00:10:33,671 --> 00:10:35,441
You heard her, Carol.
Don't start acting up.
311
00:10:35,465 --> 00:10:38,228
(GRUNTS) I want Mama now!
312
00:10:38,252 --> 00:10:39,189
- Carol, Stop it!
- (CAROL CRYING)
313
00:10:39,213 --> 00:10:40,886
- CANDACE: Get up!
- CAROL: Ah! Leave me alone!
314
00:10:40,910 --> 00:10:43,192
- Come on, Carol, let's go!
- (CAROL CRYING)
315
00:10:43,216 --> 00:10:44,698
CAROL: Leave me alone!
316
00:10:44,722 --> 00:10:46,267
(SINGER SINGS INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO)
317
00:10:46,291 --> 00:10:48,926
You are so full of it, Candace.
318
00:10:48,950 --> 00:10:50,239
You are. You lied about Mama
319
00:10:50,263 --> 00:10:52,513
just like you lied about Franklin.
320
00:10:52,537 --> 00:10:53,922
Carol, please.
321
00:10:53,946 --> 00:10:55,396
Okay, I'll admit it.
322
00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:57,895
Sometimes the truth
is too damn hard to face.
323
00:10:57,919 --> 00:11:00,425
Yeah, 'cause your saditty ass
is fake.
324
00:11:00,449 --> 00:11:01,893
Look...
325
00:11:02,691 --> 00:11:04,109
I know I made a mistake with my son.
326
00:11:04,133 --> 00:11:05,261
I'll admit that.
327
00:11:05,285 --> 00:11:08,465
Thought Cookie was crazy
for calling the cops.
328
00:11:08,489 --> 00:11:11,156
(SINGER SINGS INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO)
329
00:11:11,180 --> 00:11:13,297
But that was the wake-up call
that I needed.
330
00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:17,941
I was blessed to have
my sisters there with me.
331
00:11:18,899 --> 00:11:20,924
Y'all both saved me and Franklin,
332
00:11:20,948 --> 00:11:23,392
just like we're trying to save
yo' ass.
333
00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,609
Oh, I don't need no saving.
334
00:11:24,633 --> 00:11:26,114
- (CANDACE SCOFFS)
- Oh, yes, you do, honey.
335
00:11:26,138 --> 00:11:28,068
By the grace of God, yes, you do.
336
00:11:28,092 --> 00:11:29,092
- Amen.
- Huh.
337
00:11:30,174 --> 00:11:32,803
And if you was real,
you would face that reality.
338
00:11:33,634 --> 00:11:37,485
SINGER: ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
339
00:11:37,509 --> 00:11:40,234
♪ I'm going to be saved ♪
340
00:11:42,378 --> 00:11:44,403
(SOFT R&B MUSIC)
341
00:11:44,427 --> 00:11:45,333
Let's see. So...
342
00:11:45,357 --> 00:11:46,646
♪ See me, feel me ♪
343
00:11:46,670 --> 00:11:48,472
♪ Touch me, heal me ♪
344
00:11:48,496 --> 00:11:50,105
♪ You and I... ♪
345
00:11:50,129 --> 00:11:52,347
No, it needs to go... ♪ See me ♪
346
00:11:52,371 --> 00:11:54,237
♪
347
00:11:54,261 --> 00:11:55,705
Can you give us a minute?
348
00:11:56,728 --> 00:11:58,177
LUCIOUS: How's it going?
349
00:11:58,201 --> 00:12:00,222
This is what I got so far.
350
00:12:01,916 --> 00:12:06,184
"See me, feel me, touch me,
you and I intertwined."
351
00:12:06,208 --> 00:12:07,658
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
352
00:12:07,682 --> 00:12:11,022
Lucious, I know.
Okay, it sounds terrible.
353
00:12:11,046 --> 00:12:11,791
No, it's more like
354
00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:14,545
a little baby trying to be born.
355
00:12:14,569 --> 00:12:15,410
- LUCIOUS: Now...
- (GROANS)
356
00:12:15,434 --> 00:12:17,812
Why don't you start with, um,
the chorus,
357
00:12:17,836 --> 00:12:20,087
and we'll just build
the verse off of that?
358
00:12:20,111 --> 00:12:21,784
Seriously, the last thing
I need right now
359
00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:22,905
is a music lesson.
360
00:12:22,929 --> 00:12:24,539
Yeah, I know.
361
00:12:24,563 --> 00:12:27,614
The truth is, I mean,
stressing about writing a song
362
00:12:27,638 --> 00:12:29,563
only makes it harder
to write the damn song.
363
00:12:30,521 --> 00:12:32,258
Don't worry. I mean, we'll...
364
00:12:32,282 --> 00:12:33,347
we'll figure it out together.
365
00:12:33,371 --> 00:12:35,135
No, we won't.
366
00:12:36,190 --> 00:12:37,511
Look at you.
You don't think I can do it.
367
00:12:37,535 --> 00:12:39,914
I don't put anything past
your abilities.
368
00:12:39,938 --> 00:12:42,732
But my experience has taught me
you don't just sit down
369
00:12:42,756 --> 00:12:44,238
and write a love song.
370
00:12:44,262 --> 00:12:46,191
It's something you've gotta live
371
00:12:46,215 --> 00:12:47,665
before you can put it to words.
372
00:12:47,689 --> 00:12:48,594
You know what I mean?
373
00:12:48,618 --> 00:12:50,003
I might be young, Lucious,
374
00:12:50,027 --> 00:12:52,054
but I've had my fair share of pain.
375
00:12:52,078 --> 00:12:54,648
But I'm not talking about
just any old kind of pain.
376
00:12:54,672 --> 00:12:56,185
I'm talking about having your heart
377
00:12:56,209 --> 00:12:59,517
ripped out of your chest
by the person you love the most
378
00:12:59,541 --> 00:13:02,976
and being forced
to watch them devour it
379
00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,578
piece by piece in front of you.
380
00:13:04,602 --> 00:13:07,172
That's what makes forced
the greats great.
381
00:13:07,196 --> 00:13:09,382
They don't tell you what they felt.
382
00:13:09,406 --> 00:13:12,073
They make you feel what they felt.
383
00:13:12,097 --> 00:13:13,162
Thank you. Okay.
384
00:13:13,186 --> 00:13:15,148
Well, you are stressing me out
right now.
385
00:13:15,172 --> 00:13:18,511
So if I'm gonna do this,
I just need some space, please.
386
00:13:18,535 --> 00:13:19,665
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
387
00:13:19,689 --> 00:13:21,041
Okay.
388
00:13:21,065 --> 00:13:24,053
♪
389
00:13:24,077 --> 00:13:25,264
I'll give you your space.
390
00:13:26,351 --> 00:13:27,352
Thank you.
391
00:13:27,376 --> 00:13:34,233
♪
392
00:13:36,056 --> 00:13:37,341
(DOOR CLOSES)
393
00:13:37,914 --> 00:13:40,228
All right, let's talk
about this ASA push.
394
00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:42,150
What happened with your voice
was a setback,
395
00:13:42,174 --> 00:13:42,983
but it won't happen again.
396
00:13:43,007 --> 00:13:45,064
I've lined up several performances.
397
00:13:45,088 --> 00:13:47,179
You'll be lip syncing
to a backup track.
398
00:13:47,203 --> 00:13:48,877
A what? No.
399
00:13:48,901 --> 00:13:49,806
People will notice.
400
00:13:49,830 --> 00:13:52,368
I have a responsibility
to my fans, Andre.
401
00:13:52,392 --> 00:13:53,873
Would you give us a minute?
402
00:13:53,897 --> 00:13:56,628
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
403
00:13:56,652 --> 00:13:57,973
♪
404
00:13:57,997 --> 00:14:00,535
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
405
00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,105
This isn't a negotiation.
406
00:14:02,129 --> 00:14:04,539
Do as I say, or you'll be replaced.
407
00:14:04,563 --> 00:14:07,647
Andre, what happened to me
is your fault.
408
00:14:07,671 --> 00:14:09,440
DEVON: Chill, all right?
Everybody relax.
409
00:14:09,464 --> 00:14:11,459
It's... we all on the same team here.
410
00:14:11,483 --> 00:14:13,733
When I want your opinion,
Romeo, I'll ask for it.
411
00:14:13,757 --> 00:14:15,558
Instead of worry about Treasure,
412
00:14:15,582 --> 00:14:17,577
you should focus on
the other ladies in your life,
413
00:14:17,601 --> 00:14:20,523
like that gimp sister of yours
or Tiana.
414
00:14:20,547 --> 00:14:21,292
What'd you say to me?
415
00:14:21,316 --> 00:14:23,662
If you did, maybe Tiana wouldn't be
416
00:14:23,686 --> 00:14:25,680
running back to my brother
for that sweet Lyon...
417
00:14:25,704 --> 00:14:26,834
TREASURE: No!
418
00:14:26,858 --> 00:14:27,826
Oh, my God.
419
00:14:27,850 --> 00:14:31,478
♪
420
00:14:31,502 --> 00:14:33,496
- (DEVON GRUNTS)
- TREASURE: Oh, my... ah!
421
00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,738
There's that junkyard dog I know.
422
00:14:35,762 --> 00:14:38,076
- (DEVON GRUNTS)
- Stop, Andre!
423
00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:39,646
ANDRE: There's a man
who wanted to put respect...
424
00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:40,670
Stop!
425
00:14:41,272 --> 00:14:42,336
Between the legs of every
woman in America.
426
00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:43,458
Put that same fire in your music,
427
00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:44,963
and don't come back until you do!
428
00:14:44,987 --> 00:14:46,533
- TREASURE: Andre, stop.
- Get the hell out!
429
00:14:46,557 --> 00:14:47,558
- TREASURE: Stop.
- Get out!
430
00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,384
- Go!
- Oh, my God!
431
00:14:49,408 --> 00:14:51,241
Okay, come on. Come on.
432
00:14:51,265 --> 00:14:57,839
♪
433
00:14:57,863 --> 00:14:59,179
(CHUCKLES)
434
00:15:07,485 --> 00:15:10,112
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
435
00:15:10,113 --> 00:15:11,205
T!
436
00:15:15,847 --> 00:15:17,841
Oh, my God.
What happened to your face?
437
00:15:17,865 --> 00:15:18,962
Did you sleep with Hakeem?
438
00:15:18,986 --> 00:15:20,815
- Wait, what?
- DEVON: Did you sleep with him?
439
00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:29,853
You know what, you act like
you want a good dude,
440
00:15:29,877 --> 00:15:30,877
but the truth is,
441
00:15:30,901 --> 00:15:32,799
you don't know how to be with one.
442
00:15:32,823 --> 00:15:35,490
Devon, look, I'm so sorry. I was...
443
00:15:35,514 --> 00:15:36,963
I treated you like a queen.
444
00:15:36,987 --> 00:15:40,775
All this time, you just...
you weren't nothing but trash.
445
00:15:40,799 --> 00:15:43,561
(BRITTANY HOWARD'S "STAY HIGH")
446
00:15:43,585 --> 00:15:44,645
It's over.
447
00:15:45,956 --> 00:15:46,989
- TIANA: Wait, Devon...
- It's over.
448
00:15:47,013 --> 00:15:48,302
Come on, we can...
449
00:15:48,326 --> 00:15:55,056
♪
450
00:15:58,448 --> 00:15:59,961
BRITTANY: ♪ 'Cause once you know ♪
451
00:15:59,985 --> 00:16:01,147
♪ Then you know ♪
452
00:16:01,171 --> 00:16:03,453
♪ And you don't wanna go ♪
453
00:16:03,477 --> 00:16:07,232
♪ Back to wherever it is
that you come from, yeah ♪
454
00:16:07,256 --> 00:16:09,154
♪
455
00:16:09,178 --> 00:16:13,927
♪ I just want to stay high ♪
456
00:16:13,951 --> 00:16:16,970
♪ With you ♪
457
00:16:16,994 --> 00:16:19,468
WAITER: Okay, ladies. What'll it be?
458
00:16:19,492 --> 00:16:20,974
CAROL: Uh, let me see.
459
00:16:20,998 --> 00:16:22,640
I'll have the, um...
460
00:16:22,664 --> 00:16:26,163
the Roadside half-pounder,
461
00:16:26,187 --> 00:16:29,014
medium rare with, um,
462
00:16:29,038 --> 00:16:30,968
all the extra little fixings on it.
463
00:16:30,992 --> 00:16:33,338
And give me some extra avocado.
464
00:16:33,362 --> 00:16:35,447
Uh, sorry, we're out of avocado.
465
00:16:36,084 --> 00:16:37,342
"Out"? All right.
466
00:16:37,366 --> 00:16:38,911
So you just gonna sit here
and act like
467
00:16:38,935 --> 00:16:41,217
I don't see the Golden Girls
over there,
468
00:16:41,241 --> 00:16:43,043
So you just gonna sit here
feeding their greedy faces?
469
00:16:43,067 --> 00:16:43,941
I don't see the Golden Girls
Hey, Betty White!
470
00:16:43,965 --> 00:16:45,254
Why don't you save some
471
00:16:45,278 --> 00:16:46,695
for the rest of us, old ass?
472
00:16:46,719 --> 00:16:48,681
Okay, hey. Hey, Carol, that's enough.
473
00:16:48,705 --> 00:16:50,795
- (CAROL SCOFFS)
- Ma'am, we... we just ran out.
474
00:16:50,819 --> 00:16:52,333
Those ladies ordered before you.
475
00:16:52,357 --> 00:16:53,917
(CAROL SCOFFS)
Oh, really, just ran out.
476
00:16:54,150 --> 00:16:55,151
Before me, huh?
477
00:16:55,175 --> 00:16:57,009
Is that... you know what?
You need to watch your tone.
478
00:16:57,033 --> 00:16:59,027
I don't even like
how you talking to me.
479
00:16:59,051 --> 00:17:00,564
Your ass will get whacked.
480
00:17:00,588 --> 00:17:02,422
Sir, I am so sorry.
481
00:17:02,446 --> 00:17:04,985
Um, please excuse my sister.
She's having a bad day.
482
00:17:05,009 --> 00:17:07,035
- It's okay.
- I ain't having no bad day!
483
00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:08,765
Shut your ass up.
484
00:17:08,789 --> 00:17:10,590
- Get off.
- You want a scene, huh?
485
00:17:10,614 --> 00:17:13,601
'Cause I will drag you
by your nappy weave
486
00:17:13,625 --> 00:17:15,843
out to that parking lot
and beat your ass.
487
00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:16,932
Is that what you want?
488
00:17:16,956 --> 00:17:18,374
Why don't you back off of me, Cookie?
489
00:17:18,398 --> 00:17:19,975
You always trying to tell me
what to do.
490
00:17:19,999 --> 00:17:21,641
- Because you...
- Ow.
491
00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:23,402
Are incapable of making good choices.
492
00:17:23,426 --> 00:17:24,588
Stop it. Ow.
493
00:17:24,612 --> 00:17:25,837
- Shut up.
- You put your nail in my face.
494
00:17:25,861 --> 00:17:27,567
I know exactly what I'm doing.
495
00:17:27,591 --> 00:17:29,424
That's why I always tell
your ass the truth.
496
00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:31,891
- Stop.
- All right. All right.
497
00:17:31,915 --> 00:17:33,524
(CAROL SIGHS)
498
00:17:33,548 --> 00:17:34,774
(TRAFFIC ROARS)
499
00:17:34,798 --> 00:17:37,459
- (CAROL CRYING)
- CANDACE: Come on, Carol.
500
00:17:38,065 --> 00:17:40,283
Carol, we have to get ready
for school.
501
00:17:40,307 --> 00:17:41,885
- What's going on?
- I've been trying
502
00:17:41,909 --> 00:17:42,942
to get Carol ready for school.
503
00:17:42,966 --> 00:17:44,159
COOKIE: Candace, where's Daddy?
504
00:17:44,183 --> 00:17:45,985
- (CAROL CRYING)
- CANDACE: Come on, Carol!
505
00:17:46,009 --> 00:17:47,554
CAROL: Leave me alone!
506
00:17:47,578 --> 00:17:51,008
(CAROL CRYING)
507
00:17:51,998 --> 00:17:53,187
(SNIFFLES)
508
00:17:54,113 --> 00:17:55,717
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
509
00:17:56,419 --> 00:17:58,797
- (WHIMPERS)
- (DOOR CREAKING)
510
00:17:58,821 --> 00:18:01,583
(SOMBER MUSIC)
511
00:18:01,607 --> 00:18:03,313
♪
512
00:18:03,337 --> 00:18:04,563
She's gone, Loretha.
513
00:18:04,587 --> 00:18:07,093
♪
514
00:18:07,117 --> 00:18:08,759
She's not coming back.
515
00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:13,339
♪
516
00:18:13,363 --> 00:18:14,717
(JOHN SNIFFLES)
517
00:18:14,741 --> 00:18:18,048
♪
518
00:18:18,072 --> 00:18:19,201
(SNIFFLES)
519
00:18:19,225 --> 00:18:25,158
♪
520
00:18:25,182 --> 00:18:26,696
(SNIFFLES)
521
00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:33,417
♪
522
00:18:39,757 --> 00:18:41,431
CAROL: I don't wanna! Where's Mommy?
523
00:18:41,455 --> 00:18:42,807
Where's Mama?
524
00:18:42,831 --> 00:18:44,537
Carol, shut up!
525
00:18:44,561 --> 00:18:46,139
Candace, you help her with her hair.
526
00:18:46,163 --> 00:18:47,292
I'll get started on breakfast.
527
00:18:47,316 --> 00:18:49,273
Who made you the boss?
528
00:18:49,751 --> 00:18:51,872
Mama's gone,
and she ain't coming back.
529
00:18:51,896 --> 00:18:54,751
We need to start taking care
of each other now.
530
00:18:55,869 --> 00:18:56,933
CAROL: All right,
so you know... so while
531
00:18:56,957 --> 00:19:00,297
you were busy bossing me around
and being "my mama"
532
00:19:00,321 --> 00:19:01,866
like I was one of your boys,
533
00:19:01,890 --> 00:19:03,948
that gave you the right
to kill my man?
534
00:19:03,972 --> 00:19:05,838
- COOKIE: Shut up!
- CANDACE: Lower your voice.
535
00:19:05,862 --> 00:19:07,856
COOKIE: Durrell was beating you.
536
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,451
He was dangerous,
so I had to do something...
537
00:19:10,475 --> 00:19:12,181
- Oh...
- Like I always do.
538
00:19:12,205 --> 00:19:14,391
Bitch, please.
539
00:19:14,415 --> 00:19:18,106
I was a grown-ass woman,
and it was complicated.
540
00:19:18,130 --> 00:19:20,573
And we sitting up in here right now
541
00:19:20,597 --> 00:19:22,622
because you still think you my mama.
542
00:19:22,646 --> 00:19:24,288
But guess what, heifer. You ain't.
543
00:19:24,312 --> 00:19:25,153
- I'm not.
- Carol, stop.
544
00:19:25,177 --> 00:19:26,178
Matter of fact,
545
00:19:26,202 --> 00:19:27,267
I done lost my damn appetite.
546
00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:28,580
All right. No, the crack made you
547
00:19:28,604 --> 00:19:29,926
- lose the appetite.
- CANDACE: Stop it.
548
00:19:29,950 --> 00:19:31,137
CAROL: Get off of me!
549
00:19:32,191 --> 00:19:33,737
You know what? You can't go nowhere.
550
00:19:33,761 --> 00:19:35,723
I got the keys, dumbass.
551
00:19:35,747 --> 00:19:36,871
Wow.
552
00:19:39,591 --> 00:19:41,297
Andre is really exciting
about giving your readers.
553
00:19:41,321 --> 00:19:43,219
A behind-the-scenes look
at Birth of an Empire.
554
00:19:43,243 --> 00:19:44,916
I love how y'all flipped that title
555
00:19:44,940 --> 00:19:46,037
and took it back from whitey.
556
00:19:46,061 --> 00:19:46,966
- Thank you.
- Where's Hakeem?
557
00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:48,599
Uh, he's actually been working on
558
00:19:48,623 --> 00:19:50,681
the movie soundtrack nonstop.
559
00:19:50,705 --> 00:19:52,699
Actually, how would you feel
560
00:19:52,723 --> 00:19:56,639
about an exclusive
interview/listening session?
561
00:19:56,663 --> 00:19:58,909
Yes. (LAUGHS)
562
00:20:02,009 --> 00:20:02,181
Looks like Hakeem's
putting in work, all right.
563
00:20:02,205 --> 00:20:03,942
Isn't that the actress
playing his mama?
564
00:20:03,966 --> 00:20:04,999
HAKEEM: Get the hell of here, yo.
565
00:20:05,023 --> 00:20:05,896
Oh, my God!
566
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:06,857
- Studio B.
- Get out!
567
00:20:06,881 --> 00:20:07,915
- Um, oh, my God.
- NICOLE: Move!
568
00:20:07,939 --> 00:20:09,195
I, uh... I'm so sorry.
569
00:20:09,219 --> 00:20:13,200
Uh, we should... probably
try that again a little later.
570
00:20:13,224 --> 00:20:14,321
Oh, I've got all I need.
571
00:20:14,345 --> 00:20:16,205
Jill, you weren't
supposed to see that.
572
00:20:16,363 --> 00:20:19,926
But I can't unsee it, can I?
573
00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:22,809
(MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC)
574
00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:26,199
♪
575
00:20:39,265 --> 00:20:41,131
(BEEPING)
576
00:20:41,155 --> 00:20:42,535
(BEEPS)
577
00:20:55,248 --> 00:20:58,139
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)
578
00:20:58,163 --> 00:21:04,733
♪
579
00:21:06,107 --> 00:21:08,613
- (TENSE MUSIC)
- (BEEPING)
580
00:21:08,637 --> 00:21:15,303
♪
581
00:21:20,105 --> 00:21:21,522
(SIGHS)
582
00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:23,022
You're ruining my life.
583
00:21:23,884 --> 00:21:26,391
You'd have nothing without me.
584
00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:28,217
(ANDRE SIGHS) Get out of my head.
585
00:21:28,241 --> 00:21:34,719
♪
586
00:21:34,743 --> 00:21:36,603
Are you all right, son?
587
00:21:38,267 --> 00:21:39,588
Oh, I'm fine, Pop.
588
00:21:39,612 --> 00:21:41,958
I... just a little stressed.
That's all.
589
00:21:41,982 --> 00:21:44,617
Seems like that crown
is a little heavy on your head.
590
00:21:44,641 --> 00:21:46,410
I'm handling it just fine, Pop.
591
00:21:46,434 --> 00:21:47,723
You may not like my methods,
592
00:21:47,747 --> 00:21:49,389
but you can't argue with the results.
593
00:21:49,413 --> 00:21:51,087
I'm not worried about Empire.
594
00:21:51,111 --> 00:21:53,233
I'm worried about my son.
595
00:21:53,257 --> 00:21:56,051
I mean, your heart, your cancer.
596
00:21:56,075 --> 00:21:57,749
You've been through so much, son.
597
00:21:57,773 --> 00:21:58,806
I'm fine, Pop.
598
00:21:58,830 --> 00:22:00,151
You bringing all this up
makes me think
599
00:22:00,175 --> 00:22:01,080
you're trying to undermine me.
600
00:22:01,104 --> 00:22:02,554
That's not what I meant.
601
00:22:02,578 --> 00:22:04,086
Your worry feels like envy.
602
00:22:04,692 --> 00:22:06,429
Are you afraid I'm doing
better job than you
603
00:22:06,453 --> 00:22:07,615
at running Empire?
604
00:22:07,639 --> 00:22:08,768
Not at all. I'm...
605
00:22:08,792 --> 00:22:09,953
Then why are you here?
606
00:22:09,977 --> 00:22:12,131
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
607
00:22:12,155 --> 00:22:13,477
That's a real good question.
608
00:22:13,501 --> 00:22:20,358
♪
609
00:22:27,466 --> 00:22:29,167
Ahh.
610
00:22:29,516 --> 00:22:30,832
(CHUCKLES)
611
00:22:34,787 --> 00:22:37,014
Courtney, I don't need you to come in.
612
00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:39,786
No, just stay in the car. Bye.
613
00:22:40,391 --> 00:22:42,253
- Dr. Lockett.
- Yes?
614
00:22:43,659 --> 00:22:48,087
I know my husband,
Andre Lyon, came to see you.
615
00:22:48,111 --> 00:22:49,432
Please.
616
00:22:49,456 --> 00:22:53,661
His behavior has been very erratic.
617
00:22:53,685 --> 00:22:56,415
And I'm worried...
618
00:22:56,439 --> 00:22:58,273
that his medication isn't working.
619
00:22:58,297 --> 00:23:00,963
I'm afraid I can't discuss
a patient's medical care,
620
00:23:00,987 --> 00:23:02,053
not even with their spouse.
621
00:23:02,077 --> 00:23:05,384
Andre is not the same person anymore.
622
00:23:05,408 --> 00:23:07,946
We have a... a baby.
623
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:08,965
Doctor, please.
624
00:23:08,966 --> 00:23:11,400
Just... just... just answer me this.
625
00:23:12,135 --> 00:23:13,232
Am I in danger?
626
00:23:13,256 --> 00:23:14,769
(UNEASY MUSIC)
627
00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:17,230
Is my baby in danger?
628
00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:21,944
Hypothetically,
anyone close to a patient
629
00:23:21,968 --> 00:23:24,026
experiencing the symptoms
you're describing
630
00:23:24,050 --> 00:23:26,717
- Uh-huh.
- Should take every measure
631
00:23:26,741 --> 00:23:29,920
to protect themselves
and those closest to them.
632
00:23:29,944 --> 00:23:32,001
♪
633
00:23:32,025 --> 00:23:33,283
Okay.
634
00:23:33,307 --> 00:23:37,062
♪
635
00:23:37,086 --> 00:23:38,312
Thank you.
636
00:23:38,336 --> 00:23:40,810
Eh. Well, I'll be damned.
637
00:23:40,834 --> 00:23:42,156
Did you see the post about Hakeem
638
00:23:42,180 --> 00:23:43,274
and the actress playing Cookie?
639
00:23:43,275 --> 00:23:44,654
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- BECKY: Uh, yeah.
640
00:23:44,678 --> 00:23:47,057
He has hella mommy issues. So...
641
00:23:47,081 --> 00:23:48,466
Uh, you know you got a 3:00 p.m.
642
00:23:48,490 --> 00:23:49,554
with Rihanna's management and then...
643
00:23:49,578 --> 00:23:50,644
BECKY: Eh, You gotta cancel that.
644
00:23:50,668 --> 00:23:51,637
We have to find Tiana
645
00:23:51,661 --> 00:23:52,630
and get her back on track.
646
00:23:52,654 --> 00:23:54,648
Yeah, about that...
647
00:23:54,672 --> 00:23:57,498
(DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC)
648
00:23:57,522 --> 00:24:00,093
♪
649
00:24:00,117 --> 00:24:01,529
Oh.
650
00:24:02,231 --> 00:24:03,360
Okay. Okay.
651
00:24:03,384 --> 00:24:05,341
All right. All right.
652
00:24:05,755 --> 00:24:07,972
Becky, I think we might need
to give Tiana the day off.
653
00:24:07,996 --> 00:24:09,254
BECKY: Oh, no, no, no. We can't.
654
00:24:09,278 --> 00:24:10,632
We need to use that
655
00:24:10,656 --> 00:24:13,258
because we are burning through money
656
00:24:13,282 --> 00:24:15,276
with engineers and studio time.
657
00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,038
I was gonna write Devon a song.
658
00:24:17,062 --> 00:24:18,543
- BECKY: Okay.
- And then he walked in
659
00:24:18,567 --> 00:24:21,169
and embarrassed me
in front of everyone.
660
00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,828
Okay. What if we flipped it on him?
661
00:24:23,852 --> 00:24:26,391
- What, a breakup song?
- BECKY: Yeah, a breakup song!
662
00:24:26,415 --> 00:24:27,416
- (SIGHS) I don't know.
- BECKY: Okay.
663
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,889
No, no. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
664
00:24:28,913 --> 00:24:30,138
T. T.
665
00:24:30,162 --> 00:24:32,028
What better way to get back at Devon
666
00:24:32,052 --> 00:24:34,655
and all these man-slut,
he-bitches in your life?
667
00:24:34,679 --> 00:24:35,840
- BECKY: Huh?
- PORSHA: I agree, hands up.
668
00:24:35,864 --> 00:24:37,857
- Give me five.
- She agree, okay?
669
00:24:37,881 --> 00:24:39,940
Look, I know that Devon
is fine as hell,
670
00:24:39,964 --> 00:24:40,773
and I know that he's slanging it.
671
00:24:40,797 --> 00:24:43,431
But you know what's hard? Monogamy.
672
00:24:43,455 --> 00:24:45,225
You can just swipe
and get you a new one.
673
00:24:45,249 --> 00:24:46,795
- Sis, I swipe all the time.
- Boom.
674
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:50,862
I mean, we never really fully
even defined our relationship.
675
00:24:50,886 --> 00:24:51,952
- I don't think you did.
- See?
676
00:24:51,976 --> 00:24:53,328
- He don't own me.
- BECKY: Uh-uh!
677
00:24:53,352 --> 00:24:55,667
He can't own you, okay?
'Cause you're not a cat.
678
00:24:55,691 --> 00:24:57,461
What's wrong with a little hoe-ism?
679
00:24:57,485 --> 00:24:58,389
- BECKY: Nothing.
- Okay.
680
00:24:58,413 --> 00:25:00,215
God, men do it all the time.
681
00:25:00,239 --> 00:25:01,753
PORSHA: But Tiana,
that don't mean it's right.
682
00:25:01,777 --> 00:25:04,251
Okay, but what's right? (LAUGHS)
683
00:25:04,275 --> 00:25:05,212
Right? What's right?
684
00:25:05,236 --> 00:25:07,294
What's wrong? Like, who's to say?
685
00:25:07,318 --> 00:25:09,664
How 'bout we pull out
the pen and the pad
686
00:25:09,688 --> 00:25:11,138
and get messy?
687
00:25:11,162 --> 00:25:12,868
TIANA: ♪ Slipping like a mudslide ♪
688
00:25:12,892 --> 00:25:15,462
♪ Too far gone, too little,
too late for help ♪
689
00:25:15,486 --> 00:25:16,840
♪ And I can't apologize ♪
690
00:25:16,864 --> 00:25:19,114
♪ For living a double life ♪
691
00:25:19,138 --> 00:25:21,099
♪ I blow and I roll the dice ♪
692
00:25:21,123 --> 00:25:23,790
♪ Two wrongs, no right,
and I'm making a mess ♪
693
00:25:23,814 --> 00:25:28,082
♪ And it's killing me
to be confessional, uh ♪
694
00:25:28,106 --> 00:25:30,133
♪ I move too fast in my double life ♪
695
00:25:30,157 --> 00:25:32,503
♪ Burned and I crashed
in my double life ♪
696
00:25:32,527 --> 00:25:34,553
♪ Went too hard in my double life ♪
697
00:25:34,577 --> 00:25:37,147
♪ Broke two hearts
in my double life ♪
698
00:25:37,171 --> 00:25:39,069
♪ I'm a bad girl in my double life ♪
699
00:25:39,093 --> 00:25:41,183
♪ Been a bad girl in my double life ♪
700
00:25:41,207 --> 00:25:44,610
(UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC)
701
00:25:44,634 --> 00:25:45,892
♪ Double life ♪
702
00:25:45,916 --> 00:25:48,743
♪
703
00:25:48,767 --> 00:25:50,146
♪ Double life ♪
704
00:25:56,582 --> 00:25:58,672
(SIGHS)
705
00:25:58,696 --> 00:26:01,587
(SOFT MUSIC)
706
00:26:01,611 --> 00:26:08,308
♪
707
00:26:15,352 --> 00:26:16,450
(EXHALES)
708
00:26:16,474 --> 00:26:23,395
♪
709
00:26:42,707 --> 00:26:43,767
(DOOR OPENS)
710
00:26:45,206 --> 00:26:46,879
Cookie's been asking about you again.
711
00:26:46,903 --> 00:26:48,225
Man, it's been months
712
00:26:48,249 --> 00:26:49,858
since you've been up there
to see her.
713
00:26:49,882 --> 00:26:52,325
I'm getting tired of covering
for your ass, man.
714
00:26:52,349 --> 00:26:54,278
Yeah, I've been trying
to go up there and see her,
715
00:26:54,302 --> 00:26:56,936
but last time,
they damn near locked me up
716
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,884
because I can't bear to see her
in there like that.
717
00:26:59,908 --> 00:27:02,318
I've been trying to write her
a freakin' letter...
718
00:27:02,342 --> 00:27:03,952
nothing seems to come out right.
719
00:27:03,976 --> 00:27:05,426
BUNKIE: There ain't nothing
you gonna write on that paper
720
00:27:05,450 --> 00:27:06,514
you can't say in person.
721
00:27:06,538 --> 00:27:08,052
Quit hiding behind these damn letters
722
00:27:08,076 --> 00:27:09,622
and get your ass up to that prison.
723
00:27:09,646 --> 00:27:16,278
♪
724
00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:34,381
(SNIFFLES, GRUNTS SOFTLY)
725
00:27:34,405 --> 00:27:36,266
CAROL: Let me out. I gotta pee.
726
00:27:39,338 --> 00:27:40,691
COOKIE: What is taking Carol so long?
727
00:27:40,715 --> 00:27:41,748
She didn't even eat.
728
00:27:41,772 --> 00:27:43,094
If you hadn't been so hard on her,
729
00:27:43,118 --> 00:27:44,118
she would have.
730
00:27:44,527 --> 00:27:45,720
Oh, please, I told her the truth.
731
00:27:45,744 --> 00:27:47,899
Well, you can't always talk
with no filter, Cookie.
732
00:27:47,923 --> 00:27:49,724
That may work with your boys,
but it doesn't work
733
00:27:49,748 --> 00:27:52,126
with someone who's unstable
like Carol.
734
00:27:52,150 --> 00:27:53,952
You gotta learn to weave
a little white lie
735
00:27:53,976 --> 00:27:55,105
in there every now and then.
736
00:27:55,129 --> 00:27:57,252
Look, I can't pretend
like everything's okay
737
00:27:57,276 --> 00:27:58,629
when it's not, all right?
738
00:27:58,653 --> 00:27:59,526
That's you.
739
00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:01,640
(BOTH SCOFF)
740
00:28:01,664 --> 00:28:05,356
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
741
00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:06,828
Damn.
742
00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:08,174
That bitch.
743
00:28:08,198 --> 00:28:10,128
What?
744
00:28:10,152 --> 00:28:11,121
(CELL PHONE BLEEPS)
745
00:28:11,145 --> 00:28:16,694
♪
746
00:28:16,718 --> 00:28:19,128
COOKIE: Where the hell
you think you going, huh?
747
00:28:19,152 --> 00:28:20,954
You know you can't outslick
the slick-ster.
748
00:28:20,978 --> 00:28:23,700
- (CAROL SCOFFS)
- Get your chalky ass on.
749
00:28:30,763 --> 00:28:34,454
Bitch, I know your little messy
ass set this whole thing up.
750
00:28:34,478 --> 00:28:36,857
Okay, um, I am so sorry
about earlier.
751
00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:37,914
I didn't know that...
752
00:28:37,938 --> 00:28:39,771
she was supposed to be there
for an interview...
753
00:28:39,795 --> 00:28:41,470
I'm a Juilliard-trained actress.
754
00:28:41,494 --> 00:28:42,302
I went to Brown.
755
00:28:42,326 --> 00:28:43,904
I have a reputation to maintain.
756
00:28:43,928 --> 00:28:46,050
I don't have time to play
your little ghetto games.
757
00:28:46,074 --> 00:28:47,075
Whoa. Excuse me.
758
00:28:47,099 --> 00:28:48,613
- "Ghetto games?"
- HAKEEM: Hold on, Nicole.
759
00:28:48,637 --> 00:28:50,150
You gotta fall all the way back.
760
00:28:50,174 --> 00:28:51,207
Lean back.
761
00:28:51,231 --> 00:28:53,252
You better handle this.
762
00:28:54,755 --> 00:28:56,076
- (MAYA SCOFFS)
- (SIGHS)
763
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:57,037
Did she buy it?
764
00:28:57,061 --> 00:28:58,702
She has no idea you're in on it,
765
00:28:58,726 --> 00:29:00,432
so street: one, Ivy League: zero.
766
00:29:00,456 --> 00:29:01,906
You ain't street, girl.
767
00:29:01,930 --> 00:29:03,988
Uh, yeah, but she doesn't seem,
to know the difference, so...
768
00:29:04,012 --> 00:29:06,518
HAKEEM: Well, uh, the movie's
getting a lot of buzz.
769
00:29:06,542 --> 00:29:08,440
- You was right.
- You're welcome.
770
00:29:08,464 --> 00:29:10,938
I think "Hakeem Lyon
Falls in Love with Actress
771
00:29:10,962 --> 00:29:12,956
Playing His Mother"
kind of writes itself.
772
00:29:12,980 --> 00:29:14,621
You a shady-ass bitch.
773
00:29:14,645 --> 00:29:16,095
Aren't I?
774
00:29:16,119 --> 00:29:19,074
(UPBEAT MUSIC)
775
00:29:19,098 --> 00:29:23,302
♪
776
00:29:23,326 --> 00:29:24,520
(KEYS CLACKING)
777
00:29:24,544 --> 00:29:27,402
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
778
00:29:27,426 --> 00:29:28,491
♪
779
00:29:28,515 --> 00:29:29,965
ANDRE: Teri.
780
00:29:29,989 --> 00:29:31,470
(WHIMPERS SOFTLY)
781
00:29:31,494 --> 00:29:33,098
In here.
782
00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:38,997
So what do you think?
783
00:29:39,021 --> 00:29:41,431
(SIGHS) Isn't this bad luck?
784
00:29:41,455 --> 00:29:43,637
We're already married.
785
00:29:45,011 --> 00:29:46,936
What happened to your face?
786
00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:50,080
Oh, that's nothing.
787
00:29:50,104 --> 00:29:52,290
It's just, uh, a little
something at work, you know.
788
00:29:52,314 --> 00:29:53,444
It's all taken care of now.
789
00:29:53,468 --> 00:29:54,628
We can't go through with this
790
00:29:54,652 --> 00:29:56,929
if... if your face looks like that.
791
00:29:57,535 --> 00:29:59,209
Everyone will see, and...
792
00:29:59,233 --> 00:30:01,836
Teri, this wedding is my...
793
00:30:01,860 --> 00:30:03,245
(SIGHS)
794
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:05,551
This wedding is our coronation.
795
00:30:05,575 --> 00:30:07,633
We're the new king and queen
of Empire, babe.
796
00:30:07,657 --> 00:30:09,454
I don't want a crown.
797
00:30:11,213 --> 00:30:12,337
Listen.
798
00:30:13,231 --> 00:30:16,058
Whatever is going on,
799
00:30:16,082 --> 00:30:18,230
it needs to stop.
800
00:30:19,380 --> 00:30:21,086
We should postpone this wedding.
801
00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:22,239
(SIGHS)
802
00:30:22,263 --> 00:30:24,769
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
803
00:30:24,793 --> 00:30:26,526
Get it through your head.
804
00:30:27,613 --> 00:30:29,030
This is happening.
805
00:30:29,054 --> 00:30:30,691
I know you lied to me.
806
00:30:31,488 --> 00:30:32,746
I spoke with your doctor.
807
00:30:32,770 --> 00:30:33,930
You did what?
808
00:30:33,954 --> 00:30:35,848
Because of the way
you've been acting.
809
00:30:36,197 --> 00:30:39,632
I've been so frightened for me,
for the... for the baby.
810
00:30:39,656 --> 00:30:45,334
♪
811
00:30:45,358 --> 00:30:47,027
You listen to me.
812
00:30:48,273 --> 00:30:49,626
You're gonna wear this dress...
813
00:30:49,650 --> 00:30:50,651
(TERI WHIMPERS)
814
00:30:50,675 --> 00:30:52,028
You're gonna smile,
815
00:30:52,052 --> 00:30:53,278
and you're gonna suck it up.
816
00:30:53,302 --> 00:30:55,456
You hear me? You're gonna suck it up.
817
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,506
Andre, you need help.
818
00:30:57,530 --> 00:30:59,171
You know I will help you.
819
00:30:59,195 --> 00:31:01,222
Please,
820
00:31:01,246 --> 00:31:03,175
please let me help you.
821
00:31:03,199 --> 00:31:05,225
♪
822
00:31:05,249 --> 00:31:06,565
Please.
823
00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:09,261
(WHISPERS) Go, Teri.
824
00:31:09,285 --> 00:31:10,479
- Run.
- What?
825
00:31:10,503 --> 00:31:12,176
You need to run. Go.
826
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,783
♪
827
00:31:17,965 --> 00:31:19,858
(CAROL SIGHS)
828
00:31:20,208 --> 00:31:22,874
How did you get
them damn drugs out, huh?
829
00:31:22,898 --> 00:31:25,757
'Cause we TSA'd your ass
before we left the house.
830
00:31:25,781 --> 00:31:27,711
Did you hide those drugs in your...
831
00:31:27,735 --> 00:31:30,626
Ah-ah-ah-ah.
I don't need that visual.
832
00:31:30,650 --> 00:31:33,508
Taking your ass to rehab ASAP.
833
00:31:33,532 --> 00:31:35,591
Yeah, I don't have
I to deal with you like this
834
00:31:35,615 --> 00:31:36,583
one more second.
835
00:31:36,607 --> 00:31:39,466
- Amen to that.
- Oh, shut up.
836
00:31:39,490 --> 00:31:42,797
I'm so sick of y'all
judging me, I swear.
837
00:31:42,821 --> 00:31:44,335
Y'all think y'all so perfect, huh?
838
00:31:44,359 --> 00:31:45,521
You know what?
839
00:31:45,545 --> 00:31:47,602
Since we all in the mood
of truth telling,
840
00:31:47,626 --> 00:31:49,621
I'ma give it to y'all straight.
841
00:31:49,645 --> 00:31:50,678
You know what?
842
00:31:50,702 --> 00:31:53,015
You ain't nothing but a plastic,
843
00:31:53,039 --> 00:31:56,795
self-righteous phony
who hide behind your lies
844
00:31:56,819 --> 00:32:00,447
and your white husband
to hide your insecurities.
845
00:32:00,471 --> 00:32:03,778
And you, Cookie, you ain't nothing
846
00:32:03,802 --> 00:32:07,493
but a lonely,
domineering control freak
847
00:32:07,517 --> 00:32:09,960
with no love and no man
848
00:32:09,984 --> 00:32:12,811
because all your truth telling
pushed everybody away.
849
00:32:12,835 --> 00:32:15,117
Now, let me out of this damn car!
850
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:16,110
Get me out of the damn car.
851
00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:17,711
- Stop it! Stop!
- (GROWLS)
852
00:32:17,735 --> 00:32:19,185
CANDACE: You the one
that became a damn drug addict.
853
00:32:19,209 --> 00:32:20,274
Stop.
854
00:32:20,298 --> 00:32:21,555
Nobody forced you to do no drugs.
855
00:32:21,579 --> 00:32:24,117
You think this what I
wanted my life to be?
856
00:32:24,141 --> 00:32:25,111
(HORN HONKS)
857
00:32:25,135 --> 00:32:27,193
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
858
00:32:27,217 --> 00:32:28,378
CANDACE:
Why are you dressed for church?
859
00:32:28,402 --> 00:32:29,691
You need to get ready for school.
860
00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:31,581
I'm waiting on Mama.
861
00:32:31,605 --> 00:32:32,798
Mom had to go on a trip.
862
00:32:32,822 --> 00:32:34,976
♪
863
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,802
- CANDACE: She'll be back soon.
- You're lying.
864
00:32:36,826 --> 00:32:38,276
You need to get changed now, Carol.
865
00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:41,062
I don't wanna. (CRYING)
866
00:32:41,086 --> 00:32:42,375
Stop it, Carol.
867
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:44,265
You're the youngest,
but you're not a baby anymore.
868
00:32:44,289 --> 00:32:45,963
Me and Candace
are gonna try our best,
869
00:32:45,987 --> 00:32:47,244
but you have to try yours, too,
870
00:32:47,268 --> 00:32:48,910
'cause Mama ain't coming back.
871
00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:52,305
♪
872
00:32:52,329 --> 00:32:53,395
(CAROL SIGHS)
873
00:32:53,419 --> 00:32:57,078
♪
874
00:32:57,102 --> 00:32:58,167
(CRYING)
875
00:32:58,191 --> 00:33:00,057
I knew you were lying
876
00:33:00,081 --> 00:33:02,102
the day Mama left.
877
00:33:02,451 --> 00:33:06,463
She promised to take me
to see Alvin Ailey that day
878
00:33:06,487 --> 00:33:09,281
in the city for my birthday.
879
00:33:09,305 --> 00:33:11,492
It was our little secret.
880
00:33:11,516 --> 00:33:14,118
(WHIMPERING)
881
00:33:14,142 --> 00:33:16,361
♪
882
00:33:16,385 --> 00:33:21,448
I never got over Mama
walking out on us like that.
883
00:33:22,503 --> 00:33:23,920
I tried to be there for you.
884
00:33:23,944 --> 00:33:26,386
We all tried to be
mothers to each other.
885
00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:29,237
♪
886
00:33:29,261 --> 00:33:30,994
It wasn't enough.
887
00:33:31,984 --> 00:33:34,388
Then Durrell came along.
888
00:33:35,796 --> 00:33:38,136
He may have had his flaws...
889
00:33:39,607 --> 00:33:42,589
But he made me feel good.
890
00:33:43,931 --> 00:33:47,655
It was like he was my protector...
891
00:33:47,679 --> 00:33:50,405
and you took that away from me,
Cookie.
892
00:33:50,882 --> 00:33:56,271
It's like you're taking away
every good memory I ever had.
893
00:33:56,295 --> 00:33:57,713
Look... (CHUCKLES)
894
00:33:57,737 --> 00:33:58,705
It's the truth.
895
00:33:58,729 --> 00:33:59,699
- Yes..
- COOKIE: Okay?
896
00:33:59,723 --> 00:34:01,684
I had to protect you and your kids,
897
00:34:01,708 --> 00:34:04,087
and I did that
because I love you, Carol.
898
00:34:04,111 --> 00:34:06,137
We love you.
You can't understand that?
899
00:34:06,161 --> 00:34:09,436
(WHISPERS) But you can't fix me.
900
00:34:09,460 --> 00:34:10,680
You can't.
901
00:34:13,432 --> 00:34:15,394
That ain't your job, sis.
902
00:34:15,418 --> 00:34:20,006
♪
903
00:34:20,030 --> 00:34:22,216
Just like we couldn't fix you
904
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,234
when we tried to get rid of Lucious.
905
00:34:24,258 --> 00:34:27,181
Carol, shut up.
Don't you say another word.
906
00:34:27,205 --> 00:34:29,167
Not another word!
Look, we almost there.
907
00:34:29,191 --> 00:34:31,185
I know where we at! Let her talk.
908
00:34:31,209 --> 00:34:32,979
She been trying to get this
off her chest for a minute.
909
00:34:33,003 --> 00:34:34,677
- What you got to say, Carol?
- (CANDACE MOUTHING WORDS)
910
00:34:34,701 --> 00:34:37,367
♪
911
00:34:37,391 --> 00:34:39,738
You remember that day back in the day
912
00:34:39,762 --> 00:34:43,261
when... when you got busted
for hustling?
913
00:34:43,285 --> 00:34:45,311
- COOKIE: Yes.
- How you think they caught you?
914
00:34:45,335 --> 00:34:47,842
It was a DEA investigation
with the Philly cops.
915
00:34:47,866 --> 00:34:48,866
Carol. Shh.
916
00:34:48,890 --> 00:34:50,852
No, no, you, shh. Let her talk.
917
00:34:50,876 --> 00:34:53,318
CAROL: Who told you that, Cook? Huh?
918
00:34:53,342 --> 00:34:54,632
We called the cops.
919
00:34:54,656 --> 00:34:57,675
- Shut up, Carol!
- CAROL: Me and Candace.
920
00:34:57,699 --> 00:34:59,373
We the one tipped the cops off...
921
00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:00,461
- Carol, why?
- CAROL: So that they would
922
00:35:00,485 --> 00:35:06,158
bust Lucious' shady ass
and send his ass to prison.
923
00:35:06,443 --> 00:35:11,352
I spent 17 years in prison rotting
924
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:13,787
because of two snitch bitches.
925
00:35:13,811 --> 00:35:15,319
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
926
00:35:19,783 --> 00:35:21,113
CANDACE: What are you doing?
927
00:35:21,137 --> 00:35:23,226
(SOMBER MUSIC)
928
00:35:23,250 --> 00:35:24,733
CANDACE: Come on, come on.
Get out, get out.
929
00:35:24,757 --> 00:35:26,142
(CAROL GROANS)
930
00:35:26,166 --> 00:35:27,999
♪
931
00:35:28,023 --> 00:35:29,344
Cook, let me explain.
932
00:35:29,368 --> 00:35:30,466
Look, I didn't even wanna do it.
933
00:35:30,490 --> 00:35:32,260
Candace made me do it.
She said we had to.
934
00:35:32,284 --> 00:35:35,399
Okay, look... you know what? I did.
935
00:35:35,423 --> 00:35:37,155
Cookie, I did.
936
00:35:37,568 --> 00:35:39,883
Baby girl, Lucious had you
out in the street dealing.
937
00:35:39,907 --> 00:35:42,445
We thought that you might end up dead
938
00:35:42,469 --> 00:35:44,527
or that your boys might
take a bullet.
939
00:35:44,551 --> 00:35:47,378
We were scared,
and you wouldn't listen to us.
940
00:35:47,402 --> 00:35:48,723
You left us no choice.
941
00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:50,453
That wasn't your choice to make!
942
00:35:50,477 --> 00:35:52,279
What if Mama was around, huh?
943
00:35:52,303 --> 00:35:53,336
- Mama?
- CANDACE: Yeah.
944
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,796
You think that Mama would
have you living that life?
945
00:35:56,820 --> 00:35:58,237
We had to do something!
946
00:35:58,261 --> 00:36:00,703
And we didn't think you
was gonna be stupid enough
947
00:36:00,727 --> 00:36:02,368
to take the fall for Lucious.
948
00:36:02,392 --> 00:36:03,714
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
949
00:36:03,738 --> 00:36:05,123
"Stupid"?
950
00:36:05,147 --> 00:36:07,942
♪
951
00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:10,184
My own damn sisters.
952
00:36:10,208 --> 00:36:12,042
(SIGHS)
953
00:36:12,066 --> 00:36:17,936
♪
954
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,537
(SNIFFLES)
955
00:36:19,561 --> 00:36:21,043
You know what?
956
00:36:21,067 --> 00:36:24,182
The rehab is about a mile
down the street.
957
00:36:24,206 --> 00:36:25,399
You can walk.
958
00:36:25,423 --> 00:36:28,213
CANDACE:
Cookie, it's freezing out here.
959
00:36:28,466 --> 00:36:30,652
CAROL: No, so how does it feel?
960
00:36:30,676 --> 00:36:32,830
Huh, Cookie? How does it feel?
961
00:36:32,854 --> 00:36:35,296
We was just trying
to protect you, mother you.
962
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,699
- Does that make it any better?
- Stop.
963
00:36:37,723 --> 00:36:39,909
♪
964
00:36:39,933 --> 00:36:40,838
Cookie.
965
00:36:40,862 --> 00:36:41,864
CAROL: Yeah, ain't that the pot
966
00:36:41,888 --> 00:36:43,465
calling the kettle black?
967
00:36:43,489 --> 00:36:45,322
(ENGINE TURNS OVER)
968
00:36:45,346 --> 00:36:48,462
♪
969
00:36:48,486 --> 00:36:51,248
(MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
970
00:36:51,272 --> 00:36:56,437
♪
971
00:36:56,461 --> 00:36:58,071
Yes, Lucious?
972
00:36:58,095 --> 00:37:00,057
♪
973
00:37:00,081 --> 00:37:00,954
(MUSIC STOPS)
974
00:37:00,978 --> 00:37:02,326
(WHISPERS) Oh, my God.
975
00:37:07,096 --> 00:37:09,986
What was so important that
could not wait until tomorrow?
976
00:37:10,010 --> 00:37:12,095
I have something for you.
977
00:37:12,477 --> 00:37:15,138
What is this, the answer
to all of my prayers?
978
00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:16,996
Maybe.
979
00:37:19,876 --> 00:37:21,967
Wait. ♪ There it goes
980
00:37:21,991 --> 00:37:24,433
BOTH: ♪ Got through
another day without you ♪
981
00:37:24,457 --> 00:37:25,810
- (LUCIOUS CHUCKLES)
- Wow.
982
00:37:25,834 --> 00:37:27,059
"I reach out to touch you,
983
00:37:27,083 --> 00:37:28,404
but realize you're miles away."
984
00:37:28,428 --> 00:37:30,705
This is about when we were apart.
985
00:37:32,496 --> 00:37:35,991
I had no idea that
you felt this way about me.
986
00:37:36,853 --> 00:37:40,352
You think maybe you could, um...
987
00:37:40,376 --> 00:37:42,049
breathe some life into it?
988
00:37:42,073 --> 00:37:43,523
(MELANCHOLY R&B MUSIC)
989
00:37:43,547 --> 00:37:46,149
I would be honored
to bring life to this.
990
00:37:46,173 --> 00:37:47,687
- (CHUCKLES)
- Now, actually.
991
00:37:47,711 --> 00:37:49,737
- YANA: Let's do it now.
- LUCIOUS: Okay.
992
00:37:49,761 --> 00:37:51,274
♪ There it goes ♪
993
00:37:51,298 --> 00:37:52,619
(MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
994
00:37:52,643 --> 00:37:56,239
♪ Got through another day
without you ♪
995
00:37:56,263 --> 00:37:58,065
♪ Going through the motions ♪
996
00:37:58,089 --> 00:38:02,806
♪ 'Cause there ain't no other way ♪
997
00:38:02,830 --> 00:38:06,361
♪ I swear that I can feel you ♪
998
00:38:06,385 --> 00:38:10,269
♪ Don't know if I'm asleep or awake ♪
999
00:38:10,293 --> 00:38:13,536
♪ I reach out to touch you ♪
1000
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:17,251
♪ Then realize you're miles away ♪
1001
00:38:17,275 --> 00:38:21,447
♪ And every chance
I took for granted ♪
1002
00:38:21,471 --> 00:38:23,626
♪ Never again ♪
1003
00:38:23,650 --> 00:38:26,156
♪ I won't let you go ♪
1004
00:38:26,180 --> 00:38:29,391
♪ I'm like a heart without a soul ♪
1005
00:38:29,415 --> 00:38:32,851
♪ So I'll ♪
1006
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:35,638
♪ I'll count down the days ♪
1007
00:38:35,662 --> 00:38:36,919
(WALKER CRYING)
1008
00:38:36,943 --> 00:38:39,930
♪ And try not to break down ♪
1009
00:38:39,954 --> 00:38:41,595
♪ I'll keep the faith ♪
1010
00:38:41,619 --> 00:38:48,162
♪ 'Cause home is on the way ♪
1011
00:38:48,186 --> 00:38:51,140
♪ I know ♪
1012
00:38:51,164 --> 00:38:52,454
♪ That I haven't ♪
1013
00:38:52,478 --> 00:38:54,472
♪ Called you lately ♪
1014
00:38:54,496 --> 00:38:56,970
♪ Sometimes it's easier ♪
1015
00:38:56,994 --> 00:39:01,295
♪ To say it face-to-face ♪
1016
00:39:01,319 --> 00:39:04,401
♪ 'Cause lovers come and go ♪
1017
00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:08,854
♪ But we're more than temporary ♪
1018
00:39:08,878 --> 00:39:10,135
♪ I know when I see you ♪
1019
00:39:10,159 --> 00:39:14,299
♪ It'll feel like nothing's changed ♪
1020
00:39:14,323 --> 00:39:15,933
♪ Ooh ♪
1021
00:39:15,957 --> 00:39:19,072
♪ I told you once, I told you twice ♪
1022
00:39:19,096 --> 00:39:22,275
♪ I'll tell you again ♪
1023
00:39:22,299 --> 00:39:24,645
♪ You and me ♪
1024
00:39:24,669 --> 00:39:28,681
♪ Is all that we'll ever need ♪
1025
00:39:28,705 --> 00:39:31,693
♪ So I'll ♪
1026
00:39:31,717 --> 00:39:34,735
♪ Count down the days ♪
1027
00:39:34,759 --> 00:39:38,259
♪ I'll try not to break down ♪
1028
00:39:38,283 --> 00:39:39,796
♪ Keep the faith ♪
1029
00:39:39,820 --> 00:39:44,696
♪ 'Cause home is on the way ♪
1030
00:39:44,720 --> 00:39:46,747
♪
1031
00:39:46,771 --> 00:39:49,438
♪ We'll make up the time ♪
1032
00:39:49,462 --> 00:39:53,185
♪ No matter the distance ♪
1033
00:39:53,209 --> 00:39:54,242
♪ It's worth the wait ♪
1034
00:39:54,266 --> 00:39:57,894
♪ 'Cause home is on the way ♪
1035
00:39:57,918 --> 00:40:01,065
- (BREATHING HEAVILY)
- YANA: ♪ Yeah ♪
1036
00:40:01,089 --> 00:40:05,036
♪ Home is on ♪
1037
00:40:05,060 --> 00:40:09,451
♪ The way ♪
1038
00:40:11,626 --> 00:40:13,685
We made it. Huh?
1039
00:40:13,709 --> 00:40:15,319
We made it.
1040
00:40:15,343 --> 00:40:16,499
Huh?
1041
00:40:17,585 --> 00:40:18,489
(GASPS)
1042
00:40:18,513 --> 00:40:20,150
(SINISTER MUSIC)
1043
00:40:20,651 --> 00:40:21,812
Andre, what?
1044
00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:23,057
(SINISTER MUSIC)
1045
00:40:24,527 --> 00:40:25,619
No.
1046
00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:28,118
No.
1047
00:40:29,043 --> 00:40:31,005
- Give him to me, Teri.
- No.
1048
00:40:31,029 --> 00:40:32,383
- Teri!
- No!
1049
00:40:32,407 --> 00:40:34,112
Give him to me now.
1050
00:40:34,136 --> 00:40:35,682
No. No, no...
1051
00:40:35,706 --> 00:40:37,731
- Let go!
- Oh.
1052
00:40:37,755 --> 00:40:41,127
- Oh, no!
- (WALKER CRYING)
1053
00:40:41,151 --> 00:40:42,568
- Look what you did.
- Shh.
1054
00:40:42,592 --> 00:40:45,259
You try to take my son from me again,
1055
00:40:45,283 --> 00:40:47,116
it will be the last time
you ever see him.
1056
00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:48,077
Do you understand?
1057
00:40:48,101 --> 00:40:51,441
(WALKER CRYING)
1058
00:40:51,465 --> 00:40:52,306
I asked you a question.
1059
00:40:52,330 --> 00:40:54,132
- Do you understand me?
- (TERI SHUSHES)
1060
00:40:54,156 --> 00:40:55,189
I do.
1061
00:40:55,213 --> 00:40:57,206
Walker's everything to me, Teri.
1062
00:40:57,230 --> 00:40:58,835
He's irreplaceable.
1063
00:41:00,113 --> 00:41:01,211
You are not.
1064
00:41:01,235 --> 00:41:03,581
(WALKER CRYING)
1065
00:41:03,605 --> 00:41:05,657
Now let's go home.
1066
00:41:06,904 --> 00:41:08,001
Go!
1067
00:41:08,025 --> 00:41:11,140
- (WALKER CRYING)
- ANDRE: Let's go. Come on.
1068
00:41:11,164 --> 00:41:16,713
♪
1069
00:41:16,737 --> 00:41:18,347
Let's go home.
1070
00:41:18,371 --> 00:41:20,429
♪
1071
00:41:20,453 --> 00:41:21,999
(LUGGAGE CLATTERS)
1072
00:41:22,023 --> 00:41:26,014
♪
1073
00:41:26,339 --> 00:41:33,219
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