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LUCIOUS:
Previously, onEmpire...
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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 planour 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.
-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.Yes, sis.
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COOKIE:
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 debutingthat Bossy sound
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and being ourflagship release, okay?
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And I havethe 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 booor "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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COOKIE:Come here.
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BECKY: She got two other guys
in her business.
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TIANA: Oh, my God.
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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 worriedshe'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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♪
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[dramatic hip-hop music]
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♪
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You're gonna have to
forgive me eventually.
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You threatened to takemy 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 marriednext week.
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We should postponethis 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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COURTNEY:
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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♪
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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 Weeklyshow.
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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 SNLbad.
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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 exactlywhat 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 voicebetter 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
came in,
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and they're garbage.
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Who's bright idea was it to setthe 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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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.
Carol!
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-CANDACE: 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 ♪
258
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♪ I'm gonna keep biding
259
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♪
260
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♪ Everybody's gonna
fall down sometime ♪
261
00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:12,464
♪
262
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All right, y'all, wherever
y'all trying to take me,
263
00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:15,990
I'm not going.
264
00:09:16,033 --> 00:09:17,382
It's not up for negotiation.
265
00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:18,949
A rehab program
is the best for you.
266
00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:19,820
They're gonna get you
cleaned up.
267
00:09:19,950 --> 00:09:21,648
All right, come on, y'all.
268
00:09:21,778 --> 00:09:23,563
Come on.
269
00:09:23,693 --> 00:09:26,522
Just take me back home.
I'm good.
270
00:09:26,566 --> 00:09:28,829
Y'all ain't got to worry
about me no more.
271
00:09:28,959 --> 00:09:31,396
Y'all, I'm saying
"no" to drugs.
272
00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,704
You are still clearly highif you think that you are good.
273
00:09:34,835 --> 00:09:37,054
Mm, soon as we pull over,you'll ditch us in five seconds
274
00:09:37,185 --> 00:09:39,013
to go cop you a fix, honey.
275
00:09:39,143 --> 00:09:40,754
-Mm-hmm.
-You need to be thinking
276
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about your kids, Carol.
277
00:09:41,842 --> 00:09:43,278
Girl, please.
278
00:09:43,321 --> 00:09:45,323
You need to be thinking
about your own damn kids.
279
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Okay.
280
00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:47,151
You wasn't there during
281
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Andre's bipolar breakdowns,
282
00:09:49,676 --> 00:09:50,938
and you damn sure wasn't there
283
00:09:51,068 --> 00:09:53,114
when Lucious was shunning Jamal
for being gay.
284
00:09:53,244 --> 00:09:55,769
Hell, you didn't even see
Hakeem learn how to walk.
285
00:09:55,899 --> 00:09:57,901
I don't need a recap, okay?
286
00:09:59,468 --> 00:10:02,863
One of the biggest regretsof my life...
287
00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:04,691
not being thereto raise my boys.
288
00:10:04,734 --> 00:10:06,693
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, you knew
289
00:10:06,823 --> 00:10:08,782
what it was like
to not have a mama,
290
00:10:08,825 --> 00:10:11,828
and you still abandoned
your boys, you stupid bitch.
291
00:10:11,959 --> 00:10:14,135
So what does that make you,stupid bitch?
292
00:10:14,265 --> 00:10:15,310
Huh?
293
00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,095
You want your kids to be
without their mother?
294
00:10:18,139 --> 00:10:21,142
CANDACE: Yeah, Mama leaving
changed all of us, didn't it?
295
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No one should have to grow up
without a mother.
296
00:10:24,275 --> 00:10:25,450
[horn honks]
297
00:10:25,494 --> 00:10:27,931
JOHN: This is your fault,
not mine.
298
00:10:27,975 --> 00:10:28,932
Stop it.
Stop.
299
00:10:28,976 --> 00:10:29,803
You're always making excuses
300
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for the girls.
301
00:10:31,021 --> 00:10:32,501
No!
No, you can't see them,
302
00:10:32,544 --> 00:10:33,676
'cause I'm their father.
303
00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,809
Renee, stay away from here.
304
00:10:35,852 --> 00:10:36,766
We don't want to see you
ever again.
305
00:10:36,897 --> 00:10:38,550
Stay away from the girls.
306
00:10:38,681 --> 00:10:40,552
[dramatic music]
307
00:10:40,683 --> 00:10:42,206
Dad, where's Mom?
308
00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:45,688
Candace, go get
your sisters ready for school.
309
00:10:45,732 --> 00:10:48,952
[door clattering]
310
00:10:49,866 --> 00:10:51,476
[door hinges squeak]
311
00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,174
Candace, where's Mama?
312
00:10:53,217 --> 00:10:54,915
CANDACE: We'll need
to get ourselves ready.
313
00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:56,003
I'm sure Mom will
be right back.
314
00:10:56,133 --> 00:10:58,832
But Mama said she was gonnahelp me with me outfit!
315
00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:00,747
Loretha, help with Carol.
316
00:11:00,790 --> 00:11:02,749
You heard her, Carol.
Don't start acting up.
317
00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:05,621
[grunts]
I want Mama now!
318
00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:06,709
-Carol, Stop it!
-[Carol crying]
319
00:11:06,753 --> 00:11:08,406
-CANDACE: Get up!
-CAROL: Ah! Leave me alone!
320
00:11:08,537 --> 00:11:10,844
-Come on, Carol, let's go!
-[Carol crying]
321
00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:12,323
CAROL:
Leave me alone!
322
00:11:12,454 --> 00:11:13,803
[singer sings indistinctly
over radio]
323
00:11:13,934 --> 00:11:16,850
You are so full of it,
Candace.
324
00:11:16,893 --> 00:11:18,155
You are.
You lied about Mama
325
00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:20,418
just like you lied
about Franklin.
326
00:11:20,462 --> 00:11:21,768
Carol, please.
327
00:11:21,811 --> 00:11:23,639
Okay, I'll admit it.
328
00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:26,076
Sometimes the truth
is too damn hard to face.
329
00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,644
Yeah, 'cause your saditty assis fake.
330
00:11:28,775 --> 00:11:29,906
Look...
331
00:11:31,038 --> 00:11:32,474
I know I made a mistake
with my son.
332
00:11:32,604 --> 00:11:33,910
I'll admit that.
333
00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:37,044
Thought Cookie was crazy
for calling the cops.
334
00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:39,742
[singer sings indistinctly
over radio]
335
00:11:39,873 --> 00:11:41,744
But that was the wake-up call
that I needed.
336
00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:46,836
I was blessed to have
my sisters there with me.
337
00:11:47,924 --> 00:11:50,144
Y'all both saved me
and Franklin,
338
00:11:50,187 --> 00:11:52,668
just like we're trying to save
yo' ass.
339
00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:53,713
Oh, I don't need no saving.
340
00:11:53,843 --> 00:11:55,540
-[Candace scoffs]
-Oh, yes, you do, honey.
341
00:11:55,584 --> 00:11:57,586
By the grace of God,yes, you do.
342
00:11:57,629 --> 00:11:58,848
-Amen.
-Huh.
343
00:11:58,979 --> 00:12:02,156
And if you was real,
you would face that reality.
344
00:12:03,287 --> 00:12:07,204
SINGER:
♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh
345
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♪ I'm going to be saved
346
00:12:12,427 --> 00:12:14,559
[soft R&B music]
347
00:12:14,603 --> 00:12:15,604
Let's see.
So...
348
00:12:15,647 --> 00:12:16,997
♪ See me, feel me
349
00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,738
♪ Touch me, heal me
350
00:12:18,868 --> 00:12:20,435
♪ You and I...
351
00:12:20,565 --> 00:12:22,742
No, it needs to go...
♪ See me
352
00:12:22,872 --> 00:12:24,831
♪
353
00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:25,962
Can you give us a minute?
354
00:12:27,311 --> 00:12:28,878
LUCIOUS: How's it going?
355
00:12:29,009 --> 00:12:30,880
This is what I got so far.
356
00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,191
"See me, feel me, touch me,
you and I intertwined."
357
00:12:37,234 --> 00:12:38,932
[blows raspberry]
358
00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:42,152
Lucious, I know.
Okay, it sounds terrible.
359
00:12:42,196 --> 00:12:43,023
No, it's more like
360
00:12:43,153 --> 00:12:45,808
a little baby trying
to be born.
361
00:12:45,852 --> 00:12:46,983
-LUCIOUS: Now...
-[groans]
362
00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:49,333
Why don't you start with, um,the chorus,
363
00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:51,901
and we'll just build
the verse off of that?
364
00:12:51,945 --> 00:12:53,468
Seriously, the last thing
I need right now
365
00:12:53,511 --> 00:12:54,556
is a music lesson.
366
00:12:54,686 --> 00:12:56,340
Yeah, I know.
367
00:12:56,471 --> 00:12:59,561
The truth is, I mean,stressing about writing a song
368
00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:01,302
only makes it harderto write the damn song.
369
00:13:02,694 --> 00:13:04,305
Don't worry.
I mean, we'll...
370
00:13:04,435 --> 00:13:05,480
we'll figure it out together.
371
00:13:05,523 --> 00:13:07,047
No, we won't.
372
00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:10,050
Look at you.
You don't think I can do it.
373
00:13:10,093 --> 00:13:12,443
I don't put anything pastyour abilities.
374
00:13:12,574 --> 00:13:15,055
But my experience has taught meyou don't just sit down
375
00:13:15,185 --> 00:13:17,100
and write a love song.
376
00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:18,928
It's somethingyou've gotta live
377
00:13:19,059 --> 00:13:20,451
before you can put it to words.
378
00:13:20,495 --> 00:13:21,452
You know what I mean?
379
00:13:21,496 --> 00:13:23,063
I might be young, Lucious,
380
00:13:23,106 --> 00:13:24,847
but I've had my fair share
of pain.
381
00:13:24,978 --> 00:13:27,763
But I'm not talking aboutjust any old kind of pain.
382
00:13:27,894 --> 00:13:29,417
I'm talking about having
your heart
383
00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:32,899
ripped out of your chestby the person you love the most
384
00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:36,467
and being forced
to watch them devour it
385
00:13:36,511 --> 00:13:37,991
piece by piece in front of you.
386
00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:40,820
That's what makesthe greats great.
387
00:13:40,950 --> 00:13:42,865
They don't tell you
what they felt.
388
00:13:42,996 --> 00:13:45,825
They make you feel
what they felt.
389
00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:46,913
Thank you.
Okay.
390
00:13:46,956 --> 00:13:49,045
Well, you are stressing me out
right now.
391
00:13:49,176 --> 00:13:52,483
So if I'm gonna do this,I just need some space, please.
392
00:13:52,614 --> 00:13:53,615
[solemn music]
393
00:13:53,745 --> 00:13:54,877
Okay.
394
00:13:55,008 --> 00:13:58,185
♪
395
00:13:58,315 --> 00:13:59,316
I'll give you your space.
396
00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:01,710
Thank you.
397
00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:08,760
♪
398
00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,068
[door closes]
399
00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,158
All right, let's talkabout this ASA push.
400
00:14:15,202 --> 00:14:17,117
What happened with your voicewas a setback,
401
00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,161
but it won't happen again.
402
00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:20,163
I've lined up
several performances.
403
00:14:20,294 --> 00:14:22,209
You'll be lip syncing
to a backup track.
404
00:14:22,339 --> 00:14:23,950
A what?No.
405
00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,255
People will notice.
406
00:14:25,299 --> 00:14:27,823
I have a responsibility
to my fans, Andre.
407
00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:29,216
Would you give us a minute?
408
00:14:29,346 --> 00:14:32,132
[unsettling music]
409
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:33,611
♪
410
00:14:33,742 --> 00:14:36,179
[door opens and closes]
411
00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,007
This isn't a negotiation.
412
00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:40,575
Do as I say,or you'll be replaced.
413
00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:43,970
Andre, what happened to me
is your fault.
414
00:14:44,013 --> 00:14:45,580
DEVON: Chill, all right?
Everybody relax.
415
00:14:45,710 --> 00:14:47,974
It's--we all on the same team
here.
416
00:14:48,017 --> 00:14:49,976
When I want your opinion,
Romeo, I'll ask for it.
417
00:14:50,019 --> 00:14:51,934
Instead of worrying
about Treasure,
418
00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:53,980
maybe you should focus onthe other ladies in your life,
419
00:14:54,023 --> 00:14:56,983
like that gimp sister of yoursor Tiana.
420
00:14:57,026 --> 00:14:58,158
What'd you say to me?
421
00:14:58,201 --> 00:15:00,508
If you did,maybe Tiana wouldn't be
422
00:15:00,551 --> 00:15:02,336
running back to my brotherfor that sweet Lyon--
423
00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:03,598
TREASURE: No!
424
00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:04,729
Oh, my God.
425
00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:08,646
♪
426
00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:10,605
-[Devon grunts]
-TREASURE: Oh, my--ah!
427
00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:13,042
There's that junkyard dogI know.
428
00:15:13,173 --> 00:15:15,523
-[Devon grunts]
-Stop, Andre!
429
00:15:15,566 --> 00:15:17,090
ANDRE: There's a manwho wanted to put respect...
430
00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:18,091
Stop!
431
00:15:18,221 --> 00:15:20,049
Between the legs of every
woman in America.
432
00:15:20,093 --> 00:15:21,137
Put that same fire
in your music,
433
00:15:21,268 --> 00:15:22,660
and don't come back
until you do!
434
00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:24,053
-TREASURE: Andre, stop.
-Get the hell out!
435
00:15:24,184 --> 00:15:25,185
-TREASURE: Stop.
-Get out!
436
00:15:25,228 --> 00:15:27,013
-Go!
-Oh, my God!
437
00:15:27,143 --> 00:15:29,145
Okay, come on.Come on.
438
00:15:29,276 --> 00:15:36,065
♪
439
00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:37,023
[chuckles]
440
00:15:42,506 --> 00:15:45,205
[panting]
441
00:15:45,335 --> 00:15:48,991
[indistinct chatter]
442
00:15:49,035 --> 00:15:49,992
T!
443
00:15:55,171 --> 00:15:57,217
Oh, my God.
What happened to your face?
444
00:15:57,260 --> 00:15:58,609
Did you sleep with Hakeem?
445
00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:00,002
-Wait, what?-DEVON: Did you sleep with him?
446
00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:09,664
You know what, you act like
you want a good dude,
447
00:16:09,794 --> 00:16:10,882
but the truth is,
448
00:16:11,013 --> 00:16:12,841
you don't know
how to be with one.
449
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,626
Devon, look, I'm so sorry.I was--
450
00:16:15,757 --> 00:16:17,193
I treated you like a queen.
451
00:16:17,324 --> 00:16:20,980
All this time, you just--
you weren't nothing but trash.
452
00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:24,070
[Brittany Howard's
"Stay High"]
453
00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,071
It's over.
454
00:16:26,681 --> 00:16:27,508
-TIANA: Wait, Devon--
-It's over.
455
00:16:27,638 --> 00:16:28,944
Come on, we can...
456
00:16:29,075 --> 00:16:35,864
♪
457
00:16:39,694 --> 00:16:41,217
BRITTANY:
♪ 'Cause once you know
458
00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:42,305
♪ Then you know
459
00:16:42,349 --> 00:16:45,047
♪ And you don't wanna go
460
00:16:45,091 --> 00:16:48,572
♪ Back to wherever it is
that you come from, yeah ♪
461
00:16:48,703 --> 00:16:50,748
♪
462
00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:55,579
♪ I just want to stay high
463
00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:59,105
♪ With you
464
00:16:59,148 --> 00:17:01,324
WAITER: Okay, ladies.
What'll it be?
465
00:17:01,455 --> 00:17:03,152
CAROL: Uh, let me see.
466
00:17:03,196 --> 00:17:04,762
I'll have the, um--
467
00:17:04,806 --> 00:17:08,462
the Roadside half-pounder,
468
00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:11,291
medium rare with, um,
469
00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:13,336
all the extra little
fixings on it.
470
00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:15,991
And give me some extra avocado.
471
00:17:16,122 --> 00:17:17,949
Uh, sorry,
we're out of avocado.
472
00:17:18,776 --> 00:17:20,169
"Out"?
All right.
473
00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:21,910
So you just gonna sit here
and act like
474
00:17:21,953 --> 00:17:24,347
I don't see the Golden Girls
over there,
475
00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:26,088
feeding their greedy faces?
476
00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,133
Hey, Betty White!
477
00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:28,134
Why don't you save some
478
00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:29,918
for the rest of us, old ass?
479
00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,094
Okay, hey.
Hey, Carol, that's enough.
480
00:17:32,138 --> 00:17:34,357
-[Carol scoffs]
-Ma'am, we--we just ran out.
481
00:17:34,401 --> 00:17:35,706
Those ladies ordered
before you.
482
00:17:35,750 --> 00:17:36,533
Oh, really?
483
00:17:36,664 --> 00:17:38,709
They just ran outbefore me, huh?
484
00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,711
Is that--you know what?You need to watch your tone.
485
00:17:40,755 --> 00:17:42,583
I don't even likehow you talking to me.
486
00:17:42,713 --> 00:17:44,063
Your ass will get whacked.
487
00:17:44,193 --> 00:17:46,152
Sir, I am so sorry.
488
00:17:46,282 --> 00:17:49,155
Um, please excuse my sister.
She's having a bad day.
489
00:17:49,198 --> 00:17:51,026
-It's okay.
-I ain't having no bad day!
490
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,767
Shut your ass up.
491
00:17:52,897 --> 00:17:54,812
-Get off.
-You want a scene, huh?
492
00:17:54,856 --> 00:17:57,946
'Cause I will drag youby your nappy weave
493
00:17:58,077 --> 00:18:00,340
out to that parking lotand beat your ass.
494
00:18:00,383 --> 00:18:01,210
Is that what you want?
495
00:18:01,341 --> 00:18:02,864
Why don't you back off of me,
Cookie?
496
00:18:02,994 --> 00:18:04,387
You always trying to tell me
what to do.
497
00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:06,085
-Because you...
-Ow.
498
00:18:06,215 --> 00:18:08,130
Are incapable of makinggood choices.
499
00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:09,131
Stop it.
Ow.
500
00:18:09,262 --> 00:18:10,524
-Shut up.
-You put your nail in my face.
501
00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:12,395
I know exactly what I'm doing.
502
00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:14,267
That's why I always tell
your ass the truth.
503
00:18:14,310 --> 00:18:16,921
-Stop.
-All right. All right.
504
00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:18,445
[Carol sighs]
505
00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:20,055
[traffic roars]
506
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,405
-[Carol crying]
-CANDACE: Come on, Carol.
507
00:18:23,624 --> 00:18:25,626
Carol, we have to get ready
for school.
508
00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:27,193
-What's going on?
-I've been trying
509
00:18:27,236 --> 00:18:28,368
to get Carol ready for school.
510
00:18:28,411 --> 00:18:29,673
COOKIE:
Candace, where's Daddy?
511
00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:31,458
-[Carol crying]
-CANDACE: Come on, Carol!
512
00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:33,286
CAROL:
Leave me alone!
513
00:18:33,329 --> 00:18:36,550
[Carol crying]
514
00:18:37,855 --> 00:18:38,856
[sniffles]
515
00:18:40,075 --> 00:18:41,424
[breathes shakily]
516
00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,819
-[whimpers]
-[door creaking]
517
00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:47,822
[somber music]
518
00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:49,476
♪
519
00:18:49,606 --> 00:18:50,999
She's gone, Loretha.
520
00:18:51,042 --> 00:18:53,393
♪
521
00:18:53,523 --> 00:18:55,308
She's not coming back.
522
00:18:55,438 --> 00:19:00,226
♪
523
00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:01,401
[John sniffles]
524
00:19:01,444 --> 00:19:04,839
♪
525
00:19:04,969 --> 00:19:06,145
[sniffles]
526
00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:12,194
♪
527
00:19:12,238 --> 00:19:13,978
[sniffles]
528
00:19:14,022 --> 00:19:20,724
♪
529
00:19:27,688 --> 00:19:29,385
CAROL: I don't wanna!
Where's Mommy?
530
00:19:29,516 --> 00:19:30,691
Where's Mama?
531
00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:32,432
Carol, shut up!
532
00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:34,434
Candace,you help her with her hair.
533
00:19:34,477 --> 00:19:35,261
I'll get started on breakfast.
534
00:19:35,391 --> 00:19:37,176
Who made you the boss?
535
00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:40,396
Mama's gone,and she ain't coming back.
536
00:19:40,527 --> 00:19:43,051
We need to start taking careof each other now.
537
00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:45,749
CAROL: All right,
so you know--so while
538
00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,970
you were busy bossing me aroundand being "my mama"
539
00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,624
like I was one of your boys,
540
00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:52,887
that gave you the right
to kill my man?
541
00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:54,715
-COOKIE: Shut up!
-CANDACE: Lower your voice.
542
00:19:54,845 --> 00:19:56,934
COOKIE:
Durrell was beating you.
543
00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:59,502
He was dangerous,so I had to do something...
544
00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:01,243
-Oh...
-Like I always do.
545
00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:03,854
Bitch, please.
546
00:20:03,898 --> 00:20:07,641
I was a grown-ass woman,
and it was complicated.
547
00:20:07,684 --> 00:20:10,209
And we sitting up in here
right now
548
00:20:10,339 --> 00:20:12,385
because you still think
you my mama.
549
00:20:12,515 --> 00:20:13,951
But guess what, heifer.
You ain't.
550
00:20:14,082 --> 00:20:14,909
-I'm not.
-Carol, stop.
551
00:20:14,952 --> 00:20:15,953
Matter of fact,
552
00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:17,303
I done lost my damn appetite.
553
00:20:17,346 --> 00:20:18,347
All right.
No, the crack made you
554
00:20:18,478 --> 00:20:19,914
-lose the appetite.
-CANDACE: Stop it.
555
00:20:19,957 --> 00:20:20,915
CAROL: Get off of me!
556
00:20:22,395 --> 00:20:23,744
You know what?
You can't go nowhere.
557
00:20:23,874 --> 00:20:25,876
I got the keys, dumbass.
558
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:26,877
Wow.
559
00:20:30,098 --> 00:20:31,752
Andre is really excitingabout giving your readers
560
00:20:31,882 --> 00:20:33,667
a behind-the-scenes lookat Birth of an Empire.
561
00:20:33,797 --> 00:20:35,277
I love how y'all
flipped that title
562
00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:36,626
and took it back from whitey.
563
00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:37,671
-Thank you.
-Where's Hakeem?
564
00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:39,499
Uh, he's actuallybeen working on
565
00:20:39,542 --> 00:20:41,457
the movie soundtrack nonstop.
566
00:20:41,501 --> 00:20:43,546
Actually, how would you feel
567
00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:47,681
about an exclusiveinterview/listening session?
568
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,770
Yes.
[laughs]
569
00:20:51,815 --> 00:20:53,426
Looks like Hakeem's
putting in work, all right.
570
00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,515
Isn't that the actressplaying his mama?
571
00:20:55,558 --> 00:20:56,385
HAKEEM:
Get the hell of here, yo.
572
00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:57,430
Oh, my God!
573
00:20:57,473 --> 00:20:58,518
-Studio B.
-Get out!
574
00:20:58,561 --> 00:20:59,475
-Um, oh, my God.
-NICOLE: Move!
575
00:20:59,606 --> 00:21:00,824
I, uh--I'm so sorry.
576
00:21:00,955 --> 00:21:04,828
Uh, we should...probablytry that again a little later.
577
00:21:04,959 --> 00:21:06,221
Oh, I've got all I need.
578
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,918
Jill, you weren'tsupposed to see that.
579
00:21:08,484 --> 00:21:11,835
But I can't unsee it, can I?
580
00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:14,882
[mischievous music]
581
00:21:14,925 --> 00:21:18,364
♪
582
00:21:32,029 --> 00:21:33,988
[beeping]
583
00:21:34,031 --> 00:21:35,381
[beeps]
584
00:21:48,655 --> 00:21:51,527
[melancholy music]
585
00:21:51,658 --> 00:21:58,491
♪
586
00:21:58,969 --> 00:22:00,188
[ding]
587
00:22:00,231 --> 00:22:02,408
-[tense music]
-[beeping]
588
00:22:02,538 --> 00:22:09,502
♪
589
00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,030
[sighs]
590
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,553
You're ruining my life.
591
00:22:18,467 --> 00:22:21,296
You'd have nothing without me.
592
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,993
[Andre sighs]
Get out of my head.
593
00:22:23,124 --> 00:22:29,783
♪
594
00:22:29,913 --> 00:22:31,437
Are you all right, son?
595
00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:34,918
Oh, I'm fine, Pop.
596
00:22:35,049 --> 00:22:37,356
I--just a little stressed.That's all.
597
00:22:37,486 --> 00:22:40,141
Seems like that crownis a little heavy on your head.
598
00:22:40,271 --> 00:22:42,012
I'm handling it just fine, Pop.
599
00:22:42,143 --> 00:22:43,536
You may not like my methods,
600
00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:45,146
but you can't arguewith the results.
601
00:22:45,276 --> 00:22:46,887
I'm not worried about Empire.
602
00:22:46,930 --> 00:22:49,280
I'm worried about my son.
603
00:22:49,324 --> 00:22:52,109
I mean, your heart,
your cancer.
604
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,676
You've been through
so much, son.
605
00:22:53,807 --> 00:22:54,938
I'm fine, Pop.
606
00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:56,375
You bringing all this upmakes me think
607
00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:57,332
you're trying to undermine me.
608
00:22:57,463 --> 00:22:58,855
That's not what I meant.
609
00:22:58,899 --> 00:23:00,335
Your worry feels like envy.
610
00:23:01,510 --> 00:23:02,859
Are you afraid I'm doingbetter job than you
611
00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:04,252
at running Empire?
612
00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:05,340
Not at all.
I'm--
613
00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:06,428
Then why are you here?
614
00:23:06,472 --> 00:23:08,691
[dramatic music]
615
00:23:08,822 --> 00:23:10,084
That's a real good question.
616
00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:17,178
♪
617
00:23:24,664 --> 00:23:26,405
Ahh.
618
00:23:26,883 --> 00:23:28,102
[chuckles]
619
00:23:33,063 --> 00:23:35,457
TERI: Courtney,
I don't need you to come in.
620
00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:37,764
No, just stay in the car.
Bye.
621
00:23:38,678 --> 00:23:40,549
-Dr. Lockett.
-Yes?
622
00:23:42,290 --> 00:23:46,512
I know my husband,
Andre Lyon, came to see you.
623
00:23:46,555 --> 00:23:48,252
Please.
624
00:23:48,296 --> 00:23:52,605
His behavior has been
very erratic.
625
00:23:52,648 --> 00:23:55,521
And I'm worried...
626
00:23:55,651 --> 00:23:57,523
that his medication
isn't working.
627
00:23:57,653 --> 00:24:00,177
I'm afraid I can't discussa patient's medical care,
628
00:24:00,221 --> 00:24:01,527
not even with their spouse.
629
00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:04,530
Andre is not the same person
anymore.
630
00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:07,402
We have a--a baby.
631
00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:08,359
Doctor, please.
632
00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:10,710
Just--just--just
answer me this.
633
00:24:11,711 --> 00:24:12,712
Am I in danger?
634
00:24:12,842 --> 00:24:14,757
[uneasy music]
635
00:24:14,801 --> 00:24:16,933
Is my baby in danger?
636
00:24:16,977 --> 00:24:18,544
♪
637
00:24:18,674 --> 00:24:22,069
Hypothetically,anyone close to a patient
638
00:24:22,112 --> 00:24:24,158
experiencing the symptomsyou're describing
639
00:24:24,288 --> 00:24:26,943
-Uh-huh.
-Should take every measure
640
00:24:27,074 --> 00:24:30,207
to protect themselves
and those closest to them.
641
00:24:30,338 --> 00:24:32,514
♪
642
00:24:32,558 --> 00:24:33,515
Okay.
643
00:24:33,646 --> 00:24:37,476
♪
644
00:24:37,606 --> 00:24:38,955
Thank you.
645
00:24:39,086 --> 00:24:41,697
Eh.
Well, I'll be damned.
646
00:24:41,741 --> 00:24:42,959
Did you see the post
about Hakeem
647
00:24:43,090 --> 00:24:43,960
and the actress playing Cookie?
648
00:24:44,091 --> 00:24:45,484
-[door closes]
-BECKY: Uh, yeah.
649
00:24:45,614 --> 00:24:48,138
He has hella mommy issues.
So...
650
00:24:48,269 --> 00:24:49,488
Uh, you know you gota 3:00 p.m.
651
00:24:49,618 --> 00:24:50,619
with Rihanna's managementand then--
652
00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:51,794
BECKY:
Eh, You gotta cancel that.
653
00:24:51,838 --> 00:24:52,752
We have to find Tiana
654
00:24:52,882 --> 00:24:53,883
and get her back on track.
655
00:24:53,927 --> 00:24:55,929
Yeah, about that...
656
00:24:56,059 --> 00:24:58,845
[dramatic hip-hop music]
657
00:24:58,975 --> 00:25:01,717
♪
658
00:25:01,848 --> 00:25:02,979
Oh.
659
00:25:03,850 --> 00:25:05,068
Okay.
Okay.
660
00:25:05,199 --> 00:25:07,070
All right.
All right.
661
00:25:08,158 --> 00:25:09,856
Becky, I think we might needto give Tiana the day off.
662
00:25:09,986 --> 00:25:11,248
BECKY: Oh, no, no, no.
We can't.
663
00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:12,598
We need to use that
664
00:25:12,728 --> 00:25:15,514
because we are burning
through money
665
00:25:15,644 --> 00:25:17,690
with engineers and studio time.
666
00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:19,474
I was gonna write Devon a song.
667
00:25:19,605 --> 00:25:20,954
-BECKY: Okay.
-And then he walked in
668
00:25:21,084 --> 00:25:23,609
and embarrassed me
in front of everyone.
669
00:25:23,652 --> 00:25:26,699
Okay.
What if we flipped it on him?
670
00:25:26,742 --> 00:25:29,179
-What, a breakup song?
-BECKY: Yeah, a breakup song!
671
00:25:29,310 --> 00:25:30,267
-[sighs] I don't know.
-BECKY: Okay.
672
00:25:30,311 --> 00:25:31,573
No, no.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
673
00:25:31,617 --> 00:25:33,053
T.
T.
674
00:25:33,096 --> 00:25:35,185
What better way to get back
at Devon
675
00:25:35,229 --> 00:25:37,579
and all these man-slut,
he-bitches in your life?
676
00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:38,885
-BECKY: Huh?
-PORSHA: I agree, hands up.
677
00:25:39,015 --> 00:25:41,061
-Give me five.
-She agree, okay?
678
00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:43,237
Look, I know that Devon
is fine as hell,
679
00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:44,238
and I know
that he's slanging it.
680
00:25:44,368 --> 00:25:46,806
But you know what's hard?
Monogamy.
681
00:25:46,936 --> 00:25:48,590
You can just swipe
and get you a new one.
682
00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:50,679
-Sis, I swipe all the time.
-Boom.
683
00:25:50,723 --> 00:25:54,727
I mean, we never really fullyeven defined our relationship.
684
00:25:54,857 --> 00:25:55,771
-I don't think you did.
-See?
685
00:25:55,815 --> 00:25:57,425
-He don't own me.
-BECKY: Uh-uh!
686
00:25:57,468 --> 00:25:59,601
He can't own you, okay?
'Cause you're not a cat.
687
00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:01,472
What's wrong
with a little hoe-ism?
688
00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:02,604
-BECKY: Nothing.
-Okay.
689
00:26:02,648 --> 00:26:04,650
God, men do it all the time.
690
00:26:04,693 --> 00:26:05,868
PORSHA: But Tiana,
that don't mean it's right.
691
00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:08,654
Okay, but what's right?
[laughs]
692
00:26:08,784 --> 00:26:09,872
Right?
What's right?
693
00:26:09,916 --> 00:26:11,657
What's wrong?
Like, who's to say?
694
00:26:11,787 --> 00:26:14,094
How 'bout we pull out
the pen and the pad
695
00:26:14,224 --> 00:26:15,791
and get messy?
696
00:26:15,835 --> 00:26:17,706
TIANA:
♪ Slipping like a mudslide
697
00:26:17,837 --> 00:26:20,230
♪ Too far gone, too little,
too late for help ♪
698
00:26:20,361 --> 00:26:21,797
♪ And I can't apologize
699
00:26:21,928 --> 00:26:24,017
♪ For living a double life
700
00:26:24,147 --> 00:26:26,280
♪ I blow and I roll the dice
701
00:26:26,323 --> 00:26:28,935
♪ Two wrongs, no right,
and I'm making a mess ♪
702
00:26:29,065 --> 00:26:33,548
♪ And it's killing me
to be confessional, uh ♪
703
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:35,768
♪ I move too fast
in my double life ♪
704
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:37,944
♪ Burned and I crashed
in my double life ♪
705
00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:40,163
♪ Went too hard
in my double life ♪
706
00:26:40,294 --> 00:26:42,862
♪ Broke two hearts
in my double life ♪
707
00:26:42,905 --> 00:26:44,733
♪ I'm a bad girl
in my double life ♪
708
00:26:44,864 --> 00:26:46,909
♪ Been a bad girl
in my double life ♪
709
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,739
[upbeat hip-hop music]
710
00:26:50,783 --> 00:26:51,653
♪ Double life
711
00:26:51,784 --> 00:26:54,656
♪
712
00:26:54,787 --> 00:26:56,136
♪ Double life
713
00:27:02,925 --> 00:27:05,101
[sighs]
714
00:27:05,232 --> 00:27:08,104
[soft music]
715
00:27:08,235 --> 00:27:14,981
♪
716
00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:23,946
[exhales]
717
00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:30,649
♪
718
00:27:51,017 --> 00:27:51,931
[door opens]
719
00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:55,456
Cookie's been asking about you
again.
720
00:27:55,586 --> 00:27:56,849
Man, it's been months
721
00:27:56,892 --> 00:27:58,764
since you've been up there
to see her.
722
00:27:58,894 --> 00:28:01,157
I'm getting tired of coveringfor your ass, man.
723
00:28:01,288 --> 00:28:03,159
Yeah, I've been trying
to go up there and see her,
724
00:28:03,290 --> 00:28:05,988
but last time,
they damn near locked me up
725
00:28:06,032 --> 00:28:09,165
because I can't bear to see herin there like that.
726
00:28:09,209 --> 00:28:11,646
I've been trying to write her
a freakin' letter...
727
00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:13,343
nothing seems
to come out right.
728
00:28:13,474 --> 00:28:14,867
BUNKIE: There ain't nothing
you gonna write on that paper
729
00:28:14,997 --> 00:28:15,955
you can't say in person.
730
00:28:15,998 --> 00:28:17,565
Quit hiding behind
these damn letters
731
00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:19,001
and get your ass up
to that prison.
732
00:28:19,045 --> 00:28:25,747
♪
733
00:28:42,416 --> 00:28:44,766
[sniffles, grunts softly]
734
00:28:44,897 --> 00:28:46,812
CAROL: Let me out.
I gotta pee.
735
00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:51,468
COOKIE:
What is taking Carol so long?
736
00:28:51,599 --> 00:28:52,687
She didn't even eat.
737
00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:53,819
If you hadn't beenso hard on her,
738
00:28:53,949 --> 00:28:54,776
she would have.
739
00:28:54,907 --> 00:28:56,212
Oh, please,
I told her the truth.
740
00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:59,041
Well, you can't always talkwith no filter, Cookie.
741
00:28:59,085 --> 00:29:00,913
That may work with your boys,but it doesn't work
742
00:29:00,956 --> 00:29:03,437
with someone who's unstablelike Carol.
743
00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:05,352
You gotta learn to weavea little white lie
744
00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:06,701
in there every now and then.
745
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:08,834
Look, I can't pretend
like everything's okay
746
00:29:08,964 --> 00:29:10,009
when it's not, all right?
747
00:29:10,139 --> 00:29:10,966
That's you.
748
00:29:11,097 --> 00:29:13,273
[both scoff]
749
00:29:13,316 --> 00:29:17,059
[dramatic music]
750
00:29:17,103 --> 00:29:18,800
Damn.
751
00:29:18,844 --> 00:29:19,888
That bitch.
752
00:29:20,019 --> 00:29:22,021
What?
753
00:29:22,151 --> 00:29:23,065
[cell phone bleeps]
754
00:29:23,109 --> 00:29:29,028
♪
755
00:29:29,071 --> 00:29:31,639
COOKIE: Where the hellyou think you going, huh?
756
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,510
You know you can't outslick
the slick-ster.
757
00:29:33,641 --> 00:29:36,122
-[Carol scoffs]
-Get your chalky ass on.
758
00:29:44,521 --> 00:29:48,090
Bitch, I know your little messyass set this whole thing up.
759
00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:50,701
Okay, um, I am so sorry
about earlier.
760
00:29:50,745 --> 00:29:52,094
I didn't know that...
761
00:29:52,138 --> 00:29:53,748
she was supposed to be there
for an interview--
762
00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:55,358
I'm a Juilliard-trainedactress.
763
00:29:55,489 --> 00:29:56,446
I went to Brown.
764
00:29:56,490 --> 00:29:57,926
I have a reputationto maintain.
765
00:29:58,057 --> 00:30:00,059
I don't have time to playyour little ghetto games.
766
00:30:00,189 --> 00:30:01,451
Whoa.
Excuse me.
767
00:30:01,495 --> 00:30:02,931
-"Ghetto games?"
-HAKEEM: Hold on, Nicole.
768
00:30:03,062 --> 00:30:04,367
You gotta fallall the way back.
769
00:30:04,498 --> 00:30:05,716
Lean back.
770
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:07,544
You better handle this.
771
00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:10,591
-[Maya scoffs]
-[sighs]
772
00:30:10,721 --> 00:30:11,897
Did she buy it?
773
00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:13,376
She has no idea
you're in on it,
774
00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:15,248
so street: one,
Ivy League: zero.
775
00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:17,076
You ain't street, girl.
776
00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:19,034
Uh, yeah, but she doesn't seem
to know the difference, so...
777
00:30:19,078 --> 00:30:21,645
HAKEEM: Well, uh, the movie's
getting a lot of buzz.
778
00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:23,691
-You was right.
-You're welcome.
779
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:26,215
I think "Hakeem Lyon
Falls in Love with Actress
780
00:30:26,259 --> 00:30:28,130
Playing His Mother"
kind of writes itself.
781
00:30:28,261 --> 00:30:30,089
You a shady-ass bitch.
782
00:30:30,132 --> 00:30:31,481
Aren't I?
783
00:30:31,612 --> 00:30:34,484
[upbeat music]
784
00:30:34,615 --> 00:30:38,837
♪
785
00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:40,229
[keys clacking]
786
00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:43,145
[dramatic music]
787
00:30:43,189 --> 00:30:44,364
♪
788
00:30:44,407 --> 00:30:46,105
ANDRE: Teri.
789
00:30:46,148 --> 00:30:47,410
[whimpers softly]
790
00:30:47,541 --> 00:30:48,890
In here.
791
00:30:53,373 --> 00:30:55,288
So what do you think?
792
00:30:55,418 --> 00:30:58,030
[sighs]
Isn't this bad luck?
793
00:30:58,073 --> 00:30:59,858
We're already married.
794
00:31:01,729 --> 00:31:03,383
What happened to your face?
795
00:31:05,602 --> 00:31:06,865
Oh, that's nothing.
796
00:31:06,995 --> 00:31:09,171
It's just, uh, a little
something at work, you know.
797
00:31:09,215 --> 00:31:10,390
It's all taken care of now.
798
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,782
We can't go through with this
799
00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:13,959
if--if your face lookslike that.
800
00:31:14,785 --> 00:31:16,396
Everyone will see, and--
801
00:31:16,526 --> 00:31:19,094
Teri, this wedding is my...
802
00:31:19,138 --> 00:31:20,661
[sighs]
803
00:31:20,791 --> 00:31:22,924
This wedding
is our coronation.
804
00:31:23,055 --> 00:31:25,013
We're the new king and queen
of Empire, babe.
805
00:31:25,144 --> 00:31:27,015
I don't want a crown.
806
00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:30,018
Listen.
807
00:31:31,237 --> 00:31:34,196
Whatever is going on,
808
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:35,894
it needs to stop.
809
00:31:37,460 --> 00:31:38,940
We should postponethis wedding.
810
00:31:39,071 --> 00:31:40,333
[sighs]
811
00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:42,901
[unsettling music]
812
00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:44,685
Get it through your head.
813
00:31:46,121 --> 00:31:47,557
This is happening.
814
00:31:47,601 --> 00:31:49,124
I know you lied to me.
815
00:31:49,995 --> 00:31:51,170
I spoke with your doctor.
816
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,606
You did what?
817
00:31:52,736 --> 00:31:54,477
Because of the wayyou've been acting.
818
00:31:55,478 --> 00:31:58,568
I've been so frightened for me,for the--for the baby.
819
00:31:58,612 --> 00:32:04,444
♪
820
00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:06,141
You listen to me.
821
00:32:07,664 --> 00:32:09,014
You're gonna wear this dress...
822
00:32:09,144 --> 00:32:10,058
[Teri whimpers]
823
00:32:10,189 --> 00:32:11,451
You're gonna smile,
824
00:32:11,494 --> 00:32:12,800
and you're gonna suck it up.
825
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:15,194
You hear me?
You're gonna suck it up.
826
00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:17,022
Andre, you need help.
827
00:32:17,065 --> 00:32:18,893
You know I will help you.
828
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:21,200
Please,
829
00:32:21,243 --> 00:32:23,115
please let me help you.
830
00:32:23,158 --> 00:32:24,986
♪
831
00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:26,292
Please.
832
00:32:27,728 --> 00:32:29,251
[whispers]
Go, Teri.
833
00:32:29,382 --> 00:32:30,687
-Run.
-What?
834
00:32:30,731 --> 00:32:32,254
You need to run.
Go.
835
00:32:32,385 --> 00:32:37,129
♪
836
00:32:38,391 --> 00:32:40,262
[Carol sighs]
837
00:32:41,263 --> 00:32:43,700
How did you get
them damn drugs out, huh?
838
00:32:43,831 --> 00:32:46,616
'Cause we TSA'd your ass
before we left the house.
839
00:32:46,747 --> 00:32:48,705
Did you hide those drugsin your--
840
00:32:48,749 --> 00:32:51,839
Ah-ah-ah-ah.
I don't need that visual.
841
00:32:51,882 --> 00:32:54,755
Taking your ass to rehab ASAP.
842
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:56,757
Yeah, I don't have
to deal with you like this
843
00:32:56,887 --> 00:32:57,932
one more second.
844
00:32:58,063 --> 00:33:01,109
-Amen to that.
-Oh, shut up.
845
00:33:01,153 --> 00:33:04,243
I'm so sick of y'all
judging me, I swear.
846
00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:06,027
Y'all think y'all so perfect,
huh?
847
00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:07,028
You know what?
848
00:33:07,159 --> 00:33:09,422
Since we all in the mood
of truth telling,
849
00:33:09,465 --> 00:33:11,250
I'ma give it to y'all straight.
850
00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:12,512
You know what?
851
00:33:12,642 --> 00:33:15,254
You ain't nothing
but a plastic,
852
00:33:15,297 --> 00:33:19,301
self-righteous phony
who hide behind your lies
853
00:33:19,345 --> 00:33:22,826
and your white husband
to hide your insecurities.
854
00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:26,047
And you, Cookie,
you ain't nothing
855
00:33:26,178 --> 00:33:30,182
but a lonely,
domineering control freak
856
00:33:30,225 --> 00:33:32,836
with no love and no man
857
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,578
because all your truth telling
pushed everybody away.
858
00:33:35,709 --> 00:33:38,103
Now, let me out
of this damn car!
859
00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:39,104
Get me out of the damn car.
860
00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:40,801
-Stop it! Stop!
-[growls]
861
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:42,063
CANDACE: You the onethat became a damn drug addict.
862
00:33:42,107 --> 00:33:43,325
Stop.
863
00:33:43,456 --> 00:33:44,805
Nobody forced you
to do no drugs.
864
00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:47,155
You think this what I wanted
my life to be?
865
00:33:47,286 --> 00:33:48,243
[horn honks]
866
00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:50,593
[solemn music]
867
00:33:50,724 --> 00:33:51,899
CANDACE:Why are you dressed for church?
868
00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,248
You need to get ready
for school.
869
00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:55,250
I'm waiting on Mama.
870
00:33:55,381 --> 00:33:56,251
Mom had to go on a trip.
871
00:33:56,382 --> 00:33:58,775
♪
872
00:33:58,906 --> 00:34:00,734
-CANDACE: She'll be back soon.
-You're lying.
873
00:34:00,777 --> 00:34:02,214
You need to get changed now,
Carol.
874
00:34:02,344 --> 00:34:05,173
I don't wanna.
[crying]
875
00:34:05,217 --> 00:34:06,392
Stop it, Carol.
876
00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:08,481
You're the youngest,
but you're not a baby anymore.
877
00:34:08,524 --> 00:34:10,265
Me and Candace
are gonna try our best,
878
00:34:10,396 --> 00:34:11,397
but you have to try yours, too,
879
00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:13,225
'cause Mama ain't coming back.
880
00:34:13,355 --> 00:34:16,750
♪
881
00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:17,751
[Carol sighs]
882
00:34:17,881 --> 00:34:21,581
♪
883
00:34:21,711 --> 00:34:22,973
[crying]
884
00:34:23,017 --> 00:34:24,801
I knew you were lying
885
00:34:24,932 --> 00:34:26,977
the day Mama left.
886
00:34:27,891 --> 00:34:31,547
She promised to take me
to see Alvin Ailey that day
887
00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:34,376
in the city for my birthday.
888
00:34:34,420 --> 00:34:36,552
It was our little secret.
889
00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:39,294
[whimpering]
890
00:34:39,425 --> 00:34:41,949
♪
891
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,954
I never got over Mama
walking out on us like that.
892
00:34:48,390 --> 00:34:49,739
I tried to be there for you.
893
00:34:49,870 --> 00:34:52,220
We all tried to bemothers to each other.
894
00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:55,223
♪
895
00:34:55,354 --> 00:34:56,833
It wasn't enough.
896
00:34:58,226 --> 00:35:00,228
Then Durrell came along.
897
00:35:02,187 --> 00:35:04,145
He may have had his flaws...
898
00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,976
But he made me feel good.
899
00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:14,416
It was like he was
my protector...
900
00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:17,332
and you took that away from me,Cookie.
901
00:35:18,594 --> 00:35:23,295
It's like you're taking away
every good memory I ever had.
902
00:35:23,338 --> 00:35:24,992
Look...
[chuckles]
903
00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:26,036
It's the truth.
904
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:27,212
-Yes.
-COOKIE: Okay?
905
00:35:27,255 --> 00:35:29,257
I had to protect you
and your kids,
906
00:35:29,301 --> 00:35:31,477
and I did that
because I love you, Carol.
907
00:35:31,607 --> 00:35:33,609
We love you.
You can't understand that?
908
00:35:33,740 --> 00:35:37,222
[whispers]
But you can't fix me.
909
00:35:37,265 --> 00:35:38,179
You can't.
910
00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:41,269
[dramatic music]
911
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,271
That ain't your job, sis.
912
00:35:43,402 --> 00:35:48,276
♪
913
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,278
Just like we couldn't fix you
914
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:52,628
when we triedto get rid of Lucious.
915
00:35:52,672 --> 00:35:55,588
Carol, shut up.
Don't you say another word.
916
00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,807
Not another word!
Look, we almost there.
917
00:35:57,851 --> 00:35:59,853
I know where we at!
Let her talk.
918
00:35:59,983 --> 00:36:01,768
She been trying to get this
off her chest for a minute.
919
00:36:01,811 --> 00:36:03,161
-What you got to say, Carol?
-[Candace mouthing words]
920
00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:06,425
♪
921
00:36:06,468 --> 00:36:08,818
You remember that day
back in the day
922
00:36:08,862 --> 00:36:12,344
when--when you got busted
for hustling?
923
00:36:12,387 --> 00:36:14,563
-COOKIE: Yes.-How you think they caught you?
924
00:36:14,607 --> 00:36:17,131
It was a DEA investigation
with the Philly cops.
925
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,350
Carol.Shh.
926
00:36:18,393 --> 00:36:20,395
No, no, you, shh.
Let her talk.
927
00:36:20,526 --> 00:36:22,658
CAROL: Who told you that, Cook?Huh?
928
00:36:22,789 --> 00:36:24,356
We called the cops.
929
00:36:24,399 --> 00:36:27,272
-Shut up, Carol!
-CAROL: Me and Candace.
930
00:36:27,315 --> 00:36:29,274
We the one
tipped the cops off...
931
00:36:29,404 --> 00:36:30,536
-Carol, why?
-CAROL: So that they would
932
00:36:30,666 --> 00:36:36,106
bust Lucious' shady ass
and send his ass to prison.
933
00:36:36,933 --> 00:36:41,460
I spent 17 years in prison
rotting
934
00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:44,289
because of two snitch bitches.
935
00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:45,420
[brakes squeal]
936
00:36:51,296 --> 00:36:52,906
CANDACE: What are you doing?
937
00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:55,213
[somber music]
938
00:36:55,343 --> 00:36:56,518
CANDACE: Come on, come on.
Get out, get out.
939
00:36:56,562 --> 00:36:58,085
[Carol groans]
940
00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,130
♪
941
00:37:00,174 --> 00:37:01,306
Cook, let me explain.
942
00:37:01,436 --> 00:37:02,568
Look,I didn't even wanna do it.
943
00:37:02,698 --> 00:37:04,352
Candace made me do it.She said we had to.
944
00:37:04,483 --> 00:37:07,703
Okay, look--you know what?
I did.
945
00:37:07,747 --> 00:37:09,357
Cookie, I did.
946
00:37:10,445 --> 00:37:12,317
Baby girl, Lucious had you
out in the street dealing.
947
00:37:12,447 --> 00:37:15,189
We thought that you might
end up dead
948
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,278
or that your boys might
take a bullet.
949
00:37:17,322 --> 00:37:20,238
We were scared,
and you wouldn't listen to us.
950
00:37:20,368 --> 00:37:21,500
You left us no choice.
951
00:37:21,630 --> 00:37:23,458
That wasn't your choice
to make!
952
00:37:23,502 --> 00:37:25,373
What if Mama was around, huh?
953
00:37:25,504 --> 00:37:26,548
-Mama?
-CANDACE: Yeah.
954
00:37:26,679 --> 00:37:30,160
You think that Mama would
have you living that life?
955
00:37:30,204 --> 00:37:31,684
We had to do something!
956
00:37:31,727 --> 00:37:34,208
And we didn't think youwas gonna be stupid enough
957
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:35,731
to take the fall for Lucious.
958
00:37:35,862 --> 00:37:37,167
[foreboding music]
959
00:37:37,298 --> 00:37:38,691
"Stupid"?
960
00:37:38,734 --> 00:37:41,694
♪
961
00:37:41,737 --> 00:37:43,913
My own damn sisters...
962
00:37:44,044 --> 00:37:45,741
[sighs]
963
00:37:45,872 --> 00:37:52,008
♪
964
00:37:52,052 --> 00:37:53,662
[sniffles]
965
00:37:53,706 --> 00:37:55,534
You know what?
966
00:37:55,577 --> 00:37:58,450
The rehab is about a mile
down the street.
967
00:37:58,493 --> 00:37:59,973
You can walk.
968
00:38:00,016 --> 00:38:02,541
CANDACE:Cookie, it's freezing out here.
969
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,370
CAROL:
No, so how does it feel?
970
00:38:05,500 --> 00:38:07,589
Huh, Cookie?
How does it feel?
971
00:38:07,633 --> 00:38:10,244
We was just tryingto protect you, mother you.
972
00:38:10,375 --> 00:38:12,420
-Does that make it any better?
-Stop.
973
00:38:12,551 --> 00:38:14,814
♪
974
00:38:14,944 --> 00:38:15,989
Cookie.
975
00:38:16,032 --> 00:38:16,946
CAROL:
Yeah, ain't that the pot
976
00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:18,513
calling the kettle black?
977
00:38:18,644 --> 00:38:20,298
[engine turns over]
978
00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:23,823
♪
979
00:38:23,953 --> 00:38:26,739
[melancholy piano music
playing]
980
00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:32,222
♪
981
00:38:32,266 --> 00:38:33,659
Yes, Lucious?
982
00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:35,835
♪
983
00:38:35,965 --> 00:38:36,966
[music stops]
984
00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:38,098
[whispers]
Oh, my God.
985
00:38:43,538 --> 00:38:46,454
What was so important that
could not wait until tomorrow?
986
00:38:46,498 --> 00:38:48,500
I have something for you.
987
00:38:49,544 --> 00:38:51,546
What is this, the answer
to all of my prayers?
988
00:38:52,547 --> 00:38:53,505
Maybe.
989
00:38:56,595 --> 00:38:58,988
Wait.
♪ There it goes
990
00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:01,426
both: ♪ Got through
another day without you ♪
991
00:39:01,556 --> 00:39:02,731
-[Lucious chuckles]
-Wow.
992
00:39:02,775 --> 00:39:04,167
"I reach out to touch you,
993
00:39:04,211 --> 00:39:05,343
but realize you're miles away."
994
00:39:05,473 --> 00:39:07,562
This is about
when we were apart.
995
00:39:09,869 --> 00:39:13,220
I had no idea that
you felt this way about me.
996
00:39:14,439 --> 00:39:18,007
You think maybe you could,um...
997
00:39:18,051 --> 00:39:19,574
breathe some life into it?
998
00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:21,402
[melancholy R&B music]
999
00:39:21,446 --> 00:39:23,926
I would be honored
to bring life to this.
1000
00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:25,406
-[chuckles]
-Now, actually.
1001
00:39:25,537 --> 00:39:27,495
-YANA: Let's do it now.
-LUCIOUS: Okay.
1002
00:39:27,626 --> 00:39:29,367
♪ There it goes
1003
00:39:29,497 --> 00:39:30,629
[melancholy piano music
playing]
1004
00:39:30,759 --> 00:39:34,589
♪ Got through another day
without you ♪
1005
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:36,635
♪ Going through the motions
1006
00:39:36,678 --> 00:39:41,466
♪ 'Cause there ain't
no other way ♪
1007
00:39:41,596 --> 00:39:45,252
♪ I swear that
I can feel you ♪
1008
00:39:45,295 --> 00:39:49,125
♪ Don't know if I'm asleep
or awake ♪
1009
00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:52,390
♪ I reach out to touch you
1010
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:56,698
♪ Then realize
you're miles away ♪
1011
00:39:56,742 --> 00:40:00,659
♪ And every chance
I took for granted ♪
1012
00:40:00,702 --> 00:40:02,878
♪ Never again
1013
00:40:03,009 --> 00:40:05,533
♪ I won't let you go
1014
00:40:05,664 --> 00:40:09,058
♪ I'm like a heart
without a soul ♪
1015
00:40:09,102 --> 00:40:12,627
♪ So I'll
1016
00:40:12,671 --> 00:40:15,717
♪ I'll count down the days
1017
00:40:15,761 --> 00:40:16,675
[Walker crying]
1018
00:40:16,805 --> 00:40:20,069
YANA:
♪ And try not to break down
1019
00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:21,636
♪ I'll keep the faith
1020
00:40:21,767 --> 00:40:28,556
♪ 'Cause home is on the way
1021
00:40:28,687 --> 00:40:31,646
♪ I know
1022
00:40:31,690 --> 00:40:33,039
♪ That I haven't
1023
00:40:33,082 --> 00:40:35,171
♪ Called you lately
1024
00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:37,565
♪ Sometimes it's easier
1025
00:40:37,696 --> 00:40:42,309
♪ To say it face-to-face
1026
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,573
♪ 'Cause lovers come and go
1027
00:40:45,704 --> 00:40:50,099
♪ But we're more
than temporary ♪
1028
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:51,579
♪ I know when I see you
1029
00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:55,496
♪ It'll feel like
nothing's changed ♪
1030
00:40:55,627 --> 00:40:57,672
♪ Ooh
1031
00:40:57,803 --> 00:41:00,719
♪ I told you once,
I told you twice ♪
1032
00:41:00,762 --> 00:41:03,983
♪ I'll tell you again
1033
00:41:04,113 --> 00:41:06,464
♪ You and me
1034
00:41:06,594 --> 00:41:10,555
♪ Is all that
we'll ever need ♪
1035
00:41:10,685 --> 00:41:13,775
♪ So I'll
1036
00:41:13,906 --> 00:41:17,039
♪ Count down the days
1037
00:41:17,170 --> 00:41:20,565
♪ I'll try not to break down
1038
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:22,436
♪ Keep the faith
1039
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,441
♪ 'Cause home is on the way
1040
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,530
♪
1041
00:41:29,574 --> 00:41:32,402
♪ We'll make up the time
1042
00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:36,276
♪ No matter the distance
1043
00:41:36,406 --> 00:41:37,407
♪ It's worth the wait
1044
00:41:37,538 --> 00:41:41,194
♪ 'Cause home is on the way
1045
00:41:41,324 --> 00:41:44,632
-[breathing heavily]
-YANA: ♪ Yeah
1046
00:41:44,676 --> 00:41:48,636
♪ Home is on
1047
00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:52,988
♪ The way
1048
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,689
We made it.
Huh?
1049
00:41:57,819 --> 00:41:59,342
We made it.
1050
00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:00,430
Huh?
1051
00:42:01,823 --> 00:42:02,781
[gasps]
1052
00:42:02,824 --> 00:42:04,391
[sinister music]
1053
00:42:04,434 --> 00:42:05,566
Andre, wha...
1054
00:42:05,610 --> 00:42:06,698
[gulps]
1055
00:42:08,308 --> 00:42:09,265
No.
1056
00:42:10,876 --> 00:42:11,790
No.
1057
00:42:13,052 --> 00:42:14,967
-Give him to me, Teri.
-No.
1058
00:42:15,097 --> 00:42:16,534
-Teri!
-No!
1059
00:42:16,664 --> 00:42:18,361
Give him to me now.
1060
00:42:18,405 --> 00:42:19,841
No.No, no--
1061
00:42:19,885 --> 00:42:22,061
-Let go!
-Oh.
1062
00:42:22,104 --> 00:42:25,760
-Oh, no!
-[Walker crying]
1063
00:42:25,891 --> 00:42:27,196
-Look what you did.
-Shh.
1064
00:42:27,327 --> 00:42:30,025
You try to take
my son from me again,
1065
00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:31,679
it will be the last time
you ever see him.
1066
00:42:31,810 --> 00:42:32,680
Do you understand?
1067
00:42:32,811 --> 00:42:36,423
[Walker crying]
1068
00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:37,511
I asked you a question.
1069
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:38,991
-Do you understand me?
-[Teri shushes]
1070
00:42:39,121 --> 00:42:40,296
I do.
1071
00:42:40,427 --> 00:42:42,472
Walker's everything
to me, Teri.
1072
00:42:42,516 --> 00:42:43,778
He's irreplaceable.
1073
00:42:45,475 --> 00:42:46,564
You are not.
1074
00:42:46,694 --> 00:42:48,870
[Walker crying]
1075
00:42:49,001 --> 00:42:50,872
Now let's go home.
1076
00:42:52,526 --> 00:42:53,614
Go!
1077
00:42:53,658 --> 00:42:56,617
-[Walker crying]
-ANDRE: Let's go. Come on.
1078
00:42:56,748 --> 00:43:02,754
♪
1079
00:43:02,884 --> 00:43:04,320
Let's go home.
1080
00:43:04,451 --> 00:43:06,714
♪
1081
00:43:06,758 --> 00:43:08,237
[luggage clatters]
1082
00:43:08,281 --> 00:43:13,025
♪
1083
00:43:17,899 --> 00:43:20,815
[dramatic hip-hop music]
1084
00:43:20,859 --> 00:43:27,866
♪
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