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♪
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- Previously on"American Soul."
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The casino has got to go.
- Don, listen.
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- No, you listen, man.
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I stand to lose everything
if you get caught.
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- Most things aren't about you,
Simone.
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CPS just comes through
and it makes things worse
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by taking his sister.
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- They've started
adoption proceedings.
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- See, I--I can't lose Aiya,
too.
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- She doesn't even
remember you.
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- I need you to run an errandat the bank.
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- I really don't wannado anything else sketchy.
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[camera shutter clicking]
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- You got the plates?
- I got it.
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[static hissing]
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[Kool & The Gang's"Hollywood Swinging"]
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- [grumbling]
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Damn it!
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♪
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- ♪ Hey, hey, hey
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♪
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♪ What you got to say
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♪
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♪ Say hey, hey, hey
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♪
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♪ What you got to say
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♪
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♪ Hollywood
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♪ Hollywood swinging
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♪
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♪ Hollywood
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♪ Hollywood swinging
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♪
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♪ I remember
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- Whoo!
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- ♪ Not too long ago
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- Yeah!
- Whoo!
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- ♪ I went to the theater
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♪ And I saw the Kool
& The Gang show ♪
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♪
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♪ I always wanted
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♪
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♪ To fit into a band
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♪
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♪ To sing my songs
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♪ And become
a bad piano-playin' ♪
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[high voice]
♪ Man
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[muffled club music playing]
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- I recognize that look.
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Who pissed you off this time,
handsome?
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- Appearing out of thin air
seems to be your M.O.
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- Miss me?
- No.
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I knew you'd be back.
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Couldn't leave without
saying good-bye.
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- Had to tie up
a few loose ends in Vegas.
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You know,
business as usual.
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- Business?
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Who is it that you said
you work for, again?
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Colombia?
Mercury?
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Polydor?
- [laughs] No.
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Record labels are
so predictable and monotonous.
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Is that how you see me, doll?
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- I asked around.
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You know a lot of artists
and the gatekeepers,
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and they know you.
- Stands to reason.
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I'm unforgettable.
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- Hmm, and what exactly is it
that you do, Ruby?
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- I'm a fixer.
- Fixer?
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So is that what
you're doing now
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at the Sands Casino in Vegas?
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Fixing things?
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[tense music]
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- I find out who's been telling
you my business, Don,
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I hope it's no one
you really care about.
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- I was just curious.
[car tires screeching]
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Didn't mean to upset you.
[car doors open and close]
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- Do I look upset?
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Go, go, go.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Excuse me.
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♪
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[bang]
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- Let's go.
Go, go, go.
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Go, go.
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[tense music]
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♪
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Police!
Nobody move!
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Hands in the air!
- You, come here.
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- Let me see your hands!
- Right here.
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Over here.
- Lock it down.
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- Gentlemen,
I assume you have a warrant.
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- Search every door, crack,
and crevice in this place.
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- Tear it down top to bottom,
all right?
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[camera shutter clicks]
[car engine revving]
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- Boss, over there.
Behind the bar.
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Hands up.
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- "Illegal use
of commercial property
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for the purpose
of gambling."
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I'm gonna frame this one.
- [chuckles]
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I got you, Aims.
- You think so?
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- Mm-hmm.
- Mm.
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- Place is empty.
We got nothing.
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- [exhales]
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This isn't over.
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- I know.
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I've seen this movie before,
Bacon.
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You got a woody for me now.
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Next thing I know,
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SIS detail is up my ass,
and when nothing shakes loose,
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you'll be the joke
of the department
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vowing to take me down
Dirty Harry style.
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Blah, blah, blah...
the end.
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- All right,
let's go.
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- [grunts]
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♪
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{\an8}
- Too much going on right now,
JT.
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{\an8}
- Boss, I need a raise.
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{\an8}
I need work.
There's gotta be something.
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{\an8}
- [chuckles]
You need more work?
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{\an8}
You got plenty to do.
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{\an8}
- This can't wait.
I need money.
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{\an8}
I need it fast.
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{\an8}
- You got some girl in trouble?
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{\an8}
- No, no, no.
It's not even like that.
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{\an8}
- Don't act like
it's impossible.
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{\an8}
I was your age once.
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{\an8}
All right, come on.
Spill it.
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{\an8}
What's so urgent,
taking up all my time?
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{\an8}
- All right, my sister
Aiya's in foster care.
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{\an8}
I need pay stubs
and proof of legitimate income
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{\an8}
if I'm gonna adopt her.
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{\an8}
- What the hell
you planning on doin',
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{\an8}
bringing her
to the club after school?
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{\an8}
Sitting at the bar with her,
helping her do homework?
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{\an8}
A club is no place
for a little girl, JT.
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{\an8}
What the hell you thinking?
- I'm the only family she has.
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{\an8}
I mean, if this place
was on the up and up--
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{\an8}
- JT, I'm getting tired
of hearing how the way
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{\an8}
I do business
is affecting you.
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{\an8}
Now, you asked me for a job,
and I gave you one.
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{\an8}
- Yes, yes, you did,
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{\an8}
and I'm not asking
for no handouts.
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{\an8}
My--my mother OD'd,
my father's in prison,
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{\an8}
and my sister's stuck
in the system.
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{\an8}
I mean,
everybody got a sad story,
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{\an8}
and I ain't whining
or blaming anybody.
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{\an8}
I just wanna work
and keep the little family
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{\an8}
that I have left together.
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{\an8}
- All right, all right.
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{\an8}
I can dummy pay stubs
and start paperwork.
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{\an8}
That ain't hard, but...
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{\an8}
to make the kind
of money you need
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{\an8}
to make to really help
your sister,
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{\an8}
you gonna have
to get your hands dirty,
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{\an8}
and for that,
you gotta be all in.
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{\an8}
My terms, JT.
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{\an8}
So what's it gonna be?
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- No, you listen to me.
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If they don't show up
for the taping,
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I will sue your ass
for breach of contract.
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Do you hear me?
[phone clangs]
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- What is wrong now?
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- Our main act pulled out.
That's what.
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- The Commodores?
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They've been booked for weeks.
That doesn't make sense.
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- The label's pissed about
me bumping the Chi-Lites
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for Elton John.
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- You think this is payback?
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I mean, the Chi-Lites
aren't that big of an act
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to burn a bridge over,
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if you know what I mean.
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This feels off.
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- I see your point.
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- I'll make some calls and see
if I can find a replacement.
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- Well, what about Joe Tex?
Maybe he can come through.
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- Ooh, don't wave
the white flag just yet.
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He is our last resort.
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- What you got against Joe?
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- Nothing...
that a hit record can't fix.
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- [chuckles]
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- You'll never be like them
no matter how hard you try.
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Normal people,
so desperate to get clean,
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but this is drastic,
even for you.
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- Came running from Vegas
just to watch the big show.
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How many cops on your payroll?
- [scoffs]
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Since you're not in County,
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I could ask you
the same question.
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[moans]
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I still love you madly, Ger.
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- I won't tell you
to stop talking crazy,
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'cause you don't know how.
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If you're worried about
getting paid on time, don't.
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Casino ain't the only way
to turn a profit.
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- Ah, that casino
was our cash cow.
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I hate the thought
of losing it.
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Don't you?
- We don't own shit together.
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The casino
was a short-term solution.
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- How you gonna make up
for the shortfall?
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- That's my problem.
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- [sighs]
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- Something else on your mind?
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- I'm concerned about Vice.
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Once they're on to you,
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they won't stop until
they find somethin'.
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- Wonder how they caught wind
in the first place.
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Any ideas, Ruby?
- [laughs]
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It wasn't me, hon.
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No, I wouldn't cut off
your nose to spite my face.
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- I've seen you
cut off more for less.
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- Hmm, I get this done,
I move up in rank.
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Your hiccups
stop progress.
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I didn't rat you out.
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Someone else must want you
out the picture.
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Maybe you should check
your own backyard.
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Don seemed awful upset
about the raid.
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- [whistles]
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[distant dog barking]
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[tense music]
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- Appreciate the intel.
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Hate to be the one caught
with my fly down
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if cops are on the war path.
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- Thought my days
of relaying info were over.
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Imagine my surprise when
I see your name attached
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to a casino raid
float across my desk.
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- Happy I helped you
hone your poker face.
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- Made me a promise.
Said you were going straight.
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- Easier said when it's
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someone else's neck
on the line, Buckner.
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- Been a long time
since Korea.
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- Ages.
- [coughs]
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- You saved my life.
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I'll never forget that.
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- But one wrong move,
I get pinched,
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and you won't help.
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- Can't help.
There's a difference.
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- I hear you, I do,
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but I'm the only one that can
get these monkeys off my back.
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- What do you need?
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- You still serious
about cleaning up
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the police department?
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- I'm listening.
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- I hand you dirty cops,
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you gonna go after them
or throw them back?
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- I've been trying
to clean up the department
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for over a decade.
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[fence rattles, dog barks]
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You bring me crooked cops
with solid evidence,
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I'll make sure they never
wear blue again.
251
00:11:37,255 --> 00:11:39,090
- I'm gonna hold you to that.
252
00:11:39,124 --> 00:11:40,392
- I know you will.
253
00:11:40,425 --> 00:11:44,062
[bluesy music]
254
00:11:44,062 --> 00:11:46,698
♪
255
00:11:46,731 --> 00:11:49,434
[door opens and closes]
256
00:11:56,842 --> 00:11:59,978
- A king...
alone in his castle.
257
00:12:00,078 --> 00:12:01,813
- [chuckles]
258
00:12:01,847 --> 00:12:04,883
Best time to be here.
259
00:12:04,916 --> 00:12:06,785
No one else is around.
260
00:12:09,788 --> 00:12:12,090
This is magic.
261
00:12:12,090 --> 00:12:14,092
- You should be proud,
Don.
262
00:12:18,096 --> 00:12:19,498
- Yeah, I walk around
and remind myself
263
00:12:19,531 --> 00:12:23,001
how far I've come
264
00:12:23,101 --> 00:12:25,337
and why it's so important.
265
00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:27,439
This brand.
266
00:12:29,341 --> 00:12:30,842
This legacy.
267
00:12:32,878 --> 00:12:36,114
For us, by us.
268
00:12:38,116 --> 00:12:40,819
I made it all from scratch.
269
00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,890
A true representation
of who we are.
270
00:12:44,923 --> 00:12:47,859
[soft music]
271
00:12:47,893 --> 00:12:49,294
♪
272
00:12:49,327 --> 00:12:52,531
And then I ask myself
why my people
273
00:12:52,564 --> 00:12:54,533
who claim to care
about this show
274
00:12:54,566 --> 00:12:57,269
are hell-bent on trying
to snatch it all away.
275
00:13:00,305 --> 00:13:02,874
- Maybe you should choose
your friends more carefully.
276
00:13:02,908 --> 00:13:09,247
♪
277
00:13:09,281 --> 00:13:10,982
- You asked to meet here.
278
00:13:13,518 --> 00:13:15,187
What's your pitch?
279
00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:20,559
- You strike me as a man
who rewards loyalty
280
00:13:20,592 --> 00:13:22,360
and respects results.
281
00:13:22,394 --> 00:13:23,895
If that's true,
282
00:13:23,929 --> 00:13:25,430
there are a few things
you need to know
283
00:13:25,463 --> 00:13:27,866
that no one
has bothered to share.
284
00:13:29,134 --> 00:13:31,469
Gerald knew about
the Vice raid.
285
00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:36,374
But he didn't warn you.
286
00:13:36,408 --> 00:13:38,243
He also opened this casino
in the first place
287
00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:40,212
without telling you,
288
00:13:40,245 --> 00:13:43,515
putting your name
and your freedom at risk.
289
00:13:43,548 --> 00:13:45,383
You say your partners share
in liability,
290
00:13:45,417 --> 00:13:49,221
yet you seem to be assuming
the bulk of it.
291
00:13:49,254 --> 00:13:51,389
- And here it comes.
292
00:13:53,491 --> 00:13:56,595
- From where I stand,
293
00:13:56,628 --> 00:14:01,199
the weight of this partnership
is crushing you.
294
00:14:01,233 --> 00:14:03,068
I can offer a lifeboat.
295
00:14:03,068 --> 00:14:04,503
I have the same connections
as Gerald,
296
00:14:04,536 --> 00:14:06,571
only better.
297
00:14:06,605 --> 00:14:08,507
If you want help
getting out from under,
298
00:14:08,540 --> 00:14:10,909
I can provide it.
299
00:14:13,078 --> 00:14:15,213
All you have to do
is say the word.
300
00:14:19,184 --> 00:14:22,254
I'll leave you to your castle.
301
00:14:22,287 --> 00:14:24,623
Think it over.
302
00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:31,563
♪
303
00:14:36,142 --> 00:14:36,643
- No, last night was crazy.
They really shut it down.
304
00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:37,544
[indistinct chatter]
305
00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:39,145
- But I thought they
were coming here--
306
00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:40,647
- I--
307
00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,716
- Oh, do you have a minute?
308
00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:45,285
- Sure, Simone.
What's up?
309
00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:46,586
- So I was at
yesterday's taping
310
00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:47,820
of "American Bandstand--"
311
00:14:47,854 --> 00:14:49,856
- Oh, I already know
that some of you double dip.
312
00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:52,325
It's fine.
- That's not it.
313
00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:53,593
The Commodores performed,
314
00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:55,094
and they brought
the house down.
315
00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:57,330
- The Commodores
were on "Bandstand"?
316
00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:58,665
- Mm-hmm, blew our minds.
317
00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,600
I thought they were scheduled
to come here.
318
00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:01,868
Did they cancel?
What happened?
319
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:04,304
- We had a change last minute.
320
00:15:04,337 --> 00:15:06,439
- Like Elton John?
321
00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:09,409
Or i--it's somebody bigger?
Who is it?
322
00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:11,444
- You'll just have
to wait and see.
323
00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:14,180
[distant music playing]
324
00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:16,482
[exhales]
325
00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:19,452
[uneasy music]
326
00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:24,257
♪
327
00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:26,459
- JT, you're making me nervous.
328
00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:28,261
Say something.
329
00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:33,766
I can't help you if I
don't know what's going on.
330
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,835
- I'm trying to adopt Aiya,
331
00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:38,705
and my next meeting
with CPS is crucial.
332
00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,640
- Baby, that's great!
333
00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:43,409
- I don't think you understand.
334
00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,478
All right, my--my chances
are slim.
335
00:15:45,511 --> 00:15:46,646
Sure, I am her brother,
336
00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,482
but...I live alone,
I'm single,
337
00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:52,185
and my job isn't exactly...
legit.
338
00:15:52,218 --> 00:15:54,220
- Mm.
339
00:15:54,254 --> 00:15:55,755
- They can flat out reject
my application.
340
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:59,859
- Well, if that happens,
you just try again.
341
00:15:59,893 --> 00:16:03,196
- This isn't like one
of those auditions, Simone.
342
00:16:03,229 --> 00:16:06,266
This is my sister's life.
343
00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:07,901
I mean, yeah,
I got a plan,
344
00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:10,503
but it may or may not work.
There's no guarantee.
345
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:15,308
And these foster parents,
they want to adopt her.
346
00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:16,943
I don't know those people.
347
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:19,245
[teakettle whistling]
What if I lose Aiya forever?
348
00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:20,780
- Okay.
349
00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,216
I'll make you some tea.
350
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:25,318
I'm pretty sure
if we put our heads together,
351
00:16:25,351 --> 00:16:28,321
we can come up with something.
- Like what?
352
00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:30,189
- [exhales]
Well...
353
00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:33,459
You'll need
a two-bedroom apartment.
354
00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,662
- Can't afford it.
- Yet.
355
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:41,301
Gonna have to be
in a good school district.
356
00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:43,503
One year of pay stubs.
357
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:45,505
Good references.
358
00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:47,206
Mm.
359
00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,341
[groans]
360
00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:50,944
Too bad you don't have
a pastor.
361
00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:54,414
You should go to church, JT.
362
00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:57,850
You know my mom will vouch
for you, though.
363
00:16:57,884 --> 00:17:00,420
I'm proud of you, JT,
364
00:17:00,453 --> 00:17:02,288
for fighting for your sister.
365
00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:08,428
You've both been through
so much.
366
00:17:08,461 --> 00:17:12,899
When's the appointment?
Maybe I can go for support.
367
00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:15,668
- It's tomorrow at 3:00.
368
00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:19,806
- Um...
369
00:17:22,909 --> 00:17:27,380
I...I have to work
370
00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:29,449
tomorrow.
371
00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:31,851
I don't--I don't think
I can get out of it.
372
00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:35,922
I'm really sorry, JT.
373
00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:37,557
I wanted to be there.
374
00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:39,459
No, it's okay.
375
00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,428
I understand.
376
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:49,869
♪
377
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:52,805
[indistinct chatter]
378
00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:56,910
- Come here,
you bastard!
379
00:17:56,943 --> 00:18:00,747
[both grunting]
380
00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:02,282
I ought to bash your head in
381
00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,350
and let you bleed out
right here.
382
00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:05,919
- Give me a chance to explain.
383
00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:08,454
[both groaning]
384
00:18:08,488 --> 00:18:10,456
- Ten years on the force,
385
00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:13,426
I have never had
an unreliable source,
386
00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:15,428
and you give me bad intel.
387
00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:19,032
There was no casino
in the back of your club.
388
00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:21,501
- Let's just relax a li--
[both grunting]
389
00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:22,869
[groaning]
390
00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:25,038
- You made me look stupid.
391
00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:26,839
You embarrassed my men.
392
00:18:26,873 --> 00:18:28,808
What kind of games you playing,
Don?
393
00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,143
Huh?
394
00:18:30,143 --> 00:18:31,578
[both grunting]
395
00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:33,513
- Gerald Aims was running
an illegal operation
396
00:18:33,546 --> 00:18:35,582
inside of that space,
all right?
397
00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:38,418
Someone must have
tipped him off.
398
00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:41,087
- You saying my unit's dirty?
399
00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:45,091
I vetted every cop in it.
Try again.
400
00:18:45,091 --> 00:18:47,660
- I'm telling the truth.
401
00:18:47,694 --> 00:18:49,395
[both grunting]
402
00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:50,630
[groans]
403
00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:54,467
[groaning]
404
00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,769
- You better come up
with the goods on Aims
405
00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,571
or "Soul Train" is next.
406
00:18:58,605 --> 00:19:00,340
I will search every dancer.
407
00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:03,676
I'll drop bags on them
if I have to,
408
00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:06,579
and you'll be on the hook
for running a drug ring.
409
00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:08,715
How's that sound,
Hippest Trip?
410
00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,683
- [grunts]
411
00:19:10,717 --> 00:19:13,686
[dramatic music]
412
00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,523
♪
413
00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:23,195
[indistinct chatter]
414
00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:38,210
[woman doing vocal
exercises]
415
00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:40,112
- ♪ Ah ah ah
416
00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:46,085
[woman singing distantly]
417
00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:47,986
- So I hear they're putting
the best singers together
418
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,888
for a girl group.
419
00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:51,490
- Don't believe everything
you hear.
420
00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:54,293
People lie all the time.
421
00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:55,894
- Well, at least
there'll be more spots
422
00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:57,896
if they pick three girls
instead of one.
423
00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:00,132
- There could be ten spots.
424
00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:01,934
It's still a long shot for us.
425
00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,569
- [grunts]
426
00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:06,472
So your glass ain't half empty.
It's bone dry.
427
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:09,441
[somber music]
428
00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:10,642
Whatever.
429
00:20:10,676 --> 00:20:14,279
[distant baby crying]
430
00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:21,253
♪
431
00:20:25,124 --> 00:20:26,425
- Rhonda Matthews.
432
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:28,193
- Yes.
That's me.
433
00:20:31,030 --> 00:20:32,431
Thank you.
434
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,601
- So what song
are you singing?
435
00:20:35,634 --> 00:20:37,569
- Um, "God Bless the Child."
And you?
436
00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:39,438
- "Lovin' You"
by Minnie Ripperton.
437
00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:41,240
- Oh?
You can hit every note?
438
00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:43,676
- When I start in a lower key,
sure.
439
00:20:43,709 --> 00:20:47,379
[all laughing]
440
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:49,715
- Don't tell your competition
what you're doing
441
00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:52,351
unless you plan
to psych them out.
442
00:20:52,384 --> 00:20:54,053
What if they take
your audition piece
443
00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,422
and sing it better?
444
00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:59,358
- Good-bye big break.
445
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,660
- I didn't think about that.
446
00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,295
- Don't worry.
447
00:21:03,329 --> 00:21:06,231
They probably chose
the material for us
448
00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,000
to see who's trained
and who's not.
449
00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,203
- I know you mean well,
450
00:21:11,236 --> 00:21:13,072
but I'm the only one here
singing "Corner of the Sky."
451
00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,406
That's the Jackson Five.
452
00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:19,545
- Actually, that's from
the Broadway musical "Pippin."
453
00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:21,747
- Oh.
454
00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:24,683
- Patrice Baines.
- Right here.
455
00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:30,489
[clock ticking]
456
00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:33,592
[upbeat music]
457
00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:38,030
- ♪ What do you want
what do you need ♪
458
00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:42,501
♪ What I gotta do
to make you see ♪
459
00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:46,305
♪ Whatever you want
whatever you need ♪
460
00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:49,675
♪ I got this, baby,
you can best believe ♪
461
00:21:49,708 --> 00:21:52,144
♪ I don't wanna be lonely
462
00:21:52,177 --> 00:21:54,213
♪ I don't wanna not breathe
463
00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:55,781
♪ I don't wanna know a world
in a world ♪
464
00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:58,150
♪ Where you're not part of me
465
00:21:58,183 --> 00:22:01,253
♪ With a little bit
of sunshine ♪
466
00:22:01,286 --> 00:22:03,222
♪ And rain
467
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:06,725
♪ In the end I know
we'll get through anything ♪
468
00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:08,761
- ♪ Tell me what you want
from me ♪
469
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:11,130
♪ Tell me what
you want from me ♪
470
00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:13,165
- ♪ 'Cause I got more
than what you need ♪
471
00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:14,700
- 'Cause I got more than
what you need ♪
472
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:18,370
- ♪ Yeah and this is where
I'm supposed to be ♪
473
00:22:18,404 --> 00:22:20,639
♪ Baby, baby
474
00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:22,374
♪ Doo, doo
475
00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:25,411
- ♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
476
00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,546
- ♪ What do I say babe
477
00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:30,149
♪ What do I do
478
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:33,886
♪ How do I pray
to make my dreams come true ♪
479
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:37,423
- ♪ Love is always complicated
and frustrating me it's true ♪
480
00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,892
♪ I just wanna find
my way home back to you ♪
481
00:22:39,892 --> 00:22:42,161
- ♪ Yeah
482
00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:46,265
♪ I don't wanna be lonely,
I don't wanna not breathe ♪
483
00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:47,733
♪ I don't wanna know a world
in a world ♪
484
00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:49,802
♪ Where you're not part of me
485
00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:52,638
♪ With a little bit
of sunshine ♪
486
00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:55,441
♪ And rain
487
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:58,677
♪ In the end I know
we'll get through anything ♪
488
00:22:58,711 --> 00:23:00,746
- ♪ Tell me what you
want from me ♪
489
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:03,182
♪ What you want from me
490
00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:05,084
♪ 'Cause I've got more
than what you need ♪
491
00:23:05,117 --> 00:23:07,219
- ♪ I've got more
than what you need ♪
492
00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:09,154
- ♪ This is where
I'm supposed to be ♪
493
00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:11,623
- ♪ This is where I'm supposed
to be ♪
494
00:23:11,657 --> 00:23:16,161
♪ Yeah whoa
495
00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:18,364
♪ Tell me what you
496
00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:20,232
- ♪ What you want from me
497
00:23:20,265 --> 00:23:22,701
- ♪ Hey 'cause I've got more
than what you need ♪
498
00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,636
♪ Hey
499
00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:26,105
- ♪ This is where
I'm supposed to be ♪
500
00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:29,174
- ♪ This is where I'm supposed
to be ♪
501
00:23:29,208 --> 00:23:32,211
♪ Yeah
502
00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:36,215
♪ Oh
503
00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:37,883
♪ All right
504
00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:39,718
♪ Mm-hmm
505
00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:42,121
♪ Yeah all right
506
00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,890
♪ Ooh oh yeah
507
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,525
♪ All right
508
00:23:46,558 --> 00:23:48,661
♪ Ooh oh uh
509
00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,896
♪ All right
510
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:54,166
[cheers and applause]
511
00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:56,368
- Simone Clark?[applause echoing]
512
00:23:56,402 --> 00:23:58,570
Simone Clark?
513
00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:00,539
Anyone here by
the name Simone Clark?
514
00:24:03,709 --> 00:24:05,611
- Hello?
515
00:24:05,644 --> 00:24:07,413
- JT Tucker?
516
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,481
- Yeah.
- Hi, I'm Mrs. Kinsey.
517
00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:11,216
I'll be handling your
application for adoption today.
518
00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:12,351
- Okay.
519
00:24:21,894 --> 00:24:23,462
- You're ducking like
the law's on your tail.
520
00:24:23,495 --> 00:24:24,863
- Well,
if that raid proves anything,
521
00:24:24,863 --> 00:24:26,598
there are eyes
and ears everywhere.
522
00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:27,866
Can't afford to be cavalier
about what we do
523
00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:29,401
from here on out.
524
00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,403
We keep Soul Train Club
and our partnership intact
525
00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:32,705
by holding each other up.
You dig?
526
00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:34,340
Our lives depend on it.
527
00:24:34,373 --> 00:24:36,408
- [exhales]
528
00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:42,614
- Is there anything
you're holding back?
529
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:46,285
Anything you need to tell me,
now's the time.
530
00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:49,488
- You ever hear the one about
the scorpion and the frog?
531
00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:51,457
The scorpion asked for a ride
across the river,
532
00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:53,325
promises not to sting.
533
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:54,526
They get to the middle,
he stings the frog.
534
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,261
They both drown anyway.
535
00:24:56,295 --> 00:24:58,263
- Because the scorpion can't be
anything other than what it is.
536
00:24:58,297 --> 00:24:59,898
- Exactly.
537
00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:03,235
- Ever consider
you're the scorpion?
538
00:25:03,268 --> 00:25:05,270
- Maybe.
539
00:25:05,304 --> 00:25:07,906
You still trust me?
540
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:10,376
- With my life.
541
00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:12,945
- Then we know where
we both stand,
542
00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:15,314
don't we?
543
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:16,782
- I-I-I don't--
I don't understand.
544
00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:18,283
- I don't mean
to dash your hopes,
545
00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:20,686
but the chances
of reuniting with your sister
546
00:25:20,719 --> 00:25:21,754
are very small.
547
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:22,955
In fact, in most cases,
548
00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:24,890
it just doesn't happen.
549
00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:27,393
- So sorry I'm late.
Please forgive me.
550
00:25:27,426 --> 00:25:28,861
My session ran over.
551
00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,696
I got here as fast as I could
without running a red light.
552
00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:31,864
[chuckles]
- I'm sorry.
553
00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:33,866
And you are?
- I'm Simone Clark.
554
00:25:35,601 --> 00:25:36,869
JT's fiancée.
555
00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,872
[quirky music]
556
00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:42,741
It's nice to meet you,
Mrs. Kinsey.
557
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,679
We're really excited about
the possibility
558
00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:48,881
of adopting Aiya.
559
00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,783
We're getting married
next spring.
560
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:53,485
[giggles]
Malibu's really nice then.
561
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:57,489
But we haven't ruled out a more
traditional church ceremony.
562
00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:59,892
There's nothing quite like the
sound of a pipe organ playing--
563
00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,527
♪ Here comes the bride
564
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,696
[laughing]
565
00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:06,699
Sorry, you don't wanna hear
about our wedding.
566
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:07,900
Just can't stop
talking about it.
567
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,635
It's embarrassing.
568
00:26:09,668 --> 00:26:11,670
Right, honey?
569
00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:13,005
- Right.
- [chuckles]
570
00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,908
- Um...
571
00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:17,976
now, this is strange.
572
00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:21,447
Simone, your name isn't
filled in on the application.
573
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,849
♪
574
00:26:23,849 --> 00:26:25,584
Well, we can certainly add it.
575
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,024
- And if you wouldn't mind
adding these as well.
576
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,426
Employment history,
pay stubs,
577
00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:37,029
and a list of personal
and professional references.
578
00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:51,744
- Well, I do appreciate
an applicant who's thorough.
579
00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:53,312
Thank you, Miss Clark.
580
00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:55,080
- No, thank you.
581
00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:58,450
JT and I are family.
582
00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:00,019
I'd do anything for them.
583
00:27:00,052 --> 00:27:01,887
- I see.
584
00:27:03,389 --> 00:27:05,324
- [mouthing]
Thank you.
585
00:27:08,894 --> 00:27:10,896
- Look, I appreciate you coming
through in a pinch, Joe.
586
00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:12,398
- Come on now, Don.
587
00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:14,500
"Soul Train's" my first love.
588
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:16,101
Just don't tell Barbara
and Betty.
589
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,037
I only got two legs
and I need them both.
590
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:21,040
You dig?
- Thanks for coming through.
591
00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:22,641
- My pleasure.
592
00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:27,446
- Yo, Tex, meet--
- Ruby, darling.
593
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,847
Where you been,
baby girl?
594
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:31,684
- Ah, hey, Joe.
595
00:27:31,717 --> 00:27:33,385
It's good to see you again.
596
00:27:33,419 --> 00:27:34,753
- Uh-huh.
597
00:27:34,853 --> 00:27:36,121
So you guys know each other?
598
00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,023
- Who don't know Joe Tex?
599
00:27:38,057 --> 00:27:40,926
[laughing]
600
00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,362
- Joe, would you excuse us
for a moment?
601
00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:45,497
- Sure thing.
602
00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:48,100
I need to stretch before
I rehearse anyways.
603
00:27:48,133 --> 00:27:51,403
Stop by later
and I'll show you my new moves.
604
00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:54,440
[chuckles]
605
00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:55,874
- [scoffs]
606
00:27:58,110 --> 00:28:00,679
- Wondering if
the offer still stands.
607
00:28:00,713 --> 00:28:02,381
Things are getting dicey.
608
00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:04,383
- See, Don,
609
00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:05,984
this is what happens
when you play a game
610
00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:08,587
without knowing all the rules,
611
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,490
like dropping a dime
to the cops without delivering.
612
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,892
- What the hell
are you talking about?
613
00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:15,661
What do you know?
614
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:16,895
- Told you I'm connected, Don.
615
00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:19,665
I don't know why
you're so surprised.
616
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:21,033
Don't worry.
617
00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:23,869
It'll be our little secret.
618
00:28:23,902 --> 00:28:26,005
I won't tell Ger.
619
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,142
[chuckles]
620
00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,580
Don't fret, son.
621
00:28:34,613 --> 00:28:38,417
I know just what you need.
622
00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:42,488
A big name.
623
00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:45,090
Marketable talent.
624
00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:46,892
I'll deliver.
625
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:52,164
- [exhales sharply]
626
00:28:59,154 --> 00:29:00,355
- These brothers are some
of the coolest in town
627
00:29:00,389 --> 00:29:02,424
and when it comes to the sound,
they know how to get down.
628
00:29:02,457 --> 00:29:04,960
Please welcome one of the
coolest gangs on the planet,
629
00:29:04,993 --> 00:29:07,229
Kool & the Gang.
630
00:29:07,262 --> 00:29:09,665
[cheers and applause]
631
00:29:09,698 --> 00:29:14,469
- ♪ Get down, get down,
get down, get down ♪
632
00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,571
♪ Get down, get down
633
00:29:16,605 --> 00:29:20,909
♪ Get down, get down,
get down, get down ♪
634
00:29:20,942 --> 00:29:22,577
- I don't know how
you pulled it off.
635
00:29:22,611 --> 00:29:23,745
- Hmm.
636
00:29:23,779 --> 00:29:25,447
- [chuckles]
But I'm glad you did.
637
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,282
- ♪ Get down, get down
638
00:29:27,315 --> 00:29:28,784
- Maybe I should drop Gerald
to have you take over.
639
00:29:28,817 --> 00:29:29,885
- [chuckles]
640
00:29:29,918 --> 00:29:31,219
My plate is pretty full
right now,
641
00:29:31,253 --> 00:29:32,721
but I'll think about it.
642
00:29:32,754 --> 00:29:35,791
Just know as long as his
affiliations are questionable,
643
00:29:35,824 --> 00:29:37,492
you're compromised, too.
644
00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:39,494
- So what are you proposing?
645
00:29:39,528 --> 00:29:43,865
- A fresh influx of clean cash.
- In exchange for?
646
00:29:43,899 --> 00:29:46,768
- Guest slots on "Soul Train"
which you will make available.
647
00:29:46,802 --> 00:29:48,503
No questions asked.
648
00:29:48,537 --> 00:29:51,907
I imagine "Soul Train"
is very valuable to you,
649
00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:55,310
especially since you built it
from scratch.
650
00:29:55,344 --> 00:29:57,579
Treat it like
a proper investment
651
00:29:57,612 --> 00:29:59,815
and watch it expand and grow.
652
00:29:59,848 --> 00:30:01,950
- ♪ Jungle boogie
653
00:30:01,983 --> 00:30:04,853
[Kool & The Gang's
"Jungle Boogie"]
654
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:11,827
♪
655
00:30:20,535 --> 00:30:21,837
♪ Jungle boogie
656
00:30:21,870 --> 00:30:23,305
- ♪ Get down with the boogie
657
00:30:23,338 --> 00:30:25,407
- ♪ Jungle boogie
- ♪ The boogie
658
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:26,808
- ♪ Jungle boogie
659
00:30:26,842 --> 00:30:28,610
- ♪ The boogie
- ♪ Jungle boogie
660
00:30:28,643 --> 00:30:30,512
- Brbrbrbrbrb!
661
00:30:30,545 --> 00:30:33,281
- What possessed you to try
something so crazy?
662
00:30:33,315 --> 00:30:34,583
- You should have
seen your face.
663
00:30:34,616 --> 00:30:36,518
I couldn't look your way.
664
00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:37,819
- I ain't never been so happy
665
00:30:37,853 --> 00:30:40,489
to see your mouth
move that fast.
666
00:30:40,522 --> 00:30:42,424
- What's that supposed
to mean?
667
00:30:42,457 --> 00:30:44,860
- Girl, you know you can talk.
668
00:30:44,893 --> 00:30:46,828
That woman couldn't get
a word in even if she tried.
669
00:30:46,862 --> 00:30:48,797
- [laughs]
670
00:30:48,830 --> 00:30:52,067
I missed a backup gig
and a day of dancing
671
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,603
on "Soul Train" for you.
672
00:30:54,636 --> 00:30:56,905
- Almost missed that audition,
too.
673
00:30:56,938 --> 00:30:59,775
[The Isley Brothers'"For the Love of You"]
674
00:30:59,808 --> 00:31:02,678
♪
675
00:31:02,711 --> 00:31:04,312
- Yeah, almost.
676
00:31:05,714 --> 00:31:07,783
And I would have,
if I needed to.
677
00:31:07,816 --> 00:31:11,687
You're way more important
to me.
678
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,956
And I got a song out of it.
679
00:31:14,990 --> 00:31:17,492
I wrote it down quick
in the car.
680
00:31:20,829 --> 00:31:22,731
- You don't know how--
how happy I was
681
00:31:22,764 --> 00:31:24,900
to have you there by my side.
682
00:31:26,935 --> 00:31:30,539
For once I didn't have
to carry everything.
683
00:31:30,572 --> 00:31:33,709
It wasn't all on me.
684
00:31:33,742 --> 00:31:35,077
- My dad used to say,
685
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:36,978
"One's good
but two lightens the load."
686
00:31:37,012 --> 00:31:39,014
[both chuckling]
687
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:43,352
- Thank you.
688
00:31:46,722 --> 00:31:49,925
- I love you, JT.
689
00:31:49,958 --> 00:31:51,793
Always will.
690
00:31:53,929 --> 00:31:57,599
- ♪ For the love of you
691
00:31:57,632 --> 00:31:59,568
♪ Oh yes I am
692
00:31:59,601 --> 00:32:02,571
♪ All that I'm giving
693
00:32:02,604 --> 00:32:06,908
♪ Is for the love of you
694
00:32:06,942 --> 00:32:10,846
♪ All right
695
00:32:10,879 --> 00:32:13,015
♪ Lovely as a ray of...
696
00:32:13,048 --> 00:32:16,018
[door opens and closes]
697
00:32:16,051 --> 00:32:19,021
[tense music]
698
00:32:19,054 --> 00:32:21,123
- Come right on in.
699
00:32:21,223 --> 00:32:25,427
The last of what I owe,
paid in full.
700
00:32:25,460 --> 00:32:27,829
Bye.
701
00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:29,865
- Awful eager to get rid of me.
702
00:32:29,898 --> 00:32:31,800
- And everyone you know.
703
00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:34,102
- I've done nothing
but look out for you.
704
00:32:34,136 --> 00:32:36,438
When The Commodores fell out,
705
00:32:36,471 --> 00:32:38,540
Kool & The Gang
was all my doing.
706
00:32:38,573 --> 00:32:40,008
- You were the one
who pulled the plug.
707
00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:43,545
Pressured the manager
to cancel the gig.
708
00:32:43,578 --> 00:32:45,414
Thought I didn't know?
709
00:32:45,447 --> 00:32:47,249
- I thought you went soft
and stupid.
710
00:32:47,249 --> 00:32:49,918
My mistake.
711
00:32:49,951 --> 00:32:52,954
What's the money for?
712
00:32:52,988 --> 00:32:55,624
You're safe now.
713
00:32:55,657 --> 00:32:57,159
The cops won't
go after you again.
714
00:32:57,259 --> 00:32:59,628
Casino's closed.
They've got nothing on you.
715
00:32:59,661 --> 00:33:01,196
- You never know.
716
00:33:01,196 --> 00:33:04,199
Now leave.
- [scoffs]
717
00:33:04,199 --> 00:33:07,636
I hate to disappoint you,
Gerald,
718
00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:09,671
but I think I'm staying.
719
00:33:13,608 --> 00:33:15,477
I like the weather.
720
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:22,984
[door closes]
721
00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:30,600
- All right, y'all.
- All right, now.
722
00:33:30,633 --> 00:33:31,601
- Solid, baby.
- See you tomorrow.
723
00:33:33,336 --> 00:33:36,539
- Need you to make this drop
for me tonight.
724
00:33:36,573 --> 00:33:38,308
It's filled to the brim.
725
00:33:38,341 --> 00:33:41,611
I got a lot riding on this.
726
00:33:41,644 --> 00:33:43,413
Just want you to know.
727
00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:46,282
- Uh, b--boss.
728
00:33:48,117 --> 00:33:50,720
What if I get caught?
729
00:33:50,753 --> 00:33:53,022
I need to keep my nose clean
if I wanna have custody
730
00:33:53,056 --> 00:33:54,657
over my sister.
- I understand your concerns,
731
00:33:54,691 --> 00:33:57,727
but I'm really not asking.
732
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,096
Now, we made an agreement so
you could make some more money.
733
00:34:00,129 --> 00:34:03,299
Now, a man keeps his word
with me, JT,
734
00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:05,201
or he doesn't.
735
00:34:23,386 --> 00:34:26,356
[siren blaring]
736
00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:28,725
- Damn.
737
00:34:28,758 --> 00:34:31,694
[exhales]
738
00:34:31,728 --> 00:34:33,596
You've got to be kidding me.
739
00:34:33,630 --> 00:34:35,665
[brakes squeaking]
740
00:34:35,698 --> 00:34:37,634
[keys jingling]
741
00:34:37,667 --> 00:34:40,603
[suspenseful music]
742
00:34:40,637 --> 00:34:45,375
♪
743
00:34:45,408 --> 00:34:48,077
- Step out of the vehicle.
744
00:34:48,111 --> 00:34:49,612
- [inhales deeply]
745
00:34:49,646 --> 00:34:51,247
Really didn't do anything,
Officer.
746
00:34:51,281 --> 00:34:54,117
- Are you deaf?
747
00:34:54,150 --> 00:34:57,520
Go ahead and pop the trunk.
Get out of the damn car.
748
00:34:57,554 --> 00:34:58,755
Let's go.
749
00:34:58,788 --> 00:35:00,590
[trunk pops]
750
00:35:00,623 --> 00:35:02,458
That's it.
751
00:35:05,295 --> 00:35:07,530
Hands where I can see them
or I will blow your head off.
752
00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:08,731
Got it?
Turn around.
753
00:35:12,302 --> 00:35:14,237
Now stay right there.
Don't move.
754
00:35:31,254 --> 00:35:34,157
[car engine turning over]
755
00:35:41,297 --> 00:35:43,166
How much cash is in the case?
756
00:35:43,199 --> 00:35:47,203
- 10 grand.
757
00:35:47,237 --> 00:35:50,607
- You assured me every cop
in your unit was vetted.
758
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,176
- They were, Chief.
I--
759
00:35:53,209 --> 00:35:54,844
I cleared every man myself.
760
00:35:54,878 --> 00:35:56,779
{\an8}
- Then you did a piss poor
job.,
761
00:35:56,813 --> 00:35:58,515
{\an8}
because I just witnessed
Detective Rouse--
762
00:35:58,548 --> 00:36:00,583
{\an8}
second in command
of your unit--
763
00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:03,219
{\an8}
steal a bag of cash
from an unarmed civilian's car.
764
00:36:03,253 --> 00:36:04,754
- I know this looks bad.
- [scoffs]
765
00:36:04,787 --> 00:36:06,723
- I do but you should
have told me
766
00:36:06,756 --> 00:36:09,692
that your CI was Aims.
767
00:36:09,726 --> 00:36:12,428
This whole thing is starting
to feel like a setup.
768
00:36:12,462 --> 00:36:13,897
- I don't have
to tell you anything,
769
00:36:13,930 --> 00:36:15,265
and it's a good thing I didn't.
770
00:36:15,298 --> 00:36:17,267
It means you're clean,
Phillips.
771
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:18,568
{\an8}
I can't say the same
for the rest of your team.
772
00:36:18,601 --> 00:36:20,870
{\an8}
Can you?
773
00:36:20,904 --> 00:36:22,572
- No, sir.
774
00:36:24,474 --> 00:36:26,376
So--so what's next?
775
00:36:26,409 --> 00:36:29,479
- We arrest Detective Rouse
and IA puts your unit's peckers
776
00:36:29,512 --> 00:36:30,780
through the wringer.
777
00:36:30,814 --> 00:36:33,383
{\an8}
You're gonna be really
unpopular tomorrow.
778
00:36:33,416 --> 00:36:35,485
- [exhales sharply]
779
00:36:35,518 --> 00:36:36,920
- That's all.
780
00:36:49,766 --> 00:36:50,800
[car door closes]
781
00:37:03,413 --> 00:37:05,348
- Glad you could make it.
782
00:37:06,349 --> 00:37:08,485
Have a seat.
783
00:37:08,518 --> 00:37:11,221
- I prefer to stand.
- Good.
784
00:37:11,254 --> 00:37:14,791
Means you can walk out
that much faster.
785
00:37:14,824 --> 00:37:16,893
Really surprised
you didn't see this coming.
786
00:37:16,926 --> 00:37:18,928
When you tried to pit us
against each other,
787
00:37:18,962 --> 00:37:21,231
you should have known I was
gonna come back at you hard.
788
00:37:21,264 --> 00:37:23,399
- [scoffs]
Don, you're carrying Gerald.
789
00:37:23,433 --> 00:37:26,069
Gerald, he's weak.
Don needs you.
790
00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:28,538
Men make the easiest marks.
791
00:37:28,571 --> 00:37:31,374
Say the right words, and they
get puffy and yeasted.
792
00:37:31,407 --> 00:37:32,509
- Mm.
793
00:37:34,410 --> 00:37:36,246
And that's where you
got played.
794
00:37:36,279 --> 00:37:39,415
- I told Don to drop
a dime on me,
795
00:37:39,449 --> 00:37:42,018
and you came running from Vegas
with your hair on fire.
796
00:37:42,018 --> 00:37:43,920
- The only way you knew about
the raid is if you had someone
797
00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:45,555
on the Vice cop payroll.
798
00:37:45,588 --> 00:37:47,390
- Just a matter of time before
you led me right to him,
799
00:37:47,423 --> 00:37:50,693
and the mountain of evidence
he has against you?
800
00:37:50,727 --> 00:37:54,697
- Mm, in case you hadn't heard,
801
00:37:54,731 --> 00:37:57,033
Doug Rouse was arrested
last night.
802
00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:58,635
- You're lying.
803
00:37:58,668 --> 00:38:00,603
- He couldn't wait
to flip on you.
804
00:38:00,637 --> 00:38:02,405
Gave up photos, cash,
805
00:38:02,438 --> 00:38:03,940
names, dates,
806
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,410
and everyone
you introduced him to.
807
00:38:07,443 --> 00:38:08,912
- There's a warrant out
for your arrest.
808
00:38:08,945 --> 00:38:11,514
- Extortion,
bribery.
809
00:38:11,548 --> 00:38:13,683
What's that?
Ten years at least.
810
00:38:13,716 --> 00:38:16,953
- Two choices.
811
00:38:17,053 --> 00:38:19,789
Go back to Chicago and lay low,
812
00:38:19,823 --> 00:38:23,726
or get processed
at Sybil Brand.
813
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,695
Fun times at lights out,
814
00:38:25,728 --> 00:38:28,064
and those bulls really know how
815
00:38:28,064 --> 00:38:29,866
to make a meal out
of fresh meat.
816
00:38:29,899 --> 00:38:31,434
- You think too much
of yourself.
817
00:38:31,468 --> 00:38:33,903
- Don't push me, Ruby.
818
00:38:34,003 --> 00:38:35,371
Once those cops start digging,
819
00:38:35,405 --> 00:38:37,006
it won't be long before
they find bodies,
820
00:38:37,006 --> 00:38:39,309
and I know just
where they can start.
821
00:38:39,342 --> 00:38:41,411
- Just remember,
822
00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:45,448
you've got bodies of your own,
Gerald.
823
00:38:45,482 --> 00:38:50,320
If you think we're done,
it'll be your last mistake.
824
00:38:50,353 --> 00:38:52,021
[exhales]
825
00:38:54,123 --> 00:38:56,392
[door slams]
826
00:39:00,029 --> 00:39:01,431
- [exhales]
827
00:39:08,505 --> 00:39:09,772
We won.
828
00:39:11,441 --> 00:39:12,909
Hmm?
829
00:39:12,942 --> 00:39:14,444
We got the drop on
the old girl...
830
00:39:18,715 --> 00:39:21,684
And you look like someone
scratched your car.
831
00:39:21,718 --> 00:39:24,387
- Just thinking.
832
00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:26,055
- About what?
833
00:39:26,089 --> 00:39:28,458
- The influx of clean cash
in exchange
834
00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:31,127
for slots on "Soul Train."
835
00:39:31,161 --> 00:39:34,564
- Ruby has partners with power
and influence.
836
00:39:35,465 --> 00:39:37,467
They delivered Kool & The Gang
like that. [snaps]
837
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,703
- And I don't know
who they are.
838
00:39:40,737 --> 00:39:43,406
Or how they'll come at us.
839
00:39:43,439 --> 00:39:46,509
[dramatic music]
840
00:39:46,543 --> 00:39:52,549
♪
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