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Previously on
"Our Kind of People"...

Got to figure out
how to get into Franklin

so I can find out the truth
about what Teddy did to Mama.

I just need
that interview.

I'm gonna have my office
call you.

You're one step closer
to the incubator program.

My father didn't just
step down.

I pushed him out.

I'm getting Darmon back.

I've seen pictures
of the two of you.

You look at her
like she's --

I love her?

Because I do.

I love you.

But I can't support this.

I'm placing you
under arrest

for the attempted murder
of Taylor Woods.

What?[ Crowd murmurs,
camera shutters clicking ]

Daddy.

Evelyn Vaughn was no more
than a broken-down,

money-hungry,
drug-dealing con!

She sold me
for $50,000. No, no.

There's no denying that
Angela Vaughn is your sister.

Get it out of your system,

before she uncovers skeletons
that could ruin this family.

Now, is that any way
to talk to an old friend?

Woman: Ladies and gentlemen,

Teddy Franklin and our honoree,
Leah Franklin.

Teddy: Good evening.

[ Applause ]

♪♪

♪ Hold your head high

♪♪

Mommy?!

[ Laughs ]

Mommy, I-I need
to ask you so many things.

I-I miss you so much.

I'm still here, baby.

Could I do this
if I weren't?

Vaughn family dance?

♪ Come on, whoo!

♪ Celebration

♪ All of us together

♪ Celebration

♪ Celebrating you and me

[ Fading ] ♪ Celebration

Mommy?

Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,
don't go!

Mommy, wait!

Why did you sell me?

[ Gasps ]

[ Exhales sharply ]

♪♪

I need to know.

♪♪

♪ Head high

♪ Confident

♪ Strong mind

♪ Resilient

♪ You can't break me,
I was born to rise ♪

♪ Our kind of people

♪ Ooh, ooh

♪ Our kind of people

♪ Ooh, ooh

♪♪

♪ Reach for the sky Piggy: Alright, baby girl, let
me see that Vaughn family dance.

Booty! Snap, snap!

Uh-oh! You got some competition,
baby girl!

And 5, 6, 7.

♪ You've got a lot
to smile about ♪Piggy: Ha ha!

Patty cake!

Ah!

♪ And you deserve it [ Laughter ]

Angela: Yes! I got
Mama Eve's dance moves!

Oh! Got the party
started early.

Juneteenth
decorations up.

Mama loved celebrating
this holiday

like it was
Black Christmas.

You know, I thought Juneteenth
in the Bluffs was gonna be lame,

but there's a march
in Edgartown.

There's some live speakers,
poetry readings.

And I keep hearing about this
"Red & Black on the Green"

that the Franklins
are throwing.

Yeah, we're probably not on
the guest list for that one.

Baby girl, what did you do
with the banners

that you
and your grandma made?

Um, I'll go get 'em.

I am so happy
that she is thriving here.

It is a far cry from last year
when she was smoking weed

and hanging out
with those badass kids.

Oh, baby, you set her free,
bringing her to this place.

What you doing?

Just fixing these up so I
can put my best foot forward.

Oh, yeah, that's right,
you got that

dog-and-pony show today
at Franklin.

Small business incubator.

Aren't you excited?

I didn't sleep well.

Had a bad dream
about Mama.

I just can't get over
her selling me.

I heard you up and down.
You couldn't sleep?

I heard voices.
Mm.

Guess I fell asleep
with the TV on.

[ Laughs ]

Lord, please, help me nail
this presentation.

Girl, you will.

I got to.

That's the only way
I can get into Franklin Holdings

and sniff around and find out
what Teddy did to Mama.

♪♪

[ Cellphone vibrating ]

♪♪

[ Vibrating continues ]

Lauren: I'm just happy to be
out of lockup.

I can't believe Taylor
had me arrested.

Your mother's excited
to see you.

She's been picking out
these flower arrangements

for her Juneteenth party.

I'm sure she would love
your input.

Dad, all she cares about
is that things

are perfect
for "Red & Black on the Green."

Well, this party is important
to your Nana Rose.

I think that's why it's
so important to your mother.

If that's why it was important
to her,

why is Nana Rose
never here?

How about we go ask
your mother?

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Taylor
out of the hospital yet?

- She reached out?
- Not since she pressed charges.

Listen, I don't know exactly
what happened on that yacht,

but I can tell your relationship
with Taylor

is very important to you.

Dad, I know that you
probably think

that this is just some girl
fight that's gone too far.

♪♪

I like girls.

Like, I love Taylor.

And...

I love you.

Okay?

Always will.

[ Cellphone vibrates ][ Rap music plays ]

Ugh, no.

No. Uh, Quincy, can you turn
that music down, please?

I-I just want to make sure
that we have

the right shade of red
for the ceremony.

I mean, this is great,
but these are all just too pink.

Yes, Ma'am. I'll alert
the event coordinator.

Okay.

Yo,
look who got emancipated.

Are these Juneteenth jokes?
Real tacky, bro.

[ Chuckles ]

Hey.

I couldn't sleep thinking of you
locked up in that place.

I'm glad you're home.

Hey, why don't you get
cleaned up?

Because
we've got a lot to do.

I've made sure
the right press outlets

will feature a family photo
during the Rose Ceremony

at "Red & Black on the Green"
this weekend.

So we will present
a united front

at one of the most anticipated
events of the summer season.

Mom, why?

Because my mother
started the tradition.

Each rose, passed
from older generation

to younger generation,

represents bloodshed
on our road to freedom

and how we transformed
that trauma to strength.

And if there's anyone
who needs transformation

right now, it's you.

Y-You might be
out on bail,

but Taylor hasn't
dropped the charges.

Lo, let's, uh --
let's get you flea-dipped.

Lauren, just --Eh --

At some point,
you have to realize

that what you're doing
isn't working.

You push, I listen.

Anyway, I think we should
get down to the office.

Angela Vaughn is going to
present her business

for the incubator program.

You gave her
an interview?

Is that a problem?
It's...

not a choice
I would've made.

Then I'm glad
I made the call.

♪♪

♪ Baby, don't wait your whole
life just to have a good time ♪

Got the big boss
doing hard labor, huh?

I had to cut the electric
and the air

while I installed
a security system.

How much is that
gonna cost me?

Consider it a client gift
from me to you.

Gotta keep
your goods protected.

Thank you.

And I will have a lot more goods
if this meeting goes well.

I see you guys love you
some Juneteenth.

Oh, yeah.

My mother always taught us
to celebrate freedom.

Oh, are you free
later today?

We hitting up
a Juneteenth party?

I could use some red drinks
and hot links.

No, it's not a party,
but I promise it'll be fun.

Dress comfortable.
I'll pick you up at 7:00.

Okay.

♪ I want all of it

♪ When you throw it,
throw it back ♪

To summarize,
with Eve's Crown,

nurtured
by Franklin Holdings,

the possibilities
are endless.

Leah: I think we should address
the obvious issue.[ Door opens ]

Your packaging.

[ Door closes ]

Oh,
that's my mother's image.

When I told her I wanted her
to be the face of the product,

she almost fainted.

She just never saw herself

as exceptionally beautiful
or special like that.

But that's all I ever saw.

Well, you could easily sell
at a higher price point

with a bottle
that's more upscale and modern

and less...
ghetto swap meet.

Well, this country
has over 1,100 flea markets

and swap meets that generate
$30 billion-plus a year.

And in case you were unaware,
a "ghetto" is a neighborhood

where oppressive systems work
to disenfranchise and impoverish

Black, Brown,
and Indigenous peoples.

And those people have been
buying Eve's Crown for years.

So I don't feel the need
to change the packaging

or the price,
and I won't leave them behind.

Right.

Sorry, Raymond, but until
she's able to process critique,

it's a no from me.

And with that,
we are adjourned.

Well, obviously, we won't
know until we know, right?

Okay.
Well, get back to me, then.

Hey,
I hope you understand

that I push all the incubator
applicants like that.

I mean, it's a part
of being a mentor.

It's nothing personal.

How could it be personal?

I'm no one to you,
right?

Mm. No.

No one at all.

Happy Juneteenth.

[ Chuckles ]

♪ Mm, freedom

♪ Oh, freedom over me

Thank you for your feedback.
It was thoughtful.

And you have
a happy Juneteenth, too, sis.

♪ And before
I'd be a slave ♪

♪ I'd be buried
in my grave ♪

♪ And go home to my Lord
and be free ♪

♪ Things ain't been the same
since you went away ♪

♪ The hood done change

Hey, my people.

I have a huge opportunity
for Eve's Crown.

But in order to grab
ahold of it,

I need to make some changes,
and change is hard.

So I'm coming to y'all 'cause
you're like family to me.

You know, I'm an only child.

My mom and I used
to always make

the big decisions together,

but...she's gone now.

And y'all are my sisters.

You know, even when I started
going live,

you told me the truth.

What was dope, what was wack,
what worked, what didn't.

A'ight, so boom.
Change the packaging or not?

Dope idea
or "don't you dare"?

Let me know.
Sound off in the comments.

Mwah.

[ Indistinct conversations
in background ]

Had an interesting
incubator meeting today.

Eve's Crown
seems promising.

Angela Vaughn applied?

She has some work to do,

but she's hungry.

She wants to build it out

for her family legacy.

Speaking of which, I want

to talk to you about Darmon.

[ Laughs ]
We've discussed this.

Well,
let's discuss it again.

Now, as you know,

Darmon is back on its feet again

because of me.

And by my projections,

we are on track to pay back

all of the bailout money

before the end of the year

with our profits

ahead of time.

Just one problem.

You locked me
out of the books.

[ Sighs ]

They always say that women

marry men that remind them

of their fathers.

You and I, so different.

I never would have agreed
to the bailout.

I never would've given
my company away

to another man.

And I certainly would never ask
for something

that belonged to me.

Now, maybe that's the "Q Dog"
in me.

And your ask,
polite though it may be,

is as "nupe"
as they come.

So, I'm sorry, son,
but "nupe."

[ Chuckles ]

Darmon and its books
stay in my control

until the bailout
is repaid.

Thing about us pretty boys
is that we may look weak...

...but we carry
a strong cane.

♪♪

[ Door slams ]

[ Sighs ]

Hi, Mommy.

They told me that you
were medicated

because, well, you've been
hiding your meds again.

[ Chuckles ]

I'm gonna need you to take
better care of yourself, okay?

Your Juneteenth ball
is tomorrow.

We're doing your ceremony.

"Your courage
will be my courage.

Your strength
will be my strength."

[ Sighs ]

Remember, Mommy?

Every summer,
your Juneteenth party

was the one invitation
that everyone wanted.

Remember?

This is not
the right rose.

Hey, Mommy.

Leah, come help Mommy practice
the Rose Ceremony.

Remember the words?

Yes.

"My courage
will be your courage.

My strength
is your strength.

From generation
to generation..."

"...may the roots
of our past bloom

into bright futures."

No.
That rose is still too pink!

Your hands are bleeding!

[ Breathing heavily ]

No!

Help Mommy!

Teddy?
Wait -- no -- no!

I need to get ready
for Juneteenth!

What are you doing?!
Mommy!

Mommy!
What are they doing?

Teddy,
this is your fault!

Teddy, please!

Mommy!

Please!

Teddy!

Leah, we will not talk
about this -- with anyone.

Mommy's broken.

That is a weakness.

Weakness
is powerlessness.

Say it for me.

Weakness
is powerlessness.

And now I know
what he did.

Having a baby with another
woman, the shame of that...

I would never
survive that.

I don't even know
how you did.

I don't know how to be
completely honest

in my marriage.

Because I saw how exposed
you were in yours.

I brought you a rose.

Isn't it pretty?

You know what?
I, um...

I'll put it right here.

♪♪

How about I, um --
I finish your hair, okay?

Yeah?

Okay.

♪♪

♪ 'Cause I'm
a different pedigree ♪

♪ Something
that you'll never be ♪

♪ I see my destiny
right ahead of me ♪

♪ Victory is in my sights

♪ In my sights
if I don't die tonight ♪

♪ Die tonight

♪ I'm a different pedigree

♪ Something that
you'll never be ♪[ Pounding on door ]

[ Music shuts off ]

Who's knocking
on my door like that?

Help me understand why you would
be going to visit my mother?

[ Scoffs ] Okay.

Uh, help me understand

why you creeping
on my social media.

What?
What are you talking about?

I saw you.

I went to see Rose 'cause I had
some questions about my mother.

You know, the one you want
to remove from my product.

I'd rather
you not play coy.

I'm sure you had questions
about my father.

I mean, I know all about
your little paternity claims.

They're not little
paternity claims, honey.

We're blood.
I ran a DNA test.

- With what DNA?
- Don't worry about how.

And if he sent you here rather
than come and face me himself,

our father
is a damn coward.

So you know I'm not just gonna
let you come up in here

and destroy my name
and my family's name

in one fell swoop,
right?

[ Chuckles ]

Okay.
So, uh, what's your price?

I mean, do you have a number
in mind?

If you agree to leave
permanently,

I am prepared
to be very generous.

[ Laughs ]

This heifer did not
just offer me a check.

You know, Franklin Holdings
runs credit inquiries

on anyone trying to get
into the incubator.

I mean, not that you have
a snowball's chance in hell

of getting in.

But I will not stand
for any kind of scandal

around this company.

It means too much to me.

So, I can erase the debt
that you're holding

between those
four credit cards.

Oh, and a little bit more
for the defaulted student loans

from Howard.

And, of course,
the balloon payment

that's due
on your small-business loan.

♪♪

Understand something
about me.

Hmm?

No one will ever buy
or sell Angela Vaughn.

You know what?
Here.

Oh, my God.

How about you go run
another DNA test so you can see?

It's just gonna prove what
you're trying to run from.

That Daddy's
little princess

is gonna have
to share the throne.

Go ahead. Take it!

[ Scoffs ]

You're gonna love having me
for a sister.

[ Door closes ]

[ Door opens ]

♪♪

Angela: You should've come
to see me yourself.

You owe me that.

♪♪

[ Door opens, closes ]

You look so much
like Eve --

You do not get to say
her name.

And you don't get to send
your little mini-me over

to pay me off.

I will never be for sale.

♪♪

You're that ashamed
of me?

'Cause you should be ashamed
of yourself.

[ Clears throat ]

I never...sent Leah.

And...

...you don't know the whole
story about me and your mother.

So tell me.

Because all I remember is that
you promised her the world

and never delivered.

And you slammed the door
in my face.

You didn't even look back.

I sat on that stoop,
crying in the rain.

Soaked my dress through.

Now that I can finally look you
in the eye,

I know that your power,
your wealth...name,

none of that
means anything.

Because you are
contemptible,

alone, trash,

just like every other man
who won't honor his obligation

to raise his child.

I'm sorry...

you feel that way.

♪♪

♪♪

But...

...you're here now.

And we need to find a way
to manage this.

Manage?

Manage?

What am I,
a business deal to you?

No.

You have never been.

And neither was
your mother.

So, what do you want me
to do now?

♪♪

[ Gasps ]

The same thing
you've always done --

nothing.

[ Door opens, closes ]

♪ Unh, yeah

♪ Legs smooth and they long

♪ Unh, yeah

♪ He bite the bullet,
yeah, chew it off ♪

♪ Unh, big body,
take yo shoes off ♪

Come on.
- Let's take a selfie. - Okay, okay, cool.

♪ I got too much cash, yikes [ Camera shutter clicking ]

[ Laughs ]
Send those to me.

- I will, I will.
- Okay, okay. Cool.

[ Laughter ]

Half these chicks didn't even
text me in the hospital.

Can we please hang out
this summer? Please.

I mean, I still miss
a muggy Juneteenth

street fair
from back home,

but of course we can hang out
if every party's like this.

It is.
[ Laughs ]

House or field?

Field. Def.[ Laughter ]

Oooh!
Do Drake next.

He escaped to Canada.

Y'all are joking
about house or field?

Colorism is what keeps us all
in that slave mentality,

and it's mad disrespectful
to the ancestors

and to everyone here.

No, they just being dumb
because of Juneteenth.

Don't trip.
Come on.

New bitch?
Field AF.

[ Laughter ]

How about I snatch
a couple of rows

of that dusty-ass weave
off that scalp?

A bitch can try.
I can try --

- Nikki!
- Let go!

- Nikki!
- Let go! Let go!

[ Indistinct shouting ]

Calm down.

Crazy.

Nikki!

Nikki!

♪♪

This is what I wanted
to show you.

Negro,
what is all this?

Welcome to my VIP skybox.

Oh.

Go ahead.
Okay.

Make yourself at home.

Take it in,
look around.

[ Chuckles ]

You guys can take five.

Thank you.

It's not official yet.

I haven't landed an invite
to pitch to Teddy,

but this is what
it'll feel like

in the most important design
I've ever done.

Mm.
You know, open air, relaxing.

Just imagine all this
in this stadium.

Mm.

This project could get me
one step closer to my dream.

You know, I want to create
meaningful commercial spaces

for us, by us.

Mm, I love that.

I have the same fire.

Where do you get yours
from?

Honestly, I want to stand
on my own.

Over in Edgartown,
I'm the man, you know?

But everywhere else
on this island,

they see me as the bodyguard's
son that took a handout.

And the Franklins, they --
they treat me like family,

but still, I'm trying to
step out of their shadow.

Wow. Well, um,
if I'm gonna be spending time

in your VIP box,

I need to know
what's on the menu.

Well,
what you want to order?

To start.

♪ Odo you blow my mind, oh

♪♪

I'm not this girl.

What girl?

The one who gets in fights
at parties.

But that game?

Judging people off
their skin color?

Might as well have a brown
paper bag test at the door.

I got in a fight
for the same thing last year.

My grandma had just died.

And she was
my best friend.

And I wasn't
really coping.

I'm so sorry.

You know, someone
just posted a --

a video of it
on social media.

I-I didn't even know
anyone recorded it.

And now I'm just...

"angry Black girl" for life,
so...

That's not the girl
I met.

Or the girl I want
to get to know.

I actually have a mistake
of my own

I'm not sure
how to take back.

I lied about Lauren pushing me
off that yacht.

Honestly,
I-I was drunk,

so I'm not exactly sure
what happened,

but there's no way
Lauren pushed me.

I just woke up
in that hospital room

still so angry with her.

We're...

like...

That's your boo.

I saw it on your phone.

But you can still tell
the truth.

Or, you know, you can let it
fester into trauma

and, uh,
you can be like me --

at a party one night,

swinging on bitches
and crying on a kayak.

[ Both laugh ]

♪♪

[ Laughs ]

Lauren: You know
about me and Taylor?

Quincy: Of course I know.
I mean, Taylor's kinda extra,

but if that's your type...

Why do we have to hide things
in this family?

Like Grandma Rose?
And my sexuality?

It's stupid.

I just wish I could find a way
to make Mom listen.

Last time I lurked
outside the kids' room,

I learned how "cringey"
I could be.

[ Chuckles ]

I'm glad
- that they're a team. - Mm.

Even if it is just
to drag us mercilessly.

I mean, I never had that
as an only child.

Well, there is strength
in numbers.

Is there?

I mean, I never wanted
a sibling.

I always thought there was
a finite amount of love

to go around.

I was 9 when I learned that,
in my family,

affection could be turned off
like a light switch.

Especially when my father
sent my mother away.

And Angela's mother.

She was his mistress.

What?

Raymond,
Angela is my...

half-sister.

My father confirmed it.

So, what does she want?

I don't know.

And I offered her a lot of money
to go away.

Hmm.

See, and that's
why you dislike her.

She's making you
do something you hate.

She's making you
wait and see.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Aah!

Who the hell are you?

♪♪

[ Laughs ]

What, are you --
you Shaft now?

Part of me --
Part of me

thought that you wouldn't be
foolish enough to come out here.

You bought a piece of land
here in 1984.

About a few days after Darius
and I had our...

falling out.
[ Laughs ]

You mean
after you killed him.

And then you bought up
all the land around it.

Mm-hmm.

There's an endangered species
of bird that nests

at a beach nearby here --
the piping plover.

Now, I bought this land
as part of a local effort

to help protect
their habitat.

And like so many others,

these plovers are seasonal
visitors to the island.

Eventually, they leave,
which is exactly

what I need Angela to do --
leave Oak Bluffs.

I told you last night,
I want your help with that.

And I told you that
Angela's stubborn as a tick.

She ain't leaving.

And I'm done playing
your game.

Now, is he out here
or not?

Hmm.

[ Car door closes ]

I called your bluff.
You called mine.

But I still hold leverage
over you,

and when it suits me,
I will use it.

♪♪

Nicole Aisha Vaughn --
where you been?

I-I was at the beach
with Taylor.

Hold up.
Are you high?

It's not that big
of a deal.

It is a big deal,
Nikki.

This is the behavior that got
you in trouble last year.

I'm not having a remix
of that.

[ Sighs ]

Give me your phone.

Now, Nicole.

I'm putting a tracking app
on it

and deleting social media
for a week.

I can't believe...

What is this?

Please don't play that,
Mom.

Please don't play it.

Teen Girl: You're lookin' like a
skillet that needs some grease.

Nikki:
Say that again, bitch.

You heard me.
I said skillet.

[ Crowd gasping ]

Is this the fight that got you
in trouble last year?

Somebody called you that?

No.

They were talking about
Mama Eve's dark skin.

She came for parent weekend that
one time you went to Beautycon.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because you and I
don't talk like that.

And I know you're trying,
but I miss talking to her.

And I miss having
more family around.

And I wish she was here.

She was my best friend.

♪♪

[ Door closes ]

Man, all last year,
I didn't see the pain,

I just saw her acting out.

And now I'm so busy
building this business,

and I missed it again.

I'm failing my daughter.

Oh, lies all damn day.

Every minute
of the past year

has been about you
saving your baby girl.

Even coming here.

You just gotta keep
reminding yourself of that.

Keep working.
Keep pushing. Mm-hmm.

What was that
Eve used to say?

Uh, "Grab a bull by the horns,
not by the butt."

Grab that bull by the horn
and run, girl.

[ Chuckles ]
For Nikki.

Mm.

Now, you got
to play smarter,

not harder.

I'm gonna need a dress

for the "Red & Black
on the Green" function.

- And shoes.
- Uh-huh.

What, you got a red, green,
and black invitation?

I need to get in that
incubator program,

so I'm gonna sneak into
Leah's little party

and talk to the one person
who's above her pay grade --

Teddy.

♪♪

♪ Can't tell me, can't tell me,
can't tell me ♪

♪ You can't tell me nothing

♪ Big break, now I'm gonna take,
sayonara to them haters ♪

♪ Bye-bye, see ya later

♪ I can, I can spend
your money ♪

♪ Fast, faster than you
make it ♪

♪ Once I show you how I do it,
it's a dead conversation ♪

♪ Watch me snake with it

♪ Now watch me snake with it

♪ S-S-S, shake with it

♪ Watch me snake with it

♪♪

♪ I'm swerving it, moving it,
switching it like a Ducati ♪

Man: Mr. Franklin.

♪ Got everyone watching me
like I'm in a new Bugatti ♪

I wasn't prepared
for our conversation earlier.

I regret that.

And I wasn't prepared to ask
for what I wanted.

So there is something.

A place
in the incubator program.

You can pull that string
for me.

A future for my business means
a future for my own daughter.

A direct ask
is my only option.

Mm.

Motivated.

Resourceful.

Stubborn as a tick.

[ Chuckles ]

You're more complex
than this cognac.

Leah oversees
that program.

I can't overstep.

So, no?

Well, then,
I guess nothing

is still the best
you have to offer me.

Hey, Granddad?
It's Nana.

♪♪

- What's going on?
- I don't know. She's here.

What?
What is she doing here?

- Mommy, let me just help you.
- I can walk by myself, damn it.

I just want to get a rose
for my daughter!

Lauren: I've never seen
Nana Rose like this.

What's wrong with her?

She hasn't been complying
with treatment.

This is a manic episode.

Did you bring her?

I'm so sorry, Mom.

These roses aren't
the right color!

What is going on?

Leah!
Come quick.

These roses,
anything that you see

with pink undertones,
they all must go.

No, no, Mommy,
I'm your daughter. I'm Leah.

You're not
my damn daughter!

- What did you do to her?
- Nothing.

Why does she think
that you're me?

I don't know.

Mommy, come on. Let's just get
you back in your chair.

No. Get your damn hands
off me!

I don't know you!

Ow! Help!

Mommy, Mommy!

- Oh!
- Oh, my God!

[ Spectators murmuring ]

Rose, now easy, easy.
Easy.

You'll be alright. Come on now.
You're gonna be okay.

Careful, careful.

Easy, easy, easy.
Easy, there you are.

It's okay.
It's okay, Mommy.

You're not
my damn daughter!

I am
your damn daughter.

That woman is Daddy's bastard,
Angela --

from his affair with Eve,
the maid!

Well,
why would she be here?

To embarrass me in front
of all my friends?

Why is she here?

Oh, no, no, no.
You don't get to run from this.

♪♪

The gossip sites have
already picked us up.

You have humiliated us
after all this family has done,

after all I've done.

All because you couldn't keep
your penis in your marriage.

No, it's because you could not
keep your emotions to yourself.

Now, if you want to put blame
on someone,

place it directly
on your shoulders.

You need to watch
how you're talking to my wife.

Well, your wife made this mess.
She needs to fix it.

You're the great
Teddy Franklin, right?

You fix it.

Leah: It's okay.

♪♪

I'm not gonna ask you again,
Leah.

Handle it.

Angela: You know,
my mama always used to say

she'd rather grab a bull
by the horns than by the butt.

Homespun hood wisdom.
Charming.

People only like gossip
they think is strong like tea.

If we step
on that stage together,

present as a family,

they'll stop talking
'cause the tea ain't strong.

♪♪

Hello, hello.
Can you hear me?

[ Laughs ]

Well, good afternoon,
everyone.

And welcome
to "Red & Black on the Green."

[ Applause ]
My mother hasn't hosted

her beloved Rose Ceremony
for years.

And as you saw,
though her spirit

is quite strong,

her health prevents it.

But her intentions
for this event

is especially poignant today.

While passing traditions
from one generation to the next

can be uplifting,

it can also be rooted
in the pain of slavery.

Without removing the shackles
of our past,

are any of us truly free?

Today has shown me
that my family

is only as free
as its secrets.

Unfortunately, this announcement
today came out

in a way
that we did not intend.

It's only recently
that, um...

we found out that my father

has another daughter.[ Audience gasping, murmuring ]

This woman recently
came into our lives,

and, tonight, we welcome her,
out of our secret past,

into the strength of family.

My sister, Angela Vaughn.

[ Applause ]

♪♪

Welcome to the family.

[ Applause ]

♪♪

Thank you, Leah,
for that beautiful introduction.

What are you doing?

The Franklins have embraced me
as a daughter, sister,

and fellow businesswoman

by granting me a spot
in the Franklin Holdings

small-business
incubator program.

This opportunity will help me
grow Eve's Crown

into something my new family
can be proud of

and something to pass on
to future generations.

♪♪

[ Chuckles ]

Guess I am "Franklin material"
after all.

[ Applause ]

[ Camera shutters clicking ]

♪♪

Woman: Angela, this way.

♪♪

Teddy: So, there's no way
that Angela

can trace this back
to me, right?

Well, I created a backdoor
that's password protected.

She'll never know
you have access.

[ Chuckles ]

You know, I don't think
Angela is a problem.

She's just here
to build her business.

She's a good woman.

I would agree, but, um, she used
the family announcement

to work her way
into my company,

and I want to make sure
that's where her agenda ends.

I made such a mess
when I fell for the help.

[ Chuckles ]

Half of my family
was "the help."

My Dad was "the help."

I'm sorry.

I meant no offense.

As a matter of fact,
um...

I've been thinking about
how much I've asked

of you lately
with Angela.

It's probably distracted you
from work.

Um, let me offer you
something to make up for it.

No, you don't --
you don't need to pay me.

Well, would you accept
an opportunity?

To come into the office
and pitch the VIP boxes?

Construction on the stadium will
move into the next phase soon.

I'd love to see
what you come up with.

I -- I'd love to.

Alright.

Thank you for your loyalty,
son.

♪♪

[ Cellphone ringing ]

I'll let you get that.

Thank you.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

- Yeah.
- Dr. Briscoe: Mr. Franklin?

Dr. Briscoe.

You wanted me to call you
as soon as I got the results.

The tremors, the slurring
is all conclusive.

I'm sorry,
but you have Parkinson's.

♪♪

[ Cellphone clicks ]

[ Cellphone thuds ]

♪♪

[ Door opens ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Door closes ]

[ Voice breaking ]
A sister?

How could you not tell me
about Nana Rose?

She's my grandmother.
And these new people?

I'm just supposed to accept
that they're my family?

I am trying so hard
to change

and just accept myself
for who I am,

but I can't continue
to be this perfect person

that you always
expect me to be.

I'm tired.

Lauren,
you are perfect.

I'm sorry I ever made you
feel otherwise.

I understand why you brought
Nana Rose tonight.

And I forgive you.

And as for Taylor,
I spoke to the lawyers,

and she has finally
come to her senses.

She dropped the charges.

So you see, things
are already looking up.

Come here.

♪♪

I just need to know
that you can accept me

for who I really am,
Mom.

Yes.

♪♪

I was raised
to hide my flaws,

to project perfection
to the world, and --

and then I expected you
to deny who you are.

I did to you
what my father did to me.

I just want you
to be free.

♪♪

♪ Momma said be careful

♪ Out here in these streets

♪ Keep your day ones close

♪ And watch your enemies

Angela: Oh.

She was everything to me,

and I just...

I feel like
I'm losing family

that I don't have much of
to begin with.

Mm.

Yeah.

And I can't believe they
publicly accepted you.

You have family now.
Mm.

I'm actually kind of
jealous of you.

Mm.

Today, he stood up there
and he called you his.

You know how I'm always
posting on the 'Gram?

It's because
I have this fantasy

that he's gonna find
my page one day

and see that my eyes look
just like his.

"His"?

Um, my dad.

But I-I know it was just,
like, a one-night stand

and you don't know him.

But I don't know.

I just --
I think about it sometimes.

It's not...

♪ Gotta keep my head on
straight ♪

Well, uh, you know,
it's not much,

but I was thinking that
we could honor Mama Eve

by keeping it
in the family

and making you the new face
of Eve's Crown.

Me?
Mm-hmm.

Like,
on all the bottles?

On all the bottles.[ Chuckles ]

You're beautiful.

And you stand
in your grace.

You know, even when you get
your little attitude.

But that's 'cause you know
who you are.

I wish I knew that
when I was your age.

But that's one of the
lessons of motherhood --

your kids
teach you things.

I'm learning

there's some things around here
I gotta fix.

♪ It's like they wanna

Guard: Hands off the desk.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Radio chatter ]

[ Door buzzes ]

♪♪

[ Door closes, buzzes ]

♪♪

Angela.

What the hell are you
doing here?

I think it's time.

It's time for Nikki
to meet her father.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

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