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WOMAN: Previously on
Our Kind of People...

PIGGY: This is where your mother
started doing hair.

Swore she'd never come back

after what happened
with your father.

ANGELA: She never even told you
his name?

PIGGY:
She died with that secret.

When are we gonna
spread her ashes?

I know all your dirt.

LEAH: I have a dossier filled
with your dirty deeds.

Your father's retiring?

LEAH: I'm gonna control
all of it,

including Darmon.

My mom's opening a store
on Delois Street.

It's like hair care.

ANGELA: The Franklins
can help Eve's Crown.

Where have I heard
that name before?

I applied for the small business
incubator program.

TYRIQUE:
Leah can be tough,

especially if you're trying
to join the Graceties.

I'm just here to show
the new kid around.

I nominate Angela Vaughn.

I would be honored
to be in this sisterhood.

You've been lying to gain access
into this club.

Evelyn Vaughn --
she was arrested

for intent to distribute.

Teddy Franklin is my father.

She wanted me to find out
what he did to her.

-That's what I'm gonna do.
-LAUREN: Taylor!

-What the hell just happened?!
-We were arguing!

OFFICER BARRY: But our focus is
on how the accident happened.

You want me to go around
and slap pronouns on my chest?

-Well, we don't get to do that here.
-Shh. Be quiet.

LEAH: I hear you wanted to
pick the wig up yourself.

Got to secure the crown.

("Free At Last" plays)

(breathes deeply)

♪♪

Hey, everybody.
You good?

All right, somebody asked what
my first memory of hair was.

I was sitting
between my mama's legs

getting my summer braids,

looking cute,
screaming bloody murder

'cause I was so tender-headed.

And one day,
she put the comb down.

She told me a story.

♪ We gonna be free at last ♪

ANGELA: That back in Africa,

hair patterns were as good
as fingerprints.

Braids could tell you
a person's tribe,

marital status, wealth,
or social position.

Our crowns were our identity.

♪♪

When the colonizer ships came,

one of the first things
they did was shave our hair

so we couldn't tell
kin from kin.

So when those of us
who survived the Middle Passage

landed here,

a new hair culture
needed to be born.

We grew our hair back.

We took back what was stolen.

We used our hair
to communicate.

We found power in hair.

That's what my mother
taught me --

that no one can take
your identity

or make you forget
who you really are.

♪♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪♪

♪♪

PASTOR JOHN GRAY: This morning,
I'm focused in on Exodus 12,

where we find Moses
leading the children of Israel

out of 400 years of bondage.

In the middle of the night,

they were led to leave
the only life they knew

for a land that was promised.

Midnight, running towards
a promise.

ANGELA: I can't believe
we share the same blood.

It takes everything
in my Christian soul

not to tell that heifer
what our grimy-ass father did.

We know the truth.

Your mother never dealt a drug
a day in her life.

Amen.

Quiet as hell in here.

Can we get a little call and
response up in this?

(snorts)

Can I offer to you this morning
that perhaps

the fight is not simply for you
to vanquish your enemies?

The fight was designed
to reveal you to you.

-WOMAN: Oh.
-Oh. Amen!

PASTOR JOHN GRAY:
You're gonna have to fight.

You're a warrior by nature.
It's in your DNA.

You couldn't escape it
if you tried.

(congregants applaud,
shout "Amen!")

PASTOR JOHN GRAY:
I've come to learn

that sometimes,
if you don't take it by force,

you won't take it at all.

Whoo! Amen.

(cheers and applause)

PASTOR JOHN GRAY: Choir, come on
and sing that song.

Y'all need to stand up
and bless the Lord. Come on!

♪ Jesus ♪

♪ Hey, bless
that wonderful name of ♪

♪ Jesus ♪

♪ No other name I know ♪

-Mmm.
-Okay.

(bell tolls)

That's the most fun I've had
in church in a long time.

The Holy Spirit moved me.

And you moved me.

I was gonna ask you for
a referral for a contractor --

a decent one
who's not gonna rip me off.

You know anybody?

I absolutely know a guy -- me.

Okay, this is not a
sitting-in-a-glass-office,

drawing-pretty-pictures
type of thing.

This is a "get your hands dirty"
renovation at Eve's Crown.

Trust me,
I can get a little dirty.

Oh. Okay.
Then you're hired.

That damn Vaughn woman is
a menace just like her mama.

You need to handle it

so we can get back to
more pressing concerns.

Lauren's partying behavior
is out of control.

I will not have her
embarrassing this family.

MACY: Leah!

Congratulations.

Not many Black women become head
of a billion-dollar corporation.

(snaps fingers)

Well, my father
decided to retire.

It was unexpected.

ALITA: We should honor you
at the Graceties

Black Women in Business Gala.

-Why not?
-(laughter)

ANGELA: Hi, Leah.

Oh. Uh...

Can we clear the air?

(sighs) Look.

We got off on the wrong foot
last week --

You called me the maid.

You pulled
my dead mother's police record.

Your mother
didn't exactly have

the best experience
on this island,

so I'm trying to
figure out

why you want into this life
so badly.

To provide a better future
for my daughter.

Is that your story?

Because I've seen
your type before.

Social climbers who save
their money for a summer house

to come here and floss

when the families on this island
hold it down all year long.

'Cause we don't just have
a summer fling

with Black excellence.

We are Black excellence,

on the front lines
of this country every day.

(laughs)

We all know who's on
the front lines of this country.

They look a lot more like me
and my mama than you and yours.

Yeah, well, we'll see
about that, Ms. Vaughn.

♪♪

Everyone's so excited
that I'm taking over Franklin.

(chuckles)
If only they knew.

Knew what?

My father didn't just
step down.

I pushed him out.

I mean, he was doing
some things

that I'm too ashamed
to even tell you about.

You're not gonna
say anything?

It's your father.
I'm not surprised.

(chuckles)

And whatever it is,

I'm glad that you confronted him
about it.

You're about to do
the damn thing, baby.

Mm, I mean,
on the cover of Forbes, okay?

Cover of Forbes.

-You know, I was thinking.
-Hmm?

Since this is
the summer of us, right?

Mm-hmm.

With the help
of the Franklin bailout,

Darmon is back
on its feet.

I know...

exactly what to do...

to make sure
it stays that way.

Okay, well, you know,

I get why you'd want
your company back.

So shall we negotiate?

(chuckles)

(gasps)

Starting low, I see.
Mm.

Low...and slow.

-But I have to warn you.
-Hmm?

I'm not gonna stop
until you give me what I want.

♪♪

ANGELA: Y'all, that Leah,
she really thinks

she's better than me.

She's gonna have to pick up
her lip off the floor when...

What is it?

I, um...

I took a piece of Leah's hair

from the wig she wore
at the fashion show

and had it tested
against mine.

Must've came
in yesterday's mail.

(sighs)

Nikki,
can you open this, please?

It says likelihood
the two specimens tested

share a common parent

is 99%.
(exhales sharply)

(laughs)

Well, now we have proof.

Angela, all you have
is a DNA test.

That don't prove
that she took the rap for him.

No, I'll get
more evidence.

First,
I have to get into

the Franklin small business
incubator program --

Leah's not gonna let you
near that program.

Well, Raymond might.

And once I'm on the inside,

I can get all the information
I need.

Okay, none of this
is gonna bring Mama Eve back.

She's still in that box,

and we haven't done
one thing she asked

since we got on the island.

Nikki, I'm not scattering
her ashes

anywhere near this place.

It's what she wanted.

I'm her daughter.
It is my decision.

♪♪

I'm doing this
for Mama Eve, y'all.

♪♪

♪♪

(sighs)

(Quake Matthews' "This Life"
plays)

♪ Big money ♪

♪ Now hit the button,
open the gates ♪

What is this?
Is this business or pleasure?

-Business.
-Mm.

I'm getting Darmon back.

That's great,
but what about Ole Teddy?

Let's just say
Teddy is a non-issue.

For real?
'Cause that is fantastic.

I know.

I mean, especially
this last quarterly report,

Darmon's on the road to recover
what we lost last year.

No, no, no. We didn't lose
anything last year.

You lost that, Jack.

120-year-old company --

you almost destroyed it
in one summer.

It's funny how you're hell-bent
on never letting me forget that.

No, I'm hell-bent
on Darmon rebounding,

which has all been me.

And now I have to make
some adjustments

pertaining to your involvement.

Did you forget the story?

It was our great-grandfathers

who so believed
in their partnership

that they took their names,
Dupont and Harmon,

and made them one.

They ran Darmon as equals,

just like
every generation has after,

and they would expect us
to do the same.

You know I consider you
my brother, right?

We grew up together,

in and out
of each other's homes.

We played ball together.
We --

We would always change classes
so we were in the same one.

You want to blow all that up,
or you just forget?

-Oh, no, no, I remember.
-Yeah.

I remember you never having
to take life seriously.

I remember me busting my ass

while your father let you
use the corporate credit card

like your personal bank.

And every single time
you messed up, which was a lot,

you never had to suffer
a consequence.

-Maybe I'm just a lucky guy.
-Yeah.

You were
a privileged white kid

being raised in America.

Meanwhile,
I had to do everything

damn near perfect
just to survive.

So, yes, you are right.

We were raised as a family.

But we're not the same.

♪♪

LEAH:
Beautiful bouquets, ladies.

Oh. Easy on the baby's breath,
Angela.

I mean, just because
this is charity outreach

doesn't mean it can look cheap.

-Oh.
-WOMAN: (chuckles)

-(door slams)
-Why is it this bright in here?

-WOMAN: Oh.
-ALITA: Oh, my gosh.

Do you see how short
that dress is?

MACY: My Lord.
That is really a trainwreck.

Get it together, girl.

Okay, her best friend
is still in the hospital.

Show some class.

(indistinct conversations)

You're late
and clearly hungover.

Lauren, I know that
you're worried about Taylor,

but your behavior lately
has been unacceptable.

You're just partying all night
and you're skipping church?

Hey, I have my Forbes shoot
tomorrow.

Why don't you come with me?

We can grab lunch after
and maybe...talk.

Yeah.

But I think that there's
gonna be some things

that you don't so much
like about me.

You can tell me anything.

I'm never gonna not love you.

-(gags)
-Like...

-I'm sorry.
-Oh.

I don't feel so good.

(door opens, slams)

♪♪

♪♪

ALITA: (clears throat)
Leah, we are so excited

to plan this gala
in your honor

for getting the July cover
of Forbes.

We're all so very proud of you,
aren't we, ladies?

-Come on.
-(applause)

Okay, okay.

-Enough, enough. Stop.
-(laughter)

Thank you, ladies.

Since the prospective members
are taking the lead,

how sold are we
on calling it

the Black Women
in Business Gala?

-What if we change it up...
-WOMAN: Mm.

...and honor some sisters
who never get recognized?

How about we call it
The Black Diamonds Ball

and honor women
not only in business,

but in art, tech,
philanthropy?

They are our black diamonds.

I love it.

It's fantastic.

Yes.

LEAH: Well, looks like
it's decided.

All right, ladies,
let's bring our arrangements

over to the container.

Traci, I'm gonna need you
to make a special delivery

to my mother, Rose.

Oh, well, I have
my son's riding lessons.

Leah?

You know what?

Traci, don't even sweat it.
I got you.

But you owe me one.

-Thank you, girl.
-It's my pleasure.

Bye.

(elevator bell dings)

♪♪

Hey.
Working on a Sunday?

Well, it wouldn't be summer

without a Graceties
flower delivery.

Hey, I'm -- I'm glad
that you're here.

I wanted to talk to you about
the Franklin incubator program.

Well, I saw your application,
and you're hungry, right?

But what's gonna be the thing
that excites the committee

and shows us
that you're on the map?

So, I got to be on the map

for y'all to help me
get on the map?

Business is all about
minimizing risks.

And all of the participants
in the incubator program,

they need to be
solid business investments

-with a clear brand structure.
-Okay.

So I will make sure
the committee

reviews your application, but I
can't promise you anything.

Okay, well, good,
'cause I don't trust promises --

I trust myself.

And I will make sure
that you see

my brand and I
are as solid as they come.

I like that confidence.

You'll see a lot more of it.

Take that to the bank.

♪♪

♪♪

Hi. I have a personal delivery
for Rose Franklin.

(door closes)

(waves lapping, seagull cries)

♪♪

Hello?

Oh, the little bitch
came to visit.

(chuckles)

Hello, Leah.

ROSE: To what do I owe
this honor?

Must need something

since you never come
to visit me, Leah.

Rose, I'm not...

ROSE: Can you
make me presentable?

I have a Graceties tea
at 4:00.

ANGELA: Sure.

♪♪

ROSE:
So, what do you want?

Do you remember

the Graceties'
Grand Illumination Ball

in 1984?

I was inducted
into the Graceties that year,

and your father was inducted
into the Kingship.

We were young, Black, rich,
and fabulous.

I think you were about 2 or 3.

There was an arrest that night.

-Mm?
-Evelyn Vaughn.

Did your father send you here
to humiliate me?

No.
I just want to know.

She was my friend.

She worked for me
for two summers.

Then she reverted
to stereotype.

I kept telling your father,

you lay down with dogs,
you get fleas,

and he...got a bastard.

That woman was not fit
to be a mother,

no more than she was fit to
clean the bottoms of my shoes.

You don't know a thing
about her.

I know that she was
the kind of woman

who would give up her baby
for $50,000.

What?

Debra Ann Washington
brought that baby home

-from the hospital.
-You're a liar.

I was the president
of the Graceties.

I know every secret,

and trust me
when I say that Evelyn Vaughn

was no more than a broken-down,

-money-hungry, drug-dealing con!
-(voice breaking) I have to go.

No, Leah, no!

You helped your father
put me in here.

-(door opens, closes)
-You got to get me out, Leah!

♪♪

ANGELA:
Her name was Evelyn Vaughn.

She gave birth to a baby girl
March 4, 1985.

I need to know
when she and her baby

were released from the hospital.

(door opens)

Hello?

(door closes)

Well, the outside structure
looks fine.

No need
to spend money there.

Good.

You good?

No, actually.
(chuckles)

But it's not something you can
fix with a hammer and nail.

But thank you for asking.

Here, come here.
Check this out.

See this --
this line right here?

-Mm-hmm.
-Slightly thicker than the wall line?

-Mm-hmm.
-That's your water system.

Okay.

Grab dinner with me tonight.

I'm actually going to
a party tonight.

(chuckles)

Okay.

If you want to come,

I'll pick you up at 6:00.

♪♪

You know, I did notice, uh...

there's supposed to be
another room right here

behind your staircase.

Mm.

Yeah, you can blow this out
and create a bigger salon.

(sledgehammer pounding)

♪♪

Angela, you got to see this.

♪♪

TYRIQUE:
What is all that stuff?

ANGELA: Must've been
my mother's. (gasps)

(chuckles)

♪♪

(sniffles)

♪♪

(sighs)

♪♪

("Lion" plays)

♪ I been through the fire,
I been through the fire ♪

-♪ Oh, oh ♪
-♪ Through the fire ♪

♪ I been called a liar,
I been called a liar... ♪

I know this is probably all
really trivial to you right now.

What? Mom, no.

You have always wanted Forbes.

(chuckles)

Yes, but it's not just a cover.

I mean, being named chairman

is me finally coming out
of my father's shadow,

me telling the world who I am.

If I'm honest,
I'm a little nervous about this.

♪ Stand up ♪

You get --

I'm sorry.
You get nervous?

I'm human, too, baby.

TEDDY:
Your first cover of Forbes

lets the world know
that you have arrived.

Hey (smooches)
little brown girl.

-LAUREN: How are you?
-TEDDY: I'm doing fine.

-How about you?
-Hey, Lo, can you give

your grandfather and I a second?

Yeah, sure.

I'm not here to start any
trouble.

-Mm.
-No, no.

They just want me
to do an interview

about your rise to power,

you know, then maybe
take a couple of shots.

I have been thinking
about how I raised you,

taught you right at my knee.

And here you are,

standing in the lobby

of our family's
eponymous university

shooting the cover
of Forbes!

-Damn, girl!
-(laughs)

I dreamed that for you,

but I never let you see
the reason for it.

The why.

Well, money is the why.

Power is the reason why.

Without power,

you can be forced
to do anything.

My father thought
I was too caught up

in making sure that my power
looked like any white man's,

yet he couldn't tell me why
it was wrong to want that power,

why it was wrong
to sometimes dabble in the gray

to ensure that power.

Gray like how you cheated
on my mother?

Right, see, Daddy, I've been
remembering things, too,

like tagging along with you
on business when I was 8.

I remember we visited

a small apartment building
in Boston.

What do you remember?

A young girl in the rain.

She must've been about
two years younger than me.

Your hands were shaking
when we drove off.

I had never seen you
like that.

Enjoy the Forbes treatment.

You never forget your first.

(scoffs)

TEDDY: (chuckles)

♪♪

♪♪

(chuckles) Damn.

This heifer is everywhere.

I am looking to see
when my mother and I

were released from the hospital
after my birth.

Uh, how can I help you,
Leah?

You've been speaking to my
husband about the Franklin

small business incubator,

and I just wanted to see
your place for myself.

I mean,
it's a Franklin program,

so you'd be representing
my last name,

and I just realized I don't know
that much about you.

Or your business.

You're from Boston, right?

-ANGELA: Uh-huh.
-Whereabouts?

East Side. You know it?

Why would I?

Hey, Lauren.
Good to see you.

Nikki tells me Taylor's stable.

Nikki sees Taylor?

She's been to the hospital
every day

since the accident,
I think.

You know, let's not talk
about Taylor right now.

She's a party girl.

Maybe this tragedy
will break this hold

she seems to have on you.

Mom, what hold?

I've seen pictures
of the two of you.

-You look at her like she's --
-I love her?

Because I do.

You told me you would love me
no matter what.

Here I am.

Of course I love you.

But I can't support this.

(scoffs)

(door slams)

ANGELA:
Leah, that was --

Don't. You have no idea
the pressures

-that we have to deal with.
-But I do know this.

Mother to mother,

what you say to her next
matters.

I just --

I have no idea when I stopped

knowing how to talk
to my daughter.

That is a symptom
of Working Mothers' Syndrome.

I suffer from it, too.

If you find a cure,
let a sistah know.

♪♪

Well, I'll leave you to
finish up planning that event,

because your membership
depends on it.

-Got it.
-(door opens)

-(door closes)
-(cellphone rings)

Hello?

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR:
This is Boston General.

My mother gave me away.

Some lady
named Debra Ann Washington

signed me out of the hospital.

I called the hospital.
It's true.

It was only six months.

You knew?

You knew about this?

Why didn't you say anything?!

I promised your mother that I --

Did you know
about the drug charge?!

-Did you know about my father?!
-No!

Of course not.

And the only reason
that I know about Debra Ann

is because your mother
nearly had a breakdown

-after it happened.
-No, she sold me

-for $50,000.
-No, no.

What, is this what
she bought with the money?

-Angela, listen.
-Is this what she bought?

Is this what she bought?
Is this what she bought?

-No.
-Is this what I was worth?

No.

♪♪

(door opens)

(door closes)

Where were you?

ANGELA:
I went for a walk.

I'm just trying to
process.

All this time,
I thought he threw me away,

when she did, too.

I feel like a fool,
trying to save her name.

She lived with that mistake
for six months.

She didn't feel like
she could do right by you.

I mean, your father
was ignoring her calls,

work had dried up.

And then some rich woman

who wanted kids more than
a free pass into heaven

offered to take you.

She insisted on paying
your mother.

But she couldn't sign
the papers.

She took you back.

And kept the money?

She wanted to give it back.

But I'd already used it.

I was in some trouble,
and because of me,

she worked to pay
that woman back for years.

Your mother
didn't want to fail you,

but you are failing her now.

You are more focused on
getting in with the Franklins

than honoring
your mother's last wishes.

And I'm telling you, if you
don't scatter them ashes soon,

I'mma do it my damn self.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I'm so sorry about earlier.

So, what's the plan for tonight?

I just 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.

Then I'll meet you at the party
with Nikki.

That's the last thing
that you need

is a peanut gallery
in the back seat

when you go to pick up
your thang.

It's a first date.

-Oh, honey, it's life.
-It's -- (laughs)

And we need to grab it all
while we can.

ANGELA:
Tonight's for you, Mama.

♪ They never see me coming ♪

♪ LA, LAPD undercover ♪

PHOTOGRAPHER: Can you get
a little closer?

♪ But I stay selective ♪

♪ I'm so boujie boujie,
gotta stay connected ♪

(sighs) It's warm.

You're not warm?

I swear, more than ten
Black folk get together

and the temperature rises.

You sure
that's not just you and me?

Negro, slow your roll.

♪♪

REPORTER: Leah, congrats
on your honor tonight

and the launch
of Franklin Athletics,

and your acquisition
of the Boston Tides

-is groundbreaking.
-Well, thank you --

(shouting, cheering)

Whoo! Angela!
(laughs)

ANGELA: This is --
This is Bertie Nickerson,

small business owner
from Boston.

She's one
of our honorees tonight.

Angela, this is fancy!
What an honor.

Look at me standing here
between Mrs. Franklin-Dupont

and the woman behind
the Forbes cover.

The who behind the what?

I asked her to use my product

and mention me
in the "styled by."

Besides, the mention was buzzy.

And these days,
it's all about buzz.

Buzz, buzz.

"Bertie's Cakes"
on the count of three.

-One, two, three!
-ALL: Bertie's Cakes!

(laughs) All right, girl,
it's not about me tonight.

-Go have fun.
-Ooh, you look beautiful!

(laughs)
Oh, no, no, no.

Stay on in here, sweetie,
with your fine ass.

-(chuckles)
-Okay.

♪♪

♪ I got all this juice ♪

♪ Let's get loose ♪

♪ And you're all invited ♪

♪ Aww, yeah, aww, huh ♪

♪ Aww, yeah ♪

♪ We gon' call a truce ♪

♪ Bring the D'ussé,
and you're all invited ♪

So, I guess congrats
are in order.

You're getting a mention
in Forbes.

You wanted me to show you
that I'm on the map.

There it is.

My product is a feeling.
It's a vibe.

It -- It makes a woman
see herself

and believe in her power.

That's what I do,

and I really think
that your program

could help me do it bigger.

♪ I got all this juice,
let's get loose ♪

I'm gonna have my office
call you

and schedule your interview
for tomorrow.

You're one step closer
to the incubator program.

-Thank you.
-♪ We gon' call a truce ♪

♪ Bring the D'ussé,
and you're all invited ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

Oh, so you're ready
to get this party started.

-(laughs)
-WOMAN: Hello, everyone.

I would like to introduce Masego
and Tiffany Gouché to the stage.

-(cheers and applause)
-♪ I see Lupita ♪

♪ You know I got the jones
for my own Rashida ♪

♪ Can you put me on
with Danai Gurira? ♪

♪ She stay on my dome ♪

♪ She gon' pull on me,
pull like weed ♪

♪ Entice me ♪

♪ She my queen ♪

♪ Yeah, whoa, yeah,
whoa, yeah ♪

♪ She my queen ♪

♪ Holding you up
to a higher state ♪

Oh, baby girl, look
at that tall, dark chocolate.

Fine glass of water
over there.

♪ You were made to reign,
girl ♪

♪ Sunshine in my world ♪

♪ I do it all
'cause you're my queen ♪

♪ She gon' pull on me ♪

♪ Pull like weed, entice me ♪

♪ She my queen ♪

(cheers and applause)

Hey, Nikki. You, uh --

You been kind of quiet
since Taylor's accident.

I'm glad you're here.

Kissing cousins ain't godly.

Listen, Quincy, uh,
I-I think you're --

you're -- you're awesome,
and I want to be friends,

but I-I-I think there's --

You told my mother
about me and Tay?

I didn't tell your mother
anything.

You don't belong here.

Well, I mean, unless you're
trying to serve me a drink

-like your grandmother --
-Yo, Lo, leave her alone.

No, no, no.
No one needs to protect me.

I belong here
just as much as you,

and I got receipts.

My mother isn't just

some broke ass from Boston,
and neither am I.

-We're here --
-Hey, what are you doing?

What the hell are --

You know, I sat in Mama Eve's
lap, too, getting my hair done,

and she told me
the same thing she told you --

that they --
they shaved our hair

'cause they wanted us
to forget who we are,

just like you want me
to forget Mama Eve.

-Nikki.
-WOMAN: Ladies and gentlemen,

Teddy Franklin and our honoree,
Leah Franklin-Dupont.

(cheers and applause)

♪♪

TEDDY: Good evening.

TEDDY: I have been asked
to honor my princess,

but you know what, I shouldn't
call her that anymore.

She is a queen,
a queen in her own right,

and I knew
that this day would come

when she would set her sights

on my spot
as head of the company.

The apple will fall,

but it does not roll
far from the tree.

But I'm afraid there has been
a misunderstanding.

I am not retiring.

Although we are honoring Leah,

I am still chairman
of Franklin Holdings,

and she is still my very capable
second in command.

To Leah!

-ALL: To Leah!
-(glasses clinking)

WOMAN: Once again,

congratulations
to Teddy Franklin

and your exquisite daughter,
Leah.

Franklin Holdings
will surely be...

You should've looked
a little closer

at those papers
that you think you have on me.

The shell company
that I used to do my dirt

could prove particularly
destructive to your husband.

If you try and take me down,

your husband's company
goes down, too.

I told you.

I am better at this
than you are.

♪♪

(Lina Loi's "Good Girl Gone"
plays)

♪♪

♪ I gave it all away,
I gave my love away for free ♪

♪ And you sure played the game,
I was a fool, I couldn't see ♪

-Daddy!
- ♪ How was I to know? ♪

♪ I was so young and so naive ♪

♪ I believed in what I felt
in your empty promises to me ♪

♪ You see, I was your angel ♪

♪ So loyal... ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
You disappeared.

Hey, what's wrong?
You okay?

Just leave me alone, please.

♪ My blue heart is cold ♪

♪ Your good girl is gone ♪

♪ And you can catch me
in the wind out on a yacht ♪

- ♪ I'm making friends... ♪
-NIKKI: Mom?

♪ I'm taking shots ♪

- ♪ Out in them streets ♪
-Mom.

♪ I'm living fast ♪

I couldn't say a word to him.

♪ What you did to me ♪

Not a word.

♪ Whoo, gone ♪

♪ What you did to me ♪

♪ Look at what you did to me ♪

♪ Your good girl is gone ♪

RAYMOND: You told me
that you would give me back

full control of Darmon.
Did you say that?

LEAH: Yeah, I told you that but

that was a rash decision, right?

Because I didn't even get
a chance to talk to the board,

and you know
how these shareholders are.

No, no, no, no, no, nope.
Don't give me that red tape BS.

I need my company back.

Raymond, I know that, okay?

And I will help you.
I will help you get it back.

But you just need to roll
with me.

Just let me go through
the proper channels,

and we can just bring this in
together.

And this is all
about your father.

That man,
he needs to have control

of any and everybody
that's within his orbit,

starting with you.

Can you just --
just give me some time?

Because I will run Franklin.

So you think Teddy's just gonna
give you control of Franklin

just because you're his queen?

Baby, you ain't his queen.

You're his princess.

You are living in a fairy tale

if you think
he gonna let you run Franklin.

Wake up!

-Don't be cruel, Raymond.
-And don't be gullible!

I just wish you would
stand with me for a change.

(door opens)

♪♪

JACK: You all right?
(door closes)

LEAH:
Oh. Hey, Jack.

Sorry,
I...didn't see you there.

You don't need to apologize.
I'm just walking up.

You know he doesn't mean
what he says, right?

You know,
I don't know anything anymore

because he seemed
pretty damn convincing.

Well, trust me,
he's lucky to have you.

-He knows it.
-Mm.

Just a little on edge
is all.

Thanks, Jack.

No thanks needed.

Yeah. (exhales)
Ooh.

LAUREN: Mom?

Oh, my God.

Lauren, wait!

♪♪

-Daddy.
-Honey, what happened?

You are shaking, baby.

What happened?
I just --

Baby, I-I think we should just
discuss this at home, okay?

-Hypocrite.
-No, Lauren.

Lauren, wait.

OFFICER:
Ms. Franklin-Dupont?

-What is this about?
-We need to talk with Lauren.

Taylor Woods is awake,

and she said that her fall
wasn't an accident.

She's released
an official statement

saying she was pushed
by Lauren.

No, she wouldn't say that.

You were there. You saw it.

-Tell them!
-I don't know. I didn't see.

I'd think again before you
roll up on my baby girl.

OFFICER:
I'm placing you under arrest

for the attempted murder
of Taylor Woods.

(crowd murmurs,
camera shutters clicking)

-Daddy.
-Lauren.

-Daddy, I didn't -- I didn't --
-I'm gonna fix it, sweetheart.

Daddy!

-You're hurting me.
-Hey, take it easy!

Hey.

-Hey.
-I, um --

I just wanted to say sorry
for how I left you at the ball.

A lot of things happened
tonight.

That's all you got to say
about it?

What else is there to say?

(scoffs)

♪♪

You know, I'm trying to
figure out what I think I saw.

One minute, I'm thinking
you're feeling me there,

and then you're running
out of that room

chasing Teddy Franklin.

I mean, do you got business
with him?

Are you involved with him?

I was just asking him
a business question, but...

You know, it was cool

watching him
honor his daughter like that.

You can tell
he really loves her.

Of course he loves her.
He's her father.

I wouldn't know.

I just found out
who my father was,

and to be honest with you,
it has been a mind trip.

And now that I know,
I'm questioning everything.

Meanwhile,
Leah Franklin-Dupont

is just walking down
easy street.

They're not bad people,
Angela.

I've known the Franklins
for a long time.

My father worked for Teddy,
died for Teddy.

He was the head of security,

and he caught a bullet
in the line of duty.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I was young,

and my father
was my whole world.

And Teddy made sure
I was straight.

Just like that, huh?

(chuckles)

He just took care of
somebody else's son and not --

I mean, you know what?

It is late.

I'm gonna go.

You know,
when I lost my pops, I...

I used to do this thing
to forgive him for dying on me.

What?

He'd talk to me
every time I floated.

You need to learn to just...

just float.

♪♪

♪ One kiss
is never enough from you ♪

♪♪

♪ So perfect, there's no way
there could be two ♪

♪♪

♪ You hold me down
like an anchor, I swear ♪

♪♪

♪ So if there's a storm,
I ain't going nowhere ♪

♪♪

♪ All I want
and all I need is ♪

♪ Is your loving next to me ♪

♪ So take my heart
and you can keep it ♪

♪ 'Cause I believe that ♪

♪ I'm yours forever ♪

♪♪

THE VAUGHN WOMEN: "You may
write me down in history

with your bitter, twisted lies,

you may trod me in the very dirt

but still, like dust, I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down
like teardrops,

weakened by my soulful cries?"

ANGELA: "Out of the huts
of history's shame

I rise.

Up from a past
that's rooted in pain

I rise.

I'm a black ocean,
leaping and wide,

welling and swelling
I bear with the tide.

Bringing the gifts
that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream
and the hope of the slave.

I rise.

I rise.

I rise."

(screams, laughs)

♪♪

I put a call in to the firm.

But I need you to make sure
that we don't have

some first-year associate
on Lauren's case.

I can't fail Lauren again.

Well, whatever trouble
Lauren has gotten herself into,

I will handle it as I always do.

Your concern should be
protecting our legacy.

Your memory of that night
in Boston is correct.

I was there to say goodbye
to a woman -- Eve.

Angela's mother.

I chose you and Rose,
my family,

over an affair that had to end.

But there's no denying that
Angela Vaughn is your sister.

And I look like a damn fool.

(chuckles)
Again!

Because of you.

♪♪

♪♪

(sighs) Well,
get it out of your system,

then reset the board

so we can start
a real chess game

before she uncovers skeletons
that could ruin this family.

I will let you know
our next moves.

♪♪

(door opens)

♪♪

(door closes)

♪♪

(gasps)

(gun cocks)

(laughs)

You get the hell out.

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

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

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