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Previously on The Chi...

Emmett, I think something's wrong.

I gotta track down his father's DNA

to see if he passed a genetic disease to my son.

I thought you killed your abductor.

I did.

That's why I need your help.

I can make some calls.

I gave you 30 grand to spy on your brother.

Not to be here to become a fucking failed rapper.

I got some info for you.

He's writing a book about his life on the streets.

Is he using names?

I told him not to confess to nothing.

I wanna buy a laptop.

So you can write your book?

- What? - Motherfucker.

You get your allowance

when I fucking decide to give it to you.

Get the fuck out of here.

"This will look good on you in your casket."

I'm accepting your dad's job offer.

He wants me to be his assistant.

Welcome home, my child.

I want you to speak

to the youth congregation tonight.

I don't have anything prepared.

When you're up there, the words will come to you.

- Is that what you do? - Oh, yeah.

I'm the Jay-Z of pastors.

I don't write anything down.

I just ask God to guide me, and he provides.

God always provides.

I finally got the funding to offer you a real job.

I got a job.

Doing what?

I'm the new head of security for Alicia.

Bro, you've seen what she did to her own son.

Her own son, bro.

What you think she gonna do to you?

Councilman Victor Taylor,

you are under arrest

for the murder of Quentin Dickinson.

The defendant, Mr. Victor Taylor,

has posted federal bond

but will remain under house arrest

until his next hearing.

How was I able to post bond so quick?

Jake came upon some cash.

That much? How?

Your guess is as good as mine.

I also had to put up your house for collateral.

Damn.

I'm sorry, it was the only way.

I understand. You do what you got to do.

Thank you.

Thank me when you're free for good.

Sorry.

He seems fine now, but he wouldn't stop crying.

Don't be sorry.

How are you holding up?

Not sleeping much.

I just wanna make sure my baby is okay.

Any updates on his condition?

Yes.

After running several blood tests,

Ronnie has been diagnosed with sickle cell disease.

This disease is tough,

but I will guide you through the treatment options.

Isn't sickle cell a death sentence?

Are you saying my baby is gonna die?

No. Not at all.

Ronnie will live a long, full life.

He'll just require extra care.

Because there's a higher risk of infection for kids

with sickle cell, we wanna do a full genetic screening

of both parents.

I just wanna be thorough and make sure

nothing is being overlooked.

You have to have the father's DNA?

Sickle cell is hereditary.

So yes.

Happy birthday.

Yeah, I'm, um...

I'm not really in a celebratory kind of mood.

Baby, why not?

'Cause I'm...

I'm stressed.

Okay. About?

About a lot of things.

I wanna be alone.

Please.

Please abide by the electronic monitoring requirements

until I get this thing thrown out.

I hope you know what you're doing.

Hey, it's all I know how to do.

♪ That chain you had on me don't work no more ♪

♪ Like it used to ♪

♪ I used to get by the fire ♪

My, my, my, how the tables have turned.

How you feeling, bro?

Better now.

So what happens next?

I'm on house arrest till further notice.

Damn.

Hey, where'd you get the money to make bond?

Somebody dropped a bag off at my door.

So you just took someone's random money

without asking questions?

Nigga, ain't you out?

Bro, let me tell you something, bro.

Hey, hey, hey. Whoa, whoa.

The point is, is that you outside, okay?

Well, I mean, not outside, outside, but you know.

Come on, man. Let's get out of here, bro.

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ 'Cause see, that thing hit different ♪

♪ When you got something better to compare it to ♪

♪ Don't it, though? ♪

♪ 'Cause see, that thing hit different ♪

♪ When you got something better to compare it to ♪

Who are you?

Uh...

I'm Damien, Emmett's brother.

I didn't even know Emmett had a brother.

- Half-brother. - Nigga.

You need to let that shit go.

Can I help you?

You need to fix this place up.

Who gon' pay for it?

Money's not a issue.

Look, I don't want no more of y'all's money.

It comes with too much baggage.

What happened?

This place was booming a few months ago.

People are scared.

I'll have a design team come in and draw up some ideas.

No, we good with the design we have now.

It lacks class.

What? We want folks to feel comfortable.

The way to drive traffic is to start offering up free food.

Like, kids eat free on Fridays.

- Whose kids? - Or free tacos on Tuesdays.

We don't even serve tacos.

Free food draws crowds.

And who's gonna cook all that free food?

Mm.

Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?

You're Dom, right?

Yep.

She's the one that helped us expand our menu.

Oh.

We need a bigger kitchen.

Who you telling?

That ain't for you to worry about.

- And more cooks. - I told you that.

Whose side are you on?

Who are you?

That's Jamal. Victor made me hire him.

I ain't no charity case.

You're the one who caught the case

but got off on some technicality.

I also handed my life over to God.

Oh, and now you get to wash dishes.

Amen.

Yeah, 'cause nobody else wanted to do it.

Excuse me, I gotta take this.

And what about you? What's your name?

That's my cousin Serena. She's deaf.

She can't hear you.

I'm... I'm sorry,

I didn't mean to scare you.

I don't understand sign language.

She said, maybe if you stop mumbling,

then she can read your lips.

I promise I'll speak more clearly next time.

She said maybe you should learn sign language.

Maybe you should teach me.

She said, "Sure."

I wanna thank Jake for coming,

and I hope to have you back again real soon.

I ain't doing this again.

That makes this episode even more special

because it's one of a kind.

Until next time, stay in prayer, congregation,

and I love y'all.

You making any money doing this?

What you mean?

People shouldn't get valuable content for free.

I want my content to be for everyone,

even those that can't afford it.

Well, your audience is your congregation,

and every congregation should ensure

their leader has whatever they need.

Making people pay for my podcast

just don't feel like me.

My dad said

the word of God should be available to everyone.

Do you like being broke?

I mean, I'm used to it.

You think that's what God wants?

I don't know.

You have a right to prosper from your podcast.

To not do that is... disrespectful to God.

I don't wanna disrespect God.

I know you don't.

Start paying yourself so you can pay him.

I'm gonna go stay with my mother for a while.

So what does that mean for us?

We're just taking a little break.

For now.

It's a good start.

What you mean, good start?

Exactly what I said.

You're a baby writer, so you've got a lot to learn.

But we'll get there.

So you didn't like it.

I didn't say that.

I said it was a good start.

But we got work to do.

- How much work? - A lot.

Uh-uh. Look at me.

Chin up.

This is every writer's journey.

No writer is good when they start out.

But the good news is,

you have a voice.

You just need to fine-tune it a little bit.

Hmm?

This is for you.

You... you got me a laptop?

Best partner you'll ever have.

Always listens to you and remembers what you say.

Protect it with your life.

I will.

Thank you.

Listen,

writing can be a very lonely profession.

And a thankless one too.

But if you really wanna do this,

now's the time to commit to this journey.

Oh, I'm committed.

I see.

Here you go.

I really appreciate this.

Oh, I can't take no more surprises.

I know what you mean.

Are you okay?

Me and Victor are taking a break.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I think this will be good for us.

These are extra receipts.

Hey, your numbers ain't adding up.

Well, my investor handles most of the accounting.

Y'all got a lot of revenue.

Hey, you sure this doesn't include your Harlem location?

No, but apparently that location doing numbers too.

I mean, yeah, but if it was popping like that,

we'd hear about it.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Hey, you not asking enough questions.

I ain't turning down no free money.

Ain't no such thing.

Look, I know Douda's your investor.

- Why does it matter? - Why does it matter?

Getting into business with somebody

is like marrying them.

Well, I'm divorced.

Yeah, clearly.

I asked you for your help. Now you're making fun of me?

I'm just confused as to how you could even be so dumb.

Nigga, I had to figure all this shit out on my own.

Fuck.

Look...

I can't help you unless you're honest with me.

If you got money coming in that can't be accounted for,

the suits is gonna come knocking.

Just do what you gotta do to make it make sense.

All right, just give me a few days.

But even still, it's gonna be a temporary fix.

How do I fix it for good?

You got two options.

You either cut ties with Douda or...

you kill his ass.

I already tried the second option.

Then let me talk to him.

He'll kill you.

If we don't get these books right,

your only other option is gonna be prison.

Look, I appreciate you giving Jake the money,

but I don't want him involved in none of your shit.

Hey.

Don't bite the hand that freed you.

You kept quiet, right?

Good.

They found Q's DNA in the car.

That don't mean shit.

As long as you keep your mouth shut,

everything will be fine.

It better be.

Good.

Mm-hmm.

Yes. Yes. Beautiful Black family.

Yes.

Marcus and Tierra, can I get a little bit

of a moment between you two?

Oh, of course.

I lost my father when I was young too.

That's when I started hustling.

You used to hustle?

Just 'cause I'm a pastor

doesn't mean I don't have a past.

When I was your age, I used to run these streets.

How'd you make it out?

God sent me a sign.

I was starving, hadn't eaten for days.

I prayed to God if he helped me get something to eat,

I'd serve him the rest of my life.

Next thing I know,

I see a crisp $100 bill

on the street, just like that.

Got me some food and a new silk shirt.

But I thought you were only praying for food.

Yeah, but God showed me I was thinking too small.

I shouldn't just pray for what I need.

I should also pray for what I want.

I deserve more than a meal.

I deserve to look good too.

And I've been eating like a king

and dressing like one ever since.

Wow.

After that, I saw a man preaching on the street.

He had strangers stopping to listen to him.

They were in the palm of his hand.

And when he asked them to give...

they gave him all the money they had.

It was like a miracle happening right before my eyes.

I asked if he could teach me, and he did.

He brought me into his church, and I started to learn from him

just like you learning from me.

So you didn't go to school for preaching?

No.

I learned the old-school way.

I'm glad you're in my flock, young man.

Me too.

We scanned the DNA sample you provided

for Ronnie's father.

It's not a match.

What?

In order for a child to have sickle cell,

both parents have to be a carrier.

You have the gene, but this person doesn't.

♪ Problems of the world all the same ♪

♪ People politickin' ♪

Oh, we taking all y'all shit.

What? What?

Ain't none.

Give me that.

Touch my money, and I'll blow

your fucking head off.

Nah, I'm just kidding.

All right, y'all niggas chill out, man.

Settle down.

Let's raise our glasses.

Yeah.

To the man that runs the shop

and keep money in our fucking pockets.

Yeah.

And a foot on our neck.

What did you say?

Oh, shit.

I said, happy birthday.

I didn't hear you. Say it again.

What you saying?

Happy birthday.

That's what the fuck I thought you said.

You know, good luck on your book.

♪ Little boy was stabbed to death ♪

♪ As he tried to run away, yeah ♪

♪ 75 eating out the garbage can ♪

How are you doing?

I'm fine.

Girl, I know you're lying. I can see it on your face.

What's going on?

I talked to the DA.

They wanna cut a deal.

It's a great offer.

You still get to continue your career as a councilman,

and you'll have protection.

They want Douda.

That's the offer on the table.

I ain't snitching.

Then you're going to jail.

Who are you again?

I'm Emmett's brother.

And why are you here?

Uh, because he asked me to take a look at his books,

and the numbers are off.

I'll handle it.

I can set you up with some digital options.

It's my specialty.

Consider peer-to-peer platforms like Venmo and CashApp,

and you can seamlessly integrate them

into Smokey's legitimate point of sale system.

You know what, I'm, um...

I'm more of an old-school cat.

Hiding money is a dangerous job.

Okay, come to me. Come here.

Come walk with me.

You make the books make sense,

and I'll handle the rest.

That's fine.

I just don't want my brother going to jail.

If he does, I'll bail him out.

Well, it's not always that simple with the IRS.

Welcome to another episode of Papa's Pulpit.

Now, before we get started on today's topic

of generational wealth, God moved me to introduce

my new monthly subscription plan.

Now, I know what you all are thinking.

"Why I gotta pay for content that was once free?"

But I hope y'all understand

that investing five dollars a month into me

allows me to keep providing high quality podcasts

for y'all, and it's only a fraction

of what God will pour back into your lives.

Amen?

If y'all bless me, you'll be blessed in return.

Stay away from my client and my family.

Nigga, who the fuck are you?

Alicia's my ex-wife.

Robert is my son.

Oh. Okay, well, you know what?

You should advise the both of them

to stay the fuck out of my way.

They don't take orders from me.

Okay.

So you're not the man of your house?

I don't live there anymore.

And you're still wanting to protect them.

That's what a man does.

He protects his family,

even if they don't live in the same house.

All right.

Well, good luck protecting them.

As many enemies as you got,

you need to make sure someone is protecting you.

Maisha said these should be good

to send out by mid-November, just in time for the holidays.

♪ Someone with no doubt ♪

♪ One who knows what love's about ♪

I thought those were just for us.

Some are, but one of them will be our Christmas card.

I didn't agree to that.

Excuse me?

I'm just saying that's a big commitment.

I practically live here,

and I have bonded with your daughter.

Sending out a holiday card is too much?

I'm not trying to start an argument.

Are you embarrassed by me? Am I a secret?

Come on.

I thought you wanted this.

I do. I'm not embarrassed.

It's just... feels like that's something married people do.

I didn't ask you for marriage,

but I do wanna feel like I'm in a real relationship.

- We are. - It doesn't feel like it.

Then what does it feel like to you?

Like I am playing house.

And I'm not a doll.

You check that, baby.

- That was cold. - I checked.

No, I'm... you just gotta reinforce.

You know what I'm doing.

Mm.

Oh, hey.

Nice to meet you.

Is that my leather jacket?

You're not here to wear it anymore.

You wanna join us for a drink?

No.

If you hear from Robert,

let him know I'd like to see him.

And what about me?

Do you wanna see me too?

I have to work.

Some things never change.

You're right.

You are just as beautiful as the day I laid eyes on you.

Nice jacket, bro.

You know what?

I don't appreciate you trying to turn me

into your ex-husband.

You can never be him.

I don't wanna be him!

The jacket just makes you look the part.

You gotta learn to act the part.

This ain't no fucking movie.

Everybody plays a role in the game of life, baby.

You think I'm fucking playing with you?

If you wanna be my bitch, you can be,

but I'm not in the market for that.

Bitch?

Ah, that's more like it.

I'm my own man.

Harder.

You like this shit, huh?

Yeah.

If your abductor isn't the father,

then who could it be?

Who you think?

Nah, fuck that.

I wasn't with anyone else.

Can we just keep this between us?

- I can't do that. - Why not?

Niggas got kids walking around they don't know nothing about.

Well, he deserves to know.

I'm not doing this.

You don't have a choice.

Yes, I do.

I think you're Ronnie's father.

We still want a paternity test.

I don't need one.

If she say he's mine, he's mine.

I need one.

Hey, Kiesha, what do you need?

We just wanna be sure.

All right.

♪ Where the cash at, cash at ♪

♪ I need to blow it ♪

♪ I need my cash back, cash back ♪

♪ I gotta show it ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ Check, check ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ Body like Yellowstone ♪

♪ Looking like a cat ♪

♪ Cooking like a chemist, got my feelings in the lab ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ Another check ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ The drip ain't free, so I gotta spend it ♪

♪ All my chains real, it's no pretendin' ♪

You good?

♪ Another check ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ Where the cash at, I need to blow it ♪

Douda knows I'm writing a book.

You writing a book?

Yeah.

Who else know?

Just Lynae and my teacher.

And that's it?

My sister.

I ain't gonna lie, bro,

your sister do seem a little shady.

Don't make this about you.

Man, look, I ain't even on that.

All I'm saying is, you know her better than I do, bro.

Come on, let's dance.

I'm not in the mood.

Come on, man.

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

♪ I tell him, run another check ♪

You wanna come over tonight?

I don't know about all that, man.

You can sleep in my bed this time.

Welcome, everybody.

Thank you for joining me for another men's circle.

As you can see, I'm pretty limited

to where I can go, so I really appreciate y'all

for coming to my house to participate.

Oh, man, come on. You know we got you.

So who wanna go first?

All right, I'll go.

Me and my lady got into a little disagreement

on whether or not to send our holiday photos out

to friends and family.

Well, holiday cards, that's...

that means y'all serious.

Yeah, which is why I didn't wanna do it.

Well, do you love her?

I think so.

You don't sound too sure.

Hey, no woman feels as good as freedom.

- Mm. That's real. - Damn.

I mean, why can't we just hang the pictures up

- in our living room? - You could.

Man, you know she ain't gonna want that.

Women like to be claimed.

Trust me.

I didn't think about it like that.

Guess I'm just not used to being in a relationship.

Then you need to let her know that.

Yeah.

Well, I'm going through some things

in my relationship as well.

Wait, you and Kiesha a'ight?

Uh...

there's a chance Nuck might be Ronnie's father.

- Ah, hell no. - What?

Man, that's impossible.

Nah, it's not.

I thought it was the dude that kidnapped her.

Ronnie has sickle cell.

Shit.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It's genetic, and the guy that abducted Kiesha

doesn't carry it, so...

Hey, this sound like this need to be

more like a family meeting.

No, it doesn't.

Well, he better take a paternity test.

- He is. - And what if he the daddy?

Darnell, let's give Emmett a moment.

Guess I gotta deal with his ass.

Rob.

I know it's your first time attending.

Anything you wanna discuss?

Yeah, um...

thinking about reconnecting with my father.

That's great.

God knows I'm grateful to him.

Yeah. He was always a good lawyer.

Just... not so much at the part

when it came to being my father.

I know all about giving your dad second chances, man.

It's annoying at first,

but it gets better over time.

I think we can all agree

that everybody deserves second chances.

- Amen. - Hell yeah. Shit.

What about you, Vic? How you holding up?

I've been going through some things.

Fatima's taking space.

Oh, man.

I'm sorry, bro.

And the only way for me to be free is to give up Douda.

I think you should do it.

Man, if I wouldn't have missed,

you wouldn't even be worried about snitching on Douda.

If you didn't miss, you'd be dead right now.

Snitching on him could get you killed too.

I know.

If somebody don't take his ass out,

he gonna kill us all one by one.

I want more money off the top.

I thought you were a man of God.

I am.

Then why are you trying to rob me blind?

You put my life and my church at risk.

You knew that going in.

Well, now the price is going up.

You know what?

I can just take my money elsewhere.

I'm your only option.

Says who?

Says me.

Yeah.

Hey.

A deal is a deal.

Do you understand?

Understand.

Praise God.

I keep thinking about it.

What?

You being with Tatiana.

Look...

when I'm with you, I'm with you.

When I'm with Tatiana, I'm with her.

Let's just not bring up other people right now.

You the one that brought it up.

It's really not weird for you?

No.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I guess I don't have a choice.

♪ I'm wholeheartedly yours ♪

♪ My love ♪

♪ You're the beat in my soul ♪

♪ You're all I'm thinking of ♪

♪ When I'm with you, I'm soaring ♪

♪ High above the clouds ♪

♪ In your love, I've found ♪

♪ My paradise so profound ♪

♪ In a world so cold ♪

♪ You my sanctuary ♪

You want a ride?

I don't bite.

Unless you ask me to.

Come on, get in.

Come on.

♪ With you, I'm home ♪

♪ In your arms, I've found my place ♪

♪ I'm wholeheartedly yours, my love ♪

♪ You're the beat in my soul ♪

It's nice to have an extra set of hands around here.

I'm happy to help.

What you getting into after?

Back to the halfway house.

They don't play about that curfew.

Yeah.

Need a ride?

I'd love one.

LaPorshe, what are you doing here?

Mm. I missed you.

You can't just be showing up to my house like this.

I have a family.

I know you and Dre ain't together no more.

How you know that?

'Cause you deleted all her pictures on your IG page.

So you be spying on me?

We all do it.

You can't stay.

I wasn't expecting to.

I just wanted you to know when you get ready

to start dating again, I'm around.

That's good to know.

My bad.

I'm old-school.

Next time, text first.

Ronnie, this is your dad.

Oh, Dad?

Yes.

Hey.

Hey.

Look. Look.

I got you something too.

You wanna do a flip?

Do it over here.

- Yeah. - Do it over here.

- Yeah? - Like, way over here.

You wanna drive the truck right here?

You wanna go right there?

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