1 00:00:02,170 --> 00:00:03,737 -The Lyons are hitting back on Empire. -(shouts) 2 00:00:03,771 --> 00:00:06,174 -May we rise. -Like we always do. 3 00:00:06,207 --> 00:00:08,076 Catch all-new episodes Wednesdays. 4 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:10,211 And check out our other Fox programs-- 5 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:13,081 Star, 9-1-1, and The Resident. 6 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:14,215 That's a win-win. 7 00:00:14,248 --> 00:00:15,749 Only on Fox. 8 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:20,154 -Previously on Empire... -The new chief executive officer 9 00:00:20,188 --> 00:00:22,690 -of Empire, Jeff Kingsley. -(applause) 10 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,158 It's not like you've taken any real assignments 11 00:00:24,192 --> 00:00:26,427 since Jamal domesticated you. 12 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:27,861 ANDRE: Gusto. Leave Quincy alone. 13 00:00:27,895 --> 00:00:30,264 GUSTO: I take Princess here till I'm done with him. 14 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:33,567 -(shouting) -(alarm buzzes) 15 00:00:33,601 --> 00:00:37,338 Jeff Kingsley is nothing but a number cruncher. 16 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,207 So step up with us, the Lyons, 17 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,741 with our brand-new management company. 18 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:45,579 We are going to put you first and your music first. 19 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:47,948 * My life flashes 20 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,717 * Ahead is my desertion 21 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:52,620 * His trigger finger makes me contemplate if I deserve it * 22 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:55,223 * I'd be damned if my family would take the hit * 23 00:00:55,256 --> 00:00:58,058 * So be a man and step in front of this angry man * 24 00:00:58,092 --> 00:00:59,460 * Without a purpose, ah 25 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:00,928 * Tell me this ain't a conclusion * 26 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:02,430 * My body can barely react 27 00:01:02,463 --> 00:01:04,064 * I'm thinking it's just an illusion * 28 00:01:04,098 --> 00:01:05,733 * But the bullet is telling me facts * 29 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:07,468 * 'Cause that's my girl, and that's my kid * 30 00:01:07,501 --> 00:01:09,237 * If they ain't breathing, I ain't living * 31 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:10,904 * Can't express the feeling, praying * 32 00:01:10,938 --> 00:01:12,240 -* Give me one more minute -* ...going through my mind 33 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:14,408 * I can't even define * 34 00:01:14,442 --> 00:01:17,611 * Got to put up a fight, 'cause I ain't ready to die... * 35 00:01:17,645 --> 00:01:19,780 (panting) 36 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:22,450 (coughing) 37 00:01:27,255 --> 00:01:30,558 COOKIE (in distance): Boy, get your ass down here! 38 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:31,892 (sighs) 39 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,827 Mom, why are you screaming so loud in the morning? 40 00:01:33,861 --> 00:01:36,164 COOKIE: Ooh, you better watch your tone. 41 00:01:36,197 --> 00:01:40,234 Look at this: "Lucious Lyon, broke." 42 00:01:40,268 --> 00:01:42,236 And this one: "Lyons with no pride." 43 00:01:42,270 --> 00:01:45,105 They ain't nothing but trolls, all of them. 44 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:46,674 Dad put all of our asses on blast. 45 00:01:46,707 --> 00:01:48,742 I had a homeless person trying to give me a dollar 46 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:49,977 when we was leaving. 47 00:01:50,010 --> 00:01:51,912 Oh, my goodness. Mom, can I have that? 48 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,749 Y'all fix your faces and wait for Dad to come back with Andre. 49 00:01:55,783 --> 00:01:59,320 You know what? You're right. 50 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:01,755 Today is not the day for doubters. 51 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:05,959 Today is the day that the Lyon family are reunited, 52 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:08,829 -and we prove the haters wrong. -Say it. 53 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:10,698 (ringtone playing) 54 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:13,201 Hey, Lucious. Where are you? 55 00:02:13,234 --> 00:02:14,535 What? 56 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,037 What do you...? 57 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:19,207 Okay, where the hell is Andre, then? 58 00:02:24,312 --> 00:02:26,247 (sighs) 59 00:02:28,349 --> 00:02:30,351 MARK: Stupid move, Lyon, 60 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:32,320 losing it this close to your release date. 61 00:02:32,353 --> 00:02:34,222 It's a few days. I'll live. 62 00:02:34,255 --> 00:02:36,690 A lot can happen to a man in a few days. 63 00:02:36,724 --> 00:02:38,559 Especially down here. 64 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:40,528 (neck cracks) 65 00:02:49,237 --> 00:02:51,171 * 66 00:02:55,409 --> 00:02:59,079 So, the bad news is Andre ain't coming home for a bit. 67 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:00,981 But the good news is we don't have time 68 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,516 to be sad about none of that. 69 00:03:02,550 --> 00:03:04,385 We got work to do. 70 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:07,855 Now, the Empire that we knew and love, that's dead. 71 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:10,558 Now it's time for us to build an entirely new Empire. 72 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:14,094 Me and your mama, we found some office space uptown. 73 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:16,264 I'm meeting with some money men later on. 74 00:03:16,297 --> 00:03:18,031 That's gonna shore up our capital. 75 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:20,734 COOKIE: And I'm gonna staff this bitch from the ground up. 76 00:03:20,768 --> 00:03:23,337 See, if we build this company, 77 00:03:23,371 --> 00:03:25,205 then the artists will come to us. 78 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:26,374 And we would like to start 79 00:03:26,407 --> 00:03:27,908 with the first two artists being you two. 80 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:31,211 We would like for you to sign with Lyon Family Management. 81 00:03:31,245 --> 00:03:33,113 I mean, you know I'm down, but there's no way 82 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,615 that Empire's gonna let y'all just manage us 83 00:03:34,648 --> 00:03:36,884 while we're still under contract to them. 84 00:03:36,917 --> 00:03:38,386 Well, go ahead. 85 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:42,055 I've taken the liberty to go through your contracts. 86 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:44,692 I want you guys to read them word for word. 87 00:03:44,725 --> 00:03:47,861 You'll notice where I've highlighted 88 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:50,298 individual clauses that will allow us 89 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:53,434 to break these contracts without us being sued. 90 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,936 They ain't gonna let us go without a fight. 91 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,771 Then we got to do whatever it takes. 92 00:03:57,805 --> 00:03:59,540 Get busy doing it, 'cause we got 93 00:03:59,573 --> 00:04:01,575 contracts to break and some money to make. 94 00:04:01,609 --> 00:04:04,144 -Bye, baby. I love you. -Bye. Love you, too. 95 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:06,614 Okay, y'all heard him. 96 00:04:06,647 --> 00:04:09,016 (buzzer sounds in distance) 97 00:04:15,523 --> 00:04:18,792 Now, how you gonna come for me and miss? 98 00:04:18,826 --> 00:04:20,060 When you first got here, 99 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,562 you thought you was so smart, didn't you? 100 00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:25,098 You should've taken me out when you had the chance. 101 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:29,136 (grunts) What the hell?! 102 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:31,171 You've been eyeballing me since you got here. 103 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:32,673 Like you got something you want to say. 104 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,676 So how about I open your mouth, so you can say it. 105 00:04:37,445 --> 00:04:39,246 (men shouting) 106 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,583 Here's how it's gonna work from here on out. 107 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:45,252 I'm gonna go my way, and you're gonna go yours. 108 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:48,088 If you step to me, I will end you. 109 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,990 You understand me? 110 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:53,193 -Yeah? Talk to me. -Ooh. 111 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:55,195 (chuckles) Little rich girl's got a pair, y'all. 112 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:58,298 -Do you understand me?! -Boy, I understand! 113 00:05:06,674 --> 00:05:08,041 (men murmuring) 114 00:05:08,075 --> 00:05:11,412 MAN: Yeah, my man surprised him. 115 00:05:15,416 --> 00:05:18,085 Mm. Literature. 116 00:05:37,405 --> 00:05:40,273 (mutters) 117 00:05:45,413 --> 00:05:48,215 * Red wine, sin-stained sheets 118 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,083 * The sound of you... 119 00:05:50,117 --> 00:05:53,186 Come here, help me tie this. 120 00:05:55,623 --> 00:05:57,190 -I need help. -Okay. 121 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:59,192 See? All right. See? 122 00:06:00,594 --> 00:06:03,431 -(ringtone playing) -Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. 123 00:06:04,532 --> 00:06:07,000 Oh. Yeah, Chief? 124 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:09,670 * Right now at your pleasure... * 125 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,405 (mouths) 126 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:13,340 When? 127 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:15,543 Oh, yeah. Emirates nonstop would be my preference, 128 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:20,914 but I know that, uh, Bryson will need a layover in, uh, Paris. 129 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:23,383 Send a car for me in an hour? 130 00:06:23,417 --> 00:06:25,318 All right. 131 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,858 He needs me to cover the Sub-Saharan desk. 132 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:32,960 In Lagos. 133 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:34,962 * You used to be a good man... 134 00:06:34,995 --> 00:06:36,897 I thought that this was a home desk job. 135 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:38,398 Out of all the people around, 136 00:06:38,432 --> 00:06:40,200 they got to have you dodging bullets in Nigeria? 137 00:06:40,233 --> 00:06:42,069 I've dodged bullets right here in this very room, 138 00:06:42,102 --> 00:06:43,571 -if you remember. -Mm. 139 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:45,105 I can handle myself. 140 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:48,742 Yeah, you gonna handle Bryson, too? 141 00:06:48,776 --> 00:06:53,080 * Lately you've been searching * 142 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:54,715 * Longing for something... 143 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:57,217 Let's not do that. 144 00:06:57,250 --> 00:06:58,752 There. 145 00:06:58,786 --> 00:07:02,422 Your armor's in place; now I need to go pack mine. 146 00:07:05,859 --> 00:07:08,161 * I'm-a need ya... * 147 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:10,397 -I'll call you from Paris. -Yeah. 148 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:14,067 * Take me right now at your pleasure * 149 00:07:14,101 --> 00:07:17,671 * Take me to another level. 150 00:07:17,705 --> 00:07:23,343 Do you expect for us to answer the phones, collect the mail, 151 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:27,481 wrangle up your little artists and keep a schedule for free? 152 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:32,753 Yes, because I want you all in this from the ground floor. 153 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:36,089 Okay, because this is gonna be bigger than Empire. Trust me. 154 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:39,126 And I want this built by family, 155 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:43,196 with family tears, family blood, family sweat... 156 00:07:43,230 --> 00:07:46,099 -And family reaping the back end? -Amen. 157 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:48,769 Of course. Come on. 158 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:50,137 Holloway sisters united. 159 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:51,839 -Okay. Yes. -Um, look, church finger. 160 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:55,643 I'm not a Holloway or a Lyon, so 97% of this speech 161 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:58,145 ain't got nothing to do with why I should work for free. 162 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:01,048 I need you to work A&R. 163 00:08:01,081 --> 00:08:02,816 Can I be head of A&R? 164 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:06,053 Ain't nobody else in that department, so yes, of course. 165 00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:07,487 Congratulations. (laughs) 166 00:08:07,521 --> 00:08:09,489 Look at that. Promotions already. 167 00:08:09,523 --> 00:08:12,560 That's a yes for Porsha. What about you two heifers? 168 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:14,061 I want a title. 169 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:18,699 (sighs) Your title is "recovering crack ho." 170 00:08:18,732 --> 00:08:20,133 -Ooh! -(laughs) 171 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:22,169 * Yeah, ... a dollar bill 172 00:08:22,202 --> 00:08:24,504 * Where them hundreds at? Blow it like a fan * 173 00:08:24,538 --> 00:08:26,840 -* Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh -* Yeah, yeah. 174 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:28,842 (video game sound effects playing) 175 00:08:28,876 --> 00:08:32,212 Here. I brought you Jamal and Hakeem's contracts. 176 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:34,882 (phone vibrating) 177 00:08:34,915 --> 00:08:38,552 So first, Ludicrous the Lyon hands me my ass in public, 178 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:40,921 now his sons want out. 179 00:08:40,954 --> 00:08:42,255 Are you next? 180 00:08:42,289 --> 00:08:45,025 I haven't received any realistic offers lately. 181 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:46,694 I need you, Becky. 182 00:08:46,727 --> 00:08:48,596 I need allies around here. 183 00:08:48,629 --> 00:08:50,898 Right this way, please. 184 00:08:50,931 --> 00:08:53,233 Gentlemen, have a seat. 185 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:56,570 -You up for a game? -Nah, nah. Let's just get right to business, yeah? 186 00:08:56,604 --> 00:08:58,338 All right. 187 00:08:58,371 --> 00:09:01,775 Well, just because your father cut ties with Empire 188 00:09:01,809 --> 00:09:04,177 -doesn't mean that you have to. -No, I definitely think 189 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:06,246 that all Lyons need to make a clean break. 190 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:08,749 Yeah, you see that physical impairment clause on page 40? 191 00:09:08,782 --> 00:09:11,685 Who would've thought that artists read the fine print? 192 00:09:11,719 --> 00:09:13,286 JAMAL: I will complete all six unfinished songs 193 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,923 on Empire's server, and then I'm done, too. 194 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:17,557 All just to help out your dad? 195 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:19,927 Hey, yo, my dad don't need no help. 196 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,361 He's actually right down the street, 197 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:22,896 making things better and better for us. 198 00:09:22,930 --> 00:09:25,098 JAMAL: This is about our family sticking together. 199 00:09:25,132 --> 00:09:28,335 -That's what's important. -Family? 200 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:33,641 The three Lyon brothers used to be the pillars of Empire. 201 00:09:33,674 --> 00:09:37,110 Now one of them's in jail, and one of them 202 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:39,246 is reduced to begging for scraps on behalf 203 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:40,580 of his daddy's little venture. 204 00:09:40,614 --> 00:09:43,050 And the third, broken beyond repair. 205 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:44,818 Who's this lame calling broken? 206 00:09:44,852 --> 00:09:46,053 -(coughs) -JAMAL: Calm down. 207 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:47,387 KINGSLEY: Calm down, little man, 208 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,256 before you cough up another lung. 209 00:09:49,289 --> 00:09:51,759 Your value is in your back catalog. 210 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:53,460 So this version of you 211 00:09:53,493 --> 00:09:55,896 is free to hit the bricks if you want to. 212 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:58,031 Go. 213 00:10:00,701 --> 00:10:02,469 And as for you, Jamal, 214 00:10:02,502 --> 00:10:06,674 the album that you owe Empire must consist of new material, 215 00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,008 per your contract. 216 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,911 Yeah. You'll never get one note. 217 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,280 Then you'll never sing again. 218 00:10:13,313 --> 00:10:17,617 Because until I get my album, your music belongs to me. 219 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,489 LUCIOUS: Welcome to the offices of Lyon Family Management. 220 00:10:22,522 --> 00:10:24,658 I'll invite you back two nights from now 221 00:10:24,692 --> 00:10:26,493 to see it in its full glory. 222 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:28,696 If you've looked over the portfolio, 223 00:10:28,729 --> 00:10:30,798 you'll see that we can guarantee 224 00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:33,433 to triple your investment in two years' time. 225 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:35,435 (chuckles): That's a pretty bold claim. 226 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,871 LUCIOUS: Well, you know, I've been at this for 20 years, man. 227 00:10:37,905 --> 00:10:41,474 J.J.: Well, your track record isn't in artist management. 228 00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:45,713 And due to your well-publicized financial state, 229 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:48,048 -you're a credit risk. -I'm a what? 230 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:49,717 Look, we all respect Andre, 231 00:10:49,750 --> 00:10:51,885 but frankly I'm glad he's not here. 232 00:10:51,919 --> 00:10:54,554 Associating with a known felon is not a good look. 233 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:57,324 Do you hear yourself, J? You're a known felon. 234 00:10:57,357 --> 00:10:59,392 I mean, you just got your ankle monitor off 235 00:10:59,426 --> 00:11:01,494 -from your tax fraud case. -(man clears throat) 236 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:08,235 Wow. Oh, I get it. 237 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:10,037 So you can dust yourself off 238 00:11:10,070 --> 00:11:11,805 after a fall and reinvent yourself, 239 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:13,707 but people like me, I got to stay in my lane. 240 00:11:13,741 --> 00:11:15,042 Is that what y'all are saying? 241 00:11:15,075 --> 00:11:16,343 You're taking this the wrong way, okay? 242 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:17,544 You need to calm down for a second... 243 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:19,546 No, no, no. I don't need to calm down. 244 00:11:19,579 --> 00:11:22,082 We've been doing business for 20 years. 245 00:11:22,115 --> 00:11:24,718 I've always been good on a loan. 246 00:11:24,752 --> 00:11:27,888 Now I've guaranteed y'all three times your investment 247 00:11:27,921 --> 00:11:29,723 in two years. 248 00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:32,225 This is the part where you either take it or leave it. 249 00:11:32,259 --> 00:11:34,427 We're gonna leave it, Lucious. 250 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:42,202 J.J. Are you serious, man? 251 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:49,910 * 252 00:11:58,919 --> 00:12:00,387 -(sighs) -So, Cookie, my guy has agreed 253 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:01,721 to shoot the grand opening. 254 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:03,623 All I need is a credit card to reserve. 255 00:12:03,656 --> 00:12:05,959 Yeah, yeah. Put-put a hold on all of that. 256 00:12:05,993 --> 00:12:08,862 Lucious didn't get the VC money. 257 00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:11,031 Hey, hey, hey. 258 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,566 You okay? 259 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,268 Yeah. 260 00:12:17,104 --> 00:12:19,539 It's just, uh, you know, Lucious and I, 261 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:22,642 we got to rethink some things money-wise. 262 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:24,778 You know, this has got to work for us, 263 00:12:24,812 --> 00:12:27,981 because if it doesn't, there is no starting from square one. 264 00:12:28,015 --> 00:12:30,383 We are at zero. 265 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:32,552 What else you gonna do, Cookie, huh? 266 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,554 Sell your kidneys? 267 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:37,657 You've already given everything for this man. 268 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:39,326 Well, not everything. 269 00:12:39,359 --> 00:12:41,661 N-No. 270 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,296 No, Cookie. No. 271 00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:45,732 Now, you told me if you ever ask, I should shut you down. 272 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:48,235 Well, I didn't ask yet. (whispers): Shut your ass up. 273 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,337 And I told you not to say nothing. She... 274 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:55,075 Um, excuse me, but this little secret sound juicy as hell. 275 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,776 -(sighs) -So you may as well spill it. 276 00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:59,279 I'm all up in it now. What's happening? 277 00:13:01,648 --> 00:13:04,251 I got a loft in SoHo. 278 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:07,487 And I got it when I thought Lucious was gonna run off 279 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,590 with that bitch Giuliana and give her all my money. 280 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,692 So I convinced her to buy a loft. 281 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:14,327 She needed a safety net, 282 00:13:14,361 --> 00:13:16,830 something separate and apart from Lucious. 283 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:20,033 And you promised that you would never tell or sell. 284 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:22,135 Yeah, well, one out of two ain't bad. 285 00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:24,604 But Lucious, he doesn't know about it, right? 286 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:27,007 -Mm. -So why don't you just sell it? 287 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,477 Move. I can't breathe. (sighs) 288 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:34,214 Look, a lot has happened since I got that loft, okay? 289 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,715 It's a safety net, right? 290 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:39,419 A safety net is supposed to catch you when you fall. 291 00:13:40,921 --> 00:13:42,923 And we've fallen. 292 00:13:44,091 --> 00:13:46,493 I need that damn money. Sell it. 293 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:52,099 * 294 00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:57,070 (Thirsty muttering) 295 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:08,215 Lookee, lookee. Hey. 296 00:14:08,248 --> 00:14:09,849 Captain Ahab himself. 297 00:14:09,883 --> 00:14:12,852 Chased any white whales lately? 298 00:14:12,886 --> 00:14:16,189 Yeah, well, you know how it is. 299 00:14:16,223 --> 00:14:18,325 How you been, partner? 300 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:19,726 Oh, well, you know, I'm Gucci, baby. 301 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:21,494 Now what brings you by? 302 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:24,031 Seen a couple of my, uh, ads for the bus benches? 303 00:14:24,064 --> 00:14:26,233 LUCIOUS: Actually, I saw a bum 304 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,936 wrap himself up with one of them a couple days ago. (chuckles) 305 00:14:28,969 --> 00:14:30,603 (chuckles) You got jokes. 306 00:14:30,637 --> 00:14:33,073 I'll have you know, those ads are doing me just fine. 307 00:14:33,106 --> 00:14:34,241 They made me the number three 308 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,543 Slip-and-Fall Guy in all of Greenpoint 309 00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:39,012 and the number two #MeToo Guy in Queens. 310 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:40,713 So I'm doing fine. 311 00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:43,250 Well, how'd you like to come back and be my number one 312 00:14:43,283 --> 00:14:47,187 in a new music venture that we're doing with me and Cookie? 313 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:49,056 You can bring your client list, too, 314 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,891 to invest in our new venture. 315 00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:53,626 We can all win. 316 00:14:55,095 --> 00:14:56,629 So let me get this straight. 317 00:14:56,663 --> 00:14:58,565 You don't call me for, like, a year, 318 00:14:58,598 --> 00:15:01,368 and you think it's all right you just drop by 319 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:04,071 -and ask me for my client list? -Look, man, um, 320 00:15:04,104 --> 00:15:05,738 it ain't never been like that, Thirst. 321 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:08,608 No? What's it like? 322 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:10,710 You know how it was for us, man. 323 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:14,581 We had our challenges and, um... but Cookie and I, 324 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:16,449 we-we're trying to put the band back together. 325 00:15:16,483 --> 00:15:20,253 So, we would like for you to help. 326 00:15:21,088 --> 00:15:23,957 (elevator bell dings) 327 00:15:23,991 --> 00:15:27,060 I thought you'd be out slangin' Henny, celebrating your freedom. 328 00:15:27,094 --> 00:15:29,062 Oh, so I'm supposed to be at a club 329 00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:31,098 'cause a chump said I was a loser? 330 00:15:31,131 --> 00:15:33,066 I guess not. 331 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:35,402 Here's the lyrics to prove it. 332 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:38,605 I need you to help me with this. 333 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,075 It's beautiful, Keem. 334 00:15:42,109 --> 00:15:45,178 It's dark as hell, but damn. 335 00:15:45,212 --> 00:15:49,082 For months, I could barely breathe, let alone talk. 336 00:15:49,116 --> 00:15:51,084 But I be having these crazy dreams 337 00:15:51,118 --> 00:15:52,952 I can't tell nobody about. 338 00:15:52,986 --> 00:15:55,255 But you put it all in here. 339 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:59,026 There's more where that came from, if you help me. 340 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:01,361 (chuckles softly) 341 00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:03,363 What you standing there for then, boy? 342 00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:05,665 Come on. Let's lay it down. 343 00:16:05,698 --> 00:16:07,634 (exhales) 344 00:16:22,049 --> 00:16:24,217 (whistles) 345 00:16:24,251 --> 00:16:27,187 It's about how a group of numbers nerds 346 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:29,489 crack an uncrackable system. 347 00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:33,293 A team of misfits save the day? Now who's pushing fantasies? 348 00:16:33,326 --> 00:16:35,328 Well, you're smart. That could be you. 349 00:16:35,362 --> 00:16:38,065 (scoffs) Like I have a future. 350 00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:41,634 You know, Quincy, most people are who they are, 351 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:43,703 not what they've done. 352 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:45,705 Look, I didn't do anything. 353 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,307 (men chattering) 354 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,976 Old, white lady got jacked, and two days later, 355 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:52,345 the cops roll up saying I match the description. 356 00:16:52,379 --> 00:16:54,013 How long? 357 00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,249 Five years. 358 00:16:56,283 --> 00:16:59,586 I missed my high school graduation, so... 359 00:16:59,619 --> 00:17:03,156 I just pretend this is the worst college ever. 360 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:05,692 Keep my head down. Keep reading. 361 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:07,394 You like economics, Quincy? 362 00:17:07,427 --> 00:17:11,164 -I'm a numbers guy, too. -CFO of Empire. 363 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:12,999 MBA from Wharton. 364 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:17,704 Man, I was set up to go straight there when I got locked up. 365 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,607 Read the book. 366 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:25,745 * My life flashes, ahead is my desertion * 367 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:29,349 * His trigger finger makes me contemplate if I deser... * 368 00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:31,218 -(coughing) -(music stops) 369 00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:34,554 Come on, man. Show the beast. One more time. 370 00:17:34,587 --> 00:17:36,923 -(music resumes) -* Ahead is my desertion 371 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:39,626 * His trigger finger makes me contemplate that I deserve it * 372 00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:42,562 * I'd be damned if my family would take a hit... * 373 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:45,698 (coughing) 374 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:48,067 * Without a purpose... 375 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:51,304 -(coughs) Hey, yo, Mal, I can't breathe, man. -(music stops) 376 00:17:51,338 --> 00:17:53,106 Just, you know, take a second. All right? 377 00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:55,608 I just took a second! 378 00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:01,281 -Man, come on. -No. 379 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:03,450 (elevator bell dings) 380 00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:12,292 * 381 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:17,730 (coughs) 382 00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:19,132 What up, bro? 383 00:18:19,166 --> 00:18:20,767 What's up? 384 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,735 (sighs) 385 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,637 Yeah, make yourself comfortable. 386 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:27,307 When does it hit you that you're living at home, bro? 387 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:29,742 Like, do Lucious and Cookie, like, send you to bed 388 00:18:29,776 --> 00:18:32,512 and, like, pack your lunch in the morning? (laughs) 389 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:35,315 Shut up. I want you to see something. 390 00:18:35,348 --> 00:18:37,150 I'm still finishing it up. 391 00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:40,487 If you want it, it's yours. 392 00:18:42,021 --> 00:18:44,056 It's a new song. 393 00:18:49,196 --> 00:18:52,199 -This is about the... -The shooting. 394 00:18:52,232 --> 00:18:53,600 Why don't you just do it? 395 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:57,170 Be honest with you, I can't even breathe right. 396 00:18:57,204 --> 00:18:59,439 My lung all messed up. 397 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:04,010 But that track right there, the world need to hear it. 398 00:19:04,043 --> 00:19:06,479 And you went through it. 399 00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:08,981 (scoffs) I don't know what to say, Keem. 400 00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:11,651 I mean, this is incredible. I... 401 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,720 Yeah. 402 00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:16,223 I'll do it. 403 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:19,726 I'll do your words justice, bro, I promise you. 404 00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:22,895 (sighs) 405 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:25,432 * 406 00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:31,170 (laptop ringing) 407 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:36,175 (music stops) 408 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:39,846 (laptop chimes) 409 00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:41,848 Hey, babe. How's Paris? 410 00:19:41,881 --> 00:19:43,416 Just a layover. 411 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,719 Then we do a little piece in rural Nigeria before Lagos. 412 00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:48,187 How's New York? 413 00:19:48,221 --> 00:19:51,658 Um, Kingsley is holding me hostage at Empire. 414 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:54,261 And I think that I killed the last hope for Hakeem 415 00:19:54,294 --> 00:19:57,063 -to be back to normal. -(sighs) Sounds tough, my man. 416 00:19:57,096 --> 00:20:01,200 Come hang out with me when I head to Mogadishu. 417 00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:05,405 (scoffs) That's what we're gonna do now? 418 00:20:05,438 --> 00:20:07,206 What? 419 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,376 Act like the things I'm talking about are unimportant 420 00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:11,744 because I'm not running off chasing civil wars? 421 00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:14,381 I did not mean it like that. 422 00:20:14,414 --> 00:20:17,384 Is that what you think I did? Run off? 423 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,552 Well, yeah. I mean, we were starting a life here, 424 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,388 then the first little carrot that gets dangled 425 00:20:21,421 --> 00:20:23,055 in front of you, you dip out. 426 00:20:23,089 --> 00:20:25,892 Ah, is that what you're gonna do now? Just... 427 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:28,395 act like we're starting a life when what we're really doing 428 00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:31,398 is just... is picking back up your old one. 429 00:20:31,431 --> 00:20:34,033 That's not true. I told you that my whole family needed me. 430 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,802 That's why I agreed to stay, 431 00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:39,071 but I-I never said I'd give up my career because you did. 432 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,476 Bye, babe. Be safe. 433 00:20:46,446 --> 00:20:48,348 (music resumes) 434 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:55,822 -Hey! Baby boy? -WOMAN: Excuse me! You can't just walk in there. 435 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:59,191 -Man, get your hands off of me. -Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 436 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:04,397 What kind of game are you playing, man? 437 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:08,067 Oh. You're upset about the place 438 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,936 that you were considering leasing? 439 00:21:09,969 --> 00:21:12,339 The place you stole from under me. 440 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:16,476 Well, I got some advice for you: maybe you should tell Hakeem 441 00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:18,645 to stop blabbing your business in the street. 442 00:21:18,678 --> 00:21:21,180 You know, why are you so interested 443 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:24,817 in my family, anyway? 444 00:21:24,851 --> 00:21:28,020 (chuckles): No, Lucious. 445 00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:31,257 You mistake me. It's not personal. 446 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,993 I was in a calculus final my freshman year at Stanford. 447 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:36,195 The kid next to me, he breaks his pencil 448 00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:39,666 and asks me if he can borrow one. 449 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,834 I refused. 450 00:21:41,868 --> 00:21:43,470 If he finishes the test, 451 00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:46,172 he raises the curve for all of us. 452 00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:49,676 So you think this is just business, huh? 453 00:21:49,709 --> 00:21:52,679 Look, Empire is growing. 454 00:21:52,712 --> 00:21:55,114 I need more space to record. 455 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:58,050 Maybe Jamal can record the album he owes me there. 456 00:21:58,084 --> 00:22:00,152 Look here. 457 00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:03,623 Stronger, hungrier, more capable men 458 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,124 have come for me. 459 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,360 Every one of them has failed. 460 00:22:07,394 --> 00:22:10,162 Preventing you from starting a rival venture... 461 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:12,365 it's not a vendetta, Lucious. 462 00:22:12,399 --> 00:22:14,667 No. 463 00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:17,870 It's a business strategy. 464 00:22:17,904 --> 00:22:20,640 See, you got me mistaken. 465 00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:24,343 Where I come from, we don't play black eyes and bloody noses, 466 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:26,546 or schoolyard tits for tats. 467 00:22:26,579 --> 00:22:28,415 It's life or death. 468 00:22:28,448 --> 00:22:33,386 A strategy like yours can make a man meet his maker. 469 00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:35,187 (laughs) 470 00:22:35,221 --> 00:22:37,724 -I'll see you soon. -(laughs): Yeah. 471 00:22:37,757 --> 00:22:41,193 Touch me again. 472 00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:53,039 Where are we gonna have this launch event? 473 00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:54,874 Could you sit down before you give yourself 474 00:22:54,907 --> 00:22:57,043 -another heart attack? -I don't think you get it. 475 00:22:57,076 --> 00:23:00,847 I have an event tomorrow with nowhere to host it. 476 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,282 Hey, what about using your secret little condo? 477 00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:06,719 Shut your dumb ass up! Well, can we? 478 00:23:06,753 --> 00:23:09,355 Y'all about to give me whiplash. 479 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:12,291 First of all, it is not zoned for commercial use. 480 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:15,361 So what? So now we care about some rules? 481 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:18,631 And I have gotten three offers since you told me to list it. 482 00:23:18,665 --> 00:23:22,034 -One of them, all cash. -Get that cash offer. 483 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:24,036 -Done. -Yes. 484 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,438 (clears throat) 485 00:23:27,006 --> 00:23:28,641 -Lucious. -Hey. 486 00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:30,443 You didn't kill Jeff Kingsley, did you? 487 00:23:30,477 --> 00:23:34,313 Not yet, but he's definitely on my list. 488 00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:36,583 What's this gathering of the witches of Eastwick for? 489 00:23:36,616 --> 00:23:39,719 -CANDACE: Oh, please. -Shut your bum-leg ass up. 490 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:41,588 We are trying to figure out where to have this party, 491 00:23:41,621 --> 00:23:43,756 since we've been kicked to the curb. 492 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,658 You got any bright ideas, nubby? 493 00:23:45,692 --> 00:23:48,327 -(laughs) -To hell with the dumb stuff. 494 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,397 Why don't we just build it right here? 495 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,132 In the house? 496 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:56,836 I mean, this whole company is about family, 497 00:23:56,869 --> 00:23:58,304 and we got the boys back. 498 00:23:58,337 --> 00:24:00,272 I talked to Thirsty. I even talked to Becky, 499 00:24:00,306 --> 00:24:02,241 and Becky's talking about coming back home. 500 00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:06,178 Let's build it right here at home. 501 00:24:06,212 --> 00:24:08,447 Come on, bro, that's your best idea? Breathe? 502 00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:10,449 -I can barely get one breath in. -Okay. 503 00:24:10,483 --> 00:24:12,519 It's because your lyrics don't allow you to. 504 00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:15,421 You know what I'm saying? So why not add a breath? 505 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:18,257 Add shorter lyrics, more staccato. 506 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:19,492 You want me to break my verse? 507 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:21,160 I can't break my verse like that. 508 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:23,329 Okay, look, everything that you wrote is beautiful. 509 00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:26,198 I love it, but you need to sit that down for a second. 510 00:24:26,232 --> 00:24:28,267 'Cause all that does is trigger PTSD. 511 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,670 And, look, you know that I know what I'm talking about. 512 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:35,708 You got to change the tone, up here and here. 513 00:24:35,742 --> 00:24:37,409 You feel me? 514 00:24:39,478 --> 00:24:41,013 Look. 515 00:24:43,082 --> 00:24:44,884 This right here is my track. 516 00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:47,386 My track, okay? 517 00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:49,188 (music playing) 518 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:50,990 I mean, I don't really know what it's missing, 519 00:24:51,023 --> 00:24:53,660 but it's missing something, and it might just be missing you. 520 00:24:53,693 --> 00:24:55,361 You know? Look. 521 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,163 I'm no dark poet like you, but... 522 00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:59,866 (chuckles) Come in after the hook, 'cause, like... 523 00:24:59,899 --> 00:25:01,868 (vocalizes) 524 00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:04,470 * Feel like I'm talking foreign * 525 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,573 (vocalizing) 526 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:09,308 * Uh, really? I feel the same way * 527 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,043 -* Oh, oh -* Tryin' to talk to you * 528 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:12,645 -* You do the same thing -* Yeah 529 00:25:12,679 --> 00:25:15,014 * You be twisting up my words like a Backwood * 530 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:17,817 * Then you try to play the victim like I knew you would. * 531 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,085 -Mal, this might work. -(music stops) 532 00:25:19,118 --> 00:25:22,021 Uh, I don't see no cough, son. Like, what-what? 533 00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:23,723 (both laugh) 534 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:26,058 -* Whoa, whoa, whoa * -* Get out the way 535 00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:28,595 -* Get out the way, get out the way, yeah * -* Yeah * 536 00:25:28,628 --> 00:25:30,697 * Get out the way, get the ... up * 537 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:33,065 -* Out my way, yeah -* Yeah * 538 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:37,604 * You either with me or against me, though * 539 00:25:37,637 --> 00:25:39,505 * You either with me or 540 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,773 -* Wait * -* Win 541 00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:43,542 -* Win, win, win, win -* Win. * 542 00:25:43,576 --> 00:25:47,413 It ain't Carol's garage, but I guess it'll have to do. 543 00:25:47,446 --> 00:25:48,748 (chuckles) 544 00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:51,550 Have to do. I love you. 545 00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:53,385 Mm. 546 00:25:53,419 --> 00:25:56,522 * 547 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,357 THIRSTY: So, just so you know. 548 00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:01,360 And the woman by the shrimp cocktails, that's Mabel Watkins, 549 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,195 the Slip-and-Fall Queen. 550 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:05,031 $3.5 million judgment against the city. 551 00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:07,033 Never met a sidewalk she didn't sue. 552 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,567 Mm-hmm. The shrimp cocktail queen, too. 553 00:26:08,601 --> 00:26:09,802 She been over there since she got here. 554 00:26:09,836 --> 00:26:11,137 -Stop it. -(laughs) Let her eat. 555 00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:13,139 She need to leave some for the guests. We broke. 556 00:26:13,172 --> 00:26:16,876 The dude with the neck brace, that's, uh, Kenny Simon. 557 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:20,713 He has a little workman's comp situation, S&M. 558 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:22,148 -S&M? -Worth about 1.4 million. 559 00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:24,450 Now, I told them they can invest in your company, 560 00:26:24,483 --> 00:26:25,985 they came running. 561 00:26:26,018 --> 00:26:28,254 Uh, tell them to walk, 'cause we don't have insurance. 562 00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:30,623 -Hi. -Mm. Hey. 563 00:26:30,657 --> 00:26:32,458 (chuckles) Hey. 564 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:34,560 -Hey. Hey, Becky. -Hi. 565 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,163 -Hey, you. -Thank you for making it. 566 00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:42,001 Well, I didn't think I had a choice; you called me 110 times. 567 00:26:42,034 --> 00:26:44,003 (Lucious laughs) 568 00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:46,438 Well, okay. 569 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:47,974 (music fades out) 570 00:26:48,007 --> 00:26:51,277 Well, first and foremost, I would like to welcome everyone 571 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:55,281 to the Lyon Family Management first event. 572 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:58,918 I couldn't imagine being at a happier place 573 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:01,153 than I am right here at home, 574 00:27:01,187 --> 00:27:03,355 because this is where it all began. 575 00:27:03,389 --> 00:27:05,357 -Then... -Wait. This is it? 576 00:27:05,391 --> 00:27:08,127 This is the whole company? 577 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,596 I didn't come here to invest in no living room. 578 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,165 Excuse me, Weezy Jefferson. 579 00:27:13,199 --> 00:27:17,336 You've been, uh, aggressive with my shrimp cocktail, 580 00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:19,338 a little too much to waltz your ass up out of here. 581 00:27:19,371 --> 00:27:22,208 So I'm gonna need you to sit your ass down 582 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,310 and let this man finish. 583 00:27:24,343 --> 00:27:25,945 And then go easy on the shrimp, 584 00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:28,480 'cause other people here want to eat. 585 00:27:28,514 --> 00:27:30,149 -MABEL: Mm-hmm. -Thank you, Cookie. 586 00:27:30,182 --> 00:27:33,720 Uh, Mrs. Watkins, I'm sure you can understand 587 00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:36,188 the passion that my wife has. 588 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:40,459 Our entire business started in a living room just like this. 589 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,961 Went on to take over the streets, 590 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:44,396 and next thing you know, we took over the entire world. 591 00:27:44,430 --> 00:27:45,898 COOKIE: That's right. 592 00:27:45,932 --> 00:27:48,000 Now, a very wise woman once said 593 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:52,471 that the greatest asset that Empire had 594 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:54,841 all had the last name Lyon. 595 00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:59,712 I want to demonstrate that. Jamal. 596 00:27:59,746 --> 00:28:01,714 Actually, little brother is gonna lead this one. 597 00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:05,017 Nah. Nah, man, no. 598 00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:06,819 JAMAL: It's fine. He's ready. 599 00:28:06,853 --> 00:28:08,821 You got it. Listen. 600 00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:10,656 You can do it. You can do it. 601 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:12,158 -(mouthing) -He's fine. 602 00:28:12,191 --> 00:28:13,425 You can do it, baby. 603 00:28:13,459 --> 00:28:14,994 -Go ahead. -Hey, look. 604 00:28:15,027 --> 00:28:17,529 It's just like we practiced. You got this. 605 00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:19,198 -My lung, bro. -You got it. 606 00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:21,500 -Is he ready? -Uh... 607 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,035 JAMAL: Prince Hakeem. 608 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:28,274 (chuckles) Come on, man. Kill it. 609 00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:29,441 -* Yeah -(music begins) 610 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:31,110 -* First things first -* Okay 611 00:28:31,143 --> 00:28:33,412 -* I think you be really acting immature * -* Say what? 612 00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:36,182 -* I think you be blowing this out of proportion * -* That's you * 613 00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,785 * I think you be making worse things worse * 614 00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:42,955 * I feel like I'm talking foreign * 615 00:28:42,989 --> 00:28:45,858 -* Telling you something important * -* What you tell 'em, bro? * 616 00:28:45,892 --> 00:28:49,061 * But you take my words and ignore 'em, no * 617 00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:50,963 -* Really? I feel the same way -* Oh 618 00:28:50,997 --> 00:28:54,033 -* Tryin' to talk to you, you do the same thing * -* No, I don't * 619 00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:55,968 * You be twisting up my words like a Backwood * 620 00:28:56,002 --> 00:28:58,204 * Then you try to play the victim like I knew you would * 621 00:28:58,237 --> 00:28:59,538 -* I'm a mess * -* I'm a mess? * 622 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:01,140 -* You a mess -* You a mess 623 00:29:01,173 --> 00:29:03,042 -* And we both gotta give this here a rest * -* Yeah 624 00:29:03,075 --> 00:29:05,244 * All we do is point the blame, right? * 625 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:06,478 * Point the blame, right? 626 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:08,280 * We're both yelling at the same time * 627 00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:12,051 * You don't hear me, you don't hear me, you don't hear me * 628 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,821 -* You don't hear me like I want you to * -* Nah 629 00:29:14,854 --> 00:29:17,824 * Be quiet, we both yelling at the same time * 630 00:29:17,857 --> 00:29:19,625 -* I'm a mess * -* I'm a mess? * 631 00:29:19,658 --> 00:29:21,227 -* You a mess -* You a mess 632 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:23,295 -* And we both gotta give this here a rest * -* Yeah 633 00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:26,132 -* All we do is point the blame, right? * -* Point the blame, right? 634 00:29:26,165 --> 00:29:27,934 * We both yelling at the same time * 635 00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:32,104 * You don't hear me, you don't hear me, you don't hear me * 636 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:34,773 -* You don't hear me like I want you to * -* Nah 637 00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:38,610 * Be quiet, we both yelling at the same time. * 638 00:29:38,644 --> 00:29:41,013 -(music ends) -(cheering) 639 00:29:41,047 --> 00:29:44,951 -Yes! How you like that, Weezy? -I'm loving it! 640 00:29:44,984 --> 00:29:46,819 Have all the shrimp you want. 641 00:29:50,489 --> 00:29:52,491 I told you. 642 00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:53,826 -Did we do that? -We did that. 643 00:29:53,860 --> 00:29:55,995 -We did that. Give it to me. -(laughing) 644 00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,463 We did that. 645 00:29:57,496 --> 00:29:59,698 Yes. But it's not what those venture capitalists 646 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,267 would've given us. 647 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,469 -But it's okay, we'll take it. -You know what? 648 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:04,937 The hell with them white boys, man. 649 00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:07,974 Them the same fools that undervalued me in the beginning. 650 00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:12,011 Said I wouldn't sell one album. I sold 100 million albums. 651 00:30:12,044 --> 00:30:14,981 They said that a man like me couldn't run a company. 652 00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:17,116 Man, I ran my company straight to Wall Street. 653 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:18,617 Man, I built Empire. 654 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:21,620 And I'm gonna do it again, 'cause that's what I do. 655 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,056 (chuckles): That's what I do, baby. 656 00:30:24,090 --> 00:30:27,159 -We do. -Well, you know what I meant. 657 00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:29,028 (chuckles) We did it. 658 00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:31,663 -We did it. -Becky. Thanks for coming, Mama. 659 00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:33,665 -Yeah. -You look amazing. 660 00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:35,367 We did it, baby. 661 00:30:35,401 --> 00:30:38,470 Okay, so I can't even be snarky. 662 00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:41,807 That was really amazing. I'm really excited for you. 663 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,510 Thank you. Now, when you quitting? 664 00:30:44,543 --> 00:30:47,679 -Quit? -Yeah. I need you here. 665 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:49,481 You expect me to give up my job? 666 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:52,151 Kingsley's about to promote me. I'm not gonna quit. 667 00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:53,552 Kingsley's my enemy. 668 00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:57,389 How you gonna be loyal to me... working with Kingsley? 669 00:30:57,423 --> 00:31:02,028 Loyalty is what, choosing you over my career? Are you serious? 670 00:31:02,061 --> 00:31:04,897 You wouldn't even have a career if it wasn't for me, Becky. 671 00:31:04,931 --> 00:31:08,935 Because you gave me one job, just one job, an assistant job, 672 00:31:08,968 --> 00:31:11,170 and then you repeatedly looked me over after that. 673 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:13,672 Any promotion I got had nothing to do with you. 674 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,507 Am I supposed to have undying loyalty for you? 675 00:31:15,541 --> 00:31:18,610 That's what loyalty is! It's-it's unconditional! 676 00:31:18,644 --> 00:31:20,879 Undivided. Unswerving. 677 00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:22,915 It's ride or die, Becky. If you don't know that, 678 00:31:22,949 --> 00:31:26,018 what the hell are you doing in my house? Honestly. 679 00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,619 Leaving. Honestly. 680 00:31:27,653 --> 00:31:30,489 -Get the hell out my house. I don't need you. -Bye. 681 00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,260 (door opens, closes) 682 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:42,434 Are you okay? Is something wrong, Cook? 683 00:31:42,468 --> 00:31:43,535 Mm-mm. 684 00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:44,903 -CANDACE: You feeling all right? -Yes. 685 00:31:44,937 --> 00:31:46,805 We need to take your blood pressure. 686 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:48,407 It's not like that. 687 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:53,912 Uh, Candace, did the sale to the condo go through yet? 688 00:31:53,946 --> 00:31:58,117 I haven't formally accepted. Why? 689 00:31:58,150 --> 00:32:01,253 Uh... Well, I just, um, 690 00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:04,456 I-I don't think it's a good time now, you know? 691 00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:06,892 I can put a pause in it. 692 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:09,128 You want me to take it off the market? 693 00:32:09,161 --> 00:32:12,098 Yeah. Yes. 694 00:32:12,131 --> 00:32:14,400 Yeah. Thanks. 695 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:15,934 Why? Why are you doing this? 696 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:18,070 Why are you changing your mind about needing a safety net? 697 00:32:18,104 --> 00:32:20,306 What happened? Did Lucious do something? 698 00:32:20,339 --> 00:32:24,010 No. Oh, come on. You know it's ride or die with us. 699 00:32:24,043 --> 00:32:26,678 It's just, you know, I've been thinking, 700 00:32:26,712 --> 00:32:31,183 and it's what Candace always says about real estate is that 701 00:32:31,217 --> 00:32:34,320 it always appreciates, so I just think it's silly 702 00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:37,423 to sell it right now with all that's going on. 703 00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:41,460 So... You know, you never know what could happen. (sighs) 704 00:32:41,493 --> 00:32:44,330 A.C. might go out again. Why are y'all looking like that? 705 00:32:44,363 --> 00:32:47,099 -* You don't hear me * -* You don't hear me * 706 00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:48,867 * You don't hear me like I want you to * 707 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:51,003 -* Nah -* Be quiet 708 00:32:51,037 --> 00:32:53,605 -* We both yelling at the same time. * -(music stops) 709 00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:55,807 I have fulfilled my contractual obligation. 710 00:32:55,841 --> 00:32:58,477 You've outdone yourself on this one. 711 00:32:58,510 --> 00:33:01,847 Oh, this'll be the lead single. There's nine more just like it. 712 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,982 Should we talk release dates? 713 00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:05,517 Yeah, but before we do that, 714 00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:07,786 you might want to call up your accounting department. 715 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:11,157 You're gonna have to cut a lot of checks to my family. 716 00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:12,691 Every song on the album, 717 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,860 including the one that you just heard, samples a Lyon on it, 718 00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:17,996 so you'll have to cut royalty checks for every sale, 719 00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:20,166 every performance, every use, forever. 720 00:33:20,199 --> 00:33:23,402 -Samples can be stripped out. -Mm-mm. Not mine. 721 00:33:23,435 --> 00:33:24,970 Check my contract. 722 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,473 I have full creative control over my music. 723 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:31,510 So go ahead, release the album. 724 00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:33,679 Lyons gonna count our coins. 725 00:33:38,684 --> 00:33:40,319 -(intercom beeps) -LINDA: Yes, sir? 726 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:43,489 Linda, I need you to arrange a visit for me. 727 00:33:43,522 --> 00:33:45,624 -Sure. -To a correctional facility. 728 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:56,102 Hey, Andre. 729 00:33:56,135 --> 00:33:58,070 You all right? 730 00:33:59,471 --> 00:34:01,607 (door opens) 731 00:34:06,112 --> 00:34:08,046 Hey. 732 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:13,619 You have to stay strong, baby. 733 00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:17,089 We're gonna get you out of here. You understand? 734 00:34:17,123 --> 00:34:18,390 Yes, Mom. 735 00:34:18,424 --> 00:34:20,792 Yo, Quincy. 736 00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:22,628 -For the eye. man. -We're fine. 737 00:34:22,661 --> 00:34:25,063 -Thank you. -Well, I'm not trying to cause no trouble, 738 00:34:25,097 --> 00:34:26,465 you know, I just want to help him. 739 00:34:26,498 --> 00:34:29,000 Thank you. I'm talking to my son now. Thank you. 740 00:34:34,173 --> 00:34:36,074 Don't you take a damn thing from those people. 741 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:39,811 LUCIOUS: How you doing, son? 742 00:34:39,845 --> 00:34:42,481 I'm holding up, Pop. How are you? 743 00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:44,150 -You good? -I'm good, but you know 744 00:34:44,183 --> 00:34:46,452 you gonna have to give me something more than 745 00:34:46,485 --> 00:34:47,986 "I'm holding up, Pop." 746 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:50,589 You know, your mama wants a complete dossier. 747 00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:54,160 Tell Ma don't worry, you know, I'm doing my time in peace. 748 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:57,163 Yeah, it's hard, though, man. We... 749 00:34:57,196 --> 00:34:59,965 I just... I feel responsible 750 00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:02,601 'cause I told you to protect the family, 751 00:35:02,634 --> 00:35:04,970 -and it got you up in here. -Pop, Pop, Pop. 752 00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:08,006 I don't blame you for speaking truth, Pop. 753 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:12,010 And, if anything, you know, this place is good for me. 754 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:15,281 Come again? 755 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:17,949 -Explain that. -Well, you sent me to Wharton 756 00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:20,118 to learn how the business world operates. 757 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,223 And now I'm here learning how the street operates. 758 00:35:26,158 --> 00:35:30,028 With that combination, I'll be unstoppable, Pop. 759 00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:34,300 See, I've learned to allow people to underestimate me, 760 00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:36,768 think they got me boxed in. 761 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:38,804 And that's the moment I strike. 762 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:41,473 No warning, no threats. 763 00:35:41,507 --> 00:35:43,975 Pure annihilation. 764 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:52,284 It's time. 765 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,220 Get it done. 766 00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:06,031 Find someplace else to look, boy. 767 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:11,703 Who knows? Maybe you'll like it. 768 00:36:11,737 --> 00:36:13,939 (men grunting) 769 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:18,244 Hold him up! 770 00:36:20,546 --> 00:36:22,180 Get him up, get him up. 771 00:36:28,954 --> 00:36:30,856 (Gusto gagging) 772 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:44,236 MAN (over P.A.): We got an inmate down, D-Block rec room. 773 00:36:44,270 --> 00:36:45,871 Repeat, inmate down. 774 00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:48,874 MATTHEW (in distance): Hey, what's going on out there? 775 00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:51,042 (alarm blaring in distance) 776 00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:52,978 You want a souvenir? 777 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,587 (Andre chuckles softly) 778 00:37:03,489 --> 00:37:06,292 Give it to one of his apostles. 779 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:10,161 Aw, you ain't no good. 780 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,303 MATTHEW (in distance): No! What have you done?! 781 00:37:17,336 --> 00:37:19,471 (Matthew continues shouting in distance) 782 00:37:19,505 --> 00:37:21,673 * 783 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,085 (phone vibrates) 784 00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:38,156 (laptop ringing) 785 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:45,931 Hey, Jamal, I have, uh, a couple of my friends here with me, 786 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:48,233 and they want to give you a little performance. Y'all ready? 787 00:37:48,266 --> 00:37:51,403 Yeah, warm 'em up, warm 'em up. You know it. There you go. 788 00:37:51,437 --> 00:37:53,605 All right. Enjoy. 789 00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:55,474 One, two, three, go. 790 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,743 ALL: * You're so beautiful * 791 00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,311 * Shake it, shake it and 792 00:37:59,345 --> 00:38:01,480 * I don't care who knows * 793 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:03,682 * Move it, move it, go up, down, up, down, up, down * 794 00:38:03,715 --> 00:38:05,484 * Go up, down, up, down, up, uh-huh * 795 00:38:05,517 --> 00:38:06,818 * Go up, down, up, down 796 00:38:06,852 --> 00:38:09,154 * Up, down, go up, down, up, down, up, down * 797 00:38:09,187 --> 00:38:11,089 * Go up, down, up, down, up, down * 798 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,825 * Go up, down, up, down, up, down, shake it fast. * 799 00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:16,428 -(chuckles) -KAI: Kids, say hi to Jamal Lyon. 800 00:38:16,462 --> 00:38:18,930 KIDS: Hi! 801 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:21,199 Hi, everybody. I love you. 802 00:38:21,232 --> 00:38:23,835 So you just gonna take all those beautiful children, 803 00:38:23,869 --> 00:38:25,504 try to get back on my good side? 804 00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:27,939 -(boy chatters) -(chuckles) 805 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:30,676 -Well, did it work? -Course it did. 806 00:38:30,709 --> 00:38:33,645 One more week, and I will be back by your side. 807 00:38:33,679 --> 00:38:36,815 Yeah, I'm-a hold you to that. 808 00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:39,651 KAI: One more time, guys. One, two, three, four. 809 00:38:39,685 --> 00:38:41,653 ALL: * You're so beautiful * 810 00:38:41,687 --> 00:38:43,321 -(boy shouts happily) -* Shake it, shake it 811 00:38:43,355 --> 00:38:45,657 -* I don't care who knows. * -(laughs) 812 00:38:45,691 --> 00:38:48,226 BLAKE: * My life flashes 813 00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:50,028 * Ahead is my desertion 814 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:52,864 * His trigger finger makes me contemplate if I deserve it * 815 00:38:52,898 --> 00:38:55,033 * I'd be damned if my family * 816 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:57,636 * Would take the hit, so be a man and step in front * 817 00:38:57,669 --> 00:38:59,505 * Of this angry man without a... * 818 00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:00,839 Wow. 819 00:39:00,872 --> 00:39:04,643 -What's that? -Hi. Uh, nothing. It's nothing. 820 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:06,912 Nothing? Doesn't sound like nothing. 821 00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:08,647 -(chuckles) -Go play, baby. 822 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,483 Stay close so I can see you. 823 00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:13,819 I really appreciate you watching Prince. 824 00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,487 What are you working on? 825 00:39:15,521 --> 00:39:17,856 -Was it about the shooting? -Yeah. 826 00:39:17,889 --> 00:39:21,092 -I could stop if it bothers you. -No, no, come on. 827 00:39:21,126 --> 00:39:25,230 Come on. What you wrote, that's how it felt. 828 00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:29,901 I still relive it every day, you know. 829 00:39:29,935 --> 00:39:31,870 Me, too. 830 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:35,841 If Hakeem could just put out 831 00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:38,710 his emotions on the page like you did, 832 00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:41,046 maybe he wouldn't be so... 833 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:44,983 I should go. 834 00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:50,255 Come over for dinner. 835 00:39:50,288 --> 00:39:51,957 What, you cooking? 836 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,259 -I have some prepared meals. -Oh. 837 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:57,295 -I can't cook to save my life. -Oh, you know, 838 00:39:57,328 --> 00:39:59,565 -I could chef it up a little bit. Yeah. -Oh, really? Okay. 839 00:39:59,598 --> 00:40:02,801 Just don't let your mouth write checks you can't cash. 840 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:04,870 Come on, none of that. I'm a good cook, for real. 841 00:40:04,903 --> 00:40:07,072 We'll see. Come on, baby. (chuckles) 842 00:40:07,105 --> 00:40:09,307 -You ready? 'Sup, little man? -Ready? 843 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:11,309 -Let's go get some dinner. -Hey, Bella. 844 00:40:11,342 --> 00:40:14,813 'Sup, Bella? All right, I'm following you. 845 00:40:14,846 --> 00:40:18,016 -All right. Okay. -You got groceries, right? 846 00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:29,495 Wait here. I'll get the inmate. 847 00:40:29,528 --> 00:40:31,497 Much appreciated. 848 00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:41,807 You made it out in one piece, Lyon. 849 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,441 More than we can say for Gusto. 850 00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:45,644 I'm guessing that the warden doesn't like 851 00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:49,581 that his number one suspect has a rock solid alibi. 852 00:40:49,615 --> 00:40:52,317 I've got some packing to do. I'm going home. 853 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:55,721 Not yet. You got a visitor. 854 00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:09,434 Oh, you're Quincy's mom. Um, I think they made a mistake. 855 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:13,338 No, I... I'm here to see you, Andre. 856 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,675 I'm Teri. 857 00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:28,787 Hey. 858 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:32,390 It kills me not to be able to protect my son in there. 859 00:41:34,059 --> 00:41:36,628 I pray for him every day. 860 00:41:36,662 --> 00:41:39,497 And now, thank God, 861 00:41:39,531 --> 00:41:42,534 that bastard can't hurt him anymore. 862 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:45,671 Yeah, I heard that. 863 00:41:45,704 --> 00:41:51,076 He said you had your guys handle this. 864 00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:54,980 Why'd you do that? 865 00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:58,750 I didn't say I did. 866 00:41:58,784 --> 00:42:01,286 I want to say thank you. 867 00:42:02,788 --> 00:42:06,725 You're a good, good man. 868 00:42:10,862 --> 00:42:13,031 I don't know about that. 869 00:42:13,064 --> 00:42:15,266 I do. 870 00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:23,241 * 871 00:42:34,452 --> 00:42:37,422 I really appreciate your agreeing to meet with me. 872 00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:40,626 I've denied most requests. 873 00:42:40,659 --> 00:42:42,861 Mostly they've been from tabloid reporters 874 00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:46,031 who want to paint me as some modern day Marquise de Merteuil. 875 00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:48,734 Les Liaisons dangereuses. 876 00:42:48,767 --> 00:42:50,468 Please. 877 00:42:50,501 --> 00:42:53,038 You are so much more formidable than that. 878 00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:55,974 (chuckles) Hmm. 879 00:42:56,007 --> 00:42:58,443 (both laugh) 880 00:42:58,476 --> 00:42:59,911 It's been a long time 881 00:42:59,945 --> 00:43:03,181 since a young handsome man has tried to flatter me. 882 00:43:05,684 --> 00:43:07,452 You must want something. 883 00:43:07,485 --> 00:43:11,256 You know the expression, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"? 884 00:43:11,289 --> 00:43:14,726 Few people know that that is actually 885 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,795 an ancient Sanskrit proverb. 886 00:43:16,828 --> 00:43:19,330 From fourth century BCE. 887 00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,671 Let's just say I think we're going to be very good friends. 888 00:44:06,244 --> 00:44:07,913 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 889 00:44:09,047 --> 00:44:11,182 Now that Empire has you all fired up, 890 00:44:11,216 --> 00:44:13,518 here are a few more shows to check out from Fox. 891 00:44:15,854 --> 00:44:16,855 Buckle up, buttercup. 892 00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:21,526 It's real, and it pulls people together. 893 00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:25,130 -* We're breaking waves shooting stars * -(siren wailing) 894 00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:28,700 * We live for glory not forever * 895 00:44:28,734 --> 00:44:29,735 MAN: Touchdown! 896 00:44:29,768 --> 00:44:33,338 * Reach out * 897 00:44:33,371 --> 00:44:36,975 * Make this right here right now * 898 00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:39,911 * Stand up * 899 00:44:40,779 --> 00:44:42,547 * Here right now * 900 00:44:42,580 --> 00:44:44,549 That sounds like fun.