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[Ghost]
Previously on Power...
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Rashad Tate,
councilman in Queens.
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James St. Patrick,
from Queens.
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-Come on. Come here!
-[grunting]
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What kind of man would murder
over a business dispute?
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You ain't got no idea
who the fuck I am.
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I think I do.
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I'm letting you go.
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I get to decide
who represents me
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-on a community level...
-Wait a minute--
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And that person is Andre.
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My advice is that you
distance yourself from Andre.
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If you don't,
you won't win the election.
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Both of our careers
are on the line.
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-Rashad--
-Listen, I know how this goes!
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Rashad, listen to me.
Everything's under control.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Governor
Tate for New York State.
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[applause]
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Team Tate, I spoke
with the DNC chairman,
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and he's sending an additional
support package our way.
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You need a win, and you'll
need my people to do it.
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[both moaning softly]
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[Ramona]
How could you be so reckless?
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And you pick a married woman
who works for you.
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You think that I want
to go public.
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That's not what I want at all.
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You want to run next year.
You want the DNC to back you.
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You and me, we can go
all the way to the state house.
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Your idea presumes
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that I don't already have
feelings for somebody else.
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There is no
Queens Child Project.
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It's over, James.
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You fuck me,
I return the favor.
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Lorette Walsh is planning
to announce James St. Patrick
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as her running mate to be
the next lieutenant governor
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of New York.
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Local entrepreneur
James St. Patrick
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will soon be announced
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as Tate rival Lorette Walsh's
running mate.
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The QCP. Uh, ladies, it seems
as though I've lost the site.
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If you can't make
that happen, James,
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I may have to drop you
from the ticket.
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If we can't move forward
with James,
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I'll need to consider
my other options.
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Rashad Tate is at the top
of that list.
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She wouldn't go back
to Rashad Tate.
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She could make it work.
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You now have
a friend in Albany.
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No, that has nothing to do
with my decision to help you.
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-You are?
-Steven Ott.
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James St. Patrick is property
of the Democratic Party now.
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Nothing can stop me
from winning.
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And some people can never win.
That's you.
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No matter what you put your mind
to-- well, it never works out.
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[uneasy music]
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-It's $100,000.
-What I gotta do?
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Kill James St. Patrick.
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♪♪
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[gunshot]
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♪♪
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[Joe] ♪ They say this is
a big, rich town ♪
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♪ I just come
from the poorest part ♪
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♪ Bright lights, city life ♪
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♪ I gotta make it,
this is where it goes down ♪
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♪ I just happen
to come up hard ♪
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♪ Legal or illegal, baby,
I gotta make it ♪
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[50 Cent] ♪ I never took
a straight path nowhere ♪
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♪ Life's full of twists
and turns, bumps and bruises ♪
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♪ I live, I learn ♪
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♪ I'm from that city full of
yellow cabs and skyscrapers ♪
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♪ It's hard to get a start
in these parts without paper ♪
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♪ Homey, I grew up in hell,
a block away from heaven ♪
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♪ That corner every 15
minutes, they moving seven ♪
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♪ Pure snow, bag it,
then watch it go ♪
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♪ Occupational options,
get some blow or some hos ♪
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♪ Shoot the ball or the strap,
learn to rap or to jack ♪
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♪ Fuck it, man,
in the meantime ♪
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♪ Go head and pump a pack ♪
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♪ This my regal, royal flow,
my James Bond bounce ♪
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♪ That 007,
that's 62 on my count ♪
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♪ I'm an undercover liar,
I lie under the covers ♪
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♪ Look a bitch in the eyes and
tell her, baby, I love ya ♪
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♪ You're my inspiration,
you're my motivation ♪
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♪ You're the reason that I'm
moving with no hesitation ♪
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[Joe] ♪ They say this is
a big, rich town ♪
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♪ Yeah, I just come
from the poorest part ♪
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♪ Bright lights, city life ♪
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♪ I gotta make it,
this is where it goes down ♪
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♪ Oh, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ I just happen
to come up hard ♪
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♪ Legal or illegal, baby,
I gotta make it ♪
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♪♪
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[mellow reggae music]
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♪♪
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[line trills]
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-[Croop] Hello.
-Croop?
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Yeah, this is Croop.
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-It's me.
-Hey.
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I got a mess
I need cleaned up.
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-When?
-Today.
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Today?
I'm all the way down in D.C.
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Nigga, I don't give
a fuck where you at.
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Bring your country ass
up to New York
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and do this damn job.
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All right.
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A'ight.
[chuckles]
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You know, I'm thinking,
after I finish this drink,
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why don't we swing by my place?
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I'm good, Rashad, all right?
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And I doubt you can handle me
in the state you're in, anyway.
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-In the state that I'm in?
-The state you're in.
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Come here.
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Listen here.
Rashad motherfucking Tate
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ain't never left
a woman unsatisfied
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in his life,
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and tonight will not be
my first time.
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[line trills]
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-[Kamaal] Hello.
-Your fucking brother's here.
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Damn. Is he drunk again?
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I think you need
to come get him.
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-Okay.
-Woman... [clears throat]
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I'm gonna do some things to you
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you ain't never, ever s...
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[music slows, distorts]
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♪♪
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[dark music]
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♪♪
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[birds tweeting]
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[dog barking]
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[distant voices echoing]
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Shit.
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[Elijah]
Maybe we should stop.
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[Simone]
No, but I'm just getting started.
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[Kamaal]
Me too, man. I'm in it. Let's go.
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You guys are really bad
at this.
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-Whoa.
-Oh, ho, ho!
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-Babe, you hear him?
-Uh-uh.
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Boy, ain't no trash-talking
at this breakfast table.
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Just give us another one.
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Okay, um...
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Tennessee.
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Mm, that's easy.
Nashville.
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-Yes, mm.
-Mm.
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What about Michigan?
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Oh, we call that D-Town,
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but for you, Detroit.
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-[mimics buzzer] Wrong.
-What?
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[Simone] Don't worry about that, babe.
Mm-mm. Don't worry about it.
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[Simone]
Everybody gets that wrong.
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Grand Rapids.
Right?
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Are you asking me
or telling me?
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-Oh.
-You see? You see?
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Hey, come on.
Father like son.
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He gets it from you. No, he
does exactly what you do.
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[Tate]
Capital of Michigan is Lansing.
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Fifth-largest city
in the state.
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Population is about 115,000,
give or take,
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and it's inside their eighth
congressional district.
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-Well, there you have it.
-[Simone] All right, now.
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Uncle Rashad!
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[Tate]
There he is. My man.
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[laughs]
Give me some.
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Mm, mm, mm.
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-[Kamaal laughs]
-Hey, Elijah, I'm sorry
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I had to steal your bed
last night, big guy.
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It's okay.
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Mm, welcome back among
the living, Rashad.
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-Thank you, sis.
-I know you're hungry.
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Ah, it smells amazing,
but I'm actually okay.
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Uh, I could use some coffee,
though.
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Want to talk about it?
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Tate for Governor is over.
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What?
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I'm out of
the governor's race.
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Man, what you talking about?
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Are you serious?
What happened?
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James St. Patrick happened.
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[chuckles]
He killed my campaign last night.
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I swear to God, if I see
his face one more time--
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Uh, bad news, Uncle Rashad.
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[Errol Louis]
...primary season,
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local entrepreneur
James St. Patrick
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has left the Tate campaign.
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In a stunning turn of events,
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sources say that St. Patrick
will soon be announced
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as Tate rival Lorette Walsh's
running mate.
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-Motherfucker!
-Rashad.
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I'm sorry, E. You didn't
hear that, okay, buddy?
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Except I totally did.
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-It's okay.
-[Errol Louis] ...for New York State Governor.
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Walsh is vulnerable
with urban
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and minority constituents,
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and St. Patrick's presence
on the ticket,
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especially after his
exoneration on murder charges
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in the death
of FBI Agent Gregory Knox,
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will erase doubts
from those communities
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about Walsh's commitment
to their interests.
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That is enough politics
for one morning.
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-Yes.
-Mm-hmm?
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Okay, um, I still have to get
Elijah ready for school.
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Maybe your brother
can use some fresh air.
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-[Kamaal] It's a good idea.
-[Simone] Yeah. Come on, Elijah.
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♪♪
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Peace, Uncle Rashad.
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Come on.
Let me get you some clothes.
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♪♪
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-[Frankie] No. No more.
-[Conway Twitty's "That's My Job" playing]
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No more.
Let me go, please.
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Let me go.
No more.
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No, no.
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Y'all hear that whoop?
That's my shit right there.
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[Conway] ♪ I woke up crying
late at night... ♪
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[Frankie] Croop, please.
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Whatever they're paying you,
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I'll double it. I swear.
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Frankie!
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This ain't about no money.
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Hit him again.
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♪♪
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[Frankie] No more.
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No more!
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No more!
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Stop!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, son.
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You fucking up.
Remember what I told you.
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Stay away
from the inner thigh.
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That's right, 'cause you hit that
femoral artery, and then what?
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He gonna bleed out,
and we don't want that.
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What do we want?
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-Pain.
-[Croop] Pain.
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[screaming]
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[Conway]
♪ I got half ♪
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♪ Will you loan me the rest ♪
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♪ And I said ♪
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♪ Daddy, I'm so afraid... ♪
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The fuck you do?
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Nothing.
He just passed out.
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I-I...
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[sighs]
It's a damn shame.
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About to miss
the best damn part.
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-Dad? Dad?
-[Croop] Hold on.
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There's a bop right here.
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You gotta wait for it.
Wait for it.
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Okay, okay.
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♪ And he said that's my job ♪
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Dad, we, um--we really...
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♪ That's what I do ♪
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Okay, Dad?
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♪ Everything I do
is because of you ♪
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Dad, we don't have time
for this, okay?
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00:09:55,583 --> 00:09:57,583
We gotta get to New York,
remember?
252
00:09:57,666 --> 00:10:00,875
Yeah, yeah.
You're right.
253
00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,500
You're right.
[sighs]
254
00:10:03,583 --> 00:10:06,000
Frankie.
255
00:10:06,083 --> 00:10:08,583
Frankie, you gonna touch
little girls again?
256
00:10:08,666 --> 00:10:11,458
No.
No, no, no.
257
00:10:11,541 --> 00:10:12,916
♪♪
258
00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,083
You're goddamn right
you're not.
259
00:10:15,166 --> 00:10:16,583
[gunshot]
260
00:10:16,666 --> 00:10:17,833
[Conway]
♪ Light as bright... ♪
261
00:10:17,916 --> 00:10:19,958
Oh, damn.
262
00:10:20,041 --> 00:10:22,458
♪♪
263
00:10:22,541 --> 00:10:25,750
-[gunshots]
-[Conway] ♪ That's my job ♪
264
00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:28,500
♪♪
265
00:10:37,791 --> 00:10:40,250
Ain't bad for a retiree.
266
00:10:40,333 --> 00:10:42,000
I'm just trying to keep up
with you, big bro.
267
00:10:42,083 --> 00:10:43,583
Oh, is that right, huh?
268
00:10:43,666 --> 00:10:45,708
Look, 'Shad, now that you
out of politics, man,
269
00:10:45,791 --> 00:10:47,625
maybe you should think
about rejoining the force.
270
00:10:47,708 --> 00:10:49,541
I could put in a good word
with the captain.
271
00:10:49,625 --> 00:10:50,958
Who said I was
out of politics?
272
00:10:51,041 --> 00:10:52,208
-You did.
-No, no.
273
00:10:52,291 --> 00:10:54,541
I said Tate for Governor
was over.
274
00:10:54,625 --> 00:10:55,958
I'm still in this shit,
all right?
275
00:10:56,041 --> 00:10:57,583
-Oh, okay.
-No, no, no.
276
00:10:57,666 --> 00:10:59,000
You think I'ma let
James St. Patrick
277
00:10:59,083 --> 00:11:00,541
run me out
of my own fucking game?
278
00:11:00,625 --> 00:11:02,083
I ain't taking no losses.
Fuck that shit.
279
00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:04,875
Bro, I said okay.
280
00:11:04,958 --> 00:11:06,750
Damn. I get it.
281
00:11:09,041 --> 00:11:12,000
[gunshots]
282
00:11:18,125 --> 00:11:20,541
[mechanical whirring]
283
00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:26,666
-Nice.
-Yeah. Thanks.
284
00:11:26,750 --> 00:11:30,041
Look, 'Maal, there's nothing
wrong with me wanting to win.
285
00:11:30,125 --> 00:11:32,666
Not if you really in it
to help the people,
286
00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:35,875
but if you just looking
to clap back at St. Patrick,
287
00:11:35,958 --> 00:11:37,750
that's just
about your bruised ego.
288
00:11:37,833 --> 00:11:41,041
[melancholy music]
289
00:11:41,125 --> 00:11:43,125
-Can we get out of here?
-Yeah.
290
00:11:43,208 --> 00:11:45,041
What you trying to do?
Go home?
291
00:11:45,125 --> 00:11:48,625
Not yet. I need you to
take me somewhere first.
292
00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,833
So tomorrow,
the full court press begins.
293
00:11:50,916 --> 00:11:52,333
Now, I've drafted a plan
294
00:11:52,416 --> 00:11:54,166
that will allow you and James
to split up,
295
00:11:54,250 --> 00:11:56,666
do a series of whistle stops
in those parts of the state
296
00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:59,041
where each of you
is polling the weakest.
297
00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:02,166
Well, don't you mean
the other way around?
298
00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:04,041
Why not send us
where we're strong?
299
00:12:04,125 --> 00:12:07,125
Because it's time to reach
beyond your respective bases.
300
00:12:07,208 --> 00:12:09,000
We need to hit back
against the narrative
301
00:12:09,083 --> 00:12:10,833
that picking James
as your running mate
302
00:12:10,916 --> 00:12:13,916
is just a cynical ploy
to grab the black vote.
303
00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,125
Steven, I need a moment.
304
00:12:16,208 --> 00:12:19,083
Uh, I'm a little busy
right now, Councilman.
305
00:12:19,166 --> 00:12:20,916
What can I do for you?
306
00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,250
You can reconsider backing
the Walsh/St. Patrick ticket.
307
00:12:24,333 --> 00:12:26,333
Rashad, it's not happening.
308
00:12:26,416 --> 00:12:29,083
The Democratic Party would
prefer that you play nice,
309
00:12:29,166 --> 00:12:30,916
sit this race out,
310
00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,208
and when the timing looks right
for you again, we'll--we'll talk.
311
00:12:33,291 --> 00:12:35,583
Democrats told Obama
the same thing.
312
00:12:35,666 --> 00:12:37,375
-Rashad, this is not--
-You know I'm right.
313
00:12:37,458 --> 00:12:39,833
Young state senator
from Illinois
314
00:12:39,916 --> 00:12:41,791
with presidential aspirations.
315
00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:43,375
You told him to wait his turn.
316
00:12:43,458 --> 00:12:45,708
He becomes U.S. senator,
317
00:12:45,791 --> 00:12:48,833
and you caution him against
moving too far too fast.
318
00:12:48,916 --> 00:12:50,875
Then he kills it
at the 2004 convention,
319
00:12:50,958 --> 00:12:53,625
and the party, in all of its
wisdom, says that the timing
320
00:12:53,708 --> 00:12:56,250
still isn't right for a run
at the White House,
321
00:12:56,333 --> 00:12:58,958
and you're about to make
the same mistake again.
322
00:12:59,041 --> 00:13:02,666
Please, just give me
another chance, okay?
323
00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:04,291
I'll turn this all around.
I swear.
324
00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:06,708
Okay, you know what? How about
I call security, Rashad?
325
00:13:06,791 --> 00:13:08,708
You can swear at them
all you want.
326
00:13:08,791 --> 00:13:10,208
[Lorette]
Let's not do that.
327
00:13:10,291 --> 00:13:12,833
Last thing I need is my name
connected with the NYPD
328
00:13:12,916 --> 00:13:15,833
and...another black man
in a hoodie.
329
00:13:15,916 --> 00:13:19,791
Rashad, you played
your best hand, and you lost.
330
00:13:19,875 --> 00:13:21,208
Al Gore has a better chance
331
00:13:21,291 --> 00:13:23,208
of winning New York
than you do,
332
00:13:23,291 --> 00:13:24,958
so just bow out gracefully
333
00:13:25,041 --> 00:13:27,708
while you still have
a shred of dignity.
334
00:13:27,791 --> 00:13:30,625
[dramatic music]
335
00:13:30,708 --> 00:13:33,041
♪♪
336
00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:35,708
Fuck all y'all.
337
00:13:35,791 --> 00:13:36,666
[dishes clatter]
338
00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:39,708
♪♪
339
00:13:44,375 --> 00:13:45,833
[Macedon]
Saw the news.
340
00:13:45,916 --> 00:13:48,375
Had a feeling I'd get
a visit from you today.
341
00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:52,458
I just needed
a quiet place to think.
342
00:13:52,541 --> 00:13:53,875
You don't need
to think, Rashad.
343
00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:55,666
You need to get
out there and do.
344
00:13:55,750 --> 00:13:57,791
Do what?
345
00:13:57,875 --> 00:14:00,791
St. Patrick's got the entire
Democratic Party on his side.
346
00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,416
They're writing him a ticket
straight to Albany.
347
00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:08,958
And whose fault is that?
Who let him outplay you?
348
00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,166
You don't understand
how this works, okay?
349
00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:14,000
[Macedon]
No, you don't understand.
350
00:14:14,083 --> 00:14:16,458
You made a lot of promises
to our community,
351
00:14:16,541 --> 00:14:19,750
and, more importantly, you made
a lot of promises to me.
352
00:14:19,833 --> 00:14:21,916
[melancholy music]
353
00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,125
Are you a man
of your word or not?
354
00:14:26,208 --> 00:14:28,375
♪♪
355
00:14:28,458 --> 00:14:31,041
Certain things,
even I can't pull off.
356
00:14:31,125 --> 00:14:33,416
Political comeback for me
right now is impossible.
357
00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:34,833
No.
That's where you're wrong.
358
00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:37,166
♪♪
359
00:14:37,250 --> 00:14:39,166
Book of Luke says
360
00:14:39,250 --> 00:14:42,708
what's impossible with man
361
00:14:42,791 --> 00:14:45,500
is possible with God.
362
00:14:45,583 --> 00:14:48,500
♪♪
363
00:14:52,541 --> 00:14:54,416
Then tell the good Lord
to get off His ass
364
00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:56,916
and send me a miracle.
365
00:14:57,041 --> 00:14:59,958
♪♪
366
00:15:08,458 --> 00:15:09,833
[man over the radio]
...weather today,
367
00:15:09,916 --> 00:15:11,208
we'll see periods
of sporadic rain
368
00:15:11,291 --> 00:15:13,750
as a band of low pressure
reaches the region.
369
00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:16,375
-Councilman Tate?
-What can I do for you, Chris?
370
00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:18,250
Sorry if this
is a bad time, uh,
371
00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:21,041
but I was wondering if I could
get a letter of recommendation.
372
00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:23,166
Ah, that won't be necessary.
373
00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:25,375
This campaign isn't over.
You have my word.
374
00:15:25,458 --> 00:15:27,541
Oh, okay.
Uh, um, that's great.
375
00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:31,791
Why'd you go to the office
this morning? Warner is furious.
376
00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:33,875
He's this close to shutting
the whole thing down.
377
00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:35,791
If he finds out
I'm letting you participate--
378
00:15:35,875 --> 00:15:37,791
[Chris] It looks like I'm gonna be
out of a job any minute now.
379
00:15:37,875 --> 00:15:39,375
Is Ramona hiring?
380
00:15:39,458 --> 00:15:41,583
Damn. Tate must be hot.
Can't imagine anyone
381
00:15:41,666 --> 00:15:44,125
more motivated
to help us nail St. Patrick.
382
00:15:46,458 --> 00:15:49,291
Councilman Tate, can we speak
with you for a minute?
383
00:15:49,375 --> 00:15:52,458
-No interviews, please.
-Oh, no, we're not press.
384
00:15:52,541 --> 00:15:55,125
We're with a special
FBI-DOJ task force
385
00:15:55,208 --> 00:15:57,875
investigating
James St. Patrick.
386
00:15:57,958 --> 00:16:00,250
How'd you like to help us
put him behind bars?
387
00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:03,208
[dramatic ethereal music]
388
00:16:03,291 --> 00:16:06,208
♪♪
389
00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:09,041
How may I help?
390
00:16:09,125 --> 00:16:12,916
My brothers.
Country boys in the city.
391
00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,916
I want to thank y'all both
for coming all this way
392
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,916
on such short notice,
and I got some good news.
393
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,833
Turns out, I won't be needing
your services after all.
394
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,416
How is that good news for me?
395
00:16:24,666 --> 00:16:26,458
'Cause you ain't
gotta kill nobody.
396
00:16:26,541 --> 00:16:28,875
You can just go on back home,
like nothing ever happened,
397
00:16:28,958 --> 00:16:31,333
because nothing did happen.
398
00:16:31,875 --> 00:16:33,375
So what about
my goddamn money?
399
00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:37,208
Come on, now, Croop.
400
00:16:37,291 --> 00:16:38,625
You know I can't pay you
for a job you didn't do.
401
00:16:40,125 --> 00:16:42,416
But seeing as though
we go way back,
402
00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:45,250
I'm gonna arrange something
special for your troubles, okay?
403
00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:47,875
Dad, it sounds like he trying
to say he hired somebody else.
404
00:16:47,958 --> 00:16:49,166
No. No, no, no.
405
00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:50,375
I-I didn't say that, Carter.
406
00:16:50,458 --> 00:16:52,208
Fuck.
Oh, sh...
407
00:16:52,291 --> 00:16:54,625
You know what?
I think you right.
408
00:16:54,708 --> 00:16:56,875
Rashad, you the same
shady motherfucker you was
409
00:16:56,958 --> 00:16:58,291
back when you was a cop.
410
00:16:58,375 --> 00:16:59,958
I mean, be real with me.
411
00:17:00,041 --> 00:17:01,291
Who are you paying
to take this nigga out?
412
00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:02,875
Yeah, because whoever it is,
413
00:17:02,958 --> 00:17:04,458
we can do it
faster and cheaper.
414
00:17:04,541 --> 00:17:07,500
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Not cheaper.
415
00:17:07,583 --> 00:17:10,583
But we will get the job done.
Now, who's the mark?
416
00:17:10,666 --> 00:17:12,916
Fellas, please,
listen to me, okay?
417
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,250
Croop, there is no mark.
418
00:17:15,333 --> 00:17:17,083
No, you listen to me.
419
00:17:17,166 --> 00:17:19,125
Now, you done had us drive all
the way up here to New York
420
00:17:19,208 --> 00:17:20,416
just to kill this motherfucker.
421
00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:22,333
Now, if his ass turns up dead,
422
00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:24,333
ain't nothing stopping you
from implicating us.
423
00:17:24,416 --> 00:17:26,500
So take your pick.
424
00:17:26,583 --> 00:17:29,541
Either we killing this nigga,
or we killing you.
425
00:17:29,625 --> 00:17:31,333
Ticktock, nigga.
426
00:17:31,416 --> 00:17:35,000
[Glen Campbell]
♪ Singing the same old song ♪
427
00:17:35,083 --> 00:17:39,458
♪ I know every crack
in these dirty sidewalks... ♪
428
00:17:39,541 --> 00:17:43,000
Finally. I didn't think New York
had no shit like this.
429
00:17:43,083 --> 00:17:44,583
Dad, can I ask you
a question?
430
00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:47,375
Um, why can't we listen
to black music,
431
00:17:47,458 --> 00:17:49,000
like normal black people?
432
00:17:49,083 --> 00:17:51,375
-This is black people music.
-No, no, no, no.
433
00:17:51,458 --> 00:17:53,208
This is
"lynch black people" music.
434
00:17:53,291 --> 00:17:54,375
Boy, let me
tell you something.
435
00:17:54,458 --> 00:17:57,083
Country, bluegrass,
Southern rock--
436
00:17:57,166 --> 00:17:59,375
all that derives
straight from the blues.
437
00:17:59,458 --> 00:18:01,458
You know where
the banjo come from?
438
00:18:01,541 --> 00:18:03,375
West goddamn Africa.
439
00:18:03,458 --> 00:18:06,083
And line dancing-- that ain't
nothing but the Electric Slide,
440
00:18:06,166 --> 00:18:07,583
so when I tell you
this is our culture,
441
00:18:07,666 --> 00:18:09,625
that's what the hell it is.
442
00:18:09,708 --> 00:18:11,375
Don't let nobody
tell you different.
443
00:18:11,458 --> 00:18:13,541
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
444
00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:15,708
♪♪
445
00:18:15,791 --> 00:18:18,291
Hey, Dad, look.
446
00:18:18,375 --> 00:18:22,500
[Glen] ♪ On a horse
in a star-spangled rodeo ♪
447
00:18:22,583 --> 00:18:25,708
Bye-bye.
You look good.
448
00:18:25,791 --> 00:18:27,708
[Ramona]
Thanks. So do you.
449
00:18:27,791 --> 00:18:29,375
♪♪
450
00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:31,416
Let's follow his ass.
451
00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:35,416
[Glen Campbell]
♪ From people I don't even know... ♪
452
00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:37,416
[Croop]
And what do we do now?
453
00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:38,583
I know, Dad.
454
00:18:38,666 --> 00:18:40,583
Learn the target's schedule.
455
00:18:40,666 --> 00:18:43,625
♪♪
456
00:18:48,083 --> 00:18:51,125
I can't believe you actually
passed their background check.
457
00:18:51,208 --> 00:18:52,666
And yet I did,
458
00:18:52,750 --> 00:18:54,291
and there's not a goddamn thing
you can do about it.
459
00:18:54,375 --> 00:18:56,208
Yeah, I saw
your little broadcast.
460
00:18:56,291 --> 00:18:58,000
Is there a word
stronger than "smug"?
461
00:18:58,083 --> 00:18:59,500
What, you can't celebrate
another brother's good fortune?
462
00:18:59,583 --> 00:19:00,750
Well, not when
it's at my expense,
463
00:19:00,833 --> 00:19:02,291
but I'm not here
for that, okay?
464
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:03,583
Listen, I need to warn you
about something.
465
00:19:03,666 --> 00:19:05,083
-You want to warn me?
-Yes.
466
00:19:05,166 --> 00:19:07,291
What, about how cutthroat
the political game is?
467
00:19:07,375 --> 00:19:09,416
Come on, Rashad. You don't
think I figured that shit out?
468
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:11,333
That's how I beat you. That's
how I stole your fucking dream.
469
00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:14,083
Please, just listen.
It's very important.
470
00:19:15,708 --> 00:19:20,083
I fucked up, man,
and I made a huge mistake.
471
00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:23,166
You're goddamn right
you made a huge mistake.
472
00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:24,458
You tried to take me on,
473
00:19:24,541 --> 00:19:26,125
and you knew you
couldn't fucking beat me,
474
00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:28,000
but I'ma forgive you
for that, my nigga,
475
00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:29,458
or at least I will,
476
00:19:29,541 --> 00:19:31,125
as soon as you get rid
of that bitter bullshit
477
00:19:31,208 --> 00:19:33,416
and just simply admit
that I'm better at this
478
00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:34,625
than you could ever be.
479
00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:37,000
[dark music]
480
00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:39,041
There's a whole lot that can
be said about me, James,
481
00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:41,458
but a sore loser ain't it.
482
00:19:41,541 --> 00:19:43,208
♪♪
483
00:19:43,291 --> 00:19:45,500
I know when I'm beat.
484
00:19:45,583 --> 00:19:47,125
Congratulations.
485
00:19:47,208 --> 00:19:49,333
♪♪
486
00:19:49,416 --> 00:19:50,708
Well, losing is a skill.
487
00:19:50,791 --> 00:19:52,666
I'm glad you've become
such an expert at it, Rashad.
488
00:19:53,708 --> 00:19:56,500
So what's your next move?
489
00:19:56,583 --> 00:19:59,375
Well, I'm throwing
a big party here tonight
490
00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:01,333
to celebrate my nomination.
491
00:20:01,416 --> 00:20:03,666
I will add you
to the guest list.
492
00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:06,166
I don't want the Democratic
leadership to forget about your name.
493
00:20:06,250 --> 00:20:07,833
Hmm.
494
00:20:07,916 --> 00:20:09,750
-I thank you for the invitation.
-[cell phone buzzes]
495
00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:11,333
And thank you for coming
to kiss the ring.
496
00:20:11,416 --> 00:20:13,375
It's the least I can do.
497
00:20:14,416 --> 00:20:15,500
Listen, I gotta rock, okay?
498
00:20:15,583 --> 00:20:17,583
My son is on the way.
I'll see you tonight.
499
00:20:17,666 --> 00:20:19,458
♪♪
500
00:20:19,541 --> 00:20:21,166
His son.
Fuck.
501
00:20:21,250 --> 00:20:22,625
Damn it, James.
502
00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:25,041
Listen, there's some
really, really bad--
503
00:20:25,125 --> 00:20:26,375
Your bitch ass
just don't know
504
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,708
when to motherfucking quit,
do you?
505
00:20:27,791 --> 00:20:29,541
Here I am, trying
to help you save face,
506
00:20:29,625 --> 00:20:31,708
and you just keep
fucking pushing your luck.
507
00:20:31,791 --> 00:20:34,208
You keep doing that shit,
and I'ma change my mind, okay?
508
00:20:34,291 --> 00:20:36,166
Get the fuck out of my club.
509
00:20:36,250 --> 00:20:38,875
♪♪
510
00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:44,375
Large black coffee
to go, please.
511
00:20:44,458 --> 00:20:46,583
Got it.
One large--
512
00:20:47,791 --> 00:20:50,083
Oh, my God.
513
00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:51,833
You're Rashad Tate.
514
00:20:52,583 --> 00:20:53,791
-[man] What'd she say?
-[chuckles]
515
00:20:53,875 --> 00:20:55,833
Yeah. Hi.
Uh, can I also have a--
516
00:20:55,916 --> 00:20:57,416
Hey, Brenda.
517
00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:58,708
Look who's here!
518
00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:00,208
[phone camera clicks]
519
00:21:00,291 --> 00:21:03,666
Oh, I can't believe this.
I can't believe this.
520
00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:05,750
I've been telling--
I've been telling everybody
521
00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:08,541
that you are gonna be the best
governor that we ever had.
522
00:21:08,625 --> 00:21:10,208
-Is that right?
-Yep.
523
00:21:10,291 --> 00:21:12,708
Even got my whole neighborhood
hyped to vote for you too.
524
00:21:12,791 --> 00:21:15,333
[laughs]
Nice. Nice.
525
00:21:15,416 --> 00:21:17,166
[laughs] Do you mind
if I livestream this?
526
00:21:17,250 --> 00:21:18,708
Uh, if you think
it's necessary.
527
00:21:18,791 --> 00:21:20,458
Uh, sorry, Councilman,
do you mind if I get a picture?
528
00:21:20,541 --> 00:21:21,708
My wife will kill me
if I don't.
529
00:21:21,791 --> 00:21:23,625
-Oh, of course.
-Here we go.
530
00:21:23,708 --> 00:21:25,333
-[man] That's him!
-Thank you.
531
00:21:25,416 --> 00:21:26,750
[woman] He's taking selfies
with everyone.
532
00:21:26,833 --> 00:21:28,416
-Come on!
-Oh, another one.
533
00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:29,416
[man] Hey, yo, Mr. Tate,
can I get one?
534
00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:30,750
Excuse me.
Sorry.
535
00:21:30,833 --> 00:21:32,208
I know it's lame,
but can I get your autograph?
536
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,833
My class is, like,
literally studying
537
00:21:33,916 --> 00:21:35,333
your prison reform proposals
right now.
538
00:21:35,416 --> 00:21:36,541
Is that right?
Okay.
539
00:21:36,625 --> 00:21:38,583
Yo, guess who just walked in.
540
00:21:38,666 --> 00:21:41,250
I'm sure it's him.
I'm looking at him right now.
541
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,416
You know what, girl?
Tate better not drop out.
542
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,125
He's the only one
I'd vote for.
543
00:21:45,208 --> 00:21:47,291
-That'll be $2.59.
-Don't listen to her.
544
00:21:47,375 --> 00:21:49,791
It's on the house. Is there
anything else I can get you?
545
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:52,250
WO[man] Wow, I can't believe
he just walked in here.
546
00:21:52,333 --> 00:21:54,291
Why don't we, uh,
take a group photo?
547
00:21:54,375 --> 00:21:56,375
-Oh!
-[woman] Yeah!
548
00:21:56,458 --> 00:21:57,916
Get in here.
549
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,458
On the count of three, "Team Tate."
One. Two. Three.
550
00:22:00,541 --> 00:22:02,375
[all] Team Tate!
551
00:22:05,250 --> 00:22:06,583
How'd you get in here?
552
00:22:06,666 --> 00:22:08,333
Rule number one, Rashad.
553
00:22:08,416 --> 00:22:11,833
When you fire a subordinate
after banging her brains out,
554
00:22:11,916 --> 00:22:13,583
change the locks.
555
00:22:15,541 --> 00:22:17,958
You weren't fired, Cassandra.
556
00:22:18,041 --> 00:22:20,583
You scammed your way
into a congressional seat.
557
00:22:20,666 --> 00:22:22,541
That's one way of putting it.
558
00:22:22,625 --> 00:22:24,708
At any rate, I wanted to
tell you how sorry I was
559
00:22:24,791 --> 00:22:26,875
to hear about your campaign.
560
00:22:26,958 --> 00:22:29,708
Ramona really
did you dirty, huh?
561
00:22:29,791 --> 00:22:31,541
Doesn't matter.
Turns out,
562
00:22:31,625 --> 00:22:35,291
people in this city still got
a lot of love for me.
563
00:22:35,958 --> 00:22:39,250
Yeah, I saw your little
coffee shop stunt online.
564
00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:41,333
It was clever...
565
00:22:41,416 --> 00:22:43,375
and a potential headache
for the Democratic Party.
566
00:22:44,583 --> 00:22:45,791
How so?
567
00:22:45,875 --> 00:22:47,333
You're giving voters
false hope
568
00:22:47,416 --> 00:22:48,750
that you might get back
into the race,
569
00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:50,916
and we both know that
that is never gonna happen.
570
00:22:52,625 --> 00:22:54,833
You want me to concede.
571
00:22:54,916 --> 00:22:56,583
The party wants you
to concede.
572
00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:59,333
We need to close ranks
around our nominee.
573
00:22:59,416 --> 00:23:01,666
And they sent you.
574
00:23:01,750 --> 00:23:03,958
It's possible Ramona
may have suggested
575
00:23:04,041 --> 00:23:06,416
that I could be of service,
576
00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,250
remind you how much
you have to lose
577
00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:09,916
without the party's support.
578
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,500
[somber music]
579
00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:15,791
Lorette doesn't officially have
the nomination yet,
580
00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:18,541
and until she does, fuck her.
581
00:23:18,625 --> 00:23:21,541
♪♪
582
00:23:21,625 --> 00:23:22,958
And fuck you too.
583
00:23:23,041 --> 00:23:24,541
Rashad, I--
584
00:23:24,625 --> 00:23:27,750
Leave my goddamn keys
on the table on your way out.
585
00:23:28,958 --> 00:23:31,583
[scoffs]
586
00:23:31,666 --> 00:23:34,541
[suspenseful music]
587
00:23:34,625 --> 00:23:37,583
♪♪
588
00:23:47,916 --> 00:23:49,791
[car alarm beeps]
589
00:23:49,875 --> 00:23:52,833
♪♪
590
00:24:00,666 --> 00:24:02,291
[laughs]
591
00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:03,750
Yes, sir.
592
00:24:03,833 --> 00:24:05,625
Stay focused, boy.
Don't get cocky.
593
00:24:05,708 --> 00:24:08,666
Aw, come on, Dad. I'm not.
It's just one guy.
594
00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:09,875
One guy is all it takes
595
00:24:09,958 --> 00:24:11,583
for us not
to make it home tonight,
596
00:24:11,666 --> 00:24:13,041
so you keep your guard up
until this motherfucker
597
00:24:13,125 --> 00:24:14,541
ain't breathing no more,
you hear me?
598
00:24:14,625 --> 00:24:15,708
-Yes, sir.
-You hear me?
599
00:24:15,791 --> 00:24:16,750
Yes, sir.
I hear you. I hear you.
600
00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:18,916
All right. You take the
right. I'ma take the left.
601
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,583
All we gotta do
is get him in the crossfire
602
00:24:20,666 --> 00:24:22,666
and light his ass up.
603
00:24:22,750 --> 00:24:25,666
♪♪
604
00:24:33,375 --> 00:24:34,500
Yo, slow down.
605
00:24:34,583 --> 00:24:37,500
♪♪
606
00:24:40,791 --> 00:24:42,791
[softly] Shit.
607
00:24:42,875 --> 00:24:44,625
That was your choice, Tommy,
not mine.
608
00:24:44,708 --> 00:24:46,708
Say good night, motherfucker.
609
00:24:46,791 --> 00:24:47,958
-[gunshot]
-What the fuck?
610
00:24:48,041 --> 00:24:49,083
Shit.
611
00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:52,000
♪♪
612
00:24:52,083 --> 00:24:53,416
[gunshot]
613
00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:58,416
[gunshots]
614
00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,041
-[gun clicks]
-[gunshot]
615
00:25:03,125 --> 00:25:04,708
Fuck!
It's jammed!
616
00:25:06,208 --> 00:25:07,125
Fuck.
617
00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:09,875
Go, go.
Get out of here! Go!
618
00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:12,458
♪♪
619
00:25:12,541 --> 00:25:14,791
[gunfire]
620
00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:16,750
Go!
I got this!
621
00:25:16,833 --> 00:25:17,958
-[gunshot]
-Agh!
622
00:25:18,041 --> 00:25:19,666
Shit, shit, shit.
623
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:21,750
[Ghost]
Tommy!
624
00:25:21,833 --> 00:25:24,833
♪♪
625
00:25:30,708 --> 00:25:32,375
Oh, shit.
You ain't Italian.
626
00:25:32,458 --> 00:25:35,416
♪♪
627
00:25:39,875 --> 00:25:41,458
[gunshots]
628
00:25:44,916 --> 00:25:45,916
Who's there?
629
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,083
Councilman Tate.
Hey.
630
00:25:49,875 --> 00:25:51,416
Chris, what are you
doing back here?
631
00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:52,666
Just came back for this.
632
00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:54,583
Forgot I stored
all my contacts on it.
633
00:25:55,250 --> 00:25:57,083
Technically, that's property
of the campaign,
634
00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:58,875
including everything
that's on it.
635
00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:00,375
Right.
I know.
636
00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:01,833
That's why I'm gonna
just download everything
637
00:26:01,916 --> 00:26:03,375
and-and put it back.
638
00:26:03,458 --> 00:26:06,666
I mean, you don't have
any use for it anymore, right?
639
00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:10,166
Maybe.
640
00:26:10,250 --> 00:26:12,000
Maybe not.
641
00:26:12,083 --> 00:26:16,791
Either way, um, you've done
some really great work for me,
642
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:20,708
and you do deserve
a nice parting gift, so...
643
00:26:20,791 --> 00:26:22,000
[dramatic music]
644
00:26:22,083 --> 00:26:24,666
Thank you, Councilman.
I really appreciate
645
00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,708
you understanding
everything that I--
646
00:26:26,791 --> 00:26:28,416
Get your bitch ass
out of here!
647
00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:29,708
-Hey, what the hell, man?
-What, you want another one?
648
00:26:29,791 --> 00:26:31,125
Huh?
'Cause I won't miss.
649
00:26:31,208 --> 00:26:33,041
Go right now.
650
00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:34,916
What do you want, Andre?
651
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,916
-I'm just here to help, bro.
-As you can see,
652
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,041
I'm doing really, really great.
Thank you.
653
00:26:40,125 --> 00:26:41,416
Look, I got
some valuable information
654
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:42,791
on the St. Patricks.
655
00:26:44,083 --> 00:26:46,458
What you know about Tariq?
656
00:26:46,541 --> 00:26:49,500
♪♪
657
00:26:54,041 --> 00:26:55,958
[cell phone rings]
658
00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:58,541
-Rashad Tate.
-[Carter] You motherfucker.
659
00:26:58,625 --> 00:27:00,458
You never said
there was gonna be two of 'em.
660
00:27:00,541 --> 00:27:01,750
Who is this?
661
00:27:01,833 --> 00:27:03,750
You know who the fuck
this is, man.
662
00:27:03,833 --> 00:27:05,666
My father is dead
because of you.
663
00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:07,208
That nigga
that you sent us after,
664
00:27:07,291 --> 00:27:09,458
he was not by himself,
like you said he would be.
665
00:27:09,541 --> 00:27:11,250
♪♪
666
00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:13,708
S-sorry.
Uh, you're-you're breaking up.
667
00:27:13,791 --> 00:27:15,000
-I can't quite hear you.
-No, I'm not fucking breaking up.
668
00:27:15,083 --> 00:27:16,666
I know you can fucking hear me!
669
00:27:16,750 --> 00:27:18,833
Wrong number. Please don't
call this number again.
670
00:27:18,916 --> 00:27:21,583
Shit.
Shit!
671
00:27:21,666 --> 00:27:23,875
[bell chimes]
672
00:27:23,958 --> 00:27:25,583
Hey, good sister Tasha.
673
00:27:25,666 --> 00:27:27,916
I know you wanted to see me
in person, and I'm glad,
674
00:27:28,041 --> 00:27:29,583
because there's some
information that's come my way
675
00:27:29,666 --> 00:27:30,958
I think might be
of interest to you.
676
00:27:31,041 --> 00:27:31,958
-Rashad--
-James is planning
677
00:27:32,041 --> 00:27:34,250
to throw Tariq under the bus.
678
00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:35,583
What are you talking about?
679
00:27:35,666 --> 00:27:36,958
Does the name Raymond Jones
ring a bell?
680
00:27:37,041 --> 00:27:39,916
[disquieting music]
681
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,125
Even if it did, h-how would you
know anything about him?
682
00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:48,541
-James told me.
-Yeah, right.
683
00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:50,958
James wouldn't just volunteer
information like that
684
00:27:51,041 --> 00:27:52,541
from the goodness of his heart.
685
00:27:52,625 --> 00:27:53,791
He doesn't even have a heart.
686
00:27:53,875 --> 00:27:55,625
I heard it with my own ears.
687
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:58,083
He's gotta distance himself
from Tariq's actions
688
00:27:58,166 --> 00:28:00,208
in order to walk into Albany
with a clean slate,
689
00:28:00,291 --> 00:28:03,500
and he'll do just that
unless you stop him, Tasha.
690
00:28:03,583 --> 00:28:05,000
♪♪
691
00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:07,791
You know, starting to sound
like you and James
692
00:28:07,875 --> 00:28:09,625
are up to something,
693
00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:11,166
and now you're trying
to use me to double-cross him.
694
00:28:11,250 --> 00:28:13,083
No, it's not even like that.
I swear.
695
00:28:13,166 --> 00:28:15,291
Tasha, you gotta go
to the police.
696
00:28:15,375 --> 00:28:17,250
You gotta tell 'em everything
you know about James.
697
00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:18,666
Blow him the fuck up.
698
00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:20,833
But you gotta do it
right now, okay?
699
00:28:20,916 --> 00:28:23,000
Because by the time
he's elected,
700
00:28:23,083 --> 00:28:24,666
he's gonna be unstoppable.
701
00:28:24,750 --> 00:28:27,833
Don't you get it, Rashad?
702
00:28:27,916 --> 00:28:30,166
He's already unstoppable.
703
00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:32,125
There's nothing
I can do about that.
704
00:28:32,208 --> 00:28:34,083
Not even to save
your own son?
705
00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:37,083
♪♪
706
00:28:39,416 --> 00:28:41,666
[Elijah] I got an A
on my class project.
707
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:43,333
[Tate] An A? You're supposed
to get an A-plus.
708
00:28:43,416 --> 00:28:45,083
Come on, give me the trash.
709
00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:48,000
Come on, give it to me.
I got it. Go back inside.
710
00:28:48,083 --> 00:28:50,916
We're gonna talk about
bringing that up to an A-plus.
711
00:28:51,041 --> 00:28:52,625
[Elijah] All right.
-[door clicks shut]
712
00:28:55,833 --> 00:28:57,250
[Carter] Yeah, I knew your ass
was gonna come out there
713
00:28:57,333 --> 00:28:58,333
sooner or later, nigga.
714
00:28:58,416 --> 00:29:00,583
♪♪
715
00:29:00,666 --> 00:29:03,041
Carter, what you doing here?
716
00:29:03,125 --> 00:29:04,708
Your boy St. Patrick
running around
717
00:29:04,791 --> 00:29:07,208
with a fucking white dude.
We ran slam into a trap!
718
00:29:07,291 --> 00:29:10,333
That sound like a beef
between you and them, not me.
719
00:29:10,416 --> 00:29:13,250
I'm the one who tried to call
the whole thing off, remember?
720
00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:14,791
I told y'all to go home,
721
00:29:14,875 --> 00:29:16,625
but you-you and Croop
just wouldn't listen.
722
00:29:16,708 --> 00:29:19,041
You keep my father's name
out your fucking mouth.
723
00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:21,708
I had to leave him back there,
or I would have been dead too.
724
00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:24,833
Hey, look, Carter.
725
00:29:24,916 --> 00:29:27,125
I'm really sorry about what
happened to your pops, okay?
726
00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:29,708
♪♪
727
00:29:29,791 --> 00:29:31,583
Fuck. He didn't have my
number on him, did he?
728
00:29:31,666 --> 00:29:33,333
I said shut the fuck up!
729
00:29:33,416 --> 00:29:35,666
-[gun cocking]
-[Tate coughs]
730
00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:39,416
You wanted blood? Hmm?
731
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:42,250
Now I want blood,
so this is what we gonna do.
732
00:29:42,333 --> 00:29:43,666
We gonna walk inside,
733
00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:45,125
and you gonna sit down,
734
00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:47,083
and you gonna watch me
kill your brother, your nephew,
735
00:29:47,166 --> 00:29:48,750
your whole fucking family.
736
00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:51,833
♪♪
737
00:29:58,875 --> 00:30:01,041
We ain't going in that house.
738
00:30:01,125 --> 00:30:02,750
♪♪
739
00:30:02,833 --> 00:30:06,625
My family ain't got shit
to do with this.
740
00:30:06,708 --> 00:30:08,958
♪♪
741
00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:10,125
-[gunshot]
-Agh!
742
00:30:12,083 --> 00:30:15,083
[mournful music]
743
00:30:15,541 --> 00:30:16,791
[Tate] Oh, shit.
744
00:30:18,416 --> 00:30:19,958
You all right?
745
00:30:20,041 --> 00:30:23,041
Yeah. I'm good.
How did you know that he--
746
00:30:23,125 --> 00:30:24,291
[Kamaal] I heard yelling,
looked out back,
747
00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:26,083
saw this guy waving
a gun in your face.
748
00:30:26,166 --> 00:30:28,875
What the fuck happened?
749
00:30:28,958 --> 00:30:32,041
♪♪
750
00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,416
[Tate] So then after that,
I was like,
751
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,416
"Just take my wallet,
good brother.
752
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,125
I'd rather you rob me
than to be out here
753
00:30:37,208 --> 00:30:38,375
terrorizing the good people
754
00:30:38,458 --> 00:30:40,375
that live
in this neighborhood."
755
00:30:40,458 --> 00:30:42,750
He could have
come up in here.
756
00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:46,791
Yeah, I know. I know.
He didn't, babe.
757
00:30:46,875 --> 00:30:48,250
It's okay.
758
00:30:50,041 --> 00:30:53,791
So you saying
it's just a mugging?
759
00:30:53,875 --> 00:30:56,916
I wouldn't say "just"
a mugging, Kamaal.
760
00:30:57,041 --> 00:30:58,750
Something was going on
with this dude.
761
00:30:58,833 --> 00:31:00,041
I could see it in his eyes.
762
00:31:00,125 --> 00:31:01,416
He definitely was hopped up
on something.
763
00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:06,291
So you saying it was
a crackhead mugging?
764
00:31:06,375 --> 00:31:07,791
Why you gotta say it
like that?
765
00:31:07,875 --> 00:31:09,333
Because, Rashad,
766
00:31:09,416 --> 00:31:12,208
ain't that many
crackhead muggers around here.
767
00:31:12,291 --> 00:31:14,125
In fact, the neighborhood
has gotten a lot safer
768
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:16,083
in the last few years.
769
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,375
If you come around here more
often, man, maybe you know.
770
00:31:20,958 --> 00:31:24,875
Rashad, he could
have killed you.
771
00:31:26,083 --> 00:31:29,000
[melancholy music]
772
00:31:29,083 --> 00:31:31,125
Maybe it wasn't my time.
773
00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:34,125
♪♪
774
00:31:36,916 --> 00:31:37,833
Thanks, 'Maal.
775
00:31:37,916 --> 00:31:39,291
It's okay, 'Shad.
776
00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:41,125
♪♪
777
00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:43,000
-[cell phone buzzes]
-Uh, sorry, I...
778
00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:48,041
Oh, damn.
Um...
779
00:31:48,125 --> 00:31:51,541
there's an emergency over at
my headquarters. I gotta go.
780
00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:53,458
You gotta leave now?
781
00:31:53,541 --> 00:31:55,375
It's an emergency.
782
00:31:55,458 --> 00:31:58,208
♪♪
783
00:31:58,291 --> 00:32:00,208
This is the big emergency?
784
00:32:00,291 --> 00:32:01,916
Y'all couldn't wait till
tomorrow morning to do this?
785
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,208
Democratic Party property.
They wanted it back tonight.
786
00:32:04,291 --> 00:32:06,000
-[Tate] The cart belong to them too?
-Sorry.
787
00:32:06,083 --> 00:32:08,416
-We need to talk.
-Sergeant Rodriguez, listen.
788
00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:10,333
I'm glad that you're here.
789
00:32:10,416 --> 00:32:12,916
I have some thoughts about my
testimony I'll be giving, so--
790
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,791
Thank you
for your cooperation,
791
00:32:14,875 --> 00:32:17,750
but I'm afraid we won't need
your testimony after all.
792
00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:19,208
[desolate music]
793
00:32:19,291 --> 00:32:20,541
What do you mean?
794
00:32:20,625 --> 00:32:22,458
Judge Tapper won't give us
an arrest warrant
795
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:24,041
for St. Patrick.
796
00:32:24,125 --> 00:32:25,583
He shut us down.
797
00:32:25,666 --> 00:32:27,250
Well, maybe you just need
some more time,
798
00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:28,291
you know, to build a case.
799
00:32:28,375 --> 00:32:30,166
It's over.
800
00:32:30,250 --> 00:32:31,958
James St. Patrick
is gonna walk
801
00:32:32,041 --> 00:32:33,583
all the way to Albany.
802
00:32:33,666 --> 00:32:36,583
♪♪
803
00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:43,250
Success or failure
lies beyond our control.
804
00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:46,208
We are the playthings
in the hands of the gods.
805
00:32:47,125 --> 00:32:48,416
Thank you, Simon,
806
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,125
but I'm really not
in the mood for Shakespeare
807
00:32:51,208 --> 00:32:53,166
or Walt Whitman
or whoever the hell.
808
00:32:53,250 --> 00:32:55,083
That was a traditional
African war chant.
809
00:32:55,166 --> 00:32:57,000
Loosely translated, of course,
810
00:32:57,083 --> 00:32:59,125
but I assumed
you'd recognize it.
811
00:33:01,958 --> 00:33:03,625
-What do you want?
-It's not what I want, Rashad.
812
00:33:03,708 --> 00:33:05,208
It's what we want.
813
00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:08,000
Hello.
814
00:33:11,041 --> 00:33:14,250
It's after hours.
Make a goddamn appointment.
815
00:33:14,333 --> 00:33:15,625
Well, I would, but it looks
816
00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:18,291
like you don't have
an office staff anymore.
817
00:33:18,375 --> 00:33:20,333
What Lorette means
is that we're here
818
00:33:20,416 --> 00:33:22,166
to make a humble request.
819
00:33:22,250 --> 00:33:23,500
You can ask
whatever you want,
820
00:33:23,583 --> 00:33:26,333
but I'm pretty sure
the answer is no.
821
00:33:26,416 --> 00:33:28,500
Of course. That's why
we came here tonight,
822
00:33:28,583 --> 00:33:30,958
to give you ample time
to consider the big picture.
823
00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:32,583
Hear us out.
Sleep on it.
824
00:33:32,666 --> 00:33:35,291
Maybe you'll feel differently
in the morning.
825
00:33:35,375 --> 00:33:37,333
Feel differently about what?
826
00:33:37,416 --> 00:33:38,958
About giving
the Walsh/St. Patrick ticket
827
00:33:39,041 --> 00:33:40,833
your formal endorsement.
828
00:33:40,916 --> 00:33:43,416
♪♪
829
00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:46,000
Did I say that, uh,
my answer would be no?
830
00:33:46,083 --> 00:33:47,333
Uh, my bad.
831
00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:49,500
I mean hell fucking no!
Why would I do that?
832
00:33:49,583 --> 00:33:53,000
Rashad, there's no way
that you can win.
833
00:33:53,083 --> 00:33:56,000
You are literally a one-man
band at this point.
834
00:33:56,083 --> 00:33:58,333
Then why do you need
my endorsement so badly?
835
00:33:58,416 --> 00:34:00,416
Optics. Party unity.
836
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:01,875
Call it what you want,
837
00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,000
but an endorsement
838
00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:04,166
will be good for me
in the short run
839
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:05,916
and better for you
in the long run.
840
00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,500
Even if you manage to reanimate
841
00:34:09,583 --> 00:34:11,166
your dead political career
someday,
842
00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:12,875
people are not going to vote
843
00:34:12,958 --> 00:34:15,166
for a man that they remember
as a sore loser.
844
00:34:15,250 --> 00:34:18,041
I'll always be remembered
as a man
845
00:34:18,125 --> 00:34:19,666
who stood by his principles,
Lorette.
846
00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:21,875
You, on the other hand--
847
00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:23,916
well, you'll always
be a white woman
848
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,333
with double-digit unfavorables
among black and brown voters.
849
00:34:27,416 --> 00:34:29,041
That's why you're here.
850
00:34:29,125 --> 00:34:30,416
You've been pandering
for the black vote
851
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:32,291
so damn long,
you don't know how to stop.
852
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,083
You know, you're right.
853
00:34:36,625 --> 00:34:39,375
But now I've got
James St. Patrick for that.
854
00:34:40,583 --> 00:34:41,541
Good-bye, Rashad.
855
00:34:43,458 --> 00:34:46,333
[dark music]
856
00:34:46,416 --> 00:34:49,333
♪♪
857
00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:03,333
-[Dre] Yo.
-Dre, it's Tate.
858
00:35:03,416 --> 00:35:04,958
-What up?
-I'm ready to meet.
859
00:35:05,041 --> 00:35:05,916
I'm on my way.
860
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,375
♪♪
861
00:35:08,458 --> 00:35:10,958
After tonight, I'm the only one
who's gonna know your new name.
862
00:35:11,041 --> 00:35:13,375
You want to stay off the radar,
then you stand by your word.
863
00:35:13,458 --> 00:35:17,250
If you don't, well, everybody's
gonna be looking for...
864
00:35:17,333 --> 00:35:19,041
Eric Anthony Davidson.
865
00:35:19,125 --> 00:35:20,291
[scoffs]
866
00:35:20,375 --> 00:35:22,458
I got the plate number
and everything.
867
00:35:22,541 --> 00:35:24,125
♪♪
868
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:27,083
Andre, if you don't do it,
869
00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:29,041
you're gonna be running from
James for the rest of your life.
870
00:35:29,125 --> 00:35:30,500
Man, you ain't got shit
to worry about,
871
00:35:30,583 --> 00:35:32,583
'cause you just payin' me to
do something I'd do for free.
872
00:35:32,666 --> 00:35:34,208
♪♪
873
00:35:34,291 --> 00:35:36,083
Now, don't forget.
874
00:35:36,166 --> 00:35:39,166
♪♪
875
00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:41,583
You only get one shot at this.
876
00:35:41,666 --> 00:35:44,041
All I need is one shot.
Don't worry about this shit.
877
00:35:44,125 --> 00:35:45,583
Ghost is dying tonight,
878
00:35:45,666 --> 00:35:47,291
and this conversation
never happened.
879
00:35:47,375 --> 00:35:49,083
Need a gun?
880
00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:51,250
I'm good.
I got my own, man.
881
00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:53,541
[cell phone buzzing]
882
00:35:53,625 --> 00:35:56,541
♪♪
883
00:35:56,625 --> 00:35:58,708
'Maal, hey.
884
00:35:58,791 --> 00:36:01,041
[Kamaal] How much longer you
gonna be at the office?
885
00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:03,250
I'm-I'm just finishing up here.
Why, what's good?
886
00:36:03,333 --> 00:36:05,458
Sit tight.
I'ma be there in a minute.
887
00:36:05,541 --> 00:36:07,125
Yeah, sure.
888
00:36:11,125 --> 00:36:12,625
[Kamaal] I had to call in
that shooting,
889
00:36:12,708 --> 00:36:14,625
so, uh, we're gonna need
an official statement from you.
890
00:36:14,708 --> 00:36:16,750
What for? Y'all shoot
people all the time.
891
00:36:16,833 --> 00:36:18,666
You can take care
of this without me.
892
00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:20,375
I'ma need you to run it down
for me again.
893
00:36:20,458 --> 00:36:22,166
I've already
told you everything.
894
00:36:22,250 --> 00:36:24,375
I know.
Tell me again.
895
00:36:24,458 --> 00:36:27,583
You know, 'Maal,
if I didn't know better,
896
00:36:27,666 --> 00:36:30,166
I'd think that you were looking
for, uh, holes in my story.
897
00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:32,166
Nah, I'm just trying
to make it make sense,
898
00:36:32,250 --> 00:36:34,083
'cause something in my gut
is telling me
899
00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:35,125
you leaving
something out.
900
00:36:35,208 --> 00:36:36,458
Like what?
901
00:36:36,541 --> 00:36:38,583
Like, was that really
some random robbery,
902
00:36:38,666 --> 00:36:40,458
or was dude gunning for you
for a reason?
903
00:36:40,541 --> 00:36:42,583
-Wasn't nobody gunning for me.
-[scoffs]
904
00:36:42,666 --> 00:36:45,291
Shit, it ain't my fault that
you never moved out the hood.
905
00:36:45,375 --> 00:36:46,541
Nigga can't even
take out the trash
906
00:36:46,625 --> 00:36:49,250
without ending up in the sequel
to fucking New Jack City.
907
00:36:49,333 --> 00:36:51,041
-Okay, here we go.
-Yeah, yeah. Here we go.
908
00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:53,041
It ain't about where I choose
to live, 'Shad,
909
00:36:53,125 --> 00:36:55,083
'cause last time I checked,
wasn't no bloodshed
910
00:36:55,166 --> 00:36:56,791
on my block
till your ass popped up.
911
00:36:56,875 --> 00:36:59,083
Oh, wow.
Okay, you know what?
912
00:36:59,166 --> 00:37:00,500
You've been wearing
that uniform
913
00:37:00,583 --> 00:37:02,500
a little too long, big bro.
914
00:37:02,583 --> 00:37:05,125
NYPD got your head
all fucked up.
915
00:37:05,208 --> 00:37:08,083
-What's that supposed to mean?
-It means that every black man
916
00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:10,125
-you see is a suspect.
-What?
917
00:37:10,208 --> 00:37:12,208
Guilty until proven innocent.
918
00:37:12,291 --> 00:37:15,500
Okay, I get you. See, that's that
shit you be pulling down there
919
00:37:15,583 --> 00:37:18,125
with them white motherfuckers at city
hall, but that ain't working with me.
920
00:37:18,208 --> 00:37:21,583
All I'm saying is, unlike you,
I got people who depend on me,
921
00:37:21,666 --> 00:37:24,708
so I'm sorry if I ask
a few questions
922
00:37:24,791 --> 00:37:26,625
that hurt
your motherfucking feelings.
923
00:37:26,708 --> 00:37:29,208
Just know I'ma do what I gotta
do to protect my family.
924
00:37:29,291 --> 00:37:30,458
I'm your family too, 'Maal.
925
00:37:30,541 --> 00:37:32,416
[engine revs]
926
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:34,416
Okay, I think
we're good here.
927
00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,208
Yeah. No reason
to drag this thing out.
928
00:37:37,291 --> 00:37:38,166
[Claremont] Anything else
you want to tell us
929
00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:39,458
before we wrap this up?
930
00:37:39,541 --> 00:37:40,875
I don't think so.
931
00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:43,458
I mean, other than the fact
that I'm...
932
00:37:43,541 --> 00:37:46,291
really sorry all this shit
happened in the first place, man.
933
00:37:49,458 --> 00:37:51,166
Don't lose any sleep over it.
934
00:37:51,250 --> 00:37:52,875
We ran the kid's prints.
From D.C.
935
00:37:52,958 --> 00:37:54,583
Couple of priors.
Mostly minor stuff.
936
00:37:54,666 --> 00:37:56,916
Nice work, Tate.
Probably stopped him
937
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,125
-from growing up to be a master criminal.
-[detectives laugh]
938
00:38:00,208 --> 00:38:01,625
[Kamaal]
A man is dead, fellas.
939
00:38:01,708 --> 00:38:03,583
The least we could do
is show a little respect.
940
00:38:03,666 --> 00:38:05,750
What's your problem, man?
You're the one who killed him.
941
00:38:05,833 --> 00:38:07,625
And stopped him from possibly
killing your brother,
942
00:38:07,708 --> 00:38:09,625
so quit acting like
this ain't a clean shoot.
943
00:38:09,708 --> 00:38:11,541
I just don't think we need
to be talking like this
944
00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:12,750
in front of a witness.
945
00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:13,833
[Claremont]
A witness? Come on, now.
946
00:38:13,916 --> 00:38:15,541
Rashad's an ex-cop.
947
00:38:15,625 --> 00:38:17,333
As far as I'm concerned,
he's still one of us.
948
00:38:17,416 --> 00:38:19,208
Damn right.
Once a cop, always a cop.
949
00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:29,458
[Kamaal] All right, man.
Let me get you out of here.
950
00:38:29,541 --> 00:38:31,583
[Claremont]
Whoa, not so fast, Kamaal.
951
00:38:31,666 --> 00:38:33,583
Officer-involved shooting means you're
gonna have to surrender your gun.
952
00:38:33,666 --> 00:38:35,458
Claremont, are you
fucking kidding me?
953
00:38:35,541 --> 00:38:36,875
[Simonson] Hey, you know
it's just a formality.
954
00:38:36,958 --> 00:38:39,375
Restrictive duty until
we finish up the paperwork.
955
00:38:39,458 --> 00:38:40,458
-[knock at door]
-[door bangs]
956
00:38:40,541 --> 00:38:41,625
Jesus, Terry.
What the fuck?
957
00:38:41,708 --> 00:38:43,541
Sorry, guys,
but we got shots fired
958
00:38:43,625 --> 00:38:45,333
at Truth nightclub
in the Meatpacking District.
959
00:38:45,416 --> 00:38:47,291
Holy shit. That's James St.
Patrick's place.
960
00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:49,208
[Terry] Yeah. Captain says he wants
all hands on deck.
961
00:38:49,291 --> 00:38:51,208
If you're in the building,
you're on this goddamn case.
962
00:38:51,291 --> 00:38:52,541
Those were his exact words.
963
00:38:52,625 --> 00:38:53,541
Was anybody hurt?
964
00:38:54,625 --> 00:38:57,166
Um, I'm just curious.
965
00:38:57,250 --> 00:38:58,791
I've had some dealings
with St. Patrick.
966
00:38:58,875 --> 00:39:01,416
I'm hearing one fatality.
That's all I know.
967
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,875
Shit. Looks like you dodged
a bullet, Kamaal.
968
00:39:03,958 --> 00:39:06,416
Fuck restrictive duty.
You want to come with, Rashad?
969
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:08,541
No. Claremont, come on, man.
He's a civilian.
970
00:39:08,625 --> 00:39:10,291
Fuck that.
Your brother's no civilian.
971
00:39:10,375 --> 00:39:11,916
What's he gonna do,
fuck up a crime scene?
972
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,166
Come on.
Let's roll.
973
00:39:15,250 --> 00:39:16,416
Come on!
974
00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:18,833
[officer] Roll out!
Roll out!
975
00:39:18,916 --> 00:39:20,666
[siren wailing]
976
00:39:20,750 --> 00:39:22,458
Why do I feel like this
shooting is connected
977
00:39:22,541 --> 00:39:24,291
to the shit
you've gotten yourself into?
978
00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:27,541
Oh, my God. What kind of shit
have I gotten myself into, 'Maal?
979
00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:28,958
That's what I'm trying
to figure out.
980
00:39:29,041 --> 00:39:30,708
Do you even hear
what you're saying?
981
00:39:30,791 --> 00:39:33,333
How am I involved in a shooting
that literally happened
982
00:39:33,416 --> 00:39:35,708
when I was sitting
in a police station with you?
983
00:39:35,791 --> 00:39:38,666
Rashad, I'm a New York City cop
and a parent.
984
00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:41,250
You know how many times a day
people try to run bullshit past me?
985
00:39:41,333 --> 00:39:43,000
I'm telling you now,
I cannot help you
986
00:39:43,083 --> 00:39:44,666
if I don't know
the whole story.
987
00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:47,458
♪♪
988
00:39:47,541 --> 00:39:48,625
All right, listen--
989
00:39:48,708 --> 00:39:50,333
I knew it.
I fucking knew it, man.
990
00:39:50,416 --> 00:39:52,458
Would you just chill the fuck
out and let me get it out?
991
00:39:52,541 --> 00:39:54,333
There's this dude
named Andre Coleman
992
00:39:54,416 --> 00:39:56,583
who might have killed
James St. Patrick tonight.
993
00:39:56,666 --> 00:39:58,291
How you know?
994
00:39:58,375 --> 00:40:01,541
Hey, let me just finish
saying what I gotta say.
995
00:40:01,625 --> 00:40:03,791
If Andre did
what he think he did,
996
00:40:03,875 --> 00:40:06,333
he might try to implicate
me in the crime.
997
00:40:06,416 --> 00:40:08,625
How, man?
You ain't shoot nobody.
998
00:40:08,708 --> 00:40:10,708
Like you said,
you was with the police.
999
00:40:10,791 --> 00:40:12,750
He might say that I paid him
to do it.
1000
00:40:12,833 --> 00:40:14,541
Did you?
1001
00:40:14,625 --> 00:40:16,666
-No.
-Don't lie to me, man.
1002
00:40:17,291 --> 00:40:20,291
I swear, okay? Now, I
could have it all wrong.
1003
00:40:20,375 --> 00:40:21,791
It could be
the other way around.
1004
00:40:21,875 --> 00:40:24,416
Maybe James St. Patrick
is the one who killed Andre.
1005
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,708
Maybe you don't know,
but if I was a betting man,
1006
00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:29,750
I'd put my money on whatever
outcome lets you land on your feet,
1007
00:40:29,833 --> 00:40:31,625
'cause you the luckiest nigga
on the fucking planet.
1008
00:40:31,708 --> 00:40:33,291
-How am I lucky?
-My whole life, man,
1009
00:40:33,375 --> 00:40:34,750
all I seen you do is win.
1010
00:40:34,833 --> 00:40:36,583
Even if it was
the slightest chance
1011
00:40:36,666 --> 00:40:39,541
that shit will work
in your favor, it will.
1012
00:40:39,625 --> 00:40:40,666
You don't know what
you're talking about.
1013
00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:41,916
I do know
what I'm talking about,
1014
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,416
'cause I'm the one
who had to work hard
1015
00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:44,625
-for the little shit I have.
-You know what?
1016
00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:46,625
You are the one
who gets all the good shit.
1017
00:40:46,708 --> 00:40:49,333
You got the family.
You got the amazing son.
1018
00:40:49,416 --> 00:40:50,708
You got a beautiful wife.
1019
00:40:50,791 --> 00:40:52,416
You got a taxpayer-funded job,
1020
00:40:52,500 --> 00:40:54,541
taxpayer-funded pension
in a few years,
1021
00:40:54,625 --> 00:40:56,416
and on top of all that,
you bought a house
1022
00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,041
that you're living in
with a government loan.
1023
00:40:58,125 --> 00:41:00,875
If anybody hit the lick,
it's not me. It's you.
1024
00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:03,375
Just tell me if I'ma have to
arrest you after all this is over.
1025
00:41:04,666 --> 00:41:08,833
No.
My hands are clean.
1026
00:41:08,916 --> 00:41:11,625
Of course they are.
1027
00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:13,000
You better stay lucky.
1028
00:41:13,083 --> 00:41:15,833
[siren wailing]
1029
00:41:15,916 --> 00:41:18,541
♪♪
1030
00:41:20,666 --> 00:41:22,500
Uh-uh.
You staying in the car.
1031
00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:23,958
-I'm not gonna touch nothing.
-I know you won't,
1032
00:41:24,041 --> 00:41:25,416
'cause you staying your ass
in the car.
1033
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:27,666
I'm dead-ass, Rashad.
I'll be back.
1034
00:41:32,041 --> 00:41:34,958
[desolate music]
1035
00:41:35,041 --> 00:41:37,958
♪♪
1036
00:41:47,916 --> 00:41:49,041
[gun cocking]
1037
00:42:05,208 --> 00:42:08,125
♪♪
1038
00:42:19,125 --> 00:42:21,375
Councilman Tate!
I thought that was you.
1039
00:42:21,458 --> 00:42:22,583
Mind if we get
a quick reaction?
1040
00:42:22,666 --> 00:42:24,833
Oh, hi, Jeannie.
Good to see you again.
1041
00:42:24,916 --> 00:42:26,166
Well, not exactly
1042
00:42:26,250 --> 00:42:27,833
under the best circumstances,
though, right?
1043
00:42:27,916 --> 00:42:30,416
Uh, no.
Uh, you're right.
1044
00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:32,000
Uh, listen,
if you don't mind, uh,
1045
00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:34,541
I'd like to let the police
do their jobs tonight.
1046
00:42:34,625 --> 00:42:36,791
Uh, my office will have a statement
for you tomorrow morning,
1047
00:42:36,875 --> 00:42:38,375
once we figure out everything.
1048
00:42:38,458 --> 00:42:41,041
We're actually live
right now, sir.
1049
00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:42,750
Oh. [clears throat]
Of course.
1050
00:42:42,833 --> 00:42:44,666
Uh, like I was saying,
1051
00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:47,833
now is not the time for anyone
to rush to conclusions.
1052
00:42:47,916 --> 00:42:49,833
We need to give
our brave first responders
1053
00:42:49,916 --> 00:42:51,666
an opportunity to assess
1054
00:42:51,750 --> 00:42:53,583
exactly what went on
here tonight,
1055
00:42:53,666 --> 00:42:55,416
and then we can chart
a path forward.
1056
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,708
And has anyone
from the Democratic Party
1057
00:42:57,791 --> 00:42:59,583
reached out to you yet?
1058
00:42:59,666 --> 00:43:02,083
What are their thoughts on how
the death of James St. Patrick
1059
00:43:02,166 --> 00:43:04,875
will impact
the gubernatorial race?
1060
00:43:04,958 --> 00:43:08,000
♪♪
1061
00:43:08,833 --> 00:43:11,666
James St. Patrick's story
is America's story.
1062
00:43:11,750 --> 00:43:13,541
Both born in turmoil.
1063
00:43:13,625 --> 00:43:15,833
Both blessed
with a unique set of gifts.
1064
00:43:15,916 --> 00:43:18,875
Both carried
limitless potential.
1065
00:43:18,958 --> 00:43:20,541
Sadly, Mr. St. Patrick
1066
00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:22,791
was unable to rise
above his personal struggles.
1067
00:43:24,250 --> 00:43:26,541
Which is why I'm urging
every New Yorker
1068
00:43:26,625 --> 00:43:28,458
within the sound of my voice
1069
00:43:28,541 --> 00:43:31,000
to join me in a moment
of silent prayer,
1070
00:43:31,083 --> 00:43:32,833
because in these
troubled times,
1071
00:43:32,916 --> 00:43:37,666
the only thing that we can
rely on is our higher power.
1072
00:43:38,458 --> 00:43:41,875
Even though we're all fighting
our private battles
1073
00:43:41,958 --> 00:43:45,708
and sometimes victory
seems impossible,
1074
00:43:45,791 --> 00:43:48,625
just remember
what the good book says.
1075
00:43:48,708 --> 00:43:52,583
"What's impossible with man
is possible with God."
1076
00:43:52,666 --> 00:43:55,083
♪♪
1077
00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:56,500
Are we clear?
1078
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,250
How was that?
1079
00:43:59,333 --> 00:44:01,666
That...was amazing.
1080
00:44:01,750 --> 00:44:03,791
-[laughs]
-Wow.
1081
00:44:03,875 --> 00:44:06,666
♪♪
1082
00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:08,541
What now, 'Maal?
1083
00:44:08,625 --> 00:44:11,125
I'm just wondering how you come up
with all that bullshit so fast.
1084
00:44:11,208 --> 00:44:13,041
♪♪
1085
00:44:13,125 --> 00:44:14,875
Practice, my brother.
1086
00:44:16,375 --> 00:44:17,916
You got it, bro?
1087
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,041
-You winning, man.
-Is it straight?
1088
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:23,833
-You look good.
-Uh, if by "good," you mean awful.
1089
00:44:23,916 --> 00:44:26,208
-[both] His fault.
-Jinx. [laughs]
1090
00:44:26,291 --> 00:44:27,916
-Y'all should be embarrassed.
-Get me right, sis.
1091
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:28,958
I got you.
1092
00:44:29,041 --> 00:44:30,791
[car doors slam]
1093
00:44:30,875 --> 00:44:32,000
They're here.
1094
00:44:33,125 --> 00:44:35,541
-Simone, go answer the door.
1095
00:44:35,625 --> 00:44:37,125
-[doorbell rings]
-You ready?
1096
00:44:37,208 --> 00:44:38,833
-I was born ready.
-That you were.
1097
00:44:39,583 --> 00:44:40,666
[Simone] Hi.
1098
00:44:40,750 --> 00:44:42,041
Hi. You must be
Mrs. Tate.
1099
00:44:42,125 --> 00:44:43,541
Call me Simone.
Come on in.
1100
00:44:43,625 --> 00:44:45,125
Thank you, Simone.
Please.
1101
00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:47,916
Good morning, Rashad.
1102
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,125
Steven Ott.
Lorette Walsh.
1103
00:44:50,208 --> 00:44:52,750
Please meet my family:
my brother, Kamaal...
1104
00:44:52,833 --> 00:44:54,125
-How are you?
-My nephew, Elijah,
1105
00:44:54,208 --> 00:44:55,833
and you've already met
my sister-in-law, Simone.
1106
00:44:55,916 --> 00:44:57,166
Yes.
Hey, Elijah.
1107
00:44:57,250 --> 00:44:59,166
Oh, let's give you guys
some privacy.
1108
00:44:59,250 --> 00:45:02,541
-Yeah, we should. Welcome to our home.
-Thank you so much.
1109
00:45:02,625 --> 00:45:04,000
[Tate] Please, come on in.
1110
00:45:08,666 --> 00:45:10,708
Okay, so look.
I, uh...
1111
00:45:10,791 --> 00:45:13,041
I know everyone's in a bit
of shock, but this is politics,
1112
00:45:13,125 --> 00:45:16,583
and unfortunately,
things have to move quickly.
1113
00:45:16,666 --> 00:45:18,666
I understand.
Of course.
1114
00:45:18,750 --> 00:45:21,625
Lorette, is there something
you'd like to say?
1115
00:45:21,708 --> 00:45:23,333
Rashad, what happened
to James last night
1116
00:45:23,416 --> 00:45:25,541
was horrible,
1117
00:45:25,625 --> 00:45:28,708
but, as Steven said,
time is of the essence.
1118
00:45:28,791 --> 00:45:30,708
Are you ready
to accept our offer?
1119
00:45:32,375 --> 00:45:34,375
I'm gonna need to hear
the offer again.
1120
00:45:34,458 --> 00:45:36,875
There's no need to twist
the knife, Rashad.
1121
00:45:36,958 --> 00:45:38,625
We all know why we're here.
1122
00:45:38,708 --> 00:45:42,333
Oh. You know, the last few
hours have been pretty hectic.
1123
00:45:42,416 --> 00:45:44,291
I've been fielding
phone calls all night,
1124
00:45:44,375 --> 00:45:47,125
and all those conversations
tend to blend together
1125
00:45:47,208 --> 00:45:49,666
in my head, so yeah.
1126
00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:51,625
Whatever you're planning
on offering,
1127
00:45:51,708 --> 00:45:54,291
I'm just gonna need
to hear it one more time.
1128
00:45:56,833 --> 00:46:00,708
Rashad Tate, I'm here
to formally ask you
1129
00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:04,708
to be my candidate for
lieutenant governor of New York.
1130
00:46:04,791 --> 00:46:05,708
Run with me.
1131
00:46:11,416 --> 00:46:12,666
Please.
1132
00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:15,708
I am happy to run, Lorette.
1133
00:46:15,791 --> 00:46:18,333
-Just not as your lieutenant.
-What?
1134
00:46:18,416 --> 00:46:21,083
It's governor or nothing.
Take it or leave it.
1135
00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:22,791
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
That is not what we negotiated
1136
00:46:22,875 --> 00:46:24,000
on the phone,
and you know that.
1137
00:46:24,083 --> 00:46:26,625
Well, I've had some time
to think about it.
1138
00:46:26,708 --> 00:46:28,708
You've hitched your wagon
to a man whose body
1139
00:46:28,791 --> 00:46:30,375
is laying in the county morgue
right now.
1140
00:46:30,458 --> 00:46:32,375
Mm-hmm?
Your brand is fucked.
1141
00:46:32,458 --> 00:46:34,166
The way I see it,
the Democratic Party
1142
00:46:34,250 --> 00:46:35,750
needs me more than I need you.
1143
00:46:35,833 --> 00:46:37,333
[Lorette] God damn you, Tate.
1144
00:46:37,416 --> 00:46:39,000
If you think
that we're gonna stand here
1145
00:46:39,083 --> 00:46:41,083
and let you turn this tragedy
into some kind of opportunity--
1146
00:46:41,166 --> 00:46:42,916
[Steven] Lorette,
1147
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,833
why don't you
go wait in the car?
1148
00:46:45,916 --> 00:46:47,375
Excuse me?
1149
00:46:47,458 --> 00:46:49,000
Are you out of your mind?
1150
00:46:49,083 --> 00:46:50,875
You're not seriously
considering this.
1151
00:46:50,958 --> 00:46:52,625
I'm afraid Rashad's
got a point.
1152
00:46:52,708 --> 00:46:54,416
Well, fuck his point!
1153
00:46:54,500 --> 00:46:56,458
I certainly didn't drag myself
all the way here
1154
00:46:56,541 --> 00:46:58,291
to watch the two of you
screw me over.
1155
00:46:58,375 --> 00:47:00,416
Lorette, there's a child
in the house,
1156
00:47:00,500 --> 00:47:02,125
so I'm gonna ask you
to lower your voice, please.
1157
00:47:02,208 --> 00:47:04,791
Don't even think
about this, Steven.
1158
00:47:06,166 --> 00:47:08,166
Oh, I will end you.
1159
00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:11,416
Let me remind you that I call the
shots here, Lorette, not you,
1160
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:13,000
so you can either
go wait in the car
1161
00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:14,458
or call yourself a cab.
1162
00:47:14,541 --> 00:47:16,208
It's up to you.
1163
00:47:16,291 --> 00:47:19,125
[suspenseful music]
1164
00:47:19,208 --> 00:47:22,166
♪♪
1165
00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:26,750
[door slams]
1166
00:47:26,833 --> 00:47:29,750
♪♪
1167
00:47:33,416 --> 00:47:35,083
[applause]
1168
00:47:35,166 --> 00:47:37,125
-God is good.
-[all] All the time.
1169
00:47:37,208 --> 00:47:38,750
That's right.
God is good.
1170
00:47:38,833 --> 00:47:40,000
[all] All the time!
1171
00:47:40,083 --> 00:47:42,000
I'm here today because
1172
00:47:42,083 --> 00:47:44,041
the great state of New York
1173
00:47:44,125 --> 00:47:45,833
stands at a crossroad.
1174
00:47:45,916 --> 00:47:46,750
-[woman] Yeah.
-[man] All right.
1175
00:47:46,833 --> 00:47:48,833
No matter what color you are,
1176
00:47:48,916 --> 00:47:50,708
your religious beliefs,
1177
00:47:50,791 --> 00:47:52,041
or your social status,
1178
00:47:52,125 --> 00:47:54,333
this upcoming election
1179
00:47:54,416 --> 00:47:58,416
offers each and every one
of us a choice.
1180
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:00,750
-[woman] Yes, it does.
-[Tate] And the whole country is waiting to see
1181
00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:02,791
which path we choose,
1182
00:48:02,875 --> 00:48:05,458
because New York
leads the way.
1183
00:48:05,541 --> 00:48:08,416
[cheers and applause]
1184
00:48:12,041 --> 00:48:14,041
To the little black boy
from Queens
1185
00:48:14,125 --> 00:48:17,000
who fought
for a quality education,
1186
00:48:17,083 --> 00:48:18,291
to the worker from Cooperstown
1187
00:48:18,375 --> 00:48:19,750
who is worthy
of a livable wage...
1188
00:48:19,833 --> 00:48:21,041
[cheers and applause]
1189
00:48:21,125 --> 00:48:23,208
To the immigrant
that became a citizen
1190
00:48:23,291 --> 00:48:24,916
who needs to know
that her voice is heard
1191
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,333
all the way in Albany,
1192
00:48:26,416 --> 00:48:28,208
I say to you again
1193
00:48:28,291 --> 00:48:31,916
that New York leads the way!
1194
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,333
I don't think they hear me.
1195
00:48:33,416 --> 00:48:34,291
-They don't hear me.
-[laughs] Tell them.
1196
00:48:34,375 --> 00:48:35,875
I said, I said,
1197
00:48:35,958 --> 00:48:37,875
New York leads the way.
Let me hear you.
1198
00:48:37,958 --> 00:48:40,875
[all] New York leads the way!
New York leads the way!
1199
00:48:40,958 --> 00:48:41,958
Say it like you mean it!
1200
00:48:42,041 --> 00:48:43,041
[all] New York leads the way!
1201
00:48:43,125 --> 00:48:45,041
New York leads the way!
1202
00:48:45,125 --> 00:48:47,916
So if you believe like I do,
1203
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,208
if you dream like I do,
1204
00:48:50,291 --> 00:48:52,750
if you have faith like I do,
1205
00:48:52,833 --> 00:48:55,208
then join me
in leading the way.
1206
00:48:55,291 --> 00:48:58,416
[cheers and applause]
1207
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:01,500
Because together--
1208
00:49:01,583 --> 00:49:04,875
together, there's no limit
to what we can achieve.
1209
00:49:04,958 --> 00:49:07,125
We can make
the impossible possible.
1210
00:49:07,208 --> 00:49:09,166
[rousing music]
1211
00:49:09,250 --> 00:49:12,458
And that is why it is
with my deepest gratitude
1212
00:49:12,541 --> 00:49:16,166
that I accept
the Democratic nomination
1213
00:49:16,250 --> 00:49:18,916
for the governor of New York.
1214
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,166
Thank you, and God bless you.
1215
00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:24,500
And may God bless New York.
New York leads the way.
1216
00:49:24,583 --> 00:49:25,541
[all] New York leads the way!
1217
00:49:25,625 --> 00:49:26,541
[Tate] New York leads the way!
1218
00:49:26,625 --> 00:49:28,083
[all] New York leads the way!
1219
00:49:28,166 --> 00:49:31,458
New York leads the way!
New York leads the way!
1220
00:49:31,541 --> 00:49:35,083
New York leads the way!
New York leads the way!
1221
00:49:35,166 --> 00:49:39,458
New York leads the way!
New York leads the way!
1222
00:49:39,541 --> 00:49:42,083
-[Steven] We're on our way.
-[Tate] Indeed. Absolutely.
1223
00:49:42,166 --> 00:49:44,208
Congratulations, Rashad.
1224
00:49:44,291 --> 00:49:45,583
[desolate music]
1225
00:49:45,666 --> 00:49:47,958
You pulled off
quite the reversal of fortune.
1226
00:49:48,041 --> 00:49:50,458
You should have never bet
against me, boo.
1227
00:49:50,541 --> 00:49:53,500
♪♪
1228
00:49:55,500 --> 00:49:56,625
-[reporters clamoring]
-[camera shutters clicking]
1229
00:49:56,708 --> 00:49:58,166
[man] Oh, man, great speech.
1230
00:49:58,250 --> 00:49:59,458
-[Tate] How'd I do?
-[Kamaal] You killed it.
1231
00:49:59,541 --> 00:50:01,333
I mean, all I saw up there
was the scrawny kid
1232
00:50:01,416 --> 00:50:03,583
who had sold my brand-new bike
to Big Ronnie when I was eight,
1233
00:50:03,666 --> 00:50:04,833
but they seemed to be
into your speech.
1234
00:50:04,916 --> 00:50:07,208
Can I go one week without hearing
about that damn bike, 'Maal?
1235
00:50:07,291 --> 00:50:08,291
I'm just saying,
it was brand-new.
1236
00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:09,416
I ain't even get
to ride it once.
1237
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:10,958
I'll buy you a new one,
all right?
1238
00:50:11,041 --> 00:50:13,041
Besides, you could use the
cardio. Listen, I gotta go.
1239
00:50:13,125 --> 00:50:15,125
Yeah. I need to tell you
something, man.
1240
00:50:15,208 --> 00:50:16,875
Andre Coleman is dead.
1241
00:50:16,958 --> 00:50:18,083
[disquieting music]
1242
00:50:20,041 --> 00:50:21,541
He is? How?
1243
00:50:21,625 --> 00:50:22,625
Killed in prison.
1244
00:50:22,708 --> 00:50:25,208
Somebody set him on fire
in his cell.
1245
00:50:25,291 --> 00:50:26,666
Listen, we should talk
about this another time.
1246
00:50:26,750 --> 00:50:28,083
No, no, we don't got
to talk about it.
1247
00:50:28,166 --> 00:50:29,250
I just figured I'll let
you know, just in case
1248
00:50:29,333 --> 00:50:30,666
you felt like buying
some lottery tickets
1249
00:50:30,750 --> 00:50:32,500
on your way home.
1250
00:50:32,583 --> 00:50:34,250
'Cause I'm always so lucky.
1251
00:50:34,333 --> 00:50:37,333
Yeah. Things have a way
of working out in your favor.
1252
00:50:38,458 --> 00:50:40,000
-I'm out.
-All right.
1253
00:50:40,083 --> 00:50:41,125
-Love.
-Love.
1254
00:50:41,208 --> 00:50:42,291
Let's take another photo.
1255
00:50:42,375 --> 00:50:43,625
Hey!
Peace!
1256
00:50:43,708 --> 00:50:44,958
[Kamaal]
Say good-bye to your uncle.
1257
00:50:45,041 --> 00:50:46,875
-Mwah.
-That was amazing.
1258
00:50:46,958 --> 00:50:48,458
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
1259
00:50:48,541 --> 00:50:49,958
[man]
You were amazing, man!
1260
00:50:50,041 --> 00:50:51,583
Councilman Tate,
just one quick question.
1261
00:50:51,666 --> 00:50:53,333
Do you think the fact
that you once considered
1262
00:50:53,416 --> 00:50:55,500
James St. Patrick
as your lieutenant governor
1263
00:50:55,583 --> 00:50:57,250
reflects poorly
on your judgment?
1264
00:51:00,125 --> 00:51:02,625
You should probably talk to Ramona
Garrity about poor judgment.
1265
00:51:02,708 --> 00:51:05,458
She's the one who introduced
Mr. St. Patrick to my campaign.
1266
00:51:05,541 --> 00:51:08,541
[inaudible speaking]
1267
00:51:08,625 --> 00:51:11,666
In hindsight, I do regret
that I didn't find out sooner
1268
00:51:11,750 --> 00:51:13,958
that she was engaged
in an adulterous affair
1269
00:51:14,041 --> 00:51:15,500
with Mr. St. Patrick.
1270
00:51:15,583 --> 00:51:17,458
I'm sorry, what?
Could you repeat that?
1271
00:51:17,541 --> 00:51:20,125
I have no issue
with what two consenting adults
1272
00:51:20,208 --> 00:51:21,583
choose to do
behind closed doors,
1273
00:51:21,666 --> 00:51:25,708
but if he had no respect
for his own wife and children,
1274
00:51:25,791 --> 00:51:28,666
I can see why Ms. Garrity
didn't either.
1275
00:51:28,750 --> 00:51:30,541
Okay, I gotta go.
Thank you.
1276
00:51:30,625 --> 00:51:32,541
-Hey, all right.
-[man] Over here!
1277
00:51:32,625 --> 00:51:34,041
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
1278
00:51:34,125 --> 00:51:37,083
Thank you. Thank you.
New York leads the way!
1279
00:51:37,166 --> 00:51:39,083
[all] New York leads the way!
1280
00:51:40,375 --> 00:51:42,375
Oh.
1281
00:51:42,458 --> 00:51:44,458
-Here you go.
-Thank you.
1282
00:51:44,541 --> 00:51:46,375
This is for you.
1283
00:51:49,458 --> 00:51:51,125
Wow.
1284
00:51:51,208 --> 00:51:53,125
I think you'll find that check
will keep you swimming
1285
00:51:53,208 --> 00:51:54,500
in bottled water
for quite some time.
1286
00:51:54,583 --> 00:51:56,500
Yes, it will.
Thank you, Simon.
1287
00:51:58,125 --> 00:52:01,166
Uh, one word of advice,
though, Rashad.
1288
00:52:01,250 --> 00:52:03,416
No more fishing
off the company pier.
1289
00:52:03,500 --> 00:52:06,083
Hire a professional
if you must,
1290
00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:08,416
but I'm investing
in a scandal-free governor.
1291
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:09,708
-Are we clear?
-Crystal.
1292
00:52:09,791 --> 00:52:11,333
Wouldn't have it
any other way.
1293
00:52:11,416 --> 00:52:14,041
You'll need to play the game
at a much higher level now.
1294
00:52:14,125 --> 00:52:16,458
A lot more eyes will be on you.
1295
00:52:16,541 --> 00:52:18,958
-I know what I'm doing.
-I trust that you do.
1296
00:52:19,041 --> 00:52:20,208
I'll be in touch.
1297
00:52:23,291 --> 00:52:24,625
Simon?
1298
00:52:24,708 --> 00:52:26,625
[somber music]
1299
00:52:26,708 --> 00:52:28,541
Aren't you
forgetting something?
1300
00:52:28,625 --> 00:52:30,083
Can't imagine
what that might be.
1301
00:52:30,166 --> 00:52:32,458
♪♪
1302
00:52:32,541 --> 00:52:34,083
An admission
1303
00:52:34,166 --> 00:52:36,625
that you made a mistake
backing Lorette Walsh
1304
00:52:36,708 --> 00:52:38,750
when you should
have been backing me.
1305
00:52:38,833 --> 00:52:41,041
Oh, Rashad.
1306
00:52:41,125 --> 00:52:43,250
I see you still have
a lot to learn.
1307
00:52:43,333 --> 00:52:45,583
You see, backing Walsh
was both politically
1308
00:52:45,666 --> 00:52:49,166
and financially expedient
for me at the time.
1309
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:53,083
In other words,
you didn't have a prayer.
1310
00:52:53,166 --> 00:52:56,583
And now you do,
so here we are.
1311
00:52:56,666 --> 00:52:58,041
No hard feelings, I hope?
1312
00:52:58,125 --> 00:53:00,291
No, not at all.
1313
00:53:00,375 --> 00:53:02,458
We both know what they say.
1314
00:53:02,541 --> 00:53:05,541
Politics makes
strange bedfellows.
1315
00:53:05,625 --> 00:53:07,208
Indeed they do.
1316
00:53:07,291 --> 00:53:10,083
[dramatic music]
1317
00:53:11,250 --> 00:53:12,708
Cheers.
1318
00:53:12,791 --> 00:53:15,750
♪♪
1319
00:53:15,833 --> 00:53:17,291
[exhales heavily]
1320
00:53:17,375 --> 00:53:20,333
[Rotimi's
"I Can't Blame You"]
1321
00:53:20,416 --> 00:53:21,666
[Rotimi]
♪ Hol' up ♪
1322
00:53:21,750 --> 00:53:24,250
-♪ I got issues ♪
-[moaning softly]
1323
00:53:24,333 --> 00:53:26,500
[Rotimi]
♪ Case you ain't know ♪
1324
00:53:26,583 --> 00:53:29,083
♪ Why you restin' alone ♪
1325
00:53:29,166 --> 00:53:32,125
♪ When you the best thing
for sure ♪
1326
00:53:32,208 --> 00:53:34,291
♪ That's my issue ♪
1327
00:53:34,375 --> 00:53:36,708
♪ Act like I don't know ♪
1328
00:53:36,791 --> 00:53:39,541
♪ I be out on the go ♪
1329
00:53:39,625 --> 00:53:41,166
♪ While you stressin'
at home... ♪
1330
00:53:41,250 --> 00:53:43,166
[moans]
1331
00:53:43,250 --> 00:53:45,333
Fuck.
[laughs]
1332
00:53:45,416 --> 00:53:47,708
[Rotimi]
♪ But I still stay the same, oh ♪
1333
00:53:47,791 --> 00:53:50,333
♪ Hopin' that it ain't
too late ♪
1334
00:53:50,416 --> 00:53:52,583
♪ Hopin' that it ain't
too late ♪
1335
00:53:52,666 --> 00:53:54,208
I see you still got it.
1336
00:53:54,291 --> 00:53:55,208
[laughs]
1337
00:53:55,291 --> 00:53:57,458
I never lost it.
1338
00:53:57,541 --> 00:53:58,833
[doorbell rings]
1339
00:53:58,916 --> 00:54:01,541
[laughs]
You expecting somebody?
1340
00:54:01,625 --> 00:54:03,875
No.
1341
00:54:03,958 --> 00:54:07,625
I didn't order room service,
but I'll check it out.
1342
00:54:16,333 --> 00:54:17,500
-I never lost it.
-[doorbell ringing insistently]
1343
00:54:17,583 --> 00:54:18,833
Ah.
[laughs]
1344
00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:23,625
[knock at door]
1345
00:54:24,708 --> 00:54:27,166
What the fuck, Rashad?
1346
00:54:27,250 --> 00:54:30,416
I mean, seriously,
what the actual fuck?
1347
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:31,875
Hi, Ramona.
1348
00:54:31,958 --> 00:54:33,375
-Come on in.
-Fuck you!
1349
00:54:33,458 --> 00:54:36,250
You told a reporter
that I was sleeping with James?
1350
00:54:36,333 --> 00:54:38,416
-Well, weren't you?
-No.
1351
00:54:38,500 --> 00:54:40,250
And if you didn't know that,
1352
00:54:40,333 --> 00:54:43,125
then you should have kept
your goddamn mouth shut!
1353
00:54:43,208 --> 00:54:44,583
You know, I wish
I could tell you
1354
00:54:44,666 --> 00:54:46,541
that the truth
will set you free, Ramona,
1355
00:54:46,625 --> 00:54:48,666
but we both know that it won't.
1356
00:54:48,750 --> 00:54:52,833
Everywhere you go,
every job interview you take,
1357
00:54:52,916 --> 00:54:55,791
you're gonna be asked about
fucking a murdered drug dealer
1358
00:54:55,875 --> 00:54:57,541
for the rest of your career.
1359
00:54:57,625 --> 00:54:59,208
As a matter of fact,
1360
00:54:59,291 --> 00:55:01,458
I say your future
in politics
1361
00:55:01,541 --> 00:55:03,583
is deader
than James St. Patrick.
1362
00:55:04,833 --> 00:55:06,500
[Cassandra] Ramona.
1363
00:55:06,583 --> 00:55:08,250
[laughs]
Hi.
1364
00:55:08,333 --> 00:55:09,916
Jesus.
1365
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:11,750
I thought I heard your voice
down there.
1366
00:55:11,833 --> 00:55:12,791
I should have known.
1367
00:55:12,875 --> 00:55:15,166
Yeah. You should've.
1368
00:55:16,458 --> 00:55:19,458
Cassandra stopped by
to reacquaint herself
1369
00:55:19,541 --> 00:55:21,500
with my polling.
1370
00:55:21,583 --> 00:55:23,458
-Mm.
-[scoffs]
1371
00:55:23,541 --> 00:55:24,500
[Tate chuckles]
1372
00:55:24,583 --> 00:55:25,583
You two fucking
deserve each other.
1373
00:55:25,666 --> 00:55:26,791
[giggles]
1374
00:55:26,875 --> 00:55:29,750
I can't lie.
That got me a little excited.
1375
00:55:29,833 --> 00:55:31,916
You ready for round two?
1376
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:33,666
You know, uh, if you hurry,
1377
00:55:33,750 --> 00:55:36,375
you could split an Uber
with Ramona.
1378
00:55:36,458 --> 00:55:37,916
[laughs]
What?
1379
00:55:41,250 --> 00:55:43,625
You didn't think this was,
like, a thing again, did you?
1380
00:55:43,708 --> 00:55:45,166
Rashad, I--
1381
00:55:45,250 --> 00:55:46,833
I'm just blowing off
some steam, okay?
1382
00:55:46,916 --> 00:55:48,458
I just needed to clear my head
1383
00:55:48,541 --> 00:55:50,791
before my big campaign
kicks off.
1384
00:55:51,458 --> 00:55:54,208
Are you seriously gonna
let me leave like this?
1385
00:55:54,875 --> 00:55:55,791
Is that what kind of man
you are?
1386
00:55:55,875 --> 00:55:57,458
Mm!
1387
00:55:57,541 --> 00:55:59,750
You know what?
I almost forgot.
1388
00:55:59,833 --> 00:56:03,375
Thank you kindly for paying
for this wonderful room.
1389
00:56:03,458 --> 00:56:05,000
Nice taste.
1390
00:56:05,083 --> 00:56:07,250
You know, fuck you, Rashad.
Don't call me again.
1391
00:56:07,333 --> 00:56:08,500
We interrupt your regularly
scheduled programming
1392
00:56:08,583 --> 00:56:10,833
to bring you
this breaking news report.
1393
00:56:10,916 --> 00:56:13,333
The murderer
of local entrepreneur
1394
00:56:13,416 --> 00:56:15,333
and aspiring
lieutenant governor candidate
1395
00:56:15,416 --> 00:56:18,625
James St. Patrick
has just been arrested.
1396
00:56:18,708 --> 00:56:21,583
Our team is just arriving
on the scene of the arrest.
1397
00:56:21,666 --> 00:56:25,375
Please stay tuned
for more details.
1398
00:56:25,458 --> 00:56:27,875
And we are live.
Wait.
1399
00:56:27,958 --> 00:56:29,625
[dramatic music]
1400
00:56:29,708 --> 00:56:31,333
I'm being told we are about
1401
00:56:31,416 --> 00:56:33,750
to get our first look
at the suspect.
1402
00:56:33,833 --> 00:56:36,750
♪♪
1403
00:56:37,875 --> 00:56:39,708
Holy shit.
1404
00:56:39,791 --> 00:56:42,666
[mournful orchestral music]
1405
00:56:42,750 --> 00:56:45,708
♪♪