Previously on Queen Sugar,
[Charley] The party has asked me to run for Congress.
[Micah] What? My mom on the squad?
[Cop] Don't make any sudden moves.
[Nova] I have nothing. Why have you broken into my home?
Your team got arrested.
[Darla] How many times,
did I beg you to be honest with me?
-[Angel] I know. -And you chose to lie.
[Hollywood] Celine tried to kiss me.
[Violet] She did what?
After everything that woman's done for you, this is how you repay us?
Jimmy Dale hurt me too. I was a child.
Did you ever stop to think, if what you heard was true?
Charley said she's on her way.
Her lawyer right behind her.
I can't go back.
Can't be locked up again.
If they arrest me...
We'll pay your bail, okay. Right away.
I'm sorry, Darla.
For everything.
Just because...
we don't choose right the first time...
it doesn't mean, we can't on the last.
You are so...
strong, Ralph Angel.
[Darla] I'm here for you...
no matter what.
[door opens]
♪ Dreams never die♪
♪ Take flight as the world turns♪
♪ Dreams never die♪
♪ Take flight as the world turns♪
♪ Keep the colors in the lines♪
♪ Take flight♪
♪ Dreams never die♪
♪ Keep the colors in the lines♪
♪ Take flight♪
♪ Hey, after all these years ♪
♪ I'm still here fingers outstretched♪
♪ With your imprint in my bed ♪
[Nova] Hello.
Ralph turned himself in last night.
Turned himself in for what?
He uh, he got into some trouble and uh...
look I, I can't,
talk about all the details her but,
I need the family,
to be aware and get involved.
I've been handling this alone since, late last night.
I uh...
I'm at the police station now, just...
[Charley] just meet me here as soon as you can, okay?
Nova?
[Nova] Yeah, I mean, yes, yes.
I'll be right there.
[Charley] Okay.
♪ Have I become the cavity I feared?♪
I think you might need a few more slides,
in the middle, just to animate this...
Oh.
Hi.
I didn't know anybody would be here.
Yeah, I'm just uh...
going over everything for tomorrow.
[Parker] Wonderful.
I uh, left my purse in the lectern.
And how is the rest of your semester been going.
Good.
Good yeah, How about yours?
All's well. I'm really looking forward to your talk tomorrow.
Past and present day modern society, is that right?
-Yeah, that's right. -Yeah.
I expect you have a unique take.
Well, I'll let you get back to your preparations.
-Hi. -Hi.
Hey, bye.
I expect you to have a unique take?
-I don't even know her, man. -What the hell? [laughs]
Hey look, I can clear my day, if you wanna talk or chill or something.
[Micah] Nah.
I appreciate it. I'm just gonna focus on this thing.
Yeah all right, whatever you need.
-Peace. -Peace.
Man, I appreciate you, brother.
Yeah, me too.
See you later.
[Billie] I'll get you those documents.
Okay, bye everyone.
[digital beep]
Morning, daddy.
You want some coffee?
So, how's work going? [sighs]
Well, it looks like, we'll be heading back to the office next month.
And now that you're on your feet and you have Sandy, I was...
figuring I should probably
think about heading back to Chicago.
I know.
Vance and the kids, will be happy to have you back.
-[Billie] Yeah. -[Prosper] Yeah.
I think it's for the best.
[Prosper] Uh...
I, uh...
I wanted to talk to you last night, but you left.
You know, I just...
I never wanted you to know.
And I didn't mean to bring it up yesterday, but...
Willa got me so frustrated.
You don't have to make believe.
If you're hurting, I want to know about it.
Now, you can talk to me about anything. You know that, I'm here to listen.
[phone ringing]
[beeps]
Hello.
Yeah, he's right here.
Hold on, it's Hollywood.
Sounds important.
[beeps]
Hollywood.
[Hollywood] I want to let you know what's going on out here with Ralph.
Man, that boy is in some trouble.
I ain't want you to hear about it out and about.
I'll make that coffee to go.
Actually, Hollywood...
Why don't you call me tonight and tell me all about it?
I got something important going on here too.
[Hollywood] All right, man. I'll holler at you later.
Okay.
[beeps]
Why don't I make the coffee? And then we'll talk.
All right.
[Charley] Thank you.
Yeah, I'll be in touch.
[Darla sighs wearily]
Was that your lawyer?
Yeah.
The DA is...
keeping things,
close to his chest but she'll keep digging.
What does it mean for us now?
Well honestly, Darla...
[phone ringing]
I just wish, that you both would come
to me before he turned himself in.
I'm not sure how, much even the best lawyer can do at this point.
[Darla] He didn't turn himself in.
He came here to answer their questions
because they've been looking for him to ask him questions.
[sighs] They left message at the farm.
They've gone to see him at the real spot.
[sighs wearily]
He didn't want the family embarrassed.
He didn't want him sharing advice or come into your office, the council.
[Darla] Are you okay?
[Angel] Baby.
[door closes]
I just want to go home.
[Darla] Di they hurt you?
-Did they torture you? -Uh-huh.
[Darla] Okay.
They'll let me out?
Yeah.
Charley's lawyer is working really really hard on your case.
How's it looking?
[Angel] That bad, huh?
So, what did you tell them?
That I ain't do nothing.
Start coming around my family asking questions, is what I told 'em.
Shit. Really, I was just trying to see what evidence they had.
But there are no witnesses.
And cameras is off.
Made sure of it myself.
Well, I called the family,
to meet us here but I think we should meet at my place instead.
You need to talk to us.
I ain't got no excuses.
I ain't got no reason that's gonna make sense to ya'll. So...
All I know is how I felt when that pandemic hit.
I had take out a loan to...
make sure I can bring harvest in.
Couldn't pay that back.
Just got too deep.
I was up against losing the farm...
and uh...
I took out some pay day loans just to...
just to take care of everything.
And I couldn't pay them back either.
I did what I had to do.
Just to provide for my family.
So you think it's okay...
for you to take somebody else's things?
I was just getting back what I was owed.
What are you talking about?
Landry poisoned my crop.
-How'd he do that? -Pesticide.
Lot of it.
I got my soil tested.
That shit was off the charts.
And you can prove that it was Sam Landry?
No Charley, I can't prove it.
That's why I didn't tell you all.
I know you...
tell me I couldn't prove it.
Probably throw some money at me...
instead of justice.
But...
and I kinda know it was Landry so...
I wasn't stealing.
I was just standing my damn ground.
[sighs wearily]
[melancholy music playing]
Unfortunately, the law won't see it that way.
[Violet] It sure the hello won't.
This is all about ego.
And pride.
[Violet] You could have asked any one of us for help.
Maybe you right. [chuckles softly]
Maybe pride is all I got.
And I'm trying to hold on to it.
But ain't you the one who said I wasn't a man?
For sending Blue to get a better education.
But now you expect me to go crawling to Charley?
Or Darla's parents?
Or you?
For money to provide for my family?
Nah!
[melancholy music continues]
That's what you call being a man?
Aunt Vi?
All these years I...
I've been trying to get right.
It's always something stacked against me.
I mean... [scoffs]
How long you expect me to stay down?
Getting kicked.
Before I fight back with everything I got.
-Huh? -[Hollywood] I hear you Ralph Angel.
So our lawyer tells me that Theo, is not in jail anymore.
He made one phone call
after his arrest...
to Sam Landry.
[Charley] After that the charges were dropped.
It looks like Theo's making a deal.
Looks like I got played.
That's what it looks like,
That's on me.
I'm gonna have to work this out with Sam Landry.
No, it's too dangerous in your current situation.
I'll talk to Sam.
[Violet] No.
I'll go.
The hell you will.
Sam and me...
got a lot of history.
It's time I remind him of his place in it.
[Angel] Well, I'm going with you.
[Violet] I love you.
No matter what.
[melancholy music playing]
I love you too.
No matter what.
Jimmy Dale was smooth about it.
I can see that now.
So, when Nova and I would visit Violet,
he would ask me about my dreams and my future plans.
Made me feel real...
grown up, and...
smart.
But then he tried to take it to the next level.
And I didn't want that.
But he didn't care.
And he insulted you.
He tried.
But luckily, my daddy taught me
how to throw a pretty nice right-cross.
[mumbles]
Upper cut wasn't nothing to mess with either.
[both chuckle softly]
Why didn't you come to me Billie?
I would've handled that son of a bitch myself.
I told Mama.
But it...
She told me it was my fault.
Said that with the way that I acted and I dressed, I should...
be grateful that the worst didn't happen.
Your mama, was from a different time,
I knew she didn't mean to harm you.
But why didn't you still come to me?
How could I come to you, Daddy?
The whole town was whispering.
And you never said one word.
[Billie] You just...
pretended like I was some dirty little secret
you didn't wanna talk about.
[melancholy music playing]
And I figured, just believe the talk.
Look, I didn't know what to believe.
[Prosper] I mean I guess I just though that it would all go away
Man, I look back on myself at that time, and I'm ashamed.
I mean, we were all friends, Ernest, Jimmy Dale.
And at the time I didn't know he was galivanting around.
But it was easy for me to...
to believe him, than it was to defend you,
and I took the easy way out.
And I hurt you so bad, you left and you never came back
[melancholy music continues]
But I'm glad you're back.
Not just in St. Jo, or this house...
but back with me.
[Prosper sighing]
I'm sorry, Billie, for all of it.
-[Samuel] Yeah, that Is great. -[woman] Hey, excuse me, you can't go in there
Yeah, Tom, I'm gonna call you back.
All right.
-Mr. Landry - - -Unclear, I'm fine, thank you.
Violet, Mr. Hollywood.
What brings such a lovely couple to my door?
Well, I'm sure you've heard of my nephew's arrest.
[Samuel] Ralph Angel.
Bad news travels fast.
-It really seemed like he had turned his life around. -[phone ringing]
How did Theo Jackson, who was arrested for the same crime
mysteriously be released...
after a phone call to you?
Well, there's no mystery to it.
Theo was just smart enough not to get caught on the surveillance footage.
What surveillance footage?
[Samuel] Ralph Angel was smart to turn off the security cameras,
but we had backups.
Plus visible ones.
Theo was in on this with you from the beginning.
You set Ralph Angel up.
Set him up? Ralph Angel is on that video,
acting completely of his own accord.
I knew you was low...
but I didn't even think you would stoop to this.
[Violet] I'm not fooling with you,
you gonna drop these charges to him.
Company protocol mandates...
that we prosecute all these cases to the full extent of the law.
[Violet] That is horseshit.
Now you owe me this.
In fact, you owe my entire family for all the crap
that the Landrys have pulled for decades.
The Landrys are the victims here, Vi.
I have been out maneuvered by you Bordelons more than once over the years.
It's what our families do.
But pride goeth before the fall.
And Ralph Angel, he's got a lot of pride.
You've got no cards to play this time.
I made damn sure of it.
[chuckles]
[sighs wearily]
Are you sure?
[ominous music playing]
How would you like to join your sister in prison?
Why would I go to prison for getting robbed?
Because you chorused Theo Jackson,
to conspire with you to commit fraud
We'll be pressing charges for agricultural terrorism.
Agricultural terrorism.
Is that rogue police's latest catch phrase?
Now the Bordelon's farm's harvest was completely destroyed,
because of excessive levels of pesticide.
I can't help it if her nephew, is such a bad farmer.
He can't properly use pesticide.
Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah.
See, we know you did it.
And we got the proof.
We just don't go around dramatically
flashing ours in junky ass folders.
Well, I would love to watch you try to prove all of this,
in our magnificent St. Josephine justice system.
Listen, I'm not interested in your empty threats.
And I don't think your family
is interested in a drawn out trial.
What would that do to the future business of Vi's Pies, hmm?
Nova's career, Micah's future?
Charley's political aspirations?
Will, Blue's fancy new school...
want a student whose Black father is on trial for theft?
[Samuel] There is a way out of all this.
This is all about money.
I don't want your money, Violet.
The only thing I want...
is the farm.
Ralph Angel, signs over the farm to me,
and the rest goes away.
[ominous music playing]
[Micah] And thank you, thank you for your attention in this
exploration of the processes by which enslaved Africans from diverse societies
created new cultures in the Americas.
And on the present day status of surviving Maroon cultures, in Suriname,
and French Guiana, Jamaica, Colombia, and elsewhere.
[chuckles]
Well, hold on, Mr. West.
[Micah] Yes.
I wanna interrogate that a little bit more.
Okay.
So, what are these modern-day forms of slavery that you refer to?
Redlining, voter suppression, school defunding,
employment discrimination, loan discrimination, mass incarceration.
-That's a list, it's not an argument. -[Micah] The list
is the argument. It's, it's evidence.
Evidence of a flawed system, yes,
-but isn't every system flawed in some way? -Perhaps, but
not every system is designed to subjugate a specific group of people.
-So, then how does that make Black Americans maroons? -[Micah] If...
the structures
of a system,
are designed to keep a people out of neighborhoods,
out of Government,
out of education,
out of the workforce, and in some instances,
out of society,
and in prisons, and in a constant state of danger,
what else do you call that, but being
on the run, out in the wild?
[clapping]
-Thank you, Mr. West. -Thank you.
Well, class is dismissed,
and I'll see you all next week.
That was very impressive, Micah.
You've grown.
[instrumental music playing]
We should celebrate.
I think I'm good.
You're good?
Yeah, like you said, I've grown.
See you in class, professor.
[Angel] Nah.
Nah, we ain't doing' that, brother.
-Ralph Angel... -[Angel] Na,
I'll take my chances with the courts.
They can take me to trial, but they're not taking my land.
Ralph Angel, you don't want to go to trial.
-He has you on... -[Davis] Ma!
-No, I turned off... -[Hollywood] It was a setup.
That Theo didn't show,
all of it.
Yeah, you disabled the cameras, but,
they had some strategical setup just to capture you.
[Angel] Well, I got the best attorney, right?
Guess you tell them Theo led up the whole thing?
[grunts]
With Theo's charges dropped,
the DA will put the whole thing on you.
On me?
You will take the full brunt,
of the prosecution.
[Charley] Because of
your prior conviction,
it's a...
It's a harder path.
It means
missing out
on our daughter's early years.
Like we missed out on Blue's.
Nothing is worth that gamble.
[Violet] Nothing,
is worth you going back to prison.
I will make sure
that the attorney works out
a rock solid deal,
with Sam Landry.
[Charley] We'll get written and video affidavits,
that Landry Enterprises
hired you
to move equipment,
and because of
a clerical error,
your paperwork just wasn't processed.
Your record will remain clean,
and you can just, you can move on from this.
Ralph?
You'll serious right now?
[Angel] You're gonna just let the
family legacy go like that?
Why you giving' up so easy, huh?
Because you did it.
You did this!
You stole that white man stuff, bro.
You did this shit.
Yeah, racism.
Yeah, the system.
But also,
you stole it!
And you were caught red-handed, on camera.
Look at all these women
who put their family form in your hands,
they wouldn't have let it go.
Because they'll let that land go,
before they let you go.
[Violet] Your freedom,
is worth more than any land, Ralph Angel.
[melancholy music playing]
What about mama?
She buried there, you know.
We can, we can move her next to daddy's, at the cemetery.
That way they'll...
They'll be together.
[sobs]
[melancholy music playing]
[sighs wearily]
-[phone ringing] -[voicemail] Hey you, you've
reached Blue. Please leave a message, and have an astronomical day.
Blue,
it's your old man.
Just seeing how you doing up there.
I hear you've been killing them classes.
Showin' them white kids, what a young Black man is all about, huh.
I hope you've been having fun.
I'm proud of you.
Okay?
I just wanted to call and let you know.
I couldn't have asked for a better,
brighter,
more kind
son.
Anyway, [clears throat]
keep reaching for them stars, boy.
Love you.
I know you got something to say.
I could take it.
[Darla] I understand
how frustrated
you must have been
to do that.
[sighs] But I am so
angry at you.
I know.
No, you don't know,
because I have never actually told you how I really feel.
You endangered our family.
You betrayed my trust.
You made me go against my gut.
You made a fool
out of all of the work that
we supposedly done together.
And what is worse,
is that I've bottled up
all of this anger inside,
so that I wouldn't hurt you.
[Angel] I know I hurt you real bad.
You ain't gotta bottle it up.
You have every right to feel how you feel.
You know, I thought I was past all this.
I'm still trying to be better.
I'm still trying to make good.
I still try not to lose hope,
in myself.
No more secrets.
[Darla] No more lies.
Let's make both of our children proud, okay?
-I'm sorry. -[Darla] I know.
[song playing]
[knocking at door]
-Hi. -[Charley] Hi.
Just wanted to check in on you.
Can I come in?
[Darla] I err...
-I'm not doing too great, Charley. -[Charley] None of
-us are. -[Darla] No, I'm trying to tell you
something.
The police broke in here,
yesterday.
What?
Wait.
They terrorized me.
[Darla sighs]
[sniffles]
But really, this is about Black power.
Black activism. My votes.
my skin,
my gender.
and my everything.
Yes. You
are everything.
They didn't take anything from you.
They gave you something.
More power.
More fire.
More.
Yes.
Thank you.
Everything is,
hitting me all at once.
I've seen attacks on other activists but,
this is the first time I felt it so directly.
Every step towards progress gets pushed back tenfold.
You see, that's how they want you to feel.
We have to stay fighting.
They powers that be always win.
Look, I hear you.
And I am frustrated too.
I mean, I have a position of power.
In the local government here
and I still didn't have the leverage,
to save the farm.
And that is why I am considering
to run for Congress.
For real?
I'm thinking about it.
But whether I do or not,
I will need you in the fight with me.
So promise me,
you will not let those bastards succeed
in trying to break you.
Get up and fight again.
I promise.
Get some rest.
Take this time.
It belongs to you.
This peace belongs to you.
This home belongs to you.
[Billie] Morning, Daddy.
Oh, morning.
Made you some breakfast.
Oh, thank you sweetie.
Hey!
Yeah, I found the recipe in one of Mama's old albums.
And I got cereal on standby just in case it's terrible.
This is delicious.
-Really? -Yeah, this is delicious.
You, you want to join me?
Yeah, let me get a plate.
You...
You ever thought about staying a while longer?
I mean, kids have grown and
you can do what you want.
May be nice.
You know, we'll fish and maybe visit some more and...
catch up some more.
Yeah.
I'll definitely think about that.
Okay.
First, how are you?
Feel okay.
And Gabriel?
They got Gabriel in school.
This is a good place.
Good people.
You scared the life out of me, disappearing like that.
-I was ashamed. -You should be.
I opened my heart.
My life,
my wallet to you.
And in return,
you hit on my husband.
Well I'm sorry.
You need to know,
Hollywood put me straight in my place.
He weren't having none of me.
Guess you got the last good one in.
I don't need you to tell me nothing about my husband.
I know that man.
This is not the person I want to be.
It isn't you.
Look, I consider myself a good judge of character.
You are a good person, Celine.
Too good for some mess like this.
What were you thinking?
I don't know.
Maybe coz,
I've either been with my daddy,
boyfriends or my husband all my life.
I don't even know who I am without a man to tell me.
And I know you,
Queen Vi,
think it's pathetic.
No baby,
that's real.
When it finally hit me I was...
alone.
I panicked.
[cries] And...
I know,
I shouldn't have disrespected you, never.
Or your husband,
or your marriage.
And if I could take it back,
I am truly sorry.
I am so, so sorry.
I swear, I am so sorry.
When my first husband and I got together,
I was barely out of high school.
And when I left him,
he told me that I would never be nothing without him.
We had lot of time and a...
whole lot of support.
Get to where those words went,
always controlling my thinking.
It took me even longer
to figure out what healthy boundaries look like,
in a relationship.
But that's what you gotta do.
They got me going to therapy.
I wan... I wanna
be strong.
That's good.
Nothing to be scared of.
You were, truly, truly,
a good friend.
And I am so sorry.
I am, so sorry.
And thank you.
Um...
So, here is
the little last bit to help you.
You know my family is going through some really...
major things right now.
So I'm not going to be able to see you or Gabriel.
I don't want to wish you blessings.
You got a good boy.
And you were strong spirits [indistinct]
Do well by both.
[phone ringing]
[man on phone] Councilwoman, Bordelon.
I'm ready to run for United States Congress.
[man laughs]
Cutting straight to the chase. I love it.
And so does the rest of the party.
So, how do we kick this off?
Groundwork, Miss Bordelon.
The national meet and greet, in Washington
with voters and donors.
Are you up for that?
More than up for it.
I'm ready to start winning.
That's great, but I should remind you.
Our real goal, is to change
the political dynamics across the map.
To give people a reason to hope again.
And a reason to vote again.
Just like Stacey did in Georgia.
Of course.
We need to assess if Louisiana
is the best possibility for you.
Or California.
Both have vulnerable seats.
Our goal is to get you to Washington
through whichever avenue is best.
[Charley] I understand all that.
So how'd you make the decision?
What finally convinced you?
Recent personal events,
have shown that
I don't currently have the power necessary
to protect the people I love the most.
I want to change that.
Mr. Bordelon, you're looking well.
How about we save the small talk and get to it.
Thanks for meeting with me.
I wanted to make sure, face to face, man to man
that we had a deal.
Before I proceed with the paperwork
and start dealing with your sisters
pain in the ass lawyers.
I don't have time to be wasting.
Then go ahead get them papers ready.
Good.
Very good.
You know my daddy-
I don't give a damn about your daddy.
And you sure as hell don't give a damn about mine.
You're right about that.
I'll get things in order.
And you have 45 days to vacate.
♪ Standing now ♪
♪ Calling all the people here to see the show ♪
♪ Calling for my demons now to let me go ♪
♪ I need something, give me something wonderful ♪
♪ I believe ♪
♪ She won't take me somewhere I'm not supposed to be ♪
♪ You can't steal the things that God has given me ♪
Now, what's about to happen next.
♪ No more pain and no more shame and misery ♪
I promise this ain't the end.
♪ You can't take me down ♪
♪ You can't break me down ♪
♪ You can't take me down ♪