[narrator] Previously on Queen Sugar.
I have a friend.
Something has come up in the friendship, it's intimacy.
I don't think I can marry you.
I'm a patient man. I'm not going anywhere.
I'd like as much love surrounding this baby as possible.
I got an extra room.
I can help you with the baby if you need it.
That cemetery you mentioned being registered as a historical site.
Can we do something like that with our land?
Ideas for a co-op.
If we put our money together,
maybe we could get us some control and some power.
All right.
You got everything you need?
I think so.
If not, I'll make do.
I'll get it done.
All right.
Um, food, sandwiches, snacks, coffee.
Babe, we shouldn't take too long.
Okay.
I ain't got no time to waste.
You do what you gotta do,
but you come home.
I always do.
I love you.
I love you back.
You do what you gotta do.
♪ Dreams never die ♪
♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪
♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪
♪ 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 ♪
Images from the university's spectral thermal camera looked into the ground
around Blue's Corner on our land, thereby,
Dominic found more images of remains, more bones.
It's astonishing to me that these go back to 1887,
makes you wonder about the circumstances.
-Hmm. -I shudder to think?
We think we know whose they are.
Thibodaux Massacre.
It's one of the bloodiest days in US labor history.
It all went down right here in Louisiana,
when 60 Black sugarcane workers were murdered
just because they tried to join a union.
Wanting better for themselves and their families.
That's right.
They organized and fought hard for those fair wages
until they were tracked down in their homes
and shot on site by white mobs.
Their bodies were thrown in unmarked graves nearby.
We believe one of those graves is on our land.
This means there's a burial site on our family's land
and we can prove it.
Can't let Landry take this land from us.
That can't happen.
No, we can't.
But maybe your co-op idea
helps us beat him at his own game.
How's it going? Are folks coming on-board?
It's going.
I don't know if it's fast enough for us to make a play
on that outlet mall Landry been eyeing.
Billie been helping out with the structure,
explaining the paperwork to folk,
and Prosper was first in.
Hmm. Love that man.
And props to Billie, I mean, it's pretty amazing
that she's doing this for St. Joe
after what she went through here.
[Ralph Angel] Yeah. We got Parthena, Mr. Prosper,
about 11 other farmers locked in.
Wow, Ralph.
And Cardale is about 75% in.
If he comes, everybody else will follow.
[Charley] Keep working on 'em.
I know from my time on the board of Landry Enterprises,
the company tends to be overleveraged.
So if the Co-op bids for the mall,
Landry won't be able to handle a counter bid
and take over management of our farm in the same quarter.
We can stretch him then, force them
to focus on the mall, leave us alone.
It's a big play.
Well, for me the Co-op is about self-determination for Black farmers.
If something else comes with that, that's cool,
but Landry been hating Bordelons for generations.
He ain't gonna give up that easy.
Then we buy time.
Stall him while we work to get the land
declared a historic landmark based on finding the remains.
That's good. That's really good.
I mean, it takes time to get a landmark designation,
but if we do, Landry won't be able to build on it,
develop it or change anything.
It'll make the land almost useless to him.
Exactly.
He hates us, but not enough to waste his money on land
-he can't fully monetize. -[Ralph Angel] Nice.
I'll work my connections at the state capital,
see if we can get things moving along on the historic designation,
while Ralph works the Co-op angle.
We're not giving up until this is over.
Yeah, as long as we breathing, it'll never be over.
Facts.
[all chuckle]
[Violet coughing]
Blue, be careful with that spray.
You're gonna suffocate us.
Sorry, Aunt Vi, I just wanted everything
to be sanitized for my baby sister.
Oh, and how does it feel to almost be a big brother?
Tremendous.
Inspiring.
Inspiring? Why inspiring?
I read somewhere that when a new life comes into the world,
it can inspire other people to be better,
and we should all wanna be better.
You are something else, boy.
You are some kinda wonderful.
I already have her name all picked out, too.
You do?
Yeah. I've been sending Pops my recommendations.
Okay, well then, hit me with your best shot.
Ready for it.
Gertrude.
Gertrude?
Oh, you.
Oh, I love you.
I love you, too.
-I miss you. -I miss you.
Yeah.
I called you earlier. Busy with work?
I had to take a quick day trip.
Really? Where to?
Baton Rouge.
What, what were you doing in Baton Rouge? Were you...
I was.
Brother's been working hard for you.
I snagged a last-minute meeting with a bigwig
at the state's division of Historic Preservation.
Wait...
Is that what I think it is?
They approved the landmark.
Oh, my God.
Dominic, thank you.
[Nova exclaims]
Thank you.
Eight-ball on the pocket.
[grunts]
Oh, shit!
[chuckles] I guess I ain't the man I used to be, huh?
Can't blame a brother for trying though, right?
No, I guess not.
Where our money, though?
I got you. I got you.
I'm a man of my word.
Oh, damn!
[exclaims]
Y'all boys about wiped me out.
Cleans yourself out talking all that smack.
But I'll buy you a drink, though.
It's your own money, of course.
Boy, that hit me a real bad streak.
Need to make some money real quick.
Man, you know, looking for some work or something, man.
Ain't we all?
I don't think you heard me, man.
I'm looking for that "work" work.
I don't know what you're talkin' about.
I think you do.
Now look here, man, I'm being real nice
by letting you keep my money
in front of your little bitch ass friends.
I wouldn't wanna ruin your rep by snatching it back
right before I bust you over the head
with this goddamn pool cue.
There's a guy.
I think his name's Theo.
Theo?
He can make you some real money.
He work risky, though. I ain't with him.
But if you need something,
you gotta scheme a day it seem like.
Where he at?
Where he staying?
Next parish over.
I bet.
Hey!
[Charley] So have you heard the good news?
Have I heard the good news?
Baby, I'm over here dancing The Watusi.
It's a beautiful thing, isn't it?
It sure is.
And I would pay good money to see Sam Landry's face
when he finds out he did not get our farm.
He basically got a museum.
Well, why don't we get you seeing his face sooner than later?
What's on your mind?
[Charley] Despite his best efforts to act otherwise,
Sam respects you.
Think you could lure him to the diner tomorrow?
I have an idea for a final play
that could make him give us back the farm.
Oh, baby, consider that done.
Thanks, Aunt Vi.
Yes.
Morning, Daddy.
Hello. Morning, sweetie.
Oh, those are pretty.
It's nice to see you celebrate yourself.
Actually, I'm celebrating you.
You know that saying "Give people their flowers while you can."
Well, here you go.
And what did I do to deserve this?
Because you were the first to commit your rescue subsidy for the Co-op?
I mean, you're not just trying to survive,
you're aiming to prosper.
Thank you, sweetie. Hmm.
Oh, um, was that...
Vince I heard you talking to earlier today?
How's he doing?
The truth is, Daddy, I, um,
I've been living in an empty nest now
with a good man.
He's a friend at this point, more than anything else.
He knows it and I know it.
I think we both want something more,
but we're just too afraid to say it.
Hmm.
So I'm gonna call him tomorrow and we'll see.
We'll see.
Yeah.
[knocking on door]
Come in.
-Hey. -Hey.
I got your text and the food you left.
Thank you.
So, what's up?
I have something for you.
I wanted you to have this.
You're giving this to me.
I am.
This is my way of saying, "I know I was an ass."
Yeah, you were. Big time.
Yeah, I don't usually let people's opinions of me get to me,
but I did.
I'm not proud of that.
And I wasn't cool
when I got weird about you touching me.
I'm sorry, truly.
Cool.
Then I, I guess, I accept your apology.
-I gotta get to class. -Right.
But I, I think we should really talk
just about what the real issue is.
What do you mean real issue?
You know, I... I just don't think it's about
what other people think of you or me or us.
I think we have to get to the bottom
of why that fight happened in the first place.
Hmm.
Isaiah...
I just, I really feel like we have a strong...
connection.
Yeah, we do.
And I feel like...
we should get to the bottom of what that is.
Oh, wow.
This farm.
A historic monument.
Nobody puttin' no bullshit on it now.
Ain't no mall.
Nothing' my daddy wouldn't wanna see.
-It's gonna be here forever. -Mm-hmm.
-My love. -[exhales]
I almost lost it all.
But you didn't.
You didn't.
Still gotta sign them papers for Landry by end of the week.
At least now we know it'll be here
waiting for us when we get it back.
And we will get it back.
As God is my witness.
And you, too.
Now you sure you need me to chip in the whole thing,
the settlement and the subsidy?
Ain't gonna work unless we go all in.
Just won't have enough.
I'm telling you, that land is good.
It's a solid move to own and farm.
Might even distract Landry from our personal farms.
If you keep the money,
it's gonna make a difference for what?
One harvest? Two?
Then what?
We're all back to the same old hustle, grind, bait and switch every year.
Season after season, fighting the banks,
hoping that they have mercy on us, make a meal out of us.
Same old, same old.
This, this is our chance to break the cycle.
Ms. Darla, you make this thing sound so good
like a pipe dream.
It ain't no dream.
It's a real one.
One we can make happen.
You miss every shot you don't take.
-It's time we started shootin'. -[sighs]
Appreciate you trusting me.
It's no problem, boy.
I don't know if this is gonna work,
but I sure as hell wanna see my kids off their knees one day.
Amen to that.
[Prosper] Uh, sweetie?
Yeah.
Uh, what's a ten-letter word for foolish starts with an I?
Um... irrational.
Oh, yeah, that's a good one.
So, how did your talk with Vince go?
Not so good.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Now, you do love him, don't you?
I've never felt that way about anybody, ever.
That whole fairy tale love that you and mama had
with the butterflies and the passion...
and trust...
I haven't trusted a man in a long time.
Not even Vince.
And he has never done nothing but treat me right.
I don't wanna feel this way, but I do.
He did this to you.
Jimmy Dale.
I don't want that demon to have any more power or,
or anything else over my life.
You shut your heart down because of what he done to you.
Vince said I run too much
and he's not wrong.
It's just that I always felt that I needed to be able to leave when I needed to.
[sighs] I guess that's why I never married him.
Yeah, usually I would say running was wrong,
because wherever you go, that's where you are.
That's true.
I understand you guarding your heart, sweetie,
because it can be a cold world,
but sometimes it can be warm, too.
You know, the way I see it, that if you gotta run,
there's no better place to run than home.
And this time I'm here to catch you.
Good God Almighty, you never lied about this.
This ain't strong, it's krong.
Well, you're a man who look like he can handle his business,
so there you go.
-How about another? -Oh, no, no, man.
What you trying to do to me?
Man, gotta know when to say when.
Uh-huh.
I ain't from around these parts.
It's the third pitcher tonight.
You trying to do a crawl?
You're supposed to have more folks with you to do that.
No, man, I just got back from overseas.
I've been slavin' for Uncle Sam for a while, man.
You know what I'm saying?
Hmm. I see.
Well, congratulations to you.
That explains your strong constitution.
You've been messin' with that international drink.
No, but really, man.
Look, I'm trying to surprise my brother.
Uh-huh.
His name is...
His name is Theo.
You seen him?
Theo?
You don't know where own brother is?
Not exactly.
Hell, truth be told, man, the last time we was together,
it wasn't so good.
We got into it over some ol' country gal.
Ah!
Old silly brother stuff.
A big-legged country gal would do it every time.
Yeah, I'm just trying to make things right.
I know he used to live in this parish.
So, you know, just I don't know, I want to surprise him, man.
You sure you ain't seen him?
Yeah, yeah. I seen Theo.
He come in here about three nights a week,
usually, right before closing time.
-You don't say. -It's right.
You know what, I think I'm gonna sit here and do me another one.
My man!
I'm gonna wait on Theo. It might be my lucky night.
You know what?
It's good of you to do that for your brother.
It is, ain't it?
Yes, sir.
Ol' Theo about to be in the surprise of his life.
I'll drink to that, boss.
How's your family doing?
With everything that's going on?
Better than I expected, you know,
but we're not taking it lying down, we're fighting back.
Yeah, that's beautiful, man.
It really is.
Had to remind myself that.
Why is that?
You know, when you're in school,
you feel like you can change everything,
you know, just go in and tear it down.
Start over, live free.
But you're starting to feel the walls, right?
[exhales] Yeah.
The walls push back hard.
Sorry, I feel like I'm talking so much, I just get that way when--
When you're nervous?
Can I say something kinda direct?
Yeah.
I think it's easier for you to embrace all of your politics
but not so much to embrace your own reality.
Can we sit down for a second?
Yeah.
[people chattering indistinctly]
To the extent that anybody can be sure about anything,
I don't think I'm gay.
But I do have feelings for you.
I mean, that's confusing.
I feel like my sense of self
and my emotional attraction are at odds,
like, the way I feel for you in my heart
doesn't match my feelings for you in other ways.
So you don't wanna sleep with me?
I don't wanna sleep with you.
I can forgive you for that.
But you should know, though,
I don't want anything from you, Micah.
I never did.
Nothing except to be your friend...
your brother.
But society tells us that men can't love each other that way.
You know, we don't do that.
Women can be best friends, they can hold hands,
they can declare their love for each other, but we can't.
You know, and... and if we do, then we must be gay.
-Exactly. -You just said what I couldn't put together,
like your brain is just--
-Fantastic. -Fantastic.
Yeah.
You're so... you really are.
You are, too.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I wish I had a St. Joe growing up.
Small town, big heart, that people there really see each other.
It's a community there in the best sense of the word.
It's really a beautiful thing.
It's all true.
But when I was a kid, all I wanted to do was get away.
Now it's one of the most important places in the world to me.
I can also see how it took a city like St. Joe
to give us you, Nova Bordelon,
when, you come from such a rich, deeply-rooted place.
It's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in a long time.
I feel like the world
sees me as a problem,
something to be solved,
managed, like my freedom,
my strength is a threat.
I hope I never made you feel like that.
Look, I...
I know I put the brakes on things between us before.
But the truth is, I...
I didn't just want a moment with you.
I've made that mistake before,
and I didn't wanna make it again.
Not with you.
You deserve better than that.
You deserve all that someone can give to a woman.
And I wanna give that to you, if you'll let me.
I've done some tough work on myself recently.
And I've come to know that I have mistaken passion for love far too many times.
I've been hurt deeply.
I don't wanna hurt you, Nova.
I've also come to know
I've spent a lot of energy
explaining why I am,
who I am and how I am.
And I won't do it again.
I wanna explain why I exist as God made me.
Well, if life has taught me anything,
it's that God doesn't make mistakes.
And he, for damn sure, didn't make any when it comes to you.
♪ Baby, I want you ♪
No, the... the trip was amazing.
Meeting with funders and voters in DC
and hearing how it could help them.
It was an honor.
[Davis on phone] I hear a "but" coming.
Well, at the end of the day, after all the handshaking
and head-nodding and baby-kissing,
I don't know.
Maybe I'm just worried about my family.
Charley?
Baby, you deserve to rest and reset.
Hmm.
Rest and reset.
Thank you for that.
I miss you.
-[Davis] I miss you, too. -Hmm.
Hard to do the long-distance thing like back when you were playing, huh?
[Davis laughing] Well, we're out of practice.
Yes, we are.
But I look forward to seeing you soon.
[Davis] Well, yeah.
Well, why don't you take a look out your back window?
Wait, what?
Hey.
Oh, my gosh! What are you doing here?
How, how did you even sneak this by me?
Oh, my goodness, Davis.
Yeah, well, I had a layover for a few hours
and I wanted to make the most of it, so here I am.
And I got all kinds of good stuff down in here.
Do you wanna see?
So you are just full of surprises these days.
[Davis chuckles]
-I'm here for it. -Yeah?
Yeah. All of it.
This is nice.
It's very romantic.
Hey, I'm committed to making this long-distance relationship work,
which means I have to keep it interesting.
-Oh. -Mm-hmm.
I've always loved this cake.
Hmm.
It's my favorite.
Yeah.
[music playing on radio]
I'm tired, Davis.
I know.
Just relax.
Close your eyes right here, we can sleep under the stars.
I mean,
putting myself last in my to-do list,
just trying to be perfect,
trying to make people and situations perfect,
trying to fix everything.
Save everyone.
There's no such thing as perfect, Charley,
people or situations.
Hell, I'm a living witness to that.
But given everything you touch, it's what you do,
it's what you're good at.
It's inspiring.
I love that you choose to see my imperfections,
that's a good thing.
God knows you've seen mine.
I mean, maybe you've seen me at my worst,
and yet you allow me to be here with you.
I don't take that for granted.
[music stops playing]
And so, right now,
I'm gonna start living for me.
Do what makes me happy.
I have an invitation for you.
Okay.
I'm all ears.
I am inviting you to our next picnic
on the beach, off of Pacific Ocean,
and then we'll go and sleep under the stars
above our house.
Our home.
You see me?
All of me.
And yes,
I say yes, that I will marry you.
And I'm moving home.
To our home.
[Davis crying]
I've prayed for this.
I did, too.
Everybody on the line.
[Billie] I got 'em right here, Ralph Angel. Come on.
-This is gonna be good. -[Billie] We're here.
What's the problem?
Billie has got me running to the phone like there's a fire somewhere.
There's no fire, Daddy.
There's no fire, Mr. Prosper.
Just to clarify things.
That's right. Nothing bad. Only good things.
I'm just calling to let you know
Cardale and his neighbor officially joined the St. Joe Co-op.
-Oh, my God, that's great! -Mm-hmm.
Makes this all enough to bid against Landry for that outlet mall.
[Prosper] That's amazing. That's really good.
And it's all you, young man. It's all you.
No, that's Billie, too.
She's been in touch with them real estate folks in Chicago.
They're gonna handle the paperwork and the red tape.
But the most important thing is,
is Sam Landry is gonna have the fight of his life.
So, you mean, before it's all said and done,
I get to see that smirk come off his face.
I promise to make it happen, sir.
Yes, we are.
Ralph Angel?
Hey, I gotta get going,
I'll get back to you with more details soon, all right?
Yeah, okay, I'll keep you posted.
[Ralph Angel] Thank you.
Hmm.
What's up, babe?
My water just broke.
We need to call the doula.
This is it. She's coming.
Yeah.
[Ralph Angel] Come on, come on, come on, come on.
What did you tell Landry to get him to come here?
That I wanted to make amends and apologize.
Let bygones be behind us.
[door opening]
[door closing]
I did it.
Violet, Charlotte.
Fix your faces, ladies, you're giving yourselves away.
Where's Sam?
This meeting was supposed to be with Sam.
Oh, no, ma'am, this meeting is with me.
When he suggested that you wanted
to meet, to apologize, I smelled a rat.
Looks like I was right.
Relax, Parker.
No need for the petty drama.
We're just talking.
Just talking.
Ladies, unless you're here to grovel
in hopes of getting your land back,
my father and I have nothing to talk about.
Unless you're willing to sign over the Bordelon Farm to Landry Enterprises
before the end of this week,
my father and I have nothing to talk about.
Right. Just like I thought, nothing to talk about.
Actually, we have plenty to talk about.
Take a look.
I'm in no mood for games, is this real?
It, damn right, is real.
It's amazing how fast the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
will move when you give it a good reason to.
Seems your daddy's bone excavation theatrics
on my brother's land backfired.
Ultimately, all that happened
was the state of Louisiana had a very good reason
to declare our farm an historical landmark.
I can't do anything with a damn historic landmark on that land.
Oops.
You think I'm gonna let you make
that farm practically useless to us then you--
No, no, no. Not practically useless,
totally useless.
Though the state is happy to pass on the bill
for maintaining the historic location
to Landry Enterprises unless, of course, you give the land back to us.
Not in your coldest dreams.
At best, this is a draw.
Really?
Because I feel like we're winning.
We still expect the property transfer
to be signed by Ralph Angel and notarized as agreed.
Good, I'll see you at week's end.
It's ironic, you know?
The land that your ancestors killed our ancestors for
will become the foundation for a new movement
of Black empowerment in St. Joe.
Right. Okay.
Whatever.
Making this a historic landmark was just the beginning.
Fix your face, baby, and listen to what she's saying.
We are tired, Parker.
All the farmers are tired
of playing the same game year in and year out,
so we are changing the game.
Your family took our farm.
So we're gonna take the town.
One piece of land at a time.
Okay, who in the world is we?
Oh, you didn't hear.
The St. Josephine Black Farmers Co-op,
all 21 Black-owned farms in the parish.
That's we.
They pulled their resources, hired a huge Chicago-based law firm,
made friends at the state capital
-much higher up than yours and went shopping. -Shopping?
I told you, I don't have time for these games.
What the hell is going on?
First bid that the Co-op is putting in
is for a very nice slice of land
that you've been eyeing over around the outlet mall.
What?
[laughs] Oh, girl, please.
You think you're gonna waltz in here
with your little so-called Black empowerment plan
and mess up my business?
I hope Ralph Angel likes the idea of going back to jail
because that's exactly where he's headed, if you don't back off.
Ralph Angel ain't going nowhere.
Say what you were brought here to say.
I'm here to tell the truth about what happened.
About how we set up Ralph Angel.
We have an understanding, Theo.
Like I said, I'm here to tell the truth.
You and your daddy have done enough damage to me and these people.
You will do no such thing.
I will have you arrested, too. Do you hear me?
Don't yell at me no more, Parker Campbell!
I'm done.
I know too much.
You don't wanna cross me.
I'm done with y'all using me.
[Hollywood] It's all good, brother.
We got it now.
Parker, know when to say when.
We've neutralized your development plans for the farm.
We'll win the outlet mall or bleed you dry trying
and if you move on my brother,
we'll charge you with entrapment.
It's deal time.
And you know it.
Get the farmers to drop their bid on the land for the mall
and you can have your little farm back.
We'll talk with Ralph Angel and let you know.
Parker?
I'm really glad that you came instead of your father.
This was a lot more fun.
[Ralph Angel] I mean, yeah, yeah,
she's... she's in a lot of pain right now.
How fast can you get here?
[doula on phone] Judging from what you shared,
the midwife and I won't make it in time.
-She's close. -For real?
[doula] But I'm gonna talk you guys through this over the phone. Okay?
Okay.
-[Darla panting] Ralph Angel. -Oh, baby, baby. Hold up.
[doula] Slow, cleansing breaths.
-Breathe, baby, breathe, breathe. -[doula] You can do this.
Great job, Darla. You're doing really good.
-[Darla] Oh, God. -[Ralph Angel speaking indistinctly]
Blue, you wanna give your mama some space?
I want to stay.
-[doula] All right. -You got it, baby.
[doula] You're doing great. You're doing great, Darla.
We can't do this alone.
-I don't know what I'm doing. -Darla?
[doula] You're okay.
Listen to me, Darla.
I cannot do this alone.
Darla, baby is coming, she's ready.
She saying she ready.
-Okay. -Okay. You ready.
-[doula] Come on, Darla, you can do this. -You're ready.
-Come on. -Hey.
We got your message. We came as soon as we could.
What do you want us to do?
You can get some, some warm water ready, and some hot bath towels?
-I got you. -Thank you.
Prosper, can you take Blue with you?
-Okay. Come on, son. -Come on.
[Prosper] I got him. Come on. Come on. Come on, son.
-Right now. Come on. -There you go, baby. You got this.
[doula] You guys are doing great. Okay?
Look at you. I'm so proud of you.
Okay. Okay.
No more sitting.
I wanna stand up here.
-Baby-- -Okay, come on.
I got you. I got you.
Shh.
Oh, baby, I got you.
You're doing incredible.
Hmm.
You're doing perfect, baby.
Don't worry about it. I got you.
[Darla groaning]
[Ralph Angel] That's okay.
[Darla] Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
[Ralph Angel] Okay, baby.
Bathtub.
Our daughter wants to meet us.
-Come on. -Yeah.
Come on. I got you. Come on.
[Darla] Okay.
♪ Angel, straight from heaven ♪
♪ When my hope was gone ♪
♪ You made me strong ♪
♪ Thank you for being amazing ♪
♪ Teaching me to hold on ♪
♪ Blessed from above ♪
♪ With a heart full of love ♪