AMIR BIG_MIKE BRANDON CREW_MEMBER CROWD DEMETRIUS DJ EMMETT ETHEL HABIB HANNIBAL JAKE JB JERRIKA KASIM KEVIN MAISHA MAMBAS MAMBA_1 MEMBERS_IN_CROWD NEIGHBORHOOD_WOMAN NINA OMAR PAPA POLICE_OFFICER QUENTIN REG RONNIE SECURITY_GUARD_1 SECURITY_GUARD_2 SONNY STICK TEP TRACY TV_JUDGE RONNIE Previously on The Chi ... BRANDON You killed my fucking brother! KEVIN Brandon! Huh! RONNIE JERRIKA …the fuck did you do? BRANDON Jerrika, listen to me, look at me-- JERRIKA Don't fucking touch me! Get your shit and get out. HANNIBAL Hey yo what up, cuz? The fuck you comin' over to my house for if you don't wanna talk? BRANDON I got no place else to go. KEVIN I need the gun back. BRANDON Whose is it? KEVIN My boy Jake. It's his brother's piece. JAKE You got it? BRANDON Naw, I don't. JAKE What the fuck, man? BRANDON Some shit went down. JAKE Look, I'm sorry. REG So am I. Because now you owe me, too. You wanna play with guns? Good. Because we could always use another shooter. QUENTIN I'm the one who called about the property. JERRIKA As you can see, the place needs a little work. QUENTIN I'll take it. EMMETT I could really use some extra shifts. SONNY Right now we all good. EMMETT What y'all need to do is hire somebody from the neighborhood. HABIB Like who? EMMETT Like me. AMIR You get me some retro 4s and we can talk, see what's up. EMMETT Oh, I ain't cleanin' your dirty ass bathrooms. AMIR It's good. It's legit. And it pays cash. EMMETT Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry. Whoa! My bad, my bad, what... EMMETT God bless. EMMETT Yo, I'ma come in and get a Shape-Up as soon as I get paid. SONNY I don't know why I hired... EMMETT SONNY What you lookin' at? EMMETT Nothin'. SONNY That's right ‘cause you're late again. EMMETT Well, you told me to be here at the crack of dawn. SONNY It's already blue as day, crack means dark. All the ass you've had, you don't know what a crack looks like? EMMETT I had to drop off EJ, and all that… SONNY Don't wanna hear it. Rinse the chicken, peel me eight potatoes and boil a dozen eggs. EMMETT Yes sir. REG Wake the fuck up. SECURITY GUARD 1 You're supposed to signal before you pulled up. REG We here ain't we? SECURITY GUARD 1 You got 30 minutes. REG Mm-hmm. REG Right here. Come on. Hey. Get these doors open. Yes, sir. Pop that bitch. Come on, get the boxes, bro. Big Mike, what I tell you? BIG MIKE Yeah! REG How you like that? C'mon, load 'em. Load that shit. Let's get it. Come on, get every single gun. Yeah, that's good. Yup. Get all of dat. Hey, keep loading, bro. Wipe that shit up, yo. You want one, huh? JAKE Everybody else gettin' one. REG Everybody else earned one. Pick up some of these boxes, put 'em in the trunk. JAKE I get one then? REG No. C'mon man, get the boxes, and put 'em in the truck. Let's go, let's go, let's get it. Any in there? C'mon killer. C'mon, make sure you all get everything in there, bro. Yes. BIG MIKE Yo! We on the clock, let's wrap this shit up. Yo, that's it. Let's roll. MAMBAS Here we go. Move out! Move out! REG Yo, where the fuck is Jake, bro? MAMBA 1 Let's go, let's go. REG Where the fuck is--? Jake! Jake! SECURITY GUARD 2 Hey! Hey, hold on! REG Jake! The fuck is you doin', we gotta bail! Get your ass in here, boy. HANNIBAL The key, young Padawan, is to make yourself a spring. You must absorb the energy, not reject it. This is why you continue to fail. You are a ball, compressed underwater. Observe. White Crane. And breathe... BRANDON I'ma pull something. Yeah, White Crane gonna pull something. Oh, my ass. Oh, where did you learn this anyway -- one of these, like, Japanese business trips you go on? HANNIBAL Naw, blood. The YMCA. BRANDON No disrespect, cuz, this is a great gesture but this ain't doin' shit to help me relax. HANNIBAL Well, hey hey whoa, hey, your chi, brah. Your chi. What's goin' on? BRANDON This Jerrika situation. HANNIBAL Man, yeah, you still ain't told me what you actually did. It was some strange wasn't it? BRANDON No, I wasn't fucking around. But. HANNIBAL But she kicked you out though. BRANDON I'ma go call her, man. HANNIBAL Naw man, hell naw. I ain't fixin' to hear and listen to you cryin', moanin' and shit. 'Oooh, Jerrika you fine as a Persian rug. Ooh, Jerrika you smell like. BRANDON That's-That's you doin' me? HANNIBAL uh, strawberries and eucalyptus. BRANDON Get the fuck out-- strawberries and eucalyptus man? HANNIBAL Uh, essential oils. Yeah, that’s you, nigga. I'm fuckin' wit you. Listen. I know exactly what to do to get your mind off her. Come check this shit out. C'mon, grasshopper. BRANDON Man, my body is tight as hell now. HANNIBAL You gotta get that white lotus flower, man. BRANDON See, I should stretch before this shit. This is bad. HANNIBAL That's my shit. Try that creeping snake next time, man. That's the shit. Keys to the kingdom. Ahhhhh! BRANDON Ohhh. HANNIBAL Look at this shit. BRANDON What? This is nuts. HANNIBAL Welcome to the jungle. BRANDON You got way too much time on your hands. HANNIBAL Hey come meet the family, man. This is La Toya. How you doin', baby? This is Janet. Hey precious. Oh, she so pretty. This is Tito. These are the Jackson's. HANNIBAL Ain't they pretty? BRANDON Wow. HANNIBAL You see this one right here? BRANDON Oh my... HANNIBAL See this baby right here? He's Godzilla. BRANDON What? HANNIBAL He's Godzilla. The bud. BRANDON Oh. Ah. Oh. HANNIBAL Yeah, yeah Godzilla! Man, I've been saving this bad boy for the apocalypse. Or Kwanzaa. But I can see that you in need right now, so, I want you to do the honors. BRANDON Okay. HANNIBAL Go ahead. Gentle now. Snip the stem. BRANDON Shh. HANNIBAL N-n-now. BRANDON There is a God. HANNIBAL Uh-huh. HANNIBAL I still look at me, flying with the sparrows. BRANDON Ah. HANNIBAL Ah. Because the sparrow did it. BRANDON Maybe she fuckin' somebody else. HANNIBAL Maybe. BRANDON Really? HANNIBAL Uh, I mean, maybe like, it's possible. Hell, anything's possible. BRANDON My shit is still there. Like, what if some nigga 'round my shit, like my toothbrush, my clothes, using my George Foreman grill. HANNIBAL AForeman? That ain't right. BRANDON And w-what do you mean, possibilities? W-what does-what does that mean? HANNIBAL No, I-I'm saying like statistically possible. You know? She prolly fuckin' some pretty, yellow ass negro named Cornelius who's an orthodontist and shit. That cloud look like a pork chop to you? BRANDON I'm going to call her. HANNIBAL Hey! Look, man. You go crawling back to her now, you just, you just proving to her that you weak. You gotta be strong. EMMETT All right. SONNY I see you, Chef Boyardee. EMMETT SONNY You gone fool around and end up running this place someday. EMMETT Nah, no disrespect but cooking ain't my calling. I'm an entrepreneur. SONNY Where you off to now? EMMETT My second gig, remember? SONNY I told you we doin' the block party. You remember that? EMMETT Aw, shit. Okay, um, what time you want me to be there? SONNY Before dusk. You know what dusk looks like, right? EMMETT Yeah man, it's dark. SONNY Wrong. Be there before the streetlights come on and help me set up. Q. QUENTIN Hey. Need to talk. Now. QUENTIN Need to find the old crew, Sonny. SONNY I don't want no trouble here. QUENTIN Hey, no trouble. No trouble. I'm just callin' on some old friends, that's all. SONNY This new breed. They don't run right. QUENTIN Yeah, well, maybe they need an example set. EMMETT Uh. Sorry. Um. My bad. I-I shouldn't have been in here. No disrespect. I was actually just comin' in here to tell ya I was gonna give you that hundred dollars back. QUENTIN Yeah, I know. Go sweep something. EMMETT Sorry. QUENTIN TV JUDGE Miss Brown, am I to understand that you are the plaintiff in this action and that you're assuming... ETHEL That judge is fine as frog hair. I wonder what he hiding under that robe. Man makes me want to get arrested just so I can throw myself on the mercy of his beautiful black court. RONNIE What are you talking about now? ETHEL None of your beeswax. What are you getting dressed for? RONNIE I'm putting your Stouffers in the microwave. Don't forget it it's in there. ETHEL When I'm hungry, I'll fix myself something I want. Instead of you doin' it for me. RONNIE All you gotta do is hit five minutes. ETHEL I can still count, motherfucker. RONNIE Jada's comin' by for your bath. ETHEL You still ain't told me where you off to. Tracy, I'm betting. RONNIE I talk about it. ETHEL We ain't talking. I'm trying to set your ignorant ass straight about that bitch. RONNIE Grandma, don't call her that. ETHEL I'll call her anything I want. RONNIE You’re making a mess. C'mon, wait. Just, let-let me help you with that. ETHEL Whoever, or whatever you chasin', I hope you find it. ETHEL You'll be back in time to escort me to the block party? RONNIE Of course. Don't forget about your Stouffers. KEVIN Combo. Combo. PAPA Dang. C'mon c'mon c'mon ...c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon... KEVIN Cheating, bro. PAPA You can't hide. KEVIN All right, watch. PAPA Hey, whatcha doing? Come back, come back, come back. C'mon c'mon c'mon... KEVIN Let’s get it. PAPA And that worked. NINA Why's that game so loud? I'm gonna take my nap. KEVIN I'm murdering Papa. NINA We don't murder people. KEVIN Sorry, sorry. PAPA What's good, Miss Williams? NINA Hey, Stanley. How are your parents doin'? PAPA They doing good. My dad getting ready to start up his own church. As soon as he finds some members. NINA Well, that's good for him. PAPA Yeah. NINA Kevin, turn that volume down. KEVIN Two-two seconds. Two seconds. NINA Now. KEVIN Two seconds. Please, Mom. Mom, wait! What the fuck. NINA Kevin. I hear you use that word one more time, and these video games goin' straight to Goodwill. Is that what you want? KEVIN No, Mom. NINA I don't know what's got into you lately. PAPA It's hormones prolly, Mrs. Williams. It's in the meat. NINA Y'all go on outside and play. I'll take you to the block party after I wake up. Come on. Come. Just go. TEP Back from the beach, Q? QUENTIN That's right. TEP You still wearing that same shitty cologne. QUENTIN Yeah. Let's take a walk. So how you been Tep? TEP You know. Hustlin'. QUENTIN Irma? TEP Yeah, she still puttin' up with my ass. I been wonderin' when you was gonna pop back up and show these fools how shit runs. Man with some spine could roll up half these blocks in a week. QUENTIN Yeah, well, I'm not that man anymore, Tep. TEP Bullshit. What you got in mind? QUENTIN I'm not sure yet, but I could sure use you around while I figure some things out. You ready? TEP Shit. QUENTIN So, where can we find JB? QUENTIN Jb! JB Shit. Man, I heard you was back. I ain't believe. QUENTIN Believe it. So tell me, how much are they paying you here? JB Not enough. QUENTIN So you ready to go to work? JB Fuck it. AMIR Damn. EMMETT Right? AMIR That was fast. EMMETT Yeah. AMIR These real? EMMETT Don't even. They legit. All right? AMIR All right. EMMETT And your girl's gonna love 'em too. AMIR All right. EMMETT All right now, come on now, you got your shoes. What's up with the job you promised? AMIR Okay. EMMETT I ain't trying to sweep the stoop or clean out the cooler either. AMIR I need somebody to take this van up to a warehouse in Edgewater, pick up some boxes and bring 'em back here. EMMETT That's it? AMIR When you bring it back, I get you another hundred. That's $200 for delivering boxes. EMMETT What's in the boxes? AMIR I can't say. You want the job or not? EMMETT All right. What is you doing? 'Sup with that? AMIR Taking a picture of you for my cousin Kasim, so he knows what you look like. All right. I just sent you the address, too. EMMETT Okay. AMIR All right man. Here you go. EMMETT Psh. HANNIBAL You ready to go, cuz? $50 bucks say she don't answer. JERRIKA Hello, this is Jerrika. Leave a message. HANNIBAL Now c'mon dude, quit this shit. Let's get outta here. Let's get some barbecue. BRANDON: I'm kinda high right now, cuz. HANNIBAL Never too high for a pork chop sandwich, you dig? I miss you. Oh, you look so pretty. Mmm. BRANDON Look, it's me. I know you still upset- HANNIBAL Hey. BRANDON Listen, I've been thinking, baby, maybe I should stop by, you know- HANNIBAL Hey c'mon, brah. You fuckin… BRANDON And get the rest of my shit. So, so pack all of my drawers, my lucky toothbrush, my George Foreman grill, yeah. Thank you. Peace. HANNIBAL Look at you. Dickless McGee. BRANDON I-I handled that shit. HANNIBAL Ain't this about a bitch. What's gotten into you man? BRANDON My shit is all fucked up right now. Like, Greavy is trying to get my mom to sell the house, ain't get no love at my job, that shit is pissing me off. HANNIBAL Look man, you really, really gotta start puttin' a positive spin on this shit man. BRANDON Man, I'm positive as fuck. HANNIBAL Bullshit. Damn, you got a lot of darkness around you, cuz. Shit. You got all this negative chi fucking with your chakras and whatnot. You know what you need? You need a soul cleanse. BRANDON Naw, I'm not into colonics and all that shit, too. HANNIBAL I ain't talkin' 'bout no stickin' a water hose up your ass. Shit. Hey, watch the leather. And grab my orange juice. Why you think I always stay up in the house? Because the darkness be coming for me, too. HANNIBAL You gotta change the whole flow up man, and control the narrative. Like this Jerrika situation. BRANDON How? HANNIBAL Only way if you gonna really get her back is if you make her feel like you ain't sweatin' her. BRANDON That got to be the dumbest advice I ever heard. At least top five worst in life. HANNIBAL See, you always do this shit, you always do this shit. I'm over you. Click it or ticket. Oh shit. Fuck. Shit. The fucking cops. BRANDON What? What? Shit. HANNIBAL: Put that shit out, man. BRANDON Roll the windows down. Shit. HANNIBAL I got you. That's some bullshit. I didn't even make it out of my driveway. Oh, gimme-gimme my license and registration. How are you, Officer? Everything okay? POLICE OFFICER License and registration. HANNIBAL License. And registration. POLICE OFFICER Wait here. HANNIBAL You got it. Hey, what about that girl from your work? BRANDON Who? Sarah? HANNIBAL Yeah. You need to work that. BRANDON Man, that's my boss's girl, like they basically married. And he like Russell Crowe crazy. I don't need that shit in my life. HANNIBAL That's perfect. That mean she prolly a freak. BRANDON HANNIBAL Freaks love fucking wit crazy white boys, man. And I already know that Jerrika know that you want to fuck her, because females always know who they man want to fuck. So all you gotta do now is just take Sarah to the block party, hold her hand and shit, walk around and when Jerrika show up with nobody, she gonna see you, she gonna know that she miss you, kissy kissy boo boo she gonna want you back. BRANDON Terrible idea. HANNIBAL Why all my ideas got to be terrible? BRANDON I, you know what, I wouldn't ask you that. HANNIBAL Everything I ever ask you. I just be trying to help. POLICE OFFICER I pulled you over because your tags expired. HANNIBAL Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Officer. POLICE OFFICER I'm giving you this fix-it ticket. Take care of that, ASAP. HANNIBAL Right away, Officer. Thank you, Officer. BRANDON HANNIBAL A motherfuckin' Jedi. Hey man, so contact this-this chick, man. She text you already? BRANDON Eh. I think it was like work stuff, you know. HANNIBAL Did she hit you with any emojis? BRANDON Yeah. HANNIBAL That's it then. She trying to fuck. Do it. What you hit her with? BRANDON I just said whassup. HANNIBAL A'ight, if she text you back with some non work shit, you in. Lock and loaded. It's fucking time. BRANDON KEVIN That was loaded? JAKE Hell yeah. PAPA Dang. PAPA How many shooters y'all grab? JAKE A lot. KEVIN Wasn't scared? JAKE Hell no. 63rd Street Mambas roll deep. Anybody step to us. They get dropped. KEVIN So you rollin' with them now? JAKE Not yet. But I will be. PAPA When you gettin' jumped in? JAKE I don't know. Reg says I gotta earn it. PAPA PAPA Hey. JAKE You gettin' everything. KEVIN You're buying the whole store. JAKE He fittin' to eat the whole store. PAPA Whatever. Woosh! Score. All net. KEVIN Y'all got money for this? ‘Cause I don't. JAKE It's cool, I got y'all covered. HABIB $18.25. JAKE And I want all my change back. PAPA W-w-wait! I gotta have some nutty bars. JAKE What? KEVIN Shit. PAPA Come on. JAKE For real? KEVIN C'mon man. PAPA: What are you doing? JAKE We gotta go. PAPA Oh my god. JAKE What are you even. KEVIN He's sniffing the. PAPA Come on, man, we got places to be. KEVIN For real? JAKE Oh my god. You see the blue stripe? HABIB That junk food will kill you. KEVIN Yes. PAPA Yeah, it's cool. PAPA Now why Habib always lookin' at folks money like they counterfeit? JAKE I swear. KEVIN I once saw him look at a quarter with a magnifying glass. Who the hell got fake quarters? JAKE PAPA He stay trippin'. JAKE Uh, yo Kev. KEVIN Huh? JAKE Where you put your bike? KEVIN I...yo, where my bike? Somebody stole my bike. PAPA Told you, shoulda had one of them kryptonite locks. KEVIN Ugh. RONNIE Oh, you got your hair done. It's nice. TRACY What do you want, Ronnie? RONNIE I got somethin' to show you. TRACY Show me yo' ass walkin' away. RONNIE No wait, listen, it's Jason. His phone. TRACY How did you get it? RONNIE Don't matter. Told you I'd get it for you. TRACY Thank you. RONNIE You know the code? TRACY I think so. RONNIE Can I come in for a minute? TRACY Come on, Ronnie. KEVIN That was Brandon's brother's bike. PAPA That shit is cursed then. You lucky someone took it. JAKE Man, shut up. KEVIN What am I gonna do? JAKE Same thing he did when he lost my brother's gun. Get it back. PAPA What are you talkin' about? KEVIN Oh, nothin'. PAPA Yo. What the heck? KEVIN What the fuck. Hey! Give me my bike back. Give me back my bike! I'm gonna get my bike back. KASIM Emmett? EMMETT Yeah. KASIM Stay in the van. KASIM OMAR KASIM OMAR KASIM Hey! Stay in the fucking van, man. OMAR KASIM OMAR KASIM OMAR KASIM EMMETT The fuck... HANNIBAL Hey, you still ain't heard nothing from Jerrika or Sarah? BRANDON Naw. I ain't even sweatin' them. HANNIBAL Man. BRANDON What's up, Sonny? SONNY Didn't know you was here. BRANDON Yeah man, how you doin'? You remember my cousin, Hannibal? SONNY Aw yeah. HANNIBAL Uh, hold that thought. Gotta call. Moshi Moshi. Hai. BRANDON You gotta excuse him. He's like some software architect for this Intel company in the Loop. So, well he loves your food, he's here all the time. SONNY Cell phones gonna be the end of all of us. BRANDON Mm-hmm. SONNY So, how're things at the white folks' restaurant? BRANDON Pretty good. SONNY Bet they fried chicken ain't good as mine. BRANDON You testin' me, Sonny? SONNY Wanted to see if you done gone brand new on me. BRANDON Naw. SONNY How's your girl? BRANDON Well, we taking a break. SONNY As long as you don't cheat, lay your hands on her, steal her purse or wear her clothes, there's a chance she'll take you back. BRANDON SONNY You just got to beg. BRANDON Yeah. Really? SONNY You got to do like Mr. James Brown say. Please, please, please... BRANDON Okay. All right. SONNY All right. Enjoy. BRANDON Thank you. All right. HANNIBAL Playing games man. You know. What happened to my sandwich? BRANDON I wasn't really watching, but it might, it was Sonny. HANNIBAL Why would Sonny take a bite out of my sandwich? BRANDON Yeah, I mean, you know, he tried to shake your hand, you got up, left his food, I don't... HANNIBAL It got me fucked up. Come on man, let's bounce man. Goddamn it. Eating my fuckin' sandwich. BRANDON What about my food? Just a bitch. HANNIBAL : Come on man. BRANDON I'm coming. RONNIE Well, maybe he changed it. TRACY RONNIE No, it's okay. It's... TRACY I can't keep doing this. RONNIE You want me to leave? I'll go. TRACY You okay? RONNIE Definitely, I'm fine. TRACY Let me see. RONNIE No, I said I'm fine. TRACY Is this why you couldn't make it to dinner the other night? What did you do, Ronnie? What happened to you? RONNIE You really wanna ask that? TRACY I'm not getting into this with you. Not now. RONNIE You're not getting into what? TRACY Whatever it is you got yourself into. RONNIE I did what you asked me to do. TRACY Excuse me, I ain't asked you to do shit. RONNIE You told me to get who did Jason. TRACY Ronnie, I was hurt. I wasn't thinking straight. And you a grown man, Ronald Davis. I can't make you do nothing. RONNIE So that's how it is, huh? TRACY That's how it's been. RONNIE Yeah. TRACY And just to be clear, whatever you did, that ain't got nothing to do with me. That's all you. You understand? Here. I don't want this anymore. You need to leave. KEVIN Yo, who those people? JAKE That's Wild Boy's crew. They rep this block. KEVIN Look, y'all ain't gotta come with me, if y'all don't want to. I-I can handle this myself. JAKE Man fuck them, I ain't scared. PAPA My mother say I ain't supposed to cross this block. KEVIN Why? JAKE How she gonna know? PAPA ‘Cause I can't lie to her. Plus, Jesus watchin'. KEVIN No he did not just say Jesus is watchin'. JAKE Yes he did. PAPA Man, say what you want, but it's true. JAKE What about when you jerking off? Jesus watchin' then? PAPA Jesus always watching. KEVIN Look, it's cool Papa. I'll catch you at the block party. PAPA All right. Cool. Be safe. CREW MEMBER Yo, Locks! JAKE Don't look at 'em. CREW MEMBER Locks! I know you hear me, g. KEVIN CREW MEMBER Keep walkin' and I'ma show you what the fuck gon' happen. Ain't you Reg's little brother? JAKE What of it? CREW MEMBER If you is, we gonna have to do somethin' about it. Where you going? KEVIN See a girl. CREW MEMBER See a girl? Yo' virgin ass? Okay lil' bust-a-nut, you can go. But Locks here gonna have to turn back and keep to his block. KEVIN You ain't gonna hurt him are you? CREW MEMBER It's up to him. Go. Run the fuck up outta here. CREW MEMBER He was pissing hisself, g. REG What? STICK Old Man got company. QUENTIN The cat running that stash house is Trice's lieutenant. TEP Reg. Yeah, I heard of him. QUENTIN Yeah, what'd you hear? TEP Bold motherfucker. Short on strategy. QUENTIN Yeah, well. Strategy's Trice's purview. JB One way to find out. Step to 'em, see which way they shake. QUENTIN No, we're not going at him. Yet. They got four guys watching the house from the inside. One on the porch, three of them follow Reg. TEP So we study up on them, then. Cool. QUENTIN What do you think? TEP Couple of dope deals out front but crew's too small to be cookin'. QUENTIN Exactly. TEP So what are they runnin' out of there? QUENTIN Guess we just gonna have to take a looksie. REG How many? STICK Two. One of 'em is a crazed motherfucker that calls himself JB. We should roll up on them right now. REG Naw. Not here. Naw, we need to do it so folks see. C'mon. EMMETT Man, what the fuck was that? AMIR What was what? EMMETT What-- don't be playin' with me. Is that some ISIS shit you had me doin'? AMIR Really? So who's the racist now? Because you came in last week spouting all that Black Lives Matter y'all some Muslim... EMMETT Man, come on. AMIR …racist mumbo jumbo like I was the grand wizard of The Klan, but now you're sitting here, calling me ISIS? EMMETT I mean, one of your cousins was carrying a gun. AMIR And it's Chicago. Everybody's got guns. EMMETT What's in the boxes, Amir? I can't be doin' this shit without knowing what I'm driving. AMIR All right. All right, fine. I'll show you. EMMETT You fucking kidding me, right? Fucking cigarettes? I thought it was some pipe bombs or something in that shit. Why you ain't tell me? AMIR Because it's illegal. EMMETT Okay, fine. You don't pay the tax bill. Big deal. AMIR It's more than that. Most people can't afford just $14 for a pack of cigarettes. But everybody can afford a dollar for a loosie. 20 smokes, that's 20 bucks. Without the tax, I pay $4 a pack. EMMETT That's a good hustle. AMIR It is. 'Cause I'm a baller. EMMETT Naw, you know what's baller? The shoe game. AMIR Yeah? Then why you coming at me looking for work? EMMETT Because I got a scale problem. I need more volume to get more customers, thus making more money. AMIR Really? EMMETT Yes. I mean I can get shoes from everyday joe's for cheap, clean 'em up and sell them for twice the price. You do the math, Amir. AMIR What math? EMMETT Front me some money. We can make this thing a business. AMIR You know my cousin Kasim might be interested in that. EMMETT The terrorist? AMIR Emmett, he's an entrepreneur. All right, look, let me think about it. EMMETT All right. Don't think too hard. Fucking cigarettes. MAISHA Well, hello to you, too. KEVIN I want my bike back. MAISHA How you know I wasn't borrowing it? KEVIN You can't borrow my bike if I didn't lend it to you. MAISHA Then you stingy. KEVIN Stingy? If you're doing this for attention or for me to be your boyfriend, it ain't working. MAISHA Somebody's full of himself. KEVIN Can I get my bike back or what? MAISHA You're not gonna say "please"? KEVIN You stole my bike. You don't need a please. MAISHA Damn, I just wanted to ride it. KEVIN Well, get your own. MAISHA We can't. Maybe we could hold... hold hands or something. KEVIN Then can I get my bike? MAISHA Depends. This feels weird. KEVIN Exactly. MAISHA Go on. Take it. KEVIN For real? MAISHA Yeah. I was just borrowing it, anyway. We needed to go to the store and get some milk 'cause I ran out. What about the bike? KEVIN I'm-I'm lending it to you. For now. You know, for the baby and stuff. HANNIBAL Yo, man, we gonna hit this block party, get our grub on? BRANDON Soon as you remember where the fuck you parked. HANNIBAL Shit, you always talking shit, man. Love this view, though. HANNIBAL Hey, man, you good? Like what's up, man? BRANDON I know who killed Coogie. HANNIBAL No shit. BRANDON Yeah, this kid saw it and told me all about it. HANNIBAL So, you go to the cops? BRANDON I can't. HANNIBAL Why not? BRANDON 'Cause he might be dead, dude. I might have helped kill him, so... probably not the best idea. HANNIBAL Yo, what the fuck you talking about, B? BRANDON Man, he just rolled up on me, like, out of nowhere. You know, so I put a beating on him. Like, a serious beating. But I-I was about to get out of there, and then the kid pulls out a gun and shoots him. HANNIBAL What the fuck? BRANDON Yeah, so, I take the gun home. Jerrika finds it. Now she kicked my ass out. HANNIBAL Shit, man. So that's why you're all fucked up and you landed your ass in my spot. BRANDON Pretty much. HANNIBAL Shit. So, now what? BRANDON I don't even know. HANNIBAL Let me see your phone. BRANDON For what? HANNIBAL Let me see the phone, man. BRANDON Better be calling us a ride. HANNIBAL Yo, give me... give me... give me the phone. Oh, Sarah. Mm-hmm. BRANDON Man, stop playing. What you doing? HANNIBAL Uh-uh. Watch out. BRANDON What are you taking out of your pants? HANNIBAL Mmm. BRANDON Come on, stop. Put your dick away. HANNIBAL BRANDON I don't want to see you. This man has lost his mind. What? HANNIBAL Oh, shit. There you go. BRANDON What? Give me my shit. HANNIBAL BRANDON What the fuck? HANNIBAL Hey, you gonna thank me, nigga. BRANDON For what? HANNIBAL My dick's so big it's got its own zip code, fool. BRANDON How does that help me? HANNIBAL Dude, give it five minutes, man. She gonna call you back. She gonna be hitting you up, and you know you want that shit. She bad as hell. BRANDON So, your answer to my really shitty life right now is to just go fuck somebody else? HANNIBAL Pussy is magical, nigga. Hocus-pocus. Hmm. BRANDON You sent this fucking picture to Jerrika, G. HANNIBAL What? BRANDON You a real asshole. HANNIBAL I... BRANDON You know what? HANNIBAL Hey, cuz. My bad, man. ETHEL Don't go spoiling a perfectly good party, Ronald. She want to talk, she'll come to you. RONNIE You're right. ETHEL About time you figured that out. QUENTIN Tracy? It's been a while, huh? You have a pleasant evening. RONNIE Who that talking to Tracy? ETHEL Trouble. RONNIE What you mean, "trouble"? ETHEL I mean as in your ass don't need any more, so stay away. RONNIE Where you going? ETHEL To fetch me a plate and get me some of that special lemonade Mr. Sonny keep in his cooler. Hey, Mr. Sonny. PAPA At least you got away. They don't call them The Killer Nines for nothin'. JAKE Ooh, I wanted to bust him upside his head so bad. PAPA Oh, damn. All that and no bike? Kev said Maisha's dog was guarding it. JAKE For real? KEVIN Yeah. She had two rottweilers, you know? Chained up to the bike and all. It was crazy. PAPA Hey, Jake, ain't that your brother over there? What he doing here? JAKE I got to bounce. KEVIN Well, stay with us. We got you. JAKE I can't. REG What up, my nigga? PAPA Hey, Kev, is that really what happened with the dog? KEVIN Yeah. Why? PAPA No reason, except Maisha can't have dogs. KEVIN How you know she can't have dogs? PAPA 'Cause my cousin live over in Mayfield, and they don't allow dogs. KEVIN Well, it happened, okay? PAPA Okay. ETHEL No, you know I don't eat everybody's potato salad. RONNIE You want some mac and cheese, then? ETHEL Yeah. Just a scoop. I'm stil watching my figure. SONNY Something wrong? QUENTIN We gonna find out. REG I don't give a shit who it was. I didn't come here to listen to that shit. Bro, y'all ain't playing no motherfucking King Louie, no Bibby, no-no Herb. None of that. Play one more weak-ass song, I'm gonna slap the shit out of you and your homie, bro. Stop playing that, bro. I said do not... Bro, I don't want to listen to that shit you're playing. QUENTIN Excuse me. REG The fuck? I don't want to listen... QUENTIN Excuse me. REG Where the fuck is you going? QUENTIN I think it's best you leave the party. REG You askin' or tellin'? QUENTIN You see, we have families here and they've got nothing to do with any of this. REG And I care why? QUENTIN Because, well, your people should respect you, not be afraid of you. REG Speakin' of respect, why you watchin' us, old man? QUENTIN I'm not watching you. I'm just enjoying the view from my window. REG I can fix that shit right now. QUENTIN You'd be dead before I hit the ground. REG You think I'm scared of dying? QUENTIN Maybe not... but baby boy here is. Listen, I suggest you step off, all right? REG Let's go. Come on. Come on, boy, let's go. EMMETT Hey, ice cream on me, all right? Yeah. Take these, take them, here you go. A'ight. SONNY You're late. EMMETT I know. My bad. I-I'll make it up to you. I'll set everything up. Why don't you take a break, all right? SONNY You don't have to tell me twice. Hey, you youngins don't know nothing about this here. EMMETT I know what's in there. That's that mystery mix. SONNY Yeah, right. HANNIBAL Hey, man, don't worry about that shit. I'm-a explain the dick pic to Jerrika. She like me. BRANDON I don't like you right now. HANNIBAL Why you yelling, though? Oh, so, you gonna eat my sandwich, but now you want to serve me some mac and cheese, don't you? SONNY Hey, don't order a sandwich if you ain't gonna sit down and eat it. HANNIBAL I had a phone call, Sonny. I come in there all the fucking time. BRANDON Hey, he's here. HANNIBAL Who? BRANDON Dude who killed Coogie. HANNIBAL You're lying. Where? BRANDON At that table with that old lady. HANNIBAL That sure ain't dead, man. BRANDON What the fuck am I supposed to do? HANNIBAL Hey, man, let's just get out of here, cuz. B, ain't you heard nothing I said today? Yo, either call the cops, let it go, or bust a fucking move, man. RONNIE This ain't the place for this. BRANDON It's gonna have to be. So tell me now. RONNIE I thought he killed my boy. BRANDON What? RONNIE It was a mistake. BRANDON He was a kid. RONNIE My boy was shot dead. Somebody told me your brother was the one who did it. I know. I fucked up. BRANDON Yeah, you fucked up. I really hope it haunts you for the rest of your fucking life. You see that kid over there? You better not touch him. Do you hear me? No more fuck-ups. DJ It's the South Side's Third Annual Stop the Violence Block Party. Power 92, DJ Ferris. And it's only right that we end the night a little something like this. JERRIKA Brandon? BRANDON Hey. Look who's here. JERRIKA Yeah, of course. I just, um... I didn't think you were gonna be here. You usually hate these things. BRANDON Yeah, I do, actually. But, you know, after everything, I figured I'd come support the neighborhood. You look incredible. JERRIKA BRANDON I miss you, J. JERRIKA Brandon, don't. It's just... It's not a good time. BRANDON Was it the dick pic thing? JERRIKA Yes, it was weird, but... BRANDON It's... That's Hannibal. That's Hannibal's work. JERRIKA Of course. I should have known. DEMETRIUS Jerrika. All out of fried chicken, but plenty of salad. JERRIKA Um... Demetrius, this is Brandon. DEMETRIUS Oh, you must be the guy who keeps calling. BRANDON How long have I been "the guy"? JERRIKA Hold this. Brandon. Brandon. BRANDON What? Ain't you already playing house? JERRIKA It's not like that. BRANDON Oh, really? Okay. No, I get it. He from your side of the tracks, right? JERRIKA You're overreacting. Brandon. Brandon! NEIGHBORHOOD WOMAN You serious? DJ Oh, no. Oh, no, man. We ain't gonna let that end the night. Uh-uh. This is our city, our community, and we stopping the violence tonight. Put the guns down, Chicago. Put the guns down. Respect life. Y'all ready to go home? MEMBERS IN CROWD That's right! CROWD No! DJ Well, let's go.