ANDREA BARRY BIG_MIKE BRANDON CHOP CLERK COP_1 COP_2 CO_WORKER CURTIS DEK DETECTIVE_CRUZ DETECTIVE_WALLACE EMMETT ETHEL FEENIE FOOD_TRUCK_OWNER_1 FOOD_TRUCK_OWNER_2 HANNIBAL JADA JAKE JERRIKA JIM KEVIN KID KIDS KID_2 LAVERNE LUIS NICOLE OLDER_BROTHER OPERATOR PAPA QUENTIN RAFIQ REG RONNIE SARAH SONNY STICK TASHA TIFFANY TRACY TRICE JERRIKA Previously on The Chi. CLERK Medicine come up missing. JIM Are you aware that we have security cameras throughout the facility? ANDREA Hey, Kevin. I want to talk. KEVIN About? That was nice. QUENTIN Sonny? Hey! REG Take a seat old man. I want to talk about the guns you took. QUENTIN Well, see, I had asked Trice a question, which he then decided not to answer. REG He fucked me up real bad because of you, old man. JERRIKA And you just quit? Like that? BRANDON I'm talking about us, right now! JERRIKA And so am I! Do you have something figured out? HANNIBAL So, yeah, this food truck. Yeah, I don't know shit about that, man, like... BRANDON But I do! I just need something that's mine. HANNIBAL Let me see what I can do. BRANDON You serious? JAKE I got shit to do. KEVIN What type of shit? JAKE What's up with all the questions? PAPA We just don't want anything to happen to you. JAKE I'm good! KEVIN You're not good. JAKE You the motherfucker that shot somebody. PAPA What? Friends don't keep secrets from one another. KEVIN Papa! HANNIBAL Here she is. BRANDON I could make this dope. HANNIBAL I like to hear that. TIFFANY Don't act like you some father of the year 'cause you had him for two weeks. If you start paying some child support, then we'll talk about visitation rights. EMMETT Fuck you, Tiffany. I'm-I'm grabbing the diaper bag, and I'm going about to... TIFFANY Stay away from my baby or I'm-a call the police. EMMETT Stop trying to get strong with me. Police? DEK Everything all right, baby? JERRIKA I'm just glad to see you happy and doing what you want to do. BRANDON I know I can't take back what I did, but it'll never happen again. JERRIKA I know. REG What the fuck? QUENTIN Reggie, Reggie, Reggie...Reggie, I really need you to tell me who killed that kid. You know, the star basketball player. REG On my granny's soul, I have no idea. QUENTIN About that cop again. REG Some dude named Wallace. QUENTIN Has Trice got him in-pocket? REG He get a taste of everything. Just tell me what you want me to do. RAFIQ Kill somebody? Just between me and you. You ain't got to front for me. Allah is all knowing and all seeing, but most forgiving and most merciful. RONNIE EMMETT What happened to you? SONNY Fell. Yeah, my dancing feet aren't what they used to be. EMMETT Yeah, okay... SONNY How's that boy of yours? EMMETT Oh, EJ's good, but his mama... damn... SONNY She back? EMMETT Yeah, she trippin', too. Saying I got to pay her two bills a month and she trying to make all these rules about when I can see him. I told her I can see my son whenever I feel like it. Shh, I'm thinking about taking her to court and getting custody myself. SONNY Where you getting money for that? You need a lawyer, court fees, and the judge still gonna take 20% percent out your check. EMMETT Well, I got to do something. SONNY Did you ever think of getting along? EMMETT No. Hell no. And she staying with some random dude. SONNY You should be buying that cat a beer and thanking him. EMMETT Well I need to make some money. Quick. SONNY No such thing as quick money. EMMETT Maybe your brother can help me... SONNY You stay away from him. Boy, this shit is real and ain't no fucking game. My brother is a cancer and he'll kill you and everyone standing around him. You got me? EMMETT All right. SONNY Good. 'Cause a reckoning is coming and you don't want to be anywhere near it. LAVERNE Oh, God. TRACY I was 16 when I was given to him... My step daddy was a junkie. He owed this man money. And, uh, drove me to his house and he just left me with him... He was a lot older than me. Gave me my own room with a TV in it and... Then one night, he came in. I got pregnant that spring. I told him I wanted an abortion. And he told me that was never gonna happen. So I did the only thing I could think of, I...I took matters into my own hands. I... I found a bottle of Advil and I swallowed them all. He took me to the hospital... I don't... I don't know why I didn't tell somebody then, what he was doing to me. When we got home, I made him an offer.. I told him if I kept the baby, he had to... he had to let me go. And thank God I did. That's how I got my Jason. It's how I got my baby. And now he's gone. LAVERNE Sorry, for being late... FEENIE Hey, everybody, this is Laverne Johnson. She recently lost her son, Charles. Did you have anything that you would like to say? LAVERNE Nobody ain't never called him Charles. His name was Coogie. His brother named him that. FEENIE This is Tasha. TASHA Welcome. You want to do that, you got to go outside. Pastor Fred'll give us a talking to. FEENIE This is Tina. And Jesse. And this is Tracy. She recently lost her son Jason. TRACY Nice to meet you. LAVERNE Same here. JERRIKA Shit. BRANDON Oh, sh... Fucking broke. JERRIKA No! We broke the lamp. BRANDON BRANDON Oh, hey. JERRIKA Mmm. BRANDON Look who's finally up. JERRIKA Mm-hmm. BRANDON What's this? You see, I know I said I'd do anything to get back with you, but, um... I'm not up for the high heels and the Prince boots, so I might... JERRIKA Okay. Just open it. BRANDON M-Maybe. N shoes, good sign. JERRIKA Mm-hmm. BRANDON Wow.Babe, what's this? JERRIKA Been saving up. Take it and get that truck fixed. BRANDON Well, that's sweet, babe. But I'm gonna need a lot more than that to get the truck up with the... JERRIKA I know that. But even if the house sells tomorrow, it can take three months, if not longer, for you to get paid. This way you're not waiting around. BRANDON I guess I could run and gun for a minute. JERRIKA Mm-hmm. BRANDON You way too good to me. JERRIKA Mm. You get started on that today... BRANDON Well, you know I'm a busy guy. I have to check the schedule. See what I got going on, you know? JERRIKA Oh, really? Mm-hmm. PAPA Just leave me alone, Kev. KEVIN Come on, Papa, don't do me like that. PAPA I'm not the one keeping secrets. KEVIN Look, I just got caught up. That's all. PAPA So you lied to me? KEVIN No, I just didn't tell you. The whole. The whole situation was just like, not even real. PAPA Shooting someone is pretty real. KEVIN I mean, everything after that. I just wanted to forget. PAPA It was the guy that dropped that Coogie kid, wasn't it? KEVIN Yeah. Thought he was gonna take me out, so Jake hooked me up with a piece. Sure enough, he came after me, so... So I... I shot him. PAPA He dead? KEVIN No. PAPA Praise Jesus. So, what now? KEVIN Brandon squashed it. PAPA For reals? KEVIN Yeah. PAPA Your mom know? KEVIN What do you think? PAPA Naw. You'd be dead by now. KEVIN What you do?Get off of me. PAPA You need a hug. KEVIN Not in a boy's locker room. So, we good? PAPA Yeah. Just no more keeping secrets, okay? KEVIN A'ight. I hope Mr. Riente don't have us running in gym class today. PAPA Why you think I was stretching out my glutes? I can't have any pulls or problems with my sciatic nerve before the big show. KEVIN What? PAPA The sciatic nerve is in your back. JADA Well, you look good. How you feeling? RONNIE Better. JADA Yeah, well, I got fired 'cause of you. RONNIE What? JADA I did what I did, and I'll take the consequences. But I don't want her to find out. That's the last thing she needs right now... RONNIE Well. What's gonna happen now? JADA I'm not sure. But if they send out another nurse, that person might not be as understanding as me. They'll probably recommend to the state that she be put into a home. RONNIE She won't go. You know that. JADA Yeah, well, next time you decide to disappear and I'm not here, then what happens? Ronnie, right now, she has a choice. She might be better off. TASHA Appreciate y'all, but mama got to go make some money. Buh-bye. FEENIE All right, girl. I'll hit you later, all right. All right. All right, bae. TASHA All right. Later, Tracy. TRACY Bye. FEENIE I will see you in the next few days, okay. TRACY Yes, all right. Thank you. FEENIE All right. Mhm. And hopefully, I will see you, Laverne. LAVERNE Tracy. Your son, that, um, basketball player, Jason. TRACY Yeah. LAVERNE My boy Coogie was questioned in his death. TRACY Yeah, I-I believe people told me that. LAVERNE You remember being pregnant with Jason? Well, I was never happier than when I was pregnant with Coogie. Never got sick. Never gained no weight. Shit, labor was even easy with him. He was a good baby too, always laughing. Smiling. Loving. Boy ain't have a bad bone in his body. My boy Coogie ain't kill your son. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I thought you should know that. DETECTIVE WALLACE What the fuck do you think you’re doing? QUENTIN Now, it's time we had a chat about our mutual business interest... Like Trice. He ain't getting it done for you, is he? I mean, Trice is sitting back, thinking he's on top of shit. But he's not. 'Cause if he was, how is it that I could walk right up in there, and take his dog? And your guns. DETECTIVE WALLACE Your point? QUENTIN My point. Let me handle Trice for you. And then I'm gonna bring some order back to the south side. Make it run more like it used to. You know, less wild, wild fucking west, more businesslike. DETECTIVE WALLACE And what do you want from me? QUENTIN Now that I've shown you mine. How about you show me yours? Who killed that basketball star up near your stash house? DETECTIVE WALLACE What do you care? QUENTIN He was my son... DETECTIVE WALLACE I think you already know. QUENTIN Yeah, but I wanna hear it. DETECTIVE WALLACE Trice did your boy. LUIS Yo! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ay. Yup.Oh! BRANDON Oh, yeah! What you think? Dope, right? LUIS Nice. Yo, ay, so my cousin Jaimie. BRANDON Okay... All right. LUIS He's gonna get your truck all painted and presentable. Coco's gonna take a look at your fridge-ration. And then, my cousin Angelo, in the office, is gonna take care of your counterfeit permit. BRANDON Ya'll the. Wait, why counterfeit? LUIS Until you get a real one. That shit could take months. BRANDON Ugh. LUIS Yo, but this one looks good from a distance. BRANDON Okay. LUIS But if the inspector starts getting close, you better lay some rubber out of there, you feel me. BRANDON I got you.Yeah, I got you. LUIS Also, you got to watch out for these other food truck owners. BRANDON Why? LUIS They can be mad territorial and shit. They slice up your tires if you're in the wrong spot, call the cops on you. BRANDON Fuck. LUIS Yeah. Anyways, just keep your head up out there. BRANDON A'ight. Aight, so who do I break off? LUIS Oh, man. You could, uh, just start off by covering parts and we'll see about the labor, okay? BRANDON Are you serious? LUIS Yeah. BRANDON Come on, man. Come on, G. LUIS I got you. I got you. Let’s give these dudes a hand, though. BRANDON Hell yeah. Thank you guys so much!It's gonna be sick. TRICE Hey, ya'll. See ya'll next time, okay. REG Yo! TRICE Where the fuck's my ride at? REG Getting some love. TRICE Where's it gettin’ love at? REG At that new spot you like in the West Loop. TRICE They better not scratch my shit up with them cheap ass towels they got. REG Nah. They use lambswool. TRICE Okay. REG Bro. That's why you do this yoga shit, bro. There's hella hos in this bitch. Hell yeah, look at shorty. TRICE So. You get our little problem taken care of? REG I'm working on it. Bro, that ain't a motherfucker you just run up on, bro. I'm-a catch his ass like that and I'm-a take care of that shit. TRICE You know, Stick would've had that shit done already. So you need to stop working and start doing. Hey, drop me off at the crib. And keep your mouth shut about picking me up here, man. NICOLE Hey. DETECTIVE CRUZ Hey. NICOLE I thought you had a shift today... DETECTIVE CRUZ Yeah, I did. NICOLE Well, this? DETECTIVE CRUZ Yeah, it's just... something I got to get in front of... NICOLE What do you mean? DETECTIVE CRUZ You remember Bill Wallace? NICOLE Got the Jake Arrieta beard. Kind of a douchebag... DETECTIVE CRUZ Yeah... NICOLE What, he's in this too? DETECTIVE CRUZ Yeah... The case that started all this, I think Wallace had something to do with it. Covered it up. Maybe worse... NICOLE You told anybody this? DETECTIVE CRUZ The Sergeant. She shut me down. She said she doesn't see it. NICOLE But you do? DETECTIVE CRUZ I mean, 9-1-1 call removed from the logs the night of the shooting? Wallace's buddy oversees the call logs? NICOLE What are you gonna do? DETECTIVE CRUZ I'm thinking of going I.A. with it... NICOLE Oh, just... Hey, be careful. DETECTIVE CRUZ I will ... NICOLE Um... I'm late this month... DETECTIVE CRUZ What? DETECTIVE CRUZ Oh, shit. NICOLE Yeah, well, let's just see what the stick says. PAPA The hell is Jake? KEVIN I don't know. Haven't seen him all day. PAPA Me neither. And his timing couldn't be worse 'cause we need to lock this shit down. KEVIN I'll be right back. PAPA All right. I need to talk to Mr. Gasca. Alone. KEVIN About? PAPA Second act is way too long, and the dancers needs to be put in the back before they make us all look bad. KEVIN Man, you way too caught up in this play junk. PAPA When I'm part of something, it needs to be off the chain. Now, go handle your business, player. 'Cause we got some choreography to tighten up. KEVIN Man, rehearsal's over. PAPA Whatever. My mom says practice makes perfect and you a long way from perfect. ANDREA It's hard to do this because, like, you have to. KEVIN Hey, uh, Andrea... Can I, uh, talk to you for a sec? ANDREA Yeah. KEVIN Look, I'm sorry I ain't hit you up after the roller rink. I got caught up in some stuff and... ANDREA You're good. KEVIN So, about the other night. ANDREA Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that. My, uh, folks said I can't date till I'm 18. KEVIN Oh kay. ANDREA Yeah. But I was hoping we could still be friends. KEVIN Yeah, cool. That'd be cool. ANDREA You're the best. JADA 160 over 100. That's better, but you still need to keep an eye on it. So make sure you take your meds tonight. And we'll get a read on this in the morning. ETHEL I know what you're doing. The agency called and said they were trying to find another nurse to come out. You quit? JADA I was let go. ETHEL This have anything to do with Ronnie's wound. JADA Um... Let's not talk about it. Look, I don't mind checking in on you. I need to keep busy until I find something new. Okay? ETHEL Hand me that carton of menthols... JADA Miss Ethel, I don't think it's a good time for you to take back up smoking? ETHEL Just give it here, girl. JADA Um... I can't. I can't. ETHEL Yes, you can. JADA I have savings. I'm-I'm okay. ETHEL Jada, please. It's the least I can do. JADA Thank you, Miss Ethel. CO WORKER Yeah, so I'm using only natural products on my hair now, like oils and honey’s and beeswax and... TASHA You don't want to use that beeswax. It's way too heavy and it attracts lint. You'll have beady balls all through your hair. CO WORKER Oh, I don't want that. See, somebody told me to use that Organic Root Stimulator, but I didn't find it at the beauty supply. TASHA Did you check, um... Jordan's...? EMMETT Hey... Some help over here? TASHA One moment, please. Check Jordan's on 79th right past Stony. They usually carry stuff like that. EMMETT Miss... TASHA Okay, um, how may I help you? EMMETT I need to cash my check. TASHA Id. EMMETT Wa-wa-wait, this is short. TASHA Rates went up. EMMETT Went up? Y'all already robbing people blind. I need my money. Like all of it. TASHA Then take your little bitty ass check over to 'Gangstas of America' next time and see what they do for you. Maybe you ought to stop spending your money on kicks... CURTIS Why you be exaggerating? Ain't nobody told you she had no four toes. BARRY Then, why she wear socks with her sandals? What she scared of? Okay, I want to know. CURTIS I I don't know. I guess-I guess her feet bogus, I don't know. Shit. BARRY Her feet bogus. CURTIS I could care less about her feet. RONNIE 'Sup? What's up? CURTIS Oh, shit. BARRY Let's get it, bro. CURTIS Ah, what up, bro? RONNIE I been waiting on y'all. BARRY Look at you. CURTIS S'up? BARRY Looking all clean-cut and shit. CURTIS I know, right? What you on, Ronnie? You go to court or something? RONNIE Naw, man. Uh... But I need a favor. BARRY What you need? CURTIS Yeah? RONNIE Let's roll. BARRY Let's go... PAPA Hey, yo, but I got my moves down. The whole rehearsal went good. Oh, man, I think this is gonna be a hit. Hey, is your moms coming? KEVIN Yeah. PAPA Hmm. That's cool. There you go. KEVIN Ayo, Jake! Why you ain't come to play rehearsal today? JAKE 'Cause I quit that shit. PAPA We down a lollipop kid now. JAKE I don't care. I'm not wearing no fucking tights. KEVIN What about school? You ain't come either. JAKE Reg didn't go to school. Look at him. KEVIN Yeah, he's a drug dealer. JAKE And if he was white, they'd call him a doctor. How is school gonna get me paid? REG Hey, get in! JAKE They was just bouncing. REG Hey! We just finna get something to eat, y'all trying to slide? Big boy, I know your ass hungry. PAPA I could eat... REG What about you? PAPA Come on, Kev. The man's asking us to break bread with him. KEVIN Yeah, a'ight. PAPA Okay, Mister Reg. But I need a place with healthy options. JAKE Get the fuck in the car. KEVIN Yoga mat? PAPA Do you do Bikram or Vinyasa flow? REG Say again? PAPA What type of yoga do you practice? REG Ah. Let me get that. Hell no, that ain't mine. I don't fuck with that eastern shit. So, any one of y'all bust a nut yet? PAPA I'm, uh. I believe in holy matrimony, so I'm saving myself for my honeymoon, Mister Reg. REG Not you. I know your ass a virgin. I'm talking about Love Sexy here? Jake told me you hooked up with a little chick at the roller rink. KEVIN We-We just kissed. At the Rink. In public. REG Shit, that's what the bathroom stall's for. KEVIN I don't think Andrea that type of girl. REG Check this out, hoes want it just as much as we do. Now, you know, they all nice when they around they girls and they moms in school and shit. But in the bedroom, they all freaks. PAPA My mom's not a freak. REG Your moms and pops still together? PAPA Yeah. REG Then she a freak. Or, she running games on your pop. Using that shit like a weapon, you know. You want it, you got to do this, you got to do that, all types of dumbass shit, you feel me. JAKE That's right. REG Yeah, the fuck it is. Don't be a goofy for that shit. You be a man and you handle your business. And if your little trick ain't trying to give it up, fuck her friend. KEVIN What if I don't like her friend? REG You not doing it because you like her, you doing it to check her. Let her know she get to playing games, you gonna fall back and hop on another female. You feel me? KEVIN Yeah... I guess. REG Good. RONNIE Just don't mess with her remote, you know. She's watching her judges, she's good for the most part. BARRY Rewind, rewind. That part about the diapers, though. I ain't changing your grandma’s drawers, G. RONNIE She’s got a nurse who comes by for that. BARRY Why you bring it up? CURTIS Because shit go wrong when you get old, boy. My Uncle Ray pees in a bag, man. Got bags of piss all over the house. Lost a foot to sugar. It's fucked up, yo. BARRY Yeah, I ain't doin' that either. RONNIE Look, just...come on, yo. RONNIE Grandma. ETHEL Shut up and get me my walker. I give you permission to bring two strange negroes into my house? RONNIE Uh, these are my friends. This is Barry. BARRY How you doing? RONNIE And Curtis. CURTIS Hey. ETHEL Look like a couple of dope fiends to me. Least this one got manners. I smell reefer on this one. BARRY Ah, nah, ma'am, I, uh. ETHEL Don't lie to me. I know you two are the no good devils that brought my Ronald down into the darkness. RONNIE Grandma, please, just calm down. ETHEL I still don't know what they are doing in my house... RONNIE I’m just. I'm just showing them around, so-so they can help out... ETHEL You mean rob me? I'll save you two hoodlums the time. I don't got any money and my check don't come till next week. RONNIE Just... Just give us a minute, all right? ETHEL The hell’s this about? RONNIE Figured it would be a good idea. I just want to make sure you're taken care of. ETHEL Ronald I have you and the Lord for that. Now, I want these two out of my house now. BARRY Woah! Shit, hey, hey. CURTIS Was nice meeting you, ma'am. ETHEL Arrivederci, trash! RONNIE Put it down... it ain't even loaded. ETHEL Ugh. Jesus Christ. RONNIE Have a seat. ETHEL Mm-mm-mm. RONNIE I need to talk to you. About something I did... ETHEL Shush your mouth... RONNIE But you need to know. ETHEL But nothing. I'm too old for drama. So whatever it is, I... I don't want to know. RONNIE Okay... You hungry? ETHEL I am, but I don't want no more of that frozen food. RONNIE I'll make us some grilled cheese then. BRANDON These styles. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 Hey! What you think you're doing? BRANDON Oh, hey, how you doing? I'm Brandon. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 That doesn't answer my question. BRANDON I'm sorry, I'm a little new to this. I'm just trying to set my truck up. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 Not here, you're not. BRANDON What do you mean? Why? FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 We've been running this spot here for three years. BRANDON So? You got more spots for more trucks? FOOD TRUCK OWNER 2 Actually, this is Bocu Mama's spot. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 Yeah, she's running late. We're holding it for her. BRANDON Look, I... It's a free country. I have a permit right here in the window that says I'm ready to go, so I think I'm gonna set my truck up. So, excuse me. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 1 Yeah, nice counterfeit. FOOD TRUCK OWNER 2 Get your ass across the street or we'll call the city. BRANDON The fuck... Fucking... DETECTIVE WALLACE Hey dickhead, you went to Sergeant Clemmons about me? DETECTIVE CRUZ Sure did. DETECTIVE WALLACE Thank you. DETECTIVE CRUZ Jason Roxboro's phone. DETECTIVE WALLACE Thought we put the Roxboro case away... DETECTIVE CRUZ We did. DETECTIVE WALLACE So what’s this? A keepsake? The one that got away? I got some of those, too. Had this teen boy killed in a drive-by. Used to keep his photo on my wall, but I got sick of looking at it. Now I focus on the positive. You should try that. DETECTIVE CRUZ 9-1-1 call on there. Right at T.O.D. And then, uh, then I did some checking. You know, work logs... Checked your A and A for that night. DETECTIVE WALLACE Hm. Good for you. Is this where you tell me where I was? DETECTIVE CRUZ I could if you want. Anyways, I ran down that 9-1-1 call and I met your boy, O'Malley. His knee's still busted up. DETECTIVE WALLACE So you're working me, now, is that it? DETECTIVE CRUZ If it gets me answers, yeah. DETECTIVE WALLACE Well. If you want to take a run at me, go right ahead. REG I'm-a hit you when I get back. Soon as I get back, I'm-a hit you. A'ight. Bet. JAKE 'Sup. REG Uh, yessuh, let me get that. What we got? JAKE A polish. REG A little polish? JAKE Mm-hmm. REG Ya'll good? What you got?Good homie? Got some food? BIG MIKE Hey, my man. REG I'll be right back. Big Mike! What's up, big dog? BIG MIKE What's good, my brother? REG What's up with you? BIG MIKE You haven't see Trice around? REG Yeah, I picked him up this morning and dropped him off at the crib. Why? BIG MIKE He not answering his phone. REG No shit. BIG MIKE Yeah, no shit. What the fuck you been on lately? REG Oh, shit, playing big homie. Got my young boys with me all day and shit, you know. Schooling them and shit. BIG MIKE That's what's up. REG Hell yeah. But yeah, knowing Trice, though, he probably got a little bitch or something, got his phone cut off. He gonna hit your line. BIG MIKE Yeah, a'ight. REG All right, my nigga. Be smooth, man. TIFFANY That's a interesting fashion choice. EMMETT Don't start with me today, Tiffany. TIFFANY I'm not starting. I'm just saying I didn't know you owned shoes that didn't lace up. EMMETT I've been making a lot of sacrifices lately. Where my boy at? TIFFANY Dek's got him over there, playing. EMMETT Okay, good. Uh, there's something I wanted to talk to you about anyway. TIFFANY What's up? EMMETT Look, I know we ain't been seeing eye-to-eye as far as, uh, EJ is concerned... And, uh, I admit that a lot of that is my fault, so. TIFFANY We good. For now. EMMETT It's not much, but, you know, it's a start, so... I'm trying to do better, so... for the both of y'all. TIFFANY You better do better. EJ crazy about Dek. Hey! DEK 'Sup? EMMETT Hey, man. Hey, man. TIFFANY You want to keep him for the night? EMMETT What's up, man? TIFFANY We going to a MJ concert. I'll pick him up in the morning. Okay?Bye! EMMETT Say ball. Hm? Get the ball. Where'd the ball go? DEK Hey, yo, forgot his little monkey. Yo, I'm-a help you with her. You know, so you see the boy and shit. EMMETT I'd appreciate that. DEK Just slip me a extra bill every month and we all good. Trust me, kid. You know, it's better me and you ain't got no problems, man. EMMETT Shit. JAKE Like, Kevin, you're trash at 2K, like, seriously. KEVIN That's what I was saying... REG That shit was just good as hell. PAPA I'm gonna need a nap after that. REG I bet. JAKE Damn. REG What? JAKE Man, it's. Corey Cutler. REG Who the fuck is Corey Cutler? JAKE That bitch ass I was telling you about. About his bro being from the South D Sinners. Talking all kinds of shit at school. REG Bro, a motherfucker get to talking shit and you let that go, the whole world gonna think you a bitch.You a bitch, Jake? JAKE No. REG No... Then why you still here? What's up, you scared? It's a'ight, I used to be scared, too. See, look, when I was a shorty, every day on my way to school this kid used to fuck me up. Beat my ass if I ain't give up my money. To the point, I damn near had to start stealing just to keep him off my ass, you feel me? But this one day,I ain't had shit and I knew the ass whooping was coming, so I decided to fight back... JAKE And you whooped that ass? REG Hell naw, Shanniqua beat the fuck out of me. KEVIN Shanniqua? It's a girl? REG Damn straight. The bitch was fierce. Big as hell, I'll never forget it. PAPA I'm confused. What is the moral of this story, Mister Reg? REG There ain't no moral. Except after I fought back, I wasn't afraid no more. PAPA Actually, there is kind of a moral to that story. REG That's right, Papa. You see, it only take one time for you to show a motherfucker you ain't afraid of him. And after that, I promise you, you will never have to worry about them fucking with you ever again. That's right. KEVIN Jake. REG Fuck ya'll still doing here? You ain't got your homie back? The fuck? Hell yeah. JAKE Hey. KID Hey, who is this? KIDS What the fuck? / Oh, no! / Hey! / Hey, you okay? KID 2 Get him! PAPA Let's go, Kev. Oh. REG Oh, shit. COP 1 Break this shit up! And get up against the car. COP 2 Okay! Break it up! Enough! Come on. COP 1 Get against the car. You gonna need a knee. You two, get over here, now. KEVIN We didn't even do anything. PAPA We didn't even do anything. COP 1 Right now! Shut up! COP 2 Not another word. KEVIN Officer, we didn't even do... COP 2 Hands on the hood. COP 1 Spread them. REG CHOP Nigga, this piece a finna be far boy, I swear. STICK For real. Yeah. CHOP Aye, check. Ain't that the motherfucker that left Reg crib? STICK Hell, man, that sure is. CHOP Man STICK The fuck he doing here, though? CHOP That's what I want to know. OLDER BROTHER Hey. BRANDON Hey! Come check me out! Come check me out. How you doing? OLDER BROTHER Oh, what you got, big man? BRANDON Soul food in a taco. Best in the city. OLDER BROTHER Uh... The fried chicken got dark meat? BRANDON Yes. OLDER BROTHER All right. Let me have one fried chicken taco and one barbecued beef. Is everything all right? BRANDON Yeah, I'm... I'm sorry. You're my very first costumer. OLDER BROTHER Thank you. BRANDON Thank you.You the man! CHOP Hey, come on. We got to tell Reg. STICK: All right. PAPA I can't go to the Audy Home. Pretty face like mine wouldn't last a day. JAKE Papa, chill. PAPA You know I told you we should've ran, Kev. My mom find out about this, she gonna take me out the play. Then how my star gonna shine? JAKE Y'all was gonna run, right? COP 1 Okay, get the fuck out of here. And if we see you again, all your asses getting locked up for battery. REG Yes, sir. Hey, that's what the fuck I'm talkin' about. We gone. Yes, sir. JAKE What's up? PAPA We should walk from here. You can thank Mister Reg for the food. JAKE You don't want a ride? PAPA We'll take the bus from here. KEVIN No. I'm good. JAKE Whatever. Come on. PAPA Let's go. ETHEL SARAH Hello? BRANDON Yeah, just a second, I'm still oh... SARAH Hey. I need to talk to you. BRANDON Okay. Hey. SARAH Hi! BRANDON This is actually pretty random. How did you know where I was? SARAH Um, Luis tweeted that you were headed this way in a new food truck. You move fast. BRANDON Yeah. Yeah, I'm pretty excited. You like it? SARAH Yeah. BRANDON So, what's up? SARAH Um... Chef knows about us. JADA Look like he finally getting sleepy. EMMETT Yeah, he trying to fight it hard, too. He would not close his eyes. JADA I'm so proud of you. EMMETT I'm trying. JADA You doing it. Makes me feel a little better about what I have to tell you. EMMETT What? JADA I found a job. EMMETT What! That's dope. I mean, what is it? JADA Director of Nursing. I'll be managing a facility like the one I used to work for. EMMETT Okay. So, when do you start? JADA Emmett it's in Seattle. JERRIKA Hey, babe. BRANDON Babe. JERRIKA What's going on? BRANDON Babe, I'm so happy to be home.. JERRIKA Yeah. BRANDON And I wouldn't want nothing to ever come up in the future to, like, mess us up. So, while we were split up, I messed around with somebody else. JERRIKA Messed? BRANDON Yeah, we slept together. JERRIKA Anyone that I know? BRANDON Sarah. JERRIKA Your boss? Okay, so that's why you really quit? BRANDON Naw, J. No, no, no, no, no, no. Look. I told you, they wanted me to fire Luis and I wasn't with it. But I'm sorry. Okay? JERRIKA It's okay. BRANDON What? JERRIKA It's just... I mean, we didn't know if we were gonna get back together, so. BRANDON Thank you. JERRIKA Don't thank me. 'Cause, um, I slept with somebody, too. JAKE What, I thought we was going home? REG We is. Just got to drop off a package first. OPERATOR 9-1-1. How may I direct your call? RONNIE I'm reporting elderly abuse at 4898 South Drexel Boulevard.It's negligence. Please hurry, I think there's a fire in the house. OPERATOR I'm sending a car right now. DETECTIVE CRUZ Ronnie. RONNIE I want to confess... to the murder of Coogie Johnson.