ALL ANDREA BIG_MIKE BRAIDS BRANDON CLERK CROWD CRUZ DEK DETECTIVE EJ EMMETT GREAVY GUARD INMATES JADA JAKE JASON JERRIKA JUDGE KAREN KEVIN KIESHA LAVERNE MAISHA MR_GASCA MS_SABLOFF NARRATOR NINA OLDER_BROTHER PAPA PRETTY_GIRL_1 PRETTY_GIRL_2 QUENTIN RADIO REG RONNIE SERGEANT_CLEMMONS SONNY STATES_ATTORNEY TIFFANY TRICE WALLACE WOMAN WOMEN YOSH NARRATOR Previously on The Chi... RONNIE I want to confess... to the murder of Coogie Johnson. BRANDON I quit. JERRIKA What, why? BRANDON Trying to do the right thing, I guess. BRANDON It would be nice to start... something of my own. A food truck, but I don't have the money for that. JERRIKA Even if the house sells tomorrow, it can take three months, if not longer, for you to get paid. Take it and get that truck fixed. OLDER BROTHER Oh, what you got, big man? BRANDON Soul food in a taco. JADA Says right there, you his father. JADA I just want you to do better. EMMETT I'm trying. JADA I see that. But it's not all about you anymore. EMMETT EJ's good, but his mama... damn... SONNY She back? EMMETT Yeah, and she staying with some random dude. QUENTIN Who killed that basketball star up near your stash house? WALLACE Trice did your boy. KEVIN Look, man, we worried about you. JAKE Don't be. KEVIN What about school? JAKE Reg didn't go to school. KEVIN Yeah, he's a drug dealer. BIG MIKE You haven't see Trice around? REG Yeah, I picked him up this morning and dropped him off at the crib. REG Get your bitch ass the fuck out my car. Stand your motherfucking ass up, dude. Get the fuck up. Hey, stay your ass right here. You hear me? JAKE Yeah. Yeah. All right. REG Come on. Come on, fool. Yeah. Fuck you talking about? Get the fuck in that. QUENTIN We've got this. Take little man outside... and wait. REG All right. Didn't I tell you to wait your ass outside? Wh... MR GASCA Stanley, your shuffle's really coming along. Now Kevin, I'm gonna need you need to project. You have a really good voice, use it. PAPA He's just afraid of greatness, Mr. Gasca. KEVIN Man, shut up, Papa. MR GASCA You guys talked to Jake? PAPA You talk to those dancers? The one's messing up our play? MR GASCA I will. Now, did you talk to Jake? KEVIN Yeah, we did. PAPA He's exploring other options, Mr. Gasca, in the family business. MR GASCA Family business? KEVIN Yeah, with his brother Reg. PAPA I've been praying for him every night, Mr. Gasca, even whittled a cross for him, but my mom's says he's lost his way. MR GASCA Yeah, well, sometimes you got to do more than that. Maybe I'll have a chat with this brother of his. PAPA I wouldn't do that if I was you, Mr. Gasca. Reg is a bad mother. KEVIN Real bad. MR GASCA I'll take that into consideration. But for tonight, our play needs us. Let's see about this yellow brick road, huh? QUENTIN Hey. Hey. Look at me. So, Michael... how do you want to do this? TRICE My mother needs to be able to look at me after. QUENTIN Hm. Okay. I'll tell you what, you tell me what I want to know, and... the knife stays right here. TRICE I'll take you on your word on that. QUENTIN I spoke with you friend, Wallace. The cop. He told me you were the one who shot my boy. TRICE Your boy? JASON I'll be there in, like, ten. No, of course I love you. I mean, my ass is out here getting you ice cream, ain't I? Nah. All right, all right. Okay. Hold on. Wait... Hey, let me, let me call you... let me call you back. TRICE Hey. You lost, young blood? Who you got on the phone? JASON N-No. Nah, man, I-I was just leaving. I... TRICE Who you with? JASON Nobody. I-I swear. TRICE Huh. You look like you was playing hide-and-seek. What you doing around here? JASON I was... going to my girl house. She-- Was getting a... getting her, getting her ice cream. TRICE Oh, that's cute. What kind of ice cream you get her? JASON Mi-mint chocolate chip. TRICE Bet. JASON All right. Look, I didn't see nothing. I-I didn't see nothing. TRICE Who said anything about seeing something? Nigga, what was you doing hiding there? TRICE I had no choice. JAKE They gonna kill him? REG Don't matter. The man said wait. We gonna wait. JAKE But what happens next? REG Bro. See, that's why I knew I shouldn't have brought your ass with me. JAKE I'm good. REG All right. Come on. Get up. QUENTIN Go on. Finish it. You stick here, little man. Go on, take a look if you want. RONNIE I asked him about the chain he was wearing. CRUZ Jason's chain? RONNIE Yeah. CRUZ This is outside the corner store? RONNIE Mm-hmm. CRUZ Go on. RONNIE We argued. I took out the gun and... CRUZ Need to hear you say it. RONNIE I shot him. That was it. CRUZ You remove anything from the body? RONNIE Just my boy's chain. It was the last thing I gave him. DETECTIVE Okay. Let's talk about after. You tell anybody else what you did? RONNIE No. CRUZ And the gun? RONNIE Sold it. CRUZ Who'd you sell the gun to? RONNIE Guy on the street. CRUZ What street? RONNIE 63rd and King. CRUZ What'd the guy look like? RONNIE I don't know. CRUZ You're lying about the gun. RONNIE Sold it to Meldrick. I don't know his last name. CRUZ I know who you're talking about. Anybody see you shoot Coogie? RONNIE What's that matter? CRUZ To corroborate the story, anything helps. Anybody witness you shooting Coogie? RONNIE Yeah. CRUZ Name? CRUZ Three. WOMAN Copy. Opening cell three. JERRIKA What you looking at? BRANDON Nothing. JERRIKA So you taking the truck out tonight? BRANDON Yeah, I got to start making some kind of money. JERRIKA Brandon, what are you looking at me like that for? BRANDON The guy that you mess with... you... you work with him? I just want to know. JERRIKA I thought you said this wasn't going to be a thing. BRANDON It's not. JERRIKA Then why you asking? BRANDON 'Cause look what you got on. JERRIKA Oh, I can't look cute at work now 'cause Marcus is there? BRANDON See? I knew y'all worked together. JERRIKA Do you see me all up in your shit because you fucked your boss, Sarah? BRANDON She not even my boss no more, J. JERRIKA Can we just not do this? I'm moving on, and so should you. BRANDON Okay. It's all in my rearview. JERRIKA Good. So guess what. I just got a solid offer on your mom's house. BRANDON That’s a good thing, right? JERRIKA Yeah, so you can get paid and fix up that roach coach. BRANDON I'm sorry, what? Not too much on my truck, okay? Back-back it all the way up. JERRIKA I'm sorry. I'm sorry. BRANDON It's a work in progress, is what it is. JERRIKA Sure, let's go with that. I'm taking the offer over to them now. You coming? BRANDON Yeah, I'm coming. I'm coming. EMMETT There you go! There you go! Whoo! Whoo! There you go, there you go. Oh! Oh! I got you. I got you. Well, almost time for you to get back at your mom's, young man. You gonna miss pops? We both gonna miss Grams 'cause... she might be leaving us. How you feel about that? It’s just gonna be the two of us. TIFFANY Emmett. How many pampers is left in that bag? 'Cause I got to make a few stops before I go home. EMMETT Say hi, Mommy. Tell her I had ice cream today, and now I got gas. TIFFANY EMMETT What happened to your face? TIFFANY Nothing. EMMETT Is everything all right? TIFFANY Why don't you just mind your business, Emmett? EMMETT Tiff, just because we ain't what we used to be, don't mean you can't talk to me. TIFFANY I got to roll. Come on. It's okay. I got to go. WALLACE Just walked in and confessed. Huh? Your guy. CRUZ Yeah. WALLACE Why would he do that? CRUZ I don't know. He felt guilty. WALLACE Did he leave out the part where you gave him Coogie Johnson? Oh, you want to pull down on me? This is where you're supposed to pull the trigger. Yeah. I thought so. You’re a dead man. KEVIN What are you doing? PAPA You said to meet you outside so we could walk to the play together. KEVIN Somebody sees you like that, you're gonna get your lollipopped ass kicked. PAPA Nobody's gonna whoop my ass. KEVIN Do you figure? PAPA In the jail, the last person you want to fight is the crazy one, because they're unpredictable. KEVIN How do you know this? PAPA Locked Up Abroad. I watch it with my mom. She says it's important to see the path of sin. KEVIN What? PAPA Did you know that they bring narcotics into the penitentiary up their asses? Cell phones, too. KEVIN Uh, I don't want to know that. PAPA Okay. You okay? KEVIN Just... nervous. About the play. My whole family's coming. PAPA Don't worry. I got your back. KEVIN Maybe we could... run the lines together? PAPA All right. Let's do it. KEVIN ? Follow the yellow brick road... ? GREAVY Check this. Got the cold duck all chilled up. Rosé, too. ALL LAVERNE We ain't sold it, yet, crazy. GREAVY Shit, we got the offer, Laverne. It was the paint, wasn't it? JERRIKA Uh... GREAVY Motherfucking Quaking Grass. LAVERNE All right. JERRIKA They didn't... They didn't say... GREAVY Yes, indeed. LAVERNE So, what's the offer? JERRIKA It's $5,000 over your asking price. LAVERNE That's good, isn't it? JERRIKA In this market, yes. GREAVY Told you we should have asked for more. BRANDON We? GREAVY You think that Italian tile just laid itself? Hell no. I got some serious sweat equity in this joint. LAVERNE Can we sign, please? GREAVY We ain't fucking signing with no cheap ass Bics. This used to be my father's. LAVERNE Look who bougie, now. ALL JERRIKA I thought it was me. BRANDON Let me take this real quick. JERRIKA All right, so, you're gonna sign here, everywhere it says "seller initial," okay? And then Bran-Brandon will sign there, too. Every page. BRANDON Hello? Yes, this is he. When? Okay, I... yeah. I'll let her know. I'll let her know. Have a nice day. Thank you. GREAVY Everywhere... Okay. JERRIKA Everywhere you see that. LAVERNE I-I want to wait for him to get off the phone. JERRIKA Of course. And there. I just want to make sure you... About 10, 15, but it's gonna be, uh, it's definitely gonna be more than that when we go to closing. LAVERNE Finally... BRANDON I appreciate it. All right. You, too. JERRIKA I'll help you see everything. I'm sure he'll read it all... BRANDON That was Detective Cruz. He, um, he said they got the guy who shot Coogie. Mom… JERRIKA I'm sorry. BRANDON Damn, it's okay, but fuck... REG See how I got my shit tucked? Tuck your shit in the back, just like that. Ready? JAKE Yeah. REG Come on. Fellas. So, listen up. Trice gone. BIG MIKE Man, what the fuck is you talking about? REG Big Mike, you heard exactly what the fuck I just told you. That nigga gone, and he ain't coming back. So what's up, then? BIG MIKE So, you the boss now, huh? REG That's the way it’s looking. BIG MIKE What I want to know, my paper the same? REG Hell, yeah. BIG MIKE Well, you just made the boogie man smile again. We good, man. That's what it is then. Yes, sir. REG A'ight, but yeah. Check it out. Check it out. So look, man. This block is too motherfucking hot right now. We have to find us a new hustle ASAP. BIG MIKE Well, you need to come up with some new moves, then, my brother. REG Indeed, so look. Check it out. I want you to round up everybody. Take them to the park. Lay low for a minute. Bust a couple serves, and soon as I got something new, I'm gonna hit you. BIG MIKE My man. REG Yeah. All right. Right there. All right, y'all. I'm-a holler at you. What's up, man? No pressure. No pressure. So, what's up, uh? What you want to do now? Want to go get some new kicks? We can go to That's A Burger. JAKE Nah. I'm not hungry. REG Yeah? So what else you want to do? CROWD PAPA I got to admit it. Andrea's doing all right. She saved it all for show time. KEVIN You threw all that shade for no reason. PAPA Wha-Whatever. CROWD Oh! PAPA See? Damn, girl. Mind the trees! Be happy she dumped you. KEVIN She didn't dump me, all right? PAPA All right. You're friends with a girl that can't dance for shit. KEVIN Whatever. PAPA All right. It's showtime. You ready? KEVIN I think so. PAPA Just remember, follow my lead. KEVIN CROWD REG Hell, yeah! Papa get on that shit, big boy! That's how you move big boy! CROWD NINA We love you, Kevin! KAREN Yeah! Go, Kevin! WOMEN PRETTY GIRL 1 Girl, don’t be stupid. PRETTY GIRL 2 He got a pretty smile. SONNY Yo, Emmett. Come here. SONNY What the hell is wrong with you, boy? Those ladies out there shooting hard at you, and you moping around like your dog just died. EMMETT I got some shit on my mind. SONNY What's got you so twisted up? EMMETT It's Tiffany. I... SONNY Boy, you need to find a new tune to whistle. EMMETT When she came to pick EJ up, she had a bruise on her cheek. SONNY Uh-huh... EMMETT I can't have my son around that. SONNY No. You can't. NINA Okay, just a few more, Kevin. Just a few more. Stay there. KEVIN Mom! NINA Oh, come on! Hush yourself. Wait. There it is. Stay. Don't move. Oh, that's so cute. Hey, come on. KAREN All right, last one. I'm hungry. Let’s go. NINA Come on. Smile, Kevin. PAPA By the way, Kiesha, you look exceptionally beautiful today. KIESHA Thank you, Papa. PAPA Mm-hmm. KEVIN What are you doing? PAPA What are you doing? NINA Oh, hey, hey, hey. Call me when you ready to come home, and I'll come and pick you up. KEVIN All right. You're not gonna hit on my sister like that. PAPA She was looking good. KEVIN Shut up. NINA Kiesha! KAREN Oh... KIESHA He was walking around! You said take a picture. I took a picture. PAPA Hey, man. What were you doing? Kiesha was feeling me. KEVIN My sister? PAPA Hey, man. What can I say? When you got mad skills, all the ladies in the house want some of that. KEVIN I thought Jesus was about being humble and thankful. PAPA Do I look like Jesus to you? KEVIN No, but you always bringing him up and shit. PAPA I aspire. And don't curse when you say His name. KEVIN All I said was "shit." What are you doing? PAPA I'm not getting hit by Jesus lightning 'cause of you. KEVIN We're inside, dummy. PAPA And Jesus is the son of God and can strike down lightning wherever he wants. Jesus don't play. JAKE What's up, fools. PAPA Jake! KEVIN Came to bust our balls? JAKE Good job, man. Y'all were great. PAPA So, uh... You coming back to the school? JAKE I don't know. KEVIN What you gonna do? JAKE I guess see what's what. KEVIN Look, man. You could always stay with me, if you want to. JAKE Now, why would I do that. KEVIN I don't know. Maybe if you want to run away from your brother? JAKE He's my blood, Kevin. KEVIN All right, if you get in trouble, that's on you! JAKE Man, fuck you. PAPA Hey, Jake. Hold up. I made this for you. It's rosewood. JAKE All right. Thanks. Want to hang, hit my line. PAPA Kev's just worried about you. JAKE Ain't none of his business to worry about. I'll check you later. PAPA All right. You tried. KEVIN Hope he all right. PAPA Ain't nothing we can do now but go to this party and bust it out. WOMAN Thank you. CLERK Sheriff, please bring in, uh, Ronald Davis. MS SABLOFF Look at the judge. JUDGE What are the charges? STATES ATTORNEY First degree murder, for the killing of Charles "Coogie" Johnson. LAVERNE This motherfucker better not get no bail. GREAVY Hm. BRANDON Shh. LAVERNE Don't be shushing me. It's my... JUDGE Not in my court, ma'am. Please be quiet. Ms. Sabloff... MS SABLOFF Ronald Garvey Davis is a military veteran... JUDGE Employment. MS SABLOFF None currently, but in the past he's worked in construction and as a stock clerk. JUDGE No bond. Subject is remanded to Cook County Jail pending trial date. Thank you. EJ TIFFANY EMMETT Tiffany! Tiffany! Tiffany! Oh, shit. DEK Hey, Tiff, come on. Calm down, baby. EMMETT EJ, it's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. EJ EMMETT Tiffany. Tiff! Tiff. Tiff. TIFFANY Fuck you! Fuck you! EMMETT Oh, shit. Tiff. Tiff. Tiff. Tiff. Stop. Stop. TIFFANY Touch me, I'll fucking kill your ass. EMMETT Stop. Stop. Stop! Stop, yo! TIFFANY The fuck is you doing here, Emmet? EMMETT I was worried. I thought you might need some help. TIFFANY Do I look like I fucking need help, Emmett? EMMETT No, but I was trying to... TIFFANY But what? I told your ass to stay out of my fucking business. DEK You need to step the fuck off. TIFFANY You shut the fuck up! DEK Sit... TIFFANY I’m fucking tired of your shit, too. EMMETT Hey. Fuck both of y'all. DEK Come on, hey. Hey. Hey, hey. Chill. EMMETT Fuck the both of y'all! DEK Hey, cool out, man. Hey, chill... EJ EMMETT I'm taking EJ with me. Y'all call me when y'all figure this shit out. TIFFANY Emmett, wait! DEK Hey, chill out, man! Tiff. TIFFANY Wait, don't fucking touch me! Don't touch me! EMMETT Come on. Come on. TIFFANY Emmett, wait! Emmett, where the fuck are you going with my kid? DEK Man, look. Relax… BRAIDS Fuck you looking at? Fuck you. RADIO .. gate 24... YOSH You plugged. RONNIE What? YOSH With anybody? RONNIE No, man. YOSH Get back of the fucking line, then, neutron. INMATES QUENTIN Ah, Detective Wallace. Please, let's have a drink. What the fuck happened to you? WALLACE Ah, wife. QUENTIN Ah... I had one like that. To Trice. Hmm, and the less you know about that, the better. WALLACE Right. Fuck him. QUENTIN Yeah, fuck him... WALLACE What's so fucking funny? QUENTIN Well, that's exactly what he said about you. "Fuck him." Right before he told me the rest of the story. WALLACE What the fuck you talking about? JASON WALLACE The fuck was he doing? TRICE I don't know. He said he was trying to get home to his lady. WALLACE Get the fuck out of here. I got it. JASON WALLACE JASON WALLACE That's some bullshit. QUENTIN No. No, Trice was telling the truth. Trust me. You know, and the bitch of this is, is that I left here so that my boy would be safe. Didn't want my shit spilling over on him. He was a good boy. He was gonna go to school, play ball, but now... WALLACE It was Trice. Not me. He shot your boy. QUENTIN Uh-huh... WALLACE Ah! GREAVY Hey. BRANDON How is she? GREAVY Coogie's room. In a mood. BRANDON LAVERNE I saw the way that man looked at you in the courtroom today. You knew him, didn't you? BRANDON Ma, I... LAVERNE Don't lie to me, boy. BRANDON I just knew him from around. LAVERNE Brandon, please. I st... Remember that night you came up in here, talking about how you got hurt at work. BRANDON Ma, I-I didn't go looking for him if that's what you asking me. I didn't do that. LAVERNE I'm not asking you nothing. I'm just glad nothing happened, baby. BRANDON Nothing's gonna happen, now. Hey, don't cry. Look, after we... After we sell this house, it's... We can just put all this behind us. A'ight? LAVERNE Uh-uh. I can't sell, baby. BRANDON What? LAVERNE I can't sell, baby. I got to stay. I got to go through this trial and see this man pay for what he done to my baby. BRANDON Okay. LAVERNE I'm sorry. BRANDON Okay. LAVERNE We gonna be all right. BRANDON NINA Who is it? CRUZ Detective Cruz, CPD. NINA How can I help you? CRUZ I need to speak with the parent or parents of Kevin Williams. NINA Kevin's my son. What's happened? What's going on? CRUZ I'm sorry to bother you this evening, ma'am, but I need to question your son. NINA About what? CRUZ The murder of Charles "Coogie" Johnson. NINA I... CRUZ Killer claims that your son saw him commit the crime. NINA If Kevin saw something like that, he would have told me about it, and he didn't, so I'm sorry. We can't help you. CRUZ Coogie Johnson was 16 years old. I need your help. NINA QUENTIN It's all taken care of. He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, Tracy. That's all. I'm sorry. GUARD Here, you got a cell mate. Good luck. SERGEANT CLEMMONS Are you good with this? CRUZ Yeah. SERGEANT CLEMMONS Good, 'cause it's your case, now. EMMETT Tiff's freaking out that I took EJ. She says gonna call the cops on me. JADA Baby, you did the right thing. EMMETT How am I supposed to protect him next time? JADA You gonna have to get custody. EMMETT Well, Sonny told me that wasn't gonna be easy. JADA Yeah, it's damn near impossible. EMMETT I don't know how I'm gonna do this one. JADA You'll figure it out. REG Hey, taco. Remember me? You showed up at the crib talking 'bout you fucked up and lost my po? BRANDON Yeah, I remember. REG I'm here to collect. BRANDON Look, if you want money dog, I can get you... REG Hell, no. Don't trip on none of that. We gonna make a whole lot of money. Yeah, we going fucking mobile. Nice truck. Big Mike, we gone. Hey, um, I'm gonna holler at you. PAPA Yo, what's up with you not dancing? KEVIN I got to go handle something. PAPA You need backup? KEVIN No, I got it. PAPA Oh, no... MAISHA Man, what do you want? 'Cause I know you don't want to dance with someone like me. KEVIN Look, I messed up. All right? MAISHA Yeah, you did. KEVIN I just got caught up with the whole Andrea thing, and I forgot about your feelings. MAISHA You were disrespectful, man. KEVIN I know, and I'm sorry. I-I just didn't want to hurt your feelings, but can you please forgive me? MAISHA Okay, I forgive you. KEVIN For real? MAISHA Yeah, it's the Christian thing to do. Besides, I don't even like you, anymore. KEVIN Okay... MAISHA Can you put in a word for me with Papa? KEVIN Really? MAISHA Yeah. I like the way he moves. KEVIN A'ight. MAISHA Ask him if he wants to come dance with me. KEVIN Okay... Hey, uh, Papa... PAPA Nope. Nope, nope, nope. ANDREA Hey. You were great. KEVIN You, too. ANDREA You want to dance? KEVIN But, I thought... ANDREA It's just dancing. Come on...