Power Book IV: Force
Created by: Robert Munic
Stars: Joseph Sikora, Lucien Cambric, Anthony Fleming III, Shane Harper, Isaac Keys, Kris D. Lofton, Gabrielle Ryan, Lili Simmons, Tommy Flanagan, Miriam A. Hyman, Manuel Eduardo Ramirez, Adrienne Walker, Carmela Zumbado, Michael Rainey Jr.
The series is a sequel and third spin-off to Power created by Courtney A. Kemp.
Season 3 – Episode 8
Episode title: Build Back Better
Original release date: December 26, 2025 (Starz)
Episode plot: After a major shakeup, Tommy moves fast to rebuild, and the stakes are higher than ever.
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Power Book IV: Force – S03E08 – Build Back Better | Transcript
[sirens wailing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Paul] Bobby! Don’t.
[indistinct chatter]
♪♪♪
[sighs]
[panting]
This motherfucker!
[tense music playing]
♪♪♪
[breathing heavily]
Me and my operation took a huge fuckin’ hit yesterday.
What happened?
[sighs] I had to take care of something. I wish I coulda handled it another way, but… I didn’t have a fuckin’ choice. Mireya, you should know that the feds is gonna be all up on us. Don’t worry, I got Jenny Su at the ready.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I… I trust you. Oh my God. Did this happen during that thing you handled?
No. I got in a fight with Diamond’s bitch ass.
What?
Yeah. This motherfucker thinks he can kick me out of my own shit. An empire that I built. I will burn that motherfuckin’ coalition to the ground before I let them take it from me.
Hm. Tommy, look. You gotta think this through. Okay?
What?
Don’t burn it down. Take it back.
You right. You always surprise me.
You know what? Maybe Miguel can help you.
[cell phone vibrating]
No, I…
[vibrating continues]
[eerie, ominous music playing]
What is it?
[taps keypad]
[Bobby] Egan. I know it’s you. You don’t have to say a goddamn word ’cause I already know. You piece of fucking shit, I’m coming for you, you hear me? You hear me?!
[tense music playing]
Who was that? What’s happening here?
It was a threat. I’ll be fine. Streets is hot, though. Where you gotta be at today?
I’m goin’ to see my brother before work.
Okay, that’s fine. You should be safe there. You still got that thing I gave you?
Yeah. It’s over there.
All right, go grab it. Put it in your purse.
[grunts] Then we gotta bounce.
Tommy, listen to me. If you’re gonna get back out there, you need to promise me something. You’re gonna promise me you’re gonna be smart. It’s not just us anymore.
I promise. I already know my first move. We good. Just don’t come back here without me, okay? Okay.
All right. Let’s get outta here.
[music fades]
Shit been set, man. Moved the stash. It wasn’t easy finding nowhere that Tommy ain’t already know about, though.
I shoulda killed that motherfucker Tommy. He think that he can just do whatever bullshit moves he wanna do and it’s not a problem. But as soon as I make some moves on my own, now it’s a issue. You was right, J. I let that white boy way too close.
[Jenard] Huh. Yeah, you did. But you know he gon’ be a problem for us, right?
Yeah, he gon’ make moves to try to poach from us, just like we did the Serbs.
How he gonna do that, though, with no product? Nigga, Che not gonna fuck with him solo.
Yeah, if I know Tommy, he gon’ try. We gotta lock down the coalition. I’ma start with the Assyrians. You start with the RDs. And have Shanti roll wit’ you.
Why? You don’t trust me to handle my shit?
You said you still straight, right, J?
Yeah.
[Diamond] Yeah, well, I believe you. But-but Shanti, she keeps you focused.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Nigga… I keep me focused, okay? I don’t need no bitch all in my shit.
Man, what’s the damn problem? We gotta show a united front out there for the coalition, and you and Shanti are the motherfuckin’ dream team. So no pushback, bro. Just do what the fuck I’m sayin’.
[dark, ominous music playing]
[Tommy] What up, Che?
Did anybody follow you here?
[Tommy] Hell no.
The city’s hot.
Some pendejo took out a U.S. Attorney last night.
A U.S. Attorney?
Are you serious?
Get the fuck outta here.
Some people is crazy.
But nah, I’m always careful.
[Che] Hmm.
You weren’t very careful when you got yourself thrown out of CBI.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Let’s take it easy.
Now you’re just one man without an army or a coalition.
You had a lot of nerve to request a meeting with me.
I don’t do bodega business.
I make Amazon money.
As much as I miss a bodega, I got Amazon money.
There’s as much in that bag right there as any deal I ever done with CBI.
[laughs]
So you’re telling me that every cent of your own savings isn’t in that bag?
Hell no. There’s plenty more where that came from.
[Che] Hm.
I always reinvest in myself.
[dark, tense music playing]
I’m giving you 24 hours to move all the product that I’m selling you today.
Come back tomorrow with the same amount and reup or we’re done.
I told you.
No bodega business.
No bodega business.
You were smart enough to bring the usual amount.
Now I need to know that you can handle this volume regularly.
Oh yeah. This? This ain’t gonna be no problem, jefe.
[Che] ‘Cause if you can’t…
[inhales sharply, sighs]
…I’m not just cutting you off.
I’m killing you.
I’m killing your family.
Everybody.
I do not tolerate my time being wasted.
I understand.
[sighs]
[cell phone vibrates]
[sighs] Oh, fuck.
[gun cocks]
[in Spanish]
[“Coscorron” playing]
[in English] ‘Cause I made a fuckin’ deal with them.
Yeah, um… what kind of deal, Miguel?
To take out Tommy.
[in Spanish]
[in English]
Ay, Mireya, for Christ’s sake.
This is the business.
He woulda done the same shit to me.
Except he didn’t!
And instead, he fuckin’ saved your ass.
Okay?
[in Spanish]
[in English] And nothing happened to Tommy.
I called off the hit.
And now Marquez is comin’ after me because I refused to kill Tommy Egan.
And now I’m paying the price.
I’ve lost a shitload of men.
And Che won’t give me the green light to hit back unless I build a bigger army.
[tense, dramatic music playing]
Tommy split from CBI last night.
Which means he needs a new partner.
And you have the same competitor now.
I need a fuckin’ army.
Tommy’s just one guy.
Teaming up with him ain’t gonna do shit for me.
It’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, Miguel.
It’s about the fight in the dog.
♪♪♪
Hey.
[in Spanish]
[echoing slam]
Shouldn’t be here, J.
Baby, I fucked up, okay?
I did. I fucked up.
But you my queen.
I’ll do whatever the fuck you say to make this right.
I already gave you more chances than you ever deserved.
Yeah, you right.
You right. And look… as much as that shit hurt, I deserved that Lambo shit.
Okay? But look.
Tommy did set me up, so I’m not fully to blame on this shit.
Tommy put that needle in your arm?
Did he take your dick and guide it into that ho’s pussy?
A’ight, fuck it. So… can you at least be professional about this shit, then, and not let it affect our business?
Can you do that?
Oh, I’m out of your little coalition.
I’m gon’ do my own business.
Excuse me? And how the fuck you gon’ do that without me?
Huh? You ain’t get the Che meeting, remember?
Oh, I remember.
Do you gotta be so fucking disrespectful, Shanti?
You know what?
Me and Diamond, we know how to forgive each other.
That’s the motherfuckin’ difference, and that’s what make us unstoppable.
I made it to the top without you, bitch.
[loud clattering]
Fuckin’ shit outta here.
It’s gon’ be great to watch you fall.
I don’t think I need to tell you all that as long as I am acting U.S. Attorney, our top priority is getting the bastard that killed Stacy.
I want us to piece together a detailed account of Stacy’s last 24 hours.
Everywhere she went, all her communication.
DiFranco.
You’d be a tremendous help with that.
[Delgado] It’s gotta be the Marquez cartel, right?
She named them publicly for Claudia Flynn’s murder.
No. This didn’t have any of the usual signs of a cartel hit.
He’s right.
It didn’t look like cartel.
Ccan I have a word, please?
Yeah. We’re done here.
[chatter]
[dramatic music playing]
You need to focus all your energy on Tommy Egan.
He killed her.
I think he killed her.
Why? What do you know?
It’s a hunch.
Bobby, I…
I can’t imagine what you’re going through right now.
Really, I…
I think about my own wife, and…
Look, whatever it is that’s giving you this hunch, please share it.
It’ll stay in confidence.
But I need to know so we can nail this fucker.
Let’s get Stacy the justice she deserves, yeah?
I found this under her car this morning.
You removed evidence from a crime scene?
You said in confidence.
Yeah. Of course.
Go on.
[dark, dramatic music playing]
There’s only one number in it.
Look, I…
I have reason to believe that Egan got to Stacy.
That he had something over her.
I don’t know what she thought he had.
I don’t know for how long.
But…
Whatever it is…
Vic Flynn was likely in the middle.
We need to bring him in.
Hey, listen, man.
You did the right thing, Bobby.
I’ll authorize a field team.
Tseng.
Tommy Egan?
He has to pay for this.
[Tseng]
We’ll get the son of a bitch.
I promise you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[music fades]
I made breakfast.
Wow.
[laughs softly] That looks amazing.
I’m really gonna miss this.
You can still walk away, you know.
End things between us right now and you won’t have to go off the grid.
[Rae sighs]
You’ll be giving up your whole career by leaving with me.
I just wanna work on my novel.
There’s internet at the place you set up, right?
I can’t wait to tell Donna I’m quitting without notice.
[cell phone pings]
[sighs] See? It never ends.
Vic. Oh my God.
Stacy Marks was murdered last night.
[ominous music playing]
Oh, fuck.
Fuck.
Vic, did you…
No, Rae, listen to me.
I swear I had nothing to do with this, okay?
I’m probably gonna be a suspect, but it must have been Tommy.
It’s exactly why it isn’t safe for you to be here.
Shit.
Good thing you have an alibi who happens to be a DNC employee.
You’d do that for me?
Of course.
I love you too.
♪♪♪
[cell phone vibrating]
Go ahead.
I’ve got your back.
Yeah.
[sighs] All right.
It’s Vic.
Look, I heard about Stacy.
We’re comin’ to get you.
No, no, no. Listen to me.
I swear I had nothing to do with this mess, all right?
I have a fucking alibi.
Vic, we don’t think you killed her.
Okay?
We think it was Tommy Egan.
My sources on the street are telling me he split from CBI yesterday.
Split?
What about the coalition?
[hesitates]
Is anyone working with Tommy?
[Bobby] No.
He’s a lone wolf now.
Okay? No crew, no coalition.
This is our chance to nail this motherfucker.
I need you to come in right away.
Wha… No… Uh…
No, fuck that.
Hey, listen…
Listen.
You could be in danger, Vic.
If Tommy took out Stacy, he could be coming after you next.
Let us protect you.
Yeah, sure.
He sounded rattled.
I don’t think he’s coming in.
[Bobby sighs]
All right, I’ll put a BOLO out.
Yeah, in the meantime, I’ll turn up the heat on Tommy.
Okay.
Do you need me to come in with you and give a statement?
[cell phone vibrates]
[sighs] No.
No. We need to get you out of this fucking city right now.
I thought I had the week to get things in order.
Yeah, well, plan’s changed.
I can’t leave unless I know what’s going on.
Tommy… He just got kicked off his fucking throne.
Half this city was his army until yesterday.
Now he’s got nothing. Look.
This is my first real chance to get free of him, yeah?
Before he comes for me.
[music fades]
Jenard told me y’all ended things.
Wanted to see how you was doin’.
What doesn’t bother you don’t trouble you.
I’m good.
I’ma be doin’ my own thing.
Jenard freakin’ out about this shit.
People don’t know your value, until they feel your absence.
Girl, I just came here to let you know I got you.
How the hell you get all this?
[Raheem] I flip sneakers… amongst other shit.
I don’t need a Lambo or Alexander McQueen.
I invest my money.
So whatever you got goin’ on next, I want in.
Jenard know about this?
Hell no.
Good. I want you back in CBI.
Play like you stickin’ with them.
Clock any weaknesses you can.
I already got something.
Shorty outta Southville ain’t happy with pushin’ fentanyl.
Or about Diamond disrespectin’ her.
That’s good, Raheem.
Bring me more of that.
Gives us the upper hand.
Us?
I like how that sound.
[cabinet rattling]
How we gonna come against CBI without a connect?
Tommy.
He knows the connect but he needs territory.
He knows I dumped Jenard, he’ll come to me.
You want us working for that white boy?
That’s what started all this shit.
I want you working with me.
Jenard couldn’t handle it.
But I know you can.
[“Live And Die By The Gun” playing]
♪ I live and die by the gun ♪
♪ I live and die by the gun ♪
♪ I live and die by the gun ♪
[sighs]
♪ I move better in the night ♪
♪ Suggest you get right ♪
♪ Flash on his ass
He be blinded by the light ♪
Motherfuckin’ feds!
Outside my house? Damn!
♪ Give a fuck about your life
Yeah, I know it ain’t right ♪
♪ I’m a butcher to the beef
Yeah, put it on ice ♪
♪ Since we talkin’
‘Bout ice… ♪
[cell phone vibrating]
What?
Oh, shit!
Yeah, a’ight.
Hang on.
[“Live And Die By The Gun” continues]
[song fades]
[door opens]
Well, shit.
I was wearin’ handcuffs for an hour.
Man, what the fuck is going on?
The feds is turnin’ up the heat ’cause one of they own got killed.
You got anything to do with that?
Don’t worry about that.
We all good.
On another note, I’m out CBI.
I didn’t go quiet.
You out?
[Tommy] Yeah.
Well, how you gonna look after DMac now?
He out too!
What the fuck?
I can’t believe this shit.
Yeah, I can’t believe this shit either.
And I got a lot of weight I gotta move.
[D-Mac] Damn.
[Tommy] Yeah, I need somebody by my side. Help me out.
Somebody I trust.
I’ma build back better.
You in?
What? Like be your number two?
Yeah.
[clicks tongue] Come on, Unc.
Hell yeah, I’m in.
All right, here.
Take some of these, all right?
Spread the word on the street that we ain’t with CBI no more.
And then get on that Short Stop app.
All right? You gotta move all that by the end of the day.
Wait, three keys by the end of the day?
Get your friend Marshall to help.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now, I-I’m gonna need one of y’all to tell me what the fuck is going on.
Go ahead.
You sure, Unc?
Yeah.
[D-Mac sighs]
All right, Pops, look.
Jenard tried to get me killed.
Again?
I couldn’t stand for it.
Hey, Uncle Tommy went crazy, though.
He knocked down Diamond’s big ass.
Yeah, well, you know, I-I did what I could.
Ain’t nobody ever do nothin’ like that for me before, Uncle Tommy.
[Tommy] Look, I got you.
But stay away from CBI.
We ain’t safe in they streets.
All right, get on out there.
I got you.
End of the day.
Hey…
Build back better, baby.
That’s the same shit I’m talkin’ ’bout.
[JP] Hey!
Be careful out there.
You threw away everything that you built here to defend my son.
I told you, JP.
I’ma keep that kid safe.
I should be keeping him safe.
He’s my fuckin’ son.
[cell phone vibrates] Look…
I know what you thinkin’.
Do not go after Jenard.
Okay?
[door opens]
[dramatic music playing]
[sighs]
Hey.
We can cell in’ that motherfucker Tommy Egan, a’ight?
He out.
So you just slidin’ in his spot then?
Nigga, CBI always been me and Diamond.
Yeah, a’ight.
Always till it wasn’t. Shit.
Niggas still ain’t forgot how you did Lil K, nigga.
Exactly.
And that shit you be shootin’ up in your arms, nigga.
Nigga, shut the fuck up. A’ight?
That’s your motherfuckin’ problem, nigga.
You talk too much.
Oh, wait.
Whatchu gonna do about it, though?
Oh yeah?
[Raheem] Hey, yo.
See? This nigga right here?
This a real nigga.
When y’all motherfuckers flipped to RDs, he stayed loyal.
[Raheem] I got no regrets.
A good leader make mistakes and he learn from ’em.
You feel me?
Yeah.
I hear that. For sure.
[cell phone vibrating] You hear that?
What you hear?
Fuck you mean?
Damn, boy. I’m just sayin’!
Kilo been happy since we joined the coalition.
If the boss good, then I’m good.
Everybody relax.
It’s time to get the big man anyway.
Wait, wait. What you mean?
Kilo get out the joint today, nigga.
Word? Oh, shit.
Word.
Shit, tell that nigga Kilo I said what up.
Yeah, a’ight.
Fuck around.
A’ight.
[tense music playing]
Good lookin’ out.
Man, you know I got you.
All right.
[sniffing]
[sighs]
[Marshall] Yeah, bring your big ass home, nigga.
You gonna get fucked up.
Yo, yo, yo.
What’s the word, son?
[dramatic music plays in game]
Hey. Hey.
Bro!
What the fuck?
I was ’bout to level up.
Hey man, fuck yo’ game, a’ight?
We levelin’ up in real life.
Come on, nigga.
Get up off yo’ ass. Get movin’!
Damn.
CBI call a meeting?
[sighs] Hey, fuck CBI.
A’ight?
Tommy buildin’ his own stuff.
He gon’ put both of us back on.
[grim music playing]
What?
Nah, I’m good.
Jenard takin’ back Tommy’s top spot.
Shit goin’ back to normal.
Normal?
Yeah, normal, nigga.
What the fuck is you talkin’ about, normal?
That nigga shot me!
Jenard the nigga that tried to set us up with the NineSevens!
He tried to set you up.
Man, how the fuck we supposed to handle our business if we ain’t lookin’ out for each other first?
I’m always lookin’ out for you!
I gotta start lookin’ out for myself, D.
When you was out ridin’ horses and shit, I got back solid in CBI!
Me, nigga. Not you!
I’m not ’bout to fuck up my chances in the mob to fuck wit’ yo’ crazyass uncle, nigga.
I mean, look the fuck around!
I gotta pay my mom rent, D.
Nigga, yo’ mama been workin’ three jobs since I got here and she ain’t quit one of ’em since I left, nigga!
You ain’t been holdin’ shit down!
[music darkens]
All right, bro, look.
Marshall.
My bad, dawg.
No, fuck that.
You ain’t been shit but a extra mouth to feed.
Hey, I’m sorry, man.
What the fuck?
Get the fuck out.
For real?
My…
Get the fuck out.
♪♪♪
You and Jenard are done.
What about you and CBI?
I’m considering my options.
Well, consider this as an option.
Ride with me.
This from Che direct.
We move all this by tomorrow, and then reup, we in fulltime business wit’ him.
We, huh?
Well, I got the product.
You got the corners and clubs.
Seem like a mutually beneficial relationship to me.
‘Cause then all we gotta do, flip another couple of crews and we got a hold as strong as the coalition.
You got a line on Kendra in Southville?
‘Cause I hear she ain’t too happy about Diamond and Jenard pushin’ fentanyl on her.
Oh yeah? Where you heard that?
I got my sources.
[Tommy]
I could hit up Kendra.
But Kilo got the other half of that prison and he ain’t gonna leave Diamond hanging.
We might get Roja’s half.
He was never gonna fuck wit’ Diamond, right?
Yeah.
You really was all up in our business, huh?
It’s a good start.
But then we need two more crews.
And those bitchass Assyrians fucked me, so they out.
So maybe three.
I got an idea.
[suspenseful music playing]
[music fades]
So you on that shit again, right?
Nigga, shut the fuck up, a’ight?
Mind your goddamn business, nigga.
You don’t know what the fuck you talkin’ ’bout, bro.
[JP] Jenard!
Man, what the fuck you want?
[Raheem] Oh, shit.
[grunting]
[JP] Come here. Come here.
You fucked with the wrong faggot.
You stay the fuck away from my son.
[Jenard whimpers]
[Jenard] Nigga…
Come on, man.
Fuck you, nigga.
You ain’t just do shit.
Man, you got put on your ass by that zesty motherfucker ’cause you on that shit.
[tense music playing]
Nigga, fuck you.
Now come drive this motherfuckin’ car, bitch.
[music fades]
Nice shot.
I don’t like change, Tommy.
You gave me this place and look at what happened.
Yeah.
But I made shit right.
I lost half a dozen men.
You served up one.
You call that making it right?
I was ready to end this arrangement even before you strutted in here and announced you’re going solo.
He won’t be movin’ solo.
Who the fuck are you?
[Shanti] His new partner.
The game I’m running is uniquely successful out of all the other clubs in the Viagra Triangle.
My skills in management and scaling business are services I’d be happy to lend to your organization.
I’m impressed that a woman can run such a large operation.
Those clubs are just my side hustle.
And we’re runnin’ a… two-for-one deal on product just to compensate you for your losses.
Two for one, huh?
[“Love Is Gone” playing]
Let’s see, Tommy.
Let’s see.
Yeah?
Yeah.
[speaks indistinctly in Albanian]
[song ends]
You know, you barely need a nurse.
You’re not really hurt.
That’s because I kicked his fuckin’ ass.
Yeah. I thought it’d be way worse from D-Mac’s text.
Man, look. I was stressed, Unc.
You know Pops ain’t no fighter.
Now, I know you asked me not to, Tommy.
But?
But I couldn’t let Darnell’s uncle do his father’s job.
You know, one day, when our kid is in over their head, I’m callin’ Uncle JP.
Whoa. Whoa. Uncle?
Yo, you havin’ a baby?
Well, she havin’ a baby.
You didn’t tell them yet?
Nah. I thought we would do it over, like, a family dinner or something.
[JP] That’s wonderful.
Congratulations!
Yeah, well, I mean, I guess I’m gonna have to be asking you for advice in a few months.
Lessons in fatherhood and shit.
Look, I’m gonna put some motherfuckers outside the house in case Jenard think about hittin’ back.
Tommy, I don’t need all that.
Just let me do that shit.
A’ight? DMac, what you got for me?
What’s this? This all of it?
This all you pulled with Marshall?
Fuck Marshall, all right?
He out.
Goddamn!
You do need a new partner.
[D-Mac] Hey. Hold on. Wait.
He got a partner with me, right here.
And my brother is in over his head, and you might actually be able to use him this time.
Wait. Sorry to burst y’all bubble, but I got me a new partner.
[cell phone vibrating] Shanti Showstopper.
I gotta get the fuck outta here.
Hey. You good with gettin’ to work?
[ominous music playing]
Okay.
[JP] My brother’s gonna be a father.
[door closes]
[helicopter blades whirring] [sirens wailing]
♪♪♪
[door opens]
Chan.
How did you get in here?
I could have come to you.
Time’s up, Tseng.
Wait, didn’t you see the news?
I saw that your wife got home early today.
Yeah. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
Listen. Listen to me.
Someone killed Marks last night.
I’m the acting U.S. Attorney now.
I know she’s dead.
I don’t care who the U.S. Attorney is.
I care about why Gabriel Ortega is still in jail.
[Tseng] And I can fix that.
I got the dirt on Marks that you wanted.
And I can do things for the Marquez cartel that I never could before.
I’m not just gonna throw out the murder charge on Claudia Flynn.
I am going to make the whole RICO go away.
I’m getting Roberto Ortega released tomorrow.
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
I was trying to slot you to be a leader, J.
It’s not a damn good look to see you out here gettin’ your ass whupped in the middle of the street like that.
Come on. You don’t think I know that shit?
Wasn’t nobody around to see the shit go down, except Raheem, and he the most loyal I got, so we good.
Shanti’s the most loyal you got.
Nah, bro.
Me and Shanti done.
Man, what-what are you talkin’…
J, we need her territory.
Now what if she goes over and flips over to Tommy or something?
She not.
Shanti stand on business.
She ain’t gonna let some fuckin’ breakup fuck up her bread.
A’ight? And she for damn sure ain’t gon’ work with that white boy.
What the hell you doin’ here?
[laughs] Damn.
Shanti do that to you?
What? Bitch, who the fuck you talkin’ to?
It is really not a good time, Kendra.
Man, I’m done being disrespected by you.
I’m out.
From now on, my business is with Tommy and Shanti.
And with Kilo out, Southville is all mine.
Thought she wouldn’t work with no white boy?
[Kendra] It’s not personal.
It’s just business.
[Kendra grunting]
[body thudding]
Now Southville’s up for grabs.
It’s not personal.
It’s just business, bitch.
Goddamn!
I am tired of Tommy fuckin’ Egan.
Now, she said Kilo out.
So you tell Kilo that Tommy lied to all of us.
He set Rashan up to take the fall for his nephew.
You tell him that D-Mac is the one that killed Mad Dog!
I got you.
Now you talkin’, nigga.
I got you.
[Jenard titters gleefully]
And send somebody down here to clean this disrespectful-ass bitch up!
[intense dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[door slam echoes]
[ominous music playing]
Tommy let you come out by yourself.
With all this heat on him too.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
That’s not very safe.
Who the fuck are you?
No fucking questions from you, Mireya.
There’s guards all over this place.
You can’t do anything to me here.
You see anyone else?
‘Cause I don’t.
Don’t make this hard.
Give me your keys.
[sighs] Look. Just stop.
Just stop. You…
You can’t do this. I’m pregnant.
I know.
Now, give me your keys.
[keys jangling]
[grunts]
[car alarm blaring]
[Mireya] No!
[Mireya shrieks]
[grunting]
[engine revs]
[screaming]
[grunts]
[engine revs]
[body thudding]
[tires screech]
[car shifts]
[tires screech]
[whimpers]
[panting] Motherfucker!
[screaming] [crunching]
[sobbing]
[car alarm blaring]
[somber music playing]
♪♪♪
Yo, Iz. Yeah, I’m almost there.
Be up in, like, 30 seconds.
[grim music playing]
You’re so goddamn predictable.
Kicked out of CBI, try to poach crews all over again.
You might wanna rethink your plan, Vic.
‘Cause this ain’t gonna go too good for you.
You shoulda killed me when you had the chance.
You know what’s crazy?
Your sister said the same thing to me.
Yeah, my whole fucking family’s dead, Tommy.
It all went to shit from the first day you showed up.
But I know how to play the long game.
And that doesn’t make me weak.
It makes me smart.
Smart Vic woulda used whatever he had left of Daddy’s money and gotten the fuck outta Dodge just like his Aunt Beth.
Yeah, Victor, I went back to the house.
I seen that it was empty.
Why the fuck you didn’t go with her?
‘Cause I needed to watch you squirm the way you made me with your fucking boot on my neck!
Think this through, Vic.
Just like you said, I’m out CBI right now.
Now’s the time for me and you to work together.
Imagine the shit that we could pull off.
Oh, you really do think I’m that fucking stupid.
How does it feel to be the fucking puppet, Tommy?
Jesus Christ!
Huh?
All right. All right.
Dance for me, bitch!
All right, enough, Vic!
[siren blips]
Vic!
Drop the fucking guns, Vic! Now!
What, are you fucking kidding me?
That’s Tommy fucking Egan!
Vic, drop it.
I’m unarmed.
Keep your fuckin’ hands up!
Gun! Give me your gun!
What are you doing?
What the fuck are you doing?
Arrest him!
Get in the fucking car.
[dramatic music playing]
[handcuffs clicking]
My wife.
You took my fuckin’ wife.
I thought she was your ex-wife.
You’re not getting away with this.
You know what?
Stac said the same thing.
But here I am.
You motherfucker!
Bobby. Don’t.
I coulda let him kill you.
But that’s too easy for you.
I’m gonna make sure you rot in prison, you fuck!
Good luck wit’ that.
Aw, don’t worry.
I’m comin’ back for you.
♪♪♪
[cell phone vibrating]
[engine revving]
[car driving away]
Hey.
What?
Where are you?!
[car door opens]
Fuck!
Hey, Mireya.
[handle jiggles] Babe. Babe, unlock the car.
There you go.
Okay. Oh…
[sobbing] Fuck. Are you okay?
Let’s get you inside.
No. No. No. No. No. No.
What are you talking about?
I work here.
We gotta get you checked out, though. The baby.
Take me someplace else.
[panting] Okay. Okay. Okay.
I know a clinic that won’t ask no questions.
But your fuckin’ fingerprints are all over the car.
Fuck!
Tommy…
I just don’t know no one no more that I trust that could handle something like this.
Call Miguel.
Call my brother.
[music fades]
Now, I know Tommy has not got you moving that much product.
Nah, man.
That’s just my stuff.
[sighs] Hey, Dad? Um…
You think I could…
Well…
Could I stay wit’ you for a minute and crash?
Of course.
This will always be your home.
Thanks, Pops.
I appreciate that.
[somber music playing]
All right. Come on.
Come on. One time for your pops.
Bring it in. Come on.
Come on, man.
What do you want, Diamond?
I heard… you’re workin’ with Tommy now.
That’s true.
Well, I just came here to let you know you ain’t gon’ get Southville.
It’s Kendra’s business who she wants to work with.
Yeah, well, Kendra’s dead.
[ominous music playing]
A’ight.
So you here to kill me now too?
No.
[Shanti] You’ll start a war.
Kendra was one woman.
I’m an organization.
Hey, I just came here to bring you back into the fold.
I’m good.
I know what it means to be Tommy Egan’s partner.
And it means shut the hell up and fall in line.
And I know that shit ain’t gon’ fly with Shanti Showstopper.
Just like it didn’t with me.
We can’t trust him.
You wanna talk about trust?
Look inward.
Jenard never stopped plottin’ to kill you since you came back home.
[tense music playing]
What the fuck you talkin’ ’bout, Shanti?
Jenard just made up with you to get in close.
He’s been talkin’ ’bout being a Trojan horse, gettin’ back to the top, and takin’ you out.
Gettin’ back to where he belongs.
Yeah, I don’t believe that shit.
[Shanti laughs]
Believe it or don’t.
It means nothin’ to me now.
[measured, rapid exhales]
[ultrasound warbling]
Everything looks okay with baby.
Yeah. Mom, your vitals look good too.
Hey. Look at that.
Thank God.
I’ll give you guys some privacy.
[Mireya] Thank you.
Babe.
I’m so fuckin’ proud of you.
Tommy, I save lives, I don’t… I don’t take them.
I don’t do this.
You did save a life.
You saved two.
[sighs]
[knocking on door, door opens]
[Tommy] Hey. The baby’s okay.
Mireya’s okay too.
[Miguel] Okay.
I took care of it.
Body’s gone.
Crime scene’s clean.
[sighs]
We don’t know who it was, though.
I do.
What the fuck?
It was the same motherfucker Marquez sent to kill me.
I shoulda killed that fuckin’ puneta when I had the chance.
So wait, the Marquez cartel targeted Mireya?
Yeah.
I keep telling you both.
You’re on the same side.
[dark, dramatic music playing]
[“I Don’t Know the Day” playing]
♪ I ain’t afraid to fail
I’m always gon’ try ♪
♪ ‘Cause I don’t know the day
I’m gon’ die ♪
♪ I’ll take the risk
Live it to the fullest ♪
♪ ‘Cause I don’t know the day
I’m gon’ die ♪
♪ Mama, don’t cry
I’m reaching for the sky ♪
♪ ‘Cause I don’t know the day
I’m gon’ die… ♪
Hold the fuck up.
You fuckin’ crazy?
Fuck is you doin’ here, “Jnard”?
You know I had to come show love.
Right? It’s love day, baby.
Yo, what up, Kilo?
[“I Don’t Know the Day” continues playing] Welcome home, nigga.
What the fuck you doin’ here?
It’s a family function.
No, I understand.
And I apologize for crashing, Kilo, but, nigga…
I got some information I think you gon’ wanna know.
Look, bro.
That nigga Tommy was fuckin’ playin’ us when he had me kill that SOD for you.
Bro, D-Mac is Tommy’s nephew, okay?
He been protecting that little motherfucker the whole time.
D-Mac killed Mad Dog.
What the fuck you talkin’ ’bout?
So you tellin’ me the shorty that killed my nephew is still walkin’?
I need his ass dead now.
Okay. Come on, Kilo.
But I’ll settle for you.
Smoke this motherfucker.
No-no-no-no-no.
W-w-w-wait. W-wait! Wait. Wait. Wait.
Look. Come on.
I know where he at.
Okay?
Listen, bro.
I can draw the little motherfucker out right now.
Okay?
I’ll take you right to him.
Get a move on it, motherfucker.
Let’s dead his ass.
A’ight, come on. Let’s go.
Let’s go, nigga.
[Jenard] Let’s go.
[dramatic music playing]
[in Spanish]
[in English]
You know what you have to do.
Go.
So I ain’t got the Irish locked in yet.
But now that we got all of Southville…
We don’t even have half.
What?
Diamond popped Kendra to keep it from us.
Fuckin’ bold move.
Fuck!
What the fuck’s going on now?
Well, we about to have two cartels comin’ at us.
Marquez ain’t never gonna stop.
Che gave me 24 hours to reup in full.
But I ain’t got it.
Unless you wanna get me back for bailing out your boy Cruz.
I ain’t got that kind of cash.
And truth be told, you been comin’ at my business hard, Egan.
Well, what the fuck did you expect me to do?
You woulda done the same shit…
Y’all can chill.
[tense music playing]
It’s handled.
[Tommy] Oh, shit.
You serious?
I am.
As long as I’m the one handing it to Che tomorrow.
[laughs]
Shanti, the only thing is, Che might feel some kind of way about bringing a new face into the mix.
Well, this Marquez cartel shit y’all got goin’ on?
That’s y’all’s war.
Not mine.
If I’m giving you my soldiers and my cash, you best make it worth my while.
All right.
It’s a deal.
[gunshots] [men grunting]
[wood crunching]
What the fuck is going on?
Shut the fuck up!
That’s his pops. Yeah.
Huh?
This motherfucker right…
Mmhmm.
Where’s your son, DMac?
You think I’d ever fuckin’ tell you?
Search the house.
Mmhmm.
[Jenard laughs]
Man, you know…
Tommy shoulda got your ass some better fuckin’ protection.
Them Albanians outside?
They wasn’t shit.
She finally asleep.
She’ll be out for the night.
Talked to my boys.
The streets are quiet.
Yeah.
Too quiet.
I don’t like it.
Egan.
Whatever we do, we gotta make sure Mireya’s not collateral damage because of some war that we started.
The shit that happened before this?
I’m good.
This is about me and you protecting our family.
I will do anything to protect her and our child.
I put that on my life.
[inhales sharply]
We need to hit ’em back now.
What about Che?
[Tommy]
Marquez went after Mireya.
I don’t give a fuck what Che says.
Then this gon’ be a war like we never seen before.
‘Cause them Sampson brothers ain’t backin’ down either.
♪♪♪
[King Kilo] Where’s your kid?
I’ll die before I tell you shit.
Ain’t got time to be playin’ with this motherfucker.
Hold your fuckin’ face.
Fuck you!
Get the fuck off me, nigga!
[grunting]
Get the fuck off me!
Fucker don’t even got his son’s name in his fuckin’ phone.
What? Nigga, it’s in there.
Check up under them “D” names.
[suspenseful music playing]
Tommy.
[Jenard] Hm.
JP, don’t tell me you in trouble for the third time today.
[JP] They’re after D-Mac, Tommy!
JP? JP, where you at?
Who got you?
Your nephew has to pay for killing mines, Tommy.
Give me DMac… and I’ll give you your brother.
Find him, Tommy!
You find my son and you take care of him!
[crunching hit]
[grunting] Shut the fuck up!
[Tommy]
If you hurt my brother…
I will fucking kill you!
JP!
Come on, JP!
[JP wails] Fuck!
All this ’cause I whupped your ass, Jenard?
Jenard…
Why don’t you be a fuckin’ man and kill me yourself?
[intense dramatic music playing]
[piercing tone resonating]
[inaudible]
[tone fades]
[grim, somber music playing]
[King Kilo] Fuck…
Fuck, nigga!
We’ll get that nigga D-Mac next.
Nah. Fuck that.
I’ma get that little motherfucker myself.
See, you and Diamond been playin’ games.
Matter of fact, the RDs are outta the coalition.
So you can go fuck yourself.
We out, Jojo.
You ain’t say shit about gettin’ your ass whupped, nigga.
Shit!
[groaning] Motherfucker.
[dark, ominous music playing]
[“I’m Really Him” playing]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ Look, I’m really him ♪
♪ And they really them ♪
♪ I’m already gone ♪
♪ And they in the wind ♪
♪ I got it a 8 ♪
♪ I made it a 10 ♪
♪ I’m in the race ♪
♪ Chasin’ a M ♪
♪ Some in the state ♪
♪ Federal pen ♪
♪ I sat on a crate ♪
♪ I made me a benz ♪
♪ It ain’t a game ♪
♪ We ain’t play in the pen ♪
♪ I run him a fade ♪
♪ I go for the chin ♪
♪ Weed in the bag ♪
♪ Blow on the gem ♪
♪ He doin’ bad ♪
♪ It’s quiet for him ♪
♪ We got it fast ♪
♪ They know I’ma win ♪
♪ They outta whack ♪
♪ They know that we in ♪
♪ They know we the loop ♪
♪ They know we the trend ♪
♪ They know we the truth ♪
♪ Beginning to end ♪
♪ Lower the roof ♪
♪ Me and my kin ♪
♪ One and the same ♪
♪ We don’t pretend ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪ I’m really him ♪
♪♪♪
[song fades]
