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 9
Episode title: War Requiem
Original release date: January 2, 2026 (Starz)
Episode plot: Revenge, new alliances and dangerous secrets collide, leaving everyone to fight dirty in a game with deadly consequences.
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Power Book IV: Force – S03E09 – War Requiem | Transcript
[bell tolling]
[Tommy] Take good care of him. That was my brother.
What about the other two?
[Tommy] Turn ’em to dust and flush. Just make it happen. Here. No questions asked. Just make sure he got a nice casket. D-Mac. You want to say.
I don’t know.
[Tommy] You want to say goodbye?
Nah. He’s gone. Come on. Let’s just get the fuck out of here Uncle Tommy.
[siren wailing in background]
[hip-hop music playing]
[moaning]
[moaning]
[both groaning]
Mm.
God damn woman.
[chuckles]
Shit.
You’re welcome.
Yeah, we should do this again.
Fucking me is a privilege that you shouldn’t get used to. I’m not one of those women that you can call every day.
Trust me, I’m not lookin’ for love.
[Jenard] Hey, yo, D.
Oh, shit.
My bad.
What?
Really, ni*ga?
Really ni*ga, what?
You doin’ the same shit that ni*ga Tommy was doin’ with Mireya. G, Madame Wu was supposed to be all business. Okay? Not this pleasure palace bullshit you got goin’ on.
Look J, I’m a grown ass man, and I know how to handle my business, so you ain’t got to worry about that.
A’ight. A’ight, I got some shit you should worry about, though. ‘Cause some shit went down, bro. Kilo and Jojo dead.
Hold on, hold on, hold on. What the hell you talkin’ about? And Tommy brother.
What in the fuck Jenard? Hold on now, man. Bro, how the hell that happened?
Bro, shit escalated quick as fuck. Okay, now I went to holla at Kilo about that Tommy shit. Right? But when I get there, he start goin’ off about D-Mac. He want that ni*ga head bad, bro. Okay, so I ain’t have no choice. I had to take him to try to find the little motherfucker. And when we did that G, we found JP ass instead. He was collateral damage, D.
Oh, so that’s what I’m supposed to say to prevent World War III? Hey, sorry Tommy, JP was collateral damage.
Okay, I’m confused, ’cause ain’t the point of all this shit to try to hurt the motherfucker. Ain’t that what we doin’?
Okay, so what was the point of taking out Kilo?
I ain’t have no choice, D. That ni*ga threatened to leave the coalition.
Well, there ain’t gon’ be no coalition after this.
You not thinkin’ about it, right? G, this is our chance to take that white boy out for good. Ni*ga, he heard me. He was on the phone when I shot JP, so he know it was me that pulled the trigger.
J, how is that good? So now Tommy gon’ be comin’ for your ass like the fuckin’ Terminator.
We could sell this shit to the RDs, okay? We could tell them, that it was Tommy brother who killed him for comin’ for D-Mac. And now with the RDs fuckin’ with us, they gon’ hunt Tommy motherfuckin’ ass down and decapitate that ni*ga for us.
It ain’t gon’ work. Che ain’t gonna sanction it.
And that’s why we flippin’ to the Marquez cartel.
See, that’s how I know you got a death wish.
Mmmm, Roberto Ortega, he want Tommy ass dead too. So, we align ourselves with them, and now we get the green light to kill Tommy ass. And we get more protection. Win-win. A’ight? CBI for life, ni*ga.
For life.
That’s a big ass gun.
[Tommy] Gonna leave a big ass hole in Jenard when I find him, too. You ain’t got no idea where he be hidin’? Y’all must have had some secret spots.
[clip slides into gun]
He knows I’m in business with you now. He’d be ahead of that shit.
[Tommy] You ain’t protectin’ him, are you?
I’m about business, not dick.
I got word on Ortega’s location.
[Tommy] I ain’t goin’ after Ortega yet.
Hey no, fuck that shit. He took a shot at Mireya.
[Tommy] Yeah, and she alive. JP’s dead.
[Miguel] [sighs] I feel you hermano, I truly do. But we got to put the living before the dead, and take care of the only fuckin’ job that matters right now. Protect Mireya, the baby, and protect our family.
[Tommy] Maybe we can do both. You take out Ortega, and I’ll go after Jenard.
I don’t mean to blow up your war plans, but what about our deadline with Che?
[Tommy] You got the money, right?
Yeah, but you only got six hours left.
[Tommy] That’s enough time to take out Jenard. We’ll meet back here at one. Make shit right with Che.
Whoa, whoa, soso King Kilo dead? He went lookin’ for D-Mac with you, motherfucker!
Yeah. Okay. And when I got there, he told me to keep the car runnin’. So that’s what the fuck I did. And then I hear them shots, and I go in expectin’ to find a dead D-Mac, But I see this little ni*ga daddy holdin’ Kilo gun, with Jojo and Kilo both dead. So, yes, I killed that motherfucker. I whacked that ni*ga to honor Kilo.
Yeah, you did that. You did that shit for Kilo? And why the fuck should we believe you? You the same one who told us Rashan killed Kilo nephew in the first place, right?
[Diamond] No G, that was Tommy’s ass. He lied to Jenard. Hell, the motherfucker lied to me about Rashan, about everything.
Oh, okay, I get it. So what it sound like to me is, you the fuckin’ problem, then.
Yeah, maybe I am the fuckin’ problem.
Whoa, come on, come on, come on, come on. Look, G. Tommy might have played Diamond, but let’s not forget what the real fuckin’ issue is here. It’s that white motherfucker, it’s not us.
Hey, gang.
What?
Hey.
What?
He ain’t wrong.
[Jenard] Come on, ni*ga. Think about it. Ain’t shit gone right since this motherfucker came to town. Bro, he got us beefin’ with each other. Whole time, this ni*ga out here creatin’ chaos in the streets, decapitatin’ motherfuckers, gettin’ Chavo killed, Sayin’ he the leader of our coalition. Come on! The fuck out of here.
You know what? You right. 100%. So my question to y’all two is, why ain’t y’all took his ass out yet, huh?
Greyskull…
Huh?
That’s the play.
But since he’s the one that killed Kilo, we thought you wanna do the honors.
Oh, I do, and I’ll do that right after y’all tell me where the fuck that little ni*ga D-Mac at, huh? Where he at? I need him off the board first. So where he at?
Where he at, ni*ga?
Ni*ga, I don’t know.
Mm.
Is that right?
I kick that ni*ga out my crib, J.
Are you kidding meHey, man, back the fuck up.
That’s my little ni*ga, a’ight. Relax, I’ma take care of it. Trust me, I’ma handle it. Show of good faith.
[tense music playing]
A’ight, say less. Make that shit happen, a’ight? Let’s get the fuck up out of here.
[tense music playing]
You gon’ have to put this ni*ga D-Mac to bed, bro.
Why me, J?
[Jenard] Why the fuck you think? It’s a price on that ni*ga head, he gon’ see us comin’, bro. He ain’t gon’ expect you. Y’all homies. Look, come on, G. You a green light for this shit or not? ‘Cause I could offer another lil shorty ten bands and a extra quarter to get this shit the fuck done.
Nah, it’s just–
It’s just what?
That’s my brother.
Is you CBI or not ni*ga?
What?
Is you CBI or not?
Ni*ga, yeah I’m CBI!
A’ight then, that’s the answer. Get it done.
[dramatic music playing]
Get it done.
Ortega got released this morning. The judge granted his motion to dismiss.
There wasn’t any way to stop it?
No. But, she did give us leave to refile. So I’ve been going through everything related to the RICO case. Maybe you all missed something.
And did you find anything?
Surveillance footage of Mirkovic meeting with a lawyer right before he got killed.
And?
The lawyer… he doesn’t exist.
What do you mean, he doesn’t exist?
I pulled the visitor logs. The name doesn’t match anyone in the Illinois bar, or any other state bar for that matter.
Does he have a criminal history?
Nothing.
And you think he had something to do with Mirkovic’s death?
If the Marquez cartel killed Mirkovic and Claudia, then maybe they had something to do with Stacy’s death. I know you don’t think this looks like a cartel hit, but she did arrest Ortega’s cousin for killing Claudia and called them out publicly for it.
What does Tseng think about all this?
He’s in with Vic.
What? Where are they?
So, Tommy Egan was blackmailing Stacy Marks, but she wanted out. So he killed her, right? Just tell me what you know, and maybe we could cut a deal.
I’m not really needing a deal, but thanks.
[Tseng] Just because Stacy Marks is gone Vic, doesn’t mean you’re free. We still got you on a murder charge.
I think you’ll find if you talk to your witness, she’s recanted her story accusing me of killing Colin Judge.
[tense music playing]
How did you pull that off? Does that have something to do with what Tommy Egan was blackmailing Stacy with?
I don’t know shit about any of that.
Oh come on.
All I know is that you don’t have any leverage on me anymore. You got nothin’ to hold me on.
You have an option here, Vic. Start talking about the blackmail, or this office will start looking at you for Stacy’s murder. Lord knows you have plenty of motives.
Hate to disappoint you Tseng, but I got an alibi. I was with a friend the whole night.
[papers scatter]
I don’t care if you were with the goddamn fucking governor. You are going to say that Stacy Marks was corrupt, or I’ll see to it myself, that you go down for her fucking murder.
You seem much more interested in Stacy being corrupt than in who might have actually killed her.
I’m interested in both.
Oh. Oh, I see what’s goin’ on here. You’re on someone’s motherfuckin’ payroll. Got it.
[ominous music playing]
Don’t be fucking ridiculous. I’m trying to figure out who killed my boss, and Tommy, corrupting Stacy, gives to his motive to kill her, if she was trying to back out.
I’ll tell you what. I’ll give you a written statement that Tommy got to Stacy, then I walk out that door a free fucking man. And I don’t work for anyone anymore. Take it or leave it.
[dramatic music playing]
Write out the statement.
[dramatic music playing]
Hey ni*ga, puffpuffpass, pass that shit, ni*ga.
[unintelligible comments]
[Tommy] Easy there Cheech and Chong. Hands up. You know why I’m here.
I heard what happened to your brother. I’m sorry.
[Tommy] Yeah. One of y’all gotta know where Jenard hidin’. Speak, motherfuckers.
I don’t know shit about Jenard.
[Tommy] Well, you do know that Jenard been usin’ again, right? That’s probably why he killed Kilo. Which means, we lookin’ at an allout war. The million dollar question is, what side you wanna be on? Already got Shanti and Garcia. So why don’t you get off that sinkin’ ship of yours, tell me where Jenard at, come work for me.
Fuck it, I’ll flip. Bro, I don’t know where Jenard at though, Tommy. For real.
[Tommy] What about you?
I ain’t no pancake, Tommy. We both know if I flip, you’d never trust me. Not really.
[Tommy] You sure?
Just get this shit over with.
[Tommy] Alright.
[gunshot]
[Tommy] Tell Jenard I’m comin’ for him.
[hip-hop music playing]
[speaking Spanish]
♪♪♪
You’ve got some huge balls walkin’ in here.
We mean no disrespect, Roberto.
[Roberto] [whistles] CBI. That’s why I was just in jail. And why my uncle’s dead. Give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill you, right here, right now?
Tommy Egan.
He’s not a very convincing reason, seeing as he’s your business partner.
Was my business partner. I don’t fuck with him no more.
You were fucking with him when I was in solitary confinement.
That was Tommy’s move, not mine.
The fuck should I care exactly whose move it was?
Because we want Tommy dead just as much as you do.
[Jenard] That’s right. In fact, should be done by the end of the day. Alright. Consider it a gift.
This your brother?
Yeah.
Oh, fuck. Hold up.
There’s still the outstanding matter of my uncle’s death. Your brother for my uncle. Seems like an equal trade, no?
No, it doesn’t. Uh-uh.
Well look, actually, killin’ my brother would be doing Tommy a huge favor. He killed Tommy’s brother last night. So we came here with a offer. CBI is willin’ to leave the Estrada cartel and join the Marquez cartel. We bring the whole coalition. That’s a whole lot of money for you.
Hey, I’m just sayin’ jefe. It’d be a hell of a inroad into Chicago.
God damn.
I thought the coalition was Egan’s.
Tommy wishes that was true.
[tense music playing]
The Marquez cartel will take on your coalition. Do not go after Egan.
Respectfully, that’s gon’ be a problem. ‘Cause that shit already in motion.
Yeah, Egan’s comin’ for my brother. We need to be able to take him out.
Oh, he’ll be taken out… by me. It’s the only way this partnership works.
[dramatic music playing]
[Miguel] Tommy, I have eyes on Diamond and Jenard, they’re with Ortega. CBI is working with the Marquez cartel.
[gunfire]
Go, go, go, go, go!
[tires squealing]
[heavy breathing]
[Tommy] What the fuck? Miguel!
[Miguel] I’m right here guero. They got me, too. Told you I had your back.
[Tommy] What the fuck is goin’ on in here?
We’re about to find out.
You motherfuckers don’t know how to listen. How hard is it to follow fuckin’ orders? I keep hearing all these rumors about you disobeying me. So when I specifically told you not to hit back at Marquez, did you really think that I wouldn’t have both you idiots followed when they went after your sister? Hm? Your pregnant girlfriend?
Egan had nothin’ to do with it. I went after Ortega my damn self.
[grunting]
You think I’m dumb enough to believe that this guero had no idea that you were gonna kill the man who attacked the mother of his unborn child? Hm? Do you?
[Tommy] I don’t think you seein’ the bigger picture here jefe.
[groaning]
Choose your words wisely. Or they might cost you all ten.
[Tommy] We know somethin’ you don’t. Diamond and Jenard just got into bed with the Marquez cartel. Swear to God. Them motherfucker’s flipped on you. And they dealing fentanyl with Madame Wu’s crew in Chinatown. Look, way I see it, you don’t let us deal with that shit right now, CBI and Marquez, they gonna take over your whole pot of business overnight. You’re gonna lose this whole damn city to Marquez. You know, I’m all about loyalty, Che. But this one time, it’s a good thing we didn’t follow your orders, ’cause then how else would you know? I think you got the wrong motherfuckers in these chairs.
Hm.
[Che] [laughing] Christ. The cojones on you, huh?
[speaking Spanish] This fucking guero is something else. [laughing]
[Che] Now, the next time you disobey me, I’m going to stab Mireya in the heart, right above your unborn child. And then, I’ll have the two of you watch them both die. Kill CBI, Ortega, Marquez, all of them.
[Tommy] Consider it done.
[Che shushing Tommy] Not so fast. I gave you twenty-four hours to reup, no?
[Tommy] Oh, yeah. Yeah. I’ma get it to you on time.
Mm. Until I have every penny, he stays.
[ominous music playing]
[subway clacking on tracks]
[Tommy] Fuck me.
[phone ringing]
[Tommy] Shanti, I need you to take that money to Che, now!
Cool out. Tommy Egan just took out five of my motherfuckin’ RDs. Y’all know about that?
How the fuck did he get the drop on five of you ni*gas?
I don’t fuckin’ know, ni*ga. That’s why I’m askin’ y’all. All I know is that C4 is dead.
Put the gun down, G.
Yeah, everybody chill.
[Diamond] Greyskull, put the fuckin’ gun down. We’ll figure that out. Put the fuckin’ gun down!
Put the gun down.
[Greyskull] You know, Tommy was your motherfuckin’ business partner. So you know what that mean? You finna take me to his ass right now, ni*ga.
No, you finna calm your little ass down. And remember who the fuck you talkin’ to! Come down in my basement with all that fuckin’ heat. Now I can’t take you to him, because we in business with the Marquez cartel now.
What the fuck? I was just here, ni*ga. Since when?
Yeah, since a hour ago. And Ortega told us to stand down on takin’ out Tommy. He’s Ortega’s kill now. So, even if I could take you to that motherfucker, I wouldn’t. ‘Cause you ain’t thinkin’ straight. That would be puttin’ a death warrant on all you ni*ga’s heads, includin’ mine.
Okay, but what about D-Mac, though. Hm? You gave me your word. He Ortega’s kill too?
Ortega ain’t say shit about the ni*ga nephew. So, that shit in motion.
It’s in motion. You know I hate y’all ni*gas. I truly do.
Yeah.
I’m tired of y’all bullshit. Y’all got to the end of the day to give me D-Mac head. And if not, consider y’all selves at war with another crew. You hear me?
Yeah, you heard.
We gone.
[tense music playing]
[airplane engine whirring]
Goodbye, Chicago. To our new life.
To freedom.
[ominous music playing]
Yo! What’s good Tommy?
Hey, what’s up Von?
[Tommy] Where’s D-Mac?
We don’t know. He told us to stay right here.
[muttering quietly]
[Tommy] Motherfucker!
Yo, Mireya, where you at?
[Mireya] Tommy, I’m right here. D-Mac left.
[Tommy] What the fuck are you doing here?
[Kate] Tommy.
I called her.
Wait, you didn’t know she called me? You weren’t gonna tell me about my own son’s funeral?
[Tommy] No, ma. ‘Cause you just gonna make it all about you. Just like you about to do right now.
I am not. Why do you– Okay. You’re pushing me away. You always do that. I taught you that to feel safer.
[Tommy] Jesus Christ. What the fuck are you talkin’ about?
You can stop pretending you’re not hurting, honey. Come here. You need to feel your feelings.
[Tommy] Oh, my God! I don’t want to do this right now, ma.
Look… I’m not up for a fight, Tommy. I’m actually here to help. Why don’t you give me some money and I’ll go pick out the casket? I-I want to be of service.
[Tommy] I already bought a casket.
Okay. Please, is there something I can do?
[Tommy] You could pick out some clothes for JP. How about that?
Okay.
[Tommy] Sound good? Alright.
[Tommy] What the fuck were you thinking?
Her son is dead, Tommy.
[Tommy] I know.
She has a right to be here.
[Tommy] Alright, look Mireya, you right. But the last thing I need right now, is for fucking Kate to bring all her drama and chaos in here. Okay. Between Diamond, his brother, Ortega, I got enough shit I gotta deal with right now.
So I’ll handle your mom.
[Tommy] Okay. Thank you.
[cell phone buzzing]
[Tommy] D-Mac. You little motherfucker, where are you?
Who might you be?
The West Side Bank. Name is Shanti Showstopper Paige. I’m Tommy’s new business partner.
[speaking Spanish] One minute, he’s running solo… [in English] …and now he has a woman handling his business.
Dick or no dick, I got our payment on time, and in full. Count it. It’s all there. The agreement is Miguel goes free.
Your product will continue to flow. Also, tell Tommy he’s very lucky to have you as his partner to save his ass. [chuckles] But next time, make sure he’s with you. Or who knows what I’ll do to you.
[dramatic music playing]
[pounding on door]
Look, bro, we need to fucking talk, a’ight?
Only thing we need to talk about is Jenard.
No, D I’m telling you, you need to get the fuck out of town, bro.
Ni*ga, what? I ain’t going nowhere, ni*ga. You need to tell me where he at.
I’m not that ni*ga keeper.
Hey bro, we been boys since we was six. I know when you lyin’ to me, ni*ga. You need to speak. That ni*ga killed my father.
I know. I know.
The fuck you mean, you know. So you choosin’ loyalty to that ni*ga over me? We supposed to be brothers, ni*ga. Fuck you!
Nah, fuck you! I’m done tryin’ to protect you.
Go ahead then, do it.
Get out. Go! Get the fuck out of here! I’ma say I ain’t find you.
Tootoo fuckin’ scared to shoot me?
Nah. You been my boy since we were six, right? Right? So you know, Marshall ain’t been scared of shit. I just don’t want to kill you. Nah. I can’t kill you. I love you, bro. But I can’t fuck with you no more. What the fuck is you still standin’ right here for, huh? Go before I change my mind.
You need to tell me where the fuck that ni*ga at. Tell me! I’m not playin’ Marshall.
I can’t. I can’t. Look at you. You can’t either. We brothers. Can’t do that shit. You can’t.
[gunshot]
[D-Mac breathing heavily]
[tense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
I don’t know. You think he’d like this one?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
Can’t believe this is happening. I can’t believe I’m burying another son. Ah. Tommy’s friend, Ghost. Jamie.
Mm.
Tommy ever talk about him?
Yeah. A little.
He was like a son to me. And the drug game got him, JP too.
I’m so sorry, Kate. I can’t imagine what you’re going through. Losing a child.
Honey, are you pregnant? Oh, oh.
Oh, please don’t say anything to Tommy before he could tell you first.
No, I won’t, I promise, I promise. Oh, I’m so happy for you.
Thank you.
Oh, wait a minute, here I am talking about losing children and-and–
I’ve made peace with Tommy being in danger, but aa child in harm’s way, that’s…
[Kate] Mmm. I know.
How did you live with it?
Pfft. Honestly? Here. Staying at the bottom of a bottle or under a mountain of cocaine. But that’s not working anymore, so, uh, I guess I don’t know. Hey, you’ll figure it out. We always do. We suffer well together. I think we should go with this one.
It’s really nice.
Hmm.
Well? You get anything from Vic about Stacy’s murder?
He didn’t know anything. He’s got a rock solid alibi. But he did say…
What?
You were right. That Tommy Egan got to Stacy. Vic gave me a statement to that effect. Look, Bobby, I can’t keep the lid on this anymore.
What difference does it make? Let’s just get Egan.
Vic’s statement gives motive, but there was no usable evidence from the crime scene. We don’t have enough for an arrest yet.
Why don’t you let me get a crack at Vic?
I let him go.
You what?
We didn’t have anything to hold him on.
He’s a material fuckin’ witness.
Only after we arrest Egan, we can pick Vic up again then. Look, Bobby, Bobby, let me build a case against him, okay? You gotta trust me.
Hmm.
Let us do our jobs. File that please.
You can’t go after Egan.
Thanks for the warning.
If you are anywhere near the investigation into Tommy Egan, you’re gonna help defense counsel walk him out the fucking door.
So what am I supposed to do? Nothing? Christ almighty.
The guy in the jail video with Mirkovic. I ran his face through the city’s facial recognition database. He’s been in and out of the Tortoise Club for the past few weeks.
So what?
So, if we can build a case against Egan for killing Stacy, the defense will argue alternate suspects, and they’ll float the same theory that I had that the Marquez cartel was behind it. They’ll point their finger at the guy in the video. Exclude him as a suspect. Let me make this easy for you. If you go anywhere near Egan, I will slap the cuffs on you myself for interfering with a federal investigation. Don’t fuck this up.
[Tommy] I thought you poppin’ Kendra was a bold move. But, flippin’ to Marquez, Che ain’t gonna like that shit.
He ain’t gon’ like you killin’ five RDs starting a war, either.
[Tommy] Actually, he cool with it.
Hm.
[Tommy] So if you want peace, you gotta know there’s only one thing I want.
Chicago is big enough for the both of us, Tommy. You and Miguel workin’ with the Estrada cartel. Me and Jenard workin’ with the Marquez cartel. But give me another price for peace, anything other than my brother.
[Tommy] That ain’t gonna be no peace. Ortega want me dead. So why you really here? Oh, shit. I see. You scared I’ma get to your brother before Ortega gets to me.
[Diamond] If you leave Jenard alone, I think I can get Ortega to back off.
[Tommy] After everything I done to him. Nah.
Ortega’s a businessman. He knows the price of peace. I’m askin’ if you do, too.
[Tommy] And you gotta know me better than that by now, D. Ain’t no price for peace other than your brother’s head.
How did we get here, Tommy? Shit was goin’ so good.
[Tommy] Well, Jenard’s the reason we here.
I don’t know. You know I didn’t have nothin’ to do with it. This was never a real partnership.
[Tommy] Fuck is you talkin’ about? We was 100% partners. We could have taken over this entire city. We could have taken over the fuckin’ whole Midwest. We still could. But you just gonna sit there and let Jenard fuck your shit up.
He’s my brother.
[Tommy] Yeah, and JP was mine. Fair trade. Diamond, I ain’t gonna stop, until Jenard’s dead.
I’m not gon’ let you kill my brother, Tommy.
[Tommy] Whole lot of shit you didn’t think I was gonna pull off, D. And I did.
[dramatic music playing]
[indistinct conversations]
Hey ni*ga, come one, come on.
What’s up?
What’s the 911 text about?
Ni*ga, Marshall’s dead. Somebody shot him.
Come on man. What the– Ni*ga! That’s why, you can’t send a motherfuckin’ child to do a man’s job. But that’s a’ight, I’ma handle this shit myself. Don’t even worry about it.
We supposed to be layin’ low, Jenard.
Fuck that shit. Ni*ga, I’m tired of hidin’ from motherfuckin’ Tommy Egan. I’m out.
Whoa, whoa. Hey!
What ni*ga? What ni*ga?
You high as a motherfuckin’ kite right now.
You don’t know what the fuck you talkin’ about, a’ight? And don’t you ever motherfuckin’ put your hands on me, ni*ga. Fuck out of here!
[tense music playing]
Motherfucker! I can’t fuckin’ believe he did that shit to me.
Who are you talking about? Just slow down and tell me what happened.
Ni*ga, I wasn’t even on that shit. Now you should see him. He left me no fuckin’ choice, ma.
Who are you talking about, D? Marshall?
He brought it on himself. This motherfucker thought he could pull his piece on me, and I wasn’t gon’ do shit.
Wait, hold on. Wait, wait, wait. What did you just say happened?
He should have knew better. Fuck friends, fuck feelings. Fuck that ni*ga and fuck CBI, too.
Wait, Darnell. Please tell me you didn’t do no stupid ass gangster shit.
I am a gangster. I’m Tommy’s number two. I did what needed to be done. You gon’ have to deal with this shit.
Darnell.
Fuck it, man, I’m out.
Darnell!
[door closes]
[dramatic music playing]
[music intensifies]
Who are you?
[grunting]
You the piece of shit that brought him into this world.
Help!
Damn it!
Help!
[Kate screaming]
You gon’ die, bitch! Just like JP.
Oh, shit!
[grunting]
Help!
[distant sirens wailing]
Help! Help! Help! He’s a killer! Help! He killed my son!
[Mireya] Tommy?
[Tommy] Mireya. What the fuck happened?
Someone attacked your mom.
[Tommy] What? Ma, are you okay? What the fuck? Why you didn’t go with her?
What he look like? I don’t know, it looked like he was high on something. Um, Black, shaved head.
[Tommy] Motherfucker! It was Jenard.
What?
[Tommy] Mireya, pack your shit. We’re movin’ to Miguel’s.
Okay.
We are not gonna let them force us out of our home. Not with a baby on the way.
Let’s get your stuff. Come on.
What the heck–
He’s not gonna show up here again.
You think?
[Tommy] Baby?
We talked.
[Tommy] All right, Ma. Come on. Hurry up.
Okay, okay.
[exhales forcefully]
♪♪♪
[intense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[camera clicks on phone]
[Tommy] Jenard came at my fuckin’ mother. We need to find that cocksucker now.
I got an inside man in CBI. We can use him to get the drop on Jenard.
[Tommy] You got an inside man? You just tellin’ me that shit now? What kind of fucking’ game are you playin’?
You told me once shit was a need to know basis. And up until now, you didn’t need to know.
Did I just hear you say you got the drop on Jenard? Well, where the fuck is that ni*ga at?
Hey, hey, hey. Stay in your lane, little homie.
[Tommy] D-Mac where the fuck you been? I gave you one job to do.
Man look, I knew you was comin’ home, so I slid on Marshall to get the drop on Jenard. This motherfucker tried to take me out.
[Tommy] Marshall?
Ni*ga, yes. I had to pop his ass, unc.
[Tommy] You-You killed him?
Holy shit.
[Tommy] Okay, we’ll deal with this later. Did you get a location first?
Fuck no, that’s why if she know somethin’, she need to speak. Tell her, unc.
Look, I know this shit is emotional for you two, believe me, I do. But y’all need to stand the fuck down. If Jenard went after your mom, he and Diamond are relocating, I promise you that. So we just need to take a breath, see where those motherfuckers land.
No, no, no, no. Fuck that takin’ a breath shit. This ni*ga killed my pops. We need to move on this shit now.
[Tommy] No D-Mac. Shanti’s right, we gonna play this shit smart. We gonna hit ’em in their blind spot.
♪♪♪
[indistinct conversation]
[Diamond] Yo, what the fuck was you thinkin’?
[Jenard] What?
What, his brother wasn’t enough, so you had to go after his mama? No, Ortega gave us direct orders.
Uh-huh.
J, is you high right now? Is that why you fuck you doin’ this shit?
Come on. Look bro, I’m straight, a’ight? I’m straight. I had to do somethin’. You think Ortega give a fuck if Tommy kill me before he get around to takin’ him out? Come on. Is that what the fuck you want? Exactly. Damn.
Well, give me a fuckin’ heads up next time you decide to go solo, so we can plan to address that shit on the back end.
Alright. Alright. I’ve been hollerin’ at these ni*gas, bro. And the word on the street is it was some IP spotted nearby, so that could mean that Tommy know where the fuck we at.
Or it could mean we got a snitch in the crew. And if they find us at this church, that just confirms it.
[Jenard] Fuck. But that could be good for us.
Good? How the fuck could this be good for us?
If Tommy know where we at, then we ahead of him.
Okay.
So we wait for him to make his move–
And then we take that motherfucker out.
But we gotta keep this shit between us, ’cause we have no idea who could be havin’ his back right now.
Oh, bet. I got you. Oh, hey bro, um– Tommy want me. A’ight? He don’t want you, D. So for real, you ain’t even gotta be here.
Dead that shit. [chuckling] You my brother. And we in this shit together.
[cell phone buzzes]
[message notification]
[Tommy] This is it. This is it! D-Mac!
What’s up?
[Tommy] We got a location.
Come on, let’s go.
[Tommy] Hold up. Are you ready for this?
Fuck yeah, come on.
Hey, Tommy, make him suffer.
[dramatic music playing]
A’ight, so I got Smurf and some guys at the other spot sittin’ on product.
In case Tommy try to do some sneaky shit.
The perimeter is covered. We ready for ’em.
Fuckin’ right, fuckin’ right.
Hey, can I ask you a question, though?
Yeah, shoot.
What the fuck type of magic voodoo shit this white boy have over you anyway?
After I sat down for fifteen years, maybe there was some part of-of my head just not bein’ in the game. Not when I got out. I wasn’t sure I could still do it.
What-what, run CBI? Ni*ga, you was born to do that shit, bro.
Maybe. But you wasn’t. Gettin’ you into CBI was my way of keepin’ you with me. It was selfish. And then for me to turn around and-and choose that white boy, Tommy, over-over, over you. Over-over, over family man. Bro, I’m sorry. And I know how much it cost you. And I fucked up my brother. Man, but-but people fuck up all the time. But you just gotta own that shit. I’m just sayin’ bro, if you got anything that you need to just get off your chest, I’m-I’m here for it. I understand.
Um… [chuckles] Ah, bro, you ain’t cost me shit. You ain’t cost me a motherfuckin’ thing, bro. This what I want. This where I want to be, bro. This where I belong. With CBI ni*ga, with you. It cost me nothin’, bro.
If me and you gon’ be runnin’ shit now, I need you to promise me one thing.
What’s up?
That you won’t ever use again. Ever.
I-I-I, bro, I’m not usin’ no more, a’ight? That was a-a one time stupid ass thing.
Okay, well then promise me then.
A’ight. I promise.
Yes, hi, I’m trying to book a ticket online, but I’m having trouble. It’s a-it’s a one way to Oaxaca, Mexico. Leaving tomorrow.
Mireya, what are you doing? Are you leaving, my boy? Answer me.
[dramatic music playing]
One for you.
Here you go.
Thanks.
Hey, y’all drink up. There’s plenty. There’s enough for everybody.
Here.
I’m good.
The AC’s out. You gon’ need it.
I’m built different. I like the heat.
Yo, mi perro. I used to be just like you, hustlin’ all day outside. No time for aqua. Same as my boy. But he had kidney stones, and I learned.
[knife slicing]
Shh, shh, shh, shh. Now you good.
[tense music playing]
♪♪♪
Make the move.
[gunshots]
Oye, they’re here.
[rapid gunfire]
[grunting]
[men yelling]
[gunfire continues]
[D-Mac] Jenard, come out here!
I’ma kill you Jenard!
Fuck, come on, come on, come on, my gun!
Fuck, get down, D-Mac!
Get down!
[gunshots]
[Tommy] D-Mac! No!
Damn!
[intense music playing]
[Jenard yelling] You motherfucker!
Everybody pull up!
[Tommy] Let’s go, fall back.
[gunshots continue]
♪♪♪
I’m right here, D. I got you. Stay with me, D. I got you, I got you. No, no, no, no, no. We just got to where we at. A’ight, we got to where we finally needed to be. Right at the top, me and you. Me and you.
[Diamond gasping]
I need you, bro. I need you. Bro, it’s our time, baby. We finally got to the top, ni*ga. You and me. D, I need you, bro. No, no, no, no, no, ni*ga no. No, look, okay, I’m gonna get you out of here. I’m gonna get you out. I got you. Yo, what the fuck is you ni*gas doin’? Go get some help! D! D! Wake the fuck up! [Jenard sobbing] I love you. [sobbing continues] Fuck!
♪♪♪
