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 10
Episode title: Beginning of the End
Original release date: January 16, 2026 (Starz)
The series finale of Power Book IV: Force arrives with all the breathless urgency of a man sprinting toward a closing subway door—lots of motion, considerable sweat, and the nagging question of whether the destination was worth the effort. For three seasons, this Chicago-set spinoff has asked us to accept Joseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan as a criminal mastermind capable of conquering an entire city’s drug trade, and in “Beginning of the End,” the show finally delivers on that promise while simultaneously revealing just how hollow such victories tend to be.
The episode opens at a funeral, which is fitting because the Power franchise has always been death-obsessed, treating corpses as plot currency to be spent liberally whenever the narrative requires momentum. Patricia Kalember’s Kate stands at the pulpit delivering a speech about maternal abandonment that cuts deeper than anything else in the hour—”What kind of mother puts herself before her own child?” she asks, weeping, and for a moment the show achieves something like genuine pathos. Kalember has always been the secret weapon of this series, bringing weathered dignity to a role that could have been mere addiction-drama cliché. Her departure for New York to preserve her sobriety represents the episode’s most emotionally honest thread, a quiet acknowledgment that sometimes the healthiest choice is simply to leave.
Outside the church, Kris D. Lofton’s Jenard waits with his goons and a plan to assassinate Tommy that falls apart the moment he spots police protection. Lofton has turned Jenard into one of television’s great live-wire idiots—a man whose cocaine-fueled confidence consistently outpaces his strategic capabilities. The show seems both aware of this and weirdly proud of it, letting Jenard survive long past narrative logic would dictate because his chaos generates friction. When he executes a suspected traitor at point-blank range, then demands the remaining crew declare their loyalty “right the fuck now,” Lofton delivers the paranoid energy of someone who’s been awake for seventy-two hours and convinced of his own genius.
The mechanics of Tommy’s victory involve the familiar Power playbook: enemies are eliminated, alliances are forged, law enforcement is corrupted. The new U.S. Attorney, William Tseng, proves himself useful by putting a bullet in the only honest cop left in Chicago, then frames the deceased and his murdered wife for their own corruption. Alain Uy plays Tseng with the slick desperation of a man who’s already compromised everything and knows it. His press conference announcing “updated findings” in the Stacy Marks case functions as dark comedy—the official narrative constructed in real-time to serve criminal enterprise, delivered with prosecutorial gravitas.
What distinguishes this finale from countless other crime-drama conclusions is its peculiar refusal to punish anyone who matters. The climactic shootout at the lumber yard unfolds with all the usual gunfire and slow-motion heroics, but when the smoke clears, every significant character walks away breathing. Tommy survives. Miguel survives. Shanti survives. D-Mac survives. Even Jenard and Vic Flynn survive, retreating to lick their wounds and scheme their revenge. The body count consists entirely of disposable soldiers whose names we never learned—human ammunition expended to generate spectacle.
This bloodless outcome might frustrate viewers expecting the kind of operatic destruction that concluded the original “Power” series, but it reveals something about the franchise’s evolution. These shows have transformed from crime dramas with consequences into serialized mythologies where the gods occasionally battle but rarely fall. Tommy Egan isn’t a character anymore; he’s a brand extension, too valuable to the Starz portfolio to face meaningful jeopardy.
The finale’s final act brings Michael Rainey Jr.’s Tariq St. Patrick to Chicago, saving Tommy’s life and then proposing a partnership that would reunite the franchise’s scattered storylines. Their rooftop conversation plays like a business pitch disguised as familial reconciliation—Tariq invoking “legacy” as the carrot to lure Tommy back to New York. Rainey has grown into the role across multiple seasons of his own spinoff, but watching him share scenes with Sikora exposes the generational gap the franchise has struggled to bridge. Sikora brings lived-in exhaustion to Tommy; he’s a man who’s survived everything and emerged hollowed. Rainey’s Tariq remains hungry in ways that feel performative rather than primal.
Carmela Zumbado’s Mireya exits via letter, removing herself from danger so Tommy can “have his head in the game”—a choice that reads as either romantic sacrifice or narrative convenience, depending on your generosity. The pregnancy subplot that’s simmered all season resolves with Mireya vanishing to Mexico (or possibly New York with Kate, the show hedges), promising future reunion while freeing Tommy for whatever adventures await.
“Power Book IV: Force” concludes not with a period but a comma, setting up the announced “Power: Legacy” continuation while leaving enough threads dangling to weave several more seasons of corporate synergy. The franchise has become too profitable to permit genuine endings—each conclusion functions as prologue, each death as setup for revenge. Whether this represents television’s future or merely its most cynical present probably depends on whether you’ve already bought your ticket for wherever Tommy Egan travels next.
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Power Book IV: Force – S03E10 – Beginning of the End | Transcript
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[Kate] A mother’s love for her son, is different, from any relationship she’ll ever have. Oh, it’s primal. Your instinct is to protect at any cost. [voice breaking] Having to bury your child, goes against the law of nature. I wish I had more time with JP. I wish JP had more time with us. I hope to God, that the time that I have left, with the people I love, that they can forgive me for all the shit I’ve done in the past. Uh, lot of you don’t know this, but I left JP and his father, right when they needed me most. And Herman, he was a good man, who did a good job in spite of me. And I uh, I will never forgive myself for it. Because what kind of mother puts herself before her own child?
[dramatic music playing]
[intense music playing]
The minute Tommy step his motherfuckin’ ass out of here, his bitch ass gon’ be suckin’ on embalmin’ fluid just like his fuckin’ brother.
[gun cocks]
Come on motherfucker.
Fuck the cops doin’ here?
Look like that n*gga Tommy called in a favor to Miguel and his boys in blue. Fuck!
Fuckin’ pigs. Just as dirty as us.
[tense music playing]
[Kate sobbing]
[dramatic music playing]
[Jenard] Yeah, you safe now, motherfucker. Not for long.
[tires squeal]
[engines racing]
[Mireya] You okay?
[Tommy] Yeah. CBI gonna have to work a lot harder than that to get the drop on me. You wait here. I’ll bring the car around.
[Mireya] No, I’ll go in the family car with Kate and D-Mac.
[Tommy] You sure?
[Mireya] They could use some extra love right now.
[Tommy] Thank you.
[Mireya] I’ll meet you at the cemetery.
[Tommy] See you there.
[Tommy] Yo, bringin’ in this extra backup, it’s a good move.
[Miguel] What do you think Jenard’s next move gonna be?
[Tommy] I don’t know, but I got Shanti workin’ her inside man so we could stay two steps ahead of that motherfucker.
[Ché message to Miguel: Need to see you. Bring Egan.]
[Miguel] Ché needs to see us.
[Tommy] When?
[Miguel] Now.
[Tommy] Let’s bounce.
[Miguel] No. You go bury your brother, guero. Che may be a gangster, but he’s a family man first. He’ll understand. All this other shit can wait. I hit you up later.
[Tommy] Alright.
[Jimmy Madigan] Hey man, you got a light?
[grunting]
[Jimmy] This is from Vic Flynn.
[grunting]
[Tommy] Where is he? Huh? Where is he?
[grunting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[Tommy] Where is that motherfucker?
[Jimmy] Fuck you.
[Tommy] I hope he’s worth dyin’ for.
[knife squelches]
[Tommy grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[Tommy] Fuck!
[cell phone buzzing]
[Vic] Jimmy, is it done?
[Tommy] You can’t run forever, Vic.
[Vic] Tommy.
[Tommy] You know, you really should have done it yourself, ’cause you ain’t gonna get another chance.
[Vic] Fuck you Tommy. I’m not fuckin’ scared of you.
[Tommy] And when I find you Vic, I’ma put you and that Rae bitch in the dirt. The Flynn line ends with you. Wherever you are, Vic, I’m comin’ for you.
[Rae] Jason. Almost free, Jason Booker.
[Vic] Yeah. Yeah. Almost free.
[Rae] Oh, I love this place, don’t you? It’s so quaint and cozy.
[Vic] Yeah, it’s alright. It’s not much to do. Just a lot of fucking trees and rabbits.
[Rae] It’s not that bad. A couple days here, then we can go somewhere with no extradition. Open our bar. I can write my novel. Live the life we planned without you having to look over your shoulder. Chicago will be behind us for good. I know this is a huge adjustment. But give it a chance.
[Vic] I will.
[Rae] Most important thing is that we have each other. That we’re together. That’s all we need.
[tense music playing]
[Jenard] Fuck this shit.
[cell phone buzzing]
[dramatic music playing]
♪♪♪
To Diamond.
[rap music playing]
♪♪♪
[rap music continues]
♪♪♪
J, what up?
[Jenard] Oh, shit. What up boy? How you, bro?
Chillin’, man.
[Jenard] I ain’t seen your ass in a minute.
I’m good, bro. Sorry for your loss, man.
[Jenard] Gratitude G.
My n*gga.
[Jenard] Where the fuck you been at, n*gga?
What you talkin’ ’bout?
[Jenard] Rest of these motherfuckers was with me to slide on the white boy this morning. Where the fuck you was at?
Man, I got caught up with my shorty.
[Jenard] Mm.
She been on my ass, man. You know how that shit go.
[Jenard] Yeah, I do. A’ight, so what happened yesterday then?
What you talkin’ ’bout?
[Jenard] I don’t know, bro. You know, my eyes, they could be deceivin’ me, but I could have swore I saw your ass give Shanti a pass, n*gga. And you coulda took that bitch out. So what’s up, Raheem? Huh? What, you playin’ for the other side, n*gga?
J you overbaked.. Man, you know I’m only rollin’ with you.
[Jenard] Give me your phone.
[Raheem] [scoffs] Man, get the fuck out of here, man.
[Jenard] Nah, I’m just sayin’, bro. I mean, you ain’t got shit to hide. I mean, and we ain’t fuckin’ so…
Man, quit tweakin’, n*gga. We solid.
Yo.
Oh, shit.
Yo, yo, yo!
[gunshot]
Damn, bro.
The fuck J?
What you doing, J?
[Jenard] Nah motherfucker.
Bro.
[Jenard] Huh? I fuckin’ knew it. I knew it. You bitch ass, traitorous motherfucker. Hey, yo, get this n*gga the fuck up out of here.
Yo, what the fuck you talkin’ ’bout, J?
[Jenard] Bro, this n*gga right here was workin’ with the ops G.
Fuck, man.
[Jenard] And I promise you, anybody else on the same shit that this n*gga was on, you gon’ end up just like this bitch ass n*gga…dead. G, you either with me, or you ain’t. A’ight? But y’all motherfuckers gotta pick a side and pick it right the fuck now. A’ight? If anybody got somethin’ to say or you want to leave, get the fuck out right now. A’ight, then. We gon’ kill that n*gga Tommy Egan.
[somber music playing]
♪♪♪
[D-Mac sighs]
[D-Mac exhales forcefully]
[dramatic music playing]
[music intensifies]
[Mireya] Herman gotten here yet?
[Kate] Nah, he’s not comin’. I don’t blame him, we’re a fuckin’ mess.
[Mireya] Let me help you with that.
[Kate] I got it.
[Mireya] Okay, let me at least help you with the punch.
[Kate] No, I don’t need your help.
[Mireya] Okay, I know that you’re mad at me, but I need you to not ignore me for one minute.
[Kate] What do you want from me, Mireya?
[Mireya] Honestly, I just want to know why you haven’t told Tommy.
[Kate] After losing another brother? I’m not sure how Tommy’s gonna react when he finds out you’re trying to run off with his kid. I don’t want anything to happen to my grandchild. Alright, truth? I was hoping you’d change your mind and do the right thing.
[Mireya] I am gonna do the right thing, okay? I… I decided I’m not gonna go. So let’s just pretend like none of this even happened, okay?
[Kate] Huh.
[Mireya sighs]
♪♪♪
[Tommy] Where the fuck you think you goin’? Stop!
I got some business to settle, Unc.
[Tommy] Would you cover up that piece. There’s still people here. D-Mac, shit about to go down. I can’t have you wildin’ out on me right now. Jenard is gonna pay for what he did to your father, I promise. I know this shit is hard, but our next move has got to be solid. I can’t have you makin’ crazy moves by yourself right now. What if somethin’ happens to me? You’re all I got. I need you to look after Mireya and my kid.
A’ight, Unc.
[Tommy] As long as everybody stay in this house, we gonna be safe. Miguel’s guys got this place covered.
[Kate] Hey, hon. Um, can I have a minute alone with your uncle?
There’s somethin’ I need to tell you. I’m leaving tomorrow h-heading for New York.
[Tommy] Yeah, I was almost gettin’ used to the idea of havin’ you around.
[Kate] Look, I just think it’s better if I go.
[Tommy] Better for who? I just lost my brother.
[Kate] And I lost my son! I-I-I just need some time, you know, to work on myself. Otherwise, I won’t be of use to any of you.
[Tommy] So runnin’ away from your problems is the best way to work on yourself? You know what? I got an idea for you. Why don’t you try somethin’ new and try stickin’ around for a while?
[Kate] If I want to stay sober, I got to do this. Darnell knows he always has a home with me. You do too.
[knocking on door]
[tense music playing]
[whispering]
[Tommy] Oh, yo. Come on. What you find out from your inside man?
[Shanti] He’s dead. His body was in the middle of my fucking ring. On full display.
[Tommy] Jenard knows?
[Shanti] Yeah. And with nobody on the inside tellin’ us his moves, we’re fucked.
[Tommy] I think I know someone that could still get to Jenard.
[Shanti] Who? You ain’t suggestin’ I go into the lion’s den.
[Tommy] That’s exactly what the fuck I’m talkin’ about.
[Shanti] I don’t got a death wish.
[Tommy] Ain’t nothin’ gonna happen to you.
[Shanti] That’s easy for you to say.
[Tommy] Jenard’s biggest weakness ain’t the needle, it’s you. If you just go there, and just talk to him. Play nice, see what he tells you.
[helicopter blades whirring]
[siren wailing in distance]
[Tseng] Oh shit Bobby, I didn’t see you there. Look, I’m sorry that, uh, this must be awkward for you.
[Bobby] It is what it is. You know, I saw you yesterday.
[Tseng] Oh yeah?
[Bobby] Yeah. The Tortoise Club.
[Tseng] Excuse me.
[Bobby] It’s interesting, ’cause you met with the same guy who met with Mirkovic right before he was poisoned. The same guy who posed as a lawyer. Yeah, you see, ’cause I trailed him, and, uh, I watched him give you an envelope full of cash.
[Tseng] [chuckles] I don’t know what you think you saw. That wasn’t me, man.
[Bobby] Yeah? What do you think I’m a fucking idiot?
[Tseng] The fuck are you doing?
[Bobby] That Chan guy works for the cartel. Mm. And you are on their payroll.
[Tseng] What is this?
[Bobby] It’s your financials.
[Tseng] Listen, I think you should be really careful how you proceed here. I’m about to be sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney.
[Bobby] Does it look like I give a fuck? How you gonna explain to the Justice Department the half million dollars you received? Hm? It’s over. Unless you do what I tell you to do.
[Tseng] Which is what exactly?
[Bobby] You’re gonna lead Tommy Egan into a trap. Then you’re gonna arrest him. Then you’re gonna flip on the cartel, and then maybe, I’ll ask the Justice Department to go easy on you.
[Tseng] Bobby, Stacy was corrupt, remember?
[Bobby] You-you fuckin’…
[Tseng] Look, if we arrest Egan for killing her, the whole story is going to come out, okay? [stammering] Is that-is that what you want?
[Bobby] I want justice for my wife’s murder.
[Tseng] You have no idea who I’m dealing with. The Marquez cartel. They threatened me. They threatened my wife.
[Bobby] What do you think you’re the first prosecutor the cartel’s threatened. Don’t stand here and pretend this is about anything other than your greed.
[Tseng] I’ll only do it if I walk. We arrest Egan, I split the money with you, and I become U.S. Attorney.
[Bobby] This isn’t a negotiation, pal.
[Tseng] Yeah. It is. Otherwise, I’ll just keep my mouth shut. And take the prison sentence. I might die in prison, but at least my wife won’t be killed by the cartel. And you’ll never get to Egan.
[Bobby] Fine. Go to Egan, tell him you’re dirty, offer your services. Get him to admit he killed Stacy. And after that, I don’t give a fuck what you do.
[subway clacking on tracks]
[cell phone buzzing]
[Tseng] You’re not an easy man to track down, Mr. Egan. This is acting U.S. Attorney Bill Tseng. I’ll be permanently replacing Stacy Marks soon, and I think I may have a way to make sure that benefits you and your efforts. We should meet and discuss a few things.
[Tommy] When?
[Tseng] Tomorrow.
[Tommy] There’s an abandoned building at 28th and Drake. 2:00. Come alone.
[Tseng] Same for you.
[Tseng] Okay, now, how are you going to keep me safe? Egan is slippery, probably desperate, and he is not stupid.
[Bobby] You’ll be fine. It’s not like you’re actually gonna be alone.
[Tseng] If you’re too close, he’ll see you.
[Bobby] I won’t be too close.
[Tseng] But what if I get into trouble, huh? What then? Bobby, are you listening to me? I need a safe word.
[Bobby] Wife. Your safe word is wife.
[dramatic music playing]
[Mireya] Hey, babe.
[Tommy] Oh, hey. There you are. Where you been hidin’?
[Mireya] I was just taking out the trash. And I checked on Kate. I think she finally fell asleep.
[Tommy] Thank you for everything you done for my family.
[Mireya] They’re my family now, too, right?
[Tommy] No doubt. Hey listen, some shit’s about to go down. I want to make sure that you and the baby are okay. So I’m thinkin’ I’ma put you in a safe house tomorrow.
[Mireya] What?
[Tommy] Just until this war between me and Jenard is over.
[Mireya] Tommy, I can handle what I can handle–
[Tommy] Mireya, Jenard ain’t gonna stop till he takes everything from me. And I need to know that you both are safe.
[Mireya] What about Kate? She can’t stay here alone.
[Tommy] Kate. She leavin’ tomorrow.
[Mireya] What?
[Tommy] Yeah, she going back to Queens. Probably for the best. Why you lookin’ at me like that?
[Mireya] ‘Cause you’re the only person I’ve ever met who was broken, and unbreakable, at the same time.
[Tommy] What’s goin’ on with you? Hey, are you okay?
[Mireya] I’m just so lucky I found you.
[Tommy] I found you, remember?
[train clacking on tracks]
[indistinct conversations]
Hey, you lost?
[Shanti] Relax, I need to talk to J.
Look, don’t make this harder than it has to be.
[Shanti] Touch me and I’ll cut your fuckin’ fingers off.
[Jenard chuckling]
[Jenard] She good. She good. So I take it you got my gift?
[Shanti] If you wanted my attention, all you had to do was call. Less cleanup.
[Jenard] Mm.
[indistinct conversations]
[Shanti] I’m sorry about Diamond.
[Jenard] Are you? I mean, ain’t this what the fuck you wanted the whole time?
[Shanti] I ain’t gon’ front. Takin’ out your brother was part of the plan. But, the white boy doin’ it, that’s a bridge too fuckin’ far. Look, I know we’ve been through some shit, but we’re stronger together.
[Jenard] Nah. I don’t do leftovers, shorty. Especially not Tommy fuckin’ Egan’s. I’m cool.
[Shanti] I’m not down with that white devil. Look, [chuckles] you always wanted what I have. Partner with me. You’ll get Garfield Park. Manny Fresh. The whole west side. Feels like a score to me. Long game. Remember? Me and you.
[Jenard] You know, I was waitin’ to see how long it would take you to realize just how good we were together, baby. In business and in other areas.
[Shanti sighs]
[Jenard] I’m just sayin’. Okay, I fucked up, a’ight? I can admit that shit, I fucked up, but I miss you, woman. I’m for real. A’ight, no bullshit. I-I really, really miss you, baby. A’ight, and I just think that it’s time. It’s time that we get back to us.
[Shanti] Let’s get one thing clear. There’s no more us, J. This is about business. With Diamond gone, you and I can run shit. Can you fuck with that? ‘Cause if you can’t fuck with that, I can’t fuck with you.
[Jenard] As you wish, Shorty. Business first.
[Shanti] Good. So, what’s the plan? How do we get rid of Tommy once and for all?
[Jenard] I’ma have everybody over here. And we gon’ figure out how to take his ass out tomorrow night. Once that motherfucker off the map for good, man, me and you, we’ll just-we’ll just split the territory. Cool?
[Shanti] Cool. A’ight, I’ll be there. The whole city will be ours. Just like we planned.
[tense music playing]
You buyin’ that shit she sellin’?
[Jenard] N*gga, fuck no. That bitch power hungry G. And she think she playin’ me. But I’ma use her dumb ass to get straight to Egan. That power of the pussy shit ain’t workin’ on me, my n*gga.
[Tommy] You think he bought it?
[Shanti] Fuck no. I mean, he played along like he did, but that motherfucker’s transparent as hell.
[Tommy] He give you anything that we could go on?
[Shanti] He fed me some bullshit about a coalition meeting tomorrow night.
[Tommy] You see, that’s somethin’.
[Shanti] Don’t get too excited. That shit’s probably a setup.
[Tommy] No, I’m sure it is. But like my man Kanan used to say, “Every good lie is veiled in the truth.” Think it’s time for plan B.
[Shanti] The fuck is plan B?
[Tommy] Gonna pay the RDs a little visit. Think they can help us with our Jenard problem.
[Shanti] What you thinkin’?
[cellphone buzzing]
[Tommy] I…
[Message from Miguel: Meeting at indoor pool. Now!]
[Tommy] Gotta run an errand. I hit you with the 411 later.
[Tommy] What’s goin’ on? Fuckin’ with the ops now?
Fuck you Egan.
[Tommy] How’s your Uncle Luis?
I heard he had a nasty fall.
Fucking motherfucker!
[Che] Enough.
[man] Yeah.
I have some news.
[speaking Spanish] Our bosses in Mexico have made a decision. [in English] Marquez is no longer our enemy. They are now part of our machine.
[Tommy] That ain’t fucking happenin’.
You’re wrong. The cartels are uniting. If you want to do business, then you better figure out a way to work together. Consider it a-a merger.
[Tommy] Fuck that. Look Che, I respect how you do business, but joining forces with these motherfuckers, that’s a non fuckin’ starter. Nah, me and my business, we out.
You haven’t heard the next part of the plan. You see, for this new regime to work, there must be a sacrifice. There is one man who’s been causing problems since he came to town. [chuckling]
[man] Yes, sir.
That man must die.
[intense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
That’s your kill, Egan.
The fuck is going on?
[speaking Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
No! You motherfuckers! No!
[gunshots]
[groaning]
You-you piece of shit.
[groaning]
[gunshot]
[Tommy] I can fuck with this merger.
[chuckling]
Hey, you want to fire up the grill? These are almost ready.
[Vic] Yeah, sure.
[announcer on TV] And we have some breaking news. The most recent casualty in the world of drug crime is a name synonymous with Chicago streets. Ex-professional boxer and presumed leader of CBI, David Diamond Sampson was gunned down in a turf battle on the city’s south side last week. With new alliances being forged, the Chicago PD gang unit and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are working all angles to keep up with the rapid shifts happening in the world of illegal drugs. After the murders of prominent figures Walter and Claudia Flynn, and the disappearance of Victor Flynn, the heir to the Flynn family dynasty. It seems as though the battle for Chicago’s underworld is being won by street gangs.
♪♪♪
God, babe. Aren’t you glad you left all that behind?
[Vic] Yeah.
[tense music playing]
♪♪♪
[Tommy] So what you gonna do?
How about this? I’ll make a deal with you.
[Tommy] All right.
You deliver me your little nephew.
[Tommy] Mmhm.
We solid. All the RDs will ride with you.
[Tommy] A’ight, here’s the thing, you ain’t never gettin’ my nephew. But you don’t want him anyhow. D-Mac was Kilo’s beef. And Kilo and my brother, was popped by Jenard.
What?
[Tommy] Mmhm.
Nah, nah, nah. See, Jenard told us that your brother killed Kilo and Jojo. So then he had to take him out.
[Tommy] That’s a convenient ass story, isn’t it? ‘Cause my brother was a fuckin’ musician. He ran a bar. What possible fucking reason would my brother have to kill Kilo? You see your math? It ain’t mathin’. Nah, Jenard killed Kilo. ‘Cause now, with your boss out the way, he could do whatever the fuck he want with that coalition. So from where I’m standin’, it seem to me like I’m makin’ you a pretty irresistible motherfuckin’ offer. Oh yeah, and the Marquez and Estrada cartels is now one cartel, and they ain’t fuckin’ with CBI. They fuckin’ with me. So you roll with me and you joinin’ the winning team.
All right, Egan, you got it. I’ma roll with you. But only ’cause I hate that fuckin’ incompetent ass n*gga Jenard. He been fuckin’ up my shit for years. Look, I’ma need to stay on the down low with my guys until you plant that flag. Soon as you do that. We in bidness.
[Tommy] It’s a wise move, Greyskull. I need you to do me a solid. Find out what Jenard’s next move gon’ be.
Say less. Hit you up when I got the Intel.
[train clacking]
[Tseng] Egan. Egan, are you in here? Jesus Christ, you scared the shit out of me!
[Tommy] I had to make sure you was alone. You look nervous Tseng. Can’t say I blame you. Comin’ without backup and all.
[Tseng] I’m fine.
[Tommy] Are you? See, ’cause I’m guessin’ that you ain’t really gonna be fine, until you can pin Stacy Marks’ murder on me.
[Tseng] No, no, no.
[Tommy] But see, that ain’t never gonna happen, ’cause I didn’t do it.
[Tseng] You think that’s why I’m here? I couldn’t be more happy that Stacy’s dead. In fact, you did me a huge favor. Because now that she is out of the way, I can offer you something Stacy never could. Free reign of Chicago.
[Tommy] Now, that sound too good to be true.
[Tseng] Well, believe it or not, but I have connections more far reaching than any government position can provide. Cartel ties to Roberto Ortega. And in case you haven’t heard yet. Estrada has merged with Marquez.
[Tommy] I guess you ain’t heard. Ortega dead.
[Tseng] Well, I guess I work with you now.
[Tommy] No, actually, you work for me.
[Tseng] Well, I don’t get caught up in semantics, but I’m sure this relationship will be uh, mutually beneficial. Not that it matters, but you did kill Stacy Marks, didn’t you?
[Tommy] What the fuck? Oh, look at this.
[Tseng] I-I can explain. Okay.
[Tommy] You got any last requests?
[Tseng] You could kill me. Okay, but just please don’t hurt my wife.
[Bobby] Hands up! Get your hands up, Egan. Don’t even think about it Egan. I got backup units on the way.
[Tommy] Don’t take another fuckin’ step. Motherfucker, don’t take another step.
[Bobby] Drop the fucking gun!
[Tommy] Put your gun down, motherfucker!
[Bobby] Drop the fucking gun, Egan!
[Tommy] Put it down or I’ll fucking shoot you, motherfucker!
[Bobby] Drop the fucking–
[gunshot]
[dramatic music playing]
[Tommy] I didn’t see that comin’. Hey, that wire was a nice touch, but I’m gonna need that recording.
[Tseng] I had to wear it to sell the meeting to DiFranco, partner. But get out of here. I’ll take care of this. Don’t worry. I’ll get you the tape.
[Tommy] I’ll be in touch.
[Jenard] I told Shanti it was a coalition meeting here tomorrow night. Knowin’ the whole time that bitch ain’t gonna do shit, but go back and tell Tommy ass.
[chuckling]
[Jenard] And that n*gga gonna fall right into my motherfuckin’ trap. Now he gon’ show up. Trust me. Oh, that n*gga gon’ show up thinkin’ he gon’ take us out, right? But we gon’ be two steps ahead of that motherfucker. Okay? That’s why we moving our asses right now to the old Treason lumber yard. Just in case that motherfucker try to make a surprise attack or some shit. Now look, we gon’ load up there and then come for them motherfuckers just as soon as they make they move on the CBI warehouse. Easy, n*gga.
I like that.
Ain’t no way Tommy ass gon’ be able to survive that shit.
Hell, yeah. Come on!
[Jenard] Fuckin’ right.
[overlapping chatter]
[Jenard] All right, now, look y’all, Tommy a motherfucker, okay? So we gotta come at this n*gga with every motherfucking thing we got, okay?
Let’s get it.
[Jenard] So be fuckin’ ready. Be fucking ready. Let’s go!
[dramatic music playing]
[cell phone message sent]
[Message to Tommy: J moving everything to Treason lumber yard. KILL them there.]
[D-Mac] I just came by to give you something. I know this don’t cover everything for Spelman, but it should cover with the scholarship don’t.
Um, you know I can’t accept any blood money, D, I’ll just figure somethin’–
[D-Mac] Hey, it ain’t blood money. I sold my bike.
What’s going on with you? Why you givin’ me this?
[D-Mac] You want to go to school, right?
Yeah.
[D-Mac] Look, you need the money. You deserve it. Take it. I want you to go and make your dreams come true.
I’m confused Darnell. It’s like the way you talkin’– Like this a goodbye or somethin’.
[D-Mac] It is! It’s a goodbye! I’m not good for you.
What do you mean, you not good for me? You been good for me this whole time.
[D-Mac] I want you to have a good life. You won’t have that with me!
Darnell, I don’t know what you talkin’ about, but you could just come with me.
[D-Mac] No I can’t!
Yes you can! Just go to school with me. It’s everything your dad would have wanted.
[D-Mac] No, I can’t!
I don’t even know who the fuck you are anymore.
[cell phone buzzing]
[Message from Tommy: Where you at? Shit’s about to go down. Garcia’s Clubhouse now.]
It’s not too late to leave that dumb ass street shit alone. Darnell.
[door slams]
[pig grunting]
[Tommy] Jenard expects us to hit them at CBI, so he moved his entire operation to that lumber yard. We gon’ hit him there.
Surprise is the best form of attack.
[Tommy] You see what I’m sayin’?
Yeah, but we low on bodies.
Manny Fresh is rollin’ with us.
[Tommy] There you go.
That’s still not enough.
They got a whole coalition armed up and ready for this battle.
[Tommy] If w e win this battle, we take the fuckin’ city. Gather up the ammo. This gon’ be the battle of our fuckin’ life. I’ma call in a favor.
[Tommy, on the phone] Yo, I was wonderin’ if this number was still gonna work. I need your help. You got some peoples that ain’t afraid to get they hands dirty?
[dramatic music playing]
[Tommy] Sorry I’m late. You ready to go? Mireya? Hey, we gotta get the fuck out of here. You-you ready?
[Witten message from Mireya] “My love, I didn’t want you to have to make this decision, so I made it for you.”
[Tommy] [quietly] No.
[Mireya] “I took myself off the map. I’m safe. I’ll be with family. I left you so you could have your head in the game. I didn’t want you to worry about me, Tommy. The baby and I will be here when you come to get us. I didn’t want to leave, but I know if I stayed, you would have been constantly worrying about me and the baby. But now that we’re safe, you can go and do what you have to do. Know that I love you, And I believe you can win this war. When it’s all over, come get us. I love you forever mi guero.”
[cell phone buzzing]
[Message from Miguel: Arsenal fully stocked! Let’s do this.]
[dramatic music playing]
[train clacking on tracks]
[Shanti] Thanks for pullin’ up.
No problem shorty. Know a winner when I see one.
[Miguel] Hey Egan, did you get my sister squared away?
[Tommy] She took care of herself.
[Miguel] What the fuck does that mean?
[Tommy] She in Mexico.
[Miguel] Mexico? The fuck are you talking about?
[Tommy] Miguel, she took herself off the map, so me and you, keep our heads in the game.
[Miguel] [chucking] Fucking Mireya. You know, she’s always one step ahead out of everyone.
[Tommy] Yeah. You believe this shit?
[Miguel] What?
[Tommy] Me and you, fightin’ on the same side of this war.
[Miguel] I would have never seen it comin’.
[Tommy] But Mireya did.
[Miguel] Then let’s make sure we both get back to her.
[speaking Spanish]
[Miguel] And let’s kill those motherfuckers!
That’s what it is.
Go time.
[engines starting]
[indistinct shouting]
♪♪♪
Hey bro, where the fuck is the Marquez crew at?
[Jenard] N*gga, why is you askin’ stupid fuckin’ questions, bro? Huh? It’s still early, motherfucker. We got time.
Oh, shit.
♪♪♪
[gunfire]
♪♪♪
[gunfire continues]
♪♪♪
[Shanti grunting]
Come on, D-Mac.
N*gga, keep shootin’.
They ain’t got no backup.
[gunfire continues]
[Miguel grunting]
[glass shattering]
[Shanti] We’re outnumbered!
Our boys are down, Tommy.
[Miguel]
They’re closin’ in.
[Miguel] Heads up, Tommy.
Tommy!
[gunshot] [groaning]
[gunshots]
Fuck!
[intense music playing]
Yo CBI, we out, we out.
They got backup.
Move, move!
[Tseng] Good evening. Thank you for coming. My name is William Tseng, I’m the new U.S. Attorney for the city of Chicago. Now I’m here to announce updated findings in the murder case of former U.S. Attorney Stacy Marks. After an extensive investigation, it has been determined that over the last several weeks, Ms. Marks and her husband, CPD Lieutenant Robert DiFranco, were engaged in a corrupt relationship with members of Chicago’s most notorious gang. Now, our investigation uncovered that through this corrupt relationship, Ms. Marks and Mr. DiFranco took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to fund Ms. Marks’ mayoral campaign in exchange for her using her power and influence to allow crime to run rampant on our city streets. Now, as the new U.S. Attorney, I am committed to ridding this city of every ounce of corruption, and I am further committed to continuing to make Chicago one of the safest and most vibrant cities in this great nation.
[gunshots]
[bottles shattering]
[Rae] What the fuck are you doing? We’re supposed to be lying low.
[Vic] Who’s gonna hear us? We’re in the middle of fucking nowhere, Rae.
[Rae] God, it’s freezing out here. Look, just come inside and go to bed. We can figure this shit out in the morning.
[Vic] You know, I lost everything. My whole family’s gone.
[Rae] Not everything. I’m here, and I’m not going anywhere. It’s a new beginning. You’re almost free. I thought that’s what you wanted.
[Vic] What I wanted? Well I don’t even know who I fuckin’ am anymore.
[glass shattering]
[Vic] Look, this isn’t about you, and my feelings for you. Okay, this is about me and the shit that I have to fucking deal with.
[Rae] You’re Jason Booker, a man with his whole life ahead of him.
[Vic] [laughing] No, I’m not Jason Booker, I am Vic fucking Flynn.
[Rae] Wait, where are you going?
[Jenard] I know we took a hit, but that was just a battle, n*gga, We gon’ win the war. We just gotta lock in.
N*gga, we’ve been losin’ ever since you been in charge.
[Jenard] N*gga, shit went sideways fast, okay? I get it. N*gga, we just gotta regroup, okay? So I need you motherfuckers to keep your eyes on the prize.
We already doin’ that. Prize is Tommy. You just lost the war.
[Jenard] Mm. Yeah. Play that. Tommy? Y’all motherfuckers can’t be serious.
Yo, we for real alright, J. We never had no beef with Tommy in the first fuckin’ place to begin with. He took care of that Chavo shi.
[Jenard] Mm.
Did right by us.
Izzy right. SODs never had a problem with Egan. You and your brother did. Shit over with for us.
[Jenard] So y’all motherfuckers just gon’ flip to Tommy? After all that motherfuckin’ shit that went down? N*gga, he killed Diamond!
With a bullet meant for you, n*gga. I watched that shit. You fucked up, J! You ain’t the leader of shit!
[Jenard] N*gga, I’ll kill you.
N*gga, don’t do that! Don’t do it!
Diamond will be fuckin’ embarrassed, n*gga. Save your bullet, bro.
[screaming]
A death worthy of a coward, would land at his feet.
[dramatic music playing]
♪ Death is in
the cards like tarot ♪
[Miguel] Oh, fuck. Fuck!
[Tommy] Miguel, Jesus Christ, man. Been at this shit for half an hour. Give me them tweezers.
[Tariq] Sorry about your pops, man. Know exactly how you feel.
[D-Mac] Appreciate that man. This shit was really my fault. Now it’s just some shit I gotta live with. I heard you lost your pops, too.
[Tariq] Yeah. Yeah I did.
[D-Mac] This shit is just fucked up, ma. It’s just like, who the fuck do I even belong to now? I feel like a fuckin’ orphan or some shit.
[Tariq] I mean, shit, you know how to take care of yourself pretty quickly, right?
[D-Mac] Hm? I guess I’m not all the way alone. Shit. I got Tommy.
[Tariq] Right.
[D-Mac] You know we got each other. He gon’ need somebody to look out for him, too. Especially now since he becomin’ a dad.
[Tariq] Yeah, you gotta-gotta see that little motherfucker that Tommy gon’ bring up.
[D-Mac] Man, that little guy gon’ be tougher than all of us. He gon’ take over the world with this motherfucker. I mean, he buildin’ a army. All type of shit. We gon’ really be unstoppable.
[Tariq] Nah, but for real, though.
[D-Mac] Uncle Tommy’s been everything to me.
[Tariq] Yeah, I know what you mean.
[Miguel] [screaming] Oh, motherfucker! God damn it!
[Tommy] I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it. Just hang in there. Hang in there.
[Miguel] Oh. [groaning] [groaning] [chucking]
[bullet clatters]
[Miguel] Oh, you’re alright, Egan. Hey, I’ve been meaning to tell you, uh. I’m really sorry about your brother, man.
[Tommy] Yeah. I’m really gonna miss him.
[Miguel] If something ever happened to Mireya, I’d go crazy.
[Tommy] I might have lost a brother, but maybe I gained a new one.
[Miguel] Fuck yeah you did.
[Cruz] Hell of a lot better than that piece of shit Diamond. Aren’t you glad you deaded that motherfucker? Would have got all of us killed trying to protect his pussy ass brother.
[Tommy] Let me explain something to you, Cruz. My bullet might have taken Diamond down, but his fucking brother got him dead. Alright, so don’t come at me right now talking a bunch of bullshit that you don’t understand.
[Miguel] [in Spanish] Go take a walk, please.
[Shanti] Incoming!
[Tommy] Well, well, well. Ain’t this a fuckin’ surprise? Y’all here for some more?
Nah man, we here on business. Jenard is out. We wanna ride with you. CBI, warehouse, product. All of us. All in.
[Tommy] Mm.
[Tommy] ‘Bout fuckin’ time you chose the winnin’ side. Hm.
Hm.
[Jenard] What the fuck? What the fuck? N*gga said you was lost in the wind.
[Vic] I heard about Diamond.
[Jenard] So what, you came all this way on some fucking condolences, shit?
[Vic] Yes and no. I know Tommy killed your brother. Fuckin’ killed my sister too.
[Jenard] Make a fuckin’ point, Vic.
[Vic] My point. Is that we have a common enemy. Let’s take Tommy fuckin’ Egan down. Together.
[upbeat music playing]
[Tommy] All right, y’all, listen up. This what the new normal look like. Anybody who was down with CBI, now you answer to Shanti. Anybody got a problem with that?
It’s cool with me.
[Tommy] That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout. Got this whole city on lock.
Yeah, I see that.
[Shanti] Let’s get out there and fill these streets till our pockets are full. Move this shit.
[Tommy] Look at you. You know, you remind me of somebody I used to know.
That’s impossible. I’m one of a kind.
[Tommy] Yeah, well, so was Liliana.
[Shanti] I know shit’s been crazy these last few weeks. That ends tonight. We all know what went down with Jenard. That n*gga is dead to me. We don’t fuck with each other no more. And neither should you. Anybody loyal to Jenard is a enemy. Shit’s changing in our family. Street wise, financial wise, everything.
[man] Yo, what that mean to us, Showstopper?
[Shanti] That means territory is changing. Everybody in this room calls it for they block. All of y’all are upstanding members of CBI, that don’t change. From now on, everything north of Chatham is coalition territory.
Pssht, fuck I’ve been talkin’ ‘.
Whoo. Come on, now.
[Shanti] That includes Marquette. All right, let’s go.
[Big Smurf] Get this paper.
[Tommy] Hey, Mireya. We fuckin’ did it! We won! We took the whole fuckin’ city. It’s ours. It’s gonna be a minute, but then I’m comin’ down there to get you and bring you back here. I want to share all this with you and our kid. I fuckin’ love you, baby.
[Tariq] There he goes. King of Chicago. I was about to head out soon.
[Tommy] Yeah, I appreciate you showin’ up for me. Wasn’t sure you was gonna, with everything that happened between us.
[Tarqi] We family. It’s what the fuck we do.
[Tommy] Ghost was my family, too.
[Tariq] Uncle Tommy, I ain’t gon’ lie to you. I ain’t come here to dig up old shit, a’ight? I came here to help you. Now, you ain’t gonna like everything that I do, but I ain’t askin’ you to.
[Tommy] You right Tariq. You turned out to be a bad ass motherfucker handlin’ your shit. Now that, I am proud.
[Tariq] You did tell me none of that one foot in, one foot out shit. So here I am, fully submerged in this shit.
[Tommy] Here you are. Looks good on you.
[Tariq] The fuck can I say? I learned from the best, right?
[Tommy] [chuckles] How’s the city treatin’ you, back home?
[Tariq] Well you know the game, shit comes with its challenges.
[Tommy] Oh, yeah, I know that’s right.
[Tariq] Shit got shaken up on me. I’ma need a new partner or some shit. I’m tryin’ to figure it out. You know, by the looks of it, I ain’t gon’ lie, looks like you got this shit on lock out here.
[Tommy] [chuckles] You know what? Yeah, I kind of do.
[Tariq] Yeah, but what’s the fun in that? I mean, you got Miguel and Shanti runnin’ around like some worker bees.
[Tommy] Nah, they more than that. But, I feel you.
[Tariq] I don’t know, man. The Uncle Tommy I know, he loves a fuckin’ challenge. I mean, you told me if you ain’t pushin’, then you fallin’. Last time, we was on a fuckin’ rooftop.
[Tommy] What you sayin’?
[Tariq] Come to New York and move your powder with me.
[Tommy] You askin’ me to leave my woman and everything I built here for–
[Tariq] No, no, no, I ain’t asking that at all. Look, what I’m saying is, Uncle T, he doesn’t leave no fuckin’ money on the table. You gon’ provide for your family the best fuckin’ way that you can. And from where I’m standin’, it’s just more money to be made for you, me and your family, if we partnered up. Build your fuckin’ kingdom. You know what I’m sayin’, I’m talkin’ legacy, Uncle T.
[Tommy] I do like the sound of Mireya and my kid bein’ on the streets where I grew up.
[Tariq] Exactly. Sounds beautiful, don’t it? So what you say? Start some new shit or what?
♪ They say this is
A big, rich town ♪
♪ I just come from
The poorest part ♪
♪ Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it ♪
♪ This is where it goes down ♪
♪ I just happen
To come up hard ♪
♪ Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it ♪
[50 Cent] ♪ I never took
A straight path nowhere ♪
♪ Life’s full
Of twists and turns ♪
♪ Bumps and bruises
I live, I learn ♪
♪ I’m from that city full of
Yellow Cabs and skyscrapers ♪
♪ It’s hard to get a start
In these parts without paper ♪
♪ Homie, I grew up in hell ♪
♪ A block away from heaven ♪
♪ That corner every 15 minutes
They moving seven ♪
♪ Pure snow
Bag it then watch it go ♪
♪ Occupational options
Get some blow or some hos ♪
♪ Shoot the ball or the strap
Learn to rap or to jack ♪
♪ Fuck it, man, in the meantime
Go ahead and pump a pack ♪
♪ This my regal royal flow
My James Bond bounce ♪
♪ That 007
That’s 62 on my count ♪
♪ I’m a undercover liar
I lie under the covers ♪
♪ Look a bitch in the eyes and
Tell her, “Baby, I love you” ♪
♪ “You’re my inspiration
You’re my motivation” ♪
♪ “You’re the reason that I’m
Moving with no hesitation” ♪
♪ They say this is
A big, rich town ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I just come from
The poorest part ♪
♪ Bright lights, city life
I gotta make it ♪
♪ This is where it goes down ♪
♪ Ohh ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I just happen
To come up hard ♪
♪ Legal or illegal, baby
I gotta make it ♪
