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- Previously on Empire...
- Rhonda's fine.
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But the baby didn't make it.
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RHONDA: God doesn't exist. If He did,
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the baby would still be here.
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Dwight Walker, that's my real name.
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If you win an ASA against your father,
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you're on your way to being legendary.
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- JAMIESON: Jamal's got a girlfriend and all.
- LUCIOUS: He didn't tell you?
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- I'm still gay.
- Well, then what are you screwing Skye for?
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As the new chairman of this board,
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I am turning over my proxy
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to my wife, while I'm undergoing
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chemo and radiation.
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What would you say if I
made you CEO of Empire?
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But you need to get rid of your little
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Mexican girlfriend first.
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- I told you, I think I'm in love with her.
- I love you.
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I will stop at nothing
to take my company back.
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I ain't got to do what you want.
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Cookie has her own company under Empire
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And that's ridiculous.
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I want to be head of
A&R, for all of Empire.
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Ma, you got yourself a deal.
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I'm going to take Camilla
out from the inside.
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You got 48 hours.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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Empire's new CEO, Hakeem Lyon.
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(applause)
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What's up, y'all?
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Let me just say, before
we start this meeting,
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that I'm very excited to be
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the new Chief Executive
Officer of Empire Enterprises.
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Thank y'all for coming.
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This company was kicked
off by my parents,
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and we will keep it
in my family bloodline.
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Starting with my mother, Cookie Lyon,
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she will be leading with
her creative direction,
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as our new head of
A&R for all of Empire,
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and our sub-label, Lyon Dynasty.
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My brother Andre's
been doing a great job
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as Chief Financial Officer,
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- making sure we don't go broke.
- (reporters chuckling)
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You know, I'm going to
keep him in that position.
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And he's going to continue to be
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the President of Gutter Life Records.
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And the big news is
that my brother Jamal's
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going to step aside as vice-chairman,
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and he's going to focus on
his Black and White album,
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and focus on his seven ASA nominations.
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Congratulations, bro.
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So, we have some time for some questions.
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REPORTER: Hakeem...
plan to take the company
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in a new direction?
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Well, I plan to continue
on keeping the company
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as the dominant, most relevant,
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most innovative music company
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on the face of the planet.
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You.
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Excuse me, you never mentioned Lucious.
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Who's Lucious?
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Um, Lucious is focusing
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on his music right now.
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In addition to producing
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his half of Jamal's Black and White album,
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he's also prepping a video
for his number one hit,
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"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom."
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Hakeem, will Empire be
underwriting this video?
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Considering everything
that's happened between
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you and your father.
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Did you just hear what she said?
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"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom"
has been nominated for a ASA.
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Okay, now, Lucious has been
a big part of this company,
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and Empire will always
support Lucious Lyon.
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Thank y'all for coming.
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Yes, thank you for coming. Thanks.
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Right this way, everyone.
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Now, Ma, how many times I got to tell you,
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that you got to back off
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and you got to let me do what I need to do.
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Boy, you better do what we discussed,
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if you want to stay alive,
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let alone stay on as CEO.
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(sighs)
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♪ ♪
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So cut to Madison Square
Garden, the tournament scene.
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I'm talking about more
than a thousand extras.
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And when Richard banishes Bolingbroke...
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Who's playing the role of
Bolingbroke in the video?
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Oh, my girl, Freda Gatz over there.
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Hey, Freda.
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Say, "hi" to Harper Scott.
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She's from Q&A News.
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Oh, Lucious, you are not subtle,
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are you?
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Only when I want to be.
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Look, what's your angle
on this article, anyway?
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Richard II is about a deposed king,
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violently trying to take back his throne
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from a weak usurper.
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So should we expect violence?
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LUCIOUS: I mean, stylized violence.
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More Jon Woo we were
thinking than, than Tarantino.
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In real life, though.
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What are you prepared to
do to get your company back
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from your son Hakeem?
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I won't have to do a
damn thing, sweetheart.
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I predict in three months,
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they're going to come
crawling back to me,
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the same what that Apple
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came crawling back to
Steve Jobs, sweetie.
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So, Mimi Whiteman and her wife?
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(laughs) Look, we-we going to get them
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a real nice, uh, wedding present.
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You know, a couple of dildos.
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The way Camilla Marks came for you,
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it seemed personal.
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Lady, you're just trying to find a story
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where there isn't one.
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All right, baby, our business is done.
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You didn't see it coming, did you?
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- It's...
- You heard the man.
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Let's go.
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Look, bitch, I'm from South Philly,
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I see everything coming,
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from every direction.
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Leave that, sweetheart. Let's go.
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♪ Lie, cheat, steal, fight ♪
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♪ Just to get on for the night ♪
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♪ I'll do anything for the night ♪
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♪ La, la, la, lie, cheat, steal, fight ♪
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♪ Just to get on for the night ♪
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♪ I'll do anything for the night ♪
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♪ I want everybody at attention ♪
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♪ At attention ♪
♪ You can call me Mr. Lyon ♪
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♪ When I visit ♪
♪ When I visit ♪
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♪ If money is the root to all evil ♪
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♪ You can see me ball,
you'll never see me fall ♪
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♪ 'Cause I got the... ♪
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♪ Time of this ♪
♪ Of this ♪
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♪ Hot damn, it keep me focused ♪
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♪ Keep me focused, keep me focused ♪
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♪ My mind is a weapon ♪
♪ Pow ♪
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♪ I got to keep it low ♪
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♪ Keep it low, keep it low ♪
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♪ They all want to see
you, whenever you make it ♪
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♪ They all want to come,
when your name in the papers ♪
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♪ The more that you give 'em,
the more that they take it ♪
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♪ So you gotta remember to
cover the bases for love ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ For the power ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ All for the power ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ For the power ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ All for the power ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ What are you buyin'? ♪
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♪ Power ♪
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♪ I'll do anything, for power ♪
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♪ Of the Empire ♪
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♪ Of-of-of the Empire ♪
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♪ If money is the root to all evil ♪
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♪ You can see me bow ♪
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♪ People never see me fall ♪
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♪ 'Cause I got the power. ♪
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(cheering, applause)
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Look, y'all, it's the dawn of
a new empire here at Empire,
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and I'm so psyched to
have Empire's employees
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from day one in the
building... make some noise.
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- (applause, cheering)
- I want y'all to check out something.
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This our new logo.
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(cheering)
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♪ ♪
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Sync & corrections by wilson0804
www.Addic7ed.com
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Hakeem did surprisingly well
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at his little press
conference, didn't he?
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Wow, I mean, it's just insane.
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There's no way that he can
run a company as big as Empire.
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Reverend Pryce says
God has a plan for me.
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I need to pay attention
because... (clears throat)
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he might want me to lead Empire,
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or he might have something else in mind,
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I don't... I don't know.
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I need to tell you something,
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and, and I know you don't
believe in this stuff,
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but I, I hope that you
won't dismiss it out of hand.
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What?
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Baby...
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I had a vision.
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Oh...
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What was your vision, babe?
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Your fall down the stairs,
it wasn't an accident.
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- (sighs): Oh...
- Honey, you didn't just fall.
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Andre, please, don't do this, really.
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I'm not doing anything, God is.
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He's leading me, so I won't let this go.
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- He wants us to find out what or who...
- Who?
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Who caused you to lose our child.
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You're acting paranoid right now,
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and that's a sign of a break.
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I promise you I'm taking care of myself.
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- Are you?
- I am.
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I'm taking my medication
every single day, I am.
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I'm just really worried
about it, Andre, that's all.
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- I need you to trust me, okay?
- Okay, I trust you.
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I need you to have faith.
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Okay, well, I don't need faith.
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- That's for sure.
- Well, what do you need?
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I just... I think I need to
just get out of the house.
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Honestly, I need to get back to work.
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Okay, you want to go
back to Whitney Lane?
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I heard that Camilla was starting
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a high-end fashion department
at Empire, is that true?
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Yeah.
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"Antony and Cleopatra,"
in honor of her and Hakeem.
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You're kidding me.
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I wish I was, but...
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Wow.
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I just feel like I can't
sit around wallowing
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and feel sorry for myself.
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So do you think that you could
talk to Hakeem and ask him
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if she would get me in there?
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Sure, absolutely.
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Thank you.
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If...
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Oh, God.
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If... you do something for me.
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What?
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Come to church with me.
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See Reverend Pryce for grief counseling.
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I know it'll help you heal, Rhonda.
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It'll help heal us.
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Will you come?
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THIRSTY: Uh, let's make
sure the neighborhood knows
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that we're coming to shoot a video.
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- Keep it clean.
- You got it.
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Ms. Lyon,
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Lucious is interviewing
the video directors,
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how about I show you around?
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Uh, you don't need to show me around.
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This is my place, punk.
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Get your ass out of here.
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LUCIOUS: Uh, Ms. Miles,
please see him out.
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Thank you for your time.
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- Why do you even...
- MS. MILES: Right this way.
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All these new school
directors are all the same,
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a bunch of hacks.
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Remember when you and I used
to direct our own videos?
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Yeah, well, that was back before
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we had the generous support
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of the head of Empire's A&R Department.
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Show me your storyboard.
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And you can go back
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to being useless.
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Stop wearing your granddaddy's suits.
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- Okay, so the good thing
- (Thirsty chuckling)
258
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is old resting bitch face
259
00:08:50,426 --> 00:08:52,292
is busy with her fashion company,
260
00:08:52,328 --> 00:08:55,329
so she seems to be staying
out of our business.
261
00:08:55,364 --> 00:08:57,797
Meanwhile, I'm working on our
plan to get her out of Empire.
262
00:08:57,833 --> 00:08:59,932
You need to get rid of this.
263
00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:01,467
Lose it. You don't need it.
264
00:09:01,502 --> 00:09:02,335
Wait, w-wait, wait,
that's my dream sequence.
265
00:09:02,370 --> 00:09:03,669
Yeah, I know.
266
00:09:03,705 --> 00:09:06,772
It's beautiful, but
it's too much, I mean,
267
00:09:06,807 --> 00:09:08,841
you're hiding behind all that fantasy.
268
00:09:08,876 --> 00:09:10,376
Get rid of it. You don't need it.
269
00:09:10,411 --> 00:09:11,944
The song's not about hiding.
270
00:09:11,979 --> 00:09:14,146
Boom, boom, boom, boom,
bang, bang, bang, bang.
271
00:09:14,181 --> 00:09:15,848
Drop that. Trust me.
272
00:09:15,883 --> 00:09:17,716
- That's dope.
- Damn 'em.
273
00:09:17,751 --> 00:09:19,851
You always were good, Cookie.
274
00:09:19,886 --> 00:09:21,686
I know.
275
00:09:21,722 --> 00:09:23,321
Okay...
276
00:09:23,357 --> 00:09:25,323
- (muttering)
- let me try your ears on something else.
277
00:09:28,094 --> 00:09:30,328
(dramatic piano melody playing)
278
00:09:30,364 --> 00:09:31,396
Mm!
279
00:09:33,599 --> 00:09:36,833
- Just piano.
- Yeah. It's hot.
280
00:09:39,505 --> 00:09:40,304
Mm...
281
00:09:40,339 --> 00:09:42,373
(music continues)
282
00:09:45,411 --> 00:09:46,710
(chuckles)
283
00:09:46,746 --> 00:09:47,978
(remote blips, lowers volume on music)
284
00:09:48,013 --> 00:09:49,480
That's fire, Lucious.
285
00:09:49,515 --> 00:09:53,215
I mean, I can hear the
pain, the passion...
286
00:09:53,251 --> 00:09:55,985
Yeah, you're doing some
pretty decent work right there.
287
00:09:56,020 --> 00:09:57,754
- You mean that?
- Maybe.
288
00:09:57,789 --> 00:09:59,489
- (laughing)
- Seriously, that's
289
00:09:59,524 --> 00:10:00,923
probably some of the best work
290
00:10:00,958 --> 00:10:03,859
you've done in a long time.
291
00:10:03,895 --> 00:10:06,696
Maybe that's the silver lining.
292
00:10:06,731 --> 00:10:08,997
Maybe Hakeem did you a favor.
293
00:10:09,032 --> 00:10:11,400
I can't wait to return the favor.
294
00:10:11,435 --> 00:10:13,368
(wry laugh)
295
00:10:13,404 --> 00:10:15,270
- So how's Jamal doing?
- (knocking on door)
296
00:10:15,306 --> 00:10:17,372
I got some bad news.
297
00:10:17,408 --> 00:10:18,774
And not altogether surprising,
298
00:10:18,809 --> 00:10:20,875
but, but, but bad nonetheless.
299
00:10:20,911 --> 00:10:21,876
I should've seen it coming, I
should have been ahead of it.
300
00:10:21,912 --> 00:10:23,779
I'm sorry, I'm, I'm very sorry.
301
00:10:23,814 --> 00:10:25,045
Are you okay, Andre?
302
00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,079
I'm not okay, no.
303
00:10:26,115 --> 00:10:27,682
I'm not okay. No.
304
00:10:27,717 --> 00:10:28,949
Hey, wait, wait. Wh...
what's the bad news?
305
00:10:28,984 --> 00:10:30,083
Camilla cut the budget for your video.
306
00:10:30,119 --> 00:10:31,084
She slashed it.
307
00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,787
What?! She can't do that.
308
00:10:32,822 --> 00:10:33,854
Oh, yes, she can.
309
00:10:33,889 --> 00:10:35,255
Any outlay over $750,000
310
00:10:35,291 --> 00:10:37,057
is subject to board approval.
311
00:10:37,092 --> 00:10:38,125
She controls the board...
312
00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,226
Well, not for long.
313
00:10:39,261 --> 00:10:40,728
Hey! Thirsty!
314
00:10:40,763 --> 00:10:41,795
No, uh, uh... n...
315
00:10:41,830 --> 00:10:43,830
- Thirsty!
- Lucious! Lucious.
316
00:10:43,865 --> 00:10:46,265
You got to sit tight till
Hakeem gets enough dirt on Mimi,
317
00:10:46,301 --> 00:10:49,068
then Dre's ready to pounce.
318
00:10:49,103 --> 00:10:50,670
(slaps wall)
319
00:10:50,706 --> 00:10:52,339
(sighs)
320
00:10:54,008 --> 00:10:56,008
Andre?
321
00:10:56,044 --> 00:10:59,144
You okay, babe?
322
00:10:59,179 --> 00:11:00,546
Yeah.
323
00:11:02,550 --> 00:11:05,951
I'm a little worried you
came back to work too soon.
324
00:11:05,986 --> 00:11:08,987
(chuckles) You don't got to worry, Mama.
325
00:11:09,022 --> 00:11:10,222
I'm good.
326
00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:15,026
BECKY: Look, Crazy Camilla
cannot stay in charge of Empire.
327
00:11:15,062 --> 00:11:15,827
I really think that
Lucious should just...
328
00:11:15,862 --> 00:11:17,027
JAMAL: Becky, no, trust me.
329
00:11:17,063 --> 00:11:18,295
Cookie put the fear of God in Hakeem.
330
00:11:18,331 --> 00:11:19,964
Soon as he gets Camilla
on tape admitting
331
00:11:19,999 --> 00:11:22,132
that she and Mimi set
Lucious up, we gonna be fine.
332
00:11:22,168 --> 00:11:23,668
Jamal... !
333
00:11:23,703 --> 00:11:25,336
Congratulations on
all your ASA noms, Boo.
334
00:11:25,372 --> 00:11:26,871
Aw, thank you so much.
335
00:11:26,906 --> 00:11:28,506
Absolutely. Will you please sign these?
336
00:11:28,541 --> 00:11:29,640
Yeah, no doubt.
337
00:11:29,676 --> 00:11:30,875
What is this about?
338
00:11:30,910 --> 00:11:32,509
See, we put you where you are,
339
00:11:32,544 --> 00:11:34,177
so why did you decide to...
340
00:11:34,212 --> 00:11:35,712
(music intro plays)
341
00:11:35,748 --> 00:11:37,748
♪ You let the team down ♪
342
00:11:39,017 --> 00:11:40,784
♪ She made the gays frown ♪
343
00:11:40,819 --> 00:11:42,185
- Come on, we should go. Let's go. Come on
- Wait, wait...
344
00:11:42,220 --> 00:11:44,053
♪ She shamed the wrong crowd ♪
345
00:11:45,791 --> 00:11:47,257
♪ She make that thing go ♪
346
00:11:47,292 --> 00:11:48,992
♪ Flip, flop ♪
347
00:11:49,027 --> 00:11:50,559
♪ Flip, flippity, flop ♪
348
00:11:50,595 --> 00:11:51,927
♪ Flip, flop ♪
349
00:11:51,962 --> 00:11:53,562
♪ Flip, flippity, flop ♪
350
00:11:53,598 --> 00:11:55,097
♪ Flip, flop ♪
351
00:11:55,132 --> 00:11:56,866
♪ Flip, flippity, flop ♪
352
00:11:56,901 --> 00:11:58,233
♪ Flip, flop ♪
353
00:11:58,269 --> 00:12:00,135
- ♪ Flip, flippity, flop! ♪
- BECKY: Come on, now!
354
00:12:02,473 --> 00:12:04,540
That's not even his song, stupid.
355
00:12:08,845 --> 00:12:09,944
JAMAL: Let's go.
356
00:12:11,683 --> 00:12:13,378
Jamieson, you really
expected me to believe
357
00:12:13,403 --> 00:12:16,287
that you've never been caught,
I don't know, whispering,
358
00:12:16,322 --> 00:12:17,855
or holding hands with some d...
359
00:12:17,890 --> 00:12:19,290
look at the picture of
you and Chrissie Hynde.
360
00:12:19,325 --> 00:12:21,125
Are you saying that you
didn't hook up with Skye?
361
00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,927
I'm saying that it's
nobody's business, honestly.
362
00:12:23,963 --> 00:12:25,396
I'm saying that I don't see
363
00:12:25,431 --> 00:12:27,397
how the entire gay community
can turn against me,
364
00:12:27,432 --> 00:12:28,931
based on gossip and innuendo.
365
00:12:28,967 --> 00:12:31,101
I'm sorry, it's not gossip and innuendo,
366
00:12:31,136 --> 00:12:32,469
when it's your own father
367
00:12:32,504 --> 00:12:35,271
who's out there
bragging about it, Jamal.
368
00:12:36,508 --> 00:12:37,773
My father?
369
00:12:37,809 --> 00:12:39,109
Lucious is the one that told me
370
00:12:39,144 --> 00:12:40,310
what a great thing it was
371
00:12:40,345 --> 00:12:42,479
that you and Skye got busy.
372
00:12:42,514 --> 00:12:44,746
Not just for you, but for your career.
373
00:12:44,781 --> 00:12:47,649
He still thinks that
being gay is a liability.
374
00:12:49,953 --> 00:12:51,820
Jamieson, he did that on purpose.
375
00:12:51,855 --> 00:12:53,755
Explain.
376
00:12:53,790 --> 00:12:55,257
My father and I are nominated against
377
00:12:55,292 --> 00:12:56,625
each other for the same category.
378
00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:58,227
He's never won an ASA award before.
379
00:12:58,262 --> 00:13:00,094
He wants it more than anything.
380
00:13:00,130 --> 00:13:02,663
Even if it means sabotaging my chances.
381
00:13:02,698 --> 00:13:05,299
I still can't believe
he'd do that to me.
382
00:13:05,335 --> 00:13:07,601
(kissing)
383
00:13:09,972 --> 00:13:12,273
So how do you like being
a girlfriend of a CEO?
384
00:13:12,308 --> 00:13:14,509
Is that my official title?
385
00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,511
We made it official the other night.
386
00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:17,977
At least that's what I thought.
387
00:13:18,013 --> 00:13:19,779
Me, too.
388
00:13:21,116 --> 00:13:22,516
Check out the view.
389
00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:23,983
Hakeem, I met with your
sister-in-law today.
390
00:13:24,019 --> 00:13:26,186
I'm prepared to hire her, so long as...
391
00:13:27,289 --> 00:13:28,755
Who's this?
392
00:13:28,790 --> 00:13:31,258
Laura Calleros, my
singer in Mirage à Trois,
393
00:13:31,293 --> 00:13:32,359
meet Camilla Marks.
394
00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:33,660
Marks-Whiteman.
395
00:13:33,695 --> 00:13:35,161
Camilla Marks-Whiteman,
396
00:13:35,196 --> 00:13:37,963
wife of the Chairman
of the Board of Empire.
397
00:13:37,998 --> 00:13:39,665
See, Laura, she's here,
398
00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:42,168
'cause she got a huge
meeting with A&R downstairs.
399
00:13:42,203 --> 00:13:43,536
And matter of fact, you
should go downstairs,
400
00:13:43,571 --> 00:13:44,670
so you won't be late.
401
00:13:44,705 --> 00:13:46,305
Nice to meet you.
402
00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:47,339
You got this.
403
00:13:50,511 --> 00:13:51,642
What's up?
404
00:13:51,678 --> 00:13:54,212
Didn't I tell you to get rid of her?
405
00:13:54,247 --> 00:13:56,314
I can't, she's a big part of Empire.
406
00:13:56,349 --> 00:13:58,216
She's pathetically in love with you.
407
00:13:58,251 --> 00:14:00,185
So, you married... what
do you want from me?
408
00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:02,153
What am I supposed to be,
a side piece or something?
409
00:14:02,189 --> 00:14:05,156
It's only a matter of time
before my dear wife passes.
410
00:14:05,192 --> 00:14:07,225
And did I mention she's going
to leave her Empire shares to me?
411
00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:09,859
And I've always imagined you and I,
412
00:14:09,895 --> 00:14:12,062
whether we would dismantle this
company or start a new one...
413
00:14:12,098 --> 00:14:13,363
- Dismantle it...
- Are you crazy?
414
00:14:13,399 --> 00:14:14,898
I'm not here to do that.
415
00:14:14,933 --> 00:14:16,666
I'm here to prove to everybody
that I got this legit.
416
00:14:16,702 --> 00:14:18,635
And that it's not just because of you.
417
00:14:18,670 --> 00:14:21,738
I believe you'll be a
brilliant CEO, Hakeem.
418
00:14:21,773 --> 00:14:24,040
Didn't I tell you that
you'll be king one day?
419
00:14:25,610 --> 00:14:26,642
Yeah, you told me that.
420
00:14:26,677 --> 00:14:29,745
Are you going to make me happy?
421
00:14:29,780 --> 00:14:33,282
I want to, and I promise I'll try.
422
00:14:33,318 --> 00:14:35,284
I certainly hope so,
423
00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,953
after everything I've done for you.
424
00:14:44,361 --> 00:14:45,760
You need to show her what again?
425
00:14:45,795 --> 00:14:47,329
Well, I have a list of all the hotels
426
00:14:47,364 --> 00:14:48,497
on the tour stops,
427
00:14:48,532 --> 00:14:50,165
where Empire has special rates.
428
00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,666
I think you better give me
that and let me show her.
429
00:14:51,701 --> 00:14:53,135
Well, I'm going to tell her, bitch.
430
00:14:53,170 --> 00:14:55,670
Cookie, I got some info for you.
431
00:14:55,705 --> 00:14:57,506
She didn't get it, I did.
432
00:14:57,541 --> 00:14:58,706
That's my tablet, Cookie.
433
00:14:58,742 --> 00:14:59,906
Look, you know she fresh out of rehab
434
00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:01,475
and her brain still muddled all up.
435
00:15:01,511 --> 00:15:03,043
What is it? You know this entitled bitch
436
00:15:03,078 --> 00:15:04,211
had a nerve to get your publicity girl
437
00:15:04,247 --> 00:15:06,013
to take out your dry cleaning
438
00:15:06,048 --> 00:15:08,516
instead of doing it herself,
like you asked her to.
439
00:15:08,551 --> 00:15:09,750
First of all, who you calling a bitch?
440
00:15:09,785 --> 00:15:11,185
- I'm calling you a bitch.
- Hello!
441
00:15:11,220 --> 00:15:12,886
Hello! Hello.
442
00:15:12,921 --> 00:15:15,689
Hi... See all these lovely people here?
443
00:15:15,724 --> 00:15:17,490
We're having a meeting in here.
444
00:15:17,526 --> 00:15:20,026
Yeah, because we have jobs,
and we're trying to plan
445
00:15:20,061 --> 00:15:21,994
Tiana's 30-city tour.
446
00:15:22,030 --> 00:15:24,130
So we don't have time to listen to you
447
00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,799
cat and claw down the hall.
448
00:15:26,834 --> 00:15:28,201
You need a smart assistant.
449
00:15:28,236 --> 00:15:29,369
You need a brain cell.
450
00:15:29,404 --> 00:15:30,470
(guffawing)
451
00:15:30,505 --> 00:15:32,539
What's after St. Louis?
452
00:15:32,574 --> 00:15:34,339
I'm so sorry.
453
00:15:34,375 --> 00:15:37,008
Okay, uh, we got an
offer from Lincoln Hall,
454
00:15:37,044 --> 00:15:38,977
- Mom...
- and I think that Tiana can continue at
455
00:15:39,012 --> 00:15:40,145
the Chicago Theater if...
456
00:15:40,181 --> 00:15:42,013
It was Lucious.
457
00:15:42,049 --> 00:15:44,383
(sighs) COOKIE: Your father is a tampon,
458
00:15:44,418 --> 00:15:46,151
we already knew that.
459
00:15:46,187 --> 00:15:48,086
No, Mom, it-it's different
this time... it's so much,
460
00:15:48,121 --> 00:15:50,888
it's so much deeper than,
than some stupid award.
461
00:15:50,923 --> 00:15:53,524
You know what I'm saying? He's
foul on a, on a whole other level.
462
00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:54,992
And I'm getting him back this time.
463
00:15:55,027 --> 00:15:56,760
Jamal, what you need to be focused on
464
00:15:56,796 --> 00:15:58,563
is getting your fans back, okay?
465
00:15:58,598 --> 00:16:01,232
There are a lot of gay ASA
voters, and you need them.
466
00:16:01,267 --> 00:16:04,602
I don't care about the ASAs
or... I care about my music.
467
00:16:04,637 --> 00:16:06,204
That's what... uh... he's
not having anything to do
468
00:16:06,239 --> 00:16:07,204
with the Black and White album.
469
00:16:07,239 --> 00:16:08,238
We'll push it back...
470
00:16:08,273 --> 00:16:09,406
- No...
- You can produce it.
471
00:16:09,441 --> 00:16:11,241
- I don't care.
- No, you will not.
472
00:16:11,276 --> 00:16:14,578
Look, I'm meeting with the PR
team to discuss Tiana's tour.
473
00:16:14,613 --> 00:16:17,013
I will have them come
up with a clever way
474
00:16:17,048 --> 00:16:19,015
to get the gays back behind you.
475
00:16:19,050 --> 00:16:20,217
It shouldn't take a PR team.
476
00:16:20,252 --> 00:16:21,551
Just drop your drawers, brother.
477
00:16:23,922 --> 00:16:25,688
This is what we do now.
478
00:16:25,723 --> 00:16:28,056
Andre, what do you need?
479
00:16:28,092 --> 00:16:28,924
I... I didn't mean it, bro.
480
00:16:28,959 --> 00:16:30,693
I know, man. It's fine.
481
00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:33,061
What is it, Andre?
482
00:16:33,097 --> 00:16:35,231
Camilla won't approve the
budget for Tiana's tour.
483
00:16:35,266 --> 00:16:36,398
She said Hakeem hasn't provided her
484
00:16:36,434 --> 00:16:37,533
with the items she requested.
485
00:16:37,568 --> 00:16:39,535
That bitch got to go.
486
00:16:39,570 --> 00:16:41,103
Mom, we're building a case.
487
00:16:41,138 --> 00:16:43,304
Soon as Hakeem gets
us that tape, I plan to
488
00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:45,306
demonstrate poor
performance, malfeasance,
489
00:16:45,342 --> 00:16:46,941
moral turpitude...
490
00:16:46,976 --> 00:16:49,744
Andre, I don't care if
your crazy ass got to
491
00:16:49,779 --> 00:16:52,447
build a rocket to
launch her to the moon.
492
00:16:54,117 --> 00:16:56,784
- I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
493
00:16:56,819 --> 00:16:58,719
Andre, honest, I'm sorry...
I didn't mean to say it.
494
00:16:58,754 --> 00:16:59,819
It just came out.
495
00:16:59,855 --> 00:17:01,921
I need to do a better job
496
00:17:01,957 --> 00:17:03,290
of checking myself, okay?
497
00:17:03,325 --> 00:17:07,160
I'm so... sorry.
498
00:17:09,765 --> 00:17:11,265
I need to go tell Tiana.
499
00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:13,600
She can't hear this from nobody else.
500
00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:20,651
(fast tempo intro playing)
501
00:17:29,796 --> 00:17:32,562
♪ ♪
502
00:17:32,598 --> 00:17:35,565
♪ I just came in here to dance ♪
503
00:17:36,902 --> 00:17:39,903
♪ I'm not looking for a man ♪
504
00:17:40,806 --> 00:17:43,073
♪ Me and my best friend ♪
505
00:17:43,108 --> 00:17:44,474
♪ Goin' in ♪
506
00:17:46,511 --> 00:17:49,111
♪ Boy, you better watch your hands ♪
507
00:17:52,984 --> 00:17:57,552
♪ 'Bout to get summertime,
playin' for the bad boy ♪
508
00:17:57,588 --> 00:18:01,490
♪ Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I look good? ♪
509
00:18:01,525 --> 00:18:02,557
♪ Look at my body ♪
510
00:18:02,593 --> 00:18:03,592
♪ Look at my body ♪
511
00:18:03,628 --> 00:18:04,593
♪ Look at my body ♪
512
00:18:04,629 --> 00:18:06,027
♪ Look at my body ♪
513
00:18:06,062 --> 00:18:07,361
♪ Don't I look sexy? ♪
514
00:18:07,396 --> 00:18:08,863
♪ Don't I look sexy? ♪
515
00:18:08,898 --> 00:18:11,065
♪ Look, but don't touch, don't touch ♪
516
00:18:11,101 --> 00:18:12,734
♪ Don't touch, don't touch ♪
517
00:18:12,769 --> 00:18:14,869
♪ LBDT ♪
♪ Look, but don't touch ♪
518
00:18:14,904 --> 00:18:16,070
♪ Don't touch, don't touch... ♪
519
00:18:16,106 --> 00:18:19,040
♪ I just came in here to dance ♪
520
00:18:20,610 --> 00:18:23,710
♪ Me and my best friend goin' in ♪
521
00:18:25,114 --> 00:18:27,981
♪ Boy, you better watch your hands ♪
522
00:18:29,818 --> 00:18:32,719
♪ 'Bout to get summertime,
playin' for the bad boy ♪
523
00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:38,525
♪ Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I look good? ♪
524
00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,960
♪ Look at my body, look at my body ♪
525
00:18:40,995 --> 00:18:42,895
♪ Look at my body, look at my body ♪
526
00:18:42,930 --> 00:18:43,896
♪ Don't I look sexy? ♪
527
00:18:43,931 --> 00:18:45,230
♪ Don't I look sexy? ♪
528
00:18:45,266 --> 00:18:46,465
♪ Don't I look sexy? ♪
529
00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,768
♪ Don't I look sexy? Yeah. ♪
530
00:18:48,803 --> 00:18:52,237
MAN: Okay, ladies, that's a
cut on rehearsal. Thank you.
531
00:18:53,775 --> 00:18:55,440
Thank you.
532
00:18:55,476 --> 00:18:56,441
- You like?
- I love!
533
00:18:56,477 --> 00:18:57,742
Thank you.
534
00:18:57,778 --> 00:18:58,910
Come here, let me talk
to you for a minute.
535
00:18:58,945 --> 00:19:03,614
Okay, um, this is just temporary, okay?
536
00:19:03,650 --> 00:19:05,116
So I don't want you to get upset,
537
00:19:05,152 --> 00:19:08,753
but we might have to
put your tour on hold.
538
00:19:08,789 --> 00:19:11,255
I'm not upset.
539
00:19:11,291 --> 00:19:12,356
Good.
540
00:19:12,392 --> 00:19:13,757
- I'm out.
- No, no, no.
541
00:19:13,793 --> 00:19:14,925
Tiana, I said temporary.
542
00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,126
It's just temporary, baby.
543
00:19:16,162 --> 00:19:17,561
Would it make a difference if I started
544
00:19:17,596 --> 00:19:19,730
- sleeping with him again?
- Who? Hakeem?
545
00:19:19,765 --> 00:19:21,264
And please, don't tell me
546
00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:23,633
he's putting her on my tour instead.
547
00:19:23,669 --> 00:19:25,903
Mirage à Trois couldn't
even fill up a coffee house.
548
00:19:25,938 --> 00:19:27,237
You are right about that.
549
00:19:27,272 --> 00:19:28,605
- That's, that's not what this is about.
- You know what?
550
00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:30,907
They're barely good
enough to even open for me.
551
00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:37,680
That's it.
552
00:19:39,684 --> 00:19:42,618
I'm surprised you wanted to
come back to work so soon.
553
00:19:42,653 --> 00:19:44,386
Especially for her.
554
00:19:44,422 --> 00:19:46,455
I had to, honestly.
555
00:19:46,490 --> 00:19:48,590
I've been trying to explain that to Andre,
556
00:19:48,625 --> 00:19:49,958
but he just doesn't get it.
557
00:19:49,993 --> 00:19:51,827
He's not good, is he?
558
00:19:51,862 --> 00:19:53,962
He just needs to recalibrate his meds.
559
00:19:53,997 --> 00:19:55,831
It's happened before,
560
00:19:55,866 --> 00:19:59,768
and major stress is the worst thing for it.
561
00:20:00,871 --> 00:20:03,772
- So...
- Like losing your baby.
562
00:20:04,974 --> 00:20:07,808
What do you do when he gets like that?
563
00:20:07,844 --> 00:20:10,611
I mean, I don't want to see
my baby in that hospital again.
564
00:20:10,646 --> 00:20:12,113
Neither do I.
565
00:20:12,148 --> 00:20:13,814
And I have tried and tried and tried
566
00:20:13,850 --> 00:20:16,984
to get him to see a doctor, but he...
567
00:20:17,019 --> 00:20:20,287
We are going to his pastor
for counseling, so...
568
00:20:20,322 --> 00:20:23,022
Well, I hope that works.
569
00:20:23,058 --> 00:20:25,024
Me, too. Milla's at her
570
00:20:25,060 --> 00:20:27,093
drafting table, so we probably shouldn't
571
00:20:27,129 --> 00:20:29,929
gab in front of her.
572
00:20:29,965 --> 00:20:32,698
Well, you take care of yourself, okay?
573
00:20:32,734 --> 00:20:34,801
I will, I will.
574
00:20:39,807 --> 00:20:41,940
Wow, Camilla girl, you are
575
00:20:41,976 --> 00:20:44,143
really working these designs.
576
00:20:44,178 --> 00:20:46,411
Very chic.
577
00:20:46,446 --> 00:20:48,013
As if you would know.
578
00:20:48,883 --> 00:20:50,949
The reason I'm here,
579
00:20:50,985 --> 00:20:53,285
I would like to talk to
you about Tiana's tour.
580
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,687
You know, we've been
working on this for months.
581
00:20:55,722 --> 00:20:58,790
Well, that's before you had to
answer to a board of directors.
582
00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:00,291
Right.
583
00:21:00,326 --> 00:21:03,094
But if artists don't
tour, they don't eat.
584
00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:06,164
Yes, but the board feels
that it's too expensive
585
00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:08,966
for a single artist,
who isn't a stadium act.
586
00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:10,802
Glad you brought that up.
587
00:21:10,837 --> 00:21:13,003
That's why I'm thinking
of sending Mirage à Trois
588
00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:16,006
out on a tour with
her, as the opening act.
589
00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,542
(wry chuckling)
590
00:21:19,577 --> 00:21:21,678
Mirage à Trois?
591
00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:24,147
Yes, we get two tours
for the price of one.
592
00:21:24,183 --> 00:21:26,049
I already got them on a 360 deal,
593
00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:28,819
so we can afford to
keep them out on the road
594
00:21:28,854 --> 00:21:30,052
for months.
595
00:21:30,087 --> 00:21:35,825
Okay, so I'll push it through,
596
00:21:35,860 --> 00:21:39,328
and that way you'll keep her
away for a very long time.
597
00:21:39,363 --> 00:21:40,830
Mm-hmm.
598
00:21:40,865 --> 00:21:41,897
Bingo.
599
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,666
Mom, you can't be making decisions
600
00:21:44,702 --> 00:21:46,302
without consulting me first.
601
00:21:46,337 --> 00:21:50,071
Boy, I'm trying to protect
your stupid ass, Mr.CEO.
602
00:21:50,106 --> 00:21:53,574
You let that psycho-bitch in
the house in the first place.
603
00:21:53,609 --> 00:21:54,909
I seen a chance and I went for it.
604
00:21:54,945 --> 00:21:56,211
And I think I deserve my props.
605
00:21:56,246 --> 00:21:57,712
You wanted Lucious
out and I got him out.
606
00:21:57,747 --> 00:21:59,814
You wanted Empire, and I got Empire.
607
00:21:59,850 --> 00:22:02,317
I am trying to save Empire.
608
00:22:02,352 --> 00:22:04,351
That bitch can burn it
down any time she wants to.
609
00:22:04,386 --> 00:22:06,486
Do you not understand that, Hakeem?
610
00:22:06,521 --> 00:22:09,857
So until you get me what
I need to get rid of her...
611
00:22:09,892 --> 00:22:11,391
I'm not sending you on
tour, so don't worry.
612
00:22:11,426 --> 00:22:13,227
It's okay, Hakeem.
613
00:22:13,262 --> 00:22:15,662
I actually think it's
a really great idea.
614
00:22:15,697 --> 00:22:17,397
Uh, don't worry about
it, I can handle Camilla.
615
00:22:17,432 --> 00:22:18,798
Are you not listening
to what she's saying?
616
00:22:18,834 --> 00:22:20,000
Laura, please tell him.
617
00:22:20,035 --> 00:22:22,568
It's a huge opportunity.
618
00:22:22,603 --> 00:22:24,403
I talked to the girls.
619
00:22:24,438 --> 00:22:27,039
- Mirage à Trois is excited to go on tour with Tiana.
- Really?
620
00:22:27,075 --> 00:22:28,741
Get your stuff, hon.
621
00:22:31,145 --> 00:22:34,780
Hakeem, you brought this on yourself.
622
00:22:34,815 --> 00:22:36,515
You're not only going to lose Laura,
623
00:22:36,550 --> 00:22:38,516
but you're going to
lose your entire family
624
00:22:38,551 --> 00:22:40,285
if you don't fix this.
625
00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:50,010
So for the shoot, you
guys are going to be
626
00:22:50,045 --> 00:22:52,480
holding up a girl who
weighs roughly 110 pounds
627
00:22:52,515 --> 00:22:54,381
for maybe, I don't know,
five or ten minutes.
628
00:22:54,416 --> 00:22:55,415
Is that going to be a problem?
629
00:22:56,452 --> 00:22:58,017
(laughing): Oh, okay.
630
00:22:58,052 --> 00:22:59,552
I guess not.
631
00:22:59,588 --> 00:23:01,287
(whispering): I can't.
I just can't right now.
632
00:23:01,322 --> 00:23:03,857
Would you guys, actually,
excuse me for one second?
633
00:23:03,892 --> 00:23:07,627
You can go ahead and grab
their shoe sizes for me, thanks.
634
00:23:07,662 --> 00:23:10,029
It's not that, it's just
that I don't want you
635
00:23:10,064 --> 00:23:12,499
to travel if you're not well enough.
636
00:23:12,534 --> 00:23:15,400
Of course, I'm excited
to see you, but...
637
00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:18,236
I'm not Mimi.
638
00:23:18,271 --> 00:23:21,406
You keep accusing me and
it's just so insulting.
639
00:23:21,441 --> 00:23:24,376
Okay.
640
00:23:24,411 --> 00:23:27,646
(sighs) I look forward
to seeing you, too.
641
00:23:27,681 --> 00:23:28,947
Love you.
642
00:23:31,784 --> 00:23:32,583
(angry shout)
643
00:23:36,789 --> 00:23:40,290
♪ I know you know we're wrong ♪
644
00:23:40,326 --> 00:23:42,459
♪ We can make a good thing... ♪
645
00:23:42,495 --> 00:23:44,361
- Hello.
- Hi.
646
00:23:44,397 --> 00:23:47,431
Thank you so much helping
get his people out tonight.
647
00:23:47,466 --> 00:23:49,032
I got played by Lucious.
648
00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:51,001
I should have known better.
649
00:23:51,036 --> 00:23:52,268
But I'll do everything I can
650
00:23:52,303 --> 00:23:53,503
to help repair the damage.
651
00:23:53,539 --> 00:23:55,138
Thank you.
652
00:23:55,173 --> 00:23:57,206
Your ex-husband is a bastard.
653
00:23:57,242 --> 00:23:59,342
♪ ... good thing, keep happening. ♪
654
00:23:59,377 --> 00:24:04,213
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome
multiple ASA nominee, Jamal Lyon.
655
00:24:13,558 --> 00:24:15,357
JAMAL: Y'all know I ain't
never been one to put
656
00:24:15,392 --> 00:24:17,125
my family business out there,
657
00:24:17,161 --> 00:24:20,228
but even my low energy
has its breaking point.
658
00:24:20,264 --> 00:24:24,398
(slow intro playing)
659
00:24:27,003 --> 00:24:28,502
♪ Ah, ah, ah ♪
660
00:24:30,373 --> 00:24:32,506
♪ Ah, ah ♪
661
00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:34,909
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
662
00:24:36,846 --> 00:24:39,213
♪ Guess what? ♪
663
00:24:39,248 --> 00:24:42,382
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
664
00:24:42,417 --> 00:24:45,986
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
665
00:24:46,021 --> 00:24:48,622
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
666
00:24:48,657 --> 00:24:50,490
♪ My daddy ♪
667
00:24:50,525 --> 00:24:53,694
♪ 'Cause I lie like I'm lying on a rug ♪
668
00:24:53,729 --> 00:24:55,528
♪ Get my hands a little dirty ♪
669
00:24:55,564 --> 00:24:57,529
♪ No glove ♪
670
00:24:57,565 --> 00:24:59,498
♪ Everybody welcome to the gun show ♪
671
00:24:59,533 --> 00:25:00,600
♪ Let it go ♪
672
00:25:00,635 --> 00:25:02,334
(gunshots)
673
00:25:02,369 --> 00:25:04,169
♪ Everybody duck down ♪
674
00:25:06,140 --> 00:25:07,506
♪ It's hard to love ♪
675
00:25:07,541 --> 00:25:09,008
♪ The devil ♪
676
00:25:09,043 --> 00:25:10,743
♪ He's a hater ♪
677
00:25:12,814 --> 00:25:17,548
♪ Dirty and a great manipulator ♪
678
00:25:19,019 --> 00:25:20,986
♪ Made a mama lose her kids ♪
679
00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:23,554
♪ Let her go away for 17 years ♪
680
00:25:26,159 --> 00:25:27,692
♪ Not allowed to shed a tear ♪
681
00:25:27,728 --> 00:25:30,495
♪ Growing up with all your phobic fears ♪
682
00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:35,365
♪ But people tell me
I'm just like my daddy ♪
683
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,802
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
684
00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:41,404
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
685
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,007
♪ Oh, really? Hell, no ♪
686
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:46,376
♪ 'Cause I lie like I'm lying on a rug ♪
687
00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:49,712
♪ Did some crime, even
wore some black gloves ♪
688
00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:52,849
♪ Everybody welcome to the gun show ♪
689
00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:54,450
♪ And we go Daddy? ♪
690
00:25:54,485 --> 00:25:55,518
(gunshot)
691
00:25:55,553 --> 00:25:56,986
♪ Everybody duck down ♪
692
00:25:59,090 --> 00:26:01,891
♪ You reek of royalty ♪
693
00:26:01,926 --> 00:26:03,492
♪ A dangerous mix ♪
694
00:26:05,328 --> 00:26:07,963
♪ You sing of loyalty ♪
695
00:26:07,998 --> 00:26:10,265
♪ But you the snitching ass bitch ♪
696
00:26:11,902 --> 00:26:13,468
♪ I tried to play it cool ♪
697
00:26:13,503 --> 00:26:14,836
♪ Funny what people do for money ♪
698
00:26:14,872 --> 00:26:16,872
♪ Power and fame ♪
699
00:26:18,241 --> 00:26:20,208
♪ I'd call you Mr. Lyon, if I did ♪
700
00:26:20,243 --> 00:26:21,409
♪ I would be lyin' ♪
701
00:26:21,444 --> 00:26:24,378
♪ 'Cause that even your name ♪
702
00:26:24,413 --> 00:26:28,248
♪ But people tell me
I'm just like my daddy ♪
703
00:26:28,284 --> 00:26:31,318
♪ People tell me I'm just like my daddy ♪
704
00:26:31,353 --> 00:26:34,488
♪ They all say that you
look just like your daddy ♪
705
00:26:34,523 --> 00:26:36,657
♪ Nah, bruh... ♪
706
00:26:40,328 --> 00:26:41,761
(whooping, applause)
707
00:26:43,498 --> 00:26:47,667
Jamal, are you saying
Lucious is inauthentic?
708
00:26:47,703 --> 00:26:49,969
I'm saying Lucious Lyon
ain't even his real name.
709
00:26:50,005 --> 00:26:51,370
(feedback squeals,
audience murmurs and gasps)
710
00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:54,174
THIRSTY: You're a lucky lady.
711
00:26:54,209 --> 00:26:55,541
He wants to give you an exclusive.
712
00:26:55,577 --> 00:26:58,310
Thank you so much for coming back.
713
00:26:58,345 --> 00:27:00,312
Sorry about the other day.
714
00:27:00,347 --> 00:27:03,148
I was a bit out of sorts.
715
00:27:03,184 --> 00:27:04,216
And today?
716
00:27:04,251 --> 00:27:06,185
Well, it's a new day.
717
00:27:06,220 --> 00:27:08,520
Hm. I thought you and Jamal were close.
718
00:27:08,555 --> 00:27:10,155
Has your family turned on you?
719
00:27:10,191 --> 00:27:14,025
What, that little bit
of flexing Jamal did?
720
00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:16,160
He called you "inauthentic."
721
00:27:16,196 --> 00:27:18,395
That seems a little
bit more than flexing.
722
00:27:18,431 --> 00:27:19,230
You gonna retaliate?
723
00:27:19,265 --> 00:27:20,431
Against my own boy.
724
00:27:22,035 --> 00:27:23,367
No.
725
00:27:23,402 --> 00:27:24,936
I'm going to thank him.
726
00:27:24,971 --> 00:27:26,570
Thank him.
727
00:27:26,606 --> 00:27:30,273
That little family
jewel that he dropped,
728
00:27:30,308 --> 00:27:32,375
was something very personal and private
729
00:27:32,410 --> 00:27:35,212
that I entrusted to him.
730
00:27:35,247 --> 00:27:37,247
But once he did it, I realized I don't
731
00:27:37,282 --> 00:27:39,382
have to keep it private no more.
732
00:27:39,417 --> 00:27:42,252
So now I'm actually changing
my whole concept of my video
733
00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:46,389
and I thought you might be
interested in that story.
734
00:27:46,424 --> 00:27:49,558
Well, that depends. What's your story?
735
00:27:49,593 --> 00:27:53,695
Everybody knows the Lucious Lyon story.
736
00:27:53,731 --> 00:27:56,298
How I started off poor,
737
00:27:56,333 --> 00:27:59,368
sold drugs to finance my first album...
738
00:27:59,403 --> 00:28:03,272
I mean, damn near taught as
part of the school curriculum.
739
00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:05,439
But I've never shared with anybody
740
00:28:05,475 --> 00:28:09,144
how I became Lucious Lyon.
741
00:28:09,179 --> 00:28:11,712
That's the exclusive I'm offering you.
742
00:28:11,748 --> 00:28:14,949
It's the Dwight Walker story.
743
00:28:14,985 --> 00:28:17,752
How a homeless orphan,
744
00:28:17,788 --> 00:28:21,354
became Lucious Lyon.
745
00:28:30,552 --> 00:28:33,924
Rhonda, what you've gone
through can be traumatizing.
746
00:28:33,959 --> 00:28:35,258
It can fester in a marriage,
747
00:28:35,293 --> 00:28:38,427
but in the presence of God,
748
00:28:38,463 --> 00:28:39,595
you can unburden yourself.
749
00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:42,765
Oh, really?
750
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,868
How about, uh, I go first, Reverend?
751
00:28:45,903 --> 00:28:48,070
All right, Andre.
752
00:28:48,105 --> 00:28:51,073
(exhales) Okay.
753
00:28:51,108 --> 00:28:53,074
Rhonda,
754
00:28:53,109 --> 00:28:54,843
have you been cheating on me?
755
00:28:54,878 --> 00:28:57,044
What?!
756
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,913
No.
757
00:29:00,383 --> 00:29:02,183
Rhonda, if you're being truthful,
758
00:29:02,218 --> 00:29:05,052
let's try and understand
why Andre's doubting you.
759
00:29:05,088 --> 00:29:07,922
I do understand why Andre's doubting me.
760
00:29:07,958 --> 00:29:09,556
It's because he's paranoid,
761
00:29:09,592 --> 00:29:11,758
which always precedes a bipolar break.
762
00:29:11,794 --> 00:29:13,927
Has he told you about his mental health?
763
00:29:13,963 --> 00:29:15,529
Paranoid how?
764
00:29:15,564 --> 00:29:17,498
He just accused me of cheating on him,
765
00:29:17,533 --> 00:29:19,600
which is ridiculous.
766
00:29:19,635 --> 00:29:21,401
And also, he's been having visions.
767
00:29:21,436 --> 00:29:23,604
Babe, have been telling
him about your visions?
768
00:29:23,639 --> 00:29:25,506
I told the reverend that
God's been speaking to me
769
00:29:25,541 --> 00:29:27,206
about what happened to
our child... yes, I did.
770
00:29:27,241 --> 00:29:29,341
And that doesn't alarm you at all.
771
00:29:29,377 --> 00:29:31,878
I believe that God speaks
to us in different ways.
772
00:29:31,913 --> 00:29:35,047
It's not my place to doubt Andre.
773
00:29:36,818 --> 00:29:38,618
Where were you last night, Rhonda?
774
00:29:38,653 --> 00:29:39,952
I was at work.
775
00:29:39,988 --> 00:29:41,453
I went to see you at
work, you weren't there.
776
00:29:44,958 --> 00:29:46,290
This isn't a counseling session.
777
00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,426
This is a setup.
778
00:29:48,461 --> 00:29:50,562
Isn't it? Is that, is that what this is?
779
00:29:50,597 --> 00:29:52,263
Wow, okay.
780
00:29:52,298 --> 00:29:54,032
Well, look, if you really
want to help my marriage,
781
00:29:54,067 --> 00:29:56,701
what you need to do is get Andre
to go get some medical help.
782
00:29:56,737 --> 00:29:59,370
He needs to see a doctor
to recalibrate his meds.
783
00:29:59,406 --> 00:30:02,305
That's the only thing that's
going to help my marriage.
784
00:30:02,341 --> 00:30:04,642
Of course I'm concerned
about Andre's health.
785
00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:06,143
Good, 'cause you should be.
786
00:30:06,178 --> 00:30:08,646
But the difference
between now and the past,
787
00:30:08,681 --> 00:30:11,515
is that he's also in God's care,
788
00:30:11,551 --> 00:30:14,818
which is far more powerful
than any doctor's medicine.
789
00:30:14,854 --> 00:30:17,654
Thank you, Reverend.
790
00:30:21,426 --> 00:30:23,526
Ma, where are they?
791
00:30:23,562 --> 00:30:25,127
They went to Andre's pastor
792
00:30:25,163 --> 00:30:27,830
for some marriage counseling, child.
793
00:30:27,866 --> 00:30:31,534
Don't you think that Dre
needs more than a pastor?
794
00:30:31,570 --> 00:30:33,069
Dre needs more than just meds.
795
00:30:33,104 --> 00:30:34,303
Know what I'm saying?
796
00:30:34,338 --> 00:30:35,537
- What he really needs...
- Hey.
797
00:30:35,573 --> 00:30:37,138
Cookie, would you do me a favor
798
00:30:37,174 --> 00:30:38,874
and tell Andre where I was
799
00:30:38,909 --> 00:30:40,375
last night at 8:00?
800
00:30:40,410 --> 00:30:44,179
Uh, she was in my office
snitching on Camilla.
801
00:30:44,214 --> 00:30:45,513
Did you hear that? Cookie's office.
802
00:30:45,549 --> 00:30:46,915
So I was not in my office.
803
00:30:46,951 --> 00:30:49,384
I was spying on Camilla for your family.
804
00:30:49,419 --> 00:30:50,518
That's right.
805
00:30:50,554 --> 00:30:52,587
Dre, this was your plan.
806
00:30:52,622 --> 00:30:54,221
Prove that the way Mimi
807
00:30:54,256 --> 00:30:58,125
and Camilla stole our
company is illegal, right?
808
00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,093
Thanks to Rhonda, here,
809
00:30:59,128 --> 00:31:02,663
we know that Mimi's in
New York this weekend.
810
00:31:02,699 --> 00:31:04,364
And now all we got to do is get Hakeem
811
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,701
to get them to incriminate
themselves on tape.
812
00:31:06,736 --> 00:31:10,804
You know Hakeem will never
do it, okay? He's not with us.
813
00:31:10,839 --> 00:31:11,705
He's paranoid.
814
00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:13,272
COOKIE: Maybe,
815
00:31:13,308 --> 00:31:14,373
but Hakeem ain't here,
816
00:31:14,409 --> 00:31:15,942
and I told him to be.
817
00:31:15,978 --> 00:31:18,612
Oh, chill out, like, uh,
he's at a marketing meeting.
818
00:31:18,647 --> 00:31:19,679
He's going to be here.
819
00:31:19,715 --> 00:31:21,648
Yeah, well, he better get this done
820
00:31:21,683 --> 00:31:23,483
'cause Lucious got a
itchy trigger finger...
821
00:31:23,518 --> 00:31:24,784
Oh, my goodness, y'all.
822
00:31:24,820 --> 00:31:27,119
I'll talk to Hakeem, come on.
823
00:31:27,154 --> 00:31:28,687
COOKIE: You better.
824
00:31:28,723 --> 00:31:30,422
This one right here, we
can change the material.
825
00:31:30,457 --> 00:31:32,091
Yes, sir. Make these gold right here.
826
00:31:34,862 --> 00:31:36,128
Be on time today.
827
00:31:36,163 --> 00:31:38,396
Yes, sir.
828
00:31:38,432 --> 00:31:40,298
Look y'all, let me talk to my brother.
829
00:31:40,334 --> 00:31:41,566
Man, get out of here, please?
830
00:31:41,602 --> 00:31:42,434
Sure.
831
00:31:42,469 --> 00:31:43,601
Just go.
832
00:31:51,144 --> 00:31:55,179
If we get rid of Camilla...
833
00:31:55,214 --> 00:31:56,914
who gets Empire?
834
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:58,883
I don't know, man, but...
835
00:31:58,918 --> 00:32:01,151
look, the board got rid of
Lucious and it got nasty,
836
00:32:01,186 --> 00:32:02,653
so it's not like they're
going to reinstate him.
837
00:32:02,688 --> 00:32:04,755
Yeah, but nobody
thinks I should have it.
838
00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:06,322
Who cares?
839
00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:08,458
I'm looking at your right
now, and you're a natural.
840
00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,127
You know, but it's not going to be easy.
841
00:32:10,162 --> 00:32:11,662
You know, with everything that you did.
842
00:32:11,697 --> 00:32:13,797
You got to really prove yourself
to the rest of the family.
843
00:32:13,832 --> 00:32:16,399
I will.
844
00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:17,800
Watch me.
845
00:32:21,939 --> 00:32:24,506
So babe...
846
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,508
I'm sorry for being a little extra.
847
00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:28,277
I'm not used to this type of stuff.
848
00:32:28,312 --> 00:32:30,079
Just got a lot on my mind right now.
849
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:31,380
But it's what you always wanted.
850
00:32:31,415 --> 00:32:33,549
It is, but I'm going to be honest,
851
00:32:33,584 --> 00:32:35,449
I couldn't be in this
position without you.
852
00:32:35,485 --> 00:32:36,617
You took on my family.
853
00:32:36,653 --> 00:32:38,787
You took out Lucious.
854
00:32:38,822 --> 00:32:40,722
And you did it all for me.
855
00:32:40,757 --> 00:32:41,923
You're my queen.
856
00:32:41,958 --> 00:32:43,257
♪ Right back where I started... ♪
857
00:32:43,293 --> 00:32:45,226
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
858
00:32:49,566 --> 00:32:50,565
Come here.
859
00:32:53,535 --> 00:32:55,869
Am I still your mama?
860
00:32:55,905 --> 00:32:57,337
You'll always be my mama.
861
00:33:01,476 --> 00:33:03,577
- ♪♪
- (moaning passionately)
862
00:33:06,648 --> 00:33:09,640
Yep, come on, baby.
863
00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:14,010
So why you make me so crazy?
864
00:33:14,046 --> 00:33:15,646
Mmm, I know.
865
00:33:15,681 --> 00:33:17,314
I can't see you this weekend.
866
00:33:18,384 --> 00:33:19,650
Mimi.
867
00:33:19,685 --> 00:33:20,684
I thought she was sick.
868
00:33:20,719 --> 00:33:21,618
Not sick enough.
869
00:33:21,654 --> 00:33:23,553
I'm sorry, is that awful?
870
00:33:23,588 --> 00:33:25,721
Why won't you just come
clean to her about me and you?
871
00:33:25,756 --> 00:33:27,122
Just be real.
872
00:33:27,158 --> 00:33:29,625
She's so possessive, darling.
873
00:33:29,661 --> 00:33:31,527
We'll lose everything...
874
00:33:31,563 --> 00:33:33,563
Empire, Antony and Cleopatra.
875
00:33:33,598 --> 00:33:35,531
I've worked very hard for this.
876
00:33:35,567 --> 00:33:37,500
Try to be patient.
877
00:34:03,892 --> 00:34:07,094
♪ Run, run, run, run, ♪
878
00:34:07,129 --> 00:34:08,629
♪ Run ♪
♪ Hate, hate ♪
879
00:34:08,664 --> 00:34:10,764
♪ Hate, hate, hate... ♪
880
00:34:10,799 --> 00:34:11,998
JD, lookin' good.
881
00:34:13,469 --> 00:34:14,467
Takesha.
882
00:34:14,502 --> 00:34:15,501
Yo, what up, Hakeem? What's up?
883
00:34:15,537 --> 00:34:16,536
My man.
884
00:34:19,874 --> 00:34:21,507
Y'all, our plan was iffy.
885
00:34:21,543 --> 00:34:23,676
Mimi's too sharp to get
caught by us saying stuff,
886
00:34:23,712 --> 00:34:25,545
so I changed tactics.
887
00:34:25,580 --> 00:34:27,813
Now look, I can't save
you from your father
888
00:34:27,849 --> 00:34:28,615
if go around changing...
889
00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:30,550
Mom, it's cool; just wait.
890
00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:33,452
What's your plan, oh,
grand master of espionage?
891
00:34:33,487 --> 00:34:36,788
I made a tape and sent it to
Mimi's hotel. What kind of tape?
892
00:34:36,823 --> 00:34:39,291
Look, Mimi is
overprotective and jealous,
893
00:34:39,326 --> 00:34:43,729
so I made a tape of me and
Camilla doing the nasty.
894
00:34:43,764 --> 00:34:45,330
Oh!
895
00:34:45,366 --> 00:34:47,266
So you, you made
896
00:34:47,301 --> 00:34:48,832
a sex tape, huh, Ray-jay?
897
00:34:48,868 --> 00:34:50,601
Mom, she basically admitted
that she was using her
898
00:34:50,637 --> 00:34:51,969
to get back with me.
899
00:34:52,004 --> 00:34:54,004
And she said some pretty rank things
900
00:34:54,039 --> 00:34:56,140
like she was hoping Mimi
dies, so I figure Mimi...
901
00:34:56,175 --> 00:34:58,342
Mimi is dumping all of her Empire stock.
902
00:34:58,378 --> 00:35:00,611
Now, I don't know why,
but she's divesting.
903
00:35:00,647 --> 00:35:01,579
What are you doing, Dre?
904
00:35:01,614 --> 00:35:03,013
I'm calling the estate brokers.
905
00:35:03,048 --> 00:35:04,848
Tell them to buy up as many
shares as we can legally own.
906
00:35:04,884 --> 00:35:06,283
We need to move fast, brother.
907
00:35:06,318 --> 00:35:07,884
Damn, Hakeem.
908
00:35:07,919 --> 00:35:10,687
You did it.
909
00:35:10,722 --> 00:35:11,888
We're free.
910
00:35:11,923 --> 00:35:13,089
So now you believe in me, Ma?
911
00:35:13,124 --> 00:35:15,124
Boy, I always believed in you.
912
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,526
I made you my partner, didn't I?
913
00:35:16,561 --> 00:35:18,395
You don't believe that I can run Empire.
914
00:35:18,430 --> 00:35:19,696
You put your family first...
915
00:35:19,731 --> 00:35:22,364
That's a step in the right direction.
916
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,532
Buy it all.
917
00:35:23,567 --> 00:35:24,600
I don't care. Buy it all.
918
00:35:24,635 --> 00:35:27,569
Drop everything, put it all in Empire.
919
00:35:27,605 --> 00:35:29,237
Well, then, buy it in Rhonda's name.
920
00:35:31,642 --> 00:35:33,776
Man.
921
00:35:33,811 --> 00:35:36,845
Listen, I, I, uh...
922
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,214
I created a, a, a
trust in my son's name.
923
00:35:39,249 --> 00:35:41,616
Just buy, buy it in his name.
924
00:35:42,852 --> 00:35:45,052
Okay, mm-hmm.
925
00:35:45,087 --> 00:35:46,688
Good.
926
00:35:48,692 --> 00:35:50,090
Dre!
927
00:35:50,126 --> 00:35:51,459
Oh, my God.
928
00:35:51,494 --> 00:35:52,660
Hey!
929
00:35:52,696 --> 00:35:54,329
Dre! Dre!
930
00:35:54,364 --> 00:35:55,697
It's okay.
931
00:35:57,333 --> 00:35:58,298
No.
932
00:35:58,334 --> 00:36:00,233
Dre, come on, man...
933
00:36:00,268 --> 00:36:01,468
Hey, man, come down to the studio.
934
00:36:01,503 --> 00:36:02,836
Me and Hakeem got
something for you to hear.
935
00:36:02,871 --> 00:36:04,671
- Yeah, come on, let's go to the studio.
- Okay.
936
00:36:04,707 --> 00:36:05,905
Yeah.
937
00:36:05,941 --> 00:36:07,441
What is this?
938
00:36:07,476 --> 00:36:10,210
Well, um, Hakeem and I wrote you a song,
939
00:36:10,245 --> 00:36:12,746
'cause we know that you're going
through a seriously hard time,
940
00:36:12,781 --> 00:36:15,247
and it's all that we
know how to do, so...
941
00:36:15,282 --> 00:36:16,549
we're here for you.
942
00:36:16,584 --> 00:36:17,616
It's going to be okay.
943
00:36:17,652 --> 00:36:18,384
Sit down.
944
00:36:20,921 --> 00:36:24,690
(slow rhythmic intro begins)
945
00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:34,833
♪ Sometimes it's hard to pray ♪
946
00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:39,637
♪ Sometimes, it's hard to stay ♪
947
00:36:39,673 --> 00:36:41,939
♪ Grateful ♪
948
00:36:44,478 --> 00:36:47,544
♪ It's painful ♪
949
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:50,247
♪ Hurts so bad ♪
950
00:36:51,216 --> 00:36:54,752
♪ Sometimes it's hard to be ♪
951
00:36:54,787 --> 00:36:57,087
Mm...
952
00:36:57,122 --> 00:37:00,724
♪ It's hard to keep going ♪
953
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:05,461
♪ But we keep holding ♪
954
00:37:05,497 --> 00:37:09,064
♪ On to what could have been ♪
955
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:10,867
♪ But we'll get by ♪
956
00:37:10,902 --> 00:37:12,635
♪ We'll see the light ♪
957
00:37:12,670 --> 00:37:18,474
♪ In the morning, it's
going to be all right ♪
958
00:37:18,510 --> 00:37:19,942
♪ Circumstance ♪
959
00:37:19,977 --> 00:37:23,177
♪ Is in the plan ♪
960
00:37:23,213 --> 00:37:26,748
♪ Even if we don't fully understand ♪
961
00:37:26,784 --> 00:37:29,751
♪ Why the bad things ♪
962
00:37:29,787 --> 00:37:32,654
♪ Happen to the good people ♪
963
00:37:32,689 --> 00:37:34,790
♪ So much pain ♪
964
00:37:34,825 --> 00:37:36,157
♪ It's still a lesson ♪
965
00:37:36,192 --> 00:37:39,192
♪ Sometimes it rains ♪
966
00:37:39,228 --> 00:37:41,995
♪ It's still a blessing ♪
967
00:37:42,031 --> 00:37:44,264
♪ You never see the silver
lining in the cloud ♪
968
00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:46,400
♪ And so you doubt it ♪
969
00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:47,835
♪ You never know how much ♪
970
00:37:47,870 --> 00:37:50,438
♪ You truly have until you go without it ♪
971
00:37:52,374 --> 00:37:54,975
♪ One day it's going to
turn into another season ♪
972
00:37:55,010 --> 00:37:56,108
♪ Don't change ♪
973
00:37:56,144 --> 00:37:57,109
♪ You're going to see that ♪
974
00:37:57,145 --> 00:37:58,277
♪ All your tragedy you had ♪
975
00:37:58,313 --> 00:37:59,612
♪ Was for another reason ♪
976
00:37:59,648 --> 00:38:01,815
♪ It's just a temporary good-bye ♪
977
00:38:01,850 --> 00:38:04,417
♪ So you got to keep your head high ♪
978
00:38:04,453 --> 00:38:06,519
♪ The rain is coming
down and it's pouring ♪
979
00:38:06,555 --> 00:38:07,754
♪ But joy is going to come ♪
980
00:38:07,789 --> 00:38:08,988
♪ Inside the morning ♪
981
00:38:09,023 --> 00:38:10,323
♪ Whoo! ♪
982
00:38:10,358 --> 00:38:11,491
♪ We'll get by ♪
983
00:38:11,526 --> 00:38:12,624
♪ By ♪
984
00:38:12,660 --> 00:38:13,859
♪ We'll see the light ♪
985
00:38:13,894 --> 00:38:14,860
♪ Yeah ♪
986
00:38:14,895 --> 00:38:16,127
♪ In the morning ♪
987
00:38:16,163 --> 00:38:18,029
♪ It's gonna be all right ♪
988
00:38:18,065 --> 00:38:19,665
♪ It's gonna be okay, baby ♪
989
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:20,833
♪ Circumstance ♪
990
00:38:20,868 --> 00:38:21,733
♪ The Lord gotcha ♪
991
00:38:21,769 --> 00:38:22,701
♪ Is in the plan ♪
992
00:38:22,736 --> 00:38:24,470
HAKEEM: ♪ And I gotcha ♪
993
00:38:24,505 --> 00:38:28,874
JAMAL: ♪ Even if we don't
fully understand why ♪
994
00:38:28,909 --> 00:38:31,141
♪ Understand why ♪
995
00:38:31,177 --> 00:38:33,644
♪ Understand why ♪
996
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,212
♪ The bad things ♪
997
00:38:35,247 --> 00:38:40,050
♪ Happen to the good people. ♪
998
00:38:40,086 --> 00:38:41,151
(sighs)
999
00:38:47,726 --> 00:38:50,193
LUCIOUS: So I hear Hakeem's
cleaning up that mess he created.
1000
00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:51,761
Yeah, just call your lawyers.
1001
00:38:51,797 --> 00:38:53,162
They'll tell you...
1002
00:38:53,198 --> 00:38:55,665
Mimi's getting rid of all of her stock.
1003
00:38:55,701 --> 00:38:57,433
She's probably getting
rid of that bitch, Camilla,
1004
00:38:57,469 --> 00:38:59,503
- right about now.
- Really?
1005
00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:00,637
Mm-hmm.
1006
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:02,038
I think I'd like to see that.
1007
00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:04,940
Ugh, Lucious, everything is done.
1008
00:39:04,976 --> 00:39:06,642
You don't need to do anything.
1009
00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:07,910
Where are you going?
1010
00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:10,646
I'm going home and celebrate by myself.
1011
00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:12,047
Good work, Cook.
1012
00:39:12,082 --> 00:39:13,482
You pulled it together.
1013
00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:15,818
I know. (chuckles)
1014
00:39:15,853 --> 00:39:17,119
I always do.
1015
00:39:35,972 --> 00:39:39,472
You know, nobody's going to
believe that she killed herself.
1016
00:39:39,508 --> 00:39:40,741
I mean, they might have,
1017
00:39:40,776 --> 00:39:42,910
had I not watched you pour
1018
00:39:42,945 --> 00:39:44,077
that stuff in her drink.
1019
00:39:44,112 --> 00:39:45,178
Get out.
1020
00:39:45,213 --> 00:39:47,047
What was that stuff
you poured in her drink?
1021
00:39:47,082 --> 00:39:50,150
Was that cyanide or arsenic?
1022
00:39:50,185 --> 00:39:52,719
Hakeem's going to kill you
when he finds out what you did.
1023
00:39:52,755 --> 00:39:55,087
What'd you say?
1024
00:39:56,223 --> 00:39:58,157
I'll go, but first I got to stop over
1025
00:39:58,192 --> 00:40:00,726
at the police and make
sure they get the video
1026
00:40:00,762 --> 00:40:03,763
of you and Mimi's last
few precious moments.
1027
00:40:03,798 --> 00:40:06,666
Not to mention a video
of you and Hakeem.
1028
00:40:06,701 --> 00:40:08,935
He'll never forgive you.
1029
00:40:08,970 --> 00:40:10,402
What are you talking about?
1030
00:40:13,540 --> 00:40:17,042
It was Hakeem that
sent the videos to Mimi.
1031
00:40:19,446 --> 00:40:20,779
How's that feel?
1032
00:40:21,782 --> 00:40:24,182
Knowing it was your Hakeem.
1033
00:40:24,217 --> 00:40:25,850
Your little prince,
1034
00:40:25,886 --> 00:40:28,219
that did all of that to you.
1035
00:40:28,254 --> 00:40:31,855
He used you and got
what he wanted from you,
1036
00:40:31,891 --> 00:40:34,625
and now don't want nothing
more to do with you than I do.
1037
00:40:34,660 --> 00:40:36,259
I mean, if I was you,
1038
00:40:36,295 --> 00:40:38,596
just FYI, I would think
about maybe offing myself.
1039
00:40:38,631 --> 00:40:40,263
I mean the police are
probably going to think
1040
00:40:40,299 --> 00:40:44,068
it's a double suicide
or a murder-suicide.
1041
00:40:44,103 --> 00:40:45,535
It don't matter.
1042
00:40:45,571 --> 00:40:47,904
You're going to be dead.
1043
00:40:50,141 --> 00:40:53,776
That feeling you got right now?
1044
00:40:53,812 --> 00:40:55,945
That's prison.
1045
00:40:55,981 --> 00:40:58,547
But a million times worse.
1046
00:40:58,583 --> 00:41:02,051
And don't forget you got to
constantly be aware of the fact
1047
00:41:02,087 --> 00:41:04,086
that somebody's going
to try and rape you,
1048
00:41:04,121 --> 00:41:05,887
or murder you, or just
1049
00:41:05,923 --> 00:41:09,557
the general unsanitary
conditions of the place.
1050
00:41:09,593 --> 00:41:12,961
(sobbing): Oh, my God...
1051
00:41:12,997 --> 00:41:14,896
You committed murder, Camilla.
1052
00:41:14,932 --> 00:41:18,233
Now, I got to tell Mimi's family.
1053
00:41:18,268 --> 00:41:20,835
That means you're going to
have to face them in court.
1054
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:22,670
Come on...
1055
00:41:22,705 --> 00:41:25,239
it'd be a whole lot easier
and a whole lot less mess,
1056
00:41:25,274 --> 00:41:27,942
if you just take a swig
of whatever that was
1057
00:41:27,977 --> 00:41:30,310
that you made Mimi drink.
1058
00:41:30,346 --> 00:41:34,248
Why don't you shoot me, please?
1059
00:41:34,283 --> 00:41:37,684
After all the pain you caused my family,
1060
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:39,919
I don't owe you any favors.
1061
00:41:39,955 --> 00:41:43,456
Nah, you're going to
have to off yourself.
1062
00:41:43,491 --> 00:41:44,524
Go ahead.
1063
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,439
(bottle clatters across floor)
1064
00:42:01,475 --> 00:42:02,607
(sobs, sniffles)
1065
00:42:02,643 --> 00:42:04,176
Rot in Hell.
1066
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,717
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