1. FX presents Snowfall.Copy !req
2. Franklin Saint murdered my dad.Copy !req
3. This rock that you're selling,Copy !req
4. it's doing real damage
out there.Copy !req
5. Once the rock get ahold
of they ass,Copy !req
6. the person you knew,Copy !req
7. they gone.Copy !req
8. I don't know what it is
you thinkCopy !req
9. you know, but I'll
put you back in that cellCopy !req
10. any goddamn time I want.Copy !req
11. I didn't mean to kill Kev, Mama.Copy !req
12. I didn't mean to kill Kev.Copy !req
13. You ain't built
for this shit, Saint.Copy !req
14. We sell it right here,Copy !req
15. in the hood, same as weed.Copy !req
16. I didn't invent this rock.Copy !req
17. But I'm-a blow it up.Copy !req
18. I don't sell coke to kids.Copy !req
19. - Then what do you sell?
- I sell kilos
to people with money.Copy !req
20. Okay, front me a key.Copy !req
21. So you are after something.Copy !req
22. Fucking right.Copy !req
23. - And what's that?
- Freedom.Copy !req
24. Hey, come here!Copy !req
25. Freedom from all of it.Copy !req
26. - Watch out, man.Copy !req
27. Know when I'll feel free?Copy !req
28. When I'm somewhere
far off from here.Copy !req
29. In physics, it's referred toCopy !req
30. as the many-worlds theory,
its roots in quantum mechanics.Copy !req
31. Simply put, if our universe
is, in fact, infiniteCopy !req
32. and ever expanding,Copy !req
33. it means every possible
permutation of our reality,Copy !req
34. no matter how improbable,
must at some point exist.Copy !req
35. So, if you're failing
this class,Copy !req
36. don't beat yourself up too much.Copy !req
37. In another reality,
you're teaching it.Copy !req
38. Remember, exams Friday.Copy !req
39. Don't forget your blue books
and pencils.Copy !req
40. So, who are you?Copy !req
41. In one of these
parallel universes.Copy !req
42. Probably back in Africa.Copy !req
43. My people never chained
and brought to this countryCopy !req
44. to begin with.Copy !req
45. Shit.Copy !req
46. Took your fun game and kind of
fucked it up, huh?Copy !req
47. Yeah, yeah, you kind of did.Copy !req
48. What about you? This other life.Copy !req
49. The youngest senator in history,Copy !req
50. on track to be
the first female president.Copy !req
51. Well, you got to be at least 30
to be in the Senate.Copy !req
52. Not in that world, you don't.Copy !req
53. Ah. Shame you're not ambitious.Copy !req
54. Show me someone around here
who isn't.Copy !req
55. The professors. I'm serious.Copy !req
56. They decided
to spread knowledge,Copy !req
57. instead of using it
for power or profit.Copy !req
58. We're the ones
you got to be afraid of.Copy !req
59. So, who are you in this life?Copy !req
60. Why? Trying to be friends
with the unicorn on campus?Copy !req
61. Or you got a thing
for black dudes?Copy !req
62. Honestly?Copy !req
63. You looked interesting.Copy !req
64. Bet I do, to somebody from—Copy !req
65. I don't know— Connecticut.Copy !req
66. I'm from Chicago.Copy !req
67. Oh, yeah? Which suburb?Copy !req
68. Are you this tough on everyone?Copy !req
69. Or just white girls?Copy !req
70. It's got to be in there.
This is what she said.Copy !req
71. She said it was a problem
with the loanCopy !req
72. and that it would all
be taken care ofCopy !req
73. once the scholarship came
through and paid the loan off.Copy !req
74. Look, whoever you spoke to
was mistaken.Copy !req
75. This shows the loan
was canceled months ago,Copy !req
76. hence the overdue payment.Copy !req
77. Wait, why would the loan
be canceled?Copy !req
78. Your family's most recent W-2Copy !req
79. listed a reported income
of $111,000,Copy !req
80. making you ineligible
for financial aid.Copy !req
81. A hundred... I'm sorry.Copy !req
82. My mother earned $11,000
last year, sir.Copy !req
83. Well, not according to that.Copy !req
84. No, it's a mistake.
I promise you, sir.Copy !req
85. Do you have proof of that?Copy !req
86. I can get my moms to send
a copy of the W-2.Copy !req
87. You can call her right now.Copy !req
88. Your moms?
Do you have two of them?Copy !req
89. My mother, sir.Copy !req
90. I can get her to ship it,
but it'll take a few days.Copy !req
91. Unless we have proof of
the error in the next 48 hours,Copy !req
92. you'll have to vacate the dorms
and drop your classes.Copy !req
93. It's just a mistake, sir.
Can't I get an extension?Copy !req
94. If our financial requirements
are such a burden,Copy !req
95. perhaps this isn't
the best place for you.Copy !req
96. Well, you know,
if you're too stupidCopy !req
97. to know a simple mistake
when you see one,Copy !req
98. then perhaps this ain't
the best place for you, sir.Copy !req
99. - Glenda, call security.
- Don't bother.Copy !req
100. I'll be back.Copy !req
101. It's just a mistake, sir.Copy !req
102. It's just a mistake.Copy !req
103. Damn.Copy !req
104. to the Soviet state, right?Copy !req
105. So, one of the issues that...Copy !req
106. If this institutionCopy !req
107. wants to remain competitive
amidst the evolving landscapeCopy !req
108. of America's racial makeup,
it needs to take a hard lookCopy !req
109. at its admissions
and scholarship policies.Copy !req
110. "Or risk not only
falling behind,Copy !req
111. but being on the wrong side
of history."Copy !req
112. I thought a lot about
what you said the other day,Copy !req
113. about me being hard on people.Copy !req
114. And?Copy !req
115. Don't always think
I was like that.Copy !req
116. What did you used to be like?Copy !req
117. Got some free time.Copy !req
118. Tell you over coffee?Copy !req
119. I would, but there's a recruiter
on campus giving a talk.Copy !req
120. - I was gonna check it out.
- Oh.Copy !req
121. What kind of recruiter?Copy !req
122. Yeah, welcome.
And, uh, thanks for being here.Copy !req
123. Uh, right off the bat,
I want to start by just,Copy !req
124. uh, dispelling, uh, a few myths.Copy !req
125. Yeah, have a seat.
Uh, start by dispellingCopy !req
126. any misconceptions
that-that may be out there.Copy !req
127. You know, if you're here
because you have dreams ofCopy !req
128. vodka martinis
and-and-and flashy sports cars,Copy !req
129. uh, I'm afraid the CIA
is-is not for you.Copy !req
130. Um, despite what Hollywood
might have you believe,Copy !req
131. it's a life of service
and-and sacrifice.Copy !req
132. And, uh, it's-it's not...
it's not usually very glamorous.Copy !req
133. It's rarely dangerous.Copy !req
134. It's mostly
pretty boring, really.Copy !req
135. But, uh, I can assure you
that it is absolutely necessary.Copy !req
136. Uh, the question
that I would ask is, uh:Copy !req
137. Do you have what it takes
to dedicate your lifeCopy !req
138. to something bigger
than yourself?Copy !req
139. Uh...Copy !req
140. You're not running for the door,
so I'll take it as a yes.Copy !req
141. We'll start by talking about,
um, the different kindsCopy !req
142. of career paths
that you can choose...Copy !req
143. How you doing, sir?Copy !req
144. Uh, copy of the W-2, along with
the pay stubs, just to be sure.Copy !req
145. And, uh... and, uh, I just want
to say sorry for the other day.Copy !req
146. I was out of hand.Copy !req
147. I'm afraid I have bad news.Copy !req
148. The financial question
brought your scholarshipCopy !req
149. to the attention
of our committee,Copy !req
150. and they're putting it up
for review.Copy !req
151. Up for review?Copy !req
152. What does that mean, sir?Copy !req
153. The Reagan Administration
budget cutsCopy !req
154. have thrown a number of
aid situations into uncertainty.Copy !req
155. Including mine, all of a sudden.Copy !req
156. They'll review your aid package
as soon as they can,Copy !req
157. but unless you have
the $7,800 you owe,Copy !req
158. you'll need to move out
immediately.Copy !req
159. What? You're kicking me out
right now?Copy !req
160. Well, it wouldn't
be fair to the kidsCopy !req
161. who are actually
paying their wayCopy !req
162. if we let you stay for nothing,
would it?Copy !req
163. Nah, fuck that!Copy !req
164. You got somebody else
I could talk to?Copy !req
165. You got a supervisor
or something?Copy !req
166. - No, afraid I don't.
- Huh?Copy !req
167. 'Cause this motherfucker's
obviously not listening.Copy !req
168. - They'll review your aid package
as soon as they can.
- Huh? Fuck that.Copy !req
169. It's already too late
to drop these classes.Copy !req
170. I don't finish them,
they'll be Fs on my record.Copy !req
171. You know that.
You understand that, right?Copy !req
172. Yeah, that is a shame.Copy !req
173. A shame?Copy !req
174. This is my life, man.Copy !req
175. Don't you know how hard
I worked to get here?Copy !req
176. You pulled yourself up once,
I'm sure you can do it again.Copy !req
177. But if I were you,Copy !req
178. I might reconsider my attitude
moving forward.Copy !req
179. My attitude.Copy !req
180. - Fucking attitude?Copy !req
181. - You did not do that.
- Right over the fucking desk.Copy !req
182. - Have you lost your mind?
- Maybe I did
in that moment, yeah.Copy !req
183. - I ain't never been
that angry before.Copy !req
184. So, yeah.Copy !req
185. Can't go back.Copy !req
186. Even if the scholarship
goes through.Copy !req
187. Hey. You'll be okay.Copy !req
188. Spelman?Copy !req
189. That'll be a totally different
experience, trust me.Copy !req
190. Man, can you pass
that weed already, man?Copy !req
191. It's too strong for you, fam.
- Hey, pass that shit.Copy !req
192. Here come the homey right here.Copy !req
193. Hey, what's up, poindexter?Copy !req
194. How about you hit us
with some of them equations?Copy !req
195. Nah, nah, nah.
Hook up some of them stock tips.Copy !req
196. - I'm trying to invest, boy.Copy !req
197. No problem.Copy !req
198. - My commission's 20%, though.Copy !req
199. - 20%? Wow.
- 20%. Go ahead,
give it to him, man.Copy !req
200. - Break the bank.
- 20% of 20%. How about that?Copy !req
201. Oh, it sounds like a scam to me!Copy !req
202. Pay $200 to find out what type
of kid you're gonna have.Copy !req
203. Well, you're gonna find out
for free eventually,Copy !req
204. like God intended the shit.Copy !req
205. It's gonna be a girl, no doubt.Copy !req
206. - Hey, nephew!
College boy.Copy !req
207. - What up, nephew?
Auntie,
look at you, all big.Copy !req
208. I see they ain't teach you
how to talk to no ladyCopy !req
209. - up in that
motherfucking school.
- No, they ain't teachingCopy !req
210. Pregnant Hood Bitches 101.Copy !req
211. I just meant you farther along
than I thought.Copy !req
212. - That's all. Wow.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
213. What you doing here?Copy !req
214. You get that loan shit straight?Copy !req
215. - Mama told y'all
about that, huh?
- Well, yeah.Copy !req
216. So, what's up?Copy !req
217. You know, we was gonna
help you out with that, but, uh,Copy !req
218. between the baby coming
and me having to frontCopy !req
219. for product
with the Mexicans, man,Copy !req
220. a little cash-strapped
right now.Copy !req
221. It's fine, Unc. For real.Copy !req
222. Wasn't the right place for me
anyway, you know?Copy !req
223. What you mean?Copy !req
224. Wh-What, you done with school?Copy !req
225. For now.Copy !req
226. Hey. You want to help me
move this weed?Copy !req
227. You'll have that cash
in no time.Copy !req
228. Uh-uh. No.Copy !req
229. - He ain't doing that.
- I put a gun to the boy head?Copy !req
230. I'm trying to help him out.Copy !req
231. No.Copy !req
232. No, no. For real.Copy !req
233. It's okay, Unc. It's fine.Copy !req
234. So, um, you know,
you got the baby.Copy !req
235. Y'all picked out any names yet?Copy !req
236. 'Cause you know, me, personally,Copy !req
237. I think Frankesha
is a perfect name.Copy !req
238. - Frankesha.
- Right? Frankesha?Copy !req
239. He need to be changed.Copy !req
240. - I look like the nanny?
Goddamn.Copy !req
241. Yeah, you know, he has to do
some adjusting there...Copy !req
242. - Oh, shit.
- What's up, Lee?Copy !req
243. This water must got me
fucked up,Copy !req
244. seeing ghosts around here.Copy !req
245. Fuck you doing here?Copy !req
246. Whitey finally realize
you a niggaCopy !req
247. and kicked your ass to the curb?Copy !req
248. - Something like that.
Leon!Copy !req
249. Your son done shit everywhere.Copy !req
250. Nigga, get the fuck up and come
help me clean that shit up!Copy !req
251. Hey, Franklin.Copy !req
252. Hey, Wanda.Copy !req
253. Nigga, get the fuck up.Copy !req
254. Franklin, take his ass
back to school with you!Copy !req
255. - Make something of himself.
At least if I shoot her,Copy !req
256. - they'll just put me
back inside, right?Copy !req
257. Leon, I'm not fucking
playing with you!Copy !req
258. Leon!Copy !req
259. Hey.Copy !req
260. Jerome still in that weed
and water game?Copy !req
261. Think he could put me on?Copy !req
262. I'll ask him.Copy !req
263. Franklin, there's six of us
in my mama's spot right now.Copy !req
264. I got to put something together.Copy !req
265. Hey, little nigga.Copy !req
266. With the fucking camera.Copy !req
267. - The fuck you doing?
- I'm filming.Copy !req
268. Yeah, I can see that.
What the fuck you doing it for?Copy !req
269. 'Cause I'm making a movie.Copy !req
270. Nah, what you making is evidence
for the police.Copy !req
271. Let me see that shit.Copy !req
272. What? No!Copy !req
273. - Get off... get off me!
- Let go of the camera.Copy !req
274. - Give me that shit!
- Come on, man.Copy !req
275. - Let that man live.
- Ain't nobody in the hoodCopy !req
276. making no motherfucking movie!Copy !req
277. With your square ass.Copy !req
278. Stupid-ass nigga.Copy !req
279. What happened at school
wasn't your fault, Franklin.Copy !req
280. And I'm not here
trying to punish you.Copy !req
281. It wouldn't hurt
to earn a few bucksCopy !req
282. while you're trying
to figure things out.Copy !req
283. I stopped by Cho's
on my way home.Copy !req
284. Said he's been sick.Copy !req
285. Could use some extra help.Copy !req
286. All right.Copy !req
287. Hey, Louie!Copy !req
288. Sweetheart, why don't you
come over hereCopy !req
289. and help us out with this shit?Copy !req
290. You seem to be doing just fine.Copy !req
291. Hold on, now.Copy !req
292. - Get the... get the dog.
- What should I do?Copy !req
293. Wait, wait, hold on. Hold on.Copy !req
294. Wait, hold up.Copy !req
295. Huh? I should get it?Copy !req
296. Yeah, get it, get it.Copy !req
297. Hey. Hold on, now, nephew.Copy !req
298. Wait. Hold up. Wait.Copy !req
299. It's Leon.Copy !req
300. What's up, man?Copy !req
301. What the fuck
you so uptight for?Copy !req
302. Boy, you'll get
your goddamn ass shot.Copy !req
303. Who the fuck you gonna shoot
with that little-ass gun?Copy !req
304. You getting big, huh?Copy !req
305. Better way to get your ass shot.Copy !req
306. How much you want to start with?Copy !req
307. I'll take a whole Z.Copy !req
308. That be 150.Copy !req
309. Now, I'm telling you right now,
don't make me into no asshole.Copy !req
310. You move it, you bring it back,
you set me right.Copy !req
311. I mean, I don't see
how that shit gonna stop youCopy !req
312. from being an asshole, but okay.Copy !req
313. Your boy got an attitude
problem, huh?Copy !req
314. Shut the fuck up, nigga.
I'm right here.Copy !req
315. - Why the fuck you looking
at him? Huh?
- Come on, Lee.Copy !req
316. Come on, what?
This nigga already an asshole,Copy !req
317. been an asshole, gonna forever
be a fucking asshole.Copy !req
318. Huh?Copy !req
319. How about I slap the shit
out you with this pistol?Copy !req
320. - Go ahead. Slap me, nigga.
- Louie, shoot this motherfucker
in the head.Copy !req
321. - Get the fuck up, nigga.
- Little bitch-ass motherfucker.Copy !req
322. - Shut your ass up.
- You shut up.
I'll spray the fucking concreteCopy !req
323. - with your little bitch ass.
- Go ahead.
Who you shooting at, nigga?Copy !req
324. You ain't gonna shoot shit,
nigga.Copy !req
325. - You ain't never shot shit...
- Let me see your paperwork.Copy !req
326. Heard they was fucking your ass
up in goddamn county. Yeah!Copy !req
327. I ain't even mind them
motherfuckers inside.Copy !req
328. Or the food.Copy !req
329. But the man got you
on his scheduleCopy !req
330. every second of every day.Copy !req
331. And the guards treating you
like they own you.Copy !req
332. Shit wear on you.Copy !req
333. Everybody's owned by somebody.Copy !req
334. Not like this.Copy !req
335. Hey, why the fuck
you ain't at that school?Copy !req
336. Thought for sure
you wasn't ever coming back.Copy !req
337. I got fucked.Copy !req
338. Maybe I fucked myself.Copy !req
339. I don't know.Copy !req
340. Thought I could play their game
my way and still win.Copy !req
341. Franklin Saint.Copy !req
342. Always thinking
there's a better way.Copy !req
343. So, what's the better way now?Copy !req
344. Franklin Saint?Copy !req
345. Hey, I'm Teddy McDonald.Copy !req
346. Y-You came to a presentation
I gave at Claremont.Copy !req
347. You're the recruiter?Copy !req
348. Yeah.Copy !req
349. Sorry to just show up like this.Copy !req
350. I was wondering if maybe
you had a few minutes to talk.Copy !req
351. Great.Copy !req
352. It's just you and your mom?Copy !req
353. Uh-huh.Copy !req
354. - Your dad?
- Uh...Copy !req
355. He'd been living
on the streets a long time.Copy !req
356. Cops gave him a beating a few
years back. He didn't make it.Copy !req
357. - I'm sorry to hear that.
- Look, I don't mean to be rude,Copy !req
358. - but, uh, what...
- What the hell am I doing here?Copy !req
359. Yeah, yeah.Copy !req
360. I came to see if the CIACopy !req
361. might be the right career path
for you.Copy !req
362. I'm sorry, what?Copy !req
363. The... the CIA?Copy !req
364. You came here to hire me?Copy !req
365. Well, um, I mean, you'd have to
finish school first, of course.Copy !req
366. And then you would go
through our process.Copy !req
367. Exams, interviews, background
checks, there's a polygraph.Copy !req
368. You know, it's not easy, but...Copy !req
369. from what I hear,
you can handle it.Copy !req
370. And what did you hear?Copy !req
371. 3.9 GPA, double majorCopy !req
372. political science, economics.Copy !req
373. 1540 on your SATs.Copy !req
374. Your professors speak glowingly
about your work ethicCopy !req
375. and your critical thinking.Copy !req
376. And you've shown
an acute ability to move easilyCopy !req
377. between worlds.Copy !req
378. I should add that diversity
has becomeCopy !req
379. increasingly important
to the Agency.Copy !req
380. You see, to meet
ever more complex goalsCopy !req
381. going forward, we have
to broaden our perspectives.Copy !req
382. You seem surprised.Copy !req
383. I just never thought aboutCopy !req
384. - working for the government.
- Really?Copy !req
385. D-Do you mind if I ask why?Copy !req
386. You know, the... the government
never cared about me.Copy !req
387. So, why help them?Copy !req
388. This kind of work's
not for everyone.Copy !req
389. Why do you do it?Copy !req
390. - Tradition.
- Mm.Copy !req
391. Duty.Copy !req
392. And I believe in America.
Its mission.Copy !req
393. You know, they recruited me
at Yale, 'cause, uh,Copy !req
394. I was the best
and the brightest.Copy !req
395. Like you.Copy !req
396. Well, you know,
e-even if I was interested,Copy !req
397. there's a problem...Copy !req
398. with school.Copy !req
399. A problem like you assaulting
the financial aid officer?Copy !req
400. Rumor has it
that Alexander Hamilton punchedCopy !req
401. - a bursar at Princeton.
For real?Copy !req
402. Man. Wow.Copy !req
403. You know, we're not looking
for spotless backgrounds.Copy !req
404. We're looking for people
with backbones.Copy !req
405. And if you're concerned
about getting back into school,Copy !req
406. consider that taken care of.Copy !req
407. Anyway, uh, I'm gonna be in L.A.
for a few more weeks,Copy !req
408. but then I'm gonna be
back in D.C.Copy !req
409. After that, uh,
if you're interested,Copy !req
410. give this number a call.
They'll put us in touch.Copy !req
411. Theodore McDonald.Copy !req
412. - Have a good one.
- Yeah.Copy !req
413. - You be safe out there.
- Sure thing.Copy !req
414. Thank you.Copy !req
415. Oh, my bad.
Go right ahead.Copy !req
416. Cute-ass couple.Copy !req
417. - What's going on, little homey?
- What's up, man?Copy !req
418. Ain't nothing.Copy !req
419. Let me, uh, get
this box of Apple SmacksCopy !req
420. and, uh... oh, shit,
them yellow flip-flops.Copy !req
421. - Yeah, let me get a pair.
- All right, man.Copy !req
422. - Hey, size 13.Copy !req
423. We ain't got no 13s.Copy !req
424. Damn, that's all good.
Hey, check this out, though.Copy !req
425. I guess I'll take all the money
in the register.Copy !req
426. Let's go, nigga. This your
first time being robbed?Copy !req
427. - Move! Get that money.Copy !req
428. Let's go, man,
hurry your ass up!Copy !req
429. Nervous nigga
knocking shit down.Copy !req
430. Man, hell nah, this ain't
all you got. Go back, man.Copy !req
431. Take all the money out.Copy !req
432. Hell wrong with you, man?
Shit.Copy !req
433. Do with these coins, nigga?
I ain't riding the bus.Copy !req
434. Matter of fact, run that money
in your pocket, too.Copy !req
435. Shit. Let's go, nigga!Copy !req
436. Shit.Copy !req
437. Two dollars?Copy !req
438. Shit. Broke-ass nigga, man.Copy !req
439. Man, just-just take it and go.Copy !req
440. The fuck you say to me?Copy !req
441. - What, you trying
to tell me what to do?
- No.Copy !req
442. - Oh, you think
you're my boss, huh?
- No.Copy !req
443. - No.
- Nigga, you ain't shit.Copy !req
444. I'll take your fucking life
right now if I want to.Copy !req
445. Matter of fact.Copy !req
446. Hey, say you're my bitch.Copy !req
447. What?Copy !req
448. Say it, nigga,
right fucking now!Copy !req
449. I'm-I'm your bitch.Copy !req
450. Now say you're my fucking bitch.Copy !req
451. I'm your bitch, man.Copy !req
452. I'm your bitch.Copy !req
453. Trying to lose
your goddamn life tonight?Copy !req
454. - Ass end up on the news, nigga.Copy !req
455. Fuck wrong with you?Copy !req
456. No, no, no, no, no!Copy !req
457. You all right, Franklin?Copy !req
458. Officer needs help.Copy !req
459. Shots fired.Copy !req
460. Cho's market.Copy !req
461. Requesting ambulance and backup.Copy !req
462. Black male.Copy !req
463. Not responding.Copy !req
464. Not breathing.Copy !req
465. 10-4. Confirm Cho's market.Copy !req
466. Backup and rescue unit
on the way.Copy !req
467. - Came in through the door.
- Okay.Copy !req
468. Saw the suspect
with the gun in his hand.Copy !req
469. He fired a shot at me.Copy !req
470. I ducked, fired three shots...Copy !req
471. - Excuse us.
Franklin?Copy !req
472. - Ma'am.
- Sorry.Copy !req
473. - Ma-Ma'am.
- Franklin.Copy !req
474. Oh, my God.Copy !req
475. - Are you okay?
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
476. God. Come on.Copy !req
477. Let's get you out of here.Copy !req
478. Thank you.Copy !req
479. That's it.Copy !req
480. You're going back
to school somewhere.Copy !req
481. I will find the money.Copy !req
482. I'm not going back
to that world.Copy !req
483. I don't belong there.Copy !req
484. You don't belong here,
either, Franklin.Copy !req
485. You're too big for this place.Copy !req
486. I don't know what to do, Mama.Copy !req
487. You know, I've had
this conversation before.Copy !req
488. With your father.Copy !req
489. He felt the same way.Copy !req
490. Betrayed by the Panthers,
by his country.Copy !req
491. A man without a place
in this world.Copy !req
492. But he let them win.Copy !req
493. He gave up.Copy !req
494. Mm-mm.Copy !req
495. You don't have to know how,Copy !req
496. but you have to keep going.Copy !req
497. You can do anything you want.Copy !req
498. Reapply for a scholarshipCopy !req
499. to an all-black college
and finish school.Copy !req
500. Or go back to that...Copy !req
501. You have to keep going...Copy !req
502. And refuse to leaveCopy !req
503. until they give you a job.Copy !req
504. You can do anything you want...Copy !req
505. Use them to learn the system,
pass the exams...Copy !req
506. You have to keep going...Copy !req
507. and then come back
to South CentralCopy !req
508. and open your own firm.Copy !req
509. You can do anything you want.Copy !req
510. Your ancestors suffered horrorsCopy !req
511. beyond imagining
to give you this opportunity.Copy !req
512. You have to keep going...Copy !req
513. I've done all I can.
You can do anything you want.Copy !req
514. There is grace
for those who seek it.Copy !req
515. I believe it in my heart.Copy !req
516. You will be all right,
Franklin.Copy !req
517. But you have to stay and fight.Copy !req
518. I got you.Copy !req
519. There are
more than 400 youth gangsCopy !req
520. in Los Angeles, and these days
it doesn't take muchCopy !req
521. to start a gang war.Copy !req
522. Just over the weekend,
seven people were killedCopy !req
523. in three separate attacks.Copy !req
524. Police say that extra security
during the OlympicsCopy !req
525. kept the lid on at that time.Copy !req
526. Now they believe gang membersCopy !req
527. may be settling
a lot of old s...Copy !req
528. You don't need
to be watching this.Copy !req
529. Um...Copy !req
530. Your, uh, dad and I
are gonna step out for a bit.Copy !req
531. Okay?Copy !req
532. - Need anything?
- Nah, I'm good.Copy !req
533. All right.Copy !req
534. Thank you for coming.Copy !req
535. We in trouble.Copy !req
536. Okay? Drifting. Profits is down.Copy !req
537. Violence is rising.
The gangs at war.Copy !req
538. This entire business is about
to spin out of control...Copy !req
539. No.Copy !req
540. Cissy...
- He is not ready.Copy !req
541. You need to let him
make that choice.Copy !req
542. I most certainly do not.Copy !req
543. He started this shit.Copy !req
544. And it almost killed him.Copy !req
545. Three minutes
he was on that table.Copy !req
546. - His heart stopped.
- I was there. We all was there.Copy !req
547. Then how dare you ask me
to push him back in?Copy !req
548. If he ever does come back,
it'll be when we...Copy !req
549. - Oh, get the fuck out of here.
- ... decide that he's able.Copy !req
550. - Decide what?
- And if y'all can't manage
this shit without him...Copy !req
551. Then what?Copy !req
552. Then you should have
the good sense to walk awayCopy !req
553. before somebody else dies
up in this piece.Copy !req
554. - Woman, you know you're in the
goddamn drug game now, right?
You know that?Copy !req
555. - Do you know that?
- Why don't you go have
a fucking kid before you got...Copy !req
556. Oh, shut the fuck up with the
goddamn kid shit! You don't makeCopy !req
557. - no fucking decisions...
- You don't motherfucking get
to make this decision!Copy !req
558. - You know you're a fucking
drug dealer now, right?
- He's my motherfucking son!Copy !req
559. - This is my shit!
- I don't give a fuck
what you say!Copy !req
560. That's my goddamn son!
This is my wife, Jerome.Copy !req
561. - You understand me?
- Franklin!Copy !req
562. Fucking hardheaded.Copy !req
563. It's okay, Mama.Copy !req
564. Huh?Copy !req
565. All right. I'm here.Copy !req
566. Talk to me.Copy !req
567. I still don't understand why.Copy !req
568. We have the money, we can leave.Copy !req
569. All of us.Copy !req
570. Start a life somewhere else.Copy !req
571. I didn't build all of this
just to make a bunch of moneyCopy !req
572. and leave, abandon our people.Copy !req
573. You telling me this is still
about our people?Copy !req
574. Have you taken a look about
what's going on out there?Copy !req
575. I have. And that's exactly why
I can't leave now.Copy !req
576. You can't control what happens,Copy !req
577. Franklin.Copy !req
578. - You can't stop what's coming.
- Maybe, maybe not.Copy !req
579. But what I know for sure is,
if we bail,Copy !req
580. there'll be chaos.Copy !req
581. We'll leave a vacuum, for sure.Copy !req
582. Gangs battling over control
and territory.Copy !req
583. And an entire fucking community
in ruins.Copy !req
584. Is that what you want?Copy !req
585. You still haven't fully healed.Copy !req
586. I've healed enough.Copy !req
587. And I have to stay and fight.Copy !req
588. I'm sorry.Copy !req
589. I got to...Copy !req
590. got to go take care
of something.Copy !req
591. I love you.Copy !req
592. Ah.Copy !req
593. You are a sight for sore eyes.Copy !req
594. Ain't I glad to see you.Copy !req
595. - You look good.
- Ah.Copy !req
596. Look like I'm hurting,
which I am.Copy !req
597. But I've subscribed
to the notionCopy !req
598. that whatever doesn't kill us
simply makes us...Copy !req
599. - Stronger.
- Sharper.Copy !req
600. Sharper.Copy !req
601. Did you know that L.A. used
to suffer from serious floods?Copy !req
602. Yeah, I think I heard that
at some point.Copy !req
603. You know,
they tried building dams,Copy !req
604. but that didn't solve it.Copy !req
605. So after a couple disastrous
floods in the '30s,Copy !req
606. L.A. reached out
to the federal government.Copy !req
607. And they brought in
the Army Corps of Engineers,Copy !req
608. and in 20 years they built
and designed the L.A. River,Copy !req
609. a 50-mile waterway that saved
the City of Angels.Copy !req
610. I was right about this rock.Copy !req
611. We're making more money than
we ever could've dreamed of.Copy !req
612. What I was wrong about
was the cost.Copy !req
613. Lives are gonna be destroyed.Copy !req
614. Ain't a thing I can do about
that now except to keep going,Copy !req
615. keep things under control
as best I can, you know?Copy !req
616. Yeah, how do you do that?Copy !req
617. I bring in
the federal government.Copy !req
618. I'll identify anybody
who poses a threat to stability,Copy !req
619. and you'll help me
take 'em down.Copy !req
620. That's how we keep
the violence at bay,Copy !req
621. stay out the papers
so we can make that paper. Huh?Copy !req
622. Why would I help you do that?Copy !req
623. Well, because...Copy !req
624. the CIA wants me to keep
flowing money here, Reed.Copy !req
625. Or James Smith or Thomas Parker
or whatever your name is.Copy !req
626. You can destroy me any time
you want, I get it.Copy !req
627. But you see, the thing is,
I'm not afraid of dying anymore.Copy !req
628. Not even so much afraid
of prison.Copy !req
629. But what I will not beCopy !req
630. is a slave... to anyone.Copy !req
631. Even you.Copy !req
632. Remember McDonald's?Copy !req
633. Thousand keys a week?Copy !req
634. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
635. I'll make you
so much fucking money,Copy !req
636. you'll be able to fund that war
all by yourself.Copy !req
637. They're gonna name a wing at the
CIA headquarters after your ass.Copy !req
638. Real American hero shit.Copy !req
639. And in return, you'll make sure
that me and mine are protected.Copy !req
640. And at the end of this,
the both of usCopy !req
641. are gonna ride off
into the sunset.Copy !req
642. You said you'd be here with me
until the end.Copy !req
643. Did you really mean it?Copy !req
644. Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBHCopy !req