Power Book II: Ghost

Previously on Ghost...

I made this is in just a few hours

without even leaving campus.

We could make a killing here. All I need is a supplier.

Make sure he does what we say.

If you don't, Tariq dies.

I know you're selling out there to pay for Davis.

Ma, I'm doing what I need to do to get you out, all right?

It doesn't matter what I'm doing.

You need to go get a gun.

Ghost and Tommy used to have these dead drops all over the city.

There should still be a gun in one of those spots.

We have a new business partner,

Tariq St. Patrick.

What?

Monet sent you over here to spy on me, didn't she?

You just show me how you do your business, we can make this quick.

- You've got a partner? - I don't.

I guess that's you.

Dru, I want you to be careful with yourself.

Nobody's gonna have your back like your family.

Jesus Christ, Riley, what have you done now?

If you weren't a U.S. Attorney,

your mouthy niece would be in Rikers Island right now.

- I'll do whatever you want. - There is something you can do for me.

- Eyes on the target. - Do not talk to him.

You have a really dark energy.

- Has anyone ever told you that? - Nope.

Is the guy in the Strahan jersey always such a dick?

He's shy, but don't worry about him.

Just worry about me.

Jabari, when's your second book come out?

It came out already.

Came and went.

I'm currently hard at work on my next novel.

What am I paying you for?

The spotlight's been on Tasha. We're moving it over to Saxe.

We expose his malfeasance.

He gets thrown off the case. The whole thing goes away.

You tell me a secret, then maybe I'll tell you a secret.

I could tell you,

or I could show you.

Who's Diana?

Right.

- Okay, blow. - Yeah.

All right, get it, get it!

There you go.

Yes, yes!

My baby is 18.

- You grown now. - Yep.

Yes, I'm so proud of you.

Thank you, Grandma.

Okay, who's ready for some cake?

- Me. - You know she is.

All right.

Hey. Sorry I'm late.

Baby girl.

Did I miss the cake?

There you go. You're welcome.

W-What are you doing here?

What do you mean? It's our birthday.

Why wouldn't I be here?

I am so sorry.

Baby girl, I wasn't there.

I wasn't there to protect you.

I love you so much.

Ma, you're acting weird.

I love you, too. Um...

Did Tariq beat me home?

My God.

Hey, Ma.

Happy birthday, 'Riq.

Thank you. How you doing in there?

I'm good.

How about you?

What are you doing today?

You know I wanna see you on your birthday.

Yeah, I'm gonna come visit you,

but I gotta study for this test I have to take.

So I gotta go right now. I'll talk to you later.

O-okay. I love you.

Good luck on your test.

See you soon.

All right, love you.

You gotta stop showing up here.

I know Davis sent you a subpoena to testify at my recusal hearing.

You can't say anything about me being at Truth

the night of St. Patrick's murder.

I'll be under oath. If they ask, I have to say you were there.

I have to say that someone is blackmailing you with that information.

At least you were smart enough not to tell me who it is.

Tameika, please, don't do this.

You'll ruin my life.

It's not your life I'm concerned about.

Just drop the charges.

You know Tasha isn't the queenpin.

You know you are wrong. This can all go away.

It's out of my hands. I don't have a choice.

You are the U.S. Attorney.

Why the fuck is it out of your hands?

I can't tell you.

Right.

I'm not your lawyer anymore.

You put me in this position.

I told you this would happen.

Cooper, if I get on that stand, you are fucked.

You have to stop this train before it runs you off the tracks.

Now get out.

Fuck.

Believe it or not,

there's a method to becoming a savage in the game.

It's a skill.

To control a nigga,

you gotta always be able to think ahead of him.

Whatever you say to him should always lead him back to you.

Ma, I don't even know what that means.

It means a man doesn't fall in love with you.

He falls in love with the image of himself that he sees in your eyes.

You make him think he's lit, he'll always come back to it.

That's better than any drug we can sell.

It's about being a woman in a man's world.

Men have certain advantages.

I'm teaching you how to even the playing field.

You see how I got Detective Ramirez on lock.

Ma, that's easy. You sleeping with the caught-up nigga.

Listen, any thot can give a man some pussy.

But if sex is the best thing you think you have to offer,

then you underestimate yourself

and how much a man needs a woman he can depend on.

That's the secret to control.

Doesn't look like he's under control.

It's all a part of the plan.

Get him hooked on it, then take it away.

Watch this.

Mo, stop playing. Open up.

That's the problem, you think I'm playing.

You don't respect my boundaries.

So, from now on, I'll call you when I wanna see you.

What's the matter with you?

Let me come in, and we can talk about this.

No, I have a business to run.

You think my world stops because you show up?

- I never said that. - Your actions say enough.

You show up here all unannounced with nothing but hard dick and bubble gum

and nothing to offer?

Why does everything have to be transactional with you?

I just wanna see you.

Look, you're seeing me through the door.

I said what I said.

Fuck outta here!

What do Monet need to talk to me about?

What's the reason for this meeting?

She ain't say, all right?

All she said was to pick you up and drop you off.

What's he doing over here?

He looking for you, or he just part of the fam?

Neither, he just a dirty-ass cop.

How come Monet trust a crooked cop?

Man, you know them niggas is worse than regular cops.

Facts.

These niggas only come around and take shit.

Your money, your freedom, or your life.

What's that cop taking from Monet?

He feeds us information and keeps us from getting jammed up.

I know it's expensive keeping a nigga like that on payroll.

How much he be taxing y'all?

What's up, Diana?

Tariq, I didn't know you were coming by.

- Hey, what's up with your mans? - Who you talking about, Cane?

I'm talking about that bum-ass cop you had parked out front.

- What? - Chill out, bro.

Nah, fuck that. This my house too.

I wanna know why this nigga Ramirez

feels comfortable enough to show up during the day,

where anybody could see him and he fuck up our business.

Cane, you know we do not discuss family business in front of company.

Ma, you're always talking family first bullshit.

But it's starting to feel like you're choosing outsiders

over your own fucking family.

Boy, you better fall back before you say some shit you regret.

Hey. Come on.

Cane loses his place sometimes.

He's not a bad kid. He's just confused.

So is Dru.

I send him to your school, and he comes back with this?

You have any idea who this could be?

Hey, Dru did this?

You know he drew it.

Who is it, Tariq?

I-I don't recognize him, but maybe Zeke does.

I'm too busy writing Zeke's papers

and writing my papers and on top of that moving your product,

so, honestly, I don't have much time to hang out with anyone.

All right, I'll ask Zeke.

I gotta get back to the city, so if this is all, then...

Man, what the fuck do you want?

Tameika's been subpoenaed to testify at my recusal hearing

by your lawyer.

Now, that sounds like a you problem.

Davis wants Tameika to tell the judge how fucking dirty you are.