Queen Sugar

Previously on "Queen Sugar"...

Give it to me.

Bitch, I said right now.

I saw your face!

Ralph Angel found a letter.

Leave the farm to him alone.

No Nova, no Charley.

I just don't want to see him fail.

Do you feel that there was emphasis on failure

when you were Micah's age?

I never felt like that... at someone else's mercy.

Can't stop thinking about it.

Would you be interested in being my office assistant?

I just got a job.

It's with Charley.

Our family.

I'll send a picture to Charley.

Why?

So she could see it.

Uh-huh.

If she wanted to come, she would've made time.

Our sister's making history today.

Here, sign this so we can go.

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Grandpa would be so proud.

Thanks, honey.

I just want everything to be perfect today.

Oh, really? Just today?

Go get dressed.

Do you know where the certificate is, Rah?

Groceries supposed to go inside the fridge.

Ain't that... right?

Pops should've been had a new refrigerator

a long time ago.

You hear of Stratto Enterprises?

They sent Daddy a paycheck.

- It's for $600 and change. - No.

Don't know nothing about it.

Except it's enough for a new fridge.

- Rah. - I'm just saying.

Charley, your appointment's here.

Thanks.

Ben Harrison.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

I... I'm sorry. I was expecting Adam.

Right. Right.

Well, Adam's in San Francisco

profiling some tech billionaire.

I can see you're disappointed.

No, I'm just, um...

Adam wrote a piece on my husband

for "Esquire."

We have a shorthand.

Look, Mrs. West, I'm not Adam,

but I'm good at what I do.

My editor wants to run you in the next issue.

Okay.

You mind?

Fire away.

St. Josephine Parish...

is a long way from Los Angeles.

Why the abrupt change?

Why flee LA for rural Louisiana?

You're direct.

I like that.

My father, Ernest Bordelon

passed away unexpectedly.

I made a promise to him.

That's what this is about.

His death coincided with your husband's involvement

in a sexual assault.

That's a lot to handle.

It was a difficult time.

But my being here is about my father and my family.

It's about legacy.

And for the record,

Davis was never charged.

But you know that.

- Of course. - Mm-hmm.

But you did settle the civil case with that woman?

Melina Galoudian.

Yes, we did.

It was tough, but we came out of it stronger.

So, now a fresh start.

New team, new city.

How's your family handling the transition?

Well, we have a place in New Orleans

and we're renovating the old barracks here on this property.

Hmm.

Where's Davis?

He's in Miami at an endorsement appearance.

It was booked before we knew what today would be, so...

That's too bad.

The opening, all the work you've put into it.

Such a shame your husband has to miss it.

Sorry to interrupt.

They said they can't bring the evaporator.

I can clear out.

Yeah, would you mind us picking up a little later?

- That's fine. - Okay.

- Thanks. - Yeah.

Mrs. Bordelon-West.

Hi, there.

Hey, hey. Did you get everything?

Woman, who is you talking to?

Now, when was the last time

you sent me out to get you something you need

and me come back empty-handed?

All right, now.

You can talk that talk if you can walk that walk.

- Oh, I can walk it, now. - Mm-hmm.

Three bottles of almond extract.

- All right. - Three bottles of lemon.

- Mm-hmm. - And three bottles of vanilla.

What about the rum?

Ah!

What, you nip into it?

And face Pearl and her church ladies?

I ain't that brave.

That's right.

I think chocolate rum pie is how they get they fix.

Well, since y'all going to mark Ernest's grave,

I can deliver them for you.

Nope.

I can do it.

That'll take half a day.

I said I can do it

'cause I'm not going to the cemetery.

Chère. Now, what's this about?

You need to go and pay your respects.

Yeah, well, we buried him once.

I don't see no need in doing it again.

I called Stratto Enterprises,

the payroll service.

They gave me your number.

Mr. Ernest had the respect of the men he worked with.

No one knew what to think when he stopped turning up.

I found his things.

There wasn't much in his locker.

What was his job here?

He was a custodian.

I didn't know.

It's called imbibition.

And it's where we made our biggest investment.

It increases the yield 20%.

Which means farmers get more in their pockets.

They're already getting a higher return,

thanks to Charley breaking up the monopoly.

This is a big deal, for black farmers

in this community especially.

Boy, you two have your act down.

It's an exciting time.

So, Remy, have you been involved

from the beginning?

- With the mill? - Well, you tell me.

Sounds like Charley and her husband

don't have a lot of experience in the endeavor.

So I just want to make sure I understand

who does what.

Well, I'm more of a consultant.

Remy's a professor

in LSU's Agricultural Department.

So, you met professionally?

- Well, actually... - We met through the family

because Charley's daddy, Ernest,

was one of my best friends

and kind of a father figure to me.

Mmm.

Got it.

So, you're more like siblings.

- Yeah. - Something like that.

Gotta have your milk today.

- How much is it? - It's two-dot-one-nine.

That's right. Come on.

My teacher says I'm so good at numbers...

- Oh, yeah? - That I can go to Mars.

Yeah, just don't leave me yet.

Oh, my God.

I lost my job because of you.

I... I ain't never met you before.

Don't lie!

Come on, Blue.

Come on, come on.

Can you at least try?

Right, okay, look, but you just said...

I'm not trying to hassle... look, just let me check.

One... shit.

Shit!

I'm sorry, no, no, no.

No, sir, I wasn't... I wasn't talking to you.

Ugh. I'm really sorry.

We'll get back to you about that, all right?

Shit.

I noticed you didn't say anything about divorcing Davis.

We won't announce the divorce

until it's final

in a couple months.

In the meantime...