Queen Sugar

Previously on "Queen Sugar"...

I'm worried about him. He's not talking.

Did you know Micah wet himself the night the police took him?

I need to be in St. Jo's with you.

You matter most.

- Let's get it and get out of here. - Let's go! Hurry up!

He sent me to join the collective

so he could see what y'all was doing.

If you come after one of us again, you come after all of us.

- Is that a threat? - Yeah, it is.

I'm no lawyer, but it should stand up in court as a will.

My sisters won't sue me. - You sure?

Micah! Let's go!

Breakfast is ready.

Breakfast mean eggs and bacon?

Don't act like you don't like these.

- Right? - It's good.

- Mm-hmm. - Good morning.

- That what I think it is? - Yep.

I mended some of your clothes for you.

Thanks, but I meant the other thing.

Blue, come see your surprise!

- Do you need help? Are you good? - No, I'm good, thanks.

- Where's Blue? - He was still in bed

when I got in the shower but gone when I got out.

Maybe he's hiding somewhere with my calculus binder.

- You can't find it? - No.

I think I may have left it at Dad's.

Or maybe it's at Aunt Vi's.

I know things have been tough lately,

but I put a deposit down on that rental that we liked.

It'll be ours in two weeks, promise.

Me and Kenya decorated it for you.

I told you to stay out of my stuff.

We're late. Let's go. Come on.

- What's this? - See if you can guess

what fun thing we're doing today.

- Fishy toy. - Mm-hmm.

Swimming!

- Bye, Pop. Let's go. - Bye.

- Bye, Pop. - Bye.

We don't have enough time to waste!

Okay, okay, okay.

What you doing down there?

Hopefully fixing this disposal.

Can you turn on the water? Hit the switch.

Hopefully, like there was a doubt.

Never know. Could be losing my touch.

So, what's next?

Mm. Mwah.

No, no, no. What's next on the "honey do" list?

Nothing. You're done.

What you mean done?

I mean you've been here three weeks now,

and the house is perfect.

No, no. I never finish that list.

You must be forgetting something.

Normally, you go back to the rigs,

and then the list grows while you're gone.

So what do I do now? Just sit around waiting for stuff to break?

Some people call that "relaxing."

You should try it.

What, baby? You don't know how?

Here's how.

You take your behind and you sit it

on that seat out there.

You put your feet up on the table,

and you watch that TV.

And... oh, hold on.

You drink this.

For how long?

Until I come home from work, and then we...

I know what we do then.

That's right.

Rest up.

- Hi. - Ma'am, sign.

Thank you.

The control panel is that way.

- You'll need hats. - Yes, ma'am.

They're setting up our eye in the sky... one room

where we'll monitor all the parts of the process,

which means we'll be able to locate and fix problems quickly.

Add that upgrade to our short-retention clarifiers,

which process in 45 minutes instead of three hours,

and our new spectrometers which analyze

cane sucrose levels in less than a minute.

And I hope I've been clear... our focus is on efficiency.

Well, your daddy used to say farming is waiting

and waiting is farming.

That's true, Mr. Webb.

But my motto for the mill is another old saw...

time is money.

I keep my costs down, those savings go to you.

These fancy machines are only as good

as the people that run them.

You don't have any experience with that.

True, but Remy here has helped me recruit

Joe Rodriguez as operations manager.

Joe has over 20 years of milling under his belt,

and he's even consulted in the development

of some of those fancy machines.

So you've seen for yourselves

how well the renovations are going.

Come harvest, this mill will be more than ready for business.

I hope I have convinced you to give me yours.

That's very impressive, young lady.

Thank you.

- Hope to get your business. - Thank you...

Thank you so much. Thanks again.

Nova Bordelon, we meet at last.

Mr. McDonald. Welcome to the "Daily News."

Steve, please.

Uh, sorry.

Just getting settled in.

Been reading a lot more than decorating.

Read your bail piece.

It's tough, solid. Great work.

Thank you.

That said, I'd like to put a pin in it.

The story's important.

No one writes about social and criminal justice

as in depth as this paper does.

As I do.

I agree, and I fully support

your series on mass incarceration.

I just want you to cast your net a little wider.

You know, help us balance the coverage of the issues.

I can tell you, Steve, it's hard to find balance in NoLa.

A lot is broken around here.

Yeah, but not everything.

And our readers wanna see what's working.

So we're also gonna profile areas of success,

like diversion, re-entry programs.

Due respect, you just got here.

You know what our readers want?

I know 100 newspapers have gone out of business the last 10 years.

And we could be next if our readers go looking elsewhere for good news

because we only write about problems,

not solutions.

Just give my plan a shot, Nova.

We can do great things together.

Free for lunch?

Absolutely.

We can celebrate the contracts

that Byron Webb and Cardale Stewart signed.

That's 1,500 acres of cane between them.

I know.

And you brought them in,

which is why I'm buying.

Thank you.

What do you see here?

Cobwebs?

Possibility.

Queen Sugar will be a major brand someday.

This could be a flagship retail space.

Hold on.

Hi, Nadine.

Am I getting the keys early?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, yeah, I can do that.

Okay, thanks.

- Unbelievable. - Hmm?

I found the perfect rental,

and the current tenant just decided not to move out.

My rental agent wants to show me another listing right now.

All right. Raincheck, then?

Unless you want to take a look at it

and we can grab a bite after?

I mean, you seem to be pretty good with second opinions.

Already?

I'll see y'all soon.

Soybean seed set aside for us.

Mm-hmm.

You know what?

I'm trying to plant them in the ground today.

That don't look right.

What's wrong?

That whitefly?

Upstairs has four bedrooms, each with its own bath.

Wait until you see the master.

And this is the reading salon.

Has plenty of natural light,

but it feels like a private oasis in the home.

It's lovely.

And there's a home theater.

Oh, sorry, excuse me.

Hey, what's up?

We got a big problem. You see that?

Ew, wait, what... what is that?

Whitefly.

Might not kill the cane, but could make it worthless.

How much of the crop is affected?

About 30 acres.

- I'm ready to start scrubbing now. - Scrubbing?

Yeah, cleaning and removing the contaminated leaves.

Well, how... how long will that take?

Enough people, a day.

Be faster to do an aerial application.

It's fast, but it ain't cheap.

How not cheap?