[narrator] Previously on Queen Sugar...
After True died, your daddy started to wonder
-if it was all worth it. -I don’t understand.
Your father was wandering the field with a gun that night.
We need a schedule.
You act like I’m trying to keep him from you.
[Darla] Who was she?
Your love story doesn’t have to be over, Charley.
I’m going to pitch to Rawlings my own pie shop.
This here is our country, black bitch.
-Excuse me? -Say it again, dude.
The Landrys are working with the government
to build a private jail here.
Hello?
Just got home from church.
Sorry I didn’t call first.
I just wanted to stop by
and check on how the move was going.
Doing fine.
Matter of fact, I’m about to have brunch with Vi.
It looks like you still have a fair amount of packing to do.
Well, I’m moving a little slow these days.
But you’re supposed to be out today.
Why didn’t you say something? We could’ve come over.
[sighs]
Another notice was on the door.
But this house is all I got left.
I’m working on a plan
to get you back in your home real soon.
But I’m going to need some time.
What about your daughter?
Billie’s still coming to get you, right?
Okay.
Then you go on to brunch with Vi
and just leave the rest of the packing to me.
I appreciate what you’re trying to do.
Please, let me help.
♪ Dreams never die ♪
♪ Take flight As the world turns ♪
♪ Dreams never die ♪
♪ Take flight As the world turns ♪
♪ Keep the colors In the lines ♪
♪ Take flight ♪
♪ Dreams never die ♪
♪ Keep the colors In the lines ♪
♪ Keep the colors In the lines, take flight ♪
We don’t have time to be fancy.
Just stack them in the box.
Uh-uh, there will be no cracked plates on my watch.
Hand me the clothes.
When Micah and I had to let go of our old life,
it felt impossible.
Can you imagine having your whole life uprooted in your 70s?
I made some calls about all that EPA stuff.
Still waiting to hear back on a few,
but so far, the environmental issues seem legit.
So Jacob was telling the truth.
Afraid so.
-[door opens] -Well, if that’s a dead end,
we’ll find another way to stop it.
[door closes]
Hear more yapping than packing.
[grunts]
[cell phone vibrates]
Got to meet up with Darla later.
Got to iron out Blue’s schedule.
Since he’s with ’Wood taking Miss Mae home,
seemed like a good time to get it done.
My advice? Stick to the terms.
Focus on Blue and keep your emotions out of it.
Yes, ma’am.
[Nova] Y’all see this?
Daddy and Prosper.
[Charley] I have seen that.
For a split second, I thought it was Rah.
[laughs]
That don’t look like me.
You have the same mannerisms.
She’s right.
You daddy, through and through.
Score.
[all laugh]
Yo, look at Ant’s peanut head.
Don’t be talking about my head.
[all chuckle]
Damn.
[sighs]
You were right.
What they’re doing there is foul.
All right, we need a round table.
Sweetbay Plantation.
Now, we all saw what they was doing over there.
-Disrespecting. -Exactly.
-So I say we make some noise. -[Ant] Yeah.
We got to top the basketball game.
We could stage a sit-in.
We could chain ourselves to a tree.
I’m not trying to get arrested.
[Malik] We need to grab people’s attention,
because this right here, it’s a slap in the face.
Every day, people be rolling in there
making a complete joke of our ancestors
with their stupid costumes and their fake-ass accents.
Hell, a hundred years later,
their legacies are shackled and bound to that white man,
and he’s parading them around like show ponies for cash.
For what?
Selfies?
See, these girls was taking selfies, bro.
So, no, if they can’t respect our history...
they can’t have our history.
[Ant] Let’s show them
what our people went through,
and not this watered-down crap they been teaching us.
You know, it’d be cool if we could recreate
the blood on the land.
Yeah, maybe get some red paint.
[Ant] And cover the ground around the slave quarters.
Yeah, we should find out the names of the slaves that lived there.
[Asha] And then plant their names all over the field.
Yeah, that’d be dope.
-For real. -Yeah.
[Ant] Micah?
You in?
Get out of the car!
♪ Now I can’t take no more ♪
♪ Living in the middle ♪
I’m in.
♪ Living in the middle, no ♪
♪ No ♪
The best hide-and-go-seek spot was under Daddy’s sink.
Y’all could never find me.
You were so skinny and fit yourself in the weirdest places.
Until that one time my butt fell through the wood.
-[Charley laughs] -Mama was so mad.
Mine was the side shed.
Had my first kiss in that shed.
Oh, the summer that Rah broke his arm, remember?
Yeah, I remember.
Jerald Washington.
With the high top fade.
You always did go for the pretty ones.
And you always went for the smart ones.
And all those basketball players.
[laughs]
That was Jerald Washington.
Mm, that boy was fine.
Back in the day, when dating was easy.
Speaking of which,
who is this mystery man
that Aunt Vi may or may not have mentioned?
Nah, it’s just me and my laptop.
Okay. I see how it is.
That’s why expanding beyond the kitchen,
opening up a pie shop allow the business
to grow at a good, moderate pace.
Now, using a model similar to Sylvia’s Soul Food,
we can still sell to stores regionally,
and keep a home base for the community,
bringing together my two favorite things:
people and pies.
Well, I thank you for your time.
How’d that sound?
Sound like you know what you talking about.
-Yes! -[all chuckle]
And I am not taking no for an answer.
Oh, shoot.
We’d better get back to it,
before Clive try and cut us loose.
He’s already been through two new managers. Two.
I ain’t surprised.
Oh, baby, can I get two pork chop plates with grits,
-eggs scrambled soft? -We got you.
-Proud of you, girl. -Thank you, babe.
[laughs]
-Hey, Prosper. -Hey!
[laughs]
Mwah.
Hope you ain’t been waiting long.
No, sir.
You are right on time.
I just put our order in.
Tell them I like my eggs scrambled--
Scrambled soft. I surely did.
[both laugh]
[sighs]
You been busy lately.
I’m never too busy for you.
Charley told me about you needing to move.
I, uh...
can handle my own affairs.
Ain’t nobody disputing that.
I got it all handled.
And you would tell me if you didn’t, right?
Ain’t nothing wrong with asking for a little help
if you need it.
That’s what family’s for.
We’ve been friends way too long.
You family.
It finally feels like home
now that everything is in its place.
I got Blue a bunch of snacks
my mom would never let me have.
Now he won’t stay out of the kitchen.
[Ralph Angel] Yeah, he’ll eat a hole through your wallet if you let him.
[Darla] Truth.
Looking good.
Doing good, Darla.
Things are...
things are really good.
And this...
this is Blue’s room.
He helped me decorate.
Yeah, we supposed to be doing something like that too.
Looks good.
♪ I’m surprised every sunrise ♪
♪ The earth would Have me back ♪
♪ Surprised my knees Hold me up ♪
♪ That it’s not All gone black ♪
♪ And I’m sure by nightfall ♪
♪ I will burn up All I have ♪
Clare and me...
sit out here every evening after dinner.
I take it you’re done?
Your boxes will go to storage.
I put your luggage by the front door.
I want you to know...
if you need anything, I’m here.
I’ll wait with you, if you don’t mind,
until Billie gets here.
I told her not to come.
Why?
She’s got her own life to worry about.
Family, the kids.
I’ll rent a room for the time being.
No, you can’t rent a room, Prosper.
Just come and stay with Micah and me.
Look, you...
I don’t want to put you out. You’ve already done enough.
I’ve got a guest room with your name on it.
Please.
I’m not leaving here without you, so...
♪ And no one cares To ask me ♪
♪ How I feel ♪
♪ Seen more good than bad ♪
You’re stubborn, just like your daddy.
Why, thank you.
[laughs]
[indistinct chatter]
[hip-hop music plays]
Hey, Mr. Prosper. It’s good to see you.
No need to turn it down on my account.
-I don’t know what they’re saying. -[laughter]
They’re speaking the truth.
Only rappers I know
are Tupac and Biggie Smalls.
Hashtag "legends"
All right, man, we about to dip.
-All right. Peace, bro. -All right.
I’m gonna hit y’all tomorrow.
-All right. -Yeah, nice seeing you.
[indistinct chatter]
Get home safe.
[door opens]
[Micah] I know.
I’m going to clean it up right now.
-[Charley] Mm-hmm. -Glad you’re here, Mr. Prosper.
Prosper, this is for you.
It’s a beautiful place.
I didn’t know two people needed so much space.
[laughs]
Make yourself at home.
I’m going to go get your room ready.
Uh, Micah...
On it. Throw that upstairs.
You took care of the sheets in the bedroom?
[Micah] Yes, everything’s good.
[Violet] Just a few new ideas
before all this goes through.
Let’s see what you got.
So for as long as I can remember,
I’ve been baking pies from scratch.
Pouring my love into a 9-inch pan.
And having the opportunity
to sell my pies in your stores
is a dream come true.
But I realized that that’s only part of the dream.
Okay, so, um...
the other part is community.
Interacting with folks.
I think that that’s...
I think that that’s why I loved
working at the High Yellow so much.
You know, having a home base for our community,
where I can...
[laughs] Just give me a minute.
I’m sorry. I’m not feeling real well.
-Can I get you some water, or... -No.
Can we come back to this tomorrow?
Of course.
Of course. Absolutely.
Um...
Are you okay to drive? I don’t want you driving if--
I can make it home. Not a problem.
[Jarrett] Okay, okay.
-I’m going to take you home, okay? -Okay.
Just give me a sec. I’ll get my keys.
Thank you.
[breathing heavily]
[exhales sharply]
All right, so these are the alarm codes for the house.
Just try not to lose them. My mom would freak.
Remote. Okay, so this is for the TV,
the Blu-ray and the sound system.
You just got to make sure that it’s connected
-to the right source-- -I ain’t gonna fuss with that.
Can you just put it on 356?
-Sure. -[turns TV on]
356.
[indistinct chatter on TV]
You like the westerns?
Yep.
[gunshots on TV]
Um...
Yeah, my mom says someone should be by tomorrow
to drop your recliner and a table.
If you need anything else, just let me know.
Okay.
-Oh... -[both laugh]
Peace.
So we alternate field trips,
PTA meetings.
But both there for parent-teacher conferences.
And keeping each other in the loop on behavior issues.
[scoffs] All right.
What’s next?
You still got a key to the place, so I was thinking...
I can... I can get that back to you.
I was thinking...
actually, I was thinking maybe I’d get one to your spot.
That way if you’re ever running late,
me and Blue ain’t got to wait in the car.
Yeah, um, of course.
I can get one made for you.
All right.
I know that you have a lot on your plate,
so I was thinking that...
maybe I could keep Blue more often.
Just got to take it slow.
How slow?
You can take him on the weekends.
Rest of the time...
I keep him.
I feel like Blue needs time to just...
adjust to all of it.
I think that we should both have him 50% of the time.
No, no.
We can alternate weeks.
It’s too soon. Too soon for all that.
He’s happy here.
What if you lose your job, huh?
Got to move again or something?
-I am not losing my job. -What if?
I mean, I’ve been reading up on it,
and Blue needs stability right now.
I am stable.
You’re the one that’s got new people
running in and out of that house.
Bringing that up again, huh?
Yes, I am.
I need to approve anyone new before they meet Blue.
You talking about Trinh?
I don’t know what her name is, but yes.
And Benny, and those men--
I thought we dealt with that already.
No, we didn’t.
That never should have happened.
A lot of shit never should have happened.
But this is where we at.
I...
I’m tired of having this same fight with you.
Oh, here you go. You tired?
[scoffs]
What the hell you know about being tired, really?
Mommy and Daddy paying for all your stuff.
New house with your nice little car out there.
Because I’m working two jobs and being a single parent
while you out there finding yourself.
You’re not a single parent.
What you think I been doing all this time, huh?
So what if my parents helped me get this place?
Did you pay for that house you’re living in?
Or did your daddy give it to you?
You can let yourself out.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey.
You can put the rest in the warehouse.
Sure thing.
Ain’t mean to interrupt.
Just came to get my check.
I had fun at your aunt’s party
the other night.
When I am 60,
please make me as youthful as that woman.
Not to mention I learned some killer dance moves from Blue.
So, you know, watch out.
You okay?
Yeah.
Just got some things, you know?
Gotta figure it out.
Sure, um...
Let me grab your check then.
Here you go.
Appreciate it.
See you later.
Bye.
[KJ] All right. The guards get off at 8:00,
so anytime after that should be clear.
All right, so time it out?
Yeah, me and Ant went there this morning.
-[Malik] All right, cool. -This fool was speed-walking
with his stopwatch, had us out there looking crazy.
-Whatever. -Look, it’ll take 12 minutes
to get this done and be back in the truck.
Twelve minutes to stop the world and make them pay attention.
All right. So we’ll have two on paint,
one on signs, one lookout, and one tagger.
Okay, but who-- are you on lookout?
Oh, I’m the tagger.
Asha got skills, dude.
-[Asha] That’s right. -I call paint, though, so...
-Oh, yeah, me and KJ got paint. -I’ll do the signs.
Guess that makes you a lookout.
That’s cool.
Yeah, that’s cool.
Susy’s famous chicken soup.
Guaranteed to have you feeling better in no time.
And I need you better,
because my investors are getting anxious.
Well, that is awfully kind of her.
Please give her my best.
And I want to say thank you for getting me home safely.
Of course.
Mr. Rawlings...
I’ve got something I need to tell you.
Okay.
Last year, I was diagnosed with lupus.
It’s a chronic illness,
but an illness that I’m learning to manage.
And all that means is that there are good days and bad ones.
Wow, I’m...
I’m sorry, Vi. I didn’t...
Uh, I appreciate your candor.
I mean, I know that probably wasn’t easy to share.
Well, I just want you to know
that I’m going to do everything in my power
for it to not interfere with our business.
I can promise you that.
And so I’d love to show you my pitch again.
No, please, there’s no rush.
We can talk about that later.
Well, I thought you said that the investors were anxious.
Nah. They’ll be fine.
I would rather you just focus
on getting better and enjoying that soup.
-Thanks. -Mm-hmm.
Finally heard back from my friend in D.C.
Check this out.
Sam’s son, Colton Landry,
did his undergrad at Cornell,
graduated in 2000.
Yeah, I got a file on him.
Yeah, but look at this.
His fraternity brother, Thomas Rhodes.
Guess where Thomas works.
[scoffs]
The Environmental Protection Agency.
Hundred bucks says there’s nothing wrong with our soil.
I’ve got a call in to a friend at the EPA.
[Charley] Hey, Mr. Prosper.
Yeah, don’t mind me.
My sister and nephew taking good care of you?
Got me all set up.
Oh, how’s the interviews going with the book?
Good, real good, thank you.
All right, now if you need to some talk more, you let me know.
I’m going to do some reading.
All right.
Nova, we can’t just sit on this.
Families are being kicked out of their homes
as we speak.
There’s a board meeting tomorrow.
I want to see what they have to say about all this.
I can make some more calls on my end.
Let me help.
Let me hear what your friend at the EPA has to say.
Otherwise, this is all really great, Nova.
Thank you.
But I don’t want you implicated.
You have a book to write.
Yeah. Okay.
♪ You don’t know my story ♪
♪ You don’t know my name ♪
♪ You ain’t seen My starving face ♪
♪ You ain’t seen my pain ♪
♪ The road I walk Is mine alone ♪
♪ Only one for me ♪
♪ If you don’t want To come along ♪
♪ You should let me be ♪
♪ Let me be ♪
♪ Everything I am ♪
♪ Let me be ♪
♪ Wild and free ♪
♪ Let me be ♪
♪ Myself again ♪
♪ Oh, let me be ♪
-[door opens] -[Nova] Hello?
In here.
[door closes]
I don’t want to talk about it.
Me neither.
What are you talking about? This is a good room.
This was my room.
It’s going to be good when I fix it up.
Besides scrubbing the floors, what’s wrong with it?
Blue deserves more than hand-me-downs.
I’m going to pick up an extra shift at the plant
get him some new furniture.
Want to get him some art supplies.
Change up the walls or somethin’.
Add some color.
Blue don’t need all that.
He’s a kid.
He’s happy with you.
For now.
Yeah.
Whenever he go live with Darla,
he sees all those new things.
I ain’t really got a choice, huh?
Oh, okay, so you plan on not sleeping?
-[sighs] -Taking on more seafood shifts
when you already got the farm to tend to.
That’s what Pop did.
Even after Mama died
and you wasn’t there no more...
he made sure he took care of me, no matter what.
With the farm and all he had going on,
he did all that.
And here I am.
I ain’t even sure I got my life straight.
So, you gonna run yourself into the ground
trying to be like Daddy?
Took a lot of strength, what he did.
Daddy struggled.
A lot.
Who don’t?
Still got it done, right?
Yeah, and he almost died because of it.
What you mean?
When you saw him at his strongest,
after Mama died...
he was at his lowest.
Everything fell on him.
And he got real depressed.
The kind he almost didn’t bounce back from.
What you mean, didn’t bounce back from?
Got so low...
he thought it’d be easier if he wasn’t around.
So one night, he went out to the fields with his gun.
But...
No.
Prosper got to him.
Talked him down.
That don’t make sense, Nova.
Not Pop.
Daddy was so busy trying to hide his pain.
Do it all himself.
It damn near broke him.
But he survived it.
Started the farmers’ collective.
Doing everything you’re doing now.
Not shouldering the burden alone.
Because you got me,
Charley, Aunt Vi, Hollywood.
You don’t need to take on more.
Just stay the course, Rah.
♪ We dig ourselves Into a ditch ♪
♪ How many of us die ♪
♪ And pretend to live? ♪
♪ We stop the light From leaking in ♪
♪ When we turn away ♪
♪ From our lives within ♪
[gasps]
Prosper?
Let’s get you to bed.
Come on.
Mind if I join you?
Oh, hey.
Yeah.
Everything okay from the other day?
Ain’t all figured out,
but it will be.
♪ They never taught us ♪
♪ How to look inside ♪
My brother said you wanted to pick up some extra shifts?
Nah, not right now.
Okay.
♪ How many of us die ♪
♪ And pretend to live? ♪
Aunt Vi wants me to take her up to that sculpture garden.
Her and Blue.
Ever since you told her about it.
Family field trip.
That’ll be fun.
She really liked you.
I’m glad.
♪ We are splintered ♪
♪ And we are rotten ♪
♪ Deep under the floorboards We’ve forgotten ♪
♪ But all the answers ♪
♪ To all our problems ♪
♪ Lie within the one ♪
♪ Who tries to dodge them ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪