I...
So I said, "Go ahead. Shoot."
- Ain't no cop that crazy. - Yeah, well, I was.
- How old are you? - I'll be 17 in a few months.
You fly, but you ain't worth my liquor license.
- I won't miss you! Mwah! - Surprise!
LOCKSLEY: 12 soldiers lost their lives,
including Sergeant Clarke.
JT and I went to school together.
This is my mom, Andrea.
You can't just leave me, I'm your mama!
I got a good price for the place.
- NATE: I didn't know you sang. - Not anymore.
- You ever miss Memphis? - No.
I brought Memphis with me.
(grunts) You have not been working on your footwork.
NEWSMAN (over TV): Today is April 2, 1968.
MAN: Did you think I wouldn't figure out, huh?
WOMAN: I told you, nothing was going on.
MAN: How long you been lying to me?
- WOMAN: Stop it! (Grunts) - MAN: Who is he?
(woman cries out)
- I ain't gonna ask again. - (pounding on door)
- Who is he? - OFFICER: Police.
- Open up the door. Open up, it's the police. -(Man grunts)
- Thank God, he's crazy. Help me. - Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.
- Who else is here? - My husband. Calm dow-(shotgun cocks)lm down.
- Two dollar tramp. - DON: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Mr. Powell.
- I will kill you before you make a fool out of me! - Mr. Powell, calm down.
Put the gun down, now.
- Listen to me, put the gun down. - I swear to heaven, notl will shoot you. Ou!
Go ahead and shoot.
You miss... I'm gonna kill you.
You don't...
I'm gonna haunt your white ass for the rest
of your natural life.
- (grunts) - (Mrs. Powell gasps)
You didn't have to hurt him, asshole.
- Baby... - Stay back, stay back.
♪ ♪
- How about Irene? - (scoffs) We're having a boy.
I say we name him Winston. Like Churchill.
- A sophisticated dog. - SIMONE: If the baby's a girl,
Victoria, you name her. A boy, Kendall names him.
I like the name Daniel.
KENDALL: Daniel doesn't have enough pizazz.
BRIANNE: Here comes the cake.
- Chocolate? - Double chocolate.
(laughs)
- Okay. All right. Y'all ready? - BOTH: Mm-hmm.
JOE: Not yet, baby girl.
Look at you.
Ten years ago, doctors told us
you wouldn't make it through the night.
And if you did, your lungs would never be whole.
Said you'd never run or swim.
- Live life to the full... - D-Daddy. The candle.
One year ago today,
God showed He's bigger than man's plan.
He healed you.
So go on.
Show off them healthy lungs.
- Whoo! - (laughs) All right.
Yeah.
- What are you doing? - Well...
my little sister, the miracle...
should enjoy a song by The Miracles.
("The Tracks of My Tears" by The Miracles playing)
Y-He skipped class for a week to practice. -(Groans)
JOE: ♪ Doo, do, doo-do ♪
♪ Doo, do, doo-do ♪
♪ Do, do, do-do-do-doo ♪
♪ People say I'm the life of the party ♪
♪ 'Cause I tell a joke or two ♪
♪ Although I might be laughing ♪
♪ Loud and hearty ♪
♪ Deep inside I'm blue ♪
♪ So take a good look at my face ♪
Stop it.
♪ You'll see my smile looks out of place ♪
♪ If you look closer it's easy ♪
♪ To trace the tracks of my tears ♪
(laughing)
- ♪ I need you ♪ - ♪ Need you ♪
- ♪ Need you ♪ - ♪ Need you ♪
(knocking at door)
- ♪ Since you left me ♪ - I got it.
♪ If you see me with another girl ♪
- (door opens) - ♪ Seeming like I'm having fun ♪
Mama, some man is asking for you.
Look what the wind blew in.
- (music stops) - I didn't think it rained in Southern Cali.
But us 'Bama folks, we can always tell
when there's a storm a-comin'. Ain't that right, Silk?
- Pete. How you doing? - From the looks of things,
not nearly as good as you are, Joe.
Kids, say hi to Pete.
Your uncle.
But you don't have a brother.
Well, the Lord works in strange ways, son.
Uh, now let grown folks talk.
We got a lot of catching up to do.
All right, got to jet. I need to study.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. What about the girls, man?
- They waiting. - (sighs) You dropped out.
Maybe you forgot how school works,
but I need to pass Earth Science to graduate.
Keep believing the white man's lie.
It ain't the white man I care about, Reggie. It's my mama.
You might want to keep this little bit of cha...
Yo, so this fool has money to eat, but not to pay me?
- Yo, Wayne. - JT: Yo...
- Chill, Reggie. Reggie. - MAN: Cool out, y'all.
- REGGIE: Yo, Wayne. - Whoa.
- Hold on, this is... - Come on, Reggie. Come on, man.
I'll-I'll get you the money man, I swear... (grunts)
- (whimpering) - REGGIE: Where's my money?
- (Reggie shouting) - (Wayne grunting)
MA MABLE: Hey.
I pull this trigger, no court
in this country will blame me.
Tell me why I shouldn't.
What is your name, son?
Jeffrey Tucker.
Who are those boys?
Okay, Jeffrey.
You got a choice.
Either I call the cops and they come and sort this out,
or you get your butt together and clean up this mess.
(clattering)
Damn kids.
♪ Words could never explain ♪
♪ I just wish it would rain... ♪
You know this song is about suicide, right?
What's this?
Well, it's not every day you get
your cherry popped with a shotgun, you know.
♪ Rain ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Let it rain... ♪
About time you got paid like a real cop.
(chuckles)
When I was a kid...
Pops always told this story.
Scorpion offers a gator money to go across the river.
Afraid of being stung, the gator refuses.
Scorpion begs,
"I'd be a fool to sting you.
We'd both drown."
Gator thinks, agrees.
Midway across the river,
scorpion does what scorpions do: Stings the gator
- and they both die. - (chuckles)
Every time he'd end the same way.
♪ No one will ever know... ♪
"You got to make a choice in life, son.
Who you're gonna be."
Who are you, Ernie?
You the scorpion?
Or the gator?
♪ Oh, I wish it would rain... ♪
Well, if I have to choose, I guess I'm the river.
I-I keep watch, and I always survive, baby.
What about you, Don?
I'm the man who's not about to put his life
- in the hands of a careless cop. - (chuckles)
(siren wailing)
♪ ♪
I want to see you tonight.
I don't make your schedule.
Yeah?
Leave the back door open.
I'll slip in when I finish.
♪ Still love you, baby ♪
♪ I need love. ♪
(scoffs)
Sorry, Officer. Something wrong?
You ran a stop sign back there.
License and registration, please.
Roy Wood. This address current?
It is.
And don't take this the wrong way, but...
you have a lovely voice.
You trying to get arrested, Roy?
No, I'm serious. I'm the news director at WVON
and I'm looking for a reader. Weather, sports, politics.
Here's my card.
You'd be perfect.
Make sure you pay the ticket before the due date.
Have a good day, Mr. Wood.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh... ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ They say that into each life ♪
♪ Some rain must fall ♪
♪ And that tears is only rain ♪
♪ To make love grow ♪
♪ But I've been crying ♪
♪ Ooh, for days ♪
♪ And all I've got to show for it ♪
♪ Is a swollen face, no ♪
♪ Tears can help me find ♪
♪ Help me find ♪
♪ Answers to the problems you left behind ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ Honey ♪
♪ Tears can help me hide ♪
♪ This emptiness that I feel inside ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Only your love can save me ♪
♪ Where are you, baby? ♪
♪ Ooh, I'm lonely for ♪
- ♪ You, baby ♪ - ♪ For you ♪
♪ I'm so lonely for you ♪
- ♪ For you ♪ - ♪ Listen now ♪
She's something else, ain't she?
Club 100 Proof, cut the music. Cut the music.
Give it up for Miss Pearl Madigan.
- Come on, y'all. - MAN: All right.
(applause, cheering)
That was really nice, that was really nice.
Ladies and gentlemen,
a star is born.
(applause)
Watch your step.
Look here. Hold the club down. I'm-a be in my office.
Do not disturb me.
You got it, boss.
So I got a niece and a nephew.
Kendall just turned 16.
Simone's 13.
Well...
Well, y'all might've forgot about Foley, Alabama,
but Foley, Alabama ain't forget about y'all, or...
what you did.
16 years, Pete. Some things better left alone.
Oh, come on now, Joe. You beat down a white man.
Paralyzed him. You got to expect that's gonna come back on you.
Would you lower your damn voice?
Did you forget what that man did to Brianne?
He deserved what he got.
I hear you, Joe. Silk,
you got any chocolate milk over in that icebox?
What are you after, Pete? You gambling again? That it?
More things change, the more they stay the same.
Don't call me that. ANow, what do you want?
Well, I'll take a to-go plate.
Slice of that cake and $500
- and I'll be out your hair. - $500?
We don't have that kind of money.
Yeah and what we got, you ain't getting, Pete.
I get it, Joe.
Got to be tough in front of your wife,
but you and I both know how this gonna go down.
Guess this'll have to do.
Couple of days.
I need to go to San Diego for some business.
I'm-a stop back by. Y'all don't have my money?
A Foley County Sheriff gonna get a call.
You done good for yourself, Silk.
Mama always said you'd be fine.
All the way up to the day she died.
PETE: ♪ People say I'm the life of the party 'cause... ♪
I can't do this, Joe.
Kids, car, our house...
Too far on to start over.
We're not starting over.
I'll pull some money from our savings.
Pete'll get his money, and he'll move on.
What makes you think he won't ask for more?
You act like we have a choice.
Yeah.
Our choice went out the window
when you beat Bo Miller to within an inch of his life.
You mean the man who tried to rape you?
The man who would lynch us both if he had the chance?
You know what? The only thing I regret is not killing him.
What are we doing, Joe?
We're surviving, baby.
I'm tired of just surviving.
I want to live.
Bree...
I said it a thousand times,
the minute you want to get on that stage and sing again,
we'll make that happen.
When was the right time? After we ran away to Texas?
Before Kendall was born? When you enlisted?
When I was taking care of Simone while she was sick?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look, I'm gonna figure this mess out,
and after that, baby, whatever dream you want to chase,
I got you.
- Good night, Pearl. - All right, I'll see y'all.
♪ I've been afraid, no... ♪
You ever think about leaving this place?
(chuckles)
I leave every night.
It's coming back that's the hard part.
Why so gloomy?
It wouldn't be that hard.
Just pack up and go. New life,
no past, different future.
Sounds like a lot of work.
Especially since I like who I am.
Yeah.
Probably right.
I just need one more signature.
PEARL: Hey.
♪ Oh, this feeling... ♪
He'd never let us go, Gerald.
He would hunt us down, he would find us.
Put this on. Storm is coming.
Hmm. Look at my man.
You know, that uniform looks good on you.
- Oh, really? - Mm-hmm.
- Well, you under arrest. - Oh, am I?
- And for what, Mr. Officer? - Being so damn fly.
Oh... (chuckles)
Mm. Damn it, Mamie, what the hell?
- We need to talk. - I'll go warm up your food.
Look, Mamie, you can't just walk
in my house like that, all right?
Ain't nothing I ain't seen before.
- What do you want? - Your dad is not doing so well.
- He can't feed himself... - Mm-hmm.
Or remember my name.
Doc thinks it's old-timer's.
I'll stop by and check on him, all right?
Cost a lot of money taking care of Carter.
Oh, what? Now that you spent all his savings,
you coming around asking for more?
Don't you talk to me that way.
I wipe your daddy's ass every day.
If I didn't give a damn, I'd have been gone.
- How much do you need, Mamie? - $200 a month.
Mamie, I don't make that kind of money!
It's either that or I sell the house and put him
- in a nursing home. - That is his house
that you staying in, not the other way around.
I am his wife, I control what happens to him,
not the other way around.
Get the hell out of my house, Mamie.
Gladly. I need to be getting home.
Looks like a storm's coming this way.
(door opens, closes)
Why are you up, baby girl?
I can't sleep, Daddy.
May I?
It's just some poetry.
Wow, these ain't poems, baby. These are songs.
I don't sing.
Just because you don't, don't mean you can't. Try.
You like Etta, right?
Do it.
♪ Yeah... ♪
Still hurt?
Then at some point, you gonna have to let go
of that fear, Simone. Again.
♪ Yeah... ♪
Louder. Come on, straighten up.
♪ Yeah, yeah... ♪
Let it all go, baby. Come on.
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Yeah... ♪
- (laughs) - What's wrong? What's wrong?
Oh, nothing. (Chuckles) Everything's fine.
- (banging on wall) - (gasps)
KENDALL: Shut up! I'm trying to sleep.
(laughs)
ANDREA: Oh, look at you! (Chuckles)
This is the goofiest thing.
My baby's graduating. I am so proud of you.
Ooh! I ain't the only one either, hold on.
You know, we not moving till next month.
I know, but early bird
and all that, you know what they say.
Does it snow in Oklahoma?
I've been waiting to give this to you.
He's your dad, being mad won't change that.
When we leave, everything stays.
The drugs,
- the memories and him. - Listen.
Just because people do bad things,
don't make them bad, baby. You got to believe that.
And I forgave you. We're good, Mama.
But if you don't forgive your dad,
you gonna end up bitter and angry just like him.
Promise me that won't happen.
Promise me.
Don't forget your lunch, Don.
- Oh. Thanks, baby. - You're welcome.
Wait, what did you decide about Carter?
Well, there's nothing to decide. We don't have the money.
No, we have two extra Soul Stops this month,
Look, Mamie would not pick maggots off my rotting corpse.
Why would I do anything to help her out?
Look, whatever you think about Mamie, or your dad,
they're family.
Red, come on, work with me here.
Look, hear me out.
I know that Carter may not be
the best father in the world,
but he's yours,
and that's more than I've ever had.
I don't have a liquor license, I don't have a club.
And that shit ruins me, you understand?
You always been square with me. I'm gonna do the same.
You should go.
Triple rate.
We'll make you rich, Spence.
Enough that your children's children
will be pissing in pots of gold.
Y'all don't get it. I...
Ain't enough sin in Sodom to make this happen.
- Hey! Gerald. - Whoa, hey, come on, come on.
You telling me the city don't give a damn
where that money comes from?
Who's paying your ass off to shut us down?
- Huh? Tell me! - He dies, we lose.
- Tell me! - He dies, we lose, boss!
(choking)
(gasping)
Yeah, you're right.
This ain't the city I want to die in.
Then don't.
We liquidate. Cash out.
Take the money and find a city worth living for.
I'll take care of it.
♪ I kiss my baby every single night ♪
♪ I dream of her when I close my eyes ♪
♪ She's in my heart ♪
♪ She's in my soul ♪
♪ I open my arms ♪
♪ And I let her know ♪
♪ Now let me give you just a little advice ♪
♪ I know some women ♪
♪ That won't even think twice ♪
♪ They'll take your man if you give them a chance ♪
♪ As long as you're willing and able ♪
♪ Girl, you take your man off the table ♪
♪ You love him and hug him ♪
♪ And squeeze him, and you stop at nothing ♪
♪ To please him, I'm just saying ♪
♪ Did you kiss your baby tonight? ♪♪
(applause)
Now, that's bitchin'.
I'll give you 200 bucks for it.
But it's not for sale.
I was hoping you'd produce my album.
PRODUCER: Listen, you're talented,
but I don't sign kids.
It's too much trouble.
You want my song, you want me.
What can I say?
I'll give you 300 bucks, take it or leave it.
I appreciate you seeing me so early.
I got nothing but time, brother.
You serious about making a deal?
Herschel wants this to happen.
Forget Herschel. I deal with you.
All right. Let's talk.
You ever thought about taking this place over?
Being boss?
Nah. This is Herschel's place.
I'll have my place one day.
(laughs): Hey. Where them kids at?
Uncle Pete got something for them.
They're gone. I didn't want them to see this.
JOE: Okay, Pete.
Door number one is 500 cash.
Door number two, it's worth way more than 500 cash.
Well, give me what's behind door number two, Mr. Clarke.
So what, y'all go run and tell the tax man on me?
You took it all, didn't you, Pete?
Mama died, left me everything.
It wasn't much, but you kept it all.
I was there with her, holding her hand.
Every day, until she took her last breath.
But you gambled away every cent, you lying snake in the ground.
Wait, now-now, hold on, Silk...
Stole from your sister, didn't pay taxes on the land.
A benefit of being Army: Information come easy.
You know it ain't like that, Silk.
This money's for a sure thing.
- What? More gambling, drinking? - A club.
A jazz club. Like Tiny's Joint back in 'Bama.
I got a spot picked out in San Diego.
W-We could be partners.
You could sing there.
Give him the money.
That's blood money, Pete.
Take it and my brother's dead to me.
♪ Yeah... ♪
Yo, y'all know I-I wasn't gonna tell the cops where you was at.
Like it or not, we family.
Always will be.
(door opens, closes)
(Gerald grunting)
(panting)
What happened?
I was hoping you could tell me.
How much did they take?
All of it.
You think I'm in on it.
Only two people in the world know that combination.
You sitting right here.
You said liquidate.
Safe's empty, and I'm broke.
You believe that, shoot me.
If not, let me do my job.
I'll get you your money back.
Shut this place down.
We're done here.
(grunts)
Anything else I can give you?
All I need is this.
(door opens)
What you doing here, Tick?
Just a little business.
I'm done.
It's not what you think, Jeffrey.
So that wasn't your pusher that just left our living room?
And those aren't drugs that you hiding from me?
You know I'm clean.
I-It was supposed to be a surprise.
(scoffs)
Mama. Oh, snap...
Look, it's-it's dirty, but happy graduation, baby.
- No, we can't afford this. - I used the money we saved to move.
Something special in you, Jeffrey,
and Oklahoma would kill that.
So you gonna shine here, in I.A., where stars are born.
- We take that risk and lose... - We will win.
You gonna make it, and I'm gonna stay clean, I promise.
I'm gonna stay clean.
(chuckles): Get in. Get in there.
♪ I used to have a song ♪
♪ A long time ago ♪
♪ A little bit of luxury... ♪
- Hey, DC. - Hey.
Sorry, I'm late, baby.
Don't worry, everything is in place. The Emotions are ready,
the food is out and the head count is our best yet.
Okay, so you don't even need me.
I don't. But, um, it wouldn't be the same without you.
♪ Listen ♪
♪ She put it on me, yes, she did... ♪
This is nice, Cornelius.
Can I get a taste?
I don't mix business and pleasure, Ernie.
Mm, how about a taste of that?
Careful. Metro PD might not like you breaking their laws.
What cops don't know won't hurt them.
Looking forward to a nice long relationship, Officer Cornelius.
Likewise, Officer Fields.
Uh, we have a problem. Roy didn't show.
Okay, well, can Lamont handle it?
No, Lamont spins records. If you put a mic in front of him,
he's just a blathering fool. You do it.
What? No, baby, who's gonna handle the production?
- Who's gonna take care of the door? - Baby, I got this.
Listen, this is the most important thing right now.
Don, listen, you can do this, okay?
And who knows? You may be the next black Dick Clark.
You guys already share the same initials.
Just... hmm.
Come on, get onstage...
♪ There's a song... ♪
All right, hounds and honeys, it's time to get down.
You can bet your bottom dollar this next act
will quench the thirst of your soul.
Homegrown right here in Chi-Town,
give it up for The Emotions.
(applause, cheering)
♪ ♪
♪ Uh-huh, yeah ♪
♪ Come on back, come on back ♪
♪ I'm not ready to let you go... ♪
I'm gonna miss this place.
Lot of good memories here.
Yeah, well, the thing about memories,
- you can always make more. - (laughs)
I will drink to that.
I got a gift for you.
You said you wanted to get away?
Here's how you do it.
Herschel's cash.
Not anymore. Sorry about the bump on the head.
I had to make it look real.
- You almost got me killed. - But I didn't.
And now we can go anywhere we want.
Berlin, France, New York. To hell with Herschel.
How long you been screwing Spence?
Whatever I did, I did for us.
- For us? - Yes.
We needed Spence.
It-it cost us half, but it-it was worth it.
You mean this half?
You killed him.
It doesn't matter.
I love you.
Not Spence, not Herschel.
You.
Let's go.
You know, let's, let's go away,
just get away from it all.
Let's just... run away.
As much as I'd love to, I can't.
I'd be breaking my word.
And that'll never happen again.
♪ Oh, baby ♪
♪ Just give me time ♪
♪ A little more time ♪
♪ To explain ♪
♪ Just give me time to explain ♪
♪ Darling, please, please... ♪
DON: So how's he doing?
Hmm, some good days, some bad.
Didn't soil himself today. It's a good day.
ANNOUNCER: Right hook from the champion, Floyd Patterson.
If the champ can end it early,
in this round, it is apparent he would.
I'll need more next month.
ANNOUNCER: Runs and pushes away,
holds his ground, moves back.
Champ has his form on his side...
Hey, Pops.
Delores made you dinner.
Catfish, hushpuppies and baked beans.
You ain't been practicing your footwork, Donnie.
I'll make sure to work on that, Pops.
I've been thinking about quitting the force.
Maybe going into radio.
The pay ain't for nothing, but it feels right.
Damn. Finally took him out.
ANNOUNCER: Walter Cronkite.
Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King,
the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement
has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.
(glass shatters)
- Hey, you okay? - Dr. King was standing on the balcony
- of his second-floor hotel room tonight - Baby, what's wrong?
When, according to a companion,
a shot was fired from across the street.
How you doing?
Hey, Miss Mable.
This is my mom, Andrea.
Jeffrey told me everything, so you better work him like a dog.
Don't worry, Andrea. He'll be barking all the way home.
PATRON: Oh, my God.
What the heck is going on?
Dirty bastards. They shot Dr. King.
- (people gasping) - Okay...
(people crying)
I guess that storm never came, huh?
Did you love her?
Does it matter?
- Does to me. - MAN: They killed him!
- Those white devils finally killed him. - GERALD: Wait, hey, hey, hey!
- Who'd they kill? - Dr. King.
Man, they shot him at the Lorraine Motel.
(woman shouts indistinctly)
Son of a bitch.
You know what?
I'm done with this Memphis shit.
This godforsaken city can burn to the ground for all I care.
MAN: We're going down there right now!
You always wanted your own club, right?
(siren wailing in distance)
Where to?
I.A. sounds nice.
Let's do it.
♪ Mama was a roller coaster ♪
♪ And Papa was a rolling stone ♪
♪ They treated me like a soldier ♪
♪ I had to grow up big and strong ♪
♪ Alone, on my own ♪
♪ Practically raised my baby sister ♪
♪ Mm, 'cause no one was looking out for her ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I had to step up and make a decision ♪
♪ It was the music of my heart ♪
♪ Guiding me right through the dark ♪
♪ And I was like, from my lips to God on a mission ♪
♪ Somebody up there's gonna listen ♪
♪ And I'm not gonna stop until I reach the top ♪
♪ So get ready or not 'cause I'm ready to ♪
♪ Go, go ♪
♪ Go ♪
♪ No ♪
♪ Haters gonna hate us ♪
♪ 'Cause that's what they do ♪
♪ And I ain't got time to ♪
♪ To be thinking about you ♪
♪ What we got between us ♪
♪ Ain't no way we can lose ♪
♪ 'Cause we got a, we got a thing about winning ♪
♪ And that's what we do ♪
♪ Ain't gonna be nothing stopping us now ♪
♪ We gonna keep rocking ♪
♪ Rocking it out ♪
♪ Yeah, ain't gonna be nothing bringing us down ♪
♪ We gonna hold it together and get through whatever ♪
♪ And we'll go forever and ain't gonna be ♪
♪ Nothing stopping us now ♪
♪ We gonna keep ♪
♪ Rocking it out, yeah ♪
♪ Nothing, no, no, no ♪
♪ We gonna hold it together and get through whatever... ♪
It's all there. Every dime.
That's fire. They yours?
No, just booking time.
Hey, hey.
How old are you?
How old do you need me to be?
Old enough to sing that song at my club. I need an opening act.
Who are we opening for?
Ike and Tina.
(laughs)
Don't screw it up.
- (laughter) - Okay. Thank you.
JT: That's what I'm talking about.
That's crazy.
ALL: To Encore, baby.
Let's go out. I feel like dancing.
Okay, now that's an idea.
I'll call Flo, have her meet us.
Ma Mable's been watching Aiya all day.
- Need to get her home. - Come on, baby.
Can't your mom watch her? Just for an hour?
You know, when I graduated high school,
we were gonna move to Oklahoma.
Start fresh.
Mom was clean, and... just sold my first song.
Got to get out of I.A., Monie.
This city...
Come with me.
- What? - We'll start over.
Anywhere.
No parents to judge us, to, to tell us what to do.
We'll get married, we'll make music and just be free.
We can't, JT. What about Encore?
No, let's be honest, you are Encore.
You're what makes us special.
Your songs are what's special.
Okay? I don't want to do this without you.
Then don't.
Come with me.
KENDALL: All right.
All set. She'll meet us at Blackbird.
You guys go.
Celebrate.
Talk to you about this tomorrow?
(applause)
It's only right that the last person to perform
on this stage will be the person that made it all possible.
Please welcome the best singer that I know,
with a voice so smooth, I calls her Silk.
My baby sister, Brianne Clarke.
(applause, cheering)
♪ Birds flying high, you know how I feel ♪
♪ Sun in the sky ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪
♪ Breeze drifting on by ♪
♪ You know how I feel ♪
♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪
♪ It's a new life for me, yeah ♪
♪ It's a new dawn, it's a new day ♪
♪ It's a new life for me, yeah ♪
♪ And I'm feeling good ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Fish in the sea... ♪
HOWARD: These headaches.
How long have you been getting them?
On and off, a few weeks.
Doc, you think I got old-timer's disease?
Is there a history of Alzheimer's in your family?
Well, my father died from it.
- How old was he? - 68.
Well, this isn't that.
You're 33 and a picture of great health.
You're just exhausted. Drink plenty of water,
- and get some rest. - Listen to Doc Howard here.
He's the best doctor money can buy.
So, my line of credit. We're good?
Hell, let's up it to 20K.
- You look like shit. - Feel like it, too.
What the hell you doing?
What's a victory without celebration?
(inhales sharply)
You crazy as hell, Don.
- Oh, my God. - NATE: You were great tonight.
I did it, I did it.
(gasps) Yeah.
Wow.
And you.
Thank you for being here.
There's no place I'd rather be.
I think I need to be alone, Nate.
You don't have to be.
I do.
Goodbye, Private Barker.
I'll pack up,
be gone first thing in the morning.
(door opens)
♪ New dawn, it's a new day ♪
♪ It's a new life for me ♪
(scatting)
(scatting): ♪ Feeling, oh ♪
♪ Feeling good ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm feeling good ♪
(scatting)
♪ Feeling so good, feeling so good ♪
♪ I'm feeling, said I'm feeling ♪
♪ Ooh, oh ♪
♪ Feeling good. ♪
Next time on American Soul...
♪ I left a good job in the city... ♪
Tessa, come back to the show. Dance is our heartbeat,
- but you are the one who keeps the rhythm. - Is my travel set?
There's still no word from Delores.
I know you haven't had much time to think about it,
- but I can't stay here... - I'm going with you.
- You ready? - Do I have a choice?
- We all have a choice, brother. - JT doesn't show up, we're done.
- Don't worry. I got it covered. - What can I do for you, Herschel?
Why are you keeping your new side hustle a secret?
- (train horn blowing) - Don. Don, drive! Don.
Don, Don! Hurry! Don!