On the Come Up

Bri sits with Malik and calls Aunt Pooh. Pooh arrives a few minutes later with Scrap. They both have their guns out and look angry. Bri explains it was the Crown who heckled them at the Ring. At this, Malik looks even more upset. Pooh's fury intensifies when she learns that they took Lawless's chain—which Scrap says the Crowns have wanted for years—and that the Crown pointed a gun at Bri. Pooh starts to lead them all to her car, but Malik says he'll walk the few blocks home. He's furious when Bri asks him to not tell Aunt 'Chelle about this, especially when he guesses that Bri and Pooh are going to pursue the Crown. Bri is too focused on the chain to care.

Pooh and Scrap discuss the Crown and Bri figures they're all going to where they know he hangs out, but Pooh stops at Bri's house and tells her to lay low. She refuses to let Bri come with her, pointing out that Bri might get shot or arrested. It hits Bri that Pooh could be shot or arrested, and she immediately regrets involving her. She tries to convince Pooh to leave this alone and asks Pooh to not kill the Crown, but Pooh points out that Bri called her instead of Jay, Trey, or the cops for a reason. Pooh drives away and Bri realizes that she called Pooh because she needs Pooh, not because she needed Pooh to handle this.

Bri steps inside and is relieved when Jay doesn't look around the corner at her, as she knows Jay would know something is up. Bri calls out that she ate at Malik's and shuts herself in her room. She thinks that she did want the Crown dead, but now, she understands that the Crown will die just like Lawless did. The Crown's wife and parents will cry like Jay, Grandma, and Granddaddy did, and his children will suffer. The neighborhood will treat him like a heroic martyr and Pooh will become the murderous villain. Bri will lose Pooh. Bri sobs into her hands.

Bri barely sleeps all night. She thinks of what she asked Pooh to do and texts Pooh if she's okay. Pooh never responds. Bri snaps awake in the morning to find Jay sitting with her. Jay says that Bri has been tossing all night. Bri is shocked when Jay asks if Bri is upset about Emily Taylor's petition. Bri starts to wonder if Taylor was right and her words are dangerous. Jay leads Bri to the kitchen and offers to make French toast, but when Bri opens the fridge, it's warm and dark. Jay flips switches but nothing happens. Trey wakes up and Jay says the power is off. She moans that the food she bought will spoil, and Bri regrets not selling the chain.