On the Come Up

The next afternoon when Jay picks Bri up to go see Aunt Pooh, she asks if Bri's okay. Bri thinks of the song she did. She hates it, but James still wants to see her perform before signing her. Supreme is booking her a performance at the Ring. Bri can't figure out how to tell Jay, and vows to figure it out alone. At the jail, they find Scrap sitting on the curb. He says he wasn't around when SWAT arrived, but that he's here to see Pooh with Jay and Bri. Bri thinks that Scrap seems oddly tense.

Security leads them to a windowless room. Twenty minutes later, a guard brings Pooh in. She greets Scrap and then envelops Bri in a hug. When they all sit down, Jay says that Pooh will be arraigned next week. Pooh smiles and says that after that, she can handle "that fool" from Bri's interview. Bri stares straight ahead as Pooh tells Jay that Bri interviewed with DJ Hype. She can feel Jay's stare burning into her. Pooh changes the subject and asks Scrap about "that other thing"—getting back at the Crowns for stealing Lawless's chain. When Jay ascertains that Bri was robbed, she shrieks. Scrap says that he has new Garden Disciples ready to take on the Crowns when Bri gives them the go-ahead. Bri's stomach drops.

Jay closes her eyes as Pooh nastily says that the Crowns told on the Garden Disciples, so now it's war. Pooh tells Jay that this is about respect, but Jay reminds Pooh that she's in jail. She says she doesn't care about the chain and notes that it sounds like Pooh should be in jail. When this surprises Pooh, Jay shouts and asks what money she's supposed to use to bail Pooh out—and says that bailing her out isn't going to get Pooh to stop dealing. Jay stands and asks Bri to come with her. Pooh tries to get Bri to stand up for her, but Jay says that Pooh has to fix herself. Angrily, Pooh asks if Jay is going to abandon her again like she did when she started drugs. Bri tries to defend Jay, but Jay cuts her off and tells Pooh that she can only blame outside circumstances for so long.

Outside the jail, Bri asks if Jay really isn't going to bail Pooh out. Jay says she can't when they have bills and when Pooh will just start dealing again. Bri tries to plead that Pooh will change, but Jay says that Pooh has to believe that before anything will happen. She says that Pooh is more worried about the chain than her own wellbeing. Bri apologizes for the chain being stolen. Jay says she doesn't care, but asks what's going on with Bri's behavior and the DJ Hype interview. Bri stares at her new Timbs and says that Supreme is her manager and is working on a record deal. She swears that she was going to tell Jay after everything was settled so that she could save them.

Jay closes her eyes and says she's not doing her job as a parent if Bri feels like she has to save them. Bri assures Jay that she and Trey are doing so much and admits that she's trying, but she keeps messing up like she did in the DJ Hype interview. She says that Supreme is thrilled that Bri is acting like a "ratchet hood rat." This doesn't surprise Jay; she says this is why Supreme and Lawless didn't get along. She asks what Supreme used to bait Bri. Bri admits that he bought her the Timbs. She confesses that her old boots fell apart, but she didn't say anything because she didn't want to make Jay feel bad.

Jay sighs and says that because Bri has been lying, this must stop. Bri desperately fights this until Jay asks Bri if she knows what Pooh's biggest problem is. She says that Pooh's problem is that she doesn't know who she is and what she's worth. Jay asks Bri who she is, but Bri can't answer. They get in the car and as Jay backs out, her phone rings. Bri answers the unfamiliar number and drops the phone when Dr. Cook asks for Jay. Jay pulls over. When she hangs up, says that she has an interview with fingerprints and a background check next week.