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00:00So it's true? You left Smitty and the kids?
00:08It's not exactly like that.
00:10Don't prevaricate Martin Richardson. I spoke to Smitty.
00:13What did he say?
00:14To come to you for answers. So here I am. What happened?
00:20You're right. Smitty asked me to leave.
00:23And honestly, I don't blame him.
00:26What is going on?
00:30Yo, Pops.
00:33Tell me about that robbery victim at Stance Park.
00:35Nothing to tell. John Doe looks like robbery homicide.
00:40Well, they're going to identify the body, though, right?
00:43Sure, in time.
00:44Sure, in time? You act like it's not important.
00:49He's a person, Dad, a dead person.
00:51Yeah, that no one seems to be missing.
00:54Which means we should want to know who he is, even if it's just to identify as next of kin, right?
01:00Is there something else you're attempting to say right now?
01:04Thank you very much.
01:08Hey, Dad.
01:37Hey, sweetheart.
01:39Do you have a minute?
01:41For you, always.
01:44What's up?
01:49Are you ever going to let Pop come back home?
01:52It's not about me letting Martin do anything.
01:56And he understands that.
01:59He's my husband and I love him, but I can't live with him after all that he's done.
02:06At least not right now.
02:10That's not what I was hoping you would say.
02:13I don't think secluding ourselves was necessary.
02:17I just wanted to give you the space to speak freely.
02:20Now, honey, tell me, what could you have done that was so bad that Smitty would kick you out of the house?
02:26Oh, Martin, you were unfaithful, were you?
02:30Of course not.
02:32I wouldn't cheat on Smitty.
02:34That's a relief.
02:36It shouldn't be.
02:38What I did was a hell of a lot worse.
02:41Certainly the two of you have had your differences, what couple doesn't.
02:48But for the most part, you and Smitty have a close and loving relationship, or so I thought you did.
02:53We do.
02:54Well, we did.
02:56What's changed?
03:01Has whatever this is been going on for a while?
03:06Some trouble that I know nothing about?
03:10Martin, I am your mother. I could have helped. Why didn't you tell me?
03:13There were some considerations.
03:15On your part?
03:19Someone in this family think I was too delicate or damaged?
03:22It's not like that.
03:23Then what other reason could there possibly be that I wasn't told what this thing is?
03:28This issue that is so serious you packed your bags and moved out of your home with your husband and your children?
03:37Daddy, what is this about and who made the decision I shouldn't be informed?
03:43Nicole, sweetheart, I think everyone was just trying to give you some space because of everything that you've been through.
03:52I was hurt. That doesn't mean I don't need to know what's going on with my own son.
03:56And mother, I'm more surprised at you at exactly how long have you been back?
04:00How about, did it even occur to you to call your daughter?
04:04Nicole.
04:05Not to reveal some deep, dark secret, but simply to say, hi, I'm back, I'm home.
04:10Darling, there's been a lot going on. Give your mother some grace.
04:14For?
04:15For the family situation that's unfolding right now.
04:21It's serious and complex and...
04:24Yes.
04:26You've been kept in the dark long enough.
04:28Just because I'm your father doesn't mean that all protocol flies out the window.
04:40I'm also the chief of police. Don't question my authority, Jigga.
04:43I'm not questioning your authority, Dad. I'm just asking about the victim in the park.
04:47Don't we give you enough to do around here?
04:49Yeah, but we should all keep our eyes open, right? Pitch in?
04:52Of course. Look, we'll pursue all the usual channels.
04:55We'll run the prints, DNA tests, check missing persons, all that.
04:59But son, this is not your case, so not your problem.
05:03Copy that.
05:04And speaking of people, sticking their noses where they don't belong,
05:08has your reporter and friend agreed to back off with Detective Malone?
05:12Marcel is the one who discovered the body in the park, right?
05:15And?
05:16And... nothing.
05:18Man.
05:19I was just being curious.
05:20Reign that in, Detective.
05:22I don't know why you're harping on this, but you should stop.
05:25Before you get hurt.
05:30Blow on this, cause it is hot.
05:35Oh. You put marshmallows in it?
05:37Is there any other way to drink hot chocolate?
05:41You know I'm not trying to be cruel, right?
05:44I guess.
05:46From where you're sitting, I know that it could seem harsh.
05:49And I don't want to upset you more than I already have, but...
05:53You and I have always been honest with each other.
05:56And I... I don't want to give you any empty promises.
06:01I don't want that either.
06:03I just wish that everything could go back to the way that it was.
06:06Me too.
06:09More than you know.
06:11But Samantha, this isn't a new thing.
06:14I mean, that assault that your pop told you about, that happened two years ago.
06:18I know.
06:20And...
06:21He never once told me about it.
06:24It... it started with these nightmares.
06:27These nightmares.
06:28And...
06:29Yeah.
06:30Um...
06:31I remember him yelling in his sleep.
06:34But then they got worse.
06:36They changed.
06:37They...
06:38Became these...
06:39Waking visions.
06:40Almost like hallucinations.
06:42That sounds so scary.
06:43I didn't know that.
06:45Well...
06:46I didn't want to worry you.
06:49But...
06:50Isn't that the same thing?
06:52Pop didn't tell you about Kenny because he didn't want you to worry?
06:56No, Samantha. It's not the same.
06:58You see, we are your parents.
07:01It is our job to protect you.
07:03You didn't have to know about those nightmares.
07:06But by Martin not telling me and confiding in me, he put us in a dangerous situation.
07:11He didn't tell me what the nightmares were about.
07:13He didn't tell me about that incident two years ago.
07:16He didn't tell me that there was a violent man in town.
07:20So do you see how it's a bit more complex?
07:23How the situation's a little different?
07:26Sort of.
07:27Our marriage...
07:29It's been really strained because of this.
07:32For a while, I would beg him to tell me and he would just say that nothing was wrong.
07:38He had so many chances.
07:41And the saddest part is if the circumstances didn't force his hand, I don't think that he would have come clean.
07:47So, at the risk of oversharing, I wanted you to know why my decision is what it is.
07:53I just... I can't... I can't be around him knowing all that.
08:02Come here.
08:08Okay. I'm all ears. The floor's yours.
08:10Why would Smitty, who I've always known to be pretty level-headed, kick you out of your own house?
08:15It's a lot, Mom.
08:17And as much as I want to tell you all of it right now, I just...
08:21I just need to step away from the situation.
08:25Clear my mind.
08:27I'm exhausted and I...
08:29I'm just drained. I haven't had anything to eat.
08:32I can have Rowena make you something.
08:37I'd rather go out and grab a bite somewhere.
08:40I could use the fresh air.
08:42All right. Well, Vernon will go with you.
08:45To the country club, won't you, dear?
08:46Yes.
08:48And I will explain everything to your mother.
08:51Oh, baby.
08:53Martin, I am your mother.
08:55You have to know that whatever problems you're facing, you can come to me.
08:58I know. And you're amazing.
09:01And you're already going through a lot, and yet you're here seeing about me.
09:05And I know I can come to you, and I will soon, but...
09:10I'm just drained with this fight with Smitty, and I don't have the bandwidth to go through the horrible story again.
09:17Okay, don't worry, Martin. I will walk your mom through everything.
09:22Are you going to be all right?
09:25Honestly?
09:26I don't know.
09:27I don't know.
09:30Rain, I'll walk you through.
09:33And we'll talk later.
09:35Okay. I understand.
09:49What's this?
09:51Hot toddy.
09:52You do know that I'm a professional, right? People come and tell me hard things on a daily basis.
09:58Well, those people and burdening themselves are not your own family.
10:02Please, Mother, can you just simply get to the point without all the theatrics? Just be honest with me.
10:07When have I not been honest?
10:09You want a list?
10:10I know you are bitter because of what was kept from you so many years.
10:18You can say his name.
10:20It's Ted, and he lied to me, and yes, I am bitter about it.
10:24Well, this is not that.
10:26So don't conflate your marriage with this situation.
10:28And I have always tried to be honest with you.
10:32Let's test out that theory, then. Tell me.
10:35Is it personal?
10:36Is what personal?
10:37What makes people think that they can hide things from me?
10:41Nicole.
10:42Am I cold? Distant? Unapproachable?
10:45What possibly makes people think that I can't handle the truth?
10:48No one thinks that.
10:49Because let me tell you, it is insulting, diminishing, and I've had just about as much of it as I can take.
10:58This is my family, as well as yours, or Martin's, or Daddy's.
11:04And I want to know what is going on, now.
11:07I am so sorry for what has happened, is happening with you right now, Martin.
11:20Thanks, Grandad.
11:22I just wish I could snap my fingers and it would all be lifted from your plate.
11:27I am so, so sorry.
11:31You have no reason to keep apologizing.
11:34You have been my rock through all of this.
11:37If you hadn't been there and done the things you've done in the last two years,
11:41it might have been a much worse situation.
11:45I don't think anyone outside of you and I would understand the horror and fear from that night.
11:54So maybe you're the only one that will understand my biggest regret.
11:59Which is?
12:00Not telling Smitty.
12:04But even if you had told him earlier, you might have ended up in the same situation, feeling the same way.
12:11Or even worse, be in the situation without a job, without constituents to think about.
12:18We need you here to help the greater community.
12:21But you know the worst thing about all of this?
12:25Smitty and the kids are who I would turn to when I was feeling down.
12:31But I can't even do that now.
12:34It's killing me to be away from them, Grandad.
12:36I'm not saying take him back.
12:39From everything that you've been through, I get that that's a lot. Like, a lot, a lot.
12:46I just want you to keep talking.
12:50To keep trying to find a way through everything.
12:53We're a family and we love each other.
12:56That's what you told Tyrell and me when you brought us home. Do you remember that?
12:59Yeah. I remember.
13:07We're gonna get through this, Dad.
13:09And I know that it won't be easy and I know that it won't happen overnight.
13:13But if we keep trying, we can find a way to being us again.
13:18That's my biggest hope.
13:21I know that you may be too hurt to hear this.
13:24But you need to.
13:26Papa's hurting too.
13:28And when he's hurting, there's nobody that he needs more than us.
13:32And family.
13:34So I want you to promise me.
13:37Promise me that you won't completely give up on him.
13:41That you'll keep trying.
13:45Why did you get so grown up?
13:48Born this way.
13:50Anybody ever tell you you're wise beyond your years?
13:52Yeah, you and Pop tell me that all the time.
13:58Promise me, Dad.
14:01Okay.
14:09I promise.
14:10I promise.
14:11Yeah, that's right.
14:13Because there might be security footage at the back entrance and I'd like to see it.
14:17You would?
14:19Alright, I'll owe you a coffee at Orfie Jean's.
14:22Alright.
14:26Very proud of you, son.
14:28You are?
14:30Yes, you are a cop's cop.
14:31Interesting delineation.
14:33But what's a cop's cop?
14:35You're smart, you're thorough, stubborn when you need to be, and occasionally when you don't.
14:41And I like to think that Marcel taught you something of that.
14:45Marcel?
14:47Yeah, I don't think he's the role model you think he is.
14:50Sorry to interrupt, Chief.
14:52I have that footage of Congressman Richardson at the press conference that you wanted.
14:55Thank you, Mills.
14:56I apologize, sir.
14:59Martin had a press conference?
15:01About what?
15:03I'll find out.
15:04But you know politicians are always looking for attention.
15:08Probably a whole lot of hoopla about nothing.
15:15Without Smitty and the kids, I feel...
15:18adrift.
15:20Smitty is who held me together when I woke up from those nightmares.
15:24He's the one who taught me the breathing techniques to help me get through it.
15:30I'm lost without him, Grandad.
15:33If I could offer a little wisdom from a man who's been married a long, long time.
15:39Sure.
15:41What else do I have to lose?
15:43Well, your marriage, if you can't see the longer view.
15:46You have to believe in something larger than your present circumstances, Martin.
15:52But what if those present circumstances are smacking you in the face?
15:57Then you have to remember the love you and Smitty have for each other.
16:02You're still a team.
16:04I'm not too confident in that.
16:07I know it may feel like the whole world is crashing down on your marriage.
16:11But feelings are just that, feelings.
16:16You know, when you learn to separate feelings from reality, that's when you win.
16:23What do you see when you look at our present circumstances?
16:28I mean, what are the redeeming qualities here?
16:31Well, that the relationship between you and Smitty is solid.
16:34It has been from the beginning.
16:37How you were when you adopted the kids.
16:41How you agreed that this is how your life would work.
16:45He sacrificed so much for me.
16:47And he didn't do that for anyone else but you.
16:54His love for you is very deep.
16:57And you wouldn't be here all out of sorts if your love for him wasn't equally strong.
17:05Still, you didn't see Smitty earlier.
17:08You didn't see how he looked at me.
17:11What did you see?
17:13The end.
17:15Of everything.
17:17And it cut like a knife.
17:20He didn't just ask me to leave because I lied to him.
17:24It was what the lies were about.
17:28The murder.
17:30Yes.
17:32So I hear you.
17:34But the truth is, I don't know if there's any way to get back to us.
17:38I didn't expect to see you again so soon.
17:40I didn't expect to hear that Martin abruptly called a press conference at Irfie Jean's earlier.
17:44Only to call it off before he could explain what it was about.
17:48What's your point, Jacob?
17:50Funny thing is, you left that part out.
17:52When you were supposed to be confining in me, your cop friend, about all these supposed conspiracies.
17:57Up until now, you haven't had to deal with the hardships in life that make you tough.
18:07Seriously?
18:09What about my miscarriages, the implosion of my decades-long marriage?
18:14What I'm saying is, you have always followed the straight and narrow.
18:18Done everything we all expected of you.
18:20So somehow it's my fault that I followed the guidelines that were set in front of me?
18:27No, no, no. I'm just trying to put it into context, sweetheart.
18:30You have built a beautiful career, involved yourself with charity work, sought to be of service.
18:37You are kind and generous and delicate as a bouquet of flowers.
18:45Your life has always been wonderful and pristine.
18:50So your take is that I can't handle hard truths because I've had a soft life?
18:56You have not known the hardships that your father and I have known.
19:00Now, maybe we sheltered you too much. I don't know.
19:03Mother, for the love of God, can you just get to it?
19:05Not until you prepare yourself.
19:09Because what I'm about to tell you will demand not only your attention,
19:15but your willingness to confront the aftermath in all its ugliness.
19:28Wait. You're saying that this isn't about Smitty and Martin's marital problems?
19:33Yes.
19:34It was two years ago.
19:43Your sweet baby boy and Vernon were coming back from a political event.
19:49They were driving down a deserted country road.
19:55They got a flat.
19:57When Martin got out of the car to change the flat tire, a pickup truck pulled up behind them.
20:03At first they thought it was someone who had stopped to help, but they soon became disabused of that notion when two men...
20:16White men?
20:17White men?
20:19They approached them.
20:20They approached them.
20:22One of them asked,
20:25What color's your money?
20:27What color's your money?
20:28They taunted them.
20:29They must have seen the Congressional plates.
20:33All they cared about was that they were black.
20:36they were black unprotected and on what they considered their turf and that no one was around
20:46to witness anything they might do they wanted to rob your father and martin but not before
20:59making them pay for what i don't know being in the wrong place at the wrong time
21:06fixing a tire while black horrifying they began calling them spook and boy what did daddy do
21:16your father isn't new to this kind of situation he tried to de-escalate everything he just wanted
21:24to get himself and martin home safely but those men only had one thing on their minds
21:29one man went for vernon's pockets and when vernon tried to defend himself
21:37mother no now your father takes care of himself but
21:41he is in no shape to defend himself against a couple of racists clearly out for blood
21:50that man punched him so hard he knocked him down and martin witnessed it all
21:58seeing his grandfather treated like they were in the jim crow south ignited something in martin
22:05he wasn't going to stand by and allow his granddaddy his hero to be brutalized like that
22:12what did he do martin was still holding the tire iron
22:16the other man pulled out a gun martin struck him with the tire iron with all of his might he hit him hard
22:26and the man laid there not moving not breathing martin killed him
22:39then the brother we found out later that they were brothers came in martin in a rage martin hit him in the ribs
22:50he crumbled fell to the ground and martin kept hitting him over and over and over
23:01my god finally vernon got him to stop there was blood everywhere martin disfigured that man's face
23:18mother did he kill the other man too
23:23no
23:24vernon went into crisis mode and he called ted ted ted took the man to his clinic and performed
23:35reconstructive surgery
23:39and that is the man who has been stalking martin insinuating himself into martin's life
23:47getting a job at the country club connecting with tyra and samantha under false pretenses
23:53and martin didn't recognize him because of the surgery
23:57the man eventually made himself known and demanded martin pay him for his silence
24:03ted performed the surgery and i never knew
24:08yes martin killed a man and i never knew
24:16how could you all have kept this from me
24:19vernon and i didn't want anyone to know what happened on that horrible night
24:24i am not just anyone i am martin's mother did it occur to you and daddy that maybe just maybe
24:33i could have helped him cope all of the strain he was under the nightmares but no i wasn't allowed to help
24:43my own son because you and daddy decided to play god
24:51i understand the world in which we live i understand
24:58that no matter how much progress we've made
25:02a black man defending himself against a racist attack will most likely end up in the system
25:08so no i am not apologizing and in that moment vernon could not get past protecting his grandson
25:18which is why i signed on to keep this quiet for the very same reason and how did that all turn out
25:25my son was plagued by nightmares harassed stalked god knows the psychological damage he's suffering
25:37my god mother
25:42explain to me why martin caught off his press conference around the same time my body was found
25:46in the park you expecting me to think that was a coincidence i am not sure what you think i know
25:51because i wasn't there i have kids to deal with remember i didn't even know the press conference
25:57was happening why do i feel like you know more than you're telling me if you have something to
26:02say jacob spit it out what was martin planning to say at orphygene's tonight again i don't know
26:08check it out smitty you came to me all right you pressed me about the bank accounts the deposits
26:14the payoffs my partner all of it you were the one that wanted to know what happened to trigger at
26:19all and all of a sudden you're acting like it's not important anymore circumstances have changed
26:26martin's in this isn't he he's not just a victim of a unfortunate stalking situation martin's involved
26:32and it's everything you ever feared
26:38fine stay quiet but i'm gonna tell you what this looks like martin was gonna say something tonight
26:45maybe he's starting to feel guilty and you know what it usually means when people feel guilty
26:51they are
26:54my son has blood on his hands and to make matters worse the person whose face he destroyed was
27:01reconstructed by his own father of all people so the circumstances of how this all happened means
27:08nothing to you you are all unbelievable yes we went to extreme measures to protect this family and
27:14maybe we simply should have called the police but have you heard one word of what i just told you
27:24vernon and i thought what we always think to protect this family no matter what
27:30such a noble justification for telling lies and keeping secrets we did it for the family you sound like a
27:37crime syndicate a mobster you and daddy put my son through two years of hell so we almighty duprees could
27:45save face that is not noble it's disgusting
27:56look martin i believed in your marriage since day one smithy is loyal committed deeply ethical
28:07and you will survive this but you're gonna have to find the fight
28:13i hear you and i will consider it but the way i'm feeling i i couldn't even fight a fly
28:22come on let's get out of here because i need to lie down this may be hard to believe
28:27but this too will pass you're gonna be all right my son and your family's gonna be all right too
28:42is that what you think about this family this family who has supported you and elevated you and
28:48stood by you through thick and thin this is what you say when things get difficult
28:53that's what this is a difficulty no finding out my husband has a child the same age as our own is
29:00a difficulty this this is i don't even know what this is okay i know you're angry i get it
29:08and and maybe vernon and i deserve your contempt and that's just the price we all have to pay for
29:13the decisions we made that night amongst others but you are completely wrong if you think we give a
29:19damn about how what happened made us look this was never about saving face this was about protecting
29:26martin and nothing else i am sure that's what you have to tell yourself so you can sleep at night
29:32nicole wait nicole don't go like this
29:44i think you should leave jacob it's getting late and the kids are sleeping i have more questions well
29:50you're not going to find your answers here come on smitty at least meet me halfway what do you think
29:54halfway is your family i wouldn't do anything to hurt you or martin i just want to get to the bottom of
30:01this mess once and for all well i can't help you you and i work together closely for weeks don't quit
30:08now you know jacob you're a good detective which means you know the law including the definition of
30:15spousal privilege oh man don't go there the protection of confidential communication between
30:20spouses really well it also applies to police questioning before a trial in dc so legally i don't
30:28have to answer your questions funny thing is you just did look whatever happens smitty i'm sorry
30:38i really am
30:49uh
30:51uh
30:57uh
30:59uh
31:01uh
31:03uh
31:05i got gummy bears cookies juice pops and these chips that are supposed to explode in your mouth
31:23with flavor whoa whoa pump the brakes did you get anything that is remotely healthy did i screw up
31:30already they're gonna love it they are gonna love everything about this place
31:39i'm grateful we got approved wait was that even a concern you are going to be an amazing dad pop i want
31:48them to call me pop that's what my grandfather used to call his dad deal pop and you i think i'll be
31:57good old-fashioned dad okay how's that pop and dad are you ready to begin the best chapter of the rest of
32:07our lives from here on out every day gets sweeter and sweeter i like the sound of that
32:26i think you're right i think you're right i think that there's more to what happened than what they've been
32:47telling us
32:51we're back
32:54i'll start getting settled i had your bags taken up to the bedroom in the garden wing and unpacked
33:01and when terrell and and samantha come over they can have the extra two bedrooms if they want to stay
33:07over
33:10thanks grant don't mention it no i mean thank you for all of it for loving me protecting me
33:22and letting me stay here why while i figure things out
33:25you are my heart baby and i will do anything for you and you can stay here as long as you need
33:39you are we horrible people
33:52nicole lashed out
33:56she said we were protecting ourselves with no regard for her son
34:03we know that's not true
34:04dandy will probably think the same thing when we tell her what we were hiding
34:12i was just sitting here wondering how do our children really see us
34:23granted we could have maybe this mess we're in could have been avoided
34:28we used to call situations like this the chickens coming home to roost
34:35call it what you may but i am not gonna let you
34:41sit there and doubt our intentions for a second intent isn't impact no
34:50what we were protecting our grandson in the only way that seemed feasible at the time
34:58how is he really
35:03haunted hurting
35:07and ashamed he's exhausted
35:13burn it what are we gonna do
35:19what we always do
35:20we'll hold this family together until it heals
35:29what about that dead man
35:35may god have mercy on his soul
35:40and mine
35:40next on beyond the gates i've been calling you for hours i cannot believe that you put us in this
35:54position i know how this looks then you will understand why i'm taking these next steps i could lose my
36:00family for good eva wouldn't go after tomas when she knows you're seeing them that's not who she is
36:05i have never been more proud to be a dupree when i'm defending us and last time i checked you were
36:11one of us i think you need to prepare for this may not stay covered for long i'm the one that saved
36:17your baby boy
36:17i am the fixer now
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