I spent 15 years in prison.
And I know this is an opportunity
for me to find out who I am.
Previously on on The Last O.G...
Josh was there for you when I couldn't be there.
- We're family. - Like in a "Diff'rent Strokes" type of way.
Dyn-o-mite!
No, that's the wrong Black show.
I am not trying to complicate your life.
You're the best thing in my world as it is.
- You still messing with Bobby? - Ma, he's family.
Don't worry about it. I got this.
Bobby, what are you doing?
The little con that I been running...
I'm gonna make it worth your while.
LeBron James buys Knicks
and becomes the first player/owner
to win NBA title!
Hey!
Hi!
- Hey. - How you doing?
Hey, sexy.
- I see you. - Mm-hmm.
Here come the bullshit.
That's right, wise guy. You know what time it is.
Why your man gotta go to the trunk, man?
- Because. - We got milk chocolate, dark chocolate,
butter toffee crunch, rocky road, and several vegan options.
Y'all slinging candy?
We prefer the term crowdfunding.
Since Brooklyn reimagined the police force,
we have to make up for those dollars
any way we can. Can you help us meet our goal?
- I would, but I ain't got no cash. - All good.
We probably owe this to you anyway.
Apple Sticks.
Blow Pops. Now-And-Laters.
Hubba Bubba? I love Hubba Bubba.
Hey, Dad, you ready to go bird watching?
Yeah, you won't believe the birds we saw already.
Oh, thank God. My name is Karen.
And I'd like to report an adult Black male and two Black teens.
And they're amazing.
Father God, the one who makes all things possible...
wake up my son.
Patient name, Barker.
This is his 14th day in a comatose state.
Patient suffered traumatic brain injury,
some broken bones, and gunshot wound.
This isn't fair.
I was just getting to know you.
Get those negative thoughts out of your head, okay?
Please don't leave me.
I love you, Daddy.
I love you, too.
Oh, she was talking about... okay.
What? Is that my baby boy?
- Tray? Tray? Tray? - Dad? Dad?
He said something, I think he did.
He did. He said something.
Shush, shush. Quiet, quiet, quiet.
- Ma... - Yes, I'm here.
Stop praying over me.
I already died and went to Heaven and spoke to God.
Oh, God, what did he say, baby?
He said, "Tell your mother to shut the fuck up.
Between her and Twitter, I can't get no fucking sleep."
You...
Okay, if you don't stop,
I'm gonna wash your mouth out
as soon as you come to, okay?
He's... did you hear what you said?
- There he is. - He's back!
Your father is back.
Why would somebody shoot at you, man?
You ain't got no beef with nobody.
No, Wavy. What if they wasn't after me?
You know, it breaks my heart to say it.
I been awake for a week,
and my cousin Bobby ain't come see me yet.
I'ma dig into that. It's gonna take me a minute, though,
'cause my edible arrangement business is just on fire right now.
I got mad orders.
- But I gotchu. - Again,
I wanna thank you for your generous gift.
I just wanna be clear, though, it's edible,
but it ain't edibles.
- You know I can't have weed. - That's Brussels sprouts, son.
It's like collard greens?
They cousins.
Mom said to say hi.
She's gonna Skype with you when you get home.
She also said that she's jealous
she couldn'ta been the one to shoot you.
But I'm pretty sure she was joking.
Yo, Dad, tell us who you saw in Heaven again?
Well, I saw Biggie Smalls. He looked good.
He lost weight, he got that diabetes under control,
he wears skinny jeans now.
I saw Old Dirty Bastard.
He got eight angels pregnant, and they was all sisters.
I saw Michael Jackson. He told me what really happened.
He said, "Tray I died in that Pepsi commercial."
Good news.
I got the order to take out your catheter.
- Uh, I gotta go Dad. - Where you goin'?
Ooh, I love you, but I'm not trying see that happen.
Where y'all leaving? Y'all going?
- That's nasty. - Why y'all going?
- It's just a catheter. Where y'all going? - Bye.
Okay, well, your room is all ready for you to move in.
And you don't have to worry about bumping into Carl.
He's already moved out.
Ma, I'm sorry for inconveniencing your relationship.
You are not sorry.
No, I'm not, 'cause he was a duck!
Stop it!
- Hey, Mrs. Barker, how you doing? - Oh, hi.
- What's popping, Tray? - Yo, OC!
Yo, Tray, who you got?
Spinners or The Whispers?
The Spinners. You know my style. All day.
Ah, I knew you'd say the Spinners,
because you and Philippé Wynne got that same size cranium.
That's only cause of the swelling.
Yeah, a lot a storage space in that up there, man?
- How we feeling? - I'm good, but talk to me.
What's up with my legs, man?
When I'm gonna be able to play for the Knicks?
How you rep Brooklyn but still root for the Knicks?
Political.
Anyway, regarding the legs,
I'll spare you the medical jargon, all right? Simply put,
your coma caused your body to forget how to walk.
And what do we do to remind it?
One name: Althea.
She's the PT nurse I'm putting in charge of your rehab.
She's no joke.
Well, you ain't got to worry about me.
I just hope Miss Althea is ready
because I'm gonna work harder than a Chinese restaurant on Christmas.
- My dude. - No doubt.
Doc, do you speak to all your patients like this?
Hell, no, not the white ones. Stay up, fam.
Peace.
Uh...
Okay, Mr. Tray, you're mine for the next few weeks.
The old you died in that incident.
We're about to birth the new you.
But you will be stillborn if you don't do as I say.
Bring it on.
You gotta squeeze one.
- Take the blue one. - Okay.
- My favorite color. - Mm-hmm. No.
What do you think this is? Put it in your dead hand.
I'm gonna give you a little motivation.
I'ma get that Jamaican beef pie.
- Ah. - Beef patty. It's a beef patty!
I've been saying "pie" since I was five.
You can have this one if you call it a patty!
Ah!
You're only as strong as your core, Mister Tray.
- What? - You have a lady friend, right?
You can't grind if you don't have a stable core.
Why you ain't say that in the first place?
♪ I found a brand-new... ♪
You got too many knots.
I'm going to give you a massage.
Finally, you doing something nice for me.
♪ So how you like me now? ♪
♪ How you like me now? ♪
Put me back in a coma.
♪ How you like me now? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- That got rice and peas in it? - Maybe.
You gotta come find out. I'm gonna do it.
Oh, go, go, go, go! Oh, Mister Tray!
Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho!
Here we go.
This is for you, Mommy.
Yes!
Ha, ha!
Yeah, he's got it.
Yeah, you got it.
Look, Ma, no hands.
Oh, Lord.
Wow, you didn't touch your breakfast.
What happened? You didn't like it?
I'm not hungry. I don't get it, Ma.
All that work I put in,
all that progress, it's like I never rehabbed at all.
Well, you have to eat something.
'Cause you gotta strengthen those legs so you can walk again.
My legs forgot how to work. You heard what the doctor said.
That is not what I heard.
The doctor said
that there's nothing wrong with you physically.
But it's gonna take time and a positive attitude.
That's why I thought it would be good if you was
to come to church with me today,
and then we can turn it over to God.
Turn it over to God?
Where was God when I got jumped in that hallway and shot?
Tell me that.
You know it's always darkest before dawn.
- You talk to God, Ma? - Yes.
- Close to Him? - Yes.
Next time you talk to Him,
ask that nigga when He gonna give me a break.
Don't you ever question God.
There's a reason for everything.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
You know how many people in this world
don't have nobody to love and nobody loves them?
Huh?
I'm sorry, Mommy.
Tray, I love you.
And God loves you, too.
We have the place all to ourselves. Just me and you.
Ma Dukes said, "Do anything"?
Those were her exact words.
Ma Dukes said, "Do anything to put him in a positive mood"?
That's what she said.
She come a long way from "Give yourself to Jesus."
I can't wiggle my toes, but one of my legs work.
Oh, it's fine.
If this don't make my legs work, nothing will.
Ooh, baby, watch out for my bullet wound.
So... so how was it?
It was fine.
Fine?
No, no, it was great.
How could it be great?
If I can't bend my knees, then I can't do my signature move.
Oh, honey, I'm just happy you're alive.
It was hard seeing you laying in that coma.
I'm just happy you not dead.
I take pride in my lovemaking.
I mean, what good is sex if you can't please a woman?
No, no, no, don't do that. Don't do that.
It's time to be positive.
I'm positively sure my life is over.
Real men brag after sex, not apologize.
I'm coming.
And before you start, I ain't buying nothing.
Well, good, 'cause I ain't selling it.
Wait a minute.
- Mrs. Barker? - Yeah?
Mrs. Barker, it's me, Veesy.
- Veesy Diggs. - Oh,
Shaveese Diggs. From down the hall?
- That's me. - Girl, get in here.
Oh, my God, I remember you as a little old thing.
You used to come and borrow my food stamps
on the 15th every month.
So whatchu talking?
Well, I'm tryna, you know, help out the children
in our community fight against further gentrification.
Oh, okay, I hear that.
Ooh, I have somebody
- who'd be so happy to see you. - What?
Girl.
I know you could cheer him up.
Honey, you'll never guess who's here.
Yes, my dear.
Tray Barker.
Veesy? I done died and went to hell.
Shut the hell up. What the fuck you doing in a wheelchair, huh?
What, this some kinda workman's comp scam, nigga?
Ma, get her out the house
and take that truckload of positivity somewhere else.
- Okay, he's a little grumpy. - 'Cause I got shot!
Nah, nigga, you got fucked up.
Ma, get her out the crib.
It's okay, I'm leaving... on my own two legs,
'cause I got them, and they work, because I wasn't shot like you.
But good luck. Good luck with your whole insurance scam. Okay.
Okay, Veesy, wait a minute.
- I wanna sign your petition. - Yes, ma'am.
Ma, why would you bring her in the house
knowing me and her never got along?
Tray, how am I supposed to keep up with all your childhood beefs?
God.
Yo, we gotta get the dudes that did this, Tray.
Look, just say the word, and I got the brigade on deck.
They ready to go.
Look, Alejandro,
I have no idea who shot me.
So, please, slow your roll.
All right, Barbara, stand down and stand by.
Hey, you wanna get your beak wet? Krystal still thinks you're cute.
That's cause she a hooker. She think everybody cute.
I'm just saying, you're already in a lap dance position, you know?
- What? - I don't want a hooker.
- Are you sure? - She does pull-and-grab Thursdays.
- That's fifty percent off. - I already got a girl.
- Krystal don't care. - Yeah, bring her, too.
I don't want a hooker.
- We got to get Dad outta here. - I know.
Come on.
One of the benefits of meeting you at 15 is,
I remember all of our "firsts".
- This is where we first saw you. - Yeah.
Across the street is where cousin Bobby hit
that old man with the car.
And this is the first place you bought us ice cream.
Then we discovered lactose intolerance ran in our family,
so it was also the last place.
And this is the first place that you told us you loved us.
And the second place you told us you loved us.
And the third.
Well, I hope you're ready for the fourth.
Little help, little help! Ball, ball, ball, ball, ball.
Guys, look, my brain is talking to my foot.
My brain is talking to my foot.
- That's amazing. - Yes!
Oh, God, Dad.
Oh, thank You, thank You, thank You, Lord.
Where we going now?
We have one last surprise.
Hey, mister, would you like to help save the community center?
Hey little mama,
I can't believe they closed Tompkins-Marcy Community Center.
That was my life when I was your age.
Uh-uh. Sonae, come on, baby.
Come over here and sit here by the table, okay?
Stay away from this creepy old man.
Veesy, they let you out in the daytime.
I thought I smelled dead legs and bad choices.
Dad, do you know this woman?
Amira, Shahzad, don't look her in the eye.
She'll snatch your soul.
Now, children, if this creepy man is holding you
against your will, blink twice, 'cause I know what to do.
- He's our dad. - Yeah.
There is no way that these cute kids belong to you.
- Thank you. - Baby, you are welcome.
Now, I'ma tell you, if it was me,
I'd go and get a DNA test immediately, 'cause, you know,
you can never be too sure with this one.
Yo, she funny, Dad.
Ain't I, though?
Amira, Shahzad, let's go. This train is pulling out.
I'm express, she local.
Y'all ever get tired of him and you just wanna push him
into traffic, I won't say nothing.
Here it is.
Wait... wait, I don't ever remember being here.
That's because this is a new first.
That's right. This is the first time you laid eyes on our new place.
Josh, what's the deal?
I thought y'all was lamping in the cut in New Jersey.
We sold it. Moved back to Brooklyn.
The kids wanted to be closer to you.
Thanks so much, man, for bringing my family
back to me across the bridge, man.
- It really means a lot. - It's better for me, too.
I was spending a fortune on tolls.
You know, uh, until Shay gets back from Europe,
it's you and me.
- What's all this? - We knew cooking would cheer you up.
Hey. Who made y'all the greatest children in the world?
- Y'all did. - Who made us the greatest dads in the world?
We did.
You better believe it, pal.
There it is, there it is. Six cheeses.
Roll that around in your mouth.
Well, thank you, Tray.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Thank you, Ma. Thank all of y'all.
Y'all deserve it, man.
I made a lot of progress this week
because y'all wouldn't let me give up.
- I know I ain't make it easy. - You got that right.
- I'm sorry, Mommy. - It's all right, baby.
I'm so sorry for what I put y'all through.
My legs might not be working all the way,
but my mind and my soul is.
And, Ma, this week, I'ma go to church.
I wanna make a testimony.
Hallelujah, hallelujah.
Thank you, Jesus.
Moses...
was the author of one of the original redemption stories.
And speaking of redemption,
we have a brother who used to run through this church
as a child with his mother, Roberta.
Now he returns like the prodigal son.
Let's welcome Tray Barker.
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
- Take your time, Tray. - As most of you might know,
I was recently in a coma.
I was jumped, I was shot, and I was left for dead.
But through the grace of God, I'm still here.
Amen.
Amen!
And as I went through my rehab,
I realized in order for me to heal,
I had to let go of my anger.
I really started wondering,
what is my purpose in this world?
'Cause success is an illusion.
Purpose...
- is the conclusion. - Yes.
But this ain't about me.
- This is about y'all. - Amen. Hallelujah.
How many of y'all know your purpose in this world?
Are you here to heal, or you here to hurt?
So I challenge each and every one of y'all here today.
Grow and find your purpose and walk towards it.
Don't run from it, walk to it.
- Yes. - God is good!
- I'm so proud of you. - Well...
I think I'ma let God guide my next steps, you know?
I feel so good.
I'm not even thinking about who shot me.
Yeah, baby, just heal. Let them worry about all that.
- I'ma go get the car, okay? - Okay. Be careful.
Yo.
I found out who shot you, man.
Or maybe God has different plans.
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