Brayden: The gun you gave me, it jammed.
Cane: I jammed it, fool. I don’t need you shooting anybody in here, Tom Cruise.

Brayden: Damn, Granny’s partying like that? She got snapchat?
Tariq: You want me to smack your face?

That’s all I meant. That by not fucking with Tariq, you’re saving yourself a lot of grief. Trust me. And when you do decide to go there with a guy, just make sure you’re doing it for you, aight.

Effie [to Diana]

Monet: Look, how often do I ask you for shit? Hardly ever. I’m asking you for this, Lorenzo. Please.
Lorenzo: Sorry, Mo. No. And my answers final.

Jenny: You’re not stupid, Cooper. Misguided and working for the wrong team. But not stupid.
Saxe: Thank you?

Stern: And if we don’t find anything worthwhile, I’ll need you to go away.
Whitman: I don’t take orders from you.
Stern: Oh, Detective. Everyone takes orders from me.

Monet: Find out who killed that professor. That’s how we get Zeke out from under all this.
Carrie: What if I can’t?
Monet: Not an option. You work for me now. If you let me down, you got a lot more to lose than you’re fucking job. You understand me? Don’t make me do this shit again.

Power Book II: Ghost Season 2 Episode 4 Quotes

Stern: And if we don’t find anything worthwhile, I’ll need you to go away.
Whitman: I don’t take orders from you.
Stern: Oh, Detective. Everyone takes orders from me.

Monet: Find out who killed that professor. That’s how we get Zeke out from under all this.
Carrie: What if I can’t?
Monet: Not an option. You work for me now. If you let me down, you got a lot more to lose than you’re fucking job. You understand me? Don’t make me do this shit again.