Through a Glass, Darkly

**Through a Glass, Darkly** is the seventh episode of the the fourth season of Snowfall. It is the thirty-seventh episode overall.

Outline

Franklin is blindsided. Teddy and Avi travel to Panama to retrieve stolen cash.

## Summary

### Franklin

At Jammin' Jerome's, Franklin gives Jerome and Louie the lowdown of what happened while they were in Arkansas with Leon and Peaches present. Louie is not happy with the cops being at her club, nor did she approve of a dead body being thrown in front of her front entrance, especially since it was Fatback that was left at her doorstep. Franklin assures her she had Tanosse take care of it, assuring her she had no part in the murder. He even made it clear that he moved the kilos as well. Franklin then clarified that Fatback agreed to take the fall for his part in Tianna's murder, getting blue heat off of them, and congratulated them for the successful expansion of Little Rock. Franklin then stated how Leon will get things started again in the Projects with the flow of crack and cash and recruit more soldiers. The meeting comes to a close and not everyone is in a peachy mood.

### Alton

It's night time and Alton is in his vehicle on the streets watching as a homeless man with a full shopping cart passes by. He then takes a gander at Irene's calling card and reflects on the ultimatum she presented him at Edgewood. He later returns home to see Franklin, Cissy, Jerome, and Louise throwing him a surprise party to honor his one year of sobriety. There is a celebration going on and after the party is done, they have a sit down in the living and Cissy reminisces about Alton's past, before he was on the bottle and her her parents reacted toward him. Franklin then raises a glass of water and makes a toast to Alton for his first year sober.

### Teddy

Teddy is now aboard his private jet and Avi and his boys are in their seats. Avi is fixing a glass of champagne and offers Teddy some, but of course, Teddy wants something stronger, and agrees to fill himself a glass. He sits down and Avi noticed something amiss about Teddy, asking him what was on his mind. Teddy just stared at Avi but provided no answer.

### Alton

It is the next morning and Alton tells Tammy that breakfast will be served but everyone would need to sign in first. He then approaches Wanda and asks if she got a chance to see some new job listings, but of course, Wanda stated she would do that first thing. That didn't much fly with Alton and he walked away, Wanda then called him back and asked if he was really Franklin Saint's father. He acknowledged her, and when he asked how she knew her son, she didn't go into full detail. A baby starts crying in the shelter and Alton goes to check it out with Wanda following behind and discovers John Baxter's infant daughter crying and crawling on the floor. Alton recovers her and asks anyone if they saw John Baxter. Wanda offers to go look around and hands the child to one of the tenants then rushes out the door with Wanda. Outside, he is asking around if anyone saw John Baxter and saw guy ran past them in a hurry. He then headed in the direction the guy was running from and Alton and Wanda found John Baxter on the side of the shelter apparently in an OD state. Alton tells Wanda to get inside and call 911. Wanda does just that and Alton discovers a crack pipe in the hands on John's dead body. At that moment he felt anguish, knowing he nearly lost everything when he was drinking himself away, now he sees a father who could not provide for his son and baby daughter taking his own life using crack.

### Peaches

While riding down the road with Franklin in the passenger seat, Peaches discovers that they are being followed. Franklin is curious to find out if they are pros so he ordered Peaches to pull over to find out. Peaches then pulls over near a warehouse and the tail pulls near another warehouse across the street. Peaches then exits the vehicle with his sidearm in hand and approaches the tail demanding to know what they want and the tail car turns around and speeds away. Peaches returns to the vehicle determined to chase down the tail and Franklin reminds Peaches that they have already missed a drop and can't afford to miss another one. Franklin then asked if the the guys following them were black and Peaches answers yes. Franklin then assumes that they have been tailing them since leaving Louise's nightclub. Franklin then pointed out that if they were out to jack them, they would have already tried, but they intended to follow them, knowing they were going to meet the plug. Franklin then tells him to drive to the deal and they will deal with the problem later and Peaches drives off.

### Alton

Back at Edgewood, Alton is giving a statement to an LAPD officer regarding John's death and the officer informed Alton that the issues with the crack has happened on and off and the drug could cause cardiac. A social service worker then spots Dwayne in the shelter and asks about the mother. Alton tells her the mother was missing for a while and is also a crack addict. The officer on site tells Alton he'll check to see if the mother was picked up by LAPD during the lengthy time frame but the social service worker states that regardless the mother wouldn't be fit for custody. When asked what would become of Dwayne and his sister, the social service rep stated they would search for relatives while Family and Children Services would keep an eye on them and give them a temporary foster home. Alton then asked what would happen if they couldn't find relatives, she stated they would find a permanent place for the kids. Alton then asked if they would be together and she didn't give much of an answer. Alton then informed her that he'll let Dwayne know about it.

### Leon

Leon has arrived with Renny in back in the Projects and Renny pointed out to Leon that things have changed since he was gone. Renny then brings Leon to Big Deon of the PJ Watts Crips, stating that he and Fatback were cousins and that he was looking for him. Deon stood up and gave praise to Fatback while mocking Leon for allowing him to be killed. Leon stated he agreed to meet to make things right so they can get back to business and tells Deon to name his price. Deon scoffs at Leon, stating he has mouths to feed and has nothing to give. He then removes his jacket and asks Leon if he is feeling froggy as he stands towering over him while handing his sidearm to one of his homies. Leon then blatantly tells Deon he didn't come back to the Projects for beef, but business. Deon then clarifies that there will be no business. As Leon and Renny turn around to leave, Deon shouts at Renny to get his 'jheri curl ass' out of there as hops onto the bench press. Instead of reacting, Renny ignores him and takes off with Leon.

### Franklin

Franklin and Peaches meet Gustavo for the exchange. When Franklin asked about Teddy's whereabouts, Oso states that Teddy had business to deal with elsewhere. Franklin then asked Oso if Teddy seemed a little off since he showed up to his auntie's club the other night drunk and possibly using drugs. Gustavo didn't provide a decent answer and Franklin noted it would be in their best interests if he knew what was Teddy's deal. They carry off the deal without a problem.

### Alton

At home, Alton breaks the news to Cissy about John's death and how Dwayne and his sister may or may not be separated during adoption. Alton then made it clear that they need to put an end to this business. Cissy told him the plan was for 2 year and Alton refused to believe that, citing he wants Franklin to walk away from the drug business. Cissy clarifies she is not abandoning her son again, and tells Alton if he could get Franklin to agree to walk away, they would be out. Alton knew that would be a difficult task. Cissy walks off and Alton begs her not to walk away, knowing he almost lost her once.

### Teddy

Teddy returns back to his seat on the jet and throws Avi a pouch with some cocaine. Avi then opens up a small jar of cocaine and takes a snort, while lecturing Teddy on how snorting blow is not a way to cope with whatever problems he had. Avi then returns the pouch to Teddy citing that what they do is not an easy job. Avi then spoke about his time in the Mossad and his downfall in 1972. Teddy realized he was referring to Abu Sharif, and Avi went on about how Mossad was to blame for the bombing and how his own government turn their backs on him. Avi then stated how he should have walked away from that moment, and he was given a choice to walk or be carried off as he laughed about it.

### Manboy

Manboy meets with Black Diamond and Dallas, 2 bounty hunters hired by Khadijah to hunt down Leon, who claimed they have already killed Leon and have his corpse in the trunk of their car. Manboy is demanding to know why a bunch of ho's are bringing him a dead body and both ladies get offended after being called ho's, and claim they were there to collect the 5 grand bounty 'they' placed on Leon. Manboy is baffled, knowing he had no knowledge of his sister's actions or the bounty that was placed. Dallas then opens the trunk revealing a dead body, but even Manboy noticed it wasn't Leon rotting up their trunk. Manboy then clarifies the body they brought him wasn't Leon and demanded they take the dead body and leave. Black Diamond and Dallas then claimed they worked their butts of just to off the guy they brought him and request some compensation for their hard work, they even go down the price to attempt to satisfy Manboy, instead, he draws a gun on them and orders them to leave.

### Jerome

At Louie's Nightclub, Jerome is repairing a speaker on the stage and Leon arrives. Louie tells Leon that Franklin is out, but Leon clarifies he needs to talk with Jerome, asking for advice on how to deal with O.G.'s since he has an issue with one. Jerome tells Leon that O.G.'s aren't just about money and colors, but community and respect. Jerome then pointed out how Fatback was always there to take care of his folks and friends in the hood and now it's up to Leon to fulfill that task and he must be serious about it. Jerome even offers to accompany Leon on the task. As Leon exits, Louie tells Jerome her opinion about heading to the Projects with him when there is already a target on Leon. Jerome then points out they already have issues with the CIA and there is danger everywhere they go. Jerome then takes off.

### Manboy

At the barbershop, Manboy is confront his sister, Khadijah, on the bounty she placed without his knowledge. Khadijah came to the defense of Black Diamond and Dallas and how they should have been compensated for even attempting to carry out their job. Manboy then goes off on how she hired 2 ladies that killed the wrong person, then how she murdered Fatback and her actions can get someone killed. When he asked what was going through her head, she blunted out how she wanted justice for her daughter and the fact that Manboy had not delivered on his promise to bring her Leon's head is what prompt her to get involved. Manboy then makes it clear that he will be doing things his way and already has plans in motion, in which he didn't want Khadijah to sully. Khadijah scoffs and clarifies it would take some time to call off the hit and suggests to Manboy to speed up his plot as she walks away, Manboy snaps as he slaps a box of poker chips off the billiard table as Khadijah exits.

### Alton

Alton is now at the bar, despite being a year sober and the bartender asked what he wanted, Alton just ordered a club soda. The bartender serves him and he pays her. Irene then enters and requests him over to a booth. Alton grabs his drink and sits with her, noting to her that he'll only comply as long as his family is protected and the CIA is exposed. Irene only agrees as long as Alton is totally on record and doesn't hold any information back. She then hits the record button on the cassette player.

### Leon

Jerome is holding a barbecue in the Projects with Renny helping with the grilling while Leon is taking his advice and taking care of his neighbors, starting with a new washer machine. Wanda then approaches Leon, telling him how she is residing at Edgewood, and requests some cash in exchange for some information that may be useful for the Family, promising she would stay clean. Deon and his Crip set arrive and Leon requests her to leave. Jerome approaches Deon and asks if he is apart of Chris Dickerson's crew in which Deon responds with a yes. Apparently Jerome and Deon seemed to hit it off well as Jerome offers to pay for Fatbacks funeral as well as the heads of the people responsible for his death. Deon agrees as long as the Family business doesn't interfere with his business. Jerome even offered to pay him double and that he could throw in a couple of his men. Deon offers Einstein and his people, claiming him to be the smartest of the crew. He even asked Einstein what 123,048 x 324 was and Einstein answered correctly 39,867,552. Leon is less than impressed as he claimed he needed more than just a human calculator. Deon tells him he'll have what he needs if he does right by them and acknowledges how his crew would die for his people. Deon then tells Jerome that if any happens to his boys, it will be Family blood. Jerome agrees and offers the PJ Watts set some food while Leon just stares at Fatbacks empty apartment, believing his death was on him and could have been avoided.

### Franklin

Franklin greets his mother who is going through a ledger and compliments her in the new golden watch on her wrist. Cissy then tells Franklin about her meeting with Paul Davis and how he wants to bring them in on a project on 2 towers on Wilshire. Franklin is ecstatic as he reads through a folder. Cissy then stated how she forgave the church bridge loan and declared it a gift. Franklin then asked her if she ever saw herself in a position to have ever given away a quarter million dollars, and Cissy states she never had. Franklin then asked for the document so he could sign it.

### Alton

Alton is at Irene's place going over her case board and she pointed out to him that she lived in there her whole life since it was her parents place. She told Alton she had more questions to ask and Alton agreed as she activated the tape recorder.

### Teddy

Now in Panama, Teddy and Avi are at the bank awaiting the manager and Avi reminisced about his Nazi hunt in Argentina and how he missed the window on catching Joseph Mengele. The banker arrives and Avi introduces her to him. She then apologizes to Teddy for the error and Teddy states there was no way a missing $15 million could be an error. Marta assured Teddy there would be progress and that didn't fly with Teddy. She then told Teddy that her security teams tracked one of the transfer and one of the employees for the bank made the escrow transaction look like it went to Lebanon but sent it to multiple accounts across the globe. Teddy then demanded the name of the employee. Marta told him it was classified and Teddy insisted stating it was his money that was pilfered. Marta then told him that $15 million was transferred back into his account and deemed this matter resolved. Teddy refused to declared the matter done with and demands to know why the employee is still sticking around even after he stole the money. Marta then claims that if the employee ran, he would be obviously guilty and thought he could stay discreet with the transactions. Teddy makes it clear that he wants to speak to the employee personally and Marta clarifies that their security team is currently working with local authorities and want to track any more of his transactions before arresting him. Teddy laughs at the idea and demands the employees name, but Marta refuses to provide that information. Teddy is baffled and tells Marta they'll have to revisit their financial relationship and walks off. Avi attempts to stop him but Teddy whacks him away and continues to walk. Avi demands to know his issue, knowing he was refunded his money, but Teddy makes it clear he is an unsatisfied customer and leaves.

### Alton

It is late at night and Alton returns home. As he closed the door, he saw himself in the mirror and took a long, hard gander at himself before Cissy approached him asking where he was, noting how the Shelter told her he was gone for hours. Alton made his position clear that what he did during that time, he did for his family. Cissy had a suspicious idea of what he meant as he walked away.

### Jerome

In the Projects, Jerome is giving some of the younger members a prep talk on what he expects from them. Renny does let Jerome know that the cook house is rat infested but they'll be good. Leon then steps in and tells the guys he wants all the corners up by the end of the night. As Renny takes the boys with him, a woman walks up behind Leon and draws a gun on him. Jerome and Leon turn around and the lady states there's a $5000 bounty on Leon's head dead or alive and claims she needs it. Einstein then approached her and placed a gun in the back of her head. Leon then approached her and took the pistol from her. She then reveals that she is desperate, stating her parents are on the pipe, her sister is hungry, and they have no water for their home. Leon placed the barrel of her pistol in her chin and told her to ask if she needed anything, then he placed some money in her hoodie. Jerome disagrees with the charity as he pulled the money out of her hoodie and demanded to know what she knew about the bounty on Leon.

### Teddy

Teddy now has his information from his CIA contact as he is prepping for a home invasion. After finishing a phone call, there is a knock at the door. He answers and it's Avi with a bottle of wine. Teddy tells him it's not a good time and lies about needing to get some shut eyes. Avi, noticing he is dressed in black for a home invasion, suggests he shouldn't do what he believed he was going to do. Teddy just shuts the door and Avi fails to stop him.

### Irene

Irene is back home with Henry visiting. She offers her ex-husband some shots of whiskey and he declines stating he has an early morning. Irene then pours one of the glasses in the other glass and tells Henry she may have her story and she drinks to finding the story she has been chasing. As she takes a shot, Henry gives her a vague congratulation, and Irene felt disrespected after the hard work she put in to finding the case against the CIA. Henry tells Irene how he understood how hard she worked and knows her anger toward the United States Government after she was placed in an internment camp during World War 2. Irene then blabbed about what the United States Government did to folks like her and Henry for centuries. Henry then expressed his concern to Irene on what the government could do should she expose the kind of information she received. Irene could care less, noting how she and Henry are divorced and their daughter lives across the country and won't speak to her. She tells Henry not to worry if anything happened to her, and Henry refused to accept that. Irene is now irate as she clarified how she brought Henry to her home to celebrate her upcoming story. Henry apologizes and prepares to leave. Irene does show some gratitude for Henry expressing some concern and admits to putting her work before her family but made it clear this story is what she was looking for. Henry then tells her he hopes it goes the way she wants it to as he leaves her home. Upset, Irene then takes another shot of whiskey.

### Franklin

A meeting is taking place at Louie's nightclub and Franklin, Jerome, Louie, and Leon are holding a meeting involving the bounty on Leon's head. Louie is out of her mind over the fact that someone placed a bounty on one of their crewmembers. Franklin makes it known that they cannot lose their heads and must stick together. There's a knock at the door and Peaches enters to bring Cissy with him. Cissy then tells Franklin that they need to talk about something.

### Teddy

Teddy is at the home of Gabriel Jaen, the employee who stole from Teddy who is sleeping in bed. Teddy flips on the lamp and asked Gabriel if he stole his money. Gabriel wakes up in horror and asks who he is. Teddy asked for his name as well as his employment status and if he was the one who stole his money. Gabriel denies it and Teddy injects Gabriel in the neck with a sedative.

### Franklin

At home, Franklin and Cissy are confronting Alton over his decision to expose their operations with the CIA to Irene and Alton defended his decision so the CIA would take the fall and they could get out clean. Franklin demands to know how he would do all that and asked if he was planning to run and hide from the CIA. Alton tells him he has friends hiding in Cuba and the same could happen for them. Franklin then asked if he would be able to get the rest of the family to Cuba, Cuba then suggests that they could find something else to stop the upcoming storm. Alton tells them there is no stopping it since the story is already out there and they can finally get ahead of this thing. Franklin makes it clear he ain't running to Cuba to look over his shoulder and Alton tells his son he has no clue what he is dealing with let alone "Reed's" real name. Franklin then tells his father they are screwed if the story gets out. Alton tells him not to be so naïve and Franklin pulls out his pistol. Alton then asked Franklin he'll really shoot him like he did with Andre. Alton then goes down a list of the horrors black folks like them have survived but fears they cannot survive the systemically poisoning of their people by the government and refers to his son as a conduit for allowing it to happen, making it clear he is killing them all. Franklin then pistol whips his father onto the couch and Cissy reacts to it as she shoves Franklin against a wall and checks on her husband. There is a gash on Alton's head with blood coming out. Franklin then tells Alton never to call him 'son' again. Alton then quotes Karleen Koen's 'Through a Glass, Darkly' and Franklin refuses to listen, telling him to leave. Alton attempts to convince Cissy once more and Franklin demands he leaves the house at once. Alton exits the house and Cissy starts crying, leaving Franklin to wonder what is coming for them.

### Teddy

Still at Gabriel's home, Teddy has Gabriel tied to a chair and gagged. Teddy is demanding to know how and why he targeted him and why he didn't just take the money and run. He pulled off the tape and demanded to know who he was. Terrified, Gabriel kept denying any theft or transgressions made against Teddy. Instead, Teddy asked if he is working for groups like the KGB or Hezbollah. Gabriel is confused, making it known he is a banker and continues to proclaim his innocence. Teddy then asks if Gabriel has ever heard of 'tormenta de toca', in inquisition tactic used in the 14 century. He then put on a record and played some mariachi music. He then grabbed awash cloth and a pitcher of water, and approached Gabriel as he is begging him to stop, only for his chair to be kicked over, putting Gabriel on the ground. Teddy then throws a towel over Gabriel's head and begins waterboarding him. He then pulls the wet towel from his face and Gabriel continues to claim he knows nothing. Teddy then throws the towel back on Gabriel's head.

### Gustavo

Gustavo is at the warehouse and Franklin calls him in order to get in contact with Teddy, stating he has never responded to his pages and needs to speak with him on an urgent matter. After the phone conversation, Oso goes over some papers and a fax machine goes off. Gustavo grabs the papers printed from the fax machine and reads it. On the fax is information based on Lucia Villanueva and her whereabouts, making it clear to Gustavo that Teddy is holding on to his end of the bargain.

### Teddy

Teddy is failing to acquire any information from Gabriel as he continues to proclaims his innocence. There is a knock at the door and it is the local police. Teddy leaves through the back and the cops kick down the door to see Gabriel on the ground tied to the chair after being subject to torture. Marta and Avi enter the home as well.

### Franklin

Franklin has arrived at Tanosse's place and sits down on the sofa. Tanosse then brings out a bowl of water with some hair stuff and a towel. She sits on a chair and Franklin approaches her, sitting on the ground in front of her. Tanosse then throws the towel on Franklin's shoulders and gets started on his head. During that moment, Franklin dows get emotional and tells Tanosse they may be in real trouble.

### Irene

A recording of Irene's interview with Alton is playing as Irene is typing her story for the record. She is typing word for word the interview and her findings in the case. She then submits the article to her bosses at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.

## Cast

Main* Damson Idris as Franklin Saint
* Carter Hudson as Teddy McDonald
* Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata
* Michael Hyatt as Cissy Saint
* Amin Joseph as Jerome Saint
* Angela Lewis as Louanne Saint
* Isaiah John as Leon Simmons
* Alon Aboutboul as Avi Drexler
* Kevin Carroll as Alton Williams
* Suzy Nakamura as Irene Abe

Recurring* Melvin Gregg as Drew “Manboy” Miller
* Gail Bean as Wanda Bell
* DeRay Davis as Peaches
* Adrianna Mitchell as Tanosse
* Geffri Maya as Khadijah Brown
* Brent Jennings as Henry Nelson
* Onahoua Rodriguez as Marta Cordero
* Christine Horn as Black Diamond
* Taylor Polidore as Dallas
* Joni Bovill as Glowdeen
* Juan Carlos Arvelo as Gabriel Jaen
* Quincy Chad as Deon Barber
* Troy Blendell as Charlie Cass
* Joshua Caleb Johnson as Dwayne Baxter
* Joy DeMichelle as Odessa
* Robert Buscemi as Reynolds
* Jeremiah Birkett as John Baxter
* Stephen Ruffin as Wilson
* Evan Allen-Gessesse as Renny
* Eddie Goines as Joe
* Larry Herron as Xavier
* Kamron Alexander as Einstein
* Scarlet Olivia Dunbar as Sam

## Music

* *My Love Lingers On* by **Peter Sivo Band**
* *The Sweep* by **Westside**
* *Feel it in My Bones* by **Freewheel**