Pocket Full of Rocks is the seventh episode of the the third season of Snowfall. It is the twenty-seventh episode overall.
Outline
Andre is forced to ask for Franklin's help. Julia proposes a new plan to Teddy. Gustavo clears the way for his own vision.
Summary[]
Melody[]
At the party, Melody is busy getting her pussy tongued by Reece, who finished and starts kissing her. As Melody slips her panties back on, Reece begins unfastening his jeans, telling Melody it's now his turn. Melody then asked if there was some more rock in the house and heads off, leaving Reece high and dry. Melody searches around the house and asks Guy if had seen Eva. Unfortunately, Guy tells her that Eva is gone. Melody then asks if there is more rock in the house, but Guy breaks it to her that he is fresh out. Melody then pulls out some money for him. Guy then loads a rock into the crack pipe, exchange the pipe for the cash with Melody, and gives her a lighter. Melody lights up the rock and the effects start to kick in.
Andre[]
Andre returns home for the night, places his car keys on the hanger, fixes himself a glass of whiskey, and knocks on Melody's door then opens the door to see if she is home, only she is not, realizing she is still out. He then sits on the couch, watching television, and snoozes. He then hears what sounded like Melody in the house and gets off the couch to check it out. He opens her bedroom door and finds her on her bed having sex with Franklin. Melody turns around and tells her father to close the door. Franklin then reveals his stolen service weapon in his fingers and dares Andre to take it. Andre reawakens the next morning. He walks over to Melody's bedroom to find her gone and it's 6:45 in the morning, knowing they were suppose to be heading to Georgia that day. He returns back to the living room to find his car keys gone. Andre exits the house to find his vehicle missing, then runs into the street, almost gets hit by a bicyclist wondering what happened to his car. Later, he is in his home with Nix and Vicks realizing Mel took the car. Andre is furious and considers pulling her college fund over this. Nix calms him down and gives him a drinks. Andre then lets the guys know that he contacted Eva's mother, learning Eva arrived home around 2 am meaning Melody must have returned home, swiped his keys, and went on a joyride in his car. Vicks then asks how the relationship status between the 2 of them are and Nix stops him, suggesting she may have ran away. Andre is shocked to hear that, wondering why she would do that, knowing he was supposed to take her on that road trip to Spelman. Vicks then asks if she is dating anyone and Andre answers no. Vicks then lets Andre know they have an APB on the plate number and they will find her. Andre is still fuming at Mel explaining what he will do to her once they find her. The phone rings and Nix answers it. After the phone conversation, Nix gives the lowdown to Andre asking if he wants the good news or the bad news. Later on they are in an alleyway and discover Andre's car completely dissembled and ditched. He checks out the vehicle and discovers one of Melody's fingernails inside. In the Projects, he asks Shon-Shon for information on Melody, instead, Shon-Shon chastises Andre for the raids he conducted which resulted in her grandmother's door being broken down while spitting out sunflower seeds. Andre then apologized and claimed it was an accident. Shon-Shon doesn't accept that excuse noting how someone stole her grandmother's television after the raid. Andre realizes Shon-Shon is of no help and notes how he understands she doesn't like him but makes it known Melody has nothing to do with any of his work. Shon-Shon then makes it clear to Andre is he really knew her, he wouldn't be looking around the Projects and spits more seeds in his direction. Back home, Andre is shuffling through Melody's room looking for any remnant of where she have gone to but is inches away to giving up. He then discovers the envelope consisting of Melody's college fund noticing it's a little light.
Cissy[]
Jerome, Louie, and Cissy are at Cissy's dinner table eating and Alton appears with some French toast to serve. They all chow down on the meal and applaud Alton for making the French toast. Franklin then appears at the table talking about finishing the book he rented from Rafiki Books and even stated the ending of the book. Jerome then suggested to Franklin reading a book called 'Pimp'. There's a massive commotion at the dinner table and Andre appears at the front door. The conversation comes to a halt. Before Andre could ask about Melody. Jerome snaps at him and Alton asks what is his business in their home. Andre makes it clear that Melody is missing and is wondering if Franklin knows anything at all about her disappearance. Franklin was of no help and pointed out that if he did exactly what Melody had done, he would want his father to cut him some slack. Andre tells them that Melody pilfered his car and he found it stripped of it's parts. He then pointed out how there were signs of a struggle from a possible car jacking. Andre suggested he was hoping Franklin would have some type of idea of where she may have gone to. Franklin then tells Andre he would ask around. After Andre leaves, Cissy tells Franklin to find Melody.
Franklin[]
Franklin rides over to Leon's place and informs him of Melody missing and Andre at his mother's doorstep. Leon asked where he might know she could be. Franklin then asks why everyone believes he knows where she might be. Leon points out that Melody is Franklin's girl, but Franklin makes it clear that they aren't dating. They hop in the car and Leon lights up a cigarette. Franklin then snaps at Leon for smoking in his car while heading down the road. They arrive in the Projects and C.J. hops out of a chair, but Leon points out to C.J. that he saw that and told him to stay out of his chair. Franklin approaches Fatback's apartment, knocks on his door, and orders him to open up. Fatback opens up with a chicken wing in his mouth and Franklin asks about Reece and where he is staying at. Fatback is barely providing an answer while acting like a fool. Leon is impatient with Fatback at some point. Franklin then lays it down that Melody never returned home the night prior and learned how she hooked up with Reece but no one has seen her since. Fatback suggested trying his grandmother's place on Western and asked if he needed to roll up on him and give him a message. Franklin holds him back from that and orders Fatback to put the word out that Melody is missing, and should anyone find her, they are to hold her and page Franklin and Leon. Franklin and Leon then spot C.J. staring at them and chastises him for eavesdropping. They demand to know why he is so eager and what he wants. C.J. finally spills the beans about seeing Melody with Wanda that morning. He told them they got into a car together around 7:30 in the morning. Franklin and Leon prepare to head off and now Leon realizes that Melody being with Wanda meant one thing, obtaining some rock. Franklin refused to believe that Melody would go down the crooked path that Wanda went down. Leon gets offended for Wanda, showing he still holds something for her, and Franklin tells him they need to find her. Leon refuses to declare the conversation mute and asks Franklin if he thinks Mel is too good to smoke rock, and Franklin asks the same thing about Eva. Leon reminds him the Eva wouldn't be seen with Wanda and is a churchgoer. Franklin then reminds Leon that Mel and Eve are strongly and tight and Wanda was always weak. As Franklin walks toward his vehicle, Leon stops him and loses it with Franklin, making it known he called Wanda everything but a child of God but knows Wanda isn't weak. He then points out they are making money off the rock because the drug is addictive and once the rock gets ahold of that person, then that person will be gone and a slave to the pipe. Franklin does let Leon know that he knows he and Wanda had a fallout and that she is real to him. Franklin then tells Leon that he knows he was affected by the situation with Wanda and he needs to let it go because she is on the rock. Leon then tells Franklin the same fate will become of Mel is she's with Wanda. Leon then makes it clear that maybe he still holds something for Wanda and that he may know where to find her and walks away. Later, they are at one of Manboy's cook houses and Leon snaps and Bootsy claiming he knows about the 2 bumping uglies and demands to know her location. Bootsy denies screwing her and refuses to even provide an answer for the Family. Manboy screeches the argument and tells Franklin and Leon they certainly have a problem keeping their ladies in line. Franklin then tells Manboy that Melody isn't just some lady, that her father is with the LAPD, and finding her before the police does means having a cop owe them a favor meant that would be good for business. Manboy then orders Bootsy to tell Franklin and Leon how he has been getting ahold of Wanda. Bootsy continues to deny screwing with Wanda. Manboy then accuses Bootsy of lying and claims everyone knows about him and Wanda. Instead, Bootsy just berates Leon about what he's done with Wanda. Leon loses and prepares to draw his gun. Manboy then snaps at Bootsy to his face and demands once more where Wanda is. Bootsy finally makes it known that he has no clue where she is staying, but knows where she gets her rock from, 2 drug dealers named Bo and Lamont. Manboy then let's Franklin and Leon know he can take them to Bo and Lamont. They head off and leave Bootsy in the cook house. Later, as they pulled up to the house, Manboy made it clear to Leon that if he knew he had it for Wanda, he would have kept Bootsy away from her. Leon is not happy to hear about that. Manboy even spoke about how he cut ties with Wanda and knew nothing about what Bootsy did with her afterwards. They exit the vehicle and approach the house. Franklin then asks Manboy how he knew Bo and Lamont, and Manboy tells him he doesn't know them. Franklin then discovers on their front porch a Spelman sweater covered in blood. Franklin then bangs on the screen door with Manboy readying his sidearm. Bo answers the door and demands to know why Franklin is banging on his door like he's the police. Franklin demands to know if he is Bo or Lamont. Bo tells him he won't answer unless he is buying. Franklin then asks Bo if he knew who he was and Lamont appears at the front door. Bo finally realizes who he was and calms down. Franklin then makes it clear they were looking for 2 girls, Mel and Wanda, and they know Wanda gets her rock from them. Manboy describes her for them and Lamont realized who they're talking about. Lamont then pointed out how she was there with another lady, and both him and Bo talk about Melody being so fine. Franklin starts to get irritated and describes Mel to them. They answered yes. Franklin then asked about her bleeding, but Bo tells him she wasn't. When Franklin asked about their location, Lamont then gives Franklin a hard time about it. Franklin, Leon, and Manboy had enough as they barged in and Manboy slams Bo right into his front door, making it clear that they aren't playing games. Leon then draws his gun, places the barrel to Bo's head, and demands to know where they're at. Franklin then asks if they stole any cars that day while finding Melody's purse. Bo tells them they're hustlers and Lamont tells Franklin that he is holding his grandmother's purse. Franklin then orders Leon to shoot Lamont. Leon then turns his attention to Lamont as he slams him into a wall with his gun pointed at him. Franklin then gets a page and calls the number on a phone. After the call, Franklin tells Leon and Manboy that they found Melody in a bad conditions and tells them they need to go.
Melody[]
15 hours earlier, Andre is fast asleep on the couch and Melody returns home lying on her bed but can't fall asleep. She then looks at her bag, pulls out the envelope consisting of her college fund and skims some cash from it. She then sneaks past her father, steals his car keys, and slips out the back. She is later driving around the Projects and Wanda appears, now homeless, broke, and a complete mess. Wanda asks what Melody is doing around the Projects and Melody states she is looking to score $20 worth of rock. Wanda hops in the vehicle and tells Melody of some guys slinging some rock, one of them being her cousin claiming to own her $20 dollars, while admiring the leather seats. She points out they aren't far and they head down the road with C.J. noticing. They arrive at the house and Wanda asks her to hand her the $20 so she could get the $40 worth of rock for them. Melody barely trusts Wanda with her money and tells her she only wants to buy some rock before leaving for Spelman that day. She then hands Wanda the 20 dollar bill and Wanda runs to the front door. Bo and Lamont then appear as they pull Melody out of her vehicle and steal her father's car. Melody loses it as they fly down the road and Wanda reappears with some rock telling Melody to relax since they are her cousins. Melody then lashes out at Wanda for leading her to believe that her cousins owed her $20 and they could score $40 worth of rock. She now frets that her dad with discipline her biblically while Wanda lights up a pipe while offering Melody a pipe. Melody is not in the mood for a rock as she is now facing a rocky position where she stole her dad's car and lost it because she wanted some crack. Wanda continues to offer Melody a pipe and Melody decides to hell with it and get high with her. They spent hours on Bo and Lamont's curb high on the rock and Wanda compliments the necklace Melody was wearing. Melody claimed her mother gave it to her and that it was real. Both ladies are completely high and Wanda asks where they can get something to drink. Melody tells her she knows of a place to get free food and drinks. They are now at the roller rink which was closed to the public for the day. Melody activates the lights and disco balls and Wanda acquires some refreshment for them both. They light up some pipe and start skating in the roller rink. As they are skating, they are smoking the rock and felling the full effect of the rock. They are later siting on the bench munching on some hot dogs. Wanda now realizes they are out of rock and suggested Mel to take off the necklace. Melody is too high to understand and Wanda then knocks Melody to the ground. Wanda then gets up, pulls off Melody's necklace, and kicks her in the face. Melody is dazed out as Wanda skates off.
Wanda[]
Wanda is back at her cousins place and Bo is checking out the necklace she boosted from Melody. Bo breaks it to her that the necklace is fake. Wanda, urging for some rock, attempts to convince Bo it's worth some value. Bo then offers a rock for it. Wanda doesn't accept just a rock and pleads for more. Bo has had enough of Wanda, throws the necklace back to her, and tells her to scram. Melody then appears and jumps out of a car. She approaches the house, picks up a garden gnome, and breaks it into Wanda's head, then recovers her necklace.
Franklin[]
Franklin and Leon drive to a crack house and approach someone who claimed she is present there. Franklin then heads into the house to see the place lacking in furniture and tagged with graffiti. He searches the entire first floor to not find her and then ventures upstairs to the second floor to discover her in a bedroom smoking a crack pipe. He rushed to Melody to find her high on the pipe and pulls her from the bedroom and out of the house. As high as she is on the rock, Melody claims she forgot something and wanted to rush back inside. Franklin then prevents her from running back inside and pulls her to the car with her fighting and screaming. He gets her in the car and he and Leon depart with her in tow.
Gustavo[]
Gustavo is at Ivan's apartment awaiting. Ivan returns back home and enters his apartment and Gustavo appears. Ivan is then thrown from is apartment window 3 stories to his death as his head hit the curb and his body lands on the asphalt. Everyone on the sidewalk freak out and Gustavo casually walks past Ivan's corpse telling him 'Nuvia says hello, asshole' as he departs from the crime scene.
Teddy[]
Teddy and Julia are at the warehouse loading up duffel bags of kilos. Julia then proposes that she and Teddy run away together. Teddy then jokes on whether or not they should take the bags as they do. Teddy looks at her and realizes she is serious. Julia then asked if he remembered there first date, how they went horseback riding and noted how he didn't like horseback riding. He defended his position about the horse being crazy and talked about the horse kicking backwards, almost killing him. Julia, of course, reminds him of how she was thrown from the horse and called Teddy overwrought. Julia made it known she fell in love with shortly afterwards and thought she could never feel like that again. She then tells her ex she was wrong and reminds Teddy how he said he wanted it all and offered it to him right away. Teddy then tells Julia he couldn't walk away from this. Julia then tells Teddy that the money and arms are pouring in for the Contras. She tells him he had done enough and risked enough for the Contra wars. She then tells her ex there are other ways to serve and Teddy asks where.
Franklin[]
As Franklin and Leon are riding down the street, Melody, still on the rock, speaks about Spelman being named after a white woman. They finally return home and Franklin asks what happened to her necklace. Melody then states she may have lost it at the crack house. Andre then rushes out of his home toward the vehicle and Melody exits the car. Andre hugs her, showing how worried sick he was and asks if she was alright. Melody then asks if they could talk about it later, but Andre is not having it, and Melody insists that she is tired and has a headache. As Melody heads inside, Andre demands Franklin to tell him where he found Melody at. Franklin then tells Andre that he were him, he would not let Melody out of his sight. Andre then rushes back into his house and Franklin's ask what just happened. Cissy exits the house and Franklin spots her, exiting the vehicle.
Epilogue[]
Melody, still reeling from the rock, drinks a glass of tea and Andre barges in demanding to know what she meant outside. Melody then makes it clear she doesn't want to talk about what happened to her and walks to her bedroom with Andre calling her name. Outside, Cissy asks Franklin what happened to Melody and whether or not she is okay. Franklin tells his mother she is not okay and lays it down that she is hooked on the rock. Back in the Wright house, Andre walks into Melody's room to demand that she answers him when he is talking to her and sees her shuffling through her bag looking for the college fund, and Melody demands top know where the money is. Back outside, Franklin finishes talking with Cissy, then hops back into the car and rides off with Leon.
Cast[]
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Episode Deaths[]
- Ivan - Thrown out of his apartment window to the asphalt by El Oso
Music[]
- I Need a Freak by Sexual Harassment
- Pin Thumpin' by Brother's Disco
- I'll Take Jesus For Mine by James Austin, St. Luke Church of God in Christ Youth Choir
- Summer Fun by DJ Smalls
- I'll Get to That by Tom Sanders
- Sail On by Lionel Richie
- I Feel Asleep (One Time Too Many) by Bobby Story
- Heartbreaker by Grand Funk Railroad