Franklin and Teddy’s twisted game finally comes to an end.
It’s showtime. Franklin and Teddy’s season-long chess game is in its final quarter, which I know is a mixed metaphor, but you get it! Regardless, it works because this episode is all about games, whether it be the round of Russian Roulette Franklin plays with Teddy as the target, the larger game of capitalism vs. communism that is now referred to as The Cold War, or the never-ending game Black people must play to succeed in this country.
Teddy has the most valuable information, so he receives the harshest treatment. Franklin starts out small, treating Teddy like a petulant child and giving him some hours before the banks open the next day to think about his life and whether or not he wants it to continue. He gives an ultimatum: in the morning, Teddy will either transfer the money or Franklin will kill him. Teddy asks Franklin to “be sensible” as ifof this has been sensible, reasonable, or fair.
Props to the writers of this episode for unfolding this dynamic through Franklin and Teddy’s conversations, starting with their specific beef with each other and gradually speaking on larger issues. Franklin keeps trying to torture the account numbers out of Teddy using tactics like water deprivation and a game of Russian Roulette but Teddy holds out, knowing how badly Franklin wants his money.
Finally, Teddy screams, “It’s not your fucking money … everything you have is because I allowed you to have it.” And there it is. All of Teddy’s actions stem from his inherent need to maintain what he believes is the natural order of things. Franklin sums it up precisely: “You wanted me to feel like nothing. Because you’re the hero in your own story. In any story, the guy that looks like you always wins. But not this time, nigga.
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