- Doctor Baker: I was just about to say Mr. Franklin suffered a mild heart attack.
- Leah Franklin-Dupont: Uh, Dr. Baker could we talk privately? Um, do you have any idea what could have caused it?
- Doctor Baker: Your father's X-rays show lesions around his heart, and his blood work shows he might have been overmedicating to hide his Parkinson's symptoms.
- Leah Franklin-Dupont: Daddy was so adamant that no one knew. And it's important that no one learn about it. The board, the shareholders. It could have damning consequences on Franklin Holdings. And his legacy. And daddy is all about his legacy.
- Angela Vaughn: You sleeping on the floor?
- Nate: Y-Yeah, I know. It's just hard when you've been conditioned like I have. Just deprived of air and space, humanity for so long. I started growing my locks because it felt like it was the only luxury they couldn't take away from me. The only pure freedom I had left.
- Angela Vaughn: So you grew them out of spite.
- Nate: Rebellion. Anger. At myself, really, for just being away from you and Nikki for 17 years. 17 years of new growth to remind me of all the pain and the shame I put y'all through. It hangs to remind me of that.
- Angela Vaughn: Our ancestors taught us that our spirituality resonates not only in our hearts, but also on the crowns of our heads. When the heart grows heavy and can't hold the pain we sometimes suffer, that pain is transferred to our hair. It's God's way of allowing us to purge. Purge our traumas. Unburden our hearts. And start anew.
- Louis Franklin: You were the beneficiary of all the mistakes he made with me. And those mistakes may have strengthened me in a lot of ways, made me admirable in his eyes, but never did it make me his favorite. That accolade he bequeathed to you.
- Jackie: As you're all aware, Mr. Franklin is currently in emergency surgery. Our story is that he's unavailable. In his absence, our sole duty is to keep things together here. We are to keep away from any members of the press, ignore any inquiries about Mr. Franklin's condition, and report back to me if anything seems amiss. Now let's get back to work.
- Alex Rivera: How this news of his health struggles will affect the market and shareholders is something we'll be watching very closely in the coming days.