Fresh off his trip to New York to open up a new drug pipeline, Nell returns home to Chicago to find out his past has finally caught up with him.

Now that Ronell has entered the next level of the game, he has to learn to stay afloat; visited by his deceased mother Sandra, he is reminded to follow the rules of the dope game.

As Nell advances in a dope game, he learns quickly that with more money comes more problems; his lifestyle is starting to cost more than he is willing to pay.

Things start to fall apart and troubles begin to mount for Nell; his decisions lead him down the path of no return as adversaries and associates are becoming harder to pick apart.

The heat builds for Nell as detectives Jones and Fremont take a more aggressive approach to their cases; Crys also strikes back with aggression to make the Kueenz presence felt.