Bigger (2019–2021): Season 2, Episode 4 - Grown Man Shit - full transcript
- Previously on "Bigger"...
- Ken moved back to Atlanta
and wants to "talk."
- After he played you
in college,
he wants to slide back
in 15 years later and talk?
- Yo, you need some money?
- I'm fine.
The job hunt is going well.
- They cut the cameras.
You can drop the act.
- All I care about
is getting' you back.
- Deon, wait.
I need to ask you something.
For your blessing
to marry Connie.
- Will you throw Julius
a bachelor party?
- I can't do this.
There's someone else.
- Thanks for ruining my night.
[grunting]
- This is a light intervention.
- Intervention? I am fine.
- To avoid wrist strain,
make sure the heel of your hand
is directly
under your shoulder.
Take a deep breath.
Good.
Now, pulling through
the thighbones,
pull back into downward dog.
Good. Good.
Slightly arch the back and
lower down into cobra position.
And hold.
Remember to breathe.
Relax.
- Come on.
I can do this again.
Focus. Focus.
I can do it.
Easy, breezy.
Breezy?
Is it cold in here?
It feels like the back room
of my store--icy.
Shit! The store.
I've gotta meet Skye there
to finish
her marketing presentation.
Fuck!
Life is too much!
I can't wait to go home
and lay on my couch.
Couch.
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[heavy breathing]
- [laughs]
Fuck you, bitch!
Fuck you, bitch!
[yoga classmates murmur]
[chill beats]
♪ ♪
- Can you help me with my tie?
- Aww, you need
your mommy's help.
- Uh, I'm just responding
to Vince's text
about the bachelor party.
You see how much I love you?
- Thank you.
You know this means
the world to me, right?
- Mm-hmm.
[knocking at door]
- Oh. Okay.
You finish getting dressed,
and I'll get that.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Oh, hi. Uh, uh.
Hi, um, I'm Paula,
the condo association
president.
Nice to meet you.
I-I was wondering if Deon w--
- I'll take that.
Yes, it's a little crazy.
My mom's in town.
We're having so much fun.
It's a ball.
But thank you for stopping by.
We're so busy.
- Wh...
- The homeowners probably
having a little party
or something like that,
but it's okay.
- $5,125.
Shit.
Damn it.
- You okay, baby?
Try to rock back and forth.
Works for me.
- I'm okay.
- You sure?
I can go make you
some of that tea.
[music playing on laptop]
- ♪ We gon' twerk, twerk ♪
♪ Put in work, do that,
I did it first ♪
♪ And we gonna push it, work,
straight to reverse ♪
♪ Know that
this ain't rehearsed ♪
♪ So we gon' twerk, twerk,
put in work ♪
[FaceTime ringing]
♪ Know that
this ain't rehearsed ♪
♪ Kay, you ready? ♪
[music stops]
- Hello?
- Oooh, you lookin' good!
- I look like someone who was
just interrupted
in the middle
of their dance challenge.
- Well shit, lookin' like that,
you already won, girl!
- We'll see when I upload it.
Where you at?
- Oh, we just had practice.
I'm at the training facility.
- Well, I can't believe
you've got me on this FaceTime
looking all busted.
- Stop it. You look fine!
- I know.
Can't a bitch be modest?
- [laughs]
Oh, I was calling to tell you
my boy Tank's in town tonight
performing.
You free?
- Actually, I'm hangin'
with my girls tonight.
So...
- It's all good.
Maybe next time.
- Maybe.
Bye, Aaron.
[computer beeps]
[tranquil music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to the Nth Degree.
[thermometer beeps]
Thank you.
- [clears throat]
Well, you look amazing.
- I know.
- [laughs] I bet you do.
- Here you go.
- Thanks for comin'.
Yes.
We've got a lot to talk about.
So where do I start?
- You can start with why
you wanted to meet
for drinks so bad.
You said a lot
at the gas station.
- Yes, that's fair.
So I mean, long story short,
after football,
I became a sports agent.
An opportunity arose back here
in Atlanta, so...I'm back.
- Good for you.
Yeah. Nice.
Um, you know,
I'm not doin' so bad myself.
I've been running a successful
real estate business
for years now.
Sell to athletes, musicians,
entertainers.
Life is good.
- Mm-hmm.
- Actually, I just closed
on a new home for myself.
- Off Peachtree. Yeah. I saw.
You posted it online.
You did a really good job on
the exterior, the landscaping.
You're quite impressive,
Ms. Yates.
- So you've been
keeping up with me?
- [laughs]
We haven't talked
since college.
But I checked up on you.
You know, social media.
- Mm.
So you have been
low-key stalking me.
- Low key.
- So I finished
with the best practices,
just to keep it fresh
in their minds.
So that's it.
Let me know if something else
doesn't look right.
- This looks great.
- Yo, boss lady,
I'm about to order lunch.
Uh, what you want?
I'd advise against that spot
that we ordered from
the other day.
It had you with the mud butt.
- It did not..."have me"...
- Oh, my bad.
I thought y'all two
went way back.
Uh, how about we go
with something safe?
Um, CPK?
- Mm.
- You want something?
- No.
No, I'm good, thank you.
- [chuckles]
I apologize for that!
- Uh, she's interesting.
But she seems loyal,
which is a big help
when you're running a business,
big or small.
[laughs]
Hey, next time we get together,
you should let me
treat you to lunch.
- Oh, that sounds great.
But I'm just so busy with Lib,
I don't really have any time
to peel away soon.
- Oh, it's just that
I miss your energy.
The whole company does.
Hey, I have an idea.
I'm going to send you
the details to a trip to Spain
that all the work crew's
going to over the holidays.
You should join.
- Wow.
I really should treat myself.
- All right, girl.
I'll talk to you soon.
- Okay, bye.
- Bye.
- [laughs]
- Oh, man.
You know,
I always loved your smile.
- [laughs] Mm-hmm.
That's not all you loved.
- [laughs]
You're right about that.
- So what do you want, Ken?
- I want the one that got away.
- What?
- You.
I'm done with the games.
Playtime is over, Veronica.
I turn 40 in a couple years,
and I'd love to explore
something with you.
- You're that cocky.
You think you can just make
a decision like this
and I'll just hop onboard?
- It's not cocky.
I'm just hopeful.
And I'm willing to take
the time you need
to prove it to you.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
both: I've got it.
- I know you got it.
But I got it.
[phone pings]
- Oh, here we go.
- Yo, what you doing?
- I was driving.
- Driving where?
- Around?
- Why were you
just driving around?
- I don't know. I'm not you.
I'm still fairly new
at unemployment.
My mom still thinks
I'm working.
And I got tired of lying
about fake video conferences.
So I told her
I had an in-person audit.
- I remember the first time
I went through
that shit with my moms.
You know what you do?
Find a Starbucks to post up at.
It's the equivalent of renting
an office for the day
at the price
of just one coffee.
- I'm gonna do that.
- And make sure they give you
the passcode to the bathroom
and the Wi-Fi password
with that coffee.
- I got some research
to do anyway.
I might have to sell my condo.
- Man, you wanna borrow
some money?
- No!
- Damn, just trying to help.
- Yeah, I'll figure that out
on my own.
But I am grateful
for all your help
with tonight's bachelor party.
- With your daddy?
- Nigga!
- [laughs] Man, I'm just
fucking with you!
Ooh, man!
It's about to be crazy.
Please be on time.
I got all the nastiest--I mean,
exotic dancers in Atlanta.
Ah, the things
that these girls do,
they wouldn't allow them to do
in a Mexican strip club.
They would prefer a horse
be there instead of the girls
for what they're doing.
It can't be legal. [laughs]
Which reminds me, can you pick
up, uh, some Cuban cigars?
I'd go myself,
but I gotta make a stop
at Big 5 Sporting Goods
for some supplies.
- Sporting goods?
- Yeah, I don't know.
I mean, it's been a while.
Ken actually seems different.
- Is that him?
- It is.
- Do you really think that men
can change like that?
I can't tell with Aaron.
These boys,
they go to sex rehab,
and you're supposed
to just forget that
they was a whole log of poo.
- Change is possible.
I'm different
than I was in college.
You know, we all are.
Why can't Ken be?
- We're not that different.
We're just older.
And we can only change so much.
And, I don't know.
That whole idea of
giving someone a second chance,
it might just leave you open
to get hurt a second time.
- Hold up. Wait a minute.
Is this Ms. Positive talking?
What got into you?
- Deon. Deon got into her.
- Okay, well he is still
the same as he was in college.
He still doesn't know
what he wants.
- First of all, isn't that the
pot calling the kettle black?
Second of all, you was the one
that ditched Deon
when he came back to you
the second time around.
- Oop! True!
- Not true.
- Yes, it is. I told you.
Just explain to Deon the whole
Greg picking you up thing.
Y'all could have been enjoying
happily ever after by now.
- Look, Deon had sex with
someone else
right after the jail thing,
okay?
- What?
- I went to Deon's place
the night that you told me to.
And I walked
into his apartment.
And I saw him having sex
with some girl.
- Why didn't you share
this bit of information?
- Because I was embarrassed.
And I felt like a fool.
But you know what?
I'm actually really glad
it happened
because now I know that
we are not meant to be.
- Okay, so you didn't even talk
to him
about this chick and what--
- No. No, no, no, no.
We're not talking to no one.
And no one is gonna say
anything to him.
You promise?
- All right.
Gee whiz.
Girl, you know you
taking this too far, okay?
You saw what you saw,
but there's really no evidence
that what you saw means
you're not meant to be.
- Well, what other evidence
do I need?
You know, nobody really knows
who's the one for them.
Maybe if we had a crystal ball,
but in lieu of that,
I have to go off
of what I've seen.
- What?
- Maybe we do have
a crystal ball.
Whoo!
- Hell, no. Mm-mm.
- Fun.
Likely bullshit, but fun.
- You know, actually, I went to
psychic right after college.
And he was too right
about a lot of shit.
You know? But then he started
sabotaging my readings.
Because we screwed once.
You know, it was a whole thing.
But you know what?
What do we have to lose?
- Our minds, our money...
- Bring it!
- Our souls.
Veronica, you look like you
don't care about your soul.
- There he is.
All right.
- ♪ My section,
I need a crown ♪
♪ And coke is my preference,
ass up ♪
♪ Face hitting my necklace,
he hot not a cop ♪
♪ But I got arrested ♪
♪ He saying I'm being
too reckless ♪
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- I don't know about this.
- We're good.
Channel 2 News been here
talking 'bout how safe it is.
Apparently, the girls
slather down with sanitizer
instead of oil.
So clean
for how nasty it is.
- ♪ I guess
the tables shifted ♪
- Man! It's gonna be like
the black "Hangover."
- I heard about this place
in one of them rap songs.
- What's in this bag?
- Uh, uh, uh.
It's party favors.
And some other stuff.
Shit, I forgot the towels.
I'll just grab some out
the bathroom real quick.
- I ain't been to a strip club
since I got out.
- Of?
- Prison.
I did a little bit
for some drug dealing.
But that was a past life.
- ♪ Play boys
like Anna Nicole ♪
♪ Me and Tay Money,
your BM look disgusting ♪
- Deon?
- Hey, man!
Hey, what's--no. Mm-mm.
Sorry.
How's it going?
- Good, good.
Glad you could make it.
This is, um, Julius.
- Oh, man of the hour!
[laughs] Congratulations.
Greg. Greg.
Greg. [laughs]
- Thanks.
So I heard you found the place.
- Oh yeah, man, yeah.
It's like my second home here.
All right, guys, follow me.
Right up there,
we have Alkaline.
Uh, up there we have Quinoa,
not to be confused
with K-know-uh. [laughs]
Oh, and look out for Kale.
She's all about that green.
- Who cares about their name?
Just as long as they're willing
to shake that ass
for a little cash.
- Oh, I like where he's at!
We need hand sanitizer, Vivian.
Hand sanitizer.
- Hey, man. Why don't you take
some of these singles, man,
and go have some fun?
- No, I'm good.
- Hey, man.
I'm about to go over there
and make it rain.
- Yeah, I'll be watching you.
- ♪ Bitch, I'm bussin' ♪
♪ I'm a whole ♪
♪ Brand-new
bitch ♪
♪ Bitch, I'm bussin' ♪
[ethereal music playing]
♪ ♪
- We have to focus
if this is gonna work.
- Well, I just learned
how to focus.
And I'm good at it.
Good-ish.
- Nope.
- Oh, no.
- Padre Nuestro
que estás en el cielo.
Santificado sea tu nombre.
Padre Nuestro
que estás en el cielo...
- What-what is she saying?
- I don't know.
- She don't know.
- First of all,
if I feel anything, a breeze,
a hot flash, light-headedness,
I'm coming for you.
My Jesus is 'bout that life.
- Stop that nonsense
with your negative energy!
Thank you.
Okay?
We're good.
You may proceed.
- Oh, girl.
You're earning your money.
You see this?
She's twerking.
She's twerking me.
- Hey, who needs
a new cocktail, huh?
Oh, my man.
Hurry up and drink these on up
before the next round
of bottles come on out, huh?
Whoo!
- Oh, man.
- - So Greg, I know this
probably isn't the right time.
But whether you believe me
or not,
Layne is a good woman.
I just don't want you
to think that, you know,
me and her had a thing going
while you guys were together.
- Hey, man, listen.
I understand. I really do, man.
In fact,
it's water under the bridge.
Besides that,
I always felt like me and Layne
weren't the right fit.
- I can tell.
- I was just holding on
because of,
I don't know, my childhood?
Being raised by two
loving parents that...
I was infatuated with love.
Mm-hmm.
- Man, that's deep.
- Mm-hmm.
I learned it from sex therapy.
- Mm.
- Yeah, man. It's a thing.
I'm master-level skilled
in tantric arts training,
orgasmic meditation,
clitoral geography.
Did you know, bro--
- Yo!
- Vince!
So happy to see you.
- Y'all need to hurry up.
You're missing the show
in the Boom-Boom Room.
She's 3/5 of the way
down the cucumber.
- What?
- It's a new best.
- Come on.
- I hope it's organic.
Let's go. Let's do this!
Yes!
- Let me put all my hair up
because I don't need anybody
using my hair
in any evil spells.
- You have a weave.
No curse would work if that's
the hair the psychic stole.
Some little girl in India
might feel something though.
- I bought it. It's mine.
- The card of motherhood.
Someone in this room
has a strong maternal energy.
Within the next year,
you'll have a child.
[laughter]
- Strike one
with the baby shit.
Okay, so she's way off.
Can it not be me?
- Me either.
- She's crazy.
- Can I shuffle them?
Because if you're gonna talk
about Tracey Davis's future,
you're gonna have
to include Tracey Davis.
Okay?
[imitates gunfire]
Tap them cards, Layne.
She needs money.
- Hm.
You should consider adding
shellfish to your diet.
- But I'm allergic.
- I said "consider."
- She trying to kill me?
- I'm seeing something more
accurate about forgiveness.
- Aaron?
- Forgiveness is the first step
to opening the road to trust.
Something from your past
is pulling you back.
But it's something that will
end up propelling you forward.
You just need to follow
the path once laid out to you.
- This is like a Jordan Peele
movie with how accurate she is.
- So, let's get to you, Jane.
- Ken!
- Yeah.
- So good to see you, man!
- What's good?
No, I'm glad I could be here.
You know?
Lambda shake probably not
a good idea right about now.
- Yeah, I know, right?
It's fucked up.
- Yeah, I know, right?
You prolly forgot that shit.
You fell off big time
after pledging, bro.
- Man, it wasn't
even like that.
- [laughs] Fuck it.
- No, it wasn't.
It wasn't like that.
- You know?
- It just--it became
a bit too much, man.
Took my GPA down.
So I had to take some time,
focus on building it back up.
And after school,
you know, life happened.
- I got you.
I was adulting too, you know.
Even though I was still acting
like a kid, even after college.
Speaking of, I had lunch
with Veronica today.
- How'd that go?
- It felt good to see her.
- You know Veronica's, like,
one of my closest friends.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- She's like a sister to me.
- You don't gotta
worry about it.
I moved back to Atlanta
because I'm taking a look
at how I want to spend
the rest of my life.
Settling down
is a part of that, bro.
You know,
you only get one life.
Can't let that girl get away.
I got you.
Trust me. I got you.
- All right. Yeah.
- Yo, come on.
We can win free shots if, uh,
you can hit the ball
when she pitches it.
Here, take this mouthpiece.
I heard people
are losing teeth.
Yo, Ken! What up.
I heard you was back, man!
Here, take this mouthpiece.
Let's go, bro.
- A mouthpiece.
A damn mouthpiece.
- ♪ He be like,
damn, you bad ♪
♪ Be like,
you that bitch ♪
♪ You that bitch, ooh,
ooh ♪
- Mm.
You were engaged to a man that
seemed to be a dream come true.
But you were not happy.
It was not your dream.
You had a bit
of an issue deciding
which one was the best fit
for your life.
Huh.
But trust got in the way.
Oh, work is going well.
But you are not exactly happy.
You want more.
I see a man.
Oh, oh, yes, yes.
I see a different man
coming into your life.
Mm. Everything about him
will be different.
Oh, I feel--I-I feel an ease.
Life with him, as well as
with work, will be easy.
Because now,
everything for you is hard.
And when everything
feels like an uphill battle,
it's a sign...
you're headed
in the wrong direction.
- ♪ What you gon' do
for the check? ♪
- Having fun?
- Yes, indeed.
Man, you didn't
have to do all this.
Thank you, son.
- Son?
You don't have to thank me.
I didn't do this for you.
I did this for my mom.
I'd do anything for her.
- I hear you.
But you don't have to worry
about your mom.
I'm more than happy
to take her off your hands.
- She's my mom.
She'll always be in my hands.
- ♪ What you gon'
do for the check? ♪
♪ Walk in the club
with them blues on ♪
♪ I got no crystal,
no booze on me ♪
♪ I make a ho
act a fool on me ♪
♪ I don't know
what I just blew on me ♪
- Listen, Deon.
I ain't trying to argue.
One reason why I came here
to meet you in person
before the wedding
was so that you could
feel comfortable
about letting your mother go
to someone
who is gonna take care of her.
You see,
with my previous wives,
I didn't do that,
and there were conflicts.
- Wives?
- Yeah, I was married twice
when I was younger.
Connie and I say the third time
for me is gonna be the charm.
But now I know what I want.
And it's Connie.
I don't know, there's just
something about us.
We just--we just fit.
I love her more than anything.
And I just wish
you could see that.
- I haven't seen enough
to know what I'm seeing.
So no disrespect,
but there's no way
I'm giving you my blessing.
I don't know you.
And in the one day
that I've gotten to know you,
all I've learned is that
you're a twice-divorced,
ex-con drug dealer,
who likes recording young asses
shaking at a strip club.
So no, sorry, dude.
- ♪ What you gon' do
for the check? ♪
[cell phone ringing]
- Oh, look who it is.
Hey, babe.
Deon came over here
to where I'm at.
And we're having a ball.
- Hey, Ma.
- Hey, sugar.
Julius has been showing me
all the strippers on FaceTime,
so it's like I'm there.
[laughs]
Well, I'll let you two
get back to your evening.
And you take care of my baby.
- I will, baby.
- I love you.
- I love you, too, Ma.
- I don't need your blessing.
But I'd like to have it.
- Guys, I refuse to let you two
miss the big finale.
You shouldn't have worn
those Chelsea boots.
They're gonna shrivel up
like old balls.
- He ain't lying.
- You know what?
It's past my bedtime.
And I really wanna
get back to Connie, so I'm out.
- What! What!
But I got you these.
- Have fun with them for me.
- You for real?
You mean it?
He means it.
He means it. No take backs.
- Ooh, damn.
That lady had a gift.
Sorry, Jesus.
- You never know where
your wisdom gonna come from.
- I mean, I think she was right
about some of that stuff,
but not all of it, you know?
- Oh, no, it--it's fine.
I think I-I have the clarity
and closure that I needed.
And maybe it was
just the universe
just letting me know
my instincts were right,
and that is that
Deon is not the one.
But it's really good to know,
you know?
- Ooh.
That was dope.
- Uh, guys? I'm out.
[laughs]
- Hey, Greg?
- Uh, hello, ladies. What?
Oh, what's up?
I don't get your name.
Hello. Hello.
- Later, bros.
- Greg, you got
my number, right?
Greg, if you need an after
party, I'm a DJ, brother.
I got you. Okay?
[laughs]
I'm out too.
- Where are you going?
- My car's right
around the corner.
- By car, do you mean
Missy Shoshana?
- Ha, ha, ha. Fuck you.
- And who you texting?
All the strippers
are still in the club.
- Actually, I'm texting
Veronica to stay up
so I can talk to her
when I get home.
Look at me.
I'm leaving the strip club,
headed home to talk to a woman.
I guess that's what a grown man
should look like, right?
That's me.
Ken?
- Yes.
- A'ight. Yeah, I'm off, bro.
- A'ight.
- Yo, I'm-I'm done with
girl dancers, y'all.
- At least they don't turn
you upside down and shit.
Ain't nobody trying to
lose their lunch
to make your show better.
- She fired out a ball at 90
miles per hour, at least.
It hit me in the chest, y'all.
I'm gonna have a bruise
in the morning.
- Sounds like you might want
to relay her info
to one of your baseball agents.
- [laughs]
You know, you're right.
I can see her waving off pitch
calls with the catcher now.
[laughter]
- You know, it's getting late.
- Maybe we should hang up.
- No, you hang up.
- No, you hang up.
- ♪ Love ♪
♪ Faded, faded,
love ♪
- Mm.
[doorbell rings]
- ♪ 'Cause you're falling
in love ♪
- Tracey, I didn't know
you were--
- Be quiet and listen.
If we're gonna do this,
we're doing it by my rules.
I've been celibate.
There ain't gonna be no sex.
I'm a different woman now.
So no more cheating.
No more sending
my calls to voicemail.
You're gonna keep your phone
face up and these DMs,
all of them
gonna be read aloud.
I get it if you can't control--
- Tracey. Tracey.
Whatever you like.
I support and respect it.
- Good.
I'd better be court side
at all your games.
And I'm gonna need
unlimited snacks
and tickets for my friends.
- [laughs]
- Huh?
[barking]
- Ah, that's crazy.
[phone line trilling]
[phone buzzing]
- Hi, this is Layne.
I can't get to the phone
but thanks for calling me.
Leave a message
after the beep.
- Ken moved back to Atlanta
and wants to "talk."
- After he played you
in college,
he wants to slide back
in 15 years later and talk?
- Yo, you need some money?
- I'm fine.
The job hunt is going well.
- They cut the cameras.
You can drop the act.
- All I care about
is getting' you back.
- Deon, wait.
I need to ask you something.
For your blessing
to marry Connie.
- Will you throw Julius
a bachelor party?
- I can't do this.
There's someone else.
- Thanks for ruining my night.
[grunting]
- This is a light intervention.
- Intervention? I am fine.
- To avoid wrist strain,
make sure the heel of your hand
is directly
under your shoulder.
Take a deep breath.
Good.
Now, pulling through
the thighbones,
pull back into downward dog.
Good. Good.
Slightly arch the back and
lower down into cobra position.
And hold.
Remember to breathe.
Relax.
- Come on.
I can do this again.
Focus. Focus.
I can do it.
Easy, breezy.
Breezy?
Is it cold in here?
It feels like the back room
of my store--icy.
Shit! The store.
I've gotta meet Skye there
to finish
her marketing presentation.
Fuck!
Life is too much!
I can't wait to go home
and lay on my couch.
Couch.
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[heavy breathing]
- [laughs]
Fuck you, bitch!
Fuck you, bitch!
[yoga classmates murmur]
[chill beats]
♪ ♪
- Can you help me with my tie?
- Aww, you need
your mommy's help.
- Uh, I'm just responding
to Vince's text
about the bachelor party.
You see how much I love you?
- Thank you.
You know this means
the world to me, right?
- Mm-hmm.
[knocking at door]
- Oh. Okay.
You finish getting dressed,
and I'll get that.
- Okay.
- Hi.
- Oh, hi. Uh, uh.
Hi, um, I'm Paula,
the condo association
president.
Nice to meet you.
I-I was wondering if Deon w--
- I'll take that.
Yes, it's a little crazy.
My mom's in town.
We're having so much fun.
It's a ball.
But thank you for stopping by.
We're so busy.
- Wh...
- The homeowners probably
having a little party
or something like that,
but it's okay.
- $5,125.
Shit.
Damn it.
- You okay, baby?
Try to rock back and forth.
Works for me.
- I'm okay.
- You sure?
I can go make you
some of that tea.
[music playing on laptop]
- ♪ We gon' twerk, twerk ♪
♪ Put in work, do that,
I did it first ♪
♪ And we gonna push it, work,
straight to reverse ♪
♪ Know that
this ain't rehearsed ♪
♪ So we gon' twerk, twerk,
put in work ♪
[FaceTime ringing]
♪ Know that
this ain't rehearsed ♪
♪ Kay, you ready? ♪
[music stops]
- Hello?
- Oooh, you lookin' good!
- I look like someone who was
just interrupted
in the middle
of their dance challenge.
- Well shit, lookin' like that,
you already won, girl!
- We'll see when I upload it.
Where you at?
- Oh, we just had practice.
I'm at the training facility.
- Well, I can't believe
you've got me on this FaceTime
looking all busted.
- Stop it. You look fine!
- I know.
Can't a bitch be modest?
- [laughs]
Oh, I was calling to tell you
my boy Tank's in town tonight
performing.
You free?
- Actually, I'm hangin'
with my girls tonight.
So...
- It's all good.
Maybe next time.
- Maybe.
Bye, Aaron.
[computer beeps]
[tranquil music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome to the Nth Degree.
[thermometer beeps]
Thank you.
- [clears throat]
Well, you look amazing.
- I know.
- [laughs] I bet you do.
- Here you go.
- Thanks for comin'.
Yes.
We've got a lot to talk about.
So where do I start?
- You can start with why
you wanted to meet
for drinks so bad.
You said a lot
at the gas station.
- Yes, that's fair.
So I mean, long story short,
after football,
I became a sports agent.
An opportunity arose back here
in Atlanta, so...I'm back.
- Good for you.
Yeah. Nice.
Um, you know,
I'm not doin' so bad myself.
I've been running a successful
real estate business
for years now.
Sell to athletes, musicians,
entertainers.
Life is good.
- Mm-hmm.
- Actually, I just closed
on a new home for myself.
- Off Peachtree. Yeah. I saw.
You posted it online.
You did a really good job on
the exterior, the landscaping.
You're quite impressive,
Ms. Yates.
- So you've been
keeping up with me?
- [laughs]
We haven't talked
since college.
But I checked up on you.
You know, social media.
- Mm.
So you have been
low-key stalking me.
- Low key.
- So I finished
with the best practices,
just to keep it fresh
in their minds.
So that's it.
Let me know if something else
doesn't look right.
- This looks great.
- Yo, boss lady,
I'm about to order lunch.
Uh, what you want?
I'd advise against that spot
that we ordered from
the other day.
It had you with the mud butt.
- It did not..."have me"...
- Oh, my bad.
I thought y'all two
went way back.
Uh, how about we go
with something safe?
Um, CPK?
- Mm.
- You want something?
- No.
No, I'm good, thank you.
- [chuckles]
I apologize for that!
- Uh, she's interesting.
But she seems loyal,
which is a big help
when you're running a business,
big or small.
[laughs]
Hey, next time we get together,
you should let me
treat you to lunch.
- Oh, that sounds great.
But I'm just so busy with Lib,
I don't really have any time
to peel away soon.
- Oh, it's just that
I miss your energy.
The whole company does.
Hey, I have an idea.
I'm going to send you
the details to a trip to Spain
that all the work crew's
going to over the holidays.
You should join.
- Wow.
I really should treat myself.
- All right, girl.
I'll talk to you soon.
- Okay, bye.
- Bye.
- [laughs]
- Oh, man.
You know,
I always loved your smile.
- [laughs] Mm-hmm.
That's not all you loved.
- [laughs]
You're right about that.
- So what do you want, Ken?
- I want the one that got away.
- What?
- You.
I'm done with the games.
Playtime is over, Veronica.
I turn 40 in a couple years,
and I'd love to explore
something with you.
- You're that cocky.
You think you can just make
a decision like this
and I'll just hop onboard?
- It's not cocky.
I'm just hopeful.
And I'm willing to take
the time you need
to prove it to you.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
both: I've got it.
- I know you got it.
But I got it.
[phone pings]
- Oh, here we go.
- Yo, what you doing?
- I was driving.
- Driving where?
- Around?
- Why were you
just driving around?
- I don't know. I'm not you.
I'm still fairly new
at unemployment.
My mom still thinks
I'm working.
And I got tired of lying
about fake video conferences.
So I told her
I had an in-person audit.
- I remember the first time
I went through
that shit with my moms.
You know what you do?
Find a Starbucks to post up at.
It's the equivalent of renting
an office for the day
at the price
of just one coffee.
- I'm gonna do that.
- And make sure they give you
the passcode to the bathroom
and the Wi-Fi password
with that coffee.
- I got some research
to do anyway.
I might have to sell my condo.
- Man, you wanna borrow
some money?
- No!
- Damn, just trying to help.
- Yeah, I'll figure that out
on my own.
But I am grateful
for all your help
with tonight's bachelor party.
- With your daddy?
- Nigga!
- [laughs] Man, I'm just
fucking with you!
Ooh, man!
It's about to be crazy.
Please be on time.
I got all the nastiest--I mean,
exotic dancers in Atlanta.
Ah, the things
that these girls do,
they wouldn't allow them to do
in a Mexican strip club.
They would prefer a horse
be there instead of the girls
for what they're doing.
It can't be legal. [laughs]
Which reminds me, can you pick
up, uh, some Cuban cigars?
I'd go myself,
but I gotta make a stop
at Big 5 Sporting Goods
for some supplies.
- Sporting goods?
- Yeah, I don't know.
I mean, it's been a while.
Ken actually seems different.
- Is that him?
- It is.
- Do you really think that men
can change like that?
I can't tell with Aaron.
These boys,
they go to sex rehab,
and you're supposed
to just forget that
they was a whole log of poo.
- Change is possible.
I'm different
than I was in college.
You know, we all are.
Why can't Ken be?
- We're not that different.
We're just older.
And we can only change so much.
And, I don't know.
That whole idea of
giving someone a second chance,
it might just leave you open
to get hurt a second time.
- Hold up. Wait a minute.
Is this Ms. Positive talking?
What got into you?
- Deon. Deon got into her.
- Okay, well he is still
the same as he was in college.
He still doesn't know
what he wants.
- First of all, isn't that the
pot calling the kettle black?
Second of all, you was the one
that ditched Deon
when he came back to you
the second time around.
- Oop! True!
- Not true.
- Yes, it is. I told you.
Just explain to Deon the whole
Greg picking you up thing.
Y'all could have been enjoying
happily ever after by now.
- Look, Deon had sex with
someone else
right after the jail thing,
okay?
- What?
- I went to Deon's place
the night that you told me to.
And I walked
into his apartment.
And I saw him having sex
with some girl.
- Why didn't you share
this bit of information?
- Because I was embarrassed.
And I felt like a fool.
But you know what?
I'm actually really glad
it happened
because now I know that
we are not meant to be.
- Okay, so you didn't even talk
to him
about this chick and what--
- No. No, no, no, no.
We're not talking to no one.
And no one is gonna say
anything to him.
You promise?
- All right.
Gee whiz.
Girl, you know you
taking this too far, okay?
You saw what you saw,
but there's really no evidence
that what you saw means
you're not meant to be.
- Well, what other evidence
do I need?
You know, nobody really knows
who's the one for them.
Maybe if we had a crystal ball,
but in lieu of that,
I have to go off
of what I've seen.
- What?
- Maybe we do have
a crystal ball.
Whoo!
- Hell, no. Mm-mm.
- Fun.
Likely bullshit, but fun.
- You know, actually, I went to
psychic right after college.
And he was too right
about a lot of shit.
You know? But then he started
sabotaging my readings.
Because we screwed once.
You know, it was a whole thing.
But you know what?
What do we have to lose?
- Our minds, our money...
- Bring it!
- Our souls.
Veronica, you look like you
don't care about your soul.
- There he is.
All right.
- ♪ My section,
I need a crown ♪
♪ And coke is my preference,
ass up ♪
♪ Face hitting my necklace,
he hot not a cop ♪
♪ But I got arrested ♪
♪ He saying I'm being
too reckless ♪
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- I don't know about this.
- We're good.
Channel 2 News been here
talking 'bout how safe it is.
Apparently, the girls
slather down with sanitizer
instead of oil.
So clean
for how nasty it is.
- ♪ I guess
the tables shifted ♪
- Man! It's gonna be like
the black "Hangover."
- I heard about this place
in one of them rap songs.
- What's in this bag?
- Uh, uh, uh.
It's party favors.
And some other stuff.
Shit, I forgot the towels.
I'll just grab some out
the bathroom real quick.
- I ain't been to a strip club
since I got out.
- Of?
- Prison.
I did a little bit
for some drug dealing.
But that was a past life.
- ♪ Play boys
like Anna Nicole ♪
♪ Me and Tay Money,
your BM look disgusting ♪
- Deon?
- Hey, man!
Hey, what's--no. Mm-mm.
Sorry.
How's it going?
- Good, good.
Glad you could make it.
This is, um, Julius.
- Oh, man of the hour!
[laughs] Congratulations.
Greg. Greg.
Greg. [laughs]
- Thanks.
So I heard you found the place.
- Oh yeah, man, yeah.
It's like my second home here.
All right, guys, follow me.
Right up there,
we have Alkaline.
Uh, up there we have Quinoa,
not to be confused
with K-know-uh. [laughs]
Oh, and look out for Kale.
She's all about that green.
- Who cares about their name?
Just as long as they're willing
to shake that ass
for a little cash.
- Oh, I like where he's at!
We need hand sanitizer, Vivian.
Hand sanitizer.
- Hey, man. Why don't you take
some of these singles, man,
and go have some fun?
- No, I'm good.
- Hey, man.
I'm about to go over there
and make it rain.
- Yeah, I'll be watching you.
- ♪ Bitch, I'm bussin' ♪
♪ I'm a whole ♪
♪ Brand-new
bitch ♪
♪ Bitch, I'm bussin' ♪
[ethereal music playing]
♪ ♪
- We have to focus
if this is gonna work.
- Well, I just learned
how to focus.
And I'm good at it.
Good-ish.
- Nope.
- Oh, no.
- Padre Nuestro
que estás en el cielo.
Santificado sea tu nombre.
Padre Nuestro
que estás en el cielo...
- What-what is she saying?
- I don't know.
- She don't know.
- First of all,
if I feel anything, a breeze,
a hot flash, light-headedness,
I'm coming for you.
My Jesus is 'bout that life.
- Stop that nonsense
with your negative energy!
Thank you.
Okay?
We're good.
You may proceed.
- Oh, girl.
You're earning your money.
You see this?
She's twerking.
She's twerking me.
- Hey, who needs
a new cocktail, huh?
Oh, my man.
Hurry up and drink these on up
before the next round
of bottles come on out, huh?
Whoo!
- Oh, man.
- - So Greg, I know this
probably isn't the right time.
But whether you believe me
or not,
Layne is a good woman.
I just don't want you
to think that, you know,
me and her had a thing going
while you guys were together.
- Hey, man, listen.
I understand. I really do, man.
In fact,
it's water under the bridge.
Besides that,
I always felt like me and Layne
weren't the right fit.
- I can tell.
- I was just holding on
because of,
I don't know, my childhood?
Being raised by two
loving parents that...
I was infatuated with love.
Mm-hmm.
- Man, that's deep.
- Mm-hmm.
I learned it from sex therapy.
- Mm.
- Yeah, man. It's a thing.
I'm master-level skilled
in tantric arts training,
orgasmic meditation,
clitoral geography.
Did you know, bro--
- Yo!
- Vince!
So happy to see you.
- Y'all need to hurry up.
You're missing the show
in the Boom-Boom Room.
She's 3/5 of the way
down the cucumber.
- What?
- It's a new best.
- Come on.
- I hope it's organic.
Let's go. Let's do this!
Yes!
- Let me put all my hair up
because I don't need anybody
using my hair
in any evil spells.
- You have a weave.
No curse would work if that's
the hair the psychic stole.
Some little girl in India
might feel something though.
- I bought it. It's mine.
- The card of motherhood.
Someone in this room
has a strong maternal energy.
Within the next year,
you'll have a child.
[laughter]
- Strike one
with the baby shit.
Okay, so she's way off.
Can it not be me?
- Me either.
- She's crazy.
- Can I shuffle them?
Because if you're gonna talk
about Tracey Davis's future,
you're gonna have
to include Tracey Davis.
Okay?
[imitates gunfire]
Tap them cards, Layne.
She needs money.
- Hm.
You should consider adding
shellfish to your diet.
- But I'm allergic.
- I said "consider."
- She trying to kill me?
- I'm seeing something more
accurate about forgiveness.
- Aaron?
- Forgiveness is the first step
to opening the road to trust.
Something from your past
is pulling you back.
But it's something that will
end up propelling you forward.
You just need to follow
the path once laid out to you.
- This is like a Jordan Peele
movie with how accurate she is.
- So, let's get to you, Jane.
- Ken!
- Yeah.
- So good to see you, man!
- What's good?
No, I'm glad I could be here.
You know?
Lambda shake probably not
a good idea right about now.
- Yeah, I know, right?
It's fucked up.
- Yeah, I know, right?
You prolly forgot that shit.
You fell off big time
after pledging, bro.
- Man, it wasn't
even like that.
- [laughs] Fuck it.
- No, it wasn't.
It wasn't like that.
- You know?
- It just--it became
a bit too much, man.
Took my GPA down.
So I had to take some time,
focus on building it back up.
And after school,
you know, life happened.
- I got you.
I was adulting too, you know.
Even though I was still acting
like a kid, even after college.
Speaking of, I had lunch
with Veronica today.
- How'd that go?
- It felt good to see her.
- You know Veronica's, like,
one of my closest friends.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- She's like a sister to me.
- You don't gotta
worry about it.
I moved back to Atlanta
because I'm taking a look
at how I want to spend
the rest of my life.
Settling down
is a part of that, bro.
You know,
you only get one life.
Can't let that girl get away.
I got you.
Trust me. I got you.
- All right. Yeah.
- Yo, come on.
We can win free shots if, uh,
you can hit the ball
when she pitches it.
Here, take this mouthpiece.
I heard people
are losing teeth.
Yo, Ken! What up.
I heard you was back, man!
Here, take this mouthpiece.
Let's go, bro.
- A mouthpiece.
A damn mouthpiece.
- ♪ He be like,
damn, you bad ♪
♪ Be like,
you that bitch ♪
♪ You that bitch, ooh,
ooh ♪
- Mm.
You were engaged to a man that
seemed to be a dream come true.
But you were not happy.
It was not your dream.
You had a bit
of an issue deciding
which one was the best fit
for your life.
Huh.
But trust got in the way.
Oh, work is going well.
But you are not exactly happy.
You want more.
I see a man.
Oh, oh, yes, yes.
I see a different man
coming into your life.
Mm. Everything about him
will be different.
Oh, I feel--I-I feel an ease.
Life with him, as well as
with work, will be easy.
Because now,
everything for you is hard.
And when everything
feels like an uphill battle,
it's a sign...
you're headed
in the wrong direction.
- ♪ What you gon' do
for the check? ♪
- Having fun?
- Yes, indeed.
Man, you didn't
have to do all this.
Thank you, son.
- Son?
You don't have to thank me.
I didn't do this for you.
I did this for my mom.
I'd do anything for her.
- I hear you.
But you don't have to worry
about your mom.
I'm more than happy
to take her off your hands.
- She's my mom.
She'll always be in my hands.
- ♪ What you gon'
do for the check? ♪
♪ Walk in the club
with them blues on ♪
♪ I got no crystal,
no booze on me ♪
♪ I make a ho
act a fool on me ♪
♪ I don't know
what I just blew on me ♪
- Listen, Deon.
I ain't trying to argue.
One reason why I came here
to meet you in person
before the wedding
was so that you could
feel comfortable
about letting your mother go
to someone
who is gonna take care of her.
You see,
with my previous wives,
I didn't do that,
and there were conflicts.
- Wives?
- Yeah, I was married twice
when I was younger.
Connie and I say the third time
for me is gonna be the charm.
But now I know what I want.
And it's Connie.
I don't know, there's just
something about us.
We just--we just fit.
I love her more than anything.
And I just wish
you could see that.
- I haven't seen enough
to know what I'm seeing.
So no disrespect,
but there's no way
I'm giving you my blessing.
I don't know you.
And in the one day
that I've gotten to know you,
all I've learned is that
you're a twice-divorced,
ex-con drug dealer,
who likes recording young asses
shaking at a strip club.
So no, sorry, dude.
- ♪ What you gon' do
for the check? ♪
[cell phone ringing]
- Oh, look who it is.
Hey, babe.
Deon came over here
to where I'm at.
And we're having a ball.
- Hey, Ma.
- Hey, sugar.
Julius has been showing me
all the strippers on FaceTime,
so it's like I'm there.
[laughs]
Well, I'll let you two
get back to your evening.
And you take care of my baby.
- I will, baby.
- I love you.
- I love you, too, Ma.
- I don't need your blessing.
But I'd like to have it.
- Guys, I refuse to let you two
miss the big finale.
You shouldn't have worn
those Chelsea boots.
They're gonna shrivel up
like old balls.
- He ain't lying.
- You know what?
It's past my bedtime.
And I really wanna
get back to Connie, so I'm out.
- What! What!
But I got you these.
- Have fun with them for me.
- You for real?
You mean it?
He means it.
He means it. No take backs.
- Ooh, damn.
That lady had a gift.
Sorry, Jesus.
- You never know where
your wisdom gonna come from.
- I mean, I think she was right
about some of that stuff,
but not all of it, you know?
- Oh, no, it--it's fine.
I think I-I have the clarity
and closure that I needed.
And maybe it was
just the universe
just letting me know
my instincts were right,
and that is that
Deon is not the one.
But it's really good to know,
you know?
- Ooh.
That was dope.
- Uh, guys? I'm out.
[laughs]
- Hey, Greg?
- Uh, hello, ladies. What?
Oh, what's up?
I don't get your name.
Hello. Hello.
- Later, bros.
- Greg, you got
my number, right?
Greg, if you need an after
party, I'm a DJ, brother.
I got you. Okay?
[laughs]
I'm out too.
- Where are you going?
- My car's right
around the corner.
- By car, do you mean
Missy Shoshana?
- Ha, ha, ha. Fuck you.
- And who you texting?
All the strippers
are still in the club.
- Actually, I'm texting
Veronica to stay up
so I can talk to her
when I get home.
Look at me.
I'm leaving the strip club,
headed home to talk to a woman.
I guess that's what a grown man
should look like, right?
That's me.
Ken?
- Yes.
- A'ight. Yeah, I'm off, bro.
- A'ight.
- Yo, I'm-I'm done with
girl dancers, y'all.
- At least they don't turn
you upside down and shit.
Ain't nobody trying to
lose their lunch
to make your show better.
- She fired out a ball at 90
miles per hour, at least.
It hit me in the chest, y'all.
I'm gonna have a bruise
in the morning.
- Sounds like you might want
to relay her info
to one of your baseball agents.
- [laughs]
You know, you're right.
I can see her waving off pitch
calls with the catcher now.
[laughter]
- You know, it's getting late.
- Maybe we should hang up.
- No, you hang up.
- No, you hang up.
- ♪ Love ♪
♪ Faded, faded,
love ♪
- Mm.
[doorbell rings]
- ♪ 'Cause you're falling
in love ♪
- Tracey, I didn't know
you were--
- Be quiet and listen.
If we're gonna do this,
we're doing it by my rules.
I've been celibate.
There ain't gonna be no sex.
I'm a different woman now.
So no more cheating.
No more sending
my calls to voicemail.
You're gonna keep your phone
face up and these DMs,
all of them
gonna be read aloud.
I get it if you can't control--
- Tracey. Tracey.
Whatever you like.
I support and respect it.
- Good.
I'd better be court side
at all your games.
And I'm gonna need
unlimited snacks
and tickets for my friends.
- [laughs]
- Huh?
[barking]
- Ah, that's crazy.
[phone line trilling]
[phone buzzing]
- Hi, this is Layne.
I can't get to the phone
but thanks for calling me.
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