Bling Empire (2021–…): Season 2, Episode 1 - Episode #2.1 - full transcript
I like having people over
to my house for dinner too.
I'm just not used to
one server for each guest there.
We're spending about, like, 400k
a month on our black Amex.
I can shop for five days straight
from when stores open to when they close.
You know, I'm on a budget.
This is not normal.
You have one life.
Live it to its fullest.
How did you shut down Rodeo?
There's a very small circle
of affluent Asians in Los Angeles,
but there's really no need
for any of the drama.
Christine is a fucking pain
in the ass.
I just wanna make sure
everybody has their seat.
-Christine fucked with me? Sit there.
-That bitch.
Who raised you? Wolves?
What'd you say?
You're way overreacting right now.
I'm upset! Yes or no?
I don't fucking treat you that way!
There ain't no dick that good.
The silent ones are the crazy ones.
-We're not married yet. We have 2 babies.
-Yeah.
Jessey Lee, will you marry me?
What is she doing
with a penis pump?
Cherie means so much to me.
Kane would be there
for me in a heartbeat.
Stop looking at me like you wanna kiss me.
I look at you…
I think it's the other way around.
-Kevin!
-I don't know, maybe.
-I get it. It's okay.
-Hello?
-Hi.
Hi. It's my first time
using this peephole.
Peephole?
Hey. Oh my God,
look at that panda!
-How are you?
-Oh my…
-Good to see you.
-What's up, Kevin?
-Thank you.
-What an upgrade.
I took a chance
to come here to LA to find myself,
and I'm getting closer to finding
who I am,
and what it's like to be Asian.
Thank you.
I must have done
some really good shit in my past lifetime
because there's no way
unless you have good karma
that you can meet
a group of friends like this.
-Hey, hey, shoes, shoes, shoes…
-But it's Louboutin.
I feel settled in.
I have my own new apartment,
and I can walk around naked.
I can jerk off whenever I want.
So my life's in a great place right now.
Here, this is for you. This is--
Shoes!
It goes with the whole outfit.
I mean, Kevin, come on.
It's a perfect outfit today.
But seriously, this is an Asian household.
-I took it off.
-But you're white inside.
Stop saying that. I'm not white.
Take them off.
-I took off my shoes for you.
-Thank you. See? Kelly respects me.
Thank you.
Let me show you around.
-This is my bedroom.
-What is this?
This is my bedroom.
-Are you gonna get a real bed?
-What do you mean?
This looks dirty.
Do you guys have a blue light somewhere?
I mean, look, stain, stain, stain--
-Stain.
-You take girls home to this?
What are you doing?
-Oh my God!
Ew! Ew!
Look!
-You sure I'm the first person?
-You're the first person, I swear.
-That was from my last place.
-What's this right here?
Get out!
I'm wishing that I had my shoes on.
I wish I had my mask on.
I wish I had my gloves on.
I wish I had, like, a hazmat suit on
'cause God knows what happens
in Kevin's place.
-My God! It was so gross!
-I saw that!
Thank goodness Kevin and I
are just friends.
I mean, I can deal with the mattress
on the floor, but the stains on the sheet?
I don't think so.
-Thank you, Maria.
-You're welcome.
-Hi. I'm so, so sorry I'm late.
-Hi, Anna.
That's okay.
I love diamonds.
I have a diamond dealer,
jeweler, friend,
who's downtown Los Angeles
in the Diamond District.
How are my little friends?
We sit there sometimes till, like, four
or five in the morning, and we'll design.
And at the end, I don't think
it's that I pick the jewelry.
Hi.
Oh my God. My little princess.
The jewelry picks me.
Round, five carat. Anything bigger?
-We have ten.
-Ten? Okay, yeah.
Let's look at the ten.
Okay. No problem.
For the past year and a half,
I've been trying to plan a wedding.
It's so much work.
I proposed to Jessey
a long time ago.
-What?
-Will you marry me?
Wow.
I can't wait to marry him.
I looked into,
obviously, my wedding dress.
I want pearls and diamonds
like dangling over me.
I didn't think I would ever
buy myself a ring, you know?
I'll take Jessey. I'll call Jessey.
You'll call him? Okay.
Say, "Hey, Jessey, what's up?
Let's go shopping."
Motivate him.
"Let's go shopping."
Oh, shit.
So, this is a ten carat.
May I have your hand?
That's so beautiful.
That's really pretty.
How come
he doesn't want to get married?
I don't think it's that
he doesn't want to get married.
He wants the timing to be correct.
And we have this
feng shui master guy that we really trust.
He told us that this year would not
be a good time for us to get married.
It would be next year.
-You'll have a third baby.
-Yeah, no.
No more babies.
From then until now we've been looking
at rings for like a long time now.
Every time we look at it,
something happens
and every time we look again,
something happens,
and he never made
the commitment to buy it.
Or maybe he did buy it
without me knowing. I have no idea. But--
When is the right time?
Um, the feng shui guy said next year.
Any time next year is good.
-But I'm-- The coming year.
-This coming year.
Ah, so you should get one!
Listen, I planned mine
in a month and a half,
but this was my fourth wedding.
-Wow. So, you're--
-A little practice.
Yeah, just wing it.
What do you think?
I think it's beautiful.
Wow!
-Jevon's here.
-What's going on?
I didn't know we
were planning on an Omakase.
-Jadore, what's that?
Maguro.
-Kampachi.
-Kampachi.
Papa's favorite, wagyu.
-Uh, I like uni and ikura.
She's like, "Forget the wagyu."
Wow.
-Thank you for the food!
-Yeah.
I was thinking in Napa
we should take some wedding photos.
-What?
-Yeah.
What do you think?
-Have you even started wedding planning?
-I want to be a June bride.
Well, I mean, I think…
I think we're kind of past that.
Or in the fall?
Hm?
-Where do you want the wedding?
-You can decide.
I'm leaving that up to you.
I get a headache, just thinking about it.
I don't think
every little girl wakes up like,
"Let me propose to the man of my dreams."
Right? I think by now
we should be married.
I just never thought
we would be here right now.
Um…
Hopefully something will change.
I think I need
a really good wedding planner.
Mm.
Mmm. He's like,
"You know me well!"
Always flirting with the girls.
He didn't get that from his papa, though.
Hope not.
Look at how beautiful.
Do you want croissants?
No.
We're in Paris
for Couture Week,
and this year is extraordinarily special
because I have Big G and Baby G with me.
I know, waking up in the morning
is so hard, I know.
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
Do you want chocolate chip pancakes?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Baby G, do you wanna see?
Wanna see the bridge?
Mm-hm.
Look at the Eiffel Tower
there.
Couture Week is fun,
but it's also extremely stressful
because you are running
from show to show in Paris traffic.
You have to execute
all of your looks to perfection,
and we're on a mission.
We have to focus.
There are fittings,
there are shows, there are back stages,
there's press.
There is no sleep, no eating.
You gotta do it right. Paris is chaotic.
It's stress upon stress upon stress,
but I… I love every second of it.
-Hello?
-Hello!
Hey, Mimi. What's going on?
-Wait, where are you at?
-We miss you.
I'm just wrapping up here in Paris,
and then we're gonna head over to Cannes.
Come on.
That's so nice. I'm jealous!
I met Mimi through Cherie.
Mimi and I hit it off right away.
She is a firecracker.
Everything she says
just makes you happy and laugh.
-Why aren't you with us?
-I'm planning my anniversary.
-What, huh?
-It's on Saturday.
So, come home, okay?
It's really nice party.
This Saturday?
-Yes.
-It's Thursday.
Today is Thursday,
Friday, Saturday.
-Oh my God.
-What about Cannes?
Yes, we will… I will make it.
I will change things around.
We will definitely be there
to celebrate you guys.
What?
Hi, ladies.
-Hey.
-You look great.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Kane.
Don't give Kevin your number.
-Kevin.
-Hi, Kane.
Oh my gosh, this is… No.
Look at the piano.
No caviar. Look at the piano.
Walking through
Mimi and Don's house,
I'm thinking I've been
to quite a few of these parties.
But this one,
it just takes it to a whole new level.
-Hey, how are you?
-Give me a hug, come on.
-Happy anniversary. You look great.
-Thank you.
How are you, Skyler?
I like your suit. Yves Saint Laurent?
I love Mimi so much.
I actually know
all the super wealthy Asians in LA,
and Mimi happens to be one of them.
We're just in a really small circle
and come on, it's spectacular.
I mean, it's like a wedding.
Christine throws amazing parties,
don't get me wrong,
but Mimi is really on another level.
-Hey, Kelly.
-Congratulations!
-You're wearing butterflies too.
-Butterflies.
She got the memo. Where's your butterfly?
-Your dress looks beautiful.
-Why butterflies?
You know, every party,
I have flowers,
so I'm thinking,
"What do we do this time?"
And I'm thinking, like,
I come up with mudfly.
-Mudfly?
-Butterfly.
-Butterfly.
-Buffly.
-What--
-Butterflies.
-Actually--
-Butterflies.
-Buttflies.
-Buttflies.
Buttflies!
Yes, but let this anniversary
be an inspiration to your next lover.
I'm inspired to get married.
-For sure.
-You are?
Well, I need to get--
-You need to clean up your shit first.
-Exactly.
Oh, shit.
-What's up, Kim!
-You've stepped up.
Hey, babe.
-You look gorgeous. Getting married?
-The girls are out.
Oh my God. Her boobs are insane.
-Yeah.
-I mean, Kevin…
-They are?
-The girls are out.
Oh my God!
-Hi, Mimi.
-Woo-hoo-hoo!
-How are you?
-Oh my God, her boobs came out.
Ah, yes, you've gotta
greet the sisters first.
The past year and a half,
I've put all my energy into work.
It's just been a crazy journey.
It went from, like,
me trying to get into the clubs,
messaging different club owners,
promoters, agents and stuff,
to, like, now DJing
the biggest music festivals
and playing
with the biggest DJs in the world.
I got you guys a gift.
For you, whoever drinks.
-Me.
-It was for you?
-Hey, Anna. How are you?
-Good, thanks. How are you?
-Good. Good to see you.
-How are you?
Did you renew your vows?
No, no. One's enough.
Any… Hello?
-What is he doing?
-I don't know.
-Hello?
-Wow, no, Kane.
I'm looking for single guys for Kelly.
Kelly's recently single.
Five-eight.
She has a lot of pearls on her body.
-She's working it.
-This is so embarrassing.
Kelly's at the bar now.
Any single guys in the house,
please give her your number,
and have a net worth
of at least $10 million.
-Ten million?
-Have a great party.
I am single, like finally,
and this time it's for good.
I knocked on Drew's door,
and we got back together.
And we were doing actually really well,
going to more therapy together.
Then there were some events that happened
when I realized the surface has changed,
but the under core of Drew still has a lot
of issues that he needs to deal with.
And I just feel like I don't have
another five to ten years
of my life to give to him.
-You don't eat?
-I do, but I don't like caviar.
-You don't like caviar?
-I don't like caviar.
Oh, we can't be friends.
-Really?
-How could you not like caviar?
'Cause it's very expensive for…
-It doesn't taste that good to me.
-It's so good.
All right, let me try this caviar.
-Is it really that good?
-It's a ring.
This is the type of ring
you would get me, huh?
Of course…
I like caviar now.
What are you gonna do with the…
-Oh my God!
-I love caviar.
I wonder if we should bother--
-It's heavy.
-Here.
-No, I got it.
-Two fingers, you'll drop it.
I am so mortified that we're late,
but it wasn't easy getting here.
We went from Paris to LA
to Orange County.
No eating, no showering.
-Do you want to go to sleep?
-Yeah.
Okay, we'll find you someplace
to go to sleep, okay?
But we made it.
-Most girls like simple things.
-Where are we going to sit, or stand?
Like something I got you, simple.
-Oh!
Show us, Mimi.
You need to be more active
on Instagram. I need to teach you.
-Can you teach me?
-Yes, I want to.
Impossible. I don't know how this works.
You remind me of my mom.
My mom is very bad at technology
and with her phone too.
It's the age. I'm older than your mom.
Yeah, well, can you be,
like, my mom in LA?
-Okay.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-What are you guys laughing at?
Jaime, why are you crying?
You have too much money?
Oh my God,
I have too much money too!
Oh, my Dad gave me too much money!
Make my way.
Slowly making my way over.
Christine, what are you doing?
In the past,
there was a lot of competition
going with Christine and Anna.
I don't know if it was out of fun,
I don't know if it was out of insecurity,
but, like, I secretly like the drama
because it's fun to me, you know.
It's just watching, you know, two people
compete over stupid material things.
What's new? What's going on in your life?
And the baby.
I know. So cute.
She's so cute.
Your granddaughter.
Did that sound strange?
Isn't that crazy?
Actually, do you want to see?
Yes.
Oh, my… Look at the folds in her thighs.
Sometimes she cries
when she sees me. I don't know why.
-I almost dropped her, but it's okay.
-You almost dropped her?
I mean, it's fine. I did not drop her.
So, Baby G will not be doing
any playdates alone at your house.
I'm sitting there, I'm like, "Are you guys
really enjoying a conversation?"
"Or are you guys like, you know, just like
looking at each other's outfit
and whose ring is bigger?"
I don't know what's real.
-I heard you got a new house.
-Oh, yes.
-Do you love it?
-Come over.
Okay, yeah. I'd love to come over.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised.
Anna invites me to come see her new home,
which I'm super excited about.
Hopefully no tricks attached.
Oh my God, guys!
-What?
-I just got the email.
-Congrats.
-I got the residency!
You deserve it. You deserve it.
First female fucking DJ, man.
I'm getting a residency
at the Wynn Hotel in Vegas.
You know, anybody
that's in the music industry or is a DJ
knows it's like that stamp,
you know, in your books,
like, you know, you did it.
-Ooh! Do it again!
-I got the residency at the Wynn!
She just kissed him.
She jumps, screaming like a little girl,
kisses me on the cheek
and just looks at me with these doe eyes.
I'm just like, what do I do right now?
I'm really happy for you.
I don't know how to express it
other than wanting to hug you,
but you don't wanna hug,
so I don't know what to do.
Ooh!
That's so pretty.
-Hi, there.
-Hi. Ni hao.
-Welcome in.
-Thank you. Ni hao.
You guys are the best.
Yes.
We can do so many different things.
We have our herbal capsules,
we have different delicacies,
herbal products, all-natural store.
It's always Christmastime
with Christine
because gifting is my love language,
and I want to find the perfect gift
for Anna when I visit her new house.
How long have you guys been here?
We've been here almost 30 years.
My parents opened it up in 1992,
but traditional Chinese medicine
has been going on thousands of years.
What did you study in school?
Well, I actually studied Econ in UCLA.
-Hmm, I like this one.
-Hi.
-Hi, Nana!
-Hi, Mimi.
Look at you.
Chinatown was not ready for this heat.
-Ah. Robbed grocery store, aisle 12.
That Ralphs Reynold's wrap.
-I'm so glad you could come.
-I know. Thank you.
I'm Dorothy Wang.
I'm first-generation Chinese-American.
I was born and raised in Beverly Hills.
My father is an entrepreneur.
Forbes recently estimated his worth
at around 4 billion dollars.
We're gonna explore
all of the treasures.
He'll introduce us to…
-But no offense, it's nasty.
-It tastes like dirt and tree roots.
That's what mine tastes like,
but I'll guzzle it down.
My Asian friends,
we all kind of grew up in a similar way,
where we all got made fun of
for bringing weird Asian foods
for lunch at school.
It's like bird poop mashed with urine.
-Like, but, hey, right?
-That's the taste.
Our housekeepers were always Asian,
so sometimes they don't really understand
the American food combinations.
One time I opened up my lunch, and I had
a peanut butter and turkey sandwich.
So there's like,
almost like underlying trauma,
and damage that we can connect over.
Well, maybe we can go down there,
and we can start the consultation.
We can take a look at the tongue.
Usually, the tongue in Chinese culture
tells a lot about the entire body.
And let me get a look.
On the side, if you notice,
Christine, right in the middle
is a crack down the center, quite thick.
Mainly, the line in the center
shows liver stress.
Too much.
What does that say
about her love life or sex life?
-Different day.
-Different day.
For you, especially from your tongue,
usually two together is best.
It has chrysanthemum flowers,
honeysuckle flowers,
violet herbs.
Her turn.
Let me see your tongue as well.
Let's see.
Open up!
For you, a little different.
-It's very fire.
-Fire?
-Your element is fire.
-Fire sign.
Maybe you can be angry sometimes,
or you seem stressed.
Fiery, stressed.
You are high-strung.
Christine and I have always had
a lot of mutual friends.
I was kind of scared to meet her.
She seems like
she's doing a lot all the time.
She'll say like, "Oh my God,
we should totally go to lunch."
"We should take a helicopter
to the French Laundry in San Francisco."
I'm, like, "Bitch, I'm trying to just go
get lunch on Canon. I have 45 minutes."
Sometimes the sleep balance, not
so good, something like that can create--
My husband snores.
Do you have something for snoring?
I can just, like, drug him, right?
-He'll taste the herbs.
-I'll put it in the meatloaf.
Then Nicky told me,
"I really like her."
So, I met her and,
honestly, she was lovely.
I really actually enjoyed her.
We can also suggest
like a placenta to help moisturizing.
-Help with that irritation.
-Oh, wow.
Whose placenta do you have?
-Ours isn't from human.
-It's from cows.
It's from cows.
But I kind of have a friend
who's been a little crunchy.
Like, slightly older.
Who?
Anna.
Sometimes it's the hormone imbalance,
you know, especially when a little older.
Like these ones, especially good
for help clean the blood in the body.
Help clean out vagina,
the blood, everything.
-And for sugar, sometimes--
-Think Anna's vagina needs cleansing?
-This one is the vagina cleanser?
-Do I just put it up there somewhere?
-I think so.
-Okay.
-Sorry.
Oh, can I change my wish?
-What do you want to change it to?
-A threesome.
-What?
-Just joking. Wait, look.
-Oh!
-No, that's a family, dude.
-That's a family, not an orgy.
-This is someone else's.
-What does this one say?
"I'm struggling to hold in my farts
for fear of pooping."
-Is this yours?
-No.
Okay.
Where's your head at this morning?
That's really good.
I thought you liked matcha.
-I do.
-Yeah.
You kind of know me.
Mm-hm.
Kinda.
I mean…
I'd like to, like, get to know you more
besides just matcha and stuff.
What was really cool
was when you were happy
about Mimi's and,
like, getting that email.
Oh, I know, I was so excited.
-I was so happy.
-I know.
But then you kind of like laid one here.
Actually it was this cheek.
-I did?
-You did.
-I did?
-You did.
I did. Okay, I did.
I… I did.
It felt good.
It felt good?
Yeah.
I wanted to ask you,
what were you thinking?
When I was…
Yeah.
-When I gave you that kiss?
-Yeah.
I was just really, really happy,
and I didn't have anyone to hug or kiss
at that point. It just happened.
I know, and wouldn't that be nice
to have somebody to do that with?
Would it?
Yeah.
Are you trying to hit me here?
I'm trying to lay it on thick,
but it doesn't seem to be working.
You're trying to shoot your shot?
You're trying
to shoot your shot now.
Excuse me, do you have a basketball?
I'm joking.
I'm messing with you.
-Oh my God.
-This is me shooting my shot, Kim.
Okay.
I'd like us to go out sometime,
just me and you.
And no pressure.
And just something
to think about, you know?
All right, all jokes aside…
Yeah.
…yeah,
I wouldn't mind hanging out with you.
Okay.
Deal.
Deal.
I don't know.
Hello.
Hello, how are you?
-Good.
-You look so cute.
-This basket is bigger than you.
This is from Baby G.
-He picked these himself for you.
-Thank you.
Originally, I was going
to bring some Chinese herbs,
but I realized
that I would like to take
the vagina herbs myself.
Should I take off my shoes?
Yes, I'm half Japanese,
but you don't have to.
-Should I take off one shoe?
-If you want to.
This is beautiful, Anna.
-This way.
-Hello!
-How are you?
-Good, how are you? Let me give you a hug.
-Nice to see you, baby.
-So good to see you.
Thanks for having me over.
Should we go take a look
around your house?
Yes.
Oh my gosh,
are those real guns?
Yes.
Are they loaded?
Yes, just in case.
-Come on, guys.
-They have the life out here.
And who are your neighbors?
-I don't know. I don't talk to them.
-Oh. Okay.
We're trying to get a pet for Baby G.
I mean, we started with fish,
but unfortunately they all died.
During the pandemic, I was so grateful
we had a beautiful space
to spend with him,
but then I was also really…
I was really sad about a lot of other,
like, working and single moms out there.
I almost feel like I can never do enough.
Christine, why are you trying
to be so altruistic?
I think… I think we both have so much
and in like the essentials, of course,
and a place to live,
roof over our head, the food
that we have, but also friends.
You have people like Maria,
who love you and care for you.
So, we're really lucky.
I think I liked you better
trying to be bitchy,
rather than this pretend
Martha Stewart thing
that you're doing now.
It's…
not working.
When I met Gabe, I was actually
earning more money than he was.
Money so unimpresses me.
-It impresses you, a lot of people.
-It actually doesn't impress me.
-Money doesn't impress me.
-Please.
I didn't want to take my parents' money.
-I wanted to pay my own way--
-That is called stupidity.
Yes, it's easy to say, "Oh, Anna's kooky.
She's eccentric. She's a wild card."
But at a certain point,
I think she's just plain rude.
When you want to compete with somebody,
want to compete with me…
I don't want to compete with you.
Christine, it is so obvious, okay?
-I'm just giving you…
-Okay.
…what everybody else sees.
Oh, I'm so sorry I come off that way.
I was born into this.
But I was born into wealth, Anna.
That's why I don't go around announcing
that I was born into money,
because for me,
it's much more honorable to earn it
and to know the value of the dollar
and to, you know, work hard.
Don't push it, okay?
I tried to be nice,
but I could give a fuck.
Christine just tries so hard
to be portrayed as somebody
that she wasn't a year ago.
I find it to be extremely pathetic,
a person who has to try so fucking hard.
There's a side of me
that you also don't know.
You're so funny.
-I'm not trying to be funny.
-No, but you are, really.
Hello.
-How are you?
-I'm good.
-How are you?
-I'm good.
-You look cute.
-Look at you.
I love that sweater. I have it.
-Yellow is the most chic color this year.
I met Leah for the first time
at Cherie's 100 day party.
-Nice to meet you.
-This is her house.
Oh, well, fantastic.
She seems like a fun, genuine person,
and we both do like fashion,
although there is absolutely no way
I would ever pair
that cardigan with those jeans.
I'm so sorry but yeah.
Can you speak Chinese?
I can speak a little bit,
but my Chinese isn't that good.
I think your Chinese
is better than my English!
-Um, but anyways…
How's dating life?
I am single. I don't have a boyfriend.
What type of guy do you like?
They need to be honest.
They need to have good hygiene.
They need to be like a gentleman.
You kind of killed 90%
of the LA guys already.
I know. The window's pretty narrow.
So that's why I'm picky
and I'm just, like, waiting around.
-Wait.
-We'll see if you know of anyone…
Have you ever had sex before?
I have, but it was, like, not…
I wish I didn't with that person.
Oh my gosh.
What do you feel like, the first time you…
I, like, I wish I didn't,
that's what-- that's how.
-Why? Because you want to save it?
-Because the… Yeah.
'Cause it was just kind of like random.
-I'm sorry.
-Not your boyfriend.
But that's actually,
yeah, it was kind of random.
But anyways, uh--
You never know
what can happen in your life.
Me and Garrett
wasn't looking to each other.
I feel like that's the best,
when you're not looking.
It's like the more you look
for something, the harder it is.
You're not gonna find it. Then the moment
you stop, all of a sudden, it pops up.
So, the first time I met you
was at Cherie's 100 day party,
and, uh… But how do you know Cherie?
I know her and Jessey the same day,
about five or six years ago,
they went to, uh…
a Mastro Malibu party.
It was like an exotic car event.
And, like, two years later,
she popped out a baby.
You're like,
"Why are you not married?"
Yeah, because Jessey had a wife
back then when they met.
-Oh, really?
-Yeah.
She has… He had a wife?
Yeah, Crystal and Jessey was married
and have two kids.
-You don't know about it?
-Crystal? No.
Oh, I thought everybody know about it.
Oh no, I didn't know.
Do you know if Jessey's
still married to Crystal?
Like, are they divorced, separated, or…?
-Oh gosh. That's such a good question.
-Do you know?
I have no idea.
I have a feeling
they still are for some reason,
because why else would you not
want to get married to someone
that you've been spending
so much time with?
I feel like I said something I shouldn't.
to my house for dinner too.
I'm just not used to
one server for each guest there.
We're spending about, like, 400k
a month on our black Amex.
I can shop for five days straight
from when stores open to when they close.
You know, I'm on a budget.
This is not normal.
You have one life.
Live it to its fullest.
How did you shut down Rodeo?
There's a very small circle
of affluent Asians in Los Angeles,
but there's really no need
for any of the drama.
Christine is a fucking pain
in the ass.
I just wanna make sure
everybody has their seat.
-Christine fucked with me? Sit there.
-That bitch.
Who raised you? Wolves?
What'd you say?
You're way overreacting right now.
I'm upset! Yes or no?
I don't fucking treat you that way!
There ain't no dick that good.
The silent ones are the crazy ones.
-We're not married yet. We have 2 babies.
-Yeah.
Jessey Lee, will you marry me?
What is she doing
with a penis pump?
Cherie means so much to me.
Kane would be there
for me in a heartbeat.
Stop looking at me like you wanna kiss me.
I look at you…
I think it's the other way around.
-Kevin!
-I don't know, maybe.
-I get it. It's okay.
-Hello?
-Hi.
Hi. It's my first time
using this peephole.
Peephole?
Hey. Oh my God,
look at that panda!
-How are you?
-Oh my…
-Good to see you.
-What's up, Kevin?
-Thank you.
-What an upgrade.
I took a chance
to come here to LA to find myself,
and I'm getting closer to finding
who I am,
and what it's like to be Asian.
Thank you.
I must have done
some really good shit in my past lifetime
because there's no way
unless you have good karma
that you can meet
a group of friends like this.
-Hey, hey, shoes, shoes, shoes…
-But it's Louboutin.
I feel settled in.
I have my own new apartment,
and I can walk around naked.
I can jerk off whenever I want.
So my life's in a great place right now.
Here, this is for you. This is--
Shoes!
It goes with the whole outfit.
I mean, Kevin, come on.
It's a perfect outfit today.
But seriously, this is an Asian household.
-I took it off.
-But you're white inside.
Stop saying that. I'm not white.
Take them off.
-I took off my shoes for you.
-Thank you. See? Kelly respects me.
Thank you.
Let me show you around.
-This is my bedroom.
-What is this?
This is my bedroom.
-Are you gonna get a real bed?
-What do you mean?
This looks dirty.
Do you guys have a blue light somewhere?
I mean, look, stain, stain, stain--
-Stain.
-You take girls home to this?
What are you doing?
-Oh my God!
Ew! Ew!
Look!
-You sure I'm the first person?
-You're the first person, I swear.
-That was from my last place.
-What's this right here?
Get out!
I'm wishing that I had my shoes on.
I wish I had my mask on.
I wish I had my gloves on.
I wish I had, like, a hazmat suit on
'cause God knows what happens
in Kevin's place.
-My God! It was so gross!
-I saw that!
Thank goodness Kevin and I
are just friends.
I mean, I can deal with the mattress
on the floor, but the stains on the sheet?
I don't think so.
-Thank you, Maria.
-You're welcome.
-Hi. I'm so, so sorry I'm late.
-Hi, Anna.
That's okay.
I love diamonds.
I have a diamond dealer,
jeweler, friend,
who's downtown Los Angeles
in the Diamond District.
How are my little friends?
We sit there sometimes till, like, four
or five in the morning, and we'll design.
And at the end, I don't think
it's that I pick the jewelry.
Hi.
Oh my God. My little princess.
The jewelry picks me.
Round, five carat. Anything bigger?
-We have ten.
-Ten? Okay, yeah.
Let's look at the ten.
Okay. No problem.
For the past year and a half,
I've been trying to plan a wedding.
It's so much work.
I proposed to Jessey
a long time ago.
-What?
-Will you marry me?
Wow.
I can't wait to marry him.
I looked into,
obviously, my wedding dress.
I want pearls and diamonds
like dangling over me.
I didn't think I would ever
buy myself a ring, you know?
I'll take Jessey. I'll call Jessey.
You'll call him? Okay.
Say, "Hey, Jessey, what's up?
Let's go shopping."
Motivate him.
"Let's go shopping."
Oh, shit.
So, this is a ten carat.
May I have your hand?
That's so beautiful.
That's really pretty.
How come
he doesn't want to get married?
I don't think it's that
he doesn't want to get married.
He wants the timing to be correct.
And we have this
feng shui master guy that we really trust.
He told us that this year would not
be a good time for us to get married.
It would be next year.
-You'll have a third baby.
-Yeah, no.
No more babies.
From then until now we've been looking
at rings for like a long time now.
Every time we look at it,
something happens
and every time we look again,
something happens,
and he never made
the commitment to buy it.
Or maybe he did buy it
without me knowing. I have no idea. But--
When is the right time?
Um, the feng shui guy said next year.
Any time next year is good.
-But I'm-- The coming year.
-This coming year.
Ah, so you should get one!
Listen, I planned mine
in a month and a half,
but this was my fourth wedding.
-Wow. So, you're--
-A little practice.
Yeah, just wing it.
What do you think?
I think it's beautiful.
Wow!
-Jevon's here.
-What's going on?
I didn't know we
were planning on an Omakase.
-Jadore, what's that?
Maguro.
-Kampachi.
-Kampachi.
Papa's favorite, wagyu.
-Uh, I like uni and ikura.
She's like, "Forget the wagyu."
Wow.
-Thank you for the food!
-Yeah.
I was thinking in Napa
we should take some wedding photos.
-What?
-Yeah.
What do you think?
-Have you even started wedding planning?
-I want to be a June bride.
Well, I mean, I think…
I think we're kind of past that.
Or in the fall?
Hm?
-Where do you want the wedding?
-You can decide.
I'm leaving that up to you.
I get a headache, just thinking about it.
I don't think
every little girl wakes up like,
"Let me propose to the man of my dreams."
Right? I think by now
we should be married.
I just never thought
we would be here right now.
Um…
Hopefully something will change.
I think I need
a really good wedding planner.
Mm.
Mmm. He's like,
"You know me well!"
Always flirting with the girls.
He didn't get that from his papa, though.
Hope not.
Look at how beautiful.
Do you want croissants?
No.
We're in Paris
for Couture Week,
and this year is extraordinarily special
because I have Big G and Baby G with me.
I know, waking up in the morning
is so hard, I know.
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
Do you want chocolate chip pancakes?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
Baby G, do you wanna see?
Wanna see the bridge?
Mm-hm.
Look at the Eiffel Tower
there.
Couture Week is fun,
but it's also extremely stressful
because you are running
from show to show in Paris traffic.
You have to execute
all of your looks to perfection,
and we're on a mission.
We have to focus.
There are fittings,
there are shows, there are back stages,
there's press.
There is no sleep, no eating.
You gotta do it right. Paris is chaotic.
It's stress upon stress upon stress,
but I… I love every second of it.
-Hello?
-Hello!
Hey, Mimi. What's going on?
-Wait, where are you at?
-We miss you.
I'm just wrapping up here in Paris,
and then we're gonna head over to Cannes.
Come on.
That's so nice. I'm jealous!
I met Mimi through Cherie.
Mimi and I hit it off right away.
She is a firecracker.
Everything she says
just makes you happy and laugh.
-Why aren't you with us?
-I'm planning my anniversary.
-What, huh?
-It's on Saturday.
So, come home, okay?
It's really nice party.
This Saturday?
-Yes.
-It's Thursday.
Today is Thursday,
Friday, Saturday.
-Oh my God.
-What about Cannes?
Yes, we will… I will make it.
I will change things around.
We will definitely be there
to celebrate you guys.
What?
Hi, ladies.
-Hey.
-You look great.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Kane.
Don't give Kevin your number.
-Kevin.
-Hi, Kane.
Oh my gosh, this is… No.
Look at the piano.
No caviar. Look at the piano.
Walking through
Mimi and Don's house,
I'm thinking I've been
to quite a few of these parties.
But this one,
it just takes it to a whole new level.
-Hey, how are you?
-Give me a hug, come on.
-Happy anniversary. You look great.
-Thank you.
How are you, Skyler?
I like your suit. Yves Saint Laurent?
I love Mimi so much.
I actually know
all the super wealthy Asians in LA,
and Mimi happens to be one of them.
We're just in a really small circle
and come on, it's spectacular.
I mean, it's like a wedding.
Christine throws amazing parties,
don't get me wrong,
but Mimi is really on another level.
-Hey, Kelly.
-Congratulations!
-You're wearing butterflies too.
-Butterflies.
She got the memo. Where's your butterfly?
-Your dress looks beautiful.
-Why butterflies?
You know, every party,
I have flowers,
so I'm thinking,
"What do we do this time?"
And I'm thinking, like,
I come up with mudfly.
-Mudfly?
-Butterfly.
-Butterfly.
-Buffly.
-What--
-Butterflies.
-Actually--
-Butterflies.
-Buttflies.
-Buttflies.
Buttflies!
Yes, but let this anniversary
be an inspiration to your next lover.
I'm inspired to get married.
-For sure.
-You are?
Well, I need to get--
-You need to clean up your shit first.
-Exactly.
Oh, shit.
-What's up, Kim!
-You've stepped up.
Hey, babe.
-You look gorgeous. Getting married?
-The girls are out.
Oh my God. Her boobs are insane.
-Yeah.
-I mean, Kevin…
-They are?
-The girls are out.
Oh my God!
-Hi, Mimi.
-Woo-hoo-hoo!
-How are you?
-Oh my God, her boobs came out.
Ah, yes, you've gotta
greet the sisters first.
The past year and a half,
I've put all my energy into work.
It's just been a crazy journey.
It went from, like,
me trying to get into the clubs,
messaging different club owners,
promoters, agents and stuff,
to, like, now DJing
the biggest music festivals
and playing
with the biggest DJs in the world.
I got you guys a gift.
For you, whoever drinks.
-Me.
-It was for you?
-Hey, Anna. How are you?
-Good, thanks. How are you?
-Good. Good to see you.
-How are you?
Did you renew your vows?
No, no. One's enough.
Any… Hello?
-What is he doing?
-I don't know.
-Hello?
-Wow, no, Kane.
I'm looking for single guys for Kelly.
Kelly's recently single.
Five-eight.
She has a lot of pearls on her body.
-She's working it.
-This is so embarrassing.
Kelly's at the bar now.
Any single guys in the house,
please give her your number,
and have a net worth
of at least $10 million.
-Ten million?
-Have a great party.
I am single, like finally,
and this time it's for good.
I knocked on Drew's door,
and we got back together.
And we were doing actually really well,
going to more therapy together.
Then there were some events that happened
when I realized the surface has changed,
but the under core of Drew still has a lot
of issues that he needs to deal with.
And I just feel like I don't have
another five to ten years
of my life to give to him.
-You don't eat?
-I do, but I don't like caviar.
-You don't like caviar?
-I don't like caviar.
Oh, we can't be friends.
-Really?
-How could you not like caviar?
'Cause it's very expensive for…
-It doesn't taste that good to me.
-It's so good.
All right, let me try this caviar.
-Is it really that good?
-It's a ring.
This is the type of ring
you would get me, huh?
Of course…
I like caviar now.
What are you gonna do with the…
-Oh my God!
-I love caviar.
I wonder if we should bother--
-It's heavy.
-Here.
-No, I got it.
-Two fingers, you'll drop it.
I am so mortified that we're late,
but it wasn't easy getting here.
We went from Paris to LA
to Orange County.
No eating, no showering.
-Do you want to go to sleep?
-Yeah.
Okay, we'll find you someplace
to go to sleep, okay?
But we made it.
-Most girls like simple things.
-Where are we going to sit, or stand?
Like something I got you, simple.
-Oh!
Show us, Mimi.
You need to be more active
on Instagram. I need to teach you.
-Can you teach me?
-Yes, I want to.
Impossible. I don't know how this works.
You remind me of my mom.
My mom is very bad at technology
and with her phone too.
It's the age. I'm older than your mom.
Yeah, well, can you be,
like, my mom in LA?
-Okay.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-What are you guys laughing at?
Jaime, why are you crying?
You have too much money?
Oh my God,
I have too much money too!
Oh, my Dad gave me too much money!
Make my way.
Slowly making my way over.
Christine, what are you doing?
In the past,
there was a lot of competition
going with Christine and Anna.
I don't know if it was out of fun,
I don't know if it was out of insecurity,
but, like, I secretly like the drama
because it's fun to me, you know.
It's just watching, you know, two people
compete over stupid material things.
What's new? What's going on in your life?
And the baby.
I know. So cute.
She's so cute.
Your granddaughter.
Did that sound strange?
Isn't that crazy?
Actually, do you want to see?
Yes.
Oh, my… Look at the folds in her thighs.
Sometimes she cries
when she sees me. I don't know why.
-I almost dropped her, but it's okay.
-You almost dropped her?
I mean, it's fine. I did not drop her.
So, Baby G will not be doing
any playdates alone at your house.
I'm sitting there, I'm like, "Are you guys
really enjoying a conversation?"
"Or are you guys like, you know, just like
looking at each other's outfit
and whose ring is bigger?"
I don't know what's real.
-I heard you got a new house.
-Oh, yes.
-Do you love it?
-Come over.
Okay, yeah. I'd love to come over.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised.
Anna invites me to come see her new home,
which I'm super excited about.
Hopefully no tricks attached.
Oh my God, guys!
-What?
-I just got the email.
-Congrats.
-I got the residency!
You deserve it. You deserve it.
First female fucking DJ, man.
I'm getting a residency
at the Wynn Hotel in Vegas.
You know, anybody
that's in the music industry or is a DJ
knows it's like that stamp,
you know, in your books,
like, you know, you did it.
-Ooh! Do it again!
-I got the residency at the Wynn!
She just kissed him.
She jumps, screaming like a little girl,
kisses me on the cheek
and just looks at me with these doe eyes.
I'm just like, what do I do right now?
I'm really happy for you.
I don't know how to express it
other than wanting to hug you,
but you don't wanna hug,
so I don't know what to do.
Ooh!
That's so pretty.
-Hi, there.
-Hi. Ni hao.
-Welcome in.
-Thank you. Ni hao.
You guys are the best.
Yes.
We can do so many different things.
We have our herbal capsules,
we have different delicacies,
herbal products, all-natural store.
It's always Christmastime
with Christine
because gifting is my love language,
and I want to find the perfect gift
for Anna when I visit her new house.
How long have you guys been here?
We've been here almost 30 years.
My parents opened it up in 1992,
but traditional Chinese medicine
has been going on thousands of years.
What did you study in school?
Well, I actually studied Econ in UCLA.
-Hmm, I like this one.
-Hi.
-Hi, Nana!
-Hi, Mimi.
Look at you.
Chinatown was not ready for this heat.
-Ah. Robbed grocery store, aisle 12.
That Ralphs Reynold's wrap.
-I'm so glad you could come.
-I know. Thank you.
I'm Dorothy Wang.
I'm first-generation Chinese-American.
I was born and raised in Beverly Hills.
My father is an entrepreneur.
Forbes recently estimated his worth
at around 4 billion dollars.
We're gonna explore
all of the treasures.
He'll introduce us to…
-But no offense, it's nasty.
-It tastes like dirt and tree roots.
That's what mine tastes like,
but I'll guzzle it down.
My Asian friends,
we all kind of grew up in a similar way,
where we all got made fun of
for bringing weird Asian foods
for lunch at school.
It's like bird poop mashed with urine.
-Like, but, hey, right?
-That's the taste.
Our housekeepers were always Asian,
so sometimes they don't really understand
the American food combinations.
One time I opened up my lunch, and I had
a peanut butter and turkey sandwich.
So there's like,
almost like underlying trauma,
and damage that we can connect over.
Well, maybe we can go down there,
and we can start the consultation.
We can take a look at the tongue.
Usually, the tongue in Chinese culture
tells a lot about the entire body.
And let me get a look.
On the side, if you notice,
Christine, right in the middle
is a crack down the center, quite thick.
Mainly, the line in the center
shows liver stress.
Too much.
What does that say
about her love life or sex life?
-Different day.
-Different day.
For you, especially from your tongue,
usually two together is best.
It has chrysanthemum flowers,
honeysuckle flowers,
violet herbs.
Her turn.
Let me see your tongue as well.
Let's see.
Open up!
For you, a little different.
-It's very fire.
-Fire?
-Your element is fire.
-Fire sign.
Maybe you can be angry sometimes,
or you seem stressed.
Fiery, stressed.
You are high-strung.
Christine and I have always had
a lot of mutual friends.
I was kind of scared to meet her.
She seems like
she's doing a lot all the time.
She'll say like, "Oh my God,
we should totally go to lunch."
"We should take a helicopter
to the French Laundry in San Francisco."
I'm, like, "Bitch, I'm trying to just go
get lunch on Canon. I have 45 minutes."
Sometimes the sleep balance, not
so good, something like that can create--
My husband snores.
Do you have something for snoring?
I can just, like, drug him, right?
-He'll taste the herbs.
-I'll put it in the meatloaf.
Then Nicky told me,
"I really like her."
So, I met her and,
honestly, she was lovely.
I really actually enjoyed her.
We can also suggest
like a placenta to help moisturizing.
-Help with that irritation.
-Oh, wow.
Whose placenta do you have?
-Ours isn't from human.
-It's from cows.
It's from cows.
But I kind of have a friend
who's been a little crunchy.
Like, slightly older.
Who?
Anna.
Sometimes it's the hormone imbalance,
you know, especially when a little older.
Like these ones, especially good
for help clean the blood in the body.
Help clean out vagina,
the blood, everything.
-And for sugar, sometimes--
-Think Anna's vagina needs cleansing?
-This one is the vagina cleanser?
-Do I just put it up there somewhere?
-I think so.
-Okay.
-Sorry.
Oh, can I change my wish?
-What do you want to change it to?
-A threesome.
-What?
-Just joking. Wait, look.
-Oh!
-No, that's a family, dude.
-That's a family, not an orgy.
-This is someone else's.
-What does this one say?
"I'm struggling to hold in my farts
for fear of pooping."
-Is this yours?
-No.
Okay.
Where's your head at this morning?
That's really good.
I thought you liked matcha.
-I do.
-Yeah.
You kind of know me.
Mm-hm.
Kinda.
I mean…
I'd like to, like, get to know you more
besides just matcha and stuff.
What was really cool
was when you were happy
about Mimi's and,
like, getting that email.
Oh, I know, I was so excited.
-I was so happy.
-I know.
But then you kind of like laid one here.
Actually it was this cheek.
-I did?
-You did.
-I did?
-You did.
I did. Okay, I did.
I… I did.
It felt good.
It felt good?
Yeah.
I wanted to ask you,
what were you thinking?
When I was…
Yeah.
-When I gave you that kiss?
-Yeah.
I was just really, really happy,
and I didn't have anyone to hug or kiss
at that point. It just happened.
I know, and wouldn't that be nice
to have somebody to do that with?
Would it?
Yeah.
Are you trying to hit me here?
I'm trying to lay it on thick,
but it doesn't seem to be working.
You're trying to shoot your shot?
You're trying
to shoot your shot now.
Excuse me, do you have a basketball?
I'm joking.
I'm messing with you.
-Oh my God.
-This is me shooting my shot, Kim.
Okay.
I'd like us to go out sometime,
just me and you.
And no pressure.
And just something
to think about, you know?
All right, all jokes aside…
Yeah.
…yeah,
I wouldn't mind hanging out with you.
Okay.
Deal.
Deal.
I don't know.
Hello.
Hello, how are you?
-Good.
-You look so cute.
-This basket is bigger than you.
This is from Baby G.
-He picked these himself for you.
-Thank you.
Originally, I was going
to bring some Chinese herbs,
but I realized
that I would like to take
the vagina herbs myself.
Should I take off my shoes?
Yes, I'm half Japanese,
but you don't have to.
-Should I take off one shoe?
-If you want to.
This is beautiful, Anna.
-This way.
-Hello!
-How are you?
-Good, how are you? Let me give you a hug.
-Nice to see you, baby.
-So good to see you.
Thanks for having me over.
Should we go take a look
around your house?
Yes.
Oh my gosh,
are those real guns?
Yes.
Are they loaded?
Yes, just in case.
-Come on, guys.
-They have the life out here.
And who are your neighbors?
-I don't know. I don't talk to them.
-Oh. Okay.
We're trying to get a pet for Baby G.
I mean, we started with fish,
but unfortunately they all died.
During the pandemic, I was so grateful
we had a beautiful space
to spend with him,
but then I was also really…
I was really sad about a lot of other,
like, working and single moms out there.
I almost feel like I can never do enough.
Christine, why are you trying
to be so altruistic?
I think… I think we both have so much
and in like the essentials, of course,
and a place to live,
roof over our head, the food
that we have, but also friends.
You have people like Maria,
who love you and care for you.
So, we're really lucky.
I think I liked you better
trying to be bitchy,
rather than this pretend
Martha Stewart thing
that you're doing now.
It's…
not working.
When I met Gabe, I was actually
earning more money than he was.
Money so unimpresses me.
-It impresses you, a lot of people.
-It actually doesn't impress me.
-Money doesn't impress me.
-Please.
I didn't want to take my parents' money.
-I wanted to pay my own way--
-That is called stupidity.
Yes, it's easy to say, "Oh, Anna's kooky.
She's eccentric. She's a wild card."
But at a certain point,
I think she's just plain rude.
When you want to compete with somebody,
want to compete with me…
I don't want to compete with you.
Christine, it is so obvious, okay?
-I'm just giving you…
-Okay.
…what everybody else sees.
Oh, I'm so sorry I come off that way.
I was born into this.
But I was born into wealth, Anna.
That's why I don't go around announcing
that I was born into money,
because for me,
it's much more honorable to earn it
and to know the value of the dollar
and to, you know, work hard.
Don't push it, okay?
I tried to be nice,
but I could give a fuck.
Christine just tries so hard
to be portrayed as somebody
that she wasn't a year ago.
I find it to be extremely pathetic,
a person who has to try so fucking hard.
There's a side of me
that you also don't know.
You're so funny.
-I'm not trying to be funny.
-No, but you are, really.
Hello.
-How are you?
-I'm good.
-How are you?
-I'm good.
-You look cute.
-Look at you.
I love that sweater. I have it.
-Yellow is the most chic color this year.
I met Leah for the first time
at Cherie's 100 day party.
-Nice to meet you.
-This is her house.
Oh, well, fantastic.
She seems like a fun, genuine person,
and we both do like fashion,
although there is absolutely no way
I would ever pair
that cardigan with those jeans.
I'm so sorry but yeah.
Can you speak Chinese?
I can speak a little bit,
but my Chinese isn't that good.
I think your Chinese
is better than my English!
-Um, but anyways…
How's dating life?
I am single. I don't have a boyfriend.
What type of guy do you like?
They need to be honest.
They need to have good hygiene.
They need to be like a gentleman.
You kind of killed 90%
of the LA guys already.
I know. The window's pretty narrow.
So that's why I'm picky
and I'm just, like, waiting around.
-Wait.
-We'll see if you know of anyone…
Have you ever had sex before?
I have, but it was, like, not…
I wish I didn't with that person.
Oh my gosh.
What do you feel like, the first time you…
I, like, I wish I didn't,
that's what-- that's how.
-Why? Because you want to save it?
-Because the… Yeah.
'Cause it was just kind of like random.
-I'm sorry.
-Not your boyfriend.
But that's actually,
yeah, it was kind of random.
But anyways, uh--
You never know
what can happen in your life.
Me and Garrett
wasn't looking to each other.
I feel like that's the best,
when you're not looking.
It's like the more you look
for something, the harder it is.
You're not gonna find it. Then the moment
you stop, all of a sudden, it pops up.
So, the first time I met you
was at Cherie's 100 day party,
and, uh… But how do you know Cherie?
I know her and Jessey the same day,
about five or six years ago,
they went to, uh…
a Mastro Malibu party.
It was like an exotic car event.
And, like, two years later,
she popped out a baby.
You're like,
"Why are you not married?"
Yeah, because Jessey had a wife
back then when they met.
-Oh, really?
-Yeah.
She has… He had a wife?
Yeah, Crystal and Jessey was married
and have two kids.
-You don't know about it?
-Crystal? No.
Oh, I thought everybody know about it.
Oh no, I didn't know.
Do you know if Jessey's
still married to Crystal?
Like, are they divorced, separated, or…?
-Oh gosh. That's such a good question.
-Do you know?
I have no idea.
I have a feeling
they still are for some reason,
because why else would you not
want to get married to someone
that you've been spending
so much time with?
I feel like I said something I shouldn't.