Insecure (2016–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Episode #4.4 - full transcript
It seems like you always
finding a problem.
Sometimes I'm like,
"Do you want to be happy?"
The last couple months
it just feels like, we've been...
Off.
- Should we like talk this out?
- Yeah.
You wanna just talk
at Thanksgiving?
Yeah, let's do it
around pie time.
Are you still getting over
your ex?
If anybody should be worried
about an ex,
- it should probably be me.
- Come on.
You and Issa
have little jokes, the same friends.
I broke up with her.
Because she cheated.
- I still left.
- But if she hadn't?
Oh, you should've brought him.
You don't think
that would've been too much?
If he's right for you,
you're thinking too much,
don't overthink it.
Gotta go to Molly's
to go get this pie.
Y'all good?
Yeah, we just gotta have
this talk.
We don't have Roy Choi.
He not gonna be there.
Okay, damn.
Hey.
Do I look like
a magician to you?
- Do she?
- No.
Then how you expect me to
take a shower with no water?
Magic? Move.
Oh, shit, that was today.
- This feels personal.
- I didn't do it.
That's wrong. That is wrong.
It smell like flowers
in here, man.
- We ain't even outside.
- You live here?
Okay, I'm sorry.
How can I help you?
You're required by law
to give me, and the dog
I don't have, 24-hour notice.
You can't be fuckin' up
my Airbnb money like this.
Dante, you can't
Airbnb your apartment.
I guess we all out here
breakin' rules, huh?
I got a white couple coming
down for the jazz festival.
They gonna want water.
Who raised you?
You treatin' us like
those people down
in Flint, Michigan.
Okay, okay,
I'll take care of it.
How old are you?
Ha!
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
I'm coming!
- Hello.
- What took you so long?
Another man climbing down
the fire escape?
Yep, he
texted me. He said he good.
Mwah.
- No, I was workin'.
- Mm.
Ugh, this case is a beast.
No, I am so close to...
Okay, you know what, never mind.
I get it, it's boring.
- I missed you.
- Me, too.
- It's been a while.
- I know.
My schedule's been dumb,
but thanks for coming over.
- And tonight, I am all yours.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
Mm, well, okay. Should we...
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Oh.
Still thinking about work?
Okay, there's just this one part
that I really need to finish.
I got it. It's cool.
- Handle your business.
- Okay, just give me till like 9:00,
and then you can handle
all this business.
Hey, Andrew.
Baby.
You ready?
Hey.
Oh, you was already naked.
Okay.
Issa Dee's office, please hold.
This is Issa Dee.
Ryan:
It's Ryan from D&S Printers.
I need your notes on
the flyer by 5:00 p.m.
Sorry, that's right.
Uh, my assistant's
kind of a mess.
Sapphire, you're a mess.
I'll get back to you right away.
Thank you.
Hi, you've
reached Condola. Please leave a message.
Hey, girl, it's me, Issa.
I just want to follow up
on the flyer proof I sent you
'cause I gotta get back
to them by today, so...
if you have any "feeback,"
let... feedback.
Damn, I've been
dropping my D's lately.
A, B, C, D.
Anyway, call me back.
Bye.
Pass me that file.
Also that firecracker shrimp.
Oh, girl, you can have 'em all.
I ain't been to yoga
since we started this case,
and I'm pushing these seams
to the limits.
I'm headed out. Anything
else I can get you ladies?
Um, no, I think we're good.
Thanks, BJ.
I actually just
go by Bennett now.
Oh, excuse me, Bennett.
"I'm Bennett."
You can deny it
all you want, but...
Uh-uh, girl, stop!
I used to mentor him and
his little friends in law school.
- He's a baby.
- I mentored a few people too,
back in the day.
Mm, "mentor."
It's not even like that,
and even if it was,
I think he only dates Abigails.
No, why?
He's at a firm with negroes.
- There is no way.
- Think about it, y'all.
He went to Princeton undergrad,
he plays guitar.
Oh, my God.
He's been here two weeks
and ordered six salads.
- He loves salad.
- Damn.
He lives in Silver Lake, too.
- Boop.
- We lost him.
Ooh, we still got to go
through all this discovery
and their motions.
I'm going cross-eyed, and my
kids have been eating pie crust,
so I got to go.
Stacy:
It's okay, Felicia, I can stay.
I'll tell my little jump-off
to reschedule.
Oh, uh, yeah, I'll stay, too.
Didn't you say you were going to
a listening party or something?
Yeah, but my man gets it,
you know?
We both got
our own shit going on.
Well, that's good.
My ex used to want me home
at 6:00 on the dot.
God bless them,
but never marry a teacher.
How are you miserable
and you get summers off?
Michelle Obama:
Angry or unbecoming,
it was that public judgment
that sweeps in to fill any void.
If you don't get out there
and define yourself,
you'll be quickly and
inaccurately defined by others.
Oh, shit.
Friendships between
women, as any woman...
Oh, shit!
Small kindnesses like these.
Uh-huh.
Starting making
a deliberate effort...
- I'm going.
- Okay.
I thought... I thought
you said you were going.
Oh, I meant I was going.
I'ma just circle around
the block one more time.
Michelle ain't become yet.
Okay.
Bringing together
old friends and new.
Yo, Issa, it's Nathan.
And, you know, I know
it's been a minute, but, um,
Andrew told me about
your block party.
That's dope.
You really doin' it.
You don't gotta
call me back or nothing.
I was just, you know.
I hope you good.
Aight then. Peace.
You find a spot?
Yeah, I parked at the church
next to the titty bar.
They don't check.
You gonna drive me
to my car since
I let you have that spot?
How you let me have a spot
that was already mine?
Oh, hey, by the way, did I
leave my yoga mat at your place?
Oh, I'll check.
And sorry I missed
the last few weekends,
by the way.
You still keeping up
with Self-Care Sunday?
No, girl, I been
working non-stop.
I mean, maybe we can find
a new day when things calm down.
Yeah, Sundays
don't really work, huh?
Sundays are no longer
serving us.
But you still wanna
do it though, right?
Yeah, I want to. You want to?
- Yeah, I want to.
- Okay.
Okay!
Wow. Yeah, she's beautiful, man.
I know, right? Isn't she lovely?
- You wanna hold her?
- Uh, are you sure?
I mean, I just dropped
a burrito earlier today.
Then hell no.
This my little angel right here.
Yo, how's it feel to have
a little girl, man?
- Shit's fucked up.
- What?
Before Tiff,
I did some grimy shit.
And all those women
were daughters.
Men do fucked-up shit,
and every woman is a daughter.
- Come on, man, you trippin'.
- It's real.
Some teenage boy's
gonna try and finger fuck
my angel one day.
- Look at my baby.
- Don't make me.
It's gonna happen, man.
I can't stop it.
Yo, I'm sure you're
gonna be fine, man.
All right, look,
you and Tiffany are smart.
You're responsible
and you plan the shit
out of everything.
Nah, not this.
I mean, we weren't trying to
have a baby for another two years.
We were getting ready
to buy a house,
spend some time traveling,
and...
now all that's on hold now.
I didn't know that, man.
It's not really how I pictured
becoming a dad, but, hey.
When it's worth it,
make that shit work.
Right, baby girl?
- Ooh.
- What's that sound?
Well, she just took a poop.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- Look at this poop, bro.
- I'm gonna not.
Damn, shit is chartreuse.
It's all a lie.
They tell you childbirth
is this beautiful thing.
It's not.
It's ugly and it hurts.
Girl, but you
look beautiful now.
Yeah, you are glowing for real.
I haven't showered in
three days. It's just oil.
- I'm gross.
- Nuh-uh.
Yes, you are. Extremely.
Well, anyways.
I'm so glad to see y'all.
I'm already over
my mommy friends.
They spend so much time
worrying about appearances
and not being real.
Can you imagine?
- No...
- That's crazy.
Can't picture that.
Derek's got it.
- Oh, that's good.
- Actually, Derek's been great.
I couldn't even
do this without him.
Well, yeah.
You can't get yourself pregnant.
Yes, you can. Google it.
- I did.
- It's just been so hard.
Like, at the hospital, I felt
like I was gonna pass out.
I told them.
No one would listen to me.
And it turned out
I had a blood clot.
- Oh, my God.
- Are you serious?
- Yes.
- Girl, these doctors
need to start listening to us.
That's how they almost
killed Serena.
Ooh, can you Yelp review
a maternity ward?
Because I'm gonna
give them three stars. Three.
Thank God for Derek.
I mean, he cursed out,
like, nine doctors.
If I wasn't in that diaper,
I woulda let him get it.
Okay.
See, that's how it should be.
You know, when you're
in a relationship,
you realize just how valuable
true partnership really is.
- That's real.
- Like with me and Andrew.
When I am struggling, yo,
he is there for me at any hour.
That's how you build
a long-lasting relationship.
Damn, Jada. I see you
out here Red Table talking.
I'm Willow...
I was just saying how I thought
it was good that Derek
was there for her.
I know, I was joking.
Uh, Tiff, where do these go?
Oh, you weren't here last week
when we decided
that those go over there
by the changing table.
Okay.
Hey, babe.
Baby!
- Baby, get in here.
- I should go check on her.
Oh, I'll go with you. I actually
haven't seen her awake.
I have. She ain't missin' much.
Have you ever tried breast milk?
Kelli, just say
you wanna try it.
Okay, judgey.
Has Molly said something to you?
- About what?
- Nothing, just...
Does she seem
a little off to you?
Okay.
- You fucked Andrew.
- Not even close.
- I'm in the ballpark.
- You're not even in the game.
- Oh, then why I got a ticket?
- You scalped it.
Okay, if it's not that,
then what?
It's just, I don't wanna
bring you in this,
and it's not even a big deal.
But I just feel like
she's been on my neck lately.
- She has? About what?
- Just little things here and there.
Acting like I'm the
messiest bitch on Earth.
Like her life is perfect.
Maybe she's just taking shit
out on you, you know?
- You should tell her.
- Yeah, I don't know.
I just feel like she sees me
how she sees me.
- So...
- Okay.
Speaking of seein' things.
Look at Lawrence over there.
Looking like a provider. Mm.
Stay looking... employed.
Uh, I'ma go do another
load of laundry.
Yeah, you go ahead and do that.
I'ma do me.
Damn, okay, damn. Got it!
Look at you. Hey.
You'd tell me
if she was ugly, right?
Girl, of course not.
Thank you.
Can I, can I hold her?
Listen, if she starts crying,
don't get mad.
She makes you earn it.
Hey. I will take my chances.
Yeah, I will. Hey, mama.
Yeah.
You and Andrew's babies
will be so beautiful.
It'll be a bunch of little Jhené
Aikos running around Burbank.
Girl, please. I am just trying
to not do the most, okay?
Just live in the moment
and take things as they come.
Whatever makes you happy.
Did Issa say something to you?
No, about what?
No.
She just thinks that I don't
want to be happy and it's...
never mind.
- Okay.
- I just think that it's funny
that she calls me Old Molly
when she's out there right now
doing old shit too.
Girl, you know it's complicated.
Okay, but when
her shit goes south,
she gonna rope me in.
She's gotta learn that
she's not the only one
that has things
going on in her life.
I think it's just been
a communication breakdown.
She's probably feeling
the same way, too.
Ooh, baby.
Who do you think the baby
looks like more, Tiff or Derek?
Lowkey, I think the baby
looks more like Kelli.
Yeah!
I didn't wanna be
the one to say it.
Right.
So um, how are you?
- Stressed.
- About?
Just block party details.
I've been trying to
reach out to Condola,
but I haven't heard anything.
Yeah.
Actually, um...
you know, something I...
I just wanted to
talk to you about.
Oh, okay. What?
- Take it.
- You sure?
- Yeah, no, go ahead, go ahead.
- Okay. Just real quick.
No, just...
Hey!
Wait, what do you mean he can't?
I just printed out all the
flyers. I can't replace him.
Is there anything I can do
to change his mind?
You are dead to me. Dead.
No, no, no, don't
hang up, don't hang up!
Everything okay?
- My headliner just dropped out.
- Damn.
- I'm sorry.
- Fuck.
I'm sorry, you were gonna
tell me something.
No, it can wait. Yeah, just, um,
take care of
whatever you gotta do.
Just, you know, hit me
when it all settles down.
- Okay, I'm... I'm sorry.
- It's all good.
Say it.
Girl, you better say "Kelli"
or I ain't paying
for your college.
Say Kelli, Kelli.
- Kelli, can you help me?
- Girl, I'm raising a child.
- Where's Issa?
- Not here.
Okay, is that a smile
or is that a fart?
- I don't know.
- That looks like a smile!
- You smiling for me?
- I think that's a smile.
- Say hi to Molly.
- That's a smile.
Y'all, don't rile her up. I
only like her when she's chill.
But I love her
all the time, though.
Okay!
- Shh.
- Hey.
- Did I miss something?
- Girl, I don't even know.
You okay?
Yeah, I just gotta
go handle some shit.
Mm-hmm.
I am so sorry.
I... She is beautiful.
You are beautiful.
I got to go, guys.
- Mm-hmm.
- You beautiful.
Who stressed? Not you?
Who the best? It's you.
Who gonna kill it? Issa...
I'm sorry, I can't.
- Not today.
- Wait, what?
I thought you were
supposed to be hyping me up.
Yeah, I stay hyping you up,
but I got shit going on
over here, too.
And it's real-life shit.
- You do?
- Yeah, bitch.
It's like your life, but worse.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
O-okay.
I do got attitude.
Hey! Yeah, I know.
It's been a few years.
Is your brother
still friends with...
oh, he got shot?
Like, fatally... yeah,
that's what I thought.
Uh, y'all still got access
to his phone or...
Mm, phone got shot too.
We still out in these streets,
nasty ass.
Oh, you got saved? God is good.
All the time.
Sunday, no I don't... I don't
have the time, actually, I'm sorry.
Remember when we used
to say your son
would grow up to be a star?
Well, did he?
So he's just a nobody?
Hey, trick ass bitch!
Oh, wrong number.
I'm so sorry, ma'am.
Have a lovely day.
- Mm. This is really good.
- Yeah.
- It's so good.
- I can tell.
Oh, this place is supposed to
have good homemade ketchup.
- Homemade ketchup?
- Uh-huh.
Yeah, so we have to break up.
Oh.
- I'm glad you made it out.
- Oh, me too.
And you know, I'm sorry.
I have to say, I so appreciate
how flexible you've been.
It's cool. I respect it.
But tonight, I am all yours.
So I was thinking we could do
whiskey at Seven Grand.
- Mm-hmm.
- Followed by edibles at my place.
Followed by...
Oh, shit, yeah.
Um, I was supp...
I was gonna meet up
with some of my boys later.
We were gonna play poker.
You made plans? I, I
thought this was a date night.
It is, I...
just assumed you'd
have work later.
- But I actually had time.
- How would I know?
I get that you have
a lot of work, but...
I'm just trying to figure out
where I fit in.
But I'm, I'm here
with you right now.
You know what,
let me call Seth and cancel.
No, don't.
It's fine.
Order number one, here you go.
Order number two, here you go.
Thank you.
Hey, girl, what's up?
Hey, uh, do you have a second?
I really wanna talk to you.
Um...
Okay, yeah. Me, too.
Girl, this week has been a lot.
I-I just feel like I'm just
juggling so much.
Damn, sorry, girl.
Well, this will
just take a second.
My headliner dropped out.
It's a whole thing.
But when the Lord closes one
door, he opens an Instagram
and I found this artist
that's repped by LiveNation.
And I was like, I know
someone who works there.
Look at me, knowing people!
So you think you can
ask Andrew to hook me up?
Well, I mean, first of all,
why did your headliner drop out?
- Didn't y'all have a contract?
- Yeah, I had a contract.
- He broke it.
- Okay, well, were you late
- on any of the payments?
- No.
The next payment was supposed
to come next week.
Well, I mean, did you
do anything on your side
that could have
voided the contract?
Because, I mean,
something must have happened.
Look, girl,
I just need to fix this.
It'll just take a second.
Just work that
pillow talk, girl.
I...
I guess I could ask.
Thank you. I appreciate you.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I gotta go.
For old time's sake?
Cute.
Can we talk about last night?
Mm-hmm.
Look. I...
I didn't mean to make you
feel like an afterthought.
Look, you don't have to...
I get that you're busy, Molly.
You know, I get busy, too.
But we're not in the
honeymoon phase anymore
and I'm just, I'm worried that
our schedules aren't compatible.
Okay.
But, I mean, we can
figure it out, right?
I want to.
This is new for me.
I've never been in
a relationship long enough
to have to balance it
in my life.
Normally, I'd have been
messed things up by now.
You are my main priority.
Well, you and trying to find out
what happened to
that girl Latoya.
Wow, that's dark.
But, but I respect it.
- Do you?
- Mm-hmm.
- How much?
- Come here.
Are you sure you
don't want to call Seth
to come through and watch us?
Fuck Seth.
Damn, you work fast.
Hey, you let me finish!
What'd he say?
Um...
Actually, I, uh...
I didn't ask him.
And...
I don't think I'm going to.
I don't understand.
Did y'all break up?
No.
I just think it's best for me to
keep those parts of my life separate.
Separate?
What does that mean?
It means that this relationship
is really important to me
and... I want to protect that.
Does that make sense?
Uh-huh.
Well, I got work to do, so...
Yeah. Me, too.
Hey, girl. You wanna talk?
I just wanna take a shower.
I don't think
I wanna go to this thing.
I mean, what do you even wear
to a block party in January?
In L.A.?
What you wear any other time.
It is 75 degrees.
I wanted to create a space
to support and uplift
our community.
The difference in me...
It's a tragedy.
Uh-uh. Today is not about
oppression. Get her ass down.
Yeah.
- Hey, bro.
- You hear it's supposed to rain?
- You worried?
- Shut up, Ahmal.
Welcome back to another episode
of the Wine Down.
Today we will be unpacking
"Lowkey Losin' It"
with the delightful
Natasha Rothwell,
who plays one of Issa's BFFs,
Kelli.
- Hey, Natasha. What up?
- Hey, girl.
You know I'm here drinking rosé
talking about the show.
So, we got a lot of insight
into the new friendship
now that Tiffany's child
is born.
And we talked about
in the room how important
it was for us to highlight
the issues of childbirth
especially amongst black women.
One of the things
we talked about even outside
of childbirth as well,
is just like women's issues
in hospitals
being taken seriously.
How we have to get second
or third opinions
to be taken seriously. And so...
They don't believe...
- Our pain.
- Our actual pain. Yeah.
And so, I thought it was
really cool using.
Tiffany's storyline in this
episode to sorta speak to that.
What Tiffany allows...
Because she's married,
because she has a child now,
it allows us to talk about
issues the other three women
certainly can't talk about.
- Yeah.
- And it's just a common issue.
It's not, you know...
You think about it
only happening only to people
that you don't know,
that seem far away,
but this is not...
These aren't isolated incidents.
So, it's just important
for awareness.
So, usually, our show
is pretty adult.
- Yeah.
- Yes.
But what was it like to work
with an actual baby...
- in this episode?
- It was wild.
I wanted to make sure the baby
was okay first
because there was
a lot happening that day.
Like the space where we shot
was very small,
- we were pressed for time.
- Yeah.
Also, the mom and...
Or the parents are right there
watching your every move, so...
The parents are right there
and then there's also
like, the parents
have baby handlers,
so there's like four people
looking out for the baby,
and no one looking out...
No. I'm kidding.
"No one looking out for me!
What about me?"
But this was just like,
it was really sweet
to sort of have that energy
and see how it affected
the other cast members.
There's something very real
that I think this episode does.
We see how motherhood
is affecting Tiffany,
but also when your friend
has a child,
it changes your relationship
to that friend.
So, remember last season
obviously,
when we've been building up
to this distance between
Tiffany and Kelli.
How far do you think Kelli
and Tiffany have come
since the baby shower?
Um, I think they've reconciled.
I don't think
there's any animosity,
but I do think that
Kelli might feel like
she has something to prove
as far as, you know,
she can be there for Tiffany.
And so, in a world where Tiffany
sort of preferred
her other friends to throw
the baby shower,
I feel like Kelli's trying
to prove her worth
and doesn't wanna lose
her friend to motherhood.
Which means,
they're still in the circle,
but they won't be going out late
or like, we have to have...
We have to see a matinee
instead of an evening movie.
That kind of thing.
And so, I think Kelli doesn't
want that to change.
The episode ends on a, kind of,
big divide, right?
Between Issa asking for a favor
and Molly basically saying,
like, "No."
Does Issa feel betrayed that
her quote-unquote best friend
doesn't come through for her
in her time of need?
Of course. I think hurt,
betrayed, confused, you know,
Molly holds her down,
and I think...
to the extent that Issa maybe
taking that for granted.
You know?
She knows that Molly's busy.
She knows that Molly wants
this relationship to work,
but I think Issa just has
tunnel vision, specifically,
when it comes
to this block party.
It has to succeed.
And so, in Molly denying
her help,
it's like she's essentially
rooting for Issa to fail.
At least in Issa's mind.
It's just, "I'm not going to
sacrifice this relationship"
that I've been
trying to maintain
to help you with
this little thing
that might not work
in the first place
"because you have
a history of..."
"not having things work. So..."
And I think that's, for Issa,
that's a hard pill to swallow.
You know, given Molly's choices
in this episode,
what do you guys do when
your best friend chooses
their significant other
over your relationship?
This is gonna sound like
hyperbole,
but you do have to grieve
the friendship that you had.
Because if you kind of
hold on to that,
you're constantly
holding that idea of friendship
as like a ruler
to every interaction you have,
and they will always fall short
because they have
fundamentally changed.
And so, I'm consistent.
Like, I haven't changed.
I'm still single.
No, I'm kidding.
Thank you for joining us
for another episode
of the Wine Down.
Stay tuned for a new episode
next week.
- Yeah, cheers.
- Cheers!
finding a problem.
Sometimes I'm like,
"Do you want to be happy?"
The last couple months
it just feels like, we've been...
Off.
- Should we like talk this out?
- Yeah.
You wanna just talk
at Thanksgiving?
Yeah, let's do it
around pie time.
Are you still getting over
your ex?
If anybody should be worried
about an ex,
- it should probably be me.
- Come on.
You and Issa
have little jokes, the same friends.
I broke up with her.
Because she cheated.
- I still left.
- But if she hadn't?
Oh, you should've brought him.
You don't think
that would've been too much?
If he's right for you,
you're thinking too much,
don't overthink it.
Gotta go to Molly's
to go get this pie.
Y'all good?
Yeah, we just gotta have
this talk.
We don't have Roy Choi.
He not gonna be there.
Okay, damn.
Hey.
Do I look like
a magician to you?
- Do she?
- No.
Then how you expect me to
take a shower with no water?
Magic? Move.
Oh, shit, that was today.
- This feels personal.
- I didn't do it.
That's wrong. That is wrong.
It smell like flowers
in here, man.
- We ain't even outside.
- You live here?
Okay, I'm sorry.
How can I help you?
You're required by law
to give me, and the dog
I don't have, 24-hour notice.
You can't be fuckin' up
my Airbnb money like this.
Dante, you can't
Airbnb your apartment.
I guess we all out here
breakin' rules, huh?
I got a white couple coming
down for the jazz festival.
They gonna want water.
Who raised you?
You treatin' us like
those people down
in Flint, Michigan.
Okay, okay,
I'll take care of it.
How old are you?
Ha!
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
I'm coming!
- Hello.
- What took you so long?
Another man climbing down
the fire escape?
Yep, he
texted me. He said he good.
Mwah.
- No, I was workin'.
- Mm.
Ugh, this case is a beast.
No, I am so close to...
Okay, you know what, never mind.
I get it, it's boring.
- I missed you.
- Me, too.
- It's been a while.
- I know.
My schedule's been dumb,
but thanks for coming over.
- And tonight, I am all yours.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
Mm, well, okay. Should we...
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Oh.
Still thinking about work?
Okay, there's just this one part
that I really need to finish.
I got it. It's cool.
- Handle your business.
- Okay, just give me till like 9:00,
and then you can handle
all this business.
Hey, Andrew.
Baby.
You ready?
Hey.
Oh, you was already naked.
Okay.
Issa Dee's office, please hold.
This is Issa Dee.
Ryan:
It's Ryan from D&S Printers.
I need your notes on
the flyer by 5:00 p.m.
Sorry, that's right.
Uh, my assistant's
kind of a mess.
Sapphire, you're a mess.
I'll get back to you right away.
Thank you.
Hi, you've
reached Condola. Please leave a message.
Hey, girl, it's me, Issa.
I just want to follow up
on the flyer proof I sent you
'cause I gotta get back
to them by today, so...
if you have any "feeback,"
let... feedback.
Damn, I've been
dropping my D's lately.
A, B, C, D.
Anyway, call me back.
Bye.
Pass me that file.
Also that firecracker shrimp.
Oh, girl, you can have 'em all.
I ain't been to yoga
since we started this case,
and I'm pushing these seams
to the limits.
I'm headed out. Anything
else I can get you ladies?
Um, no, I think we're good.
Thanks, BJ.
I actually just
go by Bennett now.
Oh, excuse me, Bennett.
"I'm Bennett."
You can deny it
all you want, but...
Uh-uh, girl, stop!
I used to mentor him and
his little friends in law school.
- He's a baby.
- I mentored a few people too,
back in the day.
Mm, "mentor."
It's not even like that,
and even if it was,
I think he only dates Abigails.
No, why?
He's at a firm with negroes.
- There is no way.
- Think about it, y'all.
He went to Princeton undergrad,
he plays guitar.
Oh, my God.
He's been here two weeks
and ordered six salads.
- He loves salad.
- Damn.
He lives in Silver Lake, too.
- Boop.
- We lost him.
Ooh, we still got to go
through all this discovery
and their motions.
I'm going cross-eyed, and my
kids have been eating pie crust,
so I got to go.
Stacy:
It's okay, Felicia, I can stay.
I'll tell my little jump-off
to reschedule.
Oh, uh, yeah, I'll stay, too.
Didn't you say you were going to
a listening party or something?
Yeah, but my man gets it,
you know?
We both got
our own shit going on.
Well, that's good.
My ex used to want me home
at 6:00 on the dot.
God bless them,
but never marry a teacher.
How are you miserable
and you get summers off?
Michelle Obama:
Angry or unbecoming,
it was that public judgment
that sweeps in to fill any void.
If you don't get out there
and define yourself,
you'll be quickly and
inaccurately defined by others.
Oh, shit.
Friendships between
women, as any woman...
Oh, shit!
Small kindnesses like these.
Uh-huh.
Starting making
a deliberate effort...
- I'm going.
- Okay.
I thought... I thought
you said you were going.
Oh, I meant I was going.
I'ma just circle around
the block one more time.
Michelle ain't become yet.
Okay.
Bringing together
old friends and new.
Yo, Issa, it's Nathan.
And, you know, I know
it's been a minute, but, um,
Andrew told me about
your block party.
That's dope.
You really doin' it.
You don't gotta
call me back or nothing.
I was just, you know.
I hope you good.
Aight then. Peace.
You find a spot?
Yeah, I parked at the church
next to the titty bar.
They don't check.
You gonna drive me
to my car since
I let you have that spot?
How you let me have a spot
that was already mine?
Oh, hey, by the way, did I
leave my yoga mat at your place?
Oh, I'll check.
And sorry I missed
the last few weekends,
by the way.
You still keeping up
with Self-Care Sunday?
No, girl, I been
working non-stop.
I mean, maybe we can find
a new day when things calm down.
Yeah, Sundays
don't really work, huh?
Sundays are no longer
serving us.
But you still wanna
do it though, right?
Yeah, I want to. You want to?
- Yeah, I want to.
- Okay.
Okay!
Wow. Yeah, she's beautiful, man.
I know, right? Isn't she lovely?
- You wanna hold her?
- Uh, are you sure?
I mean, I just dropped
a burrito earlier today.
Then hell no.
This my little angel right here.
Yo, how's it feel to have
a little girl, man?
- Shit's fucked up.
- What?
Before Tiff,
I did some grimy shit.
And all those women
were daughters.
Men do fucked-up shit,
and every woman is a daughter.
- Come on, man, you trippin'.
- It's real.
Some teenage boy's
gonna try and finger fuck
my angel one day.
- Look at my baby.
- Don't make me.
It's gonna happen, man.
I can't stop it.
Yo, I'm sure you're
gonna be fine, man.
All right, look,
you and Tiffany are smart.
You're responsible
and you plan the shit
out of everything.
Nah, not this.
I mean, we weren't trying to
have a baby for another two years.
We were getting ready
to buy a house,
spend some time traveling,
and...
now all that's on hold now.
I didn't know that, man.
It's not really how I pictured
becoming a dad, but, hey.
When it's worth it,
make that shit work.
Right, baby girl?
- Ooh.
- What's that sound?
Well, she just took a poop.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- Look at this poop, bro.
- I'm gonna not.
Damn, shit is chartreuse.
It's all a lie.
They tell you childbirth
is this beautiful thing.
It's not.
It's ugly and it hurts.
Girl, but you
look beautiful now.
Yeah, you are glowing for real.
I haven't showered in
three days. It's just oil.
- I'm gross.
- Nuh-uh.
Yes, you are. Extremely.
Well, anyways.
I'm so glad to see y'all.
I'm already over
my mommy friends.
They spend so much time
worrying about appearances
and not being real.
Can you imagine?
- No...
- That's crazy.
Can't picture that.
Derek's got it.
- Oh, that's good.
- Actually, Derek's been great.
I couldn't even
do this without him.
Well, yeah.
You can't get yourself pregnant.
Yes, you can. Google it.
- I did.
- It's just been so hard.
Like, at the hospital, I felt
like I was gonna pass out.
I told them.
No one would listen to me.
And it turned out
I had a blood clot.
- Oh, my God.
- Are you serious?
- Yes.
- Girl, these doctors
need to start listening to us.
That's how they almost
killed Serena.
Ooh, can you Yelp review
a maternity ward?
Because I'm gonna
give them three stars. Three.
Thank God for Derek.
I mean, he cursed out,
like, nine doctors.
If I wasn't in that diaper,
I woulda let him get it.
Okay.
See, that's how it should be.
You know, when you're
in a relationship,
you realize just how valuable
true partnership really is.
- That's real.
- Like with me and Andrew.
When I am struggling, yo,
he is there for me at any hour.
That's how you build
a long-lasting relationship.
Damn, Jada. I see you
out here Red Table talking.
I'm Willow...
I was just saying how I thought
it was good that Derek
was there for her.
I know, I was joking.
Uh, Tiff, where do these go?
Oh, you weren't here last week
when we decided
that those go over there
by the changing table.
Okay.
Hey, babe.
Baby!
- Baby, get in here.
- I should go check on her.
Oh, I'll go with you. I actually
haven't seen her awake.
I have. She ain't missin' much.
Have you ever tried breast milk?
Kelli, just say
you wanna try it.
Okay, judgey.
Has Molly said something to you?
- About what?
- Nothing, just...
Does she seem
a little off to you?
Okay.
- You fucked Andrew.
- Not even close.
- I'm in the ballpark.
- You're not even in the game.
- Oh, then why I got a ticket?
- You scalped it.
Okay, if it's not that,
then what?
It's just, I don't wanna
bring you in this,
and it's not even a big deal.
But I just feel like
she's been on my neck lately.
- She has? About what?
- Just little things here and there.
Acting like I'm the
messiest bitch on Earth.
Like her life is perfect.
Maybe she's just taking shit
out on you, you know?
- You should tell her.
- Yeah, I don't know.
I just feel like she sees me
how she sees me.
- So...
- Okay.
Speaking of seein' things.
Look at Lawrence over there.
Looking like a provider. Mm.
Stay looking... employed.
Uh, I'ma go do another
load of laundry.
Yeah, you go ahead and do that.
I'ma do me.
Damn, okay, damn. Got it!
Look at you. Hey.
You'd tell me
if she was ugly, right?
Girl, of course not.
Thank you.
Can I, can I hold her?
Listen, if she starts crying,
don't get mad.
She makes you earn it.
Hey. I will take my chances.
Yeah, I will. Hey, mama.
Yeah.
You and Andrew's babies
will be so beautiful.
It'll be a bunch of little Jhené
Aikos running around Burbank.
Girl, please. I am just trying
to not do the most, okay?
Just live in the moment
and take things as they come.
Whatever makes you happy.
Did Issa say something to you?
No, about what?
No.
She just thinks that I don't
want to be happy and it's...
never mind.
- Okay.
- I just think that it's funny
that she calls me Old Molly
when she's out there right now
doing old shit too.
Girl, you know it's complicated.
Okay, but when
her shit goes south,
she gonna rope me in.
She's gotta learn that
she's not the only one
that has things
going on in her life.
I think it's just been
a communication breakdown.
She's probably feeling
the same way, too.
Ooh, baby.
Who do you think the baby
looks like more, Tiff or Derek?
Lowkey, I think the baby
looks more like Kelli.
Yeah!
I didn't wanna be
the one to say it.
Right.
So um, how are you?
- Stressed.
- About?
Just block party details.
I've been trying to
reach out to Condola,
but I haven't heard anything.
Yeah.
Actually, um...
you know, something I...
I just wanted to
talk to you about.
Oh, okay. What?
- Take it.
- You sure?
- Yeah, no, go ahead, go ahead.
- Okay. Just real quick.
No, just...
Hey!
Wait, what do you mean he can't?
I just printed out all the
flyers. I can't replace him.
Is there anything I can do
to change his mind?
You are dead to me. Dead.
No, no, no, don't
hang up, don't hang up!
Everything okay?
- My headliner just dropped out.
- Damn.
- I'm sorry.
- Fuck.
I'm sorry, you were gonna
tell me something.
No, it can wait. Yeah, just, um,
take care of
whatever you gotta do.
Just, you know, hit me
when it all settles down.
- Okay, I'm... I'm sorry.
- It's all good.
Say it.
Girl, you better say "Kelli"
or I ain't paying
for your college.
Say Kelli, Kelli.
- Kelli, can you help me?
- Girl, I'm raising a child.
- Where's Issa?
- Not here.
Okay, is that a smile
or is that a fart?
- I don't know.
- That looks like a smile!
- You smiling for me?
- I think that's a smile.
- Say hi to Molly.
- That's a smile.
Y'all, don't rile her up. I
only like her when she's chill.
But I love her
all the time, though.
Okay!
- Shh.
- Hey.
- Did I miss something?
- Girl, I don't even know.
You okay?
Yeah, I just gotta
go handle some shit.
Mm-hmm.
I am so sorry.
I... She is beautiful.
You are beautiful.
I got to go, guys.
- Mm-hmm.
- You beautiful.
Who stressed? Not you?
Who the best? It's you.
Who gonna kill it? Issa...
I'm sorry, I can't.
- Not today.
- Wait, what?
I thought you were
supposed to be hyping me up.
Yeah, I stay hyping you up,
but I got shit going on
over here, too.
And it's real-life shit.
- You do?
- Yeah, bitch.
It's like your life, but worse.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
O-okay.
I do got attitude.
Hey! Yeah, I know.
It's been a few years.
Is your brother
still friends with...
oh, he got shot?
Like, fatally... yeah,
that's what I thought.
Uh, y'all still got access
to his phone or...
Mm, phone got shot too.
We still out in these streets,
nasty ass.
Oh, you got saved? God is good.
All the time.
Sunday, no I don't... I don't
have the time, actually, I'm sorry.
Remember when we used
to say your son
would grow up to be a star?
Well, did he?
So he's just a nobody?
Hey, trick ass bitch!
Oh, wrong number.
I'm so sorry, ma'am.
Have a lovely day.
- Mm. This is really good.
- Yeah.
- It's so good.
- I can tell.
Oh, this place is supposed to
have good homemade ketchup.
- Homemade ketchup?
- Uh-huh.
Yeah, so we have to break up.
Oh.
- I'm glad you made it out.
- Oh, me too.
And you know, I'm sorry.
I have to say, I so appreciate
how flexible you've been.
It's cool. I respect it.
But tonight, I am all yours.
So I was thinking we could do
whiskey at Seven Grand.
- Mm-hmm.
- Followed by edibles at my place.
Followed by...
Oh, shit, yeah.
Um, I was supp...
I was gonna meet up
with some of my boys later.
We were gonna play poker.
You made plans? I, I
thought this was a date night.
It is, I...
just assumed you'd
have work later.
- But I actually had time.
- How would I know?
I get that you have
a lot of work, but...
I'm just trying to figure out
where I fit in.
But I'm, I'm here
with you right now.
You know what,
let me call Seth and cancel.
No, don't.
It's fine.
Order number one, here you go.
Order number two, here you go.
Thank you.
Hey, girl, what's up?
Hey, uh, do you have a second?
I really wanna talk to you.
Um...
Okay, yeah. Me, too.
Girl, this week has been a lot.
I-I just feel like I'm just
juggling so much.
Damn, sorry, girl.
Well, this will
just take a second.
My headliner dropped out.
It's a whole thing.
But when the Lord closes one
door, he opens an Instagram
and I found this artist
that's repped by LiveNation.
And I was like, I know
someone who works there.
Look at me, knowing people!
So you think you can
ask Andrew to hook me up?
Well, I mean, first of all,
why did your headliner drop out?
- Didn't y'all have a contract?
- Yeah, I had a contract.
- He broke it.
- Okay, well, were you late
- on any of the payments?
- No.
The next payment was supposed
to come next week.
Well, I mean, did you
do anything on your side
that could have
voided the contract?
Because, I mean,
something must have happened.
Look, girl,
I just need to fix this.
It'll just take a second.
Just work that
pillow talk, girl.
I...
I guess I could ask.
Thank you. I appreciate you.
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I gotta go.
For old time's sake?
Cute.
Can we talk about last night?
Mm-hmm.
Look. I...
I didn't mean to make you
feel like an afterthought.
Look, you don't have to...
I get that you're busy, Molly.
You know, I get busy, too.
But we're not in the
honeymoon phase anymore
and I'm just, I'm worried that
our schedules aren't compatible.
Okay.
But, I mean, we can
figure it out, right?
I want to.
This is new for me.
I've never been in
a relationship long enough
to have to balance it
in my life.
Normally, I'd have been
messed things up by now.
You are my main priority.
Well, you and trying to find out
what happened to
that girl Latoya.
Wow, that's dark.
But, but I respect it.
- Do you?
- Mm-hmm.
- How much?
- Come here.
Are you sure you
don't want to call Seth
to come through and watch us?
Fuck Seth.
Damn, you work fast.
Hey, you let me finish!
What'd he say?
Um...
Actually, I, uh...
I didn't ask him.
And...
I don't think I'm going to.
I don't understand.
Did y'all break up?
No.
I just think it's best for me to
keep those parts of my life separate.
Separate?
What does that mean?
It means that this relationship
is really important to me
and... I want to protect that.
Does that make sense?
Uh-huh.
Well, I got work to do, so...
Yeah. Me, too.
Hey, girl. You wanna talk?
I just wanna take a shower.
I don't think
I wanna go to this thing.
I mean, what do you even wear
to a block party in January?
In L.A.?
What you wear any other time.
It is 75 degrees.
I wanted to create a space
to support and uplift
our community.
The difference in me...
It's a tragedy.
Uh-uh. Today is not about
oppression. Get her ass down.
Yeah.
- Hey, bro.
- You hear it's supposed to rain?
- You worried?
- Shut up, Ahmal.
Welcome back to another episode
of the Wine Down.
Today we will be unpacking
"Lowkey Losin' It"
with the delightful
Natasha Rothwell,
who plays one of Issa's BFFs,
Kelli.
- Hey, Natasha. What up?
- Hey, girl.
You know I'm here drinking rosé
talking about the show.
So, we got a lot of insight
into the new friendship
now that Tiffany's child
is born.
And we talked about
in the room how important
it was for us to highlight
the issues of childbirth
especially amongst black women.
One of the things
we talked about even outside
of childbirth as well,
is just like women's issues
in hospitals
being taken seriously.
How we have to get second
or third opinions
to be taken seriously. And so...
They don't believe...
- Our pain.
- Our actual pain. Yeah.
And so, I thought it was
really cool using.
Tiffany's storyline in this
episode to sorta speak to that.
What Tiffany allows...
Because she's married,
because she has a child now,
it allows us to talk about
issues the other three women
certainly can't talk about.
- Yeah.
- And it's just a common issue.
It's not, you know...
You think about it
only happening only to people
that you don't know,
that seem far away,
but this is not...
These aren't isolated incidents.
So, it's just important
for awareness.
So, usually, our show
is pretty adult.
- Yeah.
- Yes.
But what was it like to work
with an actual baby...
- in this episode?
- It was wild.
I wanted to make sure the baby
was okay first
because there was
a lot happening that day.
Like the space where we shot
was very small,
- we were pressed for time.
- Yeah.
Also, the mom and...
Or the parents are right there
watching your every move, so...
The parents are right there
and then there's also
like, the parents
have baby handlers,
so there's like four people
looking out for the baby,
and no one looking out...
No. I'm kidding.
"No one looking out for me!
What about me?"
But this was just like,
it was really sweet
to sort of have that energy
and see how it affected
the other cast members.
There's something very real
that I think this episode does.
We see how motherhood
is affecting Tiffany,
but also when your friend
has a child,
it changes your relationship
to that friend.
So, remember last season
obviously,
when we've been building up
to this distance between
Tiffany and Kelli.
How far do you think Kelli
and Tiffany have come
since the baby shower?
Um, I think they've reconciled.
I don't think
there's any animosity,
but I do think that
Kelli might feel like
she has something to prove
as far as, you know,
she can be there for Tiffany.
And so, in a world where Tiffany
sort of preferred
her other friends to throw
the baby shower,
I feel like Kelli's trying
to prove her worth
and doesn't wanna lose
her friend to motherhood.
Which means,
they're still in the circle,
but they won't be going out late
or like, we have to have...
We have to see a matinee
instead of an evening movie.
That kind of thing.
And so, I think Kelli doesn't
want that to change.
The episode ends on a, kind of,
big divide, right?
Between Issa asking for a favor
and Molly basically saying,
like, "No."
Does Issa feel betrayed that
her quote-unquote best friend
doesn't come through for her
in her time of need?
Of course. I think hurt,
betrayed, confused, you know,
Molly holds her down,
and I think...
to the extent that Issa maybe
taking that for granted.
You know?
She knows that Molly's busy.
She knows that Molly wants
this relationship to work,
but I think Issa just has
tunnel vision, specifically,
when it comes
to this block party.
It has to succeed.
And so, in Molly denying
her help,
it's like she's essentially
rooting for Issa to fail.
At least in Issa's mind.
It's just, "I'm not going to
sacrifice this relationship"
that I've been
trying to maintain
to help you with
this little thing
that might not work
in the first place
"because you have
a history of..."
"not having things work. So..."
And I think that's, for Issa,
that's a hard pill to swallow.
You know, given Molly's choices
in this episode,
what do you guys do when
your best friend chooses
their significant other
over your relationship?
This is gonna sound like
hyperbole,
but you do have to grieve
the friendship that you had.
Because if you kind of
hold on to that,
you're constantly
holding that idea of friendship
as like a ruler
to every interaction you have,
and they will always fall short
because they have
fundamentally changed.
And so, I'm consistent.
Like, I haven't changed.
I'm still single.
No, I'm kidding.
Thank you for joining us
for another episode
of the Wine Down.
Stay tuned for a new episode
next week.
- Yeah, cheers.
- Cheers!