Pose (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Life's a Beach - full transcript

[sirens wailing in distance]

[trucks beeping]

[telephone ringing]

Four o'clock?

Hello? Yeah, this is Blanca.

[sirens wailing]

INVESTIGATOR:
Ma'am.

-Hello, ma'am?
-Sorry.

You said there was acetone
and isopropyl alcohol

on the premises.

You are aware that thosesubstance are highly flammable?



The kind of stuff
that could blow a place up.

Yeah, of course.
But this was a nail salon.

Those kinds of chemicals
are needed for my business.

I'm not a careless person,
and I don't smoke,

so ain't no lighter flames
or cigarettes in here.

When was the last time
you ever heard of a nail salon

blowing up out of nowhere?

Excuse me.

[door opens]

FREDERICA:
What happened to my building?

This is devastating.
How will I recover?

What are you doing here?

My name is on the deed,
sweetheart.

I was in the car heading
to my summer cottage



when I got the call that
my property had burned down.

-Isn't that terrible?
-Yeah.

I put all of my savings
into this salon, and somehow,

I didn't know that insurancewas needed to cover the supplies

and furniture
and all of my stuff!

It went up into smoke
just like that.

You live and you learn.

Going toe-to-toe with you,

I learned what protecting
yourself really looks like.

You taught me that.

And for that,
I will be grateful.

After our squabble,

I raised the insurance coverageon this building.

I just had a feeling something
like this could happen.

Come next spring, I'll triple
the rent, attracting tenants

that will breathe
a breath of fresh air

-into this ghetto enclave.
-Yeah, this place

is right on track
for a much-needed makeover.

[chuckles] How I will
miss our conversations.

I will relish all summer
the thought of you back home,

in your grim little
Bronx walk-up, filing acrylics

in the sweltering
100-degree August heat.

[siren wailing]

[door opens]

[footfalls approach]

PRAY TELL:
The category is...

Live...

Work...

Pose!

♪

[soft whirring]

[locker creaks open]

Leaving already?

My usual 3:00 is gone
for the summer.

The whole summer?

This business is seasonal.

Didn't you know?

It's not like the piers.

Most of the clientele here
take their vacation in August.

The whole town clears out.

Shouldn't you be checkin'
on that dude in your room?

Oh, shit!

I almost forgot.

Has it been three hours already?

Three and a half.

Do you need a spanking
or a beating of some kind?

No.

Just leave me
a little while longer, please?

I have other business
to attend to.

I'm a woman of the world.

I don't want
to stay here all day long.

Then leave.

I don't care.

Come back in the morning.

I just like being left
in isolation.

No sight, no sound,

feeling nothing but the pain
of being in one position

and the warm sweat
under the latex.

May I ask what exactly is
the point of this?

Why pay to be left alone whenyou can be left alone for free?

I'm not paying to be left alone.

I'm paying to feel
the pain of anticipation.

I'm not leaving you here
all night.

I don't have good experiences

with leaving people
to their own devices.

Okay.

Can I come back tomorrow,
though?

I thought you were a bigwig
on Wall Street.

Aren't you leaving town
like the rest of them?

I got a great place
at the beach,

but I almost never go.

I like it better here,
where it's...

really hot.

Beach house, you say?

["Everything"
by Jody Watley playing]

♪ Oh...♪

Oh, my gosh, it's so hot.

LULU: Hey, I know.
Is the window open?

A popsicle in this heat

is like throwing
a snowball in hell.

Do you ever stop complaining?

-No.
-Well, then, now's
a good time to learn.

Here, girl.

Girl, I can't believe
the salon is gone.

Come on, tell 'em what happened.

I can't prove anything, but...

I think she set the place
afire herself.

-For the insurance.
-Arson?

I'd do the same if I owned
that shithole.

-Elektra!
-Sorry, daughter.

I'm crazy from this heat.

-That's okay, I appreciate y'allcoming over to support.
-I hope so.

I feel like I'm being fucked
by Satan himself

in the seventh circle.

Are the authorities
investigating?

I ain't got no power.

ELEKTRA:
This isn't the first time
any of us have met

with adversities.

This tenement in August,
for instance.

ANGEL:
Oh, my gosh.
You can't give up, Ma.

I never thought my modeling
career would be what it is,

but you encouraged me.

If I could do it,
you most definitely can.

No, it's not about that.

I spent my life savings
on that salon.

So, Ma, just save again and getanother one. You be a'ight.

Will you stop saying
it's all right?!

My opportunity came and went.

Everything I live for, my kids,my salon, it's gone.

It's all right, girl.

I think she's having
a heat stroke.

-Bitch, would you stopcomplaining about the damn heat?-ANGEL: Shut up!

We are all hot.

I am in purgatory.

It feels like someone turnedthis thermostat up to "inferno."

-Well, you're the one
with the air-conditioning.
-Right.

-Why-- How come we're not
in your crib?
-Yeah. Shit.

Because even with a window
air-conditioning unit,

it's beginning to smell.

Smell? Why?

ELEKTRA:
This old lady from
the Caribbean has a fish fry,

and it wafts through
the hallways.

The stench intensifies when the thermostat hits 85 degrees.

Well, what we need to do is
take a trip down to the beach.

The water will cool us off.

Well, good, 'cause I need
a vacation.

That's a good idea.

Let's do a girls' trip.

ANGEL:
For real? A girls' trip?

Yes. Look at the year we've had.

We've lost Candy,

and Blanca ruined her house
and lost her business and...

-Okay, where are we going?
-I have just the place.

Ladies, pack your swimsuits

and meet at my house
tomorrow morning.

[excited chatter]

You're not scared people gonna
try us if we walk down

a New York street
in swimsuits and heels?

I have a Hertz rental car
waiting for us outside.

O.J. himself would approve.

Work.

What's that smell?

Pine.

I'm a woman who likes
her scented candles.

Excited?

Yeah, I've never been
on a road trip before.

I feel like we about to go in aChevy Chase movie or something.

[chuckles] Darling, if you'regoing to be a successful model,

you have to learn how to travel,
and how to travel well.

Rule number one is
to always look your best.

What you tryin' to say?

Uh-huh.

Perfection.

I simply cannot stand it
when a woman boards a plane

without a full face of makeup.

Oh, I feel you.

Lulu! What's taking
so goddamn long?!

Come out already!

You guys.

Oh, dear God.

What the hell is wrong with her?

I feel so... fat.

Hey, stop it.
You look damn tasty.

Not slumped over like that,
she doesn't.

-Stand up straight.
-[Lulu scoffs]

It's one thing to be on the polein a dark club,

it's another thing to let it allhang out under the naked sun.

I mean, what if I get clocked
or something?

Girl, please stop it.

The only thing
that they clocking is

you being a beautiful woman.

Give me some of that
Lulu attitude.

You're right, I do look
pretty tasty. [chuckles]

There we go.

Wait a minute.
Wh-What is that smell?

Pine.

-Scented candles.
-[buzzer blares]

That's Blanca.

ANGEL:
Mother.

[gasps] Somebody please
fetch me my nerve pills.

Well, hello to you, too.

Where's your swimsuit?

I will not be seen in public

with you looking like Elly May
fresh off the farm.

This is all that I got.

Of course it is. I suppose I canlet you borrow something

from my guest closet.

No, I'm comfortable in this.

No, it's really no problem.

Just don't stain it with
whatever awful food

-you're eating these days.
-Elektra, I said no.

If this is about your salon,

I will not allow
your rotten mood

to ruin this trip for everyone.

It's not about the salon.
I'm just not like you girls.

There are certain things
that you can wear

that I cannot.

If this is about tucking,
I got some extra duct tape.

It's not about that, either.

I just don't like being exposed.

I don't like the summer.

Men whispering on the streets,
calling me a man,

a freak, a tranny.

ANGEL:
Ma,

people always
gonna have opinions.

Don't matter how beautiful
or busted you are.

That's just part of being
a woman in a man's world.

So what we need to do

is replace
those negative voices

with some words
of encouragement.

Come on, y'all.
I'm gonna treat Mother Blanca

-before we hit the road.
-[laughs]

-So, get your shit together.-LULU: We're gonna go shopping.

-LULU: Oh!
-Hey. Oh.

Didn't I tell you if you put askirt on, it would be sickening?

Yes, I guess you're right.I do look kind of sexy, don't I?

-Uh, uh-huh.
-Kind of.

I hope you got birth control.
Look at those thighs.

-Right.
-Ooh.

Catch the jiggle
when you slap it.

Are you three done
eating each other out yet?

-No.
-No.

Let's get out of here.

Oh, my gosh. She jealous.

Aah!

Why'd I pick the one street
that hasn't gentrified yet?

Hey, who's driving this car?

I am. Get in.

I call shotgun.

Oh, look at my baby being...

useful. Helpful.

-LIL PAPI: Don't talk to no men.-What? Uh...
-[dings]

-Oh. Thank you.
-ANGEL: Don't tell me
what to do.

I love you. I'm just playing.

-[Lil Papi speaks indistinctly]-Papi.

-Oh.
-[shrieks]

-I love you.
-Oh, God. Oh.

[laughs]

♪ If you're thinkin'
you're too cool♪

Sing it, daughter. Come on.

-♪ To boogie♪
-♪ Oh, oh♪

♪ Boy, oh, boy,
have I got news for you♪

[laughing]

[distant horn honks]

♪ Everybody here tonight
must boogie♪

-Oh, yes.
-[laughter]

-[car horn honks]
♪ Let me tell ya♪

♪ You are no exception
to the rule♪

This is music.

♪ Get on up, on the floor♪

♪ 'Cause we're gonna
boogie oogie oogie♪

♪ 'Till you just can't
boogie no more♪

♪ Ah, boogie, boogie no more♪

-♪ You can't boogie...♪
-Hey! You drive like shit!

You look like it, bitch!

-♪ Boogie no more♪
-[car horn blares]

-♪ Listen to the music♪
-Oh, my God.

-Mother, look out!
-Oh, my God!

-[screams]
-Look out.

ANGEL:
Oh, my goodness.

He's right. You're the worst
driver I ever seen.

-I didn't know
you had a license.
-I don't.

I bought one out
of the bodega on 144th Street.

-What?!
-What?!

ELEKTRA:
They required it
to rent the car.

I even upgraded us to this.

We're traveling
in style this weekend,

ladies,and it's all on Mother Elektra.

All you bitches need
to pay for is the cocktails.

Man, something smells fishy
about this.

That's just the ocean,
Blanca dear. Just relax.

-We're nearly there.
-Where?

♪ Get down,
boogie oogie oogie♪

-Yeah.
-♪ Get down♪

-[whooping]
♪ Boogie oogie oogie♪

-Uh-huh.
-♪ Get down...♪

-Bitch.
-[laughter]

[whooping]

ANGEL:
Oh, my God.

[indistinct chatter]

No way.
No motherfucking way! [laughs]

-Are we staying here?
-Yes, we are.
-Oh.

Always trust in Mother Elektra,darling.

-T stance.
-[laughing]

Five, six.

-Seven.
-Eight.

[laughing]

[door creaks open]

Welcome home!

Oh, my God.
This is, like, straight out

Architectural Digest
or something.

Oof.

l call dibs
on this couch right here.

[chuckles] No, no, no.
You all get your own bedrooms,

though the master is mine,
obviously.

We'll be watching House Party
in the screening room later.

Retrieve anything you like
from the wine cellar.

The garage is off-limits.

What's in the garage?

See, I knew something was fishyabout this.

Did you kidnap this man
and steal his house?

What do you take me for?
He invited us.

Practically begged me to come,

once I planted the idea
in his head.

Can he hear us?

Not with the hood
and headphones on.

ANGEL:
So, I don't get it.

He-He's paying you
to take him down here

and-and-and...
and do what exactly?

Oh, I had a girl come upwith him earlier to set him up.

My job is just to check on him
every few hours,

-tease him a little.
-LULU: But, uh,

how does he go to the bathroom
in this thing?

We deprive him of food
all weekend long,

-so no worries about number two.-[man panting]

Otherwise,
he just goes when he has to.

Oh, girl. Oh, my God.
Men are so fucked up.

-Okay.
-BLANCA: You know what? Angel,

Lulu, y'all go get readyfor the beach. We need a moment.

-Okay. Mm-hmm.
-Okay. Yeah.

[laughter]

We are not having another
situation like the other time.

Don't worry.

The mask doesn't cover
his mouth.

He's perfectly safe. Look.

Joe, Blanca. Blanca, Joe.

Nice to meet you.

Mm. Feeling dehydrated, Joe?

-Light-headed?
-No.

I'm feeling amazing.

I'm loving being out here,

where it's still scorching hot
in the garage.

-ELEKTRA: Mm-hmm.
-And even more isolated.

Mm-hmm.

And cover me up again?

ELEKTRA:
How long before
we should come back?

Tomorrow?

We'll check back
in a couple of hours.

[exhales] Okay. Let's hit
the beach, darling, come on.

[seagulls squawking]

♪

You know, why the hell
are we cooped up

on that stinking island
when we could be out here,

living like movie stars?

No sweaty subways,no skyscrapers to trap the heat.

This is heaven.

-Mm-hmm.
-Yes, sir.

You know, all my life,

I've lived an hour away
from here,

and this is the first time
I've ever seen the ocean.

You know, my late mother
used to tell me,

"If you ever feel too big
for your britches,

"go to the ocean
and stare at it.

It'll make you feel small."

-LULU: Mm-hmm.
-Now I know what
she was talking about.

♪ This air of silence♪

♪ In the bedroom...♪

-Should we dip our toes in?
-Uh-uh.

No way. I've seen Jawsway too
many times to know better.

Besides, I taste too sweet
for sharks to resist.

Girl, I just got my edges laid,

-and I'm not going near
any water this weekend.
-Angel?

All right, now,
y'all don't laugh at me,

but I am terrified of water.

I don't know how to swim.

I mean, I always wanted tolearn, but there ain't no pools

in the projects.

One day my father brought me
over to the, uh,

fancy country club
up north in the Bronx.

He said he was gonna finally
teach me how to swim,

but then when we got there,
girl,

they ain't let us past
the front desk.

If it's any consolation,
I'm not a good swimmer either.

How 'bout we teach each other
right now?

-Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
-BLANCA: What?

-Ain't no way. Hell no.
-We'll hold hands.

We won't go past our thighs.

-What if I get stung
by a jellyfish?
-Shark.

Oh, come on, y'all.

When are we gonna ever
do this again as a family?

This is our vacation. Come on,
let's live out our dreams.

Jesus Christ. All right.

Y'all can stay here.
Come on, Angel.

ANGEL:
Bye, girls.

Have fun. Don't get bit.

-I should've sent
that damn girl to school.
-[laughs]

I'll go in the water only
if your promise not to let go.

I promise.

All right.

-Yo, and since
we're making promises...
-Hmm?

...you keeping yours?

What you talking about?

Drugs?

I ain't done none of that.

[chuckles]

I know you got people
checking on me,

-watching...
-Uh-huh.

As a mother, you gotta keep eyesin the back of your head,

-spies in these streets.
-[chuckles]

Okay, Mother of the Year.

That's right.

No, but seriously,

I haven't touched
any of that stuff.

I promise.

Maybe soon enough I'll be
back in your good graces,

and me and Papi can
come back home.

Good.

But you an adult now.

You and Papi got your own home,and you gotta maintain it

so you can have your ownchildren, and raise them right.

I want to make you
Mother of the Year one day.

Oh... thank you.

-I know. [laughs]
-Come on.

♪ Hey, baby♪

♪ You got to remember♪

♪ I'm forever your girl♪

♪

♪ Baby, pick your head up...♪

Girl, why are they staring
at us?

Girl, who?

You think they clocking us?

They're just taking in the view.You're being paranoid.

And what if you're wrong?

That's why I hid my switchbladein the cooler.

Mm.

What you over here
thinking about?

You look like you just
went somewhere.

I wish Candy was here.
I miss that girl.

Yeah.

I was so preoccupied with givingher a distinguished send-off

that I never went up
to her casket.

What?

I don't have any regrets,

but I do regret that.

If it's any consolation,
you sent her home in style.

Candy would've wanted
nothing less from you.

Thank you for that, Mother.

[whistle blowing]

Where's Blanca?

ANGEL:
Help! Lifeguard!

Life-lifeguard...

-[gasping]
-ELEKTRA: Blanca!

ANGEL:
We were just,we were splashing around and...

LULU:
Blanca!

♪

LULU:
Blanca!

Blanca... Oh...

ELEKTRA:
Oh, my God.

-Oh, God...
-Blanca?

ANGEL:
Please get up.

Get up, get up, get up.

-I can't lose another daughter!-Blanca!

ANGEL:
Get up!

-Oh, God.
-Blanca, come on.

-Four, five, six, seven...
-ANGEL: Get up! Blanca?

-Come on, Blanca!
-[crying]

-[coughing]
-ANGEL [whispers]: Okay, okay.

-[moans]
-Oh, thank you, Jesus.

-[crying]
-Come on.

[lifeguard exhales]

Nice to meet you.

Joe, I must ask.

Where are you hiding
the adult beverages?

Uh, there should be some
in the wine cellar.

It's empty, you idiot!

Uh, I'm sorr-- I haven't been
out here a lot this summer.

I guess my house person
didn't have time to...

Absolutely useless.

[panting, laughing softly]

LULU:
I'm telling you, girl,

he was feeling it.

-He was not.
-I saw it.

He was feeling it, and...

-it was big.
-Oh, girl, whatever.

The one time I go to the beach
and I almost die.

People were looking at me.
I feel so stupid.

Nah, for real, though,
I feel like he was trying

-to slip a little tongue...
-Ah!

-Get it, bitch.
-Ooh, I could've

lied there all day
with him on top of me

and let him
do whatever he wanted...

-Mother!
-What? I don't care
if anybody was watching.

-She's just living her life.
-ELEKTRA: Please tell me

you're not still speaking
of black Hasselhoff.

We must concentrate
on what really matters.

Were any of you able to find usa suitable beverage?

-Just warm beer and scotch.
-That just won't do.

How does this man have all thismoney and nothing to drink?

Girl, white people.

You know what?

Get dressed. We're going out.

To town? Us?

Fuck that.
We have nothing to hide.

We're going out
and treating ourselves

-to a feast and a drink.
-[laughs] Why just one?

And I've always wanted
to try one of those

-Long Island Iced Teas.
-Yes...

Well, Blanca dear, when in Rome.

Ladies, to our rooms.

[excited chatter]

[piano playing
"Fly Me to the Moon"]

Four, please.

Could we please have
a table by the window?

I'm sorry, but all of our windowtables are reserved.

[grunts softly]

She lying.

HOSTESS:
Can I start you off

-with something to drink?
-LULU: Yes.

We'll have four Long Island
Iced Teas, thank you.

And can we have a shrimp
cocktail while we look

-at the menu? I'm starving.
-HOSTESS: Sure thing.

Your waiter
will be with you shortly.

Thank you.

Damn. Ew, this place
is mad bougie.

[scoffs] I don't recognize
anything on this menu.

What is a caviar blini?

ELEKTRA:
It's a small pancake wafer

topped with caviar.

They're sinful and delightful.

-Well, let's get some.
-Ooh, I want the calamari.

-And some lobster, too.
-ELEKTRA: Order what
you like, children.

Dinner's on me.

-Oh, thank you, Mother.
-Well, I want
to get some oysters.

-Y'all like oysters?
-Ew. Oysters are mad nasty...

[indistinct arguing]

Thank you, Elektra.

You don't know
how badly I needed this.

We may not live
in the same house,

but you'll always be
my daughter, Blanca.

LULU and ANGEL:
Aww...

-[both laugh]
-You're all my children.

That's why you paying
for the food.

-Ooh!
-[laughter]

LULU:
Oh, oh, you didn't.

[laughter]

ELEKTRA:
I can't believe

we lost him.

-Lost who?
-Luther Vandross.

-Girl, he gay, he ain't dead.
-ELEKTRA: He might as well be

-if I can't have him.-LULU: Girl, stop being stingy.

Luther's behind is a whole meal,
and all the boys

-want a bite, okay?
-Ugh... I want a...

Okay, I cannot keep up
with this conversation.

If you will excuse me,
I got to go pee out

-some of this liquor.
-Mm-hmm. Ooh!

-Be careful, now. Oh, shit.
-You getting thick, girl.

-She cannot handle her liquor.
-[laughter]

Hello, ladies.

I'm a loyal customer here,
out with my girlfriends,

and we're having just the
darndest time trying to relax

into this peaceful
summer evening.

And what is it
that we can do for you?

There's nothing peaceful
about your grating voices,

cackling so loudly we can't evenhear our own conversation.

LULU:
Elektra.

Do not do it. This one
right here is not worth it.

I don't think that mygirlfriends and I are any louder

than these other tables.

Why don't you be frank with us?

What exactly is it
that you're trying to say?

I'm no dummy.

I work in the city,

and I know a man pretending
to be a woman when I see one.

-And I see three
right in front of me.
-ANGEL: Oh, shit...

-LULU: Bitch.
-This is not
that kind of establishment.

Wait a minute, girl...

God may have blessed you withBarbies, a backyard with a pony

and a boyfriend named Jake
and an unwanted pregnancy

that your father paid
to terminate so you could

go to college and major
in being a basic bitch.

None of these things
make you a woman.

Mm-hmm, clear your throat.

-ANGEL: Lubricate.
-Mm-hmm.

LULU:
Read that bitch.

Your uniform of ill-fitting
J.Crew culottes,

fake pearls
and 50-cent scrunchies

cannot conceal the fact that
you do not know who you are.

-Mm.
-I know our presence
threatens you.

We've fought for our place
at this table.

And that has made us stronger
than you will ever be.

Now pick your jaw
up off the floor

and go back to your clam chowder

and shallow conversations.

My girlfriends and I
aren't going anywhere.

-It was lovely talking to you.
-Y'all heard that?
-ANGEL: Yeah, go and get

your clam chowder, before
the clam chowder gets you.

-[laughs]
-Shall we order another round?

-Yes, please.
-Shit.

[piano playing in distance]

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Uh...

Yes, Grams.
I'm wearing sunblock.

[chuckles]

I know. Brown skin burns, too.

Hey, let me call you right back.

You look pretty good dry.

[both laugh]

So, you saving lives and dishingout compliments, huh?

[chuckles]
Something like that.

I'm Adrian.

[clears throat]

Blanca.

Pleasure.

I've been manning these shores
for six summers

and I've never done CPRon anyone with lips like yours.

Well, I ain't ever had a man

slobber over me
like that before,

so I guess there's
a first time for everything.

Why don't you let me take you
out for a stroll on the beach?

I'd die a happy man seeing
you glow under that moonlight.

Anyway, I thought you was goingto show her your signature move

-and flip this damn table over.-Damn, I forgot about that.

We should invite her back over
for an encore performance.

No, no, no, no, no. Don't you
do it. She-she got the point.

ANGEL:
Good. Girl, you just...

-What happened?
-LULU: Never mind that.

-[chuckles]
-Look what the cat dragged in.

-Them oysters got
to you now, huh?
-LULU: No!

-[laughter]-No. I ran into that lifeguard.

ALL:
Ooh...

His name is Adrian,

and he wants to take me
on a stroll on the beach.

-You obviously said no.
-No, I said yes.

That man is fine.
Plus, it's been a cute minute

-since I had a man show me
that sort of kindness.
-Take it for the team.

-He was cute.
-ELEKTRA: You're insane.

It's unsafe for girls like us
to walk off

in the middle of the night
with a stranger.

You know you can't trust a man
once the sun goes down.

-That's true.-Oh, I didn't think about that.

That doesn't make any sense.

ANGEL:
Yes, it does.

You know these men are afraid

of their desires for us.

They take it out on us
all the time.

That's probably
what happened to Candy.

They don't kill us
because they hate us.

They kill us because they hate
what it means to love us.

So, am I supposed to just livein fear for the rest of my life?

Die without ever knowing love?

Maybe you could just meet him
for coffee or something

-before we head back, girl.
-Yeah.

Where's the passion in that?

Listen,
I know y'all care for me,

but I have to trust
my instincts on this one.

-I'm going.
-ELEKTRA: Wait.

If you're going to go,
at least take this.

ANGEL:
Oh.

[laughs softly]

BLANCA:I feel like I'm in one of thoseK-tel commercials or something,

selling one of those world's
greatest love song album.

That's good, right?

It's like a dream.

So, you do this to all
your damsels in distress?

No.

I'm not like that.
I take this job seriously.

Though I'll admit, sometimes therich white ladies will pretend

to be drowning in the hopes
of fulfilling some fantasy.

[both chuckle]

I go to Fordham
the rest of the year.

I'm studying to be a doctor.

-For real?
-Yeah.

Damn, you must be smart.

My mom died of stomach cancer
when I was ten.

One thing I noticed,
all the orderlies

were black and brown,
some of the nurses too,

but every doctor was white.

I'm sure they did their best,
but I think it helps

to be looked after
by one of your own, you know?

Do you have a dream?

I had one.

I'm in the beauty profession,
nails mostly.

I recently opened
my very own salon,

but it burnt down.

That's terrible, I'm so sorry.

It's all right.

I'm a very optimistic person
by nature.

But I've got no illusions
about the outside world

having my back.

Outside world?

Um, you know, my community,
and the outside world,

and all those things.

I know, Blanca.

You don't have to pretend
with me.

So you've been with a girl
like me before?

No.
It's not like that.

You're a beautiful,

funny, soulful woman.

That's all that matters to me.

This has got to be a dream.
[chuckles]

Can I kiss you?

Didn't you already
do that earlier?

A real kiss.

I'm not stopping you.

-[birds chirping]
-♪

-Where's she at, you guys?-She should've been here by now.This is crazy.

-Do you think we should
call the cops?
-Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh.

Where have you been?
We were up all night.

I thought he gutted
and drowned you.

We were five minutes away
from calling the po-po!

Aw, you really do love me.

-[sighs]
-Bitch.

-I'm just glad you're okay.
-LULU: Okay, bitch, sit down.

What happened?
Tell us everything.

Here, this for you.

Okay.
It was...

-It was perfect. [laughs]
-I knew it!

-[laughs]
-I felt like I was

-the heroine, the star
of some great romantic drama.
-Hmm?

-Ah, hoo.
-Keep going, Mother.

-Oh...
-Tell us the details.

Oh, we went on a walk
on the beach, uh...

-I ain't never seen
the moon that big...
-[sighs]

...that bright...
[sighs]

His skin glistened in it.

And girl, when I tell you
them muscles was popping...

-Mm...
-LULU: Yeah, but what about
that muscle down there?

-Was he packing,
'cause I know he was, girl!
-ANGEL: Ooh!

-[laughter]
-ELEKTRA: Lulu!

I didn't raise you
to be so vulgar.

-So Candy of you.
-Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh. [laughing]

-ANGEL: That muscle, bitch.
-All we did was make out.

-It was romantic.
-ANGEL: Mm-hmm.

Not lustful at all,and it was heartful and hopeful.

-It's definitely something
I had been missing.
-Mm.

And I needed that.

[sighs] I know that a man
is not gonna fill the void

of me losing my salon, but...

it was nice to be
wanted and seen.

He made me believe that
good things are possible.

-Mm.
-ANGEL: Oh, Ma...

-[laughs]
-So?

-What?
-Did you tell him T?

-Oh, I didn't have to. He knew.-ANGEL and LULU: What?!

Mm-hmm. He was a gentleman,
through and through.

-Girl, give me some.
-ANGEL: Ow, Ma.

Yes. [laughs]

You gonna see him again?

I gave him my number.

But I ain't got no expectations.

Listen, it was perfect
and brief.

I feel that.

I'm glad I'm here
with all of y'all.

-It's so good.
-Aw...
-We love you.

-[laughing]
-Girls' trip!

[screaming happily]

-ANGEL: Oh, my God!
-ELEKTRA: Girls' trip,
girls' trip!

LULU and ANGEL:
Girls' trip, girls' trip!

ELEKTRA:
It's time to go home.

I assume you can peel yourself
out of this suit by yourself?

Yeah. Uh, sweat and everything
makes it nice and slippery.

Mistress Elektra? Thank youfor talking me into doing this.

I kept fantasizing that you
drove back to the city

without telling anyone
I was here.

They wouldn't find me for days.

Or ever, maybe.

Do you realize
how luxurious your life is?

Yeah. I know.
The house is great.

Not the house.

You have the luxury
of choosing loneliness.

For some people,
it's not optional.

[keys clatter on floor]

["Hold On" by En Vogue playing]

-Ooh, I like this one.
-Right? Can we turn up it?

-Yeah.
-ANGEL: Pull up the volume.
Come on.

This is nice. Yes.

♪ Ooh, my first mistake was♪

♪ I wanted too much time♪

♪ I had to have him
morning, noon, and night♪

♪ If I would of known then♪

♪ The things that I know now♪

♪ I might not have lost♪

♪ The time I complain about♪

♪ Don't waste your time♪

♪ Fighting blind♪

♪ Minded thoughts of despair♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ You got to hold on♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, baby, hold on♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ Oh, you got to hold on♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

All right, now,
I'm about to show you, uh...

♪ The art of playing games now♪

[music fading]:♪
Is not the hearts you break♪

♪ It's 'bout good love
you make♪

♪ When his heart's on fire♪

♪ Give him love every day♪

♪ Remember he needs space♪

[music grows louder]:
♪ Be patient and he'll give
his heart to you♪

♪ Don't waste your time♪

♪ Fighting blind♪

♪ Minded thoughts of despair♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

-♪ You got to hold on♪
-♪ Hey, yeah♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ You've got to hold on
to your love♪

-♪ Hold on to your love♪
-♪ Yeah, hey, oh♪

♪ Baby, hold on♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ You got to hold on♪

-♪ Hold on to your love♪
-♪ Don't let go♪

-♪ Keep the ties♪
-♪ Hold on...♪

♪ Hang on tight,
and don't let go♪

♪ Hold on to your love♪

♪ Don't let go♪

♪ Hold on to your love.♪

-[laughing]
-Yo, I needed that trip
so badly,

and I didn't even know it.

We should do this once a year.

Make it a thing, just us girls.

Mm-hmm, just us girls.

Well, I got a feeling
you gonna be

going out there a lot more often

if things with you
and Adrian work out.

I'm gonna have to buy you

a Long Island Rail Road
express pass, Miss Honey.

Girl. Stop it. That boy probablyain't even gonna call me.

Girl, how you know?

At least you had
a little bit of loving.

I'm happy for you.

[chuckles]

Could you stay with me
for the night?

Keep your mother company?

Yeah, of course I'll stay.

-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

Hey.

Listen, I know we're not
in the same house anymore,

-but I'm glad that
we could still make it work.
-Aw, girl, you so dramatic.

-I'm your daughter,
what are you talking about?
-Okay, fine.

I'm gonna call Papi
real quick and let him know

-not to expect me.
-Okay.

All right.

[sighs]

ANGEL:
Ooh, Mother...

You got a new message.

What?

Oh. Can I play it?

It's probablyanother bill collector, anyway.

-[tape rewinding]
-I don't know. Let's find out.

-[button clicks]
-Watch.

ADRIAN: Hey, Blanca, it's Adrian. Um...

-He called!
-I know you're probably
not home yet,

but I just wanted to call
and let you know

I'm thinking about you already.

I was thinking
about that night.

I was thinking maybe we could
get together again soon.

Ooh... bitch.

-Ooh, his voice is so sexy.
-Okay, sister,
mind your business.

The linens for your bed
are in the closet.

I'm gonna be on this phone linefor a while.

[dialing]

Go!

-[line ringing]
-[footsteps retreating]

ADRIAN:
Hello?

Hey, Adrian.

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