Star (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Next of Kin - full transcript
Simone's past continues to haunt her as Star goes to great lengths to ensure her sister's safety.
Okay, so this is what
happened before on Star.
You killed him!
I met this girl on Instagram.
They need a manager like me.
Unless you get her hooked
on drugs like you did Mary.
Mama, we was just at the club.
Stop lying, boy.
Girl, Mama.
There's a big music festival
coming here to Atlanta.
You got to submit a demo, and
the deadline is in two days.
If you want to manage us,
show me the money.
I need a job, I need something.
You'll get half tonight,
along with instructions.
I do know you got to tell
them girls the truth
about you and Mary.
- I want Mama.
- Mama's dead.
Simone, when you
gonna sing for us?
♪ The joy I found... ♪
Do something!
Not again, God. Not again, God.
Not again.
Lord, she's too young to go.
She's just a baby.
- Status?
- 16-year-old female,
upon arrival was unresponsive
to painful stimuli.
Hypoxic, hypotensive.
We just lost the pulse.
One, two, three.
Start CPR.
You're gonna have
to wait outside.
You just... you
go outside, okay?
Pupils are reactive.
Normal saline, wide open.
Draw a rainbow.
Let's prepare to
intubate, people.
Hold CPR. Check the rhythm.
♪ There's a light... ♪
Do we have a pulse?
V-fib. Continue CPR.
Shock at 200, please.
Mama?
♪ Inside the dark ♪
♪ See the days are long
and cold and broken ♪
♪ Filled with scars ♪
♪ I know it ain't easy ♪
♪ To keep movin' on ♪
♪ So you can come
on home to me ♪
Clear.
- ♪ Stay with me baby
♪ - ♪ Baby, baby ♪
- ♪ I'm here for you ♪
- ♪ I'm here for you ♪
♪ Through the rain and
the battles, whatever ♪
♪ I'll be there, too ♪
♪ 'Cause it ain't time to
go, yeah, this I know ♪
♪ Yeah, this I know ♪
- ♪ We got much more
to do ♪ - ♪ Do ♪
- ♪ So come on, come on back
♪ - ♪ Come, come back ♪
♪ To me ♪
Clear
♪ I've been through it all,
battered and bruised ♪
♪ This life... It ain't no way ♪
♪ For no one to live ♪
♪ My broken spirit's
had enough ♪
♪ I can't stay ♪
♪ The system has failed,
I'm goin' through hell ♪
♪ And I just want my
mother's love again ♪
♪ Want to run into her arms ♪
♪ Don't go, don't
go, come on back ♪
♪ Come on home,
baby, back to me ♪
♪ Don't leave 'cause
I need you back ♪
♪ Come and lay your
head down next to me ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
- ♪ I know it ain't easy ♪
♪ To keep movin' on so you can ♪
♪ Come on home to me ♪
♪ You don't have to stay ♪
♪ Come take my hand ♪
♪ You've had enough ♪
♪ I'll wipe your tears
away with all of my love ♪
- ♪ My love ♪ - STAR: ♪ So ♪
- ♪ Come on back ♪
- ♪ Come on home ♪
♪ Don't you leave,
don't you go ♪
- ♪ Come on, baby ♪ -
♪ I need you here ♪
- ♪ Come to my arms, let me
hold you ♪ - ♪ Don't leave me ♪
- ♪ On my own ♪ -
♪ Just one time ♪
♪ I want you home ♪
♪ I need you close right
here in my arms ♪
- ♪ So come on back ♪
- ♪ So come on home ♪
♪ To me. ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ And I love myself ♪ -
♪ The world is a ghetto ♪
- ♪ With big guns and picket
signs ♪ - ♪ I love myself ♪
♪ But it can do what it want
whenever it want, I don't mind ♪
♪ I love myself ♪
♪ He said "I got to get
up, life is more" ♪
- ♪ "Than suicide" ♪
- ♪ I love myself ♪
♪ One day at a time,
the sun gon' shine ♪
- ♪ Everybody lookin' at
you crazy ♪ - ♪ Crazy ♪
- ♪ What you gon' do? ♪
- ♪ What you gon' do? ♪
- ♪ Lift up your head and keep
movin' ♪ - ♪ Keep movin'... ♪
Come on.
♪ Police I wear my heart... ♪
My publicist called
from New York.
Alexander Crane plus one.
You're Roland Crane's kid?
All right, you're good.
Have a good night.
Have a good night.
Yes. You have a good
night, mama, yes, you do.
Yes, you do!
♪ The world is a ghetto with
big guns and picket signs ♪
♪ I love myself ♪
♪ But it can do what it want... ♪
Big! What's up?!
Hey, Ali!
What's up?
What's up? What's up, girl?
Your dad kno you were here?
Yeah, I'm doing
my own music now.
- He's excited.
- Excited?
I'm Star. We sing together.
We're in a group.
- There's three of us.
- My sister's in it,
too, but she's not
here right now.
She's at church, praying
for our Grammy.
She can sing her
ass off, trust me.
Her sister can, too. We're
about to do our first demo.
I want you to produce it.
I would, but I got to go
out of town tomorrow.
I'm going on tour.
Oh, that's perfect.
Tomorrow works for us.
We got a deadline anyway.
- Deadline?
- We're entering
the Atlanta Next Best. We
only have two more days.
Oh, so you just so happened
to bump into me at
the club tonight.
Maybe we can work something out.
- All right.
- I think that's a yes. Can I get
- a selfie?
- Hold up. In a minute.
Oh.
That was my personal space.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- We got this.
Why ain't she calling me back?
She thinks you're mad at her.
Well, now I am.
I'll call the bitch.
She ain't gonna
bounce a call on me.
Are you the mother?
Yes, I am.
She was in cardiac arrest, but
we successfully
resuscitated her.
Thank you, Jesus.
Any idea of where she got
ahold of those drugs?
No, I have no idea,
but I'll find out.
- When can I see her?
- The next
24 hours will be critical,
so we're admitting her
in the hospital for
further observation.
The nurse'll let you know
when you can see her.
You ever bring that garbage in
my house again, we are done.
Hi, you.
- Man.
- Man, I figured you was dead or in prison.
Not yet. Hey,
congratulations, man.
It looks like
business is booming.
Yeah, well, I can't complain.
Like the color green.
Who don't?
Don't come in here
asking me for any money.
- I...
- Hey, man, it's nothing like that.
Check it out.
I got a new act.
A girl group.
A girl...? Oh, this is 1985?
Conny, I'm telling you right
now, man, they're gonna be huge.
For real. I mean, pow.
Look... if it ain't happened
for you yet, man, I...
it ain't gonna happen, baby.
Hey, Conny, check this out.
Who took care of you when
you were a P.A., huh?
So don't act like I never
did you a solid before.
We're on a deadline,
and they need a demo.
And you want what...
Free studio time?
Come on, Jahil.
I ain't looking for a handout.
I'm asking for your help.
Who you done robbed, man?
All right.
I got a client
that only works in the daytime.
Your girls can take the
night shift tomorrow night.
I'll take it.
Hey, I like the red.
Your daughter's full legal name?
Simone.
Brown.
Age 16.
Frequent drug use.
Any history of
psychiatric problems?
I don't think so, no.
You don't think so.
She's a teenager. They...
they all crazy.
Well, we're trying to determine
if this was an overdose
or a suicide attempt.
She has been waking
up having nightmares.
Waking up screaming and stuff.
I'll need to make a copy
of your insurance card.
I don't have
insurance right now.
The emergency room alone
is going to cost over $5,000.
Obamacare has some very
affordable options
for low-income families.
Who said we were low-income?
Yo, Simone, we just got Big
Boi to produce our demo.
How crazy is that?
Where you at? My mama been
calling you all night.
Huh?
Why do you have my sister's phone?
Where's Simone?
Hello? Please,
where's my sister?
- Ma'am, you're gonna have to calm down.
- I need to know where...
- Is she back there?
- Calm down. Lower your voice.
Excuse me. Where is my sister?
Her name is Simone.
She's 16. She swallowed
a bunch of pills.
Yes. She is stable now. We have her
admitted to the hospital tonight.
Okay, she's back there? 'Cause
I need to go see right now.
One person allowed back
there, and her mother
is there with her right now.
What do you mean "her mother"?
We don't got a mother.
♪ Stay with me, baby ♪
♪ I'm here for you ♪
♪ Through the rain,
through the battles ♪
♪ Whatever ♪
♪ I'll be there, too ♪
♪ 'Cause it ain't time to go ♪
♪ Yeah, this I know ♪
♪ We got much more to do ♪
♪ So come on ♪
♪ Come on back ♪
♪ To me. ♪
Star.
Hi.
I saw Mama.
She was ready for me.
I almost didn't even
want to come back.
Then why did you?
For you.
I came back for you.
She told me I had to
take care of you.
Our mother was a junkie.
She was a junkie, Simone,
and she died because of it,
and you will, too, if
you keep doing this.
You need to get it together.
I can't lose you
like I lost her.
It took me too long to find you.
We can be like those
real-life stories, you know?
The ones that inspire people.
We're gonna be on
Good Morning, America
when we're famous.
Tell me about the contest.
Forget about the
contest, Simone.
It's over.
Why? Because of me?
Stop it, Simone.
No. I'm not gonna stop it.
That song's really dope.
You just OD'd, bitch.
I hate hospitals.
Put it back in.
You need to stop it.
- No.
- You can't leave.
Simone, stop.
What if they figure
out who I am?
What if they figure
out what we did?
You really don't think
nobody's gonna come up
in here looking for us?
How long you been sitting here?
A little while.
How is Simone?
Simone is good.
So why you look so sad, baby?
I've been thinking
about Matthew 13.
These girls, Bobby.
These girls ain't got no roots.
They ain't got no religion.
I can't go back and
undo all that.
Now, look at us.
We didn't have no roots either.
Somehow...
we found our way.
Simone is one thing,
but Star, I don't know.
Yeah, but they just got here.
Go easy, give 'em a minute.
Yeah.
Well, I should get
back to the hospital.
Damn, I hope she forgive me.
Carlotta?
Y'all are ride or die.
You know that little crazy-eyed
girl stole my candy.
- Hello?
- But she gonna be all right.
I'm looking for Star.
Oh, my God, bitch, there
go Hunter Morgan.
Come here.
If y'all don't get into it:
35 touchdowns,
68% completion rate.
It's over for you.
You turning it.
And since when you started
watching football?
Since his fine ass
became quarterback.
Please don't tell me
you're messing with Star.
- Not yet.
- Ugh.
Girl won't return
my phone calls.
Let me tell you something.
Star way too complicated
for a man like you.
I see you with a more agreeable
Asian-type girl.
Star ain't here.
They at the hospital
with her sister.
Which hospital?
Midtown General.
Okay, thank you.
Simone's ready to go.
Who are you?
I'm Dr. Klein, the
on-call psychiatrist.
You're a shrink?
She doesn't need a shrink.
She's a pothead, end of story.
It's, uh, it's more than pot.
We think this may have
been a suicide attempt.
But it wasn't.
She feels great.
She hates it here and she'd
like to leave, cool?
Just to be on the safe side,
I'm ordering a
72-hour psych hold.
A psych hold?
Could you give us
a moment, please?
Thank you.
What did you tell them?
Because let me remind you,
you are not our mother,
you barely know us.
Well, I'm the closest thing she
has to a mother right now.
I'm trying to do
the best for her.
Since when?
You gave us up.
They used us for free
government checks,
free babysitting, free sex.
That man is a doctor.
Do you know what's gonna happen
if he finds out she's a minor
and I'm not her legal guardian?
I'm tired of your speeches.
You were our mother's
best friend.
You should have been
there for us then.
Star.
Good news. I got you
some studio time
tonight at my friend Conny's.
Tonight?
Uh, could we do it
tomorrow maybe?
Demo's due tomorrow.
Wait, this don't
even sound like you.
No, no, it's all good.
I just sound better
during the day.
You're kidding me, right?
Look, Hurt Park Studios at 8:00.
I'll text you the address.
An engineer will meet you.
Where are you gonna be?
I got some errands to run,
then I'm gonna meet you there.
And look, Star, this
guy's a buddy of mine.
All right? So no shenanigans.
- I'm fresh out of shenanigans.
- Good.
'Cause every minute in that
studio's costing me plenty.
I got to go.
What are you doing here?
I heard your sister
wasn't feeling well.
These are for her.
And how'd you find me?
I went by the salon
and looked for you.
Most girls come when I call.
Well, A, I've been
busy, clearly.
B, I'm not most girls,
and C, you're gonna have to do
a lot more than call
to make me come.
Why are you making
this so difficult?
'Cause I'm not trying
to be some WAG.
Well, maybe that's
what I like about you.
So it's not my ass?
Let me take you out.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Thanks for the flowers.
Yeah. You're welcome.
Simone.
How you doing?
Is it true you tried
to kill yourself?
No.
They're wrong about me.
I didn't try to kill myself.
I believe you.
You know that white light thing?
Mm-hmm.
I think I believe it, 'cause...
'cause when I, I went
to the other side,
I... I think I saw my mom.
I... I believe in angels, but...
I don't know if I
believe in God.
God saved my life
just the way He saved yours.
When you hit rock bottom,
that's when God
shows up the most.
He showed up for you
and kept you alive.
I just want you to
talk to somebody.
Doesn't have to be me.
Just talk to somebody.
I've been through
this with my mom.
The whole codependent mess.
No one can make
somebody get sober.
They have to want it.
And even if they do,
sometimes it just doesn't work.
Maybe you should move
back to New York.
Finish Julliard.
Go on a big world tour,
meet all these new people.
I thought you wanted me to stay.
Then it's Julliard.
No, I do.
But them girls.
They gonna mess you
up and turn you out.
Turn me out?
You don't think I
can handle myself.
Listen.
I think you're beautiful.
I think you're brilliant.
- I think you're talented, sexy.
- Mm-hmm.
I could go on. Want me to?
How do you know?
You haven't even heard me sing.
Every time I ask you,
you turn me down.
What was I saying?
That I'm sheltered.
There's nothing wrong with that.
I'm gonna make sure
my kids are sheltered
away from all this mess.
What mess?
I'm a black man in America.
I got to keep my head down,
my mouth shut and my
hands out of my pockets
just so I can make
it home alive.
Hey, Mahogany.
Get your ass out here, 911.
Yeah, you got to see this place.
It's too much for Simone, man.
She's climbing the walls.
We got to get her out.
I disagree.
- You disagree?
- Your sister
needs help. Professional help.
My mother has been in
rehab a dozen times.
Right. And clearly
that didn't work.
All Simone needs
is me. She's had a
hard life already.
Her being in that place isn't
gonna make it better...
It's gonna make it worse.
- I'm busting her out.
- All right, hold on.
There's guards, orderlies, and
how are you gonna get her
past Carlotta?
What are you about to do?
- Hello?
- I'll show you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
yo, what are you doing?
- Are you crazy?
- Come on!
You...
Why'd you say that
you were her mother?
She in the system.
If they find out I'm
not her mother,
they gonna call Social Services.
Or maybe you wish Simone
was your real daughter.
Well, maybe I do. Maybe I
can give her a normal life.
I'm your daughter.
I named you Arnold,
after my father.
Mama, Arnold is dead.
And I'm not talking
about Granddaddy.
I'm talking about this Arnold.
This Arnold is dead.
Gone.
I'm getting bottom surgery.
It ain't enough with the boobs
and the hair and the makeup?
No, Mama. I need my outsides
to match my insides.
Well, why would you pay somebody
to mutilate what God gave you?
God gave me me, Mama.
And it's not mutilation.
I know a really good doctor.
He's expensive.
It costs $20,000, and I've
saved up half already.
10 grand?
Now, I know you ain't make that
money answering my phones.
We all do what we
got to do, Mama.
♪ No chance ♪
♪ To increase ♪
♪ Finance ♪
Yeah.
I'm the home owner.
This way, ma'am.
We didn't find any
signs of a break-in.
Well, why would somebody
just bust my windows
and not take anything?
Not sure. Could be
just vandalism.
- Vandalism?
- Yeah.
Window right there.
Derek.
- Yes, ma'am.
- What's goin' on?
Oh, I don't know.
I heard the alarm, came outside.
That's it.
Did you see them girls?
What girls?
Star and Alexandra.
Did you see them tonight?
No, ma'am. I just told
the officers that.
I didn't see nobody.
- ♪ Mother, mother ♪
- ♪ Mother, mother ♪
There you are. I've been
looking for you everywhere.
- Uh, you have?
- Mm-hmm.
My supervisor wants me to
assist in your procedure.
♪ ♪
Excuse me, Nurse, where
are you taking...
- We're on our way.
- Get out, get out, get out, get out, go!
- Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- Oh, my God.
Go, go, go, go! They're coming!
I just got a call
from Conny Reed.
Why are you more
than an hour late?
Call me.
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No. No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
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One, two, three, four.
So,
the song's called "Man." I
was thinking heavy drums
and maybe some reverb on
the bass line, you know?
Look at you, talking
like a big shot.
That Julliard must
have paid off.
I never needed Julliard.
I am good though.
You better be.
And not just using your
daddy's name either.
Sing something in the mike.
♪ Impossible ♪
♪ For a plain yellow pumpkin ♪
♪ To become a golden carriage. ♪
Boy, she sound like the
high school musical.
We gonna see.
Yeah.
Where those girls?
Wait, what?
Don't mess with me, Jahil.
I'm standing here
with the police.
The police. What for?
Well, one of your
songbirds OD'd tonight.
Then her crazy-ass sister threw
a brick through my damn window
and busted her out
of the hospital.
I told you you
couldn't handle them.
- I warned you.
- All right, look, just give me
the information and
I'll be there.
No, no, you give me
the information.
Now, they said something
about a studio. Which one is it?
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♪ My friends say
that I'm crazy ♪
♪ You're crazy, girl ♪
♪ 'Cause I give you my love ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ But you're my
little sexy baby ♪
- ♪ You do it to me
good ♪ - ♪ Ooh... ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
♪ They say I need to slow
it down, but I don't mind ♪
♪ 'Cause they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I don't, I
don't need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I don't, I
don't need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you runnin'
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that
I ain't playin' ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't need no man,
no, I don't need no man ♪
Turn off the machine.
Is there a problem?
Turn it off.
Didn't you used to sing
with Mixed Harmony?
That's none of your business.
You see
that girl right there?
She's underage.
She OD'd on drugs last night.
- She should be in a psych ward.
- What are you doing here?
Why do you got to ruin every
single thing I try to do?
Your sister almost
died last night,
and you're worried
about your career?
My sister is fine. Simone, come in here.
She's fine.
She wants to be here, and she
wants to sing. You can go.
No, she doesn't. She
wants to make you happy.
This has nothing
to do with Simone.
This has to do with you and me.
I look like my mother, I
sound like my mother,
and it kills you, because...
just like my mother...
I'm young and I'm sexy
and I have more talent
than you ever did.
Bitch, you ain't your mother.
I watched your mother die.
And I'm not about
to watch it again.
Simone needs help.
- I know what she needs.
- Stop, okay? I said stop!
Stop talkin' 'bout me
like I ain't even here.
If I want to smoke
weed, I'll smoke weed.
And if I want to sing a damn
song, I'll sing a damn song.
And if I want to
kill myself, I will.
Yo. You know what?
Too much drama.
I'm out. Good luck.
We out of here. Hey, man,
- tell your daddy I said hey.
- Thanks, Big.
All right. Fo' sho. Be safe.
- You happy?
- Come on. I'm driving you
- back to the hospital.
- No. No, no. Stop.
No, I don't want to go.
I want to go home.
You can't. The hospital
called looking for you.
If you not back there in a half
an hour, they calling the cops.
Once they do that, I can't
do anything to protect you.
You going back into the system.
What's the emergency?
I need you to do me a favor.
All right? It's gonna
sound kind of strange,
but... I need you to
hit me in the face.
You know, bruise me
up a little bit.
What, are you crazy?
Look, I'm-I'm in a jam, Hunter.
Okay? So just please hit me.
- Come on. I need you to
do this, all right? - No.
Hey, you know how much
these hands are worth?
I got my team relying on me.
- No, ask somebody else.
- Hey.
I got no one else
to ask, all right?
I got no one else.
You worried about your hands?
What?
This. Go ahead. Use this.
- You're out of your mind.
- Use it.
Use it. Come on.
Hunter, I'm in trouble!
All right?
I'm in big trouble this time, all right?
So, please,
please, hit me.
Come on.
Hit me!
Do it! Hit me!
Do it, man, do it!
What the hell happened?
You guys set me up
is what happened.
You told me this was
a legit businessman.
He is. Bryan King.
He owns half the real
estate in Atlanta.
Wait, what do you mean?
I thought this was a local pimp.
No, this is his side business.
That don't make no sense.
That dude is rich.
Why would he mess
with trafficking?
$500 a day per girl.
That's, what, $200K a year?
And that shipment that you lost,
that's worth $2 million
a year to him.
Look, man, all I know is I did
exactly what you told me to do.
All right? I picked up
those girls in that van
and I'm headed to the drop.
Next thing I know,
some dude with a gun...
He pulls up next to me,
forces me over, kicks my ass
and then he steals the van.
Where's the money, Jahil?
There ain't no money, man. I
never made it to the drop.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
This dude,
he had some mask on, so I
don't know who he was.
I have no idea where
he took those girls.
Yeah, well, Maggie's
gonna be furious.
Yeah, unless she set me up.
Try to get those girls for free.
Damn, I'm so bored, man.
- I want to get out of here.
- Yeah, remember that
the next time you want to
take a fistful of pills.
I didn't do it on purpose.
That's what your
mother would have said
if she would have lived.
You know, your mother
used to read to you
when you were in her belly.
What would she read?
Poetry.
It used to help her write music.
Do you have any of
that stuff, still?
Her poetry?
No.
I lost it.
Look...
I don't want you going down
the way your mother did.
If that's where you're going,
you need to get up out of my
house and do it somewhere else.
It's not the path I'm going on.
It was a one-time
thing, I swear.
Okay.
So, you ready to talk now?
I know you're a runaway.
And I know you got
somebody in your head
stirring up them nightmares.
So what was they doing
in your last home?
Was it your foster mother?
No.
She just let him do
whatever he wanted.
He beat her?
Sometimes.
He hit you?
No.
He was real nice to me.
He used to
give me pot
when she wasn't around.
And he would...
keep me from school...
to have sex with me.
You ain't tell your
foster mother?
No, she knew.
And she liked it.
She liked it.
'Cause...
the more he messed with me,
the less he messed with her.
So you want to know
why I get high?
That's why.
Because I can't...
Simone.
It's okay. It's okay, baby.
Let me tell you something.
That man...
he's never gonna hurt you again.
I swear to God.
How's your sister?
What happened to your face?
I got carjacked.
Stop it.
You're a bad liar.
Which is disturbing,
'cause you're our manager.
Part of being a good manager
is being a good liar.
But you know what? You
got a bigger problem.
I don't think you
play to win, Jahil.
Win?
How am I supposed to win?
I can't even get to
the starting line.
Look, let me ask you
something, Star.
Why do you want
me to manage you?
Because you'd knock
over your mother
to get to the top.
And some people might think
that's gross, but I like it.
It's okay.
Then why don't you trust me?
I do.
As much as I trust anybody.
Then why didn't you come
to me about Simone?
Did it ever cross your
mind that, as your manager
and hers, that I might
be able to help?
No, not really, unless you have
some sort of medical degree
that I'm not aware of.
And besides that, I know exactly
how you feel about her.
Look, Star, she's a mess.
Anyone can see that.
But she needs help.
Real help that you
can't give her.
That's my personal opinion.
But as your manager,
she's an anchor around our neck.
She's weighing us down.
I got big dreams for you, Star.
Not those other girls, for you.
Did it ever cross your
mind that maybe this isn't
a life that your sister
wants and this is
her way out?
Cut her loose.
You'll both be happier.
No. No.
I'm gonna keep telling you no.
I'm not going to drop my sister.
Wherever I go, she's gonna go.
Whatever I do, she's gonna do.
And whatever plans you have,
they better include her.
And Alexandra. And if you don't
get that, then you don't get me.
All right, well...
we missed the deadline
for the festival.
Better figure out
what comes next.
There you go again, Jahil,
with that not playing to win.
We didn't miss the deadline.
We've got two hours.
You should be in the loony bin.
That's a good idea.
It is?
Yeah.
Let's bring the
mountain to Muhammad.
Babe.
Let's go take a walk.
We're coming right back.
♪ ♪
We are so about to
get in trouble.
♪ ♪
- ♪ My friends say that I'm
crazy ♪ - ♪ You crazy, girl ♪
♪ 'Cause I give you my love ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ But you my little sexy baby ♪
♪ You do it to me good ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
♪ They say I need
to slow it down ♪
♪ But I don't mind, 'cause
they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man,
No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job,
I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect
my heart, No, I ♪
- ♪ No, I don't need no man
♪ - ♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you running
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that ♪
♪ I ain't playin', 'cause ♪
♪ I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ I don't need no man ♪
♪ Man, man, love the way you ♪
♪ Like to hold my
hand, hand, hand ♪
♪ You're always
such a gentleman ♪
♪ You give me what I want ♪
♪ And if I had the choice I'd
never leave this man alone ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
- ♪ They say I need to slow it
down ♪ - ♪ But I don't mind ♪
♪ 'Cause they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I-no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you running
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no
man, but you know ♪
♪ That I ain't playin',
'cause I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ I don't need no man,
but I know you know ♪
♪ That, boy, you are the only
one I wanna be lovin' on ♪
♪ But just don't get too
comfortable right now ♪
♪ While I'm feeling you,
I'll let it all burn ♪
♪ If you show me
you want me to ♪
♪ I don't need no drama in my
life, won't deal with it ♪
♪ I ain't 'bout to worry
all night, you know this ♪
♪ Love come wrapped up tight
with a ribbon on it ♪
♪ And I don't need no
man to make me happy ♪
♪ I really want you ♪
♪ But I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you runnin'
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand
that I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that
I ain't playin' ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't need no man,
no, I don't need no man. ♪
Yes!
happened before on Star.
You killed him!
I met this girl on Instagram.
They need a manager like me.
Unless you get her hooked
on drugs like you did Mary.
Mama, we was just at the club.
Stop lying, boy.
Girl, Mama.
There's a big music festival
coming here to Atlanta.
You got to submit a demo, and
the deadline is in two days.
If you want to manage us,
show me the money.
I need a job, I need something.
You'll get half tonight,
along with instructions.
I do know you got to tell
them girls the truth
about you and Mary.
- I want Mama.
- Mama's dead.
Simone, when you
gonna sing for us?
♪ The joy I found... ♪
Do something!
Not again, God. Not again, God.
Not again.
Lord, she's too young to go.
She's just a baby.
- Status?
- 16-year-old female,
upon arrival was unresponsive
to painful stimuli.
Hypoxic, hypotensive.
We just lost the pulse.
One, two, three.
Start CPR.
You're gonna have
to wait outside.
You just... you
go outside, okay?
Pupils are reactive.
Normal saline, wide open.
Draw a rainbow.
Let's prepare to
intubate, people.
Hold CPR. Check the rhythm.
♪ There's a light... ♪
Do we have a pulse?
V-fib. Continue CPR.
Shock at 200, please.
Mama?
♪ Inside the dark ♪
♪ See the days are long
and cold and broken ♪
♪ Filled with scars ♪
♪ I know it ain't easy ♪
♪ To keep movin' on ♪
♪ So you can come
on home to me ♪
Clear.
- ♪ Stay with me baby
♪ - ♪ Baby, baby ♪
- ♪ I'm here for you ♪
- ♪ I'm here for you ♪
♪ Through the rain and
the battles, whatever ♪
♪ I'll be there, too ♪
♪ 'Cause it ain't time to
go, yeah, this I know ♪
♪ Yeah, this I know ♪
- ♪ We got much more
to do ♪ - ♪ Do ♪
- ♪ So come on, come on back
♪ - ♪ Come, come back ♪
♪ To me ♪
Clear
♪ I've been through it all,
battered and bruised ♪
♪ This life... It ain't no way ♪
♪ For no one to live ♪
♪ My broken spirit's
had enough ♪
♪ I can't stay ♪
♪ The system has failed,
I'm goin' through hell ♪
♪ And I just want my
mother's love again ♪
♪ Want to run into her arms ♪
♪ Don't go, don't
go, come on back ♪
♪ Come on home,
baby, back to me ♪
♪ Don't leave 'cause
I need you back ♪
♪ Come and lay your
head down next to me ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
- ♪ I know it ain't easy ♪
♪ To keep movin' on so you can ♪
♪ Come on home to me ♪
♪ You don't have to stay ♪
♪ Come take my hand ♪
♪ You've had enough ♪
♪ I'll wipe your tears
away with all of my love ♪
- ♪ My love ♪ - STAR: ♪ So ♪
- ♪ Come on back ♪
- ♪ Come on home ♪
♪ Don't you leave,
don't you go ♪
- ♪ Come on, baby ♪ -
♪ I need you here ♪
- ♪ Come to my arms, let me
hold you ♪ - ♪ Don't leave me ♪
- ♪ On my own ♪ -
♪ Just one time ♪
♪ I want you home ♪
♪ I need you close right
here in my arms ♪
- ♪ So come on back ♪
- ♪ So come on home ♪
♪ To me. ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ And I love myself ♪ -
♪ The world is a ghetto ♪
- ♪ With big guns and picket
signs ♪ - ♪ I love myself ♪
♪ But it can do what it want
whenever it want, I don't mind ♪
♪ I love myself ♪
♪ He said "I got to get
up, life is more" ♪
- ♪ "Than suicide" ♪
- ♪ I love myself ♪
♪ One day at a time,
the sun gon' shine ♪
- ♪ Everybody lookin' at
you crazy ♪ - ♪ Crazy ♪
- ♪ What you gon' do? ♪
- ♪ What you gon' do? ♪
- ♪ Lift up your head and keep
movin' ♪ - ♪ Keep movin'... ♪
Come on.
♪ Police I wear my heart... ♪
My publicist called
from New York.
Alexander Crane plus one.
You're Roland Crane's kid?
All right, you're good.
Have a good night.
Have a good night.
Yes. You have a good
night, mama, yes, you do.
Yes, you do!
♪ The world is a ghetto with
big guns and picket signs ♪
♪ I love myself ♪
♪ But it can do what it want... ♪
Big! What's up?!
Hey, Ali!
What's up?
What's up? What's up, girl?
Your dad kno you were here?
Yeah, I'm doing
my own music now.
- He's excited.
- Excited?
I'm Star. We sing together.
We're in a group.
- There's three of us.
- My sister's in it,
too, but she's not
here right now.
She's at church, praying
for our Grammy.
She can sing her
ass off, trust me.
Her sister can, too. We're
about to do our first demo.
I want you to produce it.
I would, but I got to go
out of town tomorrow.
I'm going on tour.
Oh, that's perfect.
Tomorrow works for us.
We got a deadline anyway.
- Deadline?
- We're entering
the Atlanta Next Best. We
only have two more days.
Oh, so you just so happened
to bump into me at
the club tonight.
Maybe we can work something out.
- All right.
- I think that's a yes. Can I get
- a selfie?
- Hold up. In a minute.
Oh.
That was my personal space.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- We got this.
Why ain't she calling me back?
She thinks you're mad at her.
Well, now I am.
I'll call the bitch.
She ain't gonna
bounce a call on me.
Are you the mother?
Yes, I am.
She was in cardiac arrest, but
we successfully
resuscitated her.
Thank you, Jesus.
Any idea of where she got
ahold of those drugs?
No, I have no idea,
but I'll find out.
- When can I see her?
- The next
24 hours will be critical,
so we're admitting her
in the hospital for
further observation.
The nurse'll let you know
when you can see her.
You ever bring that garbage in
my house again, we are done.
Hi, you.
- Man.
- Man, I figured you was dead or in prison.
Not yet. Hey,
congratulations, man.
It looks like
business is booming.
Yeah, well, I can't complain.
Like the color green.
Who don't?
Don't come in here
asking me for any money.
- I...
- Hey, man, it's nothing like that.
Check it out.
I got a new act.
A girl group.
A girl...? Oh, this is 1985?
Conny, I'm telling you right
now, man, they're gonna be huge.
For real. I mean, pow.
Look... if it ain't happened
for you yet, man, I...
it ain't gonna happen, baby.
Hey, Conny, check this out.
Who took care of you when
you were a P.A., huh?
So don't act like I never
did you a solid before.
We're on a deadline,
and they need a demo.
And you want what...
Free studio time?
Come on, Jahil.
I ain't looking for a handout.
I'm asking for your help.
Who you done robbed, man?
All right.
I got a client
that only works in the daytime.
Your girls can take the
night shift tomorrow night.
I'll take it.
Hey, I like the red.
Your daughter's full legal name?
Simone.
Brown.
Age 16.
Frequent drug use.
Any history of
psychiatric problems?
I don't think so, no.
You don't think so.
She's a teenager. They...
they all crazy.
Well, we're trying to determine
if this was an overdose
or a suicide attempt.
She has been waking
up having nightmares.
Waking up screaming and stuff.
I'll need to make a copy
of your insurance card.
I don't have
insurance right now.
The emergency room alone
is going to cost over $5,000.
Obamacare has some very
affordable options
for low-income families.
Who said we were low-income?
Yo, Simone, we just got Big
Boi to produce our demo.
How crazy is that?
Where you at? My mama been
calling you all night.
Huh?
Why do you have my sister's phone?
Where's Simone?
Hello? Please,
where's my sister?
- Ma'am, you're gonna have to calm down.
- I need to know where...
- Is she back there?
- Calm down. Lower your voice.
Excuse me. Where is my sister?
Her name is Simone.
She's 16. She swallowed
a bunch of pills.
Yes. She is stable now. We have her
admitted to the hospital tonight.
Okay, she's back there? 'Cause
I need to go see right now.
One person allowed back
there, and her mother
is there with her right now.
What do you mean "her mother"?
We don't got a mother.
♪ Stay with me, baby ♪
♪ I'm here for you ♪
♪ Through the rain,
through the battles ♪
♪ Whatever ♪
♪ I'll be there, too ♪
♪ 'Cause it ain't time to go ♪
♪ Yeah, this I know ♪
♪ We got much more to do ♪
♪ So come on ♪
♪ Come on back ♪
♪ To me. ♪
Star.
Hi.
I saw Mama.
She was ready for me.
I almost didn't even
want to come back.
Then why did you?
For you.
I came back for you.
She told me I had to
take care of you.
Our mother was a junkie.
She was a junkie, Simone,
and she died because of it,
and you will, too, if
you keep doing this.
You need to get it together.
I can't lose you
like I lost her.
It took me too long to find you.
We can be like those
real-life stories, you know?
The ones that inspire people.
We're gonna be on
Good Morning, America
when we're famous.
Tell me about the contest.
Forget about the
contest, Simone.
It's over.
Why? Because of me?
Stop it, Simone.
No. I'm not gonna stop it.
That song's really dope.
You just OD'd, bitch.
I hate hospitals.
Put it back in.
You need to stop it.
- No.
- You can't leave.
Simone, stop.
What if they figure
out who I am?
What if they figure
out what we did?
You really don't think
nobody's gonna come up
in here looking for us?
How long you been sitting here?
A little while.
How is Simone?
Simone is good.
So why you look so sad, baby?
I've been thinking
about Matthew 13.
These girls, Bobby.
These girls ain't got no roots.
They ain't got no religion.
I can't go back and
undo all that.
Now, look at us.
We didn't have no roots either.
Somehow...
we found our way.
Simone is one thing,
but Star, I don't know.
Yeah, but they just got here.
Go easy, give 'em a minute.
Yeah.
Well, I should get
back to the hospital.
Damn, I hope she forgive me.
Carlotta?
Y'all are ride or die.
You know that little crazy-eyed
girl stole my candy.
- Hello?
- But she gonna be all right.
I'm looking for Star.
Oh, my God, bitch, there
go Hunter Morgan.
Come here.
If y'all don't get into it:
35 touchdowns,
68% completion rate.
It's over for you.
You turning it.
And since when you started
watching football?
Since his fine ass
became quarterback.
Please don't tell me
you're messing with Star.
- Not yet.
- Ugh.
Girl won't return
my phone calls.
Let me tell you something.
Star way too complicated
for a man like you.
I see you with a more agreeable
Asian-type girl.
Star ain't here.
They at the hospital
with her sister.
Which hospital?
Midtown General.
Okay, thank you.
Simone's ready to go.
Who are you?
I'm Dr. Klein, the
on-call psychiatrist.
You're a shrink?
She doesn't need a shrink.
She's a pothead, end of story.
It's, uh, it's more than pot.
We think this may have
been a suicide attempt.
But it wasn't.
She feels great.
She hates it here and she'd
like to leave, cool?
Just to be on the safe side,
I'm ordering a
72-hour psych hold.
A psych hold?
Could you give us
a moment, please?
Thank you.
What did you tell them?
Because let me remind you,
you are not our mother,
you barely know us.
Well, I'm the closest thing she
has to a mother right now.
I'm trying to do
the best for her.
Since when?
You gave us up.
They used us for free
government checks,
free babysitting, free sex.
That man is a doctor.
Do you know what's gonna happen
if he finds out she's a minor
and I'm not her legal guardian?
I'm tired of your speeches.
You were our mother's
best friend.
You should have been
there for us then.
Star.
Good news. I got you
some studio time
tonight at my friend Conny's.
Tonight?
Uh, could we do it
tomorrow maybe?
Demo's due tomorrow.
Wait, this don't
even sound like you.
No, no, it's all good.
I just sound better
during the day.
You're kidding me, right?
Look, Hurt Park Studios at 8:00.
I'll text you the address.
An engineer will meet you.
Where are you gonna be?
I got some errands to run,
then I'm gonna meet you there.
And look, Star, this
guy's a buddy of mine.
All right? So no shenanigans.
- I'm fresh out of shenanigans.
- Good.
'Cause every minute in that
studio's costing me plenty.
I got to go.
What are you doing here?
I heard your sister
wasn't feeling well.
These are for her.
And how'd you find me?
I went by the salon
and looked for you.
Most girls come when I call.
Well, A, I've been
busy, clearly.
B, I'm not most girls,
and C, you're gonna have to do
a lot more than call
to make me come.
Why are you making
this so difficult?
'Cause I'm not trying
to be some WAG.
Well, maybe that's
what I like about you.
So it's not my ass?
Let me take you out.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Thanks for the flowers.
Yeah. You're welcome.
Simone.
How you doing?
Is it true you tried
to kill yourself?
No.
They're wrong about me.
I didn't try to kill myself.
I believe you.
You know that white light thing?
Mm-hmm.
I think I believe it, 'cause...
'cause when I, I went
to the other side,
I... I think I saw my mom.
I... I believe in angels, but...
I don't know if I
believe in God.
God saved my life
just the way He saved yours.
When you hit rock bottom,
that's when God
shows up the most.
He showed up for you
and kept you alive.
I just want you to
talk to somebody.
Doesn't have to be me.
Just talk to somebody.
I've been through
this with my mom.
The whole codependent mess.
No one can make
somebody get sober.
They have to want it.
And even if they do,
sometimes it just doesn't work.
Maybe you should move
back to New York.
Finish Julliard.
Go on a big world tour,
meet all these new people.
I thought you wanted me to stay.
Then it's Julliard.
No, I do.
But them girls.
They gonna mess you
up and turn you out.
Turn me out?
You don't think I
can handle myself.
Listen.
I think you're beautiful.
I think you're brilliant.
- I think you're talented, sexy.
- Mm-hmm.
I could go on. Want me to?
How do you know?
You haven't even heard me sing.
Every time I ask you,
you turn me down.
What was I saying?
That I'm sheltered.
There's nothing wrong with that.
I'm gonna make sure
my kids are sheltered
away from all this mess.
What mess?
I'm a black man in America.
I got to keep my head down,
my mouth shut and my
hands out of my pockets
just so I can make
it home alive.
Hey, Mahogany.
Get your ass out here, 911.
Yeah, you got to see this place.
It's too much for Simone, man.
She's climbing the walls.
We got to get her out.
I disagree.
- You disagree?
- Your sister
needs help. Professional help.
My mother has been in
rehab a dozen times.
Right. And clearly
that didn't work.
All Simone needs
is me. She's had a
hard life already.
Her being in that place isn't
gonna make it better...
It's gonna make it worse.
- I'm busting her out.
- All right, hold on.
There's guards, orderlies, and
how are you gonna get her
past Carlotta?
What are you about to do?
- Hello?
- I'll show you.
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
yo, what are you doing?
- Are you crazy?
- Come on!
You...
Why'd you say that
you were her mother?
She in the system.
If they find out I'm
not her mother,
they gonna call Social Services.
Or maybe you wish Simone
was your real daughter.
Well, maybe I do. Maybe I
can give her a normal life.
I'm your daughter.
I named you Arnold,
after my father.
Mama, Arnold is dead.
And I'm not talking
about Granddaddy.
I'm talking about this Arnold.
This Arnold is dead.
Gone.
I'm getting bottom surgery.
It ain't enough with the boobs
and the hair and the makeup?
No, Mama. I need my outsides
to match my insides.
Well, why would you pay somebody
to mutilate what God gave you?
God gave me me, Mama.
And it's not mutilation.
I know a really good doctor.
He's expensive.
It costs $20,000, and I've
saved up half already.
10 grand?
Now, I know you ain't make that
money answering my phones.
We all do what we
got to do, Mama.
♪ No chance ♪
♪ To increase ♪
♪ Finance ♪
Yeah.
I'm the home owner.
This way, ma'am.
We didn't find any
signs of a break-in.
Well, why would somebody
just bust my windows
and not take anything?
Not sure. Could be
just vandalism.
- Vandalism?
- Yeah.
Window right there.
Derek.
- Yes, ma'am.
- What's goin' on?
Oh, I don't know.
I heard the alarm, came outside.
That's it.
Did you see them girls?
What girls?
Star and Alexandra.
Did you see them tonight?
No, ma'am. I just told
the officers that.
I didn't see nobody.
- ♪ Mother, mother ♪
- ♪ Mother, mother ♪
There you are. I've been
looking for you everywhere.
- Uh, you have?
- Mm-hmm.
My supervisor wants me to
assist in your procedure.
♪ ♪
Excuse me, Nurse, where
are you taking...
- We're on our way.
- Get out, get out, get out, get out, go!
- Let's go, let's go, let's go!
- Oh, my God.
Go, go, go, go! They're coming!
I just got a call
from Conny Reed.
Why are you more
than an hour late?
Call me.
_
_
No. No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
- _ - _
_
- _ - _
_
_
_
One, two, three, four.
So,
the song's called "Man." I
was thinking heavy drums
and maybe some reverb on
the bass line, you know?
Look at you, talking
like a big shot.
That Julliard must
have paid off.
I never needed Julliard.
I am good though.
You better be.
And not just using your
daddy's name either.
Sing something in the mike.
♪ Impossible ♪
♪ For a plain yellow pumpkin ♪
♪ To become a golden carriage. ♪
Boy, she sound like the
high school musical.
We gonna see.
Yeah.
Where those girls?
Wait, what?
Don't mess with me, Jahil.
I'm standing here
with the police.
The police. What for?
Well, one of your
songbirds OD'd tonight.
Then her crazy-ass sister threw
a brick through my damn window
and busted her out
of the hospital.
I told you you
couldn't handle them.
- I warned you.
- All right, look, just give me
the information and
I'll be there.
No, no, you give me
the information.
Now, they said something
about a studio. Which one is it?
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♪ My friends say
that I'm crazy ♪
♪ You're crazy, girl ♪
♪ 'Cause I give you my love ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ But you're my
little sexy baby ♪
- ♪ You do it to me
good ♪ - ♪ Ooh... ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
♪ They say I need to slow
it down, but I don't mind ♪
♪ 'Cause they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I don't, I
don't need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I don't, I
don't need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you runnin'
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that
I ain't playin' ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't need no man,
no, I don't need no man ♪
Turn off the machine.
Is there a problem?
Turn it off.
Didn't you used to sing
with Mixed Harmony?
That's none of your business.
You see
that girl right there?
She's underage.
She OD'd on drugs last night.
- She should be in a psych ward.
- What are you doing here?
Why do you got to ruin every
single thing I try to do?
Your sister almost
died last night,
and you're worried
about your career?
My sister is fine. Simone, come in here.
She's fine.
She wants to be here, and she
wants to sing. You can go.
No, she doesn't. She
wants to make you happy.
This has nothing
to do with Simone.
This has to do with you and me.
I look like my mother, I
sound like my mother,
and it kills you, because...
just like my mother...
I'm young and I'm sexy
and I have more talent
than you ever did.
Bitch, you ain't your mother.
I watched your mother die.
And I'm not about
to watch it again.
Simone needs help.
- I know what she needs.
- Stop, okay? I said stop!
Stop talkin' 'bout me
like I ain't even here.
If I want to smoke
weed, I'll smoke weed.
And if I want to sing a damn
song, I'll sing a damn song.
And if I want to
kill myself, I will.
Yo. You know what?
Too much drama.
I'm out. Good luck.
We out of here. Hey, man,
- tell your daddy I said hey.
- Thanks, Big.
All right. Fo' sho. Be safe.
- You happy?
- Come on. I'm driving you
- back to the hospital.
- No. No, no. Stop.
No, I don't want to go.
I want to go home.
You can't. The hospital
called looking for you.
If you not back there in a half
an hour, they calling the cops.
Once they do that, I can't
do anything to protect you.
You going back into the system.
What's the emergency?
I need you to do me a favor.
All right? It's gonna
sound kind of strange,
but... I need you to
hit me in the face.
You know, bruise me
up a little bit.
What, are you crazy?
Look, I'm-I'm in a jam, Hunter.
Okay? So just please hit me.
- Come on. I need you to
do this, all right? - No.
Hey, you know how much
these hands are worth?
I got my team relying on me.
- No, ask somebody else.
- Hey.
I got no one else
to ask, all right?
I got no one else.
You worried about your hands?
What?
This. Go ahead. Use this.
- You're out of your mind.
- Use it.
Use it. Come on.
Hunter, I'm in trouble!
All right?
I'm in big trouble this time, all right?
So, please,
please, hit me.
Come on.
Hit me!
Do it! Hit me!
Do it, man, do it!
What the hell happened?
You guys set me up
is what happened.
You told me this was
a legit businessman.
He is. Bryan King.
He owns half the real
estate in Atlanta.
Wait, what do you mean?
I thought this was a local pimp.
No, this is his side business.
That don't make no sense.
That dude is rich.
Why would he mess
with trafficking?
$500 a day per girl.
That's, what, $200K a year?
And that shipment that you lost,
that's worth $2 million
a year to him.
Look, man, all I know is I did
exactly what you told me to do.
All right? I picked up
those girls in that van
and I'm headed to the drop.
Next thing I know,
some dude with a gun...
He pulls up next to me,
forces me over, kicks my ass
and then he steals the van.
Where's the money, Jahil?
There ain't no money, man. I
never made it to the drop.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
This dude,
he had some mask on, so I
don't know who he was.
I have no idea where
he took those girls.
Yeah, well, Maggie's
gonna be furious.
Yeah, unless she set me up.
Try to get those girls for free.
Damn, I'm so bored, man.
- I want to get out of here.
- Yeah, remember that
the next time you want to
take a fistful of pills.
I didn't do it on purpose.
That's what your
mother would have said
if she would have lived.
You know, your mother
used to read to you
when you were in her belly.
What would she read?
Poetry.
It used to help her write music.
Do you have any of
that stuff, still?
Her poetry?
No.
I lost it.
Look...
I don't want you going down
the way your mother did.
If that's where you're going,
you need to get up out of my
house and do it somewhere else.
It's not the path I'm going on.
It was a one-time
thing, I swear.
Okay.
So, you ready to talk now?
I know you're a runaway.
And I know you got
somebody in your head
stirring up them nightmares.
So what was they doing
in your last home?
Was it your foster mother?
No.
She just let him do
whatever he wanted.
He beat her?
Sometimes.
He hit you?
No.
He was real nice to me.
He used to
give me pot
when she wasn't around.
And he would...
keep me from school...
to have sex with me.
You ain't tell your
foster mother?
No, she knew.
And she liked it.
She liked it.
'Cause...
the more he messed with me,
the less he messed with her.
So you want to know
why I get high?
That's why.
Because I can't...
Simone.
It's okay. It's okay, baby.
Let me tell you something.
That man...
he's never gonna hurt you again.
I swear to God.
How's your sister?
What happened to your face?
I got carjacked.
Stop it.
You're a bad liar.
Which is disturbing,
'cause you're our manager.
Part of being a good manager
is being a good liar.
But you know what? You
got a bigger problem.
I don't think you
play to win, Jahil.
Win?
How am I supposed to win?
I can't even get to
the starting line.
Look, let me ask you
something, Star.
Why do you want
me to manage you?
Because you'd knock
over your mother
to get to the top.
And some people might think
that's gross, but I like it.
It's okay.
Then why don't you trust me?
I do.
As much as I trust anybody.
Then why didn't you come
to me about Simone?
Did it ever cross your
mind that, as your manager
and hers, that I might
be able to help?
No, not really, unless you have
some sort of medical degree
that I'm not aware of.
And besides that, I know exactly
how you feel about her.
Look, Star, she's a mess.
Anyone can see that.
But she needs help.
Real help that you
can't give her.
That's my personal opinion.
But as your manager,
she's an anchor around our neck.
She's weighing us down.
I got big dreams for you, Star.
Not those other girls, for you.
Did it ever cross your
mind that maybe this isn't
a life that your sister
wants and this is
her way out?
Cut her loose.
You'll both be happier.
No. No.
I'm gonna keep telling you no.
I'm not going to drop my sister.
Wherever I go, she's gonna go.
Whatever I do, she's gonna do.
And whatever plans you have,
they better include her.
And Alexandra. And if you don't
get that, then you don't get me.
All right, well...
we missed the deadline
for the festival.
Better figure out
what comes next.
There you go again, Jahil,
with that not playing to win.
We didn't miss the deadline.
We've got two hours.
You should be in the loony bin.
That's a good idea.
It is?
Yeah.
Let's bring the
mountain to Muhammad.
Babe.
Let's go take a walk.
We're coming right back.
♪ ♪
We are so about to
get in trouble.
♪ ♪
- ♪ My friends say that I'm
crazy ♪ - ♪ You crazy, girl ♪
♪ 'Cause I give you my love ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ But you my little sexy baby ♪
♪ You do it to me good ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
♪ They say I need
to slow it down ♪
♪ But I don't mind, 'cause
they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man,
No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job,
I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect
my heart, No, I ♪
- ♪ No, I don't need no man
♪ - ♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you running
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that ♪
♪ I ain't playin', 'cause ♪
♪ I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ I don't need no man ♪
♪ Man, man, love the way you ♪
♪ Like to hold my
hand, hand, hand ♪
♪ You're always
such a gentleman ♪
♪ You give me what I want ♪
♪ And if I had the choice I'd
never leave this man alone ♪
♪ I like to have you all
around both day and night ♪
♪ I love the way you take
me out to wine and dine ♪
- ♪ They say I need to slow it
down ♪ - ♪ But I don't mind ♪
♪ 'Cause they don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I-no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you running
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand ♪
♪ That I don't need no
man, but you know ♪
♪ That I ain't playin',
'cause I don't need no man ♪
♪ No, I don't need no man ♪
♪ I don't need no man,
but I know you know ♪
♪ That, boy, you are the only
one I wanna be lovin' on ♪
♪ But just don't get too
comfortable right now ♪
♪ While I'm feeling you,
I'll let it all burn ♪
♪ If you show me
you want me to ♪
♪ I don't need no drama in my
life, won't deal with it ♪
♪ I ain't 'bout to worry
all night, you know this ♪
♪ Love come wrapped up tight
with a ribbon on it ♪
♪ And I don't need no
man to make me happy ♪
♪ I really want you ♪
♪ But I don't need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ To make me feel good ♪
♪ Let that be understood ♪
♪ Do me like you
know you should ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ I got a real job ♪
♪ I got my own car ♪
♪ And I'll protect my heart ♪
♪ No, I, no, I don't
need no man ♪
♪ And you'll know ♪
♪ I'll send you runnin'
toward the door ♪
♪ Go, go, go ♪
♪ They just don't understand
that I don't need no man ♪
♪ But you know that
I ain't playin' ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't need no man,
no, I don't need no man. ♪
Yes!