The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Things Fall Apart - full transcript
[siren wailing distantly]
- Okay, Doc, real talk.
How's my heart?
I mean, what if
this happens again?
Is that going to be it for me?
- Your tests indicate
there's no long-term damage
to your heart.
You're lucky it was
a minor heart attack.
So in time, you can resume
all normal activities safely.
But in the meantime,
no smoking, no red meat,
definitely no salt,
minimize alcohol.
And for the next few weeks,
limit exercise, sex, sports...
- Oh. Sorry, excuse me.
Um, run that back?
- No sports.
- Before that.
- Exercise.
Oh, you mean sex?
- Yeah. I mean, really? None?
I... I mean, isn't it good to,
like, get the blood flowing?
I mean, you know,
there's reclining positions,
and he could just lay there.
- Doc, Doc, Doc, we get it.
Thank you.
- [smooching]
No sex, but I can kiss you.
- You're cutting off my oxygen.
- Winston!
Hi!
- Hey, baby.
- Are you okay?
- Yes, mmm.
- Oh, my God,
we were so worried.
- [sighs] I almost lost it.
- What's up, Joe?
- Hopefully you, soon.
How are you feeling?
- [chuckles] I'm all right, man.
One too many sexual sliders.
[laughs]
- Um, where... where
are you guys coming from?
- We came straight here.
Oh, oh! We were at the...
After the after thing.
- And nobody showed up.
- After that... nobody... yeah.
- It was just the two of us,
so we just were hanging out.
And then, um...
- Stupid me,
we started reading the reviews.
- The reviews?
- No bueno.
- Yeah, it wasn't good.
- It wasn't good,
but we tried to stay positive.
And then we went to Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn?
- Uh-huh.
- You were...
You were in Brooklyn?
- I had to change my shoes
and my dress at...
- Shapewear.
- No, there
was no shapewear involved.
- And then we got the call,
and we came over
as quickly as... how are you?
- And then we rushed over.
We were so scared.
- It sounds like y'all had
a really eventful evening.
- Not as eventful as yours.
- Nope.
[laughter]
[horns honking]
- "New York Times"...
- Mm-hmm?
- Two stars.
- Okay.
- "Hollywood Reporter,"
one star.
- Ouch.
- "LA Times," zero... zero stars?
Is that a thing?
- Mm.
- Zero stars.
- These are white critics,
Harper.
Don't pay any attention to them.
- Okay, let's see what the
chocolate ones have to say.
"Shadow and Act," "Deplorable."
- Mm.
- "Blavity."
"It's no 'School Daze.'"
- That's so random.
- Yeah, whatever.
The movie was... fuck.
Every Black blogger
who matters hates it.
I can't win.
I knew I never should
have done this shit.
I knew it.
- No, you should have
absolutely done it.
Listen to me, Harper,
you already won.
Did you not hear the crowd?
They loved it!
And it's because of your choices
that all of this is happening.
Hey, hey...
- Yes?
- Own it.
- Well, your man
had some choice words.
- Please don't call him that.
- Why, because of
the prison thing or...
- No, because it's complicated.
- Well,
it always has been.
[phone chiming]
I'll take this. Thank you.
- Did you just...
- Excuse me?
- Did you just take my phone?
- I can't hear you.
[light jazzy music]
♪ ♪
[door closes]
- Sounds like your
daddy's finally home.
- Daddy, Daddy!
- Hey, Mia.
Good morning.
- How's Quentin?
You stopped by to see him,
right?
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
They're going to discharge him
later on today.
But it was... it was...
It was scary.
- Shelby must be a wreck.
I know I would be.
- Yeah, me too.
- Well, I have some
good news to share.
I heard back from
the Midunu Organization,
that nomadic dining experience
in Ghana.
- What did they say?
- They want me.
They invited me to be
a guest chef for the summer.
I cannot wait!
- Oh, baby.
- We are going to have
such a good time.
- Congratulations.
- Stepping foot
on the motherland.
- Yes!
- Soaking up the culture.
- Did you just say "we"?
- Yes!
We're all going, you and Mia.
It's a family affair.
- All right.
- This is going to be a great
experience for all of us.
- It sounds amazing.
- You're not just saying that,
are you?
- No, no. What... no.
Yeah, that's... I'm down.
- Come on, Harper, let's
take this show on the road!
- Let's take this show
on the road.
Are you excited, Mia?
- Hey!
- Yes.
- Let me see how
excited you are.
[rhythmic tapping on table]
♪ Let's see how excited ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ Where are we going? ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ As a family ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ Not just you ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa, Africa! ♪
- Hey, ladies.
Making sure you had time
to have some lunch.
Yeah?
- It was like...
- Hey, guys.
What is going on over here?
[laughter]
No phones until last bell.
- [chuckles] Awesome roundhouse
kick, Mr. Murchison.
- Can... can I see that?
This is online? Hmm.
Gentlemen,
I hope you're all ready
for your upcoming finals.
Because if you're not,
you're wasting time.
And I'm going to hang onto this.
- Yo, wait, Mr. Murch,
you can't...
- You can pick this up from
my office after last period.
[bell rings]
Gentlemen, to class, please.
It's okay, you'll make it.
It's just one class.
You'll be fine.
- This five-star vegan chef
I hired
said this baked cauliflower
tastes just like chicken.
Try it.
- Wow, is that like
a breast or a wing?
- Mm-hmm.
And for the entrée,
I have a non-dairy,
non-fat, no cheese
mac and cheese in the oven.
- Wow. No shit?
- I'm excited!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hey. Come here.
Come here.
I'll give you two Birkin bags
for a bite of that burger.
♪ ♪
That's not good business.
You know that, don't you?
- Mom made me a better deal.
She said whatever you offered,
she'll double.
- Really?
- Uh-huh.
Oh! [laughs]
- What's that, babe?
- Nothing, nothing.
- Hello, Kennedy.
- Hi.
♪ ♪
- Our follow-up appointment
was supposed to be months ago.
- I know, I know.
But the good news is
the medication is working.
I have fewer migraines
and no more blind spells.
- Didn't you just
have one this week?
- Yeah, but now,
I can read the label.
[laughs]
- That's all good.
But to be clear,
your labs are still not
where they should be.
And I'm more concerned
with your HCG levels.
- What does that mean?
- When was your last period?
- You know,
I don't really remember.
I've been so busy,
I just haven't been
keeping track, to be honest.
- You need to
prioritize your health.
- You're right.
- Not doing so can lead
to surprises.
You ready for a surprise?
It looks like
you're very likely pregnant.
- Pregnant?
I mean, that just... [laughs]
No, that... that...
That can't be true.
I mean,
I have been a little tired,
a little hot, but that...
I just thought
I was in perimenopause.
- It very well could be.
- I don't have time
to be pregnant right now.
[indistinct chatter]
- Not on your way.
- What are you doing?
What the fuck was that?
Why did you do that?
- There you are.
Nicola came home yesterday
bragging that Keisha's mom
is doing research
with illicit drugs?
- What?
No, no, Rena, can we...
Can we speak about this
in the office?
- This is supposed to be
a safe space in the community.
And now you're telling
them to just say yes
if they're a little stressed?
- Okay, no.
I want to be clear that...
That my...
My academic research is...
Is absolutely not something
that I promote here
at the academy.
- I'm canceling
my daughter's study session
with Keisha today.
And every day.
- Rena!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, babe.
- Hey, handsome.
- You got any idea where...
Where my Cubans are?
- Oh, I sold them on eBay.
- Why would you do that?
- The doctor said no smoking.
- Yeah, but he didn't
mean nosmoking.
He just meant no smoking
all the damn time.
Damn, y'all just
stressing me out, man.
- I'm just following
the doctor's orders.
- Great. Great, thank you.
You're doing a great job,
Nurse Ratchet.
- Jordan.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How are you doing?
- Peace offering?
- I'm actually laying off
the caffeine these days.
- I see.
You laying off of anything else
I should know about?
- Demetrius, I don't think
our values are in alignment.
- Our values? Jordan.
- Fighting for diversity
and inclusion
is a reminder
of how dedicated I am
to the empowerment
of Black people.
You are actually invested
in the disempowerment
of Black people.
- Do you know the full
breakdown of your pension plan,
your mutual funds?
Most people are invested
in the private prison system
without even knowing it.
- But the difference between
you and those people
is that you are exercising
your power of choice.
- Yes, and I choose to rebuild,
to reeducate.
I choose to replace staff
and transform the cultures
within the prisons
that I invest.
If you want change,
you make change, right?
I can love my people, J,
and still go where the money is,
and then reinvest
that back into Black people.
- That's your choice,
if that's what you think.
- And that's all that matters,
right?
You decided what you believe,
and so you're going to be judge
and jury and condemn me?
- I know what I know,
and I keep saying to myself,
"What if I didn't know?
What if I didn't find this out?"
And the problem now is that
I can't un-know
what I already know.
- Mm-hmm, I got it.
Remember to take care
of yourself, huh, Jordan?
[upbeat carnival music]
- Eat shit, ErectileReptile21!
- Fuck off, CatDaddylnThe6!
- Yeah!
You stupid, GonnaWannaHolla72L?
- Suck it!
- [laughs]
Slick... what?
Is that even a thing?
- SlickBatman.
- SlickBatman224, suck it!
- Doesn't that feel so much
better to just get it out?
- A little bit.
- Or are you going to obsess
over this all night?
- I'll probably obsess
over it all night.
- [sighs] Well,
I need to show you something.
- [chuckling] Okay.
- My agent called me
this morning, man.
It's crazy, right?
- That's beautiful, man.
So then they're going
to do the whole
number retirement
ceremony thing?
- The whole nine, dog,
the whole nine.
It's going to be
at Giants Stadium.
- Giants Stadium?
- You're going to be
able to make it, right?
Come on now.
- Are you kidding me?
Come on, man, I'm going
to be right at the front
of that autograph line.
- The kids are already plotting
their new outfits, man.
They're excited,
especially the girls.
- Yeah, well, kids, you know,
they got to rep their daddy.
- Yep, they gotta rep for Pops.
- Yeah.
[gentle music]
- You know,
after this whole ceremony,
I'm going to need a new job
just to pay
for all these clothes.
- I heard that.
- Oh, damn.
I got to get out of here, man.
I promised...
- So soon?
- Yeah, I promised Faith
that I was going
to take her shopping today.
- Okay.
Uh, I want that rematch, yo.
- Oh, come on.
That implies that it
was a match in the first place.
- Man, just...
- It really wasn't close,
though.
- You just soak your knees.
- [chuckles]
All right now.
- Yes, sir.
[tablet chimes]
Huh.
All right.
- Keisha.
Keisha!
You cannot be casual
about our personal
or medical information,
or whatever else goes on
in the privacy of our home!
- What are you talking about?
- Yeah, baby, what happened?
- Briana Thompson just rolled
up on me like the cops
because your daughter
cannot keep our family business
in the family.
- Wh... I didn't say anything!
- I've warned you about this
already.
- Well,
if we can't talk about it,
then maybe something is wrong.
- Excuse me? So now you have
a problem with my research?
- Okay, that's it.
- That's it!
Both of you, that's enough!
Okay?
Candace, you know that what
you're studying is unorthodox,
so it's going to take
our family a little time
to find the right
language to use
and for others to come around.
- Well, thank you
for your support.
- I can support you
and not entirely agree
with you on something.
- But I need your support!
- But who's not supporting you,
Candace?
I've been doing nothing
but support you all year!
- Forget it.
You know what? Just forget it.
[tense music]
[door slams]
♪ ♪
[light piano music]
- Come here, Chris. Look at me.
- Babe, what part
are they at now?
- [chuckles] This is the part
where he cries.
- Yeah, that torture scene
where that one tear falls?
That's exactly how I felt
when I came home
and found out what you did
with my cigars.
- [scoffs]
Honey, I said I'm sorry.
But if you really
want to be tortured...
you just have to ask me nicely
in about six weeks.
- Well, why don't you
just come over here
and sit on uncle daddy's lap,
beautiful?
- You're crazy.
- How you doing?
- Mm, better now.
- Ooh, I like where
this is going.
Give me that.
My, my, my.
There's my favorite mole.
[sensual music]
♪ ♪
Mm, I like this.
We need to do this more often.
- Yep, we do.
♪ ♪
- What are you doing?
- Checking your pulse.
I... - Okay.
Get off me.
- What?
- Enough of this shit.
- I'm sorry.
I'm nervous.
I love you, Quentin,
and I don't want you to have
another heart attack.
- I can't eat bacon,
I can't drink whiskey,
can't smoke cigars,
can't even connect with my wife.
Maybe you're not good
for my health.
- What did you say?
- I mean, before I got married,
I ain't had no fucking problem
with my heart.
I ain't had no problem
with my life.
I could eat what I wanted.
Now everything is going
to fucking kill me?
Kill me now, man.
Call it a damn day.
- Oh, wow.
Oh, so you want
to be single again, huh?
Fine, you go ahead.
Leave me
for some underage rebound
who doesn't know the first thing
about the signs
of having a heart attack.
Good luck surviving that!
- Well, I hope I die.
[somber piano music]
♪ ♪
- And in entertainment news,
despite sad review, wow,
"Unfinished Business" tops the
weekend box office again
defying expectations.
- All right.
Absolutely. Peace.
Hey, baby, I'm sorry.
That call took a lot longer
than I thought it would.
Where's, uh... where's Mia?
- She ate earlier.
I wish you had eaten with us.
- Oh, yeah, sorry.
- She didn't leave a speck.
- Yeah.
- And she's not even
a fish eater.
- She can put it back.
- Red snapper,
banku shito.
- She-too?
- Shito.
It's a spicy pepper
made from fish oil, ginger,
garlic, and dried prawns.
- All right.
- But your food is cold.
- Okay, that's cool.
I'll just put it
in the microwave.
Oh, baby, come on.
Don't make...
Don't make that face.
I had to take that call.
- Uh-huh.
Did I tell you that Ghana
was on my vision board?
- Oh, for real?
- I had no idea.
- Wait, that board from
years ago for Robyn's Nest?
- Yes!
- Okay.
- It's in the Harlem Kitchen.
I guess it, you know,
takes sometimes a few years
for things to manifest.
- All right. Yes, indeed.
You know I can relate.
- They sent the itinerary over.
Lots of things
for you and Mia to do
when I'm at the training.
- Did they give you exact dates?
- Early June to mid-August. Why?
- Early June to mid-August.
No, that should be...
Actually should be...
Should be cool.
- I know that tone
in your voice.
- Oh, no, it's just
that "Unfinished Business,"
I guess it's getting
a lot of heat,
do Stan says that
the producer is
trying to set a bunch
of meetings in mid-July
for TV and film.
- What if you push it
to the fall?
You're Harper Stewart.
They'll wait.
- We've got to strike
while the iron's hot.
Ooh, speaking of hot shit.
Ooh, this is... what is it?
Shih tzu... shit-too?
- What are you doing?
- Son, listen.
You... you're going through
a phase right now, okay?
Okay, and as your father who
knows what's best for you,
I've canceled your credit cards.
Whenever you need
to buy some clothes,
you're going
to need my approval,
because clearly, son, you just...
You need more guidance.
- No.
No, what I need is a parent
who accepts me for who I am!
- You don't even know
who you are yet.
- No, Dad,
you don't know who I am!
- No, don't touch that.
I'm sending all of this stuff
to a women's shelter today.
- These are my things!
- Your things.
These... these are your things?
You don't own anything, son.
Everything you have,
everything you think you own,
is because of me.
I gave you life.
I gave you my last name.
I give you a roof
over your head!
So you show me some respect.
- No, respect yourself!
- Say it again.
- Daddy, please!
- It's your moment.
This is the moment you've
been waiting for, right?
You're a man now.
You're mature.
You're grown, right?
Say it again!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Sometimes, I wish...
- You wish what?
God already knows
what's in your mind.
He knows what's in your heart.
Say it.
- Sometimes I wish it was you
instead of Mom.
♪ ♪
- Why is he treating
this like it's nothing?
Like... like my worry
means nothing?
Like I'm nothing.
- Well, he did just
look death in the face.
- Look, I get it.
Maybe he's just trying
to hide his emotions.
I'm kind of doing the same
thing with this
"I might be a little pregnant"
thing.
- [coughs]
Wait, what?
- Yeah. I'm waiting
for the test results now.
- What did Demetrius say?
- I didn't tell him.
Oh, and by the way, we broke up.
- Why? Because of Harper?
- [scoffs] No.
Not because of Harper.
- Don't play with me.
I know something
happened between you two
the night of the premiere.
- You know?
You know-know?
- Do I know-know?
Yes, I know-know.
- Okay.
- And if you are pregnant,
then that means it could be...
- Do not go there!
Harper is not the father.
No way, no how.
And anyway, Shelby,
I am not pregnant.
There's no way.
- What if you are?
- Mm, and I don't live my
life with "what ifs," okay?
I live in "what is."
I like reality.
- Really?
Jordan, we all do
"what if" sometimes.
I mean, what if I
wasn't there when
Quentin had a heart attack?
What if I didn't show up
at his wedding?
And I know you did a
"what if" the other night
after that premiere.
[sighs] Look, I know
I talk a lot of shit,
but I like being married.
And I think Robyn does, too,
and I like her.
So, Jordan, if something
happened with you and Harper,
you better take that shit
to the grave.
- View is ridiculous.
- Thank you.
I paid a lot of money
for this view.
- Richie Rich.
- [laughs] I'm not rich, yet.
- What you got there?
- Do you remember this?
Little secrets...
- Oh.
- And college dreams.
- Oh, shit.
I can't believe
you still have it.
Well, actually, I do believe it.
- It's kind of cool, right?
- Yeah.
Can I?
- Yes, of course.
- [chuckles]
So excited.
- [giggles]
- Oh, man.
It's like it's Christmas.
♪ ♪
- Do you remember writing that?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, your turn.
- No, no, no, I'd rather
keep the past in the past.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no,
we said we'd do this together.
You got to open it.
- No, because if I do this,
it's more likely going
to be triggering than fun.
- Open it.
- I did this for you, Harper.
Given the night that you had, I
thought it might be inspiring.
- Okay, well,
if you're afraid to look back,
then I'll help you out.
- No, you cannot
just take my ball!
- I'll help you out. Hey, look...
- No!
- This ball is getting busted
one way or another.
- [laughs]
- So are you going to do it,
or shall I?
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, God, please enter into
his heart and change his mind.
♪ ♪
Show him the way.
♪ ♪
- Daddy.
LJ didn't come home last night,
and they turned off
their location.
LJ always shares their location
with me.
- He's probably with Auntie
Jordan or Katie
or someone, sweetheart.
He just needs to cool down;
that's it.
He's going to be fine, okay?
- Yeah.
Okay.
♪ ♪
- Okay, baby, are you sure
we just can't use spoons
for this soup?
- Fufu is your utensil.
- Oh.
- See, Daddy?
- Okay, kind of messy,
but I see.
- It's okay, baby.
That's what paper towels
are for.
- Okay, okay.
So the producers want us
to pitch a sequel
that just focuses
on Jackson and Kendall,
and I think that
I might have cracked it.
- That's nice.
- Yeah, it's unbelievable.
The movie is basically
critic-proof.
And, oh, did I tell you?
We are quickly approaching
the $75 million mark
at the box office.
- You told me.
- Yes! It's crazy, isn't it?
- So where are you with
your Reconstruction project?
I hadn't heard you talk
about that in a while.
How's it coming?
- Oh, um, you know, it's slow.
Writer's block or whatever,
but, um, I'll get there.
I'll get there.
- Oh, I got a revised
Ghana itinerary today.
- Okay.
- It is hectic.
- Mm.
- [chuckling]
I'm not complaining, but wow.
- That reminds me.
My itinerary
could be moving as well.
Do you think I could
come visit y'all...
Uh, July, August?
- The program ends in...
In August.
Do you now have something
you have to do in June?
- Well, yeah.
Remember those meetings
that I said Stan lined up?
Well, some bigwig execs
want to meet your boy
with producers as well.
And I got to do this,
'cause this Hollywood thing
is tricky.
It's like you've got to be
all up in people's faces so...
So that they know that you
know what you're talking about
and all that stuff,
so it's a trip.
- But what about your family?
- What about my family?
I'm doing this for y'all.
The more
I can secure the future,
the more 100 trips we can take
to Ghana, right?
- I just wanted one, Harper.
I'm only asking for one.
[phone buzzing]
- Okay, um... hold on, two secs.
Stan, what's happening?
Yeah, I saw it.
[laughs] It was great.
- I love peanut butter soup
with fufu.
- Me, too.
[funky music]
♪ ♪
- Hey!
- You... you okay?
- Yeah. Yeah, fantastic.
You okay?
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
Um, I got that meeting
with the... the donor that I...
That I told you about.
- Uh.
- Yeah, got to be charming
to get that money.
[laughs]
And then I'll probably go to
Q's and... and hang out a bit.
- Oh, okay. Sure.
I'll just see you later then.
- See you later, yeah. Okay.
- Love you, love you.
♪ ♪
[computer chimes]
♪ ♪
Wow.
♪ ♪
So you're just out here
getting honored,
having a good Black day
like it's nothing.
Like you're not
a fucking predator.
No.
[inhales]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I got it.
We can make it work, but you
know, we'll figure it out.
That's what we do.
Got you.
All right, peace.
Hey, baby.
- I can't do this anymore.
- Oh, I know, you're right.
I'm sorry.
No more business calls
at the dinner table, I promise.
- No, not the phone, not Stan,
this.
- What are you talking about?
- I've given you decades...
and you can't even
give me a month.
You're never going to change.
I've been hoping
and demonstrating
and being the best partner
I know how to be,
but it doesn't matter.
You are you.
♪ ♪
And, uh,
I'm not doing this anymore.
- Not doing what?
Wha... what are you...
- I'm done, Harper.
I'm done.
- Robyn.
Robyn.
[phone buzzes]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Whoa, better believe
I'll get mine ♪
♪ Whoa,
now or never, it's my time ♪
♪ It's my time, it's my time.
♪ I'm going to leave
it all on the line ♪
♪ Better believe I'll get mine ♪
♪ ♪
- Mom, can we show
you something?
- Uh, sure, baby. What is it?
- It's Dad.
- What about him?
♪ ♪
- Wait, what is this?
- You know, it's viral.
It's been all over TikTok.
- ♪ Go big or go home ♪
♪ I'm the type to take,
but you can't hold ♪
♪ All in, no fold ♪
♪ I come prepared
for the shiny gold ♪
- No one can touch me, nobody.
- ♪ I've been waiting
far too long for this ♪
- Murchison, you're up!
- ♪ No holding back ♪
♪ I'm here to get a chip
and secure it back ♪
- Let's go!
- Okay, I'll... I'll be back.
- Okay.
- Okay.
[cheers and applause]
[DJ Snake's "Run It"
ft. Rick Ross & Rich Brian]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Rollin' in Impalas,
but you too tame ♪
♪ I ain't from the South, but
I appreciate the wood grain ♪
- Go, Murch!
- Go!
♪ ♪
- ♪ Drive safe really 'bout
to lose all its meaning now ♪
♪ Guess you love to travel
when I pull up ♪
♪ Man, you're leaving town ♪
♪ Say you're married
to the game ♪
♪ And I'm just here
to burn the gown ♪
♪ I got a flight
in the morning ♪
- Come on!
- What...
What is my husband doing?
Did you guys know about this?
- No! No!
Whoa, whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
[shouts]
- ♪ Move in silence,
you can never hear me ♪
♪ Comin' ♪
♪ If you've got a problem
when you see me ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, my God.
This is like some
"Fight Club" shit.
Are you sure he's gonna be fine?
- Yeah. No, they ain't really
hitting each other.
God dang.
- Oh!
- Yeah, there it is.
- Watch your elbows.
- ♪ DJ Snake ♪
♪ Rozay ♪
- Come on, baby.
Come on, come on, come on.
- Get him, Jack!
- Is it wrong that I'm, like,
turned on right now?
- My nipples are perky
like a motherfucker right now.
- Here we go, here we go.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Kill that motherfucker!
- [laughs]
- Hey, Q, are you sure
that LJ's not with Kennedy?
- Yeah, man. I checked.
She ain't seen him all day. Oh!
- Kill him!
- Oh! Oh! Oh!
♪ ♪
- [shouts]
♪ ♪
♪ Run it ♪
[bell dings]
♪ ♪
- Yeah!
Yes!
♪ ♪
- You did it!
Oh, my God, you did it!
You were so wild!
You were so wild!
You did it. You did it.
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
[gentle music]
- That was some shit, man.
- Right?
I mean, who knew?
[chuckles]
How you doing? You good?
- Well, I'm gonna live,
hopefully.
- Don't talk like that, man.
- Shit, man, everybody gotta
check out from something.
It's just I don't want to do it
playing careful and shit like...
I can't do it.
I ain't never lived like that
and never will, man.
- What about Shelby and Kennedy?
- You're really
trying to lecture me on...
On responsibility to others,
Joe?
- Nope, I am not.
I'm not. My bad.
- That movie hurt Murch, man.
- I know. I was... it was
out of my control though.
- Yeah, bullshit.
Ain't nothing
out of your control.
You made a choice, Joe.
Now you've got to live
with the consequences.
- Are we still
talking about Murch?
- Am I?
- We all make mistakes, man.
- Uh-huh, and hopefully a
nigga gonna keep making some.
[laughs] But I don't know how
many more chances we got, Joe.
[gentle music]
- Fuck.
This adulting is some shit.
- Okay,
"marry someone who gets you
like Dwayne Wayne
gets Whitley Gilbert."
- Whitley!
That's a good one.
- And "gets you"
was underlined three times.
- Of course it was.
- Mm-hmm.
I was so cute and innocent
and naive.
[chuckles]
I doubt any of this
is possible anymore.
- You always have Demetrius.
- ♪ Baby I surrender ♪
- So what did yours say?
- Mine said,
"Win the Pulitzer Prize..."
- Uh-huh.
- "And win the ultimate prize."
- So you're almost there.
You're doing well.
Congratulations.
[jazzy music]
♪ ♪
[phone buzzing]
- I'm so sorry.
[clears throat]
Hello?
- Harper?
- Yeah, this is Harper. Shelby?
- [whispering] Wait.
That's my phone.
Shit.
Hey!
[radio chatter]
- LJ!
- He's not in there.
- LJ. Listen, I see no blood,
but foul play is still possible.
We'll have to get in forensics
and do whatever we can
to find him.
♪ ♪
- Baby, why didn't you tell me?
- [chuckles]
I don't really know.
I mean, I couldn't.
There's... there's been a...
A lot, babe.
There's... there's been a lot
and... that I held, you know?
And I just...
I just needed to release it.
I just needed to hit something.
And... and that's not me.
But it is me; it's an angry me
who learned to swallow
everything.
You know, be above it all
and stay calm, stay even.
Sometimes I don't want
to do that.
- Yes, I get that.
- Sometimes I just want to roar.
And so... so that's what I did.
- Yeah, I know that feeling.
- Hey, babe.
Hey.
What is it?
What... what's wrong?
- I... [clears throat] well, um...
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
I... [sighs]
♪ ♪
- Wait, what the fuck?
What... did he...
- No!
No, he tried...
- He tried? He...
- No, no!
Baby, look, I don't need
your anger, all right?
I just... your love,
that is what keeps me going.
- But... no, wait, nah, nah.
Yeah, he... he stood right here,
right in this house.
Baby, I'm supposed
to protect you.
- Baby, there is nothing
you could have done, or me.
I mean, I... I've played this
in my head so many times.
What if I hadn't
switched advisors,
or... or if I had taken the girls
to Jack and Jill that night.
But he's the one who did it.
He's the pig.
There's no one else
to blame, nobody.
This is about us.
This... this is about us, right?
We are what matters.
- You know, we're supposed
to renew our vows and...
- Oh, my God.
Ah!
God! What is happening?
I just... I feel like we're in...
In quicksand and just...
- It's like... Okay...
- Sinking.
- Okay.
First of all...
- Yes.
- I'm sorry.
I'm right here, okay?
Second of all, let's get
out of this quicksand.
- [laughs]
- Shall we?
Candace Sparks Murchison,
I am committed to us.
So from now on, can we always
answer the question
"how are you"
with truth, honesty,
and just be real?
- I promise.
- I promise, too.
- I promise.
- You are still my wife.
You... I don't know.
- [laughs]
- You're always going
to be my wife.
[laughter]
Ah, I love you.
- Baby, I love you so much.
- And look,
I'm right here, okay?
Okay?
I love you.
Okay?
Kiss me.
Both: Mmm!
- Wow, wow, wow.
No, that part hurts...
- I'm sorry.
- So bad.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- I did not expect that.
[laughs] Sorry.
But I still want to kiss you
right down here.
- Mmm.
♪ ♪
- Hey. Um, can we talk?
- You can talk all you want,
Harper.
- Look, I get why you're...
Why you're upset, truly,
and I'm sorry.
But can't we go to the therapist
and find some compromise
like we did with...
With the premiere night?
- And what about the
premiere night, Harper?
What really happened
after you left?
- What? I... I told you.
- Because I've been thinking,
Quentin had his heart attack
at home,
so he and Shelby weren't there.
- Mm-hmm.
- No Candace, no Murch.
That leaves Jordan, Demetrius,
and Lance.
Were they there?
- Um, not exactly.
- Then who, exactly?
Wow, really? Even now.
- No, no. LJ is missing.
Lance wants everybody...
- What? Oh, God.
- Lance wants everybody
to come to his place.
- Okay,
we can drop Mia at Mom's.
- Yeah, yeah, I'll...
I'll get the car.
Jackson and Kendall
were intrinsically linked...
- Intrinsically linked
by their college friend group.
Kendall had never experienced
the level of intimacy
she shared with
her college buddy, Jackson.
- The "will they won't they"
question came...
- Came close to a resolution
during a night of nostalgia...
- Succumbing to the desire
they've long suppressed
since college.
The question of "what if,"
at first only whispered...
both: Was now a desperate roar.
- ♪ Cloudy days,
sleepless nights ♪
♪ I lay awake, tossin' ♪
♪ Wonderin'
when we'll get it right ♪
♪ We've been down for so long ♪
♪ Know change been on the way,
ain't worried no more ♪
♪ Know we comin' ♪
♪ Comin', comin', comin' ♪
♪ Know we're comin' ♪
♪ Comin', comin', comin' ♪
♪ Yeah, just keep goin' ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Goin', goin, ' goin' ♪
♪ Know we comin',
comin', comin' ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ ♪
- [giggles]
- Okay, Doc, real talk.
How's my heart?
I mean, what if
this happens again?
Is that going to be it for me?
- Your tests indicate
there's no long-term damage
to your heart.
You're lucky it was
a minor heart attack.
So in time, you can resume
all normal activities safely.
But in the meantime,
no smoking, no red meat,
definitely no salt,
minimize alcohol.
And for the next few weeks,
limit exercise, sex, sports...
- Oh. Sorry, excuse me.
Um, run that back?
- No sports.
- Before that.
- Exercise.
Oh, you mean sex?
- Yeah. I mean, really? None?
I... I mean, isn't it good to,
like, get the blood flowing?
I mean, you know,
there's reclining positions,
and he could just lay there.
- Doc, Doc, Doc, we get it.
Thank you.
- [smooching]
No sex, but I can kiss you.
- You're cutting off my oxygen.
- Winston!
Hi!
- Hey, baby.
- Are you okay?
- Yes, mmm.
- Oh, my God,
we were so worried.
- [sighs] I almost lost it.
- What's up, Joe?
- Hopefully you, soon.
How are you feeling?
- [chuckles] I'm all right, man.
One too many sexual sliders.
[laughs]
- Um, where... where
are you guys coming from?
- We came straight here.
Oh, oh! We were at the...
After the after thing.
- And nobody showed up.
- After that... nobody... yeah.
- It was just the two of us,
so we just were hanging out.
And then, um...
- Stupid me,
we started reading the reviews.
- The reviews?
- No bueno.
- Yeah, it wasn't good.
- It wasn't good,
but we tried to stay positive.
And then we went to Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn?
- Uh-huh.
- You were...
You were in Brooklyn?
- I had to change my shoes
and my dress at...
- Shapewear.
- No, there
was no shapewear involved.
- And then we got the call,
and we came over
as quickly as... how are you?
- And then we rushed over.
We were so scared.
- It sounds like y'all had
a really eventful evening.
- Not as eventful as yours.
- Nope.
[laughter]
[horns honking]
- "New York Times"...
- Mm-hmm?
- Two stars.
- Okay.
- "Hollywood Reporter,"
one star.
- Ouch.
- "LA Times," zero... zero stars?
Is that a thing?
- Mm.
- Zero stars.
- These are white critics,
Harper.
Don't pay any attention to them.
- Okay, let's see what the
chocolate ones have to say.
"Shadow and Act," "Deplorable."
- Mm.
- "Blavity."
"It's no 'School Daze.'"
- That's so random.
- Yeah, whatever.
The movie was... fuck.
Every Black blogger
who matters hates it.
I can't win.
I knew I never should
have done this shit.
I knew it.
- No, you should have
absolutely done it.
Listen to me, Harper,
you already won.
Did you not hear the crowd?
They loved it!
And it's because of your choices
that all of this is happening.
Hey, hey...
- Yes?
- Own it.
- Well, your man
had some choice words.
- Please don't call him that.
- Why, because of
the prison thing or...
- No, because it's complicated.
- Well,
it always has been.
[phone chiming]
I'll take this. Thank you.
- Did you just...
- Excuse me?
- Did you just take my phone?
- I can't hear you.
[light jazzy music]
♪ ♪
[door closes]
- Sounds like your
daddy's finally home.
- Daddy, Daddy!
- Hey, Mia.
Good morning.
- How's Quentin?
You stopped by to see him,
right?
- Mm-hmm, yeah.
They're going to discharge him
later on today.
But it was... it was...
It was scary.
- Shelby must be a wreck.
I know I would be.
- Yeah, me too.
- Well, I have some
good news to share.
I heard back from
the Midunu Organization,
that nomadic dining experience
in Ghana.
- What did they say?
- They want me.
They invited me to be
a guest chef for the summer.
I cannot wait!
- Oh, baby.
- We are going to have
such a good time.
- Congratulations.
- Stepping foot
on the motherland.
- Yes!
- Soaking up the culture.
- Did you just say "we"?
- Yes!
We're all going, you and Mia.
It's a family affair.
- All right.
- This is going to be a great
experience for all of us.
- It sounds amazing.
- You're not just saying that,
are you?
- No, no. What... no.
Yeah, that's... I'm down.
- Come on, Harper, let's
take this show on the road!
- Let's take this show
on the road.
Are you excited, Mia?
- Hey!
- Yes.
- Let me see how
excited you are.
[rhythmic tapping on table]
♪ Let's see how excited ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ Where are we going? ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ As a family ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa ♪
- ♪ Not just you ♪
- ♪ Africa, Africa, Africa! ♪
- Hey, ladies.
Making sure you had time
to have some lunch.
Yeah?
- It was like...
- Hey, guys.
What is going on over here?
[laughter]
No phones until last bell.
- [chuckles] Awesome roundhouse
kick, Mr. Murchison.
- Can... can I see that?
This is online? Hmm.
Gentlemen,
I hope you're all ready
for your upcoming finals.
Because if you're not,
you're wasting time.
And I'm going to hang onto this.
- Yo, wait, Mr. Murch,
you can't...
- You can pick this up from
my office after last period.
[bell rings]
Gentlemen, to class, please.
It's okay, you'll make it.
It's just one class.
You'll be fine.
- This five-star vegan chef
I hired
said this baked cauliflower
tastes just like chicken.
Try it.
- Wow, is that like
a breast or a wing?
- Mm-hmm.
And for the entrée,
I have a non-dairy,
non-fat, no cheese
mac and cheese in the oven.
- Wow. No shit?
- I'm excited!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hey. Come here.
Come here.
I'll give you two Birkin bags
for a bite of that burger.
♪ ♪
That's not good business.
You know that, don't you?
- Mom made me a better deal.
She said whatever you offered,
she'll double.
- Really?
- Uh-huh.
Oh! [laughs]
- What's that, babe?
- Nothing, nothing.
- Hello, Kennedy.
- Hi.
♪ ♪
- Our follow-up appointment
was supposed to be months ago.
- I know, I know.
But the good news is
the medication is working.
I have fewer migraines
and no more blind spells.
- Didn't you just
have one this week?
- Yeah, but now,
I can read the label.
[laughs]
- That's all good.
But to be clear,
your labs are still not
where they should be.
And I'm more concerned
with your HCG levels.
- What does that mean?
- When was your last period?
- You know,
I don't really remember.
I've been so busy,
I just haven't been
keeping track, to be honest.
- You need to
prioritize your health.
- You're right.
- Not doing so can lead
to surprises.
You ready for a surprise?
It looks like
you're very likely pregnant.
- Pregnant?
I mean, that just... [laughs]
No, that... that...
That can't be true.
I mean,
I have been a little tired,
a little hot, but that...
I just thought
I was in perimenopause.
- It very well could be.
- I don't have time
to be pregnant right now.
[indistinct chatter]
- Not on your way.
- What are you doing?
What the fuck was that?
Why did you do that?
- There you are.
Nicola came home yesterday
bragging that Keisha's mom
is doing research
with illicit drugs?
- What?
No, no, Rena, can we...
Can we speak about this
in the office?
- This is supposed to be
a safe space in the community.
And now you're telling
them to just say yes
if they're a little stressed?
- Okay, no.
I want to be clear that...
That my...
My academic research is...
Is absolutely not something
that I promote here
at the academy.
- I'm canceling
my daughter's study session
with Keisha today.
And every day.
- Rena!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, babe.
- Hey, handsome.
- You got any idea where...
Where my Cubans are?
- Oh, I sold them on eBay.
- Why would you do that?
- The doctor said no smoking.
- Yeah, but he didn't
mean nosmoking.
He just meant no smoking
all the damn time.
Damn, y'all just
stressing me out, man.
- I'm just following
the doctor's orders.
- Great. Great, thank you.
You're doing a great job,
Nurse Ratchet.
- Jordan.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How are you doing?
- Peace offering?
- I'm actually laying off
the caffeine these days.
- I see.
You laying off of anything else
I should know about?
- Demetrius, I don't think
our values are in alignment.
- Our values? Jordan.
- Fighting for diversity
and inclusion
is a reminder
of how dedicated I am
to the empowerment
of Black people.
You are actually invested
in the disempowerment
of Black people.
- Do you know the full
breakdown of your pension plan,
your mutual funds?
Most people are invested
in the private prison system
without even knowing it.
- But the difference between
you and those people
is that you are exercising
your power of choice.
- Yes, and I choose to rebuild,
to reeducate.
I choose to replace staff
and transform the cultures
within the prisons
that I invest.
If you want change,
you make change, right?
I can love my people, J,
and still go where the money is,
and then reinvest
that back into Black people.
- That's your choice,
if that's what you think.
- And that's all that matters,
right?
You decided what you believe,
and so you're going to be judge
and jury and condemn me?
- I know what I know,
and I keep saying to myself,
"What if I didn't know?
What if I didn't find this out?"
And the problem now is that
I can't un-know
what I already know.
- Mm-hmm, I got it.
Remember to take care
of yourself, huh, Jordan?
[upbeat carnival music]
- Eat shit, ErectileReptile21!
- Fuck off, CatDaddylnThe6!
- Yeah!
You stupid, GonnaWannaHolla72L?
- Suck it!
- [laughs]
Slick... what?
Is that even a thing?
- SlickBatman.
- SlickBatman224, suck it!
- Doesn't that feel so much
better to just get it out?
- A little bit.
- Or are you going to obsess
over this all night?
- I'll probably obsess
over it all night.
- [sighs] Well,
I need to show you something.
- [chuckling] Okay.
- My agent called me
this morning, man.
It's crazy, right?
- That's beautiful, man.
So then they're going
to do the whole
number retirement
ceremony thing?
- The whole nine, dog,
the whole nine.
It's going to be
at Giants Stadium.
- Giants Stadium?
- You're going to be
able to make it, right?
Come on now.
- Are you kidding me?
Come on, man, I'm going
to be right at the front
of that autograph line.
- The kids are already plotting
their new outfits, man.
They're excited,
especially the girls.
- Yeah, well, kids, you know,
they got to rep their daddy.
- Yep, they gotta rep for Pops.
- Yeah.
[gentle music]
- You know,
after this whole ceremony,
I'm going to need a new job
just to pay
for all these clothes.
- I heard that.
- Oh, damn.
I got to get out of here, man.
I promised...
- So soon?
- Yeah, I promised Faith
that I was going
to take her shopping today.
- Okay.
Uh, I want that rematch, yo.
- Oh, come on.
That implies that it
was a match in the first place.
- Man, just...
- It really wasn't close,
though.
- You just soak your knees.
- [chuckles]
All right now.
- Yes, sir.
[tablet chimes]
Huh.
All right.
- Keisha.
Keisha!
You cannot be casual
about our personal
or medical information,
or whatever else goes on
in the privacy of our home!
- What are you talking about?
- Yeah, baby, what happened?
- Briana Thompson just rolled
up on me like the cops
because your daughter
cannot keep our family business
in the family.
- Wh... I didn't say anything!
- I've warned you about this
already.
- Well,
if we can't talk about it,
then maybe something is wrong.
- Excuse me? So now you have
a problem with my research?
- Okay, that's it.
- That's it!
Both of you, that's enough!
Okay?
Candace, you know that what
you're studying is unorthodox,
so it's going to take
our family a little time
to find the right
language to use
and for others to come around.
- Well, thank you
for your support.
- I can support you
and not entirely agree
with you on something.
- But I need your support!
- But who's not supporting you,
Candace?
I've been doing nothing
but support you all year!
- Forget it.
You know what? Just forget it.
[tense music]
[door slams]
♪ ♪
[light piano music]
- Come here, Chris. Look at me.
- Babe, what part
are they at now?
- [chuckles] This is the part
where he cries.
- Yeah, that torture scene
where that one tear falls?
That's exactly how I felt
when I came home
and found out what you did
with my cigars.
- [scoffs]
Honey, I said I'm sorry.
But if you really
want to be tortured...
you just have to ask me nicely
in about six weeks.
- Well, why don't you
just come over here
and sit on uncle daddy's lap,
beautiful?
- You're crazy.
- How you doing?
- Mm, better now.
- Ooh, I like where
this is going.
Give me that.
My, my, my.
There's my favorite mole.
[sensual music]
♪ ♪
Mm, I like this.
We need to do this more often.
- Yep, we do.
♪ ♪
- What are you doing?
- Checking your pulse.
I... - Okay.
Get off me.
- What?
- Enough of this shit.
- I'm sorry.
I'm nervous.
I love you, Quentin,
and I don't want you to have
another heart attack.
- I can't eat bacon,
I can't drink whiskey,
can't smoke cigars,
can't even connect with my wife.
Maybe you're not good
for my health.
- What did you say?
- I mean, before I got married,
I ain't had no fucking problem
with my heart.
I ain't had no problem
with my life.
I could eat what I wanted.
Now everything is going
to fucking kill me?
Kill me now, man.
Call it a damn day.
- Oh, wow.
Oh, so you want
to be single again, huh?
Fine, you go ahead.
Leave me
for some underage rebound
who doesn't know the first thing
about the signs
of having a heart attack.
Good luck surviving that!
- Well, I hope I die.
[somber piano music]
♪ ♪
- And in entertainment news,
despite sad review, wow,
"Unfinished Business" tops the
weekend box office again
defying expectations.
- All right.
Absolutely. Peace.
Hey, baby, I'm sorry.
That call took a lot longer
than I thought it would.
Where's, uh... where's Mia?
- She ate earlier.
I wish you had eaten with us.
- Oh, yeah, sorry.
- She didn't leave a speck.
- Yeah.
- And she's not even
a fish eater.
- She can put it back.
- Red snapper,
banku shito.
- She-too?
- Shito.
It's a spicy pepper
made from fish oil, ginger,
garlic, and dried prawns.
- All right.
- But your food is cold.
- Okay, that's cool.
I'll just put it
in the microwave.
Oh, baby, come on.
Don't make...
Don't make that face.
I had to take that call.
- Uh-huh.
Did I tell you that Ghana
was on my vision board?
- Oh, for real?
- I had no idea.
- Wait, that board from
years ago for Robyn's Nest?
- Yes!
- Okay.
- It's in the Harlem Kitchen.
I guess it, you know,
takes sometimes a few years
for things to manifest.
- All right. Yes, indeed.
You know I can relate.
- They sent the itinerary over.
Lots of things
for you and Mia to do
when I'm at the training.
- Did they give you exact dates?
- Early June to mid-August. Why?
- Early June to mid-August.
No, that should be...
Actually should be...
Should be cool.
- I know that tone
in your voice.
- Oh, no, it's just
that "Unfinished Business,"
I guess it's getting
a lot of heat,
do Stan says that
the producer is
trying to set a bunch
of meetings in mid-July
for TV and film.
- What if you push it
to the fall?
You're Harper Stewart.
They'll wait.
- We've got to strike
while the iron's hot.
Ooh, speaking of hot shit.
Ooh, this is... what is it?
Shih tzu... shit-too?
- What are you doing?
- Son, listen.
You... you're going through
a phase right now, okay?
Okay, and as your father who
knows what's best for you,
I've canceled your credit cards.
Whenever you need
to buy some clothes,
you're going
to need my approval,
because clearly, son, you just...
You need more guidance.
- No.
No, what I need is a parent
who accepts me for who I am!
- You don't even know
who you are yet.
- No, Dad,
you don't know who I am!
- No, don't touch that.
I'm sending all of this stuff
to a women's shelter today.
- These are my things!
- Your things.
These... these are your things?
You don't own anything, son.
Everything you have,
everything you think you own,
is because of me.
I gave you life.
I gave you my last name.
I give you a roof
over your head!
So you show me some respect.
- No, respect yourself!
- Say it again.
- Daddy, please!
- It's your moment.
This is the moment you've
been waiting for, right?
You're a man now.
You're mature.
You're grown, right?
Say it again!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Sometimes, I wish...
- You wish what?
God already knows
what's in your mind.
He knows what's in your heart.
Say it.
- Sometimes I wish it was you
instead of Mom.
♪ ♪
- Why is he treating
this like it's nothing?
Like... like my worry
means nothing?
Like I'm nothing.
- Well, he did just
look death in the face.
- Look, I get it.
Maybe he's just trying
to hide his emotions.
I'm kind of doing the same
thing with this
"I might be a little pregnant"
thing.
- [coughs]
Wait, what?
- Yeah. I'm waiting
for the test results now.
- What did Demetrius say?
- I didn't tell him.
Oh, and by the way, we broke up.
- Why? Because of Harper?
- [scoffs] No.
Not because of Harper.
- Don't play with me.
I know something
happened between you two
the night of the premiere.
- You know?
You know-know?
- Do I know-know?
Yes, I know-know.
- Okay.
- And if you are pregnant,
then that means it could be...
- Do not go there!
Harper is not the father.
No way, no how.
And anyway, Shelby,
I am not pregnant.
There's no way.
- What if you are?
- Mm, and I don't live my
life with "what ifs," okay?
I live in "what is."
I like reality.
- Really?
Jordan, we all do
"what if" sometimes.
I mean, what if I
wasn't there when
Quentin had a heart attack?
What if I didn't show up
at his wedding?
And I know you did a
"what if" the other night
after that premiere.
[sighs] Look, I know
I talk a lot of shit,
but I like being married.
And I think Robyn does, too,
and I like her.
So, Jordan, if something
happened with you and Harper,
you better take that shit
to the grave.
- View is ridiculous.
- Thank you.
I paid a lot of money
for this view.
- Richie Rich.
- [laughs] I'm not rich, yet.
- What you got there?
- Do you remember this?
Little secrets...
- Oh.
- And college dreams.
- Oh, shit.
I can't believe
you still have it.
Well, actually, I do believe it.
- It's kind of cool, right?
- Yeah.
Can I?
- Yes, of course.
- [chuckles]
So excited.
- [giggles]
- Oh, man.
It's like it's Christmas.
♪ ♪
- Do you remember writing that?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, your turn.
- No, no, no, I'd rather
keep the past in the past.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no,
we said we'd do this together.
You got to open it.
- No, because if I do this,
it's more likely going
to be triggering than fun.
- Open it.
- I did this for you, Harper.
Given the night that you had, I
thought it might be inspiring.
- Okay, well,
if you're afraid to look back,
then I'll help you out.
- No, you cannot
just take my ball!
- I'll help you out. Hey, look...
- No!
- This ball is getting busted
one way or another.
- [laughs]
- So are you going to do it,
or shall I?
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, God, please enter into
his heart and change his mind.
♪ ♪
Show him the way.
♪ ♪
- Daddy.
LJ didn't come home last night,
and they turned off
their location.
LJ always shares their location
with me.
- He's probably with Auntie
Jordan or Katie
or someone, sweetheart.
He just needs to cool down;
that's it.
He's going to be fine, okay?
- Yeah.
Okay.
♪ ♪
- Okay, baby, are you sure
we just can't use spoons
for this soup?
- Fufu is your utensil.
- Oh.
- See, Daddy?
- Okay, kind of messy,
but I see.
- It's okay, baby.
That's what paper towels
are for.
- Okay, okay.
So the producers want us
to pitch a sequel
that just focuses
on Jackson and Kendall,
and I think that
I might have cracked it.
- That's nice.
- Yeah, it's unbelievable.
The movie is basically
critic-proof.
And, oh, did I tell you?
We are quickly approaching
the $75 million mark
at the box office.
- You told me.
- Yes! It's crazy, isn't it?
- So where are you with
your Reconstruction project?
I hadn't heard you talk
about that in a while.
How's it coming?
- Oh, um, you know, it's slow.
Writer's block or whatever,
but, um, I'll get there.
I'll get there.
- Oh, I got a revised
Ghana itinerary today.
- Okay.
- It is hectic.
- Mm.
- [chuckling]
I'm not complaining, but wow.
- That reminds me.
My itinerary
could be moving as well.
Do you think I could
come visit y'all...
Uh, July, August?
- The program ends in...
In August.
Do you now have something
you have to do in June?
- Well, yeah.
Remember those meetings
that I said Stan lined up?
Well, some bigwig execs
want to meet your boy
with producers as well.
And I got to do this,
'cause this Hollywood thing
is tricky.
It's like you've got to be
all up in people's faces so...
So that they know that you
know what you're talking about
and all that stuff,
so it's a trip.
- But what about your family?
- What about my family?
I'm doing this for y'all.
The more
I can secure the future,
the more 100 trips we can take
to Ghana, right?
- I just wanted one, Harper.
I'm only asking for one.
[phone buzzing]
- Okay, um... hold on, two secs.
Stan, what's happening?
Yeah, I saw it.
[laughs] It was great.
- I love peanut butter soup
with fufu.
- Me, too.
[funky music]
♪ ♪
- Hey!
- You... you okay?
- Yeah. Yeah, fantastic.
You okay?
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
Um, I got that meeting
with the... the donor that I...
That I told you about.
- Uh.
- Yeah, got to be charming
to get that money.
[laughs]
And then I'll probably go to
Q's and... and hang out a bit.
- Oh, okay. Sure.
I'll just see you later then.
- See you later, yeah. Okay.
- Love you, love you.
♪ ♪
[computer chimes]
♪ ♪
Wow.
♪ ♪
So you're just out here
getting honored,
having a good Black day
like it's nothing.
Like you're not
a fucking predator.
No.
[inhales]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I got it.
We can make it work, but you
know, we'll figure it out.
That's what we do.
Got you.
All right, peace.
Hey, baby.
- I can't do this anymore.
- Oh, I know, you're right.
I'm sorry.
No more business calls
at the dinner table, I promise.
- No, not the phone, not Stan,
this.
- What are you talking about?
- I've given you decades...
and you can't even
give me a month.
You're never going to change.
I've been hoping
and demonstrating
and being the best partner
I know how to be,
but it doesn't matter.
You are you.
♪ ♪
And, uh,
I'm not doing this anymore.
- Not doing what?
Wha... what are you...
- I'm done, Harper.
I'm done.
- Robyn.
Robyn.
[phone buzzes]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Whoa, better believe
I'll get mine ♪
♪ Whoa,
now or never, it's my time ♪
♪ It's my time, it's my time.
♪ I'm going to leave
it all on the line ♪
♪ Better believe I'll get mine ♪
♪ ♪
- Mom, can we show
you something?
- Uh, sure, baby. What is it?
- It's Dad.
- What about him?
♪ ♪
- Wait, what is this?
- You know, it's viral.
It's been all over TikTok.
- ♪ Go big or go home ♪
♪ I'm the type to take,
but you can't hold ♪
♪ All in, no fold ♪
♪ I come prepared
for the shiny gold ♪
- No one can touch me, nobody.
- ♪ I've been waiting
far too long for this ♪
- Murchison, you're up!
- ♪ No holding back ♪
♪ I'm here to get a chip
and secure it back ♪
- Let's go!
- Okay, I'll... I'll be back.
- Okay.
- Okay.
[cheers and applause]
[DJ Snake's "Run It"
ft. Rick Ross & Rich Brian]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Rollin' in Impalas,
but you too tame ♪
♪ I ain't from the South, but
I appreciate the wood grain ♪
- Go, Murch!
- Go!
♪ ♪
- ♪ Drive safe really 'bout
to lose all its meaning now ♪
♪ Guess you love to travel
when I pull up ♪
♪ Man, you're leaving town ♪
♪ Say you're married
to the game ♪
♪ And I'm just here
to burn the gown ♪
♪ I got a flight
in the morning ♪
- Come on!
- What...
What is my husband doing?
Did you guys know about this?
- No! No!
Whoa, whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
[shouts]
- ♪ Move in silence,
you can never hear me ♪
♪ Comin' ♪
♪ If you've got a problem
when you see me ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, my God.
This is like some
"Fight Club" shit.
Are you sure he's gonna be fine?
- Yeah. No, they ain't really
hitting each other.
God dang.
- Oh!
- Yeah, there it is.
- Watch your elbows.
- ♪ DJ Snake ♪
♪ Rozay ♪
- Come on, baby.
Come on, come on, come on.
- Get him, Jack!
- Is it wrong that I'm, like,
turned on right now?
- My nipples are perky
like a motherfucker right now.
- Here we go, here we go.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Kill that motherfucker!
- [laughs]
- Hey, Q, are you sure
that LJ's not with Kennedy?
- Yeah, man. I checked.
She ain't seen him all day. Oh!
- Kill him!
- Oh! Oh! Oh!
♪ ♪
- [shouts]
♪ ♪
♪ Run it ♪
[bell dings]
♪ ♪
- Yeah!
Yes!
♪ ♪
- You did it!
Oh, my God, you did it!
You were so wild!
You were so wild!
You did it. You did it.
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
[gentle music]
- That was some shit, man.
- Right?
I mean, who knew?
[chuckles]
How you doing? You good?
- Well, I'm gonna live,
hopefully.
- Don't talk like that, man.
- Shit, man, everybody gotta
check out from something.
It's just I don't want to do it
playing careful and shit like...
I can't do it.
I ain't never lived like that
and never will, man.
- What about Shelby and Kennedy?
- You're really
trying to lecture me on...
On responsibility to others,
Joe?
- Nope, I am not.
I'm not. My bad.
- That movie hurt Murch, man.
- I know. I was... it was
out of my control though.
- Yeah, bullshit.
Ain't nothing
out of your control.
You made a choice, Joe.
Now you've got to live
with the consequences.
- Are we still
talking about Murch?
- Am I?
- We all make mistakes, man.
- Uh-huh, and hopefully a
nigga gonna keep making some.
[laughs] But I don't know how
many more chances we got, Joe.
[gentle music]
- Fuck.
This adulting is some shit.
- Okay,
"marry someone who gets you
like Dwayne Wayne
gets Whitley Gilbert."
- Whitley!
That's a good one.
- And "gets you"
was underlined three times.
- Of course it was.
- Mm-hmm.
I was so cute and innocent
and naive.
[chuckles]
I doubt any of this
is possible anymore.
- You always have Demetrius.
- ♪ Baby I surrender ♪
- So what did yours say?
- Mine said,
"Win the Pulitzer Prize..."
- Uh-huh.
- "And win the ultimate prize."
- So you're almost there.
You're doing well.
Congratulations.
[jazzy music]
♪ ♪
[phone buzzing]
- I'm so sorry.
[clears throat]
Hello?
- Harper?
- Yeah, this is Harper. Shelby?
- [whispering] Wait.
That's my phone.
Shit.
Hey!
[radio chatter]
- LJ!
- He's not in there.
- LJ. Listen, I see no blood,
but foul play is still possible.
We'll have to get in forensics
and do whatever we can
to find him.
♪ ♪
- Baby, why didn't you tell me?
- [chuckles]
I don't really know.
I mean, I couldn't.
There's... there's been a...
A lot, babe.
There's... there's been a lot
and... that I held, you know?
And I just...
I just needed to release it.
I just needed to hit something.
And... and that's not me.
But it is me; it's an angry me
who learned to swallow
everything.
You know, be above it all
and stay calm, stay even.
Sometimes I don't want
to do that.
- Yes, I get that.
- Sometimes I just want to roar.
And so... so that's what I did.
- Yeah, I know that feeling.
- Hey, babe.
Hey.
What is it?
What... what's wrong?
- I... [clears throat] well, um...
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
I... [sighs]
♪ ♪
- Wait, what the fuck?
What... did he...
- No!
No, he tried...
- He tried? He...
- No, no!
Baby, look, I don't need
your anger, all right?
I just... your love,
that is what keeps me going.
- But... no, wait, nah, nah.
Yeah, he... he stood right here,
right in this house.
Baby, I'm supposed
to protect you.
- Baby, there is nothing
you could have done, or me.
I mean, I... I've played this
in my head so many times.
What if I hadn't
switched advisors,
or... or if I had taken the girls
to Jack and Jill that night.
But he's the one who did it.
He's the pig.
There's no one else
to blame, nobody.
This is about us.
This... this is about us, right?
We are what matters.
- You know, we're supposed
to renew our vows and...
- Oh, my God.
Ah!
God! What is happening?
I just... I feel like we're in...
In quicksand and just...
- It's like... Okay...
- Sinking.
- Okay.
First of all...
- Yes.
- I'm sorry.
I'm right here, okay?
Second of all, let's get
out of this quicksand.
- [laughs]
- Shall we?
Candace Sparks Murchison,
I am committed to us.
So from now on, can we always
answer the question
"how are you"
with truth, honesty,
and just be real?
- I promise.
- I promise, too.
- I promise.
- You are still my wife.
You... I don't know.
- [laughs]
- You're always going
to be my wife.
[laughter]
Ah, I love you.
- Baby, I love you so much.
- And look,
I'm right here, okay?
Okay?
I love you.
Okay?
Kiss me.
Both: Mmm!
- Wow, wow, wow.
No, that part hurts...
- I'm sorry.
- So bad.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- I did not expect that.
[laughs] Sorry.
But I still want to kiss you
right down here.
- Mmm.
♪ ♪
- Hey. Um, can we talk?
- You can talk all you want,
Harper.
- Look, I get why you're...
Why you're upset, truly,
and I'm sorry.
But can't we go to the therapist
and find some compromise
like we did with...
With the premiere night?
- And what about the
premiere night, Harper?
What really happened
after you left?
- What? I... I told you.
- Because I've been thinking,
Quentin had his heart attack
at home,
so he and Shelby weren't there.
- Mm-hmm.
- No Candace, no Murch.
That leaves Jordan, Demetrius,
and Lance.
Were they there?
- Um, not exactly.
- Then who, exactly?
Wow, really? Even now.
- No, no. LJ is missing.
Lance wants everybody...
- What? Oh, God.
- Lance wants everybody
to come to his place.
- Okay,
we can drop Mia at Mom's.
- Yeah, yeah, I'll...
I'll get the car.
Jackson and Kendall
were intrinsically linked...
- Intrinsically linked
by their college friend group.
Kendall had never experienced
the level of intimacy
she shared with
her college buddy, Jackson.
- The "will they won't they"
question came...
- Came close to a resolution
during a night of nostalgia...
- Succumbing to the desire
they've long suppressed
since college.
The question of "what if,"
at first only whispered...
both: Was now a desperate roar.
- ♪ Cloudy days,
sleepless nights ♪
♪ I lay awake, tossin' ♪
♪ Wonderin'
when we'll get it right ♪
♪ We've been down for so long ♪
♪ Know change been on the way,
ain't worried no more ♪
♪ Know we comin' ♪
♪ Comin', comin', comin' ♪
♪ Know we're comin' ♪
♪ Comin', comin', comin' ♪
♪ Yeah, just keep goin' ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ Goin', goin, ' goin' ♪
♪ Know we comin',
comin', comin' ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ ♪
- [giggles]