04x04 - Lowkey Losin'

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It seems like you always finding a problem.

Sometimes I'm like, "Do you want to be happy?" The last couple months it just feels like, we've been...

Off.

- Should we like talk this out?

- Yeah.

You wanna just talk at Thanksgiving?

Yeah, let's do it around pie time.

Are you still getting over your ex?

If anybody should be worried about an ex, - it should probably be me.

- Come on.

You and Issa have little jokes, the same friends.

I broke up with her.

Because she cheated.

- I still left.

- But if she hadn't?

Oh, you should've brought him.

You don't think that would've been too much?

If he's right for you, you're thinking too much, don't overthink it.

Gotta go to Molly's to go get this pie.

Y'all good?

Yeah, we just gotta have this talk.

We don't have Roy Choi.

He not gonna be there.

Okay, damn.

Hey.

Do I look like a magician to you?

- Do she?

- No.

Then how you expect me to take a shower with no water?

Magic?

Move.

Oh, sh*t, that was today.

- This feels personal.

- I didn't do it.

That's wrong.

That is wrong.

It smell like flowers in here, man.

- We ain't even outside.

- You live here?

Okay, I'm sorry.

How can I help you?

You're required by law to give me, and the dog I don't have, 24-hour notice.

You can't be f*ckin' up my Airbnb money like this.

Dante, you can't Airbnb your apartment.

I guess we all out here breakin' rules, huh?

I got a white couple coming down for the jazz festival.

They gonna want water.

Who raised you?

You treatin' us like those people down in Flint, Michigan.

Okay, okay, I'll take care of it.

How old are you?

Ha!

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t.

I'm coming!

- Hello.

- What took you so long?

Another man climbing down the fire escape?

Yep, he texted me.

He said he good.

Mwah.

- No, I was workin'.

- Mm.

Ugh, this case is a beast.

No, I am so close to...

Okay, you know what, never mind.

I get it, it's boring.

- I missed you.

- Me, too.

- It's been a while.

- I know.

My schedule's been dumb, but thanks for coming over.

- And tonight, I am all yours.

- Oh.

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay.

Mm, well, okay.

Should we...

Mm-hmm, yeah.

Oh.

Still thinking about work?

Okay, there's just this one part that I really need to finish.

I got it.

It's cool.

- Handle your business.

- Okay, just give me till like 9:00, and then you can handle all this business.

Hey, Andrew.

Baby.

You ready?

Hey.

Oh, you was already naked.

Okay.

Issa Dee's office, please hold.

This is Issa Dee.

Ryan: It's Ryan from D&S Printers.

I need your notes on the flyer by 5:00 p.m.

Sorry, that's right.

Uh, my assistant's kind of a mess.

Sapphire, you're a mess.

I'll get back to you right away.

Thank you.

Hi, you've reached Condola.

Please leave a message.

Hey, girl, it's me, Issa.

I just want to follow up on the flyer proof I sent you 'cause I gotta get back to them by today, so...

if you have any "feeback," let...

feedback.

Damn, I've been dropping my D's lately.

A, B, C, D.

Anyway, call me back.

Bye.

Pass me that file.

Also that firecracker shrimp.

Oh, girl, you can have 'em all.

I ain't been to yoga since we started this case, and I'm pushing these seams to the limits.

I'm headed out.

Anything else I can get you ladies?

Um, no, I think we're good.

Thanks, BJ.

I actually just go by Bennett now.

Oh, excuse me, Bennett.

"I'm Bennett." You can deny it all you want, but...

Uh-uh, girl, stop!

I used to mentor him and his little friends in law school.

- He's a baby.

- I mentored a few people too, back in the day.

Mm, "mentor." It's not even like that, and even if it was, I think he only dates Abigails.

No, why?

He's at a firm with negroes.

- There is no way.

- Think about it, y'all.

He went to Princeton undergrad, he plays guitar.

Oh, my God.

He's been here two weeks and ordered six salads.

- He loves salad.

- Damn.

He lives in Silver Lake, too.

- Boop.

- We lost him.

Ooh, we still got to go through all this discovery and their motions.

I'm going cross-eyed, and my kids have been eating pie crust, so I got to go.

Stacy: It's okay, Felicia, I can stay.

I'll tell my little jump-off to reschedule.

Oh, uh, yeah, I'll stay, too.

Didn't you say you were going to a listening party or something?

Yeah, but my man gets it, you know?

We both got our own sh*t going on.

Well, that's good.

My ex used to want me home at 6:00 on the dot.

God bless them, but never marry a teacher.

How are you miserable and you get summers off?

Michelle Obama: Angry or unbecoming, it was that public judgment that sweeps in to fill any void.

If you don't get out there and define yourself, you'll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.

Oh, sh*t.

Friendships between women, as any woman...

Oh, sh*t!

Small kindnesses like these.

Uh-huh.

Starting making a deliberate effort...

- I'm going.

- Okay.

I thought...

I thought you said you were going.

Oh, I meant I was going.

I'ma just circle around the block one more time.

Michelle ain't become yet.

Okay.

Bringing together old friends and new.

Yo, Issa, it's Nathan.

And, you know, I know it's been a minute, but, um, Andrew told me about your block party.

That's dope.

You really doin' it.

You don't gotta call me back or nothing.

I was just, you know.

I hope you good.

Aight then.

Peace.

You find a spot?

Yeah, I parked at the church next to the titty bar.

They don't check.

You gonna drive me to my car since I let you have that spot?

How you let me have a spot that was already mine?

Oh, hey, by the way, did I leave my yoga mat at your place?

Oh, I'll check.

And sorry I missed the last few weekends, by the way.

You still keeping up with Self-Care Sunday?

No, girl, I been working non-stop.

I mean, maybe we can find a new day when things calm down.

Yeah, Sundays don't really work, huh?

Sundays are no longer serving us.

But you still wanna do it though, right?

Yeah, I want to.

You want to?

- Yeah, I want to.

- Okay.

Okay!

Wow.

Yeah, she's beautiful, man.

I know, right?

Isn't she lovely?

- You wanna hold her?

- Uh, are you sure?

I mean, I just dropped a burrito earlier today.

Then hell no.

This my little angel right here.

Yo, how's it feel to have a little girl, man?

- sh*t's f*cked up.

- What?

Before Tiff, I did some grimy sh*t.

And all those women were daughters.

Men do f*cked-up sh*t, and every woman is a daughter.

- Come on, man, you trippin'.

- It's real.

Some teenage boy's gonna try and finger f*ck my angel one day.

- Look at my baby.

- Don't make me.

It's gonna happen, man.

I can't stop it.

Yo, I'm sure you're gonna be fine, man.

All right, look, you and Tiffany are smart.

You're responsible and you plan the sh*t out of everything.

Nah, not this.

I mean, we weren't trying to have a baby for another two years.

We were getting ready to buy a house, spend some time traveling, and...

now all that's on hold now.

I didn't know that, man.

It's not really how I pictured becoming a dad, but, hey.

When it's worth it, make that sh*t work.

Right, baby girl?

- Ooh.

- What's that sound?

Well, she just took a poop.

- Oh.

- Wow.

- Look at this poop, bro.

- I'm gonna not.

Damn, sh*t is chartreuse.

It's all a lie.

They tell you childbirth is this beautiful thing.

It's not.

It's ugly and it hurts.

Girl, but you look beautiful now.

Yeah, you are glowing for real.

I haven't showered in three days.

It's just oil.

- I'm gross.

- Nuh-uh.

Yes, you are.

Extremely.

Well, anyways.

I'm so glad to see y'all.

I'm already over my mommy friends.

They spend so much time worrying about appearances and not being real.

Can you imagine?

- No...

- That's crazy.

Can't picture that.

Derek's got it.

- Oh, that's good.

- Actually, Derek's been great.

I couldn't even do this without him.

Well, yeah.

You can't get yourself pregnant.

Yes, you can.

Google it.

- I did.

- It's just been so hard.

Like, at the hospital, I felt like I was gonna pass out.

I told them.

No one would listen to me.

And it turned out I had a blood clot.

- Oh, my God.

- Are you serious?

- Yes.

- Girl, these doctors need to start listening to us.

That's how they almost k*lled Serena.

Ooh, can you Yelp review a maternity ward?

Because I'm gonna give them three stars.

Three.

Thank God for Derek.

I mean, he cursed out, like, nine doctors.

If I wasn't in that diaper, I woulda let him get it.

Okay.

See, that's how it should be.

You know, when you're in a relationship, you realize just how valuable true partnership really is.

- That's real.

- Like with me and Andrew.

When I am struggling, yo, he is there for me at any hour.

That's how you build a long-lasting relationship.

Damn, Jada.

I see you out here Red Table talking.

I'm Willow...

I was just saying how I thought it was good that Derek was there for her.

I know, I was joking.

Uh, Tiff, where do these go?

Oh, you weren't here last week when we decided that those go over there by the changing table.

Okay.

Hey, babe.

Baby!

- Baby, get in here.

- I should go check on her.

Oh, I'll go with you.

I actually haven't seen her awake.

I have.

She ain't missin' much.

Have you ever tried breast milk?

Kelli, just say you wanna try it.

Okay, judgey.

Has Molly said something to you?

- About what?

- Nothing, just...

Does she seem a little off to you?

Okay.

- You f*cked Andrew.

- Not even close.

- I'm in the ballpark.

- You're not even in the game.

- Oh, then why I got a ticket?

- You scalped it.

Okay, if it's not that, then what?

It's just, I don't wanna bring you in this, and it's not even a big deal.

But I just feel like she's been on my neck lately.

- She has?

About what?

- Just little things here and there.

Acting like I'm the messiest bitch on Earth.

Like her life is perfect.

Maybe she's just taking sh*t out on you, you know?

- You should tell her.

- Yeah, I don't know.

I just feel like she sees me how she sees me.

- So...

- Okay.

Speaking of seein' things.

Look at Lawrence over there.

Looking like a provider.

Mm.

Stay looking...

employed.

Uh, I'ma go do another load of laundry.

Yeah, you go ahead and do that.

I'ma do me.

Damn, okay, damn.

Got it!

Look at you.

Hey.

You'd tell me if she was ugly, right?

Girl, of course not.

Thank you.

Can I, can I hold her?

Listen, if she starts crying, don't get mad.

She makes you earn it.

Hey.

I will take my chances.

Yeah, I will.

Hey, mama.

Yeah.

You and Andrew's babies will be so beautiful.

It'll be a bunch of little Jhené Aikos running around Burbank.

Girl, please.

I am just trying to not do the most, okay?

Just live in the moment and take things as they come.

Whatever makes you happy.

Did Issa say something to you?

No, about what?

No.

She just thinks that I don't want to be happy and it's...

never mind.

- Okay.

- I just think that it's funny that she calls me Old Molly when she's out there right now doing old sh*t too.

Girl, you know it's complicated.

Okay, but when her sh*t goes south, she gonna rope me in.

She's gotta learn that she's not the only one that has things going on in her life.

I think it's just been a communication breakdown.

She's probably feeling the same way, too.

Ooh, baby.

Who do you think the baby looks like more, Tiff or Derek?

Lowkey, I think the baby looks more like Kelli.

Yeah!

I didn't wanna be the one to say it.

Right.

So um, how are you?

- Stressed.

- About?

Just block party details.

I've been trying to reach out to Condola, but I haven't heard anything.

Yeah.

Actually, um...

you know, something I...

I just wanted to talk to you about.

Oh, okay.

What?

- Take it.

- You sure?

- Yeah, no, go ahead, go ahead.

- Okay.

Just real quick.

No, just...

Hey!

Wait, what do you mean he can't?

I just printed out all the flyers.

I can't replace him.

Is there anything I can do to change his mind?

You are dead to me.

Dead.

No, no, no, don't hang up, don't hang up!

Everything okay?

- My headliner just dropped out.

- Damn.

- I'm sorry.

- f*ck.

I'm sorry, you were gonna tell me something.

No, it can wait.

Yeah, just, um, take care of whatever you gotta do.

Just, you know, hit me when it all settles down.

- Okay, I'm...

I'm sorry.

- It's all good.

Say it.

Girl, you better say "Kelli" or I ain't paying for your college.

Say Kelli, Kelli.

- Kelli, can you help me?

- Girl, I'm raising a child.

- Where's Issa?

- Not here.

Okay, is that a smile or is that a fart?

- I don't know.

- That looks like a smile!

- You smiling for me?

- I think that's a smile.

- Say hi to Molly.

- That's a smile.

Y'all, don't rile her up.

I only like her when she's chill.

But I love her all the time, though.

Okay!

- Shh.

- Hey.

- Did I miss something?

- Girl, I don't even know.

You okay?

Yeah, I just gotta go handle some sh*t.

Mm-hmm.

I am so sorry.

I...

She is beautiful.

You are beautiful.

I got to go, guys.

- Mm-hmm.

- You beautiful.

Who stressed?

Not you?

Who the best?

It's you.

Who gonna k*ll it?

Issa...

I'm sorry, I can't.

- Not today.

- Wait, what?

I thought you were supposed to be hyping me up.

Yeah, I stay hyping you up, but I got sh*t going on over here, too.

And it's real-life sh*t.

- You do?

- Yeah, bitch.

It's like your life, but worse.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

O-okay.

I do got attitude.

Hey!

Yeah, I know.

It's been a few years.

Is your brother still friends with...

oh, he got sh*t?

Like, fatally...

yeah, that's what I thought.

Uh, y'all still got access to his phone or...

Mm, phone got sh*t too.

We still out in these streets, nasty ass.

Oh, you got saved?

God is good.

All the time.

Sunday, no I don't...

I don't have the time, actually, I'm sorry.

Remember when we used to say your son would grow up to be a star?

Well, did he?

So he's just a nobody?

Hey, trick ass bitch!

Oh, wrong number.

I'm so sorry, ma'am.

Have a lovely day.

- Mm.

This is really good.

- Yeah.

- It's so good.

- I can tell.

Oh, this place is supposed to have good homemade ketchup.

- Homemade ketchup?

- Uh-huh.

Yeah, so we have to break up.

Oh.

- I'm glad you made it out.

- Oh, me too.

And you know, I'm sorry.

I have to say, I so appreciate how flexible you've been.

It's cool.

I respect it.

But tonight, I am all yours.

So I was thinking we could do whiskey at Seven Grand.

- Mm-hmm.

- Followed by edibles at my place.

Followed by...

Oh, sh*t, yeah.

Um, I was supp...

I was gonna meet up with some of my boys later.

We were gonna play poker.

You made plans?

I, I thought this was a date night.

It is, I...

just assumed you'd have work later.

- But I actually had time.

- How would I know?

I get that you have a lot of work, but...

I'm just trying to figure out where I fit in.

But I'm, I'm here with you right now.

You know what, let me call Seth and cancel.

No, don't.

It's fine.

Order number one, here you go.

Order number two, here you go.

Thank you.

Hey, girl, what's up?

Hey, uh, do you have a second?

I really wanna talk to you.

Um...

Okay, yeah.

Me, too.

Girl, this week has been a lot.

I-I just feel like I'm just juggling so much.

Damn, sorry, girl.

Well, this will just take a second.

My headliner dropped out.

It's a whole thing.

But when the Lord closes one door, he opens an Instagram and I found this artist that's repped by LiveNation.

And I was like, I know someone who works there.

Look at me, knowing people!

So you think you can ask Andrew to hook me up?

Well, I mean, first of all, why did your headliner drop out?

- Didn't y'all have a contract?

- Yeah, I had a contract.

- He broke it.

- Okay, well, were you late - on any of the payments?

- No.

The next payment was supposed to come next week.

Well, I mean, did you do anything on your side that could have voided the contract?

Because, I mean, something must have happened.

Look, girl, I just need to fix this.

It'll just take a second.

Just work that pillow talk, girl.

I...

I guess I could ask.

Thank you.

I appreciate you.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I gotta go.

For old time's sake?

Cute.

Can we talk about last night?

Mm-hmm.

Look.

I...

I didn't mean to make you feel like an afterthought.

Look, you don't have to...

I get that you're busy, Molly.

You know, I get busy, too.

But we're not in the honeymoon phase anymore and I'm just, I'm worried that our schedules aren't compatible.

Okay.

But, I mean, we can figure it out, right?

I want to.

This is new for me.

I've never been in a relationship long enough to have to balance it in my life.

Normally, I'd have been messed things up by now.

You are my main priority.

Well, you and trying to find out what happened to that girl Latoya.

Wow, that's dark.

But, but I respect it.

- Do you?

- Mm-hmm.

- How much?

- Come here.

Are you sure you don't want to call Seth to come through and watch us?

f*ck Seth.

Damn, you work fast.

Hey, you let me finish!

What'd he say?

Um...

Actually, I, uh...

I didn't ask him.

And...

I don't think I'm going to.

I don't understand.

Did y'all break up?

No.

I just think it's best for me to keep those parts of my life separate.

Separate?

What does that mean?

It means that this relationship is really important to me and...

I want to protect that.

Does that make sense?

Uh-huh.

Well, I got work to do, so...

Yeah.

Me, too.

Hey, girl.

You wanna talk?

I just wanna take a shower.

I don't think I wanna go to this thing.

I mean, what do you even wear to a block party in January?

In L.A.?

What you wear any other time.

It is 75 degrees.

I wanted to create a space to support and uplift our community.

The difference in me...

It's a tragedy.

Uh-uh.

Today is not about oppression.

Get her ass down.

Yeah.

- Hey, bro.

- You hear it's supposed to rain?

- You worried?

- Shut up, Ahmal.

Welcome back to another episode of the Wine Down.

Today we will be unpacking "Lowkey Losin' It" with the delightful Natasha Rothwell, who plays one of Issa's BFFs, Kelli.

- Hey, Natasha.

What up?

- Hey, girl.

You know I'm here drinking rosé talking about the show.

So, we got a lot of insight into the new friendship now that Tiffany's child is born.

And we talked about in the room how important it was for us to highlight the issues of childbirth especially amongst black women.

One of the things we talked about even outside of childbirth as well, is just like women's issues in hospitals being taken seriously.

How we have to get second or third opinions to be taken seriously.

And so...

They don't believe...

- Our pain.

- Our actual pain.

Yeah.

And so, I thought it was really cool using.

Tiffany's storyline in this episode to sorta speak to that.

What Tiffany allows...

Because she's married, because she has a child now, it allows us to talk about issues the other three women certainly can't talk about.

- Yeah.

- And it's just a common issue.

It's not, you know...

You think about it only happening only to people that you don't know, that seem far away, but this is not...

These aren't isolated incidents.

So, it's just important for awareness.

So, usually, our show is pretty adult.

- Yeah.

- Yes.

But what was it like to work with an actual baby...

- in this episode?

- It was wild.

I wanted to make sure the baby was okay first because there was a lot happening that day.

Like the space where we sh*t was very small, - we were pressed for time.

- Yeah.

Also, the mom and...

Or the parents are right there watching your every move, so...

The parents are right there and then there's also like, the parents have baby handlers, so there's like four people looking out for the baby, and no one looking out...

No.

I'm kidding.

"No one looking out for me!

What about me?" But this was just like, it was really sweet to sort of have that energy and see how it affected the other cast members.

There's something very real that I think this episode does.

We see how motherhood is affecting Tiffany, but also when your friend has a child, it changes your relationship to that friend.

So, remember last season obviously, when we've been building up to this distance between Tiffany and Kelli.

How far do you think Kelli and Tiffany have come since the baby shower?

Um, I think they've reconciled.

I don't think there's any animosity, but I do think that Kelli might feel like she has something to prove as far as, you know, she can be there for Tiffany.

And so, in a world where Tiffany sort of preferred her other friends to throw the baby shower, I feel like Kelli's trying to prove her worth and doesn't wanna lose her friend to motherhood.

Which means, they're still in the circle, but they won't be going out late or like, we have to have...

We have to see a matinee instead of an evening movie.

That kind of thing.

And so, I think Kelli doesn't want that to change.

The episode ends on a, kind of, big divide, right?

Between Issa asking for a favor and Molly basically saying, like, "No." Does Issa feel betrayed that her quote-unquote best friend doesn't come through for her in her time of need?

Of course.

I think hurt, betrayed, confused, you know, Molly holds her down, and I think...

to the extent that Issa maybe taking that for granted.

You know?

She knows that Molly's busy.

She knows that Molly wants this relationship to work, but I think Issa just has tunnel vision, specifically, when it comes to this block party.

It has to succeed.

And so, in Molly denying her help, it's like she's essentially rooting for Issa to fail.

At least in Issa's mind.

It's just, "I'm not going to sacrifice this relationship" that I've been trying to maintain to help you with this little thing that might not work in the first place "because you have a history of..." "not having things work.

So..." And I think that's, for Issa, that's a hard pill to swallow.

You know, given Molly's choices in this episode, what do you guys do when your best friend chooses their significant other over your relationship?

This is gonna sound like hyperbole, but you do have to grieve the friendship that you had.

Because if you kind of hold on to that, you're constantly holding that idea of friendship as like a ruler to every interaction you have, and they will always fall short because they have fundamentally changed.

And so, I'm consistent.

Like, I haven't changed.

I'm still single.

No, I'm kidding.

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Wine Down.

Stay tuned for a new episode next week.

- Yeah, cheers.

- Cheers!