03x07 - Obsessed-Like

[bunniefuu]

ISSA DEE: I'm about to
throw a block party.

You need a form for each act.

Some of the acts are TBD.

But I am on my way
to "D'ing" 'em. [LAUGHS]


Which one is Andrew?

Is he the black one or the Asian one?

- MOLLY CARTER: The Asian one.
- Just try it out!

Sometimes people can
surprise you. Like Nathan.

- How do you know when it's real?
- It feels...

- pretty real to me.
- Yeah, it does.

I should probably go say hi to Lawrence.

- Uh, it's good to see... again.
- Yeah, you too.

How was Lawrence?

I think I'm finally over him.

Wow.

- What's wrong with you?
- Nathan hasn't been picking up.

He hasn't hit me back in a minute.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SHARP GASP]

ISSA: These dreams are so weird.

Why am I always losing my teeth?

I need to look up what that means.

What time is it?

Ooh. I forgot to eat these. I'm hungry.

What day is it?

Really, Nathan? A whole-ass week?

f*ck that. Stop thinking about him,

and start thinking about
this block party.

OK.

_

[PHONE BUZZING]

Nathan?

Ooh! Taye Diggs followed me?

That's what's up.

Damn, that n*gga follows everyone.

I wonder if he follows Nathan.

Don't be pressed, don't be pressed.
You're not pressed.

♪ I don't care, I don't give a f*ck ♪

♪ I'm not pressed, I don't give a f*ck ♪

- ♪ I'm so good, I should... ♪
- [PHONE BUZZING]

Ooh, you wanna hit me
while I'm showering?

You nasty! [LAUGHS]

_

"But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace... "

Give it up, Mom!

Don't nobody care about
the Spirit's fruit.

- [SPLASH]
- No!

♪ Been a long time ♪

♪ Clean white sheets... ♪

MOLLY: Oh, sh*t, you're from Gardena?

What you know about Gardena?

I know they got Cup-A-Noodles there.

- OK.
- I'm from Hyde Park.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

'Cause I was gettin' Ladera
Heights vibes from you.

Ladera? Boy, I'm from
Florence and Crenshaw.

Don't play me.

How can I play somebody
who orders crawfish tail

and collard greens like
this isn't a date?

- Hmph! Oh, this a date?
- Mm-hmm.

Maybe I'm too sober to notice.

Well, I can fix that, Molly Squared.

You want a Thug's Passion?

Are we still talkin'
about the drink, or... ?

I am now.

[LAUGHS]

So why'd you dodge me for so long?

Honestly...

I was embarrassed by Coachella.

I was doin' the most, and you
didn't need to see all that.

Well, maybe that's a good thing.

We don't have to pretend
with each other.

- True.
- Mm-hmm.

Well, since we're not pretending,

I do gotta get back to work.

On a Saturday? OK.

No, for real!

I got a lot of work to do,

and I'm trying to redeem
myself with this presentation.

But I mean, if you're free tomorrow,

maybe we can hang out.

Well, you bring the passion,
I'll bring the thug.

- [LAUGHS] You were doing so well.
- Come on.

Say it. Say it out loud. Say it.

- No. [LAUGHS]
- Come on. It's good!

You said Florence and Crenshaw.
I gotta bring a little thug.

- Leave that to me.
- OK.

Bro, you got baby hair. There's
nothing thug about you.

[BOTH LAUGH]

LAWRENCE: You're trippin', bruh.

I am not trippin'.

That big muthafucka
got way too physical.

Yo, you called a foul
before he even touched you.

He was coming straight
for my face, bruh.

This my whole sh*t right here.

What? We still goin'
to the club tonight?

La Cita? Mad b*tches at La Cita.

Nah. I'm not tryin' to be
all like that right now.

Plus, I gotta be up early tomorrow.

Why, what you got goin' on?

I'm hittin' up church.

- You a T.D. Jakes n*gga now?
- No, man, I just...

I don't know, I just...

I feel like I should be goin' now.

You in a crisis, my n*gga?
Ain't sh*t wrong with you.

You got your big-ass TV,

your hairline lookin' strong,
like Safaree after Nicki.

I just wanna go. A'ight?

We could kick it some other time.

A'ight, a'ight.

I'll come.

OK?

There's mad b*tches at church.

[GASPS] ISSA: They're
rotting out of my mouth!

Stupid-ass dreams.

Oh.

Mm. You cute.

Nathan must've forgot.

I'ma remind him.

- [CAMERA CLICKING]
- Show a little titty.

♪ Click bait, click bait,
turn the cameras on ♪

- No, no, don't do that.
- ♪ ... when the cameras on ♪

Give him the eyebrow. Mm-hmm.

♪ We all livin' lies,
perfect filters on ♪

ISSA: "Feelin' real cute-like."

♪ Perfect filters on ♪

♪ We all livin' lies,
perfect filters on ♪

♪ A bitch so cute, a bitch so fly ♪

- [PHONE BUZZING]
- ♪ We act like trolls for the audience ♪

ISSA: So easy!

AHMAL: I already told
you about that shirt.

Burn it. Also, you thirsty.

- [PHONE BUZZING]
- ISSA: Yes!

I knew that n*gga couldn't resist.

- Are you sure this is the right...
- Yep, yep, yep! Bye.

FRIEDA: Oh my god!

I have the same top.

ISSA: Girl, he buys you one taco,

and you bust it wide
open on a Ferris wheel.

Simple. That's why he's
not f*ckin' with you.

Nah. It's probably 'cause
you got butt-ass naked

in your childhood pool,

sharing your family issues and sh*t.

n*gg*s don't do that.

Honestly, I think he ghosted on you

for saying you rap to
yourself in the mirror.

That is psycho.

Or what about when you told Nathan

all those weird facts about camels?

Damn, I forgot about that.

LITTLE GIRL: I want this toy!

Mommy, I want this toy!

Mommy, I want this...

ISSA: You ain't got nothin' to say, huh?

- [GIRL SCREAMING]
- He's actually really ugly

when you look at him.

That weak-ass fade! Barber where?

Oh, so now you like L.A.?

I knew it!

Who this bitch, Nathan?!

Oh, it's your mom. She
looks young for .

_

♪ Boy, bring that d*ck here ♪

- ♪ I know you see me on IG ♪
- ♪ True ♪

- ♪ I know you see me on Snapchat ♪
- ♪ True ♪

♪ But you still don't
pay me no attention ♪

ISSA: Who changed the password
on our stalker account?

KELLI: My bad. I got paranoid.

Here you go: "slapaho ."

CITY GIRLS: ♪ DM, what you gon' do? ♪

ISSA: What happens when a fake
bitch slides into your DMs?

♪ Not tryin' to push a rush on you ♪

ISSA: sh*t! Not Mokessa!
Delete! Delete! Delete!

See, Jesus gave us freedom,

but we have to use that freedom

to serve a much higher purpose.

If all we do is gratify our
own desires and wants,

then we're no longer truly free.

Bad bitch over there,
fine bitch right here.

This bitch mediocre, but
I'd still hit the drawers.

- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Come on, man.

I'm tryin' to hear what he's sayin'.

... the yoke of bondage.

That is the message of this verse.

Bondage can come in so many ways, y'all.

Envyin's, emulations, lasciviousness,

and... and that's just on Instagram.

[LAUGHTER]

Come on, now,

forget about who is "likin'" you,

and worry about who's loving you.

- And that is Jesus.
- ALL: Amen.

Slide out the DM,

slide on into one of these
pews up in here, hallelujah!

ALL: Hallelujah!

- Hallelujah!
- ALL: Hallelujah!

'Cause Jesus is the plug. Hey!

[LAUGHTER]

You know, I logged onto
Twitter last night.

You wanna know the first
thing it asked me?

Hmm? "What's happenin'?"

So I'm here to ask you the same thing...

about your soul.

Now, you know I need a
few more of these amens.

ALL: Amen!

Now you may have strayed away from God,

or succumbed to temptation,

but if you believe that Jesus
is speakin' to you today,

and you want to recommit
your life to the Lord...

stand up, beg Jesus to take you back.

Hey, should we get out...

[CRYING] I've strayed, man.

I've strayed so far.

[SOBBING]

[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

[BAND ENDS SONG]

[CONGREGATION APPLAUDING]

[PHONE CHIMING]

Mmm. Taurean, hey.

Wait till you see what I got
to close this thing out with.

That's what I'm callin' about.

I just heard I got an
expedited hearing tomorrow.

Judge Green demanded I be
present in chambers for : .

Oh, dang. Will you still be back in time

for our presentation?

Not sure. I need to postpone it.

Postpone it? [STAMMERS]

I just found the perfect
precedent for the case.

That's great, but I want
to look at it first.

Sure. No problem.

[SIGHS]

All right, my n*gg*s,
see you next Sunday?

Bludso's after service.

Amen.

Oh, this was great!

Yeah, yeah, it was, man. Music was good.

But that sermon was just...

Right? I mean, it just
spoke to me, bruh.

I don't know, man. My yoke
just had hella bondage.

- All right, love you, man.
- Yeah.

♪ Wade in the water ♪

♪ God's gonna trouble the water ♪

You didn't want to get saved?

Ha. Uh, it was my first time,

and I feel like you gotta
work your way up to that.

I get it. I had to warm
up to the pop metaphors.

So you been comin' here for a while?

Yeah. It's a great service.
I've met some good folk.

I really get my spirit fed.
I've gotten a lot out of it.

Yeah. That's what I'm hopin' for, too.

Plus, the after-service snacks are b*mb.

You know I got a cruller
in my pocket, right?

[LAUGHS]

Thanks for comin' early. Hey.

- Mwah.
- Ordered you a rosé.

- You're buying, right?
- [MOLLY LAUGHS]

You got jokes.

How's the presentation coming along?

It's supposed to be tomorrow,

but my partner, he keeps
micromanaging me.

- Ooh. Just b*at him up.
- What?

Molly Squared told me
she had a bully phase.

She did, huh? She talk too much.

I don't know. She's a lot of fun.

Said a lot of things.

Nnnn.

What, you don't remember?

No, I don't.

Well, good, 'cause I
told you stuff, too.

- Oh, right, you did.
- Mm-hmm.

Like how you told me you
auditioned for B K?

Oh, look who got her memory back.

[LAUGHS]

- Mm-hmm.
- It's inconvenient.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

So, uh, how's the food here?

Oh, it's real good. Mm-hmm.

Makes me wanna go "bump, bump, bump."

OK, listen, I woulda been in, I was in.

[BOTH LAUGH]

But you know what else I remember?

You telling me how you kissed
your boy's girlfriend.

- OK.
- Grimy.

Oh, says the girl who hooked
up with her married friend?

Mm-hmm.

Grime recognize grime.

I'm not grimy,

and you don't know the situation.

OK. Tell me the situation.

Um...

he led me to believe it
was something it wasn't.

A married man led you on?

Wow. [LAUGHS]

- Come on.
- That's not funny.

Sorry, I... I was just playin'.

I didn't know it was
still a sore subject.

I don't give a f*ck.

People out here lookin'
out for themselves,

so I'm lookin' out for me.

OK.

You know, you can, uh...

you can b*at me up, if you want to.

- No, I just wanna leave.
- For real?

Molly. What?

Molly. Hold on. Hold on. Hey.

[PHONE BUZZING]

ISSA: What's that sound?
My teeth fallin' out?

- [PHONE BUZZING]
- Is that Nathan?

Please be Nathan.

[BUZZING]

- Hello?
- Hey, it's Roger.

- ISSA: Who Roger?
- I own the building.

Yes, Roger. Of course,
Roger. Hi... Roger.

The plumber's been waiting
outside for minutes.

You were supposed to meet him at : .

Yep. Here I come.

ISSA: How did you oversleep, idiot girl?

Hold up. It's not your fault.

It's Nathan's fault.

f*ckin' up my livelihood,

keepin' me up wonderin' where he is.

♪ Stop f*ckin' with my heart! ♪

♪ n*gga, you was my dream, fool ♪

ISSA: "Thanks for the cut"?

So you alive and cuttin' hair and sh*t,

but you can't text nobody back?

You can't take the time
to text or call me?!

f*ckin' grown-ass man on
some childish-ass sh*t!

Shoes.

♪ Stop f*ckin' with my heart! ♪

Hey, Molly, any word on
when Taurean will be back?

Oh, I haven't heard from him today.

- OK, well...
- But I'm excited for you guys

to hear what we've put together.

- Yeah?
- I found some new research

on the proper accommodations

for employees with substance abuse.

You're gonna be, like, "Whoa!"

Sounds good.

Well, let us know when
Taurean gets back.

He's always got clever ways

to keep defendants on the ropes.

Keep me posted.

Or, um...

I can... pinch-hit and
do the presentation now.

- Oh.
- I mean, if you want.

I know the partners are extremely busy

and on a tight schedule,
but I'm sure you also

want to get the ball rolling on this.

Sure. I'll gather up the team.

- [ALARM CHIRPS]
- Whatcha doin'?

I just k*lled a f*ckin' presentation.

- What's up?
- I need a favor.

You know this is crazy, right?

Girl, what is so crazy about

buying fake desserts to bring to Andrew

so I can see if Nathan's home?

[LAUGHS] It's, like, lowkey,

it's weird that you think it's weird.

You don't know what you saying.

ISSA: You don't know.

You out here looking crazy in pajamas.

You got me lookin' thirsty as f*ck.

I told you, Andrew's canceled.

It was a bad date. That happens.

- It's nobody's fault.
- It was his fault.

There is a thin line between

being honest and being a d*ck,

and he crossed it.

Well, I promise this won't take long.

No-it-sure-the-f*ck-won't.

Look, I just want to
know what's goin' on.

I wanna know why this
n*gga ghosted on me.

It's like, OK, sometimes
my kisses are weird,

but my tongue likes to do its own thing.

You ain't gotta Casper on me.

[SIGHS] You ready?

Andrew, hey!

Hey...

We were just, um, at Porto's...

Which is in Burbank, just
like your house is, also,

in Burbank.

Right, and I said we should bring you

some desserts as a peace offering.

I hope we didn't wake you guys up.

At : p.m.? No.

And I'm the only one here.

ISSA: This Asian n*gga lyin'.

Well, in that case...

I have to use the bathroom.

Could I use your bathroom?

Uh... sure.

Uh, there's a bathroom

- just down here...
- Yeah, I see it. Thank you!

- Uh...
- MOLLY: So!

Porto's?

ISSA: What if he's not in there?

Oh god, what if he is in there?

Just go in! He'll be happy to see you.

Nuh-uh, bitch. What if
he's with someone else?

He f*ckin' better not
be with someone else.

What if we just take a peek?

Just a peeky-peek?

Unless he is with someone else.

Then we gonna m*rder him in the d*ck.

[MICROWAVE BEEPING]

Ohh.

You have got to get in on this.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm!

It's so good!

OK, what are you really doing here?

'Cause you didn't come
all the way to Burbank

for a cheese roll.

Um... you're right.

Yeah, I came by to... to talk.

OK.

You know, things got
really weird last night.

You said some things,
I said some things,

and, um, I forgive you.

Yeah. Me making a bad joke

is pretty much the same thing

as you leaving me alone in a bar.

Listen, you came at me
like we knew each other.

You don't know me well enough

to say some of the sh*t you did.

Look, at Coachella I meet one Molly,

back here I meet another.

I don't know who the real Molly is,

but are they all this f*cked up?

ISSA: Nathan messy.

But, like, is he recently messy?

[SNIFFING]

Yep. That's you.

[SETS BOTTLE DOWN]

Mm.

I wouldn't ever open any drawers,

but...

So it did mean something to you.

[CLOSES DRAWER]

Nah, girl, we are not about
to go through his trash.

[SHORT LAUGH]

Nah. Nope. Nope! Mnh-mnh.

But, like, what if I could
guess his password?

That'd be a sign.

H-O-U-S-T-O-N.

- [REJECTION BEEP]
- Maybe that's a sign.

Unless...

I-S-S-A?

MOLLY: Girl!

What is you doin'?

- Uh...
- Uh...

♪ I knew I was done, baby,
done, baby, done, baby ♪

♪ Done, baby, baby ♪

♪ Thought I loved you so, so ♪

♪ So my heart said no-o-o ♪

♪ And I woulda buss a for you ♪

♪ I woulda held your heart ♪

Iss, what's goin' on?

For real.

ISSA: Don't say too much.

She might try to stop you
from sneakin' back in.

I know your ass not thinkin'
about sneakin' back in there.

No.

Then you need to let this go.

Issa, you up there hackin'
a n*gga's laptop?

f*ck Nathan.

These n*gg*s don't care about nobody.

They'll have you acting
all outside of yourself

if you let them.

I don't know, I just...

keep thinkin' it's my fault.

It's not your fault. How
is this your fault?

'Cause I let him in.

Maybe I shouldn't have
been so... honest.

Maybe it scared him.

If he gets scared off
because you were too real,

then why you want him, girl?

Girl, what is it about him?
Was the d*ck that b*mb?

ISSA: Yes.

It wasn't about that.

I mean...

... he made me feel like
more than a f*ck-up.

You're not a f*ck-up. Stop.

I just don't know if anybody's ever

gonna make me feel like that again.

[SIGHS]

This place is cute.

I'm glad to see some color.

Yeah, I like the whole
neo-soul vibe he got goin'.

He kinda look like Maxwell daddy.

Yeah, if you squint like this...

[BOTH LAUGH]

Oh, so, tell me for real.

What'd you think of the service?

I liked what the pastor said

about having a higher purpose.

I must have missed that.

The metaphors took me out of it.

That's just how he connects
with young people.

Oh. I must not be young enough.

He a little corny, but at the heart

there's always a real message.

You can rewatch it on
his YouTube channel.

- OK.
- When I first started,

I was just going through the motions,

but once I got involved,

I felt more connected.

And how long did that take?

Obviously it's different for everybody.

I started with Bible study
after my second week,

then I joined the Life Runners,

and I just started volunteering with

the youth ministry a few weeks ago.

So... wow, it's been like a year.

ISSA: Ugh. Did I even sleep?

I'm so f*ckin' tired, my head hurts.

Was I crying? I hate everything.

You know what would make you better.

Knowing where Nathan is.

You could just drive by
a couple more times.

If Molly hadn't stopped me, I probably

could have gotten into his computer.

I could go back and try.
Andrew leaves around : .

I think there was a window open.
He found somebody better.

He probably found
somebody better than you.

Am I crazy? Stop being crazy.

You can stop. Move on.

[SIGHS]

♪ I can't wait for it ♪

♪ And I'ma need space for this ♪

♪ I won't leave it ♪

♪ Till I found my way ♪

♪ Ah, this moment never
been so important ♪

♪ Can't find all the
words that I wanted ♪

- _
- ♪ So I gotta sit ♪

- _
- [PHONE BUZZING]

♪ And wait for it all to come... ♪

MOLLY: Hey, girl, just checkin' on you.

I know you had that deadline.
Let me know you're good.

LION BABE: ♪ Let it rain all alone ♪

♪ No one's lover ♪

♪ I'ma live in this ♪

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- [PHONE BUZZING]

♪ In control ♪

- _
- ♪ Like I've never ♪

♪ Known it ♪

♪ Just me, oh yeah ♪

_

♪ In control ♪

- _
- ♪ Had to let it all go ♪

♪ Oh, just me, oh yeah ♪

♪ I can't wait for it,
throw it all away... ♪

MAN: Thanks to everybody
for coming out today.

As a reminder to those of you

who have completed your
pitch decks already,

at the end of this workshop,
I will be judging them.

[STUDENTS LAUGH]

- ♪ Who ♪
- ♪ Who you are... ♪

MOLLY: Oh, hey.

♪ ... when it's dark ♪

[SIGHS]

- Hey.
- Hey!

I wasn't tryin' to interrupt. I
didn't know you had a meeting.

No, it's all good.

Well, I just wanted to thank you

for telling me about the workshop.

Yeah, was it helpful?

Oh, yeah. I mean,

I was listening to someone tell
me what to do with my deck

while trying to finish my
deck, but it was great.

[BOTH LAUGH]

So, what time are you off?

That was actually my last meeting.

You have time for coffee?

Iced green tea for me, a
long espresso for you.

- You remember.
- I still don't know what it is.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Oh! Guess who I drove in
my Lyft the other day.

- Who?
- I'll give you a hint.

He said I need a new "barbeurator."

- Thug Yoda? For real?
- [LAUGHS] Mm-hmm.

He caught me up on all
the drama at The Dunes.

This white bitch tried to move in with

her parakeet, Ms. Trudy k*lled her.

- The white bitch?
- [LAUGHS] No! The parakeet.

- Oh, Ms. Trudy don't play. She like it quiet.
- She does.

Lowkey, I miss that place.

Yeah, me, too.

So, um, how's Lyft?

- The money good?
- Oh, it's great.

Honestly,

it's really f*ckin' hard.

You know, after I moved out
the apartment, I was...

stayin' on people's couches,

and it was rough.

Yeah. I get that.

But at a certain point, I was like...

you can't keep letting
other people prop you up.

Sometimes you gotta
do sh*t for yourself.

That's real.

You doin' the block party by yourself?

I mean, basically.

I don't know if it's
gonna work, 'cause...

'Cause you still gettin'
in your own head?

- I'm trying to change that.
- Yeah.

I am.

Nah, I know what you mean.

I'm trying to make some changes, too.

I went to church the other day.

What?! You went to church?

That's different.

Yeah, it was a lot.

Like, I don't know if
all of that is for me.

This is just like you and Safeway sushi,

when you swore that all sushi was trash.

I was , and nobody told me

that I was eating beginner-n*gga sushi.

[LAUGHS] My point is,

there are other churches.

So just try another one.

A'ight, cool.

I'm gonna find me a church
with some grown-up sushi.

Or just try one that's for you.

'Cause that's what I'm tryin' to do

with this block party sh*t,

just something for us, by us.

So, FUBU?

No, I realized that

soon as I said it. Shut up.

[BOTH LAUGH]

You gonna have L.L. as your spokesman?

- Think he would do it?
- No.

[BOTH LAUGH]

♪ How is it that you ♪

♪ Keep on forgiving ♪

♪ When I don't deserve it? ♪

♪ When I was down ♪

♪ You picked me up ♪

♪ And now I'm flyin' high ♪

♪ You told me I had ♪

♪ Purpose on this earth ♪

♪ When I ain't wanna stay here ♪

♪ I waited patiently ♪

♪ And you gave me ♪

♪ Everything I ever needed ♪

♪ My lifeline ♪

♪ Oh my sunshine ♪

♪ You're my everything ♪

♪ You're the highest ♪

♪ No one above you ♪

♪ That's why I... ♪