03x16 - All In Love Is Fair

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Stevie Wonder's
"All in Love is Fair" plays...

♪ All is fair in love ♪

♪ Love's a crazy game ♪

Love.
Life's most intense game.

♪ Two people vow to stay ♪

Excuse me. Queen, would you be
interested in joining the BSU?

- Yes. Yes, I am.
- Yes?

♪ In love as one they say ♪
The thrill of the chase...

...The excitement
of the hunt...

Do you want to be with me?

♪ All in love is fair ♪

...The adrenaline
of the match...

♪ A writer takes his pen ♪

♪ To write the words again ♪

♪ That all in love is... ♪

Well, I'm here now.

♪ ...fair ♪

But when you finally
take your sh*t,

is victory any less sweet

if you know you had
to cheat to get there?

I'm sorry...

I gotta go.

Okay.

♪ Watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪

♪ I'm grown ♪

♪ Learn something new
every day ♪

♪ I don't know,
so I'm-a feel my way ♪

♪ Got the weight of the world
on me ♪

♪ But no regrets,
this is what I say ♪

♪ Watch out, world,
I'm grown now ♪

- ♪ I'm grown ♪
- ♪ You can tell me ♪

♪ My heart b*ating so loud ♪

♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now ♪

♪ I'm grown ♪

Aired on: March 11, 2021

Unless you want
the entire campus

to know you got the high
hard one last night,

I would take that little
afterglow, bouncy walk

down to, like, a nine.

- Better?
- Maybe try incorporating

some of that guilt
you should be feeling

for sleeping with
another girl's man?

Look, the reality
is Aaron and I

have been going back and forth
for... what? Three years now.

I was here way before
Rochelle ever was, so...

Yeah,
but she's here now.

And Aaron is actually
her boyfriend.

Which makes you
a boyfriend-burglaring

penis-vulture now.

Wait, where's all this grossly
descriptive shade coming from?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
You're right.

I'm probably just
projecting my frustrations

- with Javi onto you.
- Mm.

The no sex thing?
I get it, girl.

No.

The "Javi cheating on me"
thing.

What are you
talking about?

He's been acting
super weird

whenever me, him, and his phone
are in the same room.

Sly texts,
sneaky phone calls,

screen brightness
alarmingly dim...

Okay, Ana, these are really
huge accusations

to throw on somebody
who legit doesn't have sex.

So are you, like, sure?

Deeply suspected but
not confirmed... yet.

Oh. Hey! Ah!

Welcome home!

Oh, my God, Sky,
congratulations!

Ah!
You're a freakin' Olympian!

- Thanks, I...
- That is so insensitive of me.

- Mm.
- I'm sorry, Jazz.

I feel awful about
you not...

uh, making the, uh,
you know, on the...

Hey, how was the plane food?

Vivek, it's okay.
You can say it.

I didn't make
the Olympics.

- It's all good.
- Of course it is!

You made it to
the trials!

What more could someone want

than to compete against
the country's best?

You are the country's
second-best.

Doug, my man!
Great airport pickup!

Yeah.

I'ma go put these
in the room.

Yeah.

He's been doting on me
like I had a concussion

or we had a false-positive.

Hey, I'm not mad at it.

Who would be?

Welcome home.

Is she really as okay
as she's acting?

Who knows?
Every time I try

to talk to her about it,
she won't tell me,

and all she says is,
"It's all good."

So, maybe it is?

Are your neck muscles
choking the oxygen

to your dumb-ass brain?

Aww. I'm so glad to see success
hasn't changed you.

♪

It's just so hard for me
to wrap my head around the fact

that your presence here
in my astral plane

is coming to an end.

If I've learned
anything from you

during my transfer year
here,

it's that I was never
really here at all.

No, you were
definitely here

'cause my heart feels weird
watching you pack.

Aww.

You know, you could
come to Tokyo with me

while I film Sky
at the Olympics.

Just Sky?

Unfortunately, yeah.

Life, man.

So, what do you say,
Lucs?

Me, you, Tokyo?

And after the Olympics,
we can backpack around

before I have to
go back to Spelman.

I would, but I legit got
to focus on Anti-Muse.

Plus, carrying a backpack is
gonna trigger my scoliosis.

Okay.

Well, it is
an open invite.

My tiny, windowless room
at the Tokyo airport

is your tiny, windowless room
at the Tokyo airport.

I'm just saying, you can't
call dibs on a human being

just 'cause you laid
eyes on him first.

Okay, see, I would argue,
though, that that's fair.

Okay, my point is, the fact
that you don't care

that Aaron has a girlfriend
means that you're...

You're relegating yourself
to being his side-piece.

Oh. See, I'd never
be his side-piece.

That's just not
on brand for me.

Mm. Well, Zoey,

what is on brand
for you?

Uh...

Well, girlfriend.

Okay, see, once Rochelle
is, like, "removed"

from the situation, then Aaron
and I will be together.

Cue the fairy tale,

complete with our little
happily ever after ending,

all scored by Oscar-winning
composer Alan Menken.

Music swells.

What? Oh.

Hot start to
your fairy tale.

Oh, my God.

Damn it.

Hey.

Uh...

Thanks for, um, you know,
letting me come over.

Just wanted to check in,
you know, and see how...

Oh, see how your side-piece
was doing?

I'm good.
I'm really good.

I'm just tucked over here
by the side

so no one can
see us talking.

- You know that's not what this is.
- Mm.

And you know you're
not my side-piece,

- so why are you even...
- No, but I'm definitely not

the main girl you were hugged up
with on campus today.

Zoey, I know that what
happened was a big deal

to the both of us.

But what did you think?

It was just gonna erase
everything else in our lives

and we were magically
gonna be together?

After I told you I loved you
and then we had sex?

Yeah, it's kinda
what I expected.

I just need a second, you know,
to... go over all this.

Graduation's coming up, Cal U
is still waiting for an answer

on whether or not I'm gonna
accept their money,

and now... this confusing,
uncomfortable situation

t-that I feel bad for
putting you both in...

Oh, my gosh.
Please, do not feel bad for me.

Don't feel bad for me because
I have obviously played myself.

Zoey, what do you
want me to say?

I care about you,

probably more than
I've cared about anyone

in the past three years.

I came over the other night

to tell you that I needed to
take a step back, and then...

And somehow, I managed to
become your side-piece, so...

No, you are not that.

You're... You're you.

- You're Zoey.
- Okay, and what does that even mean?

You're the girl that floats
in and out of my life

whenever she wants and just
kinda screws with my head.

- Mm.
- Yeah, you know, so,

I'm guessing in your mind,

I'm just supposed
to drop Rochelle,

someone I care about,
so that we can be together

while you follow Joey Bada$$
all over the world

and you just leave me...

Leave me here waiting for
you indefinitely.

- That was the plan?
- No.

No, actually, I quit
my styling job with Joey,

and I was thinking about
re-enrolling at Cal U.

So, I'm not floating
anywhere anytime soon.

I'm really sorry if that
screws with your head.

Mm.

"Oh Yes Baby I Love You So"
plays...

♪ Oh, yes, baby ♪

♪ I love you so, yeah ♪

- Hey.
- Hi.

You know, this diner might
have a C-minus rating,

but that bathroom soap,
give it an A-plus.

My hands smell like roses.

- I trust you.
- Smell.

- I trust you.
- No, smell it.

- I trust you...
- You have all my trust.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.
- Appreciate it.

Actually, I am gonna
go wash my hands, too.

- ♪ And only me, till the end of time ♪
- Okay. Hurry back.

Hmm.

Hey.
What are you watching?

"Proud Family."

LaCienega taught me how to be
comfortable in my own skin.

Mm-hmm.

Nooo!

Are you mad at me?

What?

Are you mad at me?

Okay, why in the world
would I be mad at you?

Because in the past
seventy-two hours,

everything in our life
has changed

and you don't want to
talk about it.

You've barely even
acknowledged it,

and you're giggling way too hard
at a children's show.

Have I not told you
how proud of you I am?

A bunch, a-a-and it means
everything to me.

That's only half the story.

Okay, well, the other half

I'm trying to ignore
and move on from.

Now can we please
go back to my show?

Okay.

Then I'm mad at you.

What? Why?

Because! It is so unfair

that you're just trying
to brush over and move on

from the biggest thing
that's ever happened to us.

Us?

You qualified
for the Olympics.

Yeah, but it's what we have both
been working our asses off for,

and now it's over and
you're shutting me out

like we haven't taken
this whole journey together

for the past thirteen years.

Give me something.

Some emotion other than this
"I'm okay" bullshit.

Fine.

You want me to be
real with you?

I am so humiliated.

I am disappointed and I'm
embarrassed in myself.

But above that,
most of all,

I am devastated that we can't
finish this journey together.

It wasn't
supposed to be this way.

I know, but it is.

And listen, I was being
real when I told you

that I am so,
so proud of you.

Come here.

I love you.

Love you.

After my latest
head-to-head with Aaron,

never before had
I felt so bruised

by the intense game of love...

...And up until that moment,

I hadn't truly considered
that there were other players

who were just as invested
in this game as I was.

Okay, I don't understand.

Why would you give Aaron's
girlfriend your number?

I didn't.
She just casually

slid into my DMs with
a bone-chilling message.

But she just said she wants
to talk, right?

It could be nothing.

Her exact words were,
"Hit me," period.

"Need to talk ASAP,"
all caps, period.

- Oof. You're busted.
- Mm-hmm.

Do you think Aaron
maybe slipped up

and accidentally told her
that you two smashed?

- Oh.
- He is an idiot.

I'm sorry, but as a fellow
scorned woman,

Rochelle deserves to know that
her man strayed with a harlot.

- A harlot?
- Since when are you

a "fellow scorned woman"?

Since Javi cheated on
me with "Somebody."

- With who?
- Somebody.

Yeah, but do you
know who she is?

I just told you.
She's Somebody.

- Bitch. What. Is. Her. Name?
- Bitch. What. Is. Her. Name?

Bitch, I just told you.
Somebody.

Javi is smashing somebody
named Somebody.

Ana, Javi is celibate.

Javi is smashing nobody.

Or because he's
not smashing Ana,

he's definitely
smashing somebody.

- Mm.
- See? Thank you, Sky.

Okay, guys,
can we please stop?

'Cause I actually have
a very real somebody

named Rochelle who
"needs to talk ASAP,"

which I'm interpreting as
"needs to k*ll me ASAP,"

'cause I slept with her man.

What in the world
am I supposed to do?

Okay, well, maybe Rochelle
doesn't know

what went down
with you and Aaron.

Or maybe Aaron told her
that he wants to be with you

and she's trying to
gracefully concede.

Yeah. Maybe she wants to
congratulate you with her fists.

So, you're saying

any way I look at this,
I'm getting my ass b*at?

- Mm-hmm. - For sure.
- Deserved.

Can I give you some
practical advice?

Please, Sky.

Protect your face,

unless Aaron is into scars
and disfigurement.

Pull your hair back
into a high bun

so that
she cannot pull it.

Jewelry must be removed so that
she can't tear your lobes,

and maybe bring
some Timbs

so that you can ground yourself
before you take a swing.

Okay, wait. Why don't you try
responding to Rochelle's text

and see if you can get
a hint about what she wants?

You know,
that is... Yeah.

That's actually a very
mature idea, Jazz.

More mature thing is to
overnight yourself

- a pair of Timbs.
- "Hey, everything good?

Want me to call you?"

Yes.
That's good.

Okay. All I can do is wait.

Okay, in the interest
of poking around

just a little bit, what if
I send a text to Javi?

You know, just saying
something like, um,

"My darling Javier,

I just need you to know
that you, my love,

are my favorite
somebody."

- No. - No.
- No.

You guys suck.

Okay, it's her.
"Face to face is better.

It's about Aaron."

Just got the last bag.

Putting it with
the rest of them.

Hey, guys.

- What up?
- Hey.

So...

So...

You know, I wanna say
that we should do

this long-distance thing,
but...

Yeah.
It doesn't really feel like us.

Nah. You know you were
the best surprise

to happen this year,
right?

I wanna be modest and
say I don't, but I do.

I mean, hey, you were a pretty
great surprise, too, though.

Thanks.

So, I guess this a
"Until we meet again" moment

instead of a "Goodbye"?

Either way,
I'm gonna miss you.

- Me too.
- Guys, come in.

We're gonna do a toast
before you have to leave.

- Damn. Alright.
- Okay.

To Sky.

For three years,

- we have been terrified of you.
- So true.

But never before have
we been more proud.

- Mm.
- Tokyo has no idea

what's
about to hit them.

Literally.

- In the face.
- Literally.

A toast to our girl,
who's about to go out there

and bring home the gold!

- Whoo!
- Yes!

For Team USA, for Cal U,

and most importantly,
for the Forster family

and all of South Central.

- Cheers!
- Cheers!

- Whoo!
- Cheers!

- Oh, that's hot.
- Whew!

Thank you.
I love you all so much.

- I love you, too.
- I'm gonna miss you.

- We love you, too.
- I'm gonna miss you.

But I love you the most.

Mm.

You better go out there and
smoke all those Kenyans

and Jamaicans,

okay?

Okay.

Hey, we better get going.

Um... come on, Rod'Nae.
Grab my bags.

- Oh.
- Rod'Nae, get those bags!

- Bye, Sky!
- Bye!

- Love you!
- Bye!

♪ Hollow ♪

♪ A doubt can make it ♪

♪ Borrowed ♪

♪ A love that never came ♪

♪ Followed ♪

♪ In every other shade ♪

♪ Let it bury you away ♪

♪ In all your blame ♪

♪ In all your pain ♪

You okay?

Honestly?

I'm not doing too good.

I'm gonna miss
her so much.

♪ Whoo ♪

Oh, I got this.

Homegirl has
Birkenstocks on.

Pssh. Consider that pedicure
messed up.

- Zoey.
- Hey.

Hey, girl.

Look, I saw you on campus
the other day

and how you reacted
when you saw me with Aaron.

I know why you
scampered away.

Please don't tell me she's
about to hit my face.

It's my money maker.

And that's the reason
I hit you up.

I wanted us to meet so we
could address this thing

- woman to woman.
- Mm.

I want to apologize.

You want to what?

The thing is, when I asked you
to fall back from Aaron,

it... it wasn't about you,
or him.

It was about me, you know,
and my insecurities.

And I was wrong to
put that on you.

R-Right.

Right.

I mean, clearly there's nothing
going on between you two.

- Mm.
- And the fact that

I jumped to conclusions

because a woman has a guy
as one of her best friends

is just... one of
the worst things

a woman can do to
another woman.

One of the w...
Wow.

Well, I mean, it is definitely
up there, possibly top two.

Uh... yeah.

I just hope that I haven't
messed things up between us

so badly because,
moving forward,

I'd really like it if we could
all three be friends.

Why couldn't she just
punch me in the face?

From a young age,
we're taught a win is a win,

to take no prisoners,
to fight the good fight,

but we're also taught
good sportsmanship.

So, when you have to look
your opponent in the eye

and know that you played dirty
while they played by the rule,

it can definitely
make the victory

much more bitter
than sweet.

Ooh, tea?

Your boy would love
some of that matcha action.

I'm not making tea.
I'm on a mission.

Is this some kind of
religious mission

where you destroy
all your technology?

No.

And it's not my tablet.
It's Javi's.

It fell out of his backpack when
I took it out of his backpack.

Do I want to ask why?

Only if you want
to be impressed.

Ah.

Fingerprints on 2, 5, 7, 9.

Okay.

Some combination of these
four little numbers

will unlock
all of my answers.

Living with women
is cool.