04x10 - It Was Good Until It Wasn't

[bunniefuu]

♪ Damn right, we take
turns being wrong ♪

♪ I get real accountable
when I'm alone ♪

♪ I get real about it
all when I'm alone ♪

'Sup, playboy?

♪ It's so crazy missing
you when I get on ♪

Oh.

Zoey: Historically, men have

waged w*r over many things,

but this w*r was over a
woman, who thought taking

an internship with her ex-boyfriend

would go over swell with
her current boyfriend.

You're gonna be Luca's intern?

Technically, on paper.

Oh, so you... you
already said yes, then?

Yeah.

And with that single
punch heard 'round Cal U,

a full-blown battle over ego and emotion

had officially begun.

Aaron, stop! What the hell was that?!

Just go back and enjoy your
little luau, Zoey, seriously.

Would you...

♪ Missin' that a-a-a ♪

♪ All of this love is toxic ♪

Aaron! Babe!

Are you... are you here?

♪

[Cellphone ringing]

[Sighs]

♪

♪ All of this love is toxic ♪

Often, after a particularly
grueling battle,

soldiers are left with combat fatigue.

Stunned, disoriented,
and forever changed.

♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪

♪ I'm grown ♪

♪ Learn something new every day ♪

♪ I don't know, so I'mma 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 ♪

[Knock on door]

Yo, your communication
skills is lacking.

Yeah. We've been blowing you up all day.

Yo, what happened last night, man?

You good?

Yeah. I'm good.

Are you? Because there's
some severity to what you did.

A T.A. punching a student?

You could have lost your
job or even gotten arrested.

[Clears throat] Worth it.

Yo, man, fights amongst
the crew is no good, man.

You're gonna make kickbacks,

hanging out, chilling,
and you know that little...

that little day trip that
I planned to Catalina?

That's gonna be mad awkward now.

I swear to God, if I don't
get to go whale watching...

Anyways, you are the last person

to be talking to me
about making sh*t awkward.

You are smashing Luca's
sister behind his back.

I'm... This isn't about me right now.

Okay, well, look, bottom line is
Luca has never been in my crew.

He's just an annoying
pest who likes to hover

and interfere with me and Zoey,

and when I told him that he overstepped

about the whole Twitter
situation, what does he do?

He offers her an internship.

That is the exact
opposite of stepping back.

Bro, he's doing his homegirl a solid

because his tweet got her fired.

Come on.

Are you seeing that? Are you...

Are you secretly smashing
Luca instead of his sister?

'Cause you are... you're swinging from

his man sack a little...
a little too heavy.

Yeah, you are riding him pretty hard.

[Laughs]

- Ruby: Ah! Ah!
- Hmm?

Not my watermelon lemonade.

That's for my acid reflux.

Put it back.

And not that, either.
That's for my Cognac.

They running out of beverages
down there on campus or what?

No, Pops. I just wanted
a change of scenery.

And I'm kind of in a weird
spot with my boyfriend.

I really didn't want to
answer a ton of questions

from my nosy roommates.

- Mm.
- Mm-hmm.

I get it.

Some people can never just
mind their own business.

- Mm-hmm.
- [Scoffs]

So, what is going on with you

and that handsome boyfriend of yours?

I hope you're treating him right,

'cause if you aren't,
another older, sexier,

curvier woman with acid reflux might.

- Hold on.
- Mm?

Before Zoey gives us all the details,

maybe we need a drink.

Oh, yeah.

How old are you now, Zoey? ?

Sure.

That's fine.

[Cellphone buzzing]

[Chimes]

[Typing]

[Chimes]

[Chimes]

What was that for?

I had a really good night with you.

And morning.

Me too.

We should do it again.

And again and again and again.

Nah, but seriously, I can see
myself getting used to this.

I should go.

So, Rattail punched Dreadlocks

when Rattail found out you took

an internship with Dreadlocks?

- Mm-hmm.
- Exactly.

- Hmm.
- And now I don't know what to do

because Aaron won't even talk to me.

Look, what you got to understand

is when you took that
other boy's job offer,

you bruised your boyfriend's ego.

You didn't think about how, you know,

taking it was gonna make him feel.

- Maybe.
- Yeah.

Bullshit.

- Oh.
- Don't listen to your grandma.

Now, if you want to know how
to handle a headstrong man...

- Oh?
- ... how about getting advice from a headstrong man?

♪

Hey, um, guess who I ran into
last night getting trashed

with a bunch of sweaty bros
with s taped to their hands?

- Ooh, who?
- The father of my baby.

- Wait, Phil?
- Mm.

What? No way.

Wait, what... what is he doing in L.A.?

I don't know. We don't
talk, we don't text.

I've had zero interaction with him.

Okay, well, did seeing him
change anything for you?

Maybe make you want to reach
out and have a conversation?

No. After his last text telling
me to leave him alone, no.

Hell no.

If anything, seeing him
last night just made me

more upset to know that he's, like,

running around in the
same city as his daughter

without even bothering
to check up on her.

[Gasps] Whose flowers?

Oh, um, Vivek said those came for you.

- I don't know.
- For me?

- _
- Who are they from?

[g*nf*re on video game]

I'm sorry, but there's
a very large elephant

in this room named Zoey Johnson...

- [Sighs]
- ... and I just can't ignore it anymore,

so are you and this elephant done?

Look, obviously, I still love her, okay?

And I want to resolve things,

but it's just a lot
to process right now,

and I don't feel like dealing
with it, so could you stop

so I can focus on the game?

How do you expect to resolve a situation

when the other person who's involved

doesn't even know what you're thinking?

Doug's right, okay, and
in my romantic experience,

it's important to let your
mate know where your head is.

What romantic experience?

[Scoffs] And what mate?

Look, you'd be surprised how
much "romantic experience"

your boy's recently had, okay?

I get it in. All I'm
saying is a simple gesture,

like a sweet message or a
romantic bouquet of flowers,

goes a long way, because...

... I get it in.

- Right.
- Doug: Yeah.

Well, anyway, well, I'm not
gonna press this issue anymore

'cause you're a grown man.

All I'm saying is, is if you let
these negative feelings fester,

you're gonna end up doing
something destructive again.

And you need to confront
these issues head-on, brother.

All right. Guess I got
some stuff to clear up.

♪

[Sighs]

Hey, can we talk?

May I?

Nah. You can say your
apology from right there.

Ridding all your bad energy would k*ll

my Palo Santo supply, so...

Right. Uh, well, first of
all, I'm not here to apologize.

I'm here to confront
whatever the situation

is between us head-on, so...

Oh, like you did last night
when you sucker punched me?

And he was wrong for that.

You brought reinforcements?

What do I care? I have nunchuks.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah,
bro. It's not like that.

Look, I'm just here as a neutral party

to make sure there's no
more fights within the crew.

Whatever.

♪

What I'm saying is a
man who needs to have

- his ego catered to...
- Mm-hmm.

... is weak.

No secure man lets anything
come between him and his woman.

I seem to recall a time
where that ego needed

a ton of catering to.

After my short-lived, steamy dalliance

with legendary rhythm and
blues crooner Mr. Johnny Gill.

- Grandma!
- Hey.

You had a fling with Johnny Gill?

Yeah, well, whose red dress do you think

he was talking about, baby?

- Yeah.
- Oh, here we go.

Oh, hey, here we go.

Earl, I'm just saying, you didn't
have to do that to the man's car!

He wasn't talking that "My,
My, My" mess that night.

Oh, I got your "My, My,
My" up in these streets!

So, I've actually had
enough of this dysfunction,

but shockingly, this has actually
helped me clarify some things.

I think I know what I need to do.

I mean, I was sure I wanted
to end things with Des,

- and now I just don't know.
- You let the D cloud your judgment.

Happens to the best of us.

No, I let seeing Doug and
Luca's sister as*ault each other

with their tongues cloud my judgment.

Wait, they're messing around?

Damn, things get juicy when I'm gone.

No. Things get complicated
when you're gone.

Why? Wait, if this is over Doug,

I'm gonna break Olympic training

to come slap some sense into you myself.

Girl, no. I am so over Doug.

But I was supposed to be
ending things with Des,

and now here I am actually feeling him.

Which is crazy, because a
q*eer man who wears dresses

is completely out of my comfort zone.

Look, I don't know what I
would do in your situation,

but a very wise twin once encouraged me

to step out of my comfort zone

and date a White man,
which is much worse.

- [Laughs]
- But I'm glad I did.

So if you like him,
maybe you need to take

some of your own advice
and step out of yours.

Yeah. Maybe.

So, uh...

y'all wanna talk about
this alleged disrespect

- that's been going on?
- There's no alleged.

It's a fact that he disrespected me

when he offered Zoey that internship.

Isn't that right?

The only reason I gave her
the internship at Anti-Muse

to right a wrong I made and
to help a talented friend.

Or to keep an eye on an ex.

'Cause it seems to me you'll
do anything to stay close,

just waiting for an
opportune time to swoop in.

You're way too deep in your
head with this thing, man.

Oh, no, I'm definitely not.

I peep how you're there
for all things Zoey.

All things. I-if she wants
to dump her trash on somebody,

you're there to pick it up.

If she wants some sage
advice or wants to know

when the moon is in
retrograde, who's there?

- You.
- Wow.

Okay, I get it. You're projecting.

Projecting? What are you...
What are you talking about?

- How am I projecting?
- I'm talking about you doing exactly

what you just accused me
of when I was with Zoey.

Don't... Okay, now you're
trying to switch it up...

No, I'm serious.

You're always there
to pick up the pieces.

You're helping her find a major,

helping her with relationship advice,

helping her with, I
don't know, Black stuff?

You want to talk about me defending her?

I mean, weren't you the
guy inserting yourself

in a very private
argument we were having

at Joey Bada$$'s pop-up?

Or were you the guy that
conveniently gave her a ride

to the airport hours after we broke up?

♪

Right.

So, before you try to check me,

maybe you should have checked yourself.

Wow. I guess I, uh...

never really saw my behavior
as interfering before.

Well, it was.

Okay. All right. Well, uh,
sh*t, you know, I'm, um...

[Chuckles] I guess what...
I guess what I'm trying to say

is that I'm sorry to you, man.

Hmm.

Okay.

Wow!

That was beautiful.

Now we can all get to
the part that matters...

the healing, which we can
continue to do next weekend

in Catalina while witnessing beautiful

humpback whales cresting the Pacific.

So, Luca, you maybe want to
give Aaron a little something?

Maybe some mistakes were made

and a few boundaries were crosses.

Doesn't it feel good
to unburden ourselves?

To finally get all
our cards on the table?

Well... not all the cards.

Oh, come on, man. Not right now.

We're so close to those whales.

Yo...

Yo, me and Kiela have been kickin' it.

Oh, sh*t.

Uh, what?

You and Kiela... I don't get...

Kickin' it? What does that entail?

C... come on, man.

Y... you know what I'm trying to say.

Oh.

Me and your sister,
we've been... smashing.

Guys, this is really
veering off the path

of healing a... and
brotherhood and whales.

Whatever.

A brother just doesn't sleep
with another brother's sister.

No, no, he does not.
You're right about that.

But you gotta admit, at least
he had the courage to tell you

that he was smashing your sister.

Respectfully. Right?

Obviously, I should've
been more up front

about the situation. I know that.

Yo, bro, and for that, I apologize, man.

An apology doesn't really
make a difference now, does it?

Okay, then what will, bro?

W-What, you want to punch
me in the face again? Fine.

What, you want me to call
up Kiela right now and...

and end the whole thing? I'll do it.

So I can look like the bad guy?

Absolutely not.

I mean, you guys obviously
couldn't be without each other,

despite me asking you not to,

and between you, me, and my sister,

there's only one person
that has a problem

with you two being
together, and that's me.

So, I'm gonna remove
myself from the situation,

and you three will kindly
remove yourself from my house.

You serious right now?

Aaron: I think he is, man.

♪

My bad. Sorry I'm late.

Why the hell are you sending
me flowers to the house

with an obscene card in
front of our roommates?

Do you want people to
find out we smashed?

Would you rather I
sent it to you secretly?

I'd rather you not
send them to me at all.

Look, what happened between us

was a one-time thing that I told you

I never want to redo, rehash, or relive.

I'm sorry, flowers after
a bangin' night of sex

is a go-to V-Didge move.

You know, I want my partners
to feel respected and valued.

I don't want to feel
respected or valued!

Look, I just...

I want to be clear that we never, ever,

ever speak about this again.

Clear?

- Yeah. No.
- Great.

I love secrets.

[Cellphone buzzes]

Nomi: Ay.

♪

Phil: Hey, Nomi, it's Phil.

Um, I'm sorry we ran into each other

before I got a chance to
tell you I moved to L.A.

So, if you want to grab a cup
of coffee sometime, I'm around.

I promise I won't tape it to my hands.

- ♪ Convince me I'm wrong ♪
- _

- ♪ Give me a reason ♪
- _

♪ For going along ♪

- ♪ With my heart b*ating ♪
- [Cellphone buzzes]

- _
- ♪ What's keeping you strong? ♪

- _
- ♪ What's keeping you breathing? ♪

♪ Where did I go wrong? ♪

Zoey: After a day on the front lines

of my grandparents' relationship,

I was surprisingly optimistic
about me and Aaron.

I mean, if those two could make it work,

I knew we could get past
this latest skirmish, too.

Hey.

Hey. I'm sorry for ignoring
all your calls and texts.

I just had some things
I needed to figure out.

I mean, i-it's really okay,
and I owe you an apology

because it was really insensitive of me

to jump into the whole
work thing with Luca

without considering your feelings.

I-I know I should've
talked to you first.

I appreciate that, you
know, you saying that, but...

I don't think that would
have changed anything.

What's that supposed to mean?

Um, I mean, that I
clearly have a problem

when it comes to you and Luca, and...

I'm not proud of it,

but... I'm just trying to be honest.

I... quite honestly don't
even know what to say to that

because I really want
to work at Anti-Muse.

As you should. You absolutely should.

And I don't want to
be the petty boyfriend

that comes between you and your career,

but I know myself, and
I know that once you guys

start working together again, I'm...

I'm not gonna like it.

But, Aaron, you know that's ridiculous

because there's nothing
going on between me and Luca.

- You know that.
- Y... yes, I know. I know.

That's why this is % me problem.

Do you understand?
Like, something is off.

It's been off for a minute.

Starting with Mexico, then
the midnight class demotion.

All of this. You know, me
punching a guy in the face.

It's not who I am. It's
not who I want to be.

I just think it's best if I
remove myself from the situation,

just so I can figure...
figure myself out

so I don't drag us both down.

Okay, and...

"the situation" meaning
our relationship?

Zoey...

Oh, God.

Ah, man.

I'm sorry, you know? I
wish it was different.

I wish that I felt differently about it.

You know, maybe if I was
in a better place in my life

or with my career, you working with him

wouldn't bother me so
much, but it does, you know?

And...

I don't know. I just gotta...

got some work to do, clearly, on myself.

♪ I look at you ♪

♪ With nothing to say ♪

Okay.

Um, well [sniffles]

- ♪ Isn't it strange? ♪
- I... I...

[Sighs]

You know what?

♪ How people can change ♪

[Bleep] you.

The thing about allies is it's all good

when you're both on the same
side fighting the good fight,

but when your comrade
wants to surrender,

at that point, there's
nothing left to do

but put down your
w*apon and walk away.

Jazz: There's nothing, not
even a devastating breakup,

that late-night tacos can't cure.

- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, my gosh.

- I'm so full, I can't eat anymore.
- True that.

♪

"Thank you for the time inside you.

With love, V-Didge."

Excuse me?

Wait! You sent Ana the flowers?!

You were inside of her?

- Uh...
- You?

- You?
- You.

I can't talk about it.

[Yawns] Sleepy time. Night, y'all.

No.

We had sex after Doug and Luca's party,

and it was amazing and
hot and not fast at all,

and I'm so glad you guys know now

because without being
able to talk about it,

it's like the magic never
happened, but it did.

And it was magical.