04x19 - The Setup

[bunniefuu]

[Zac]"Sorry the baby's room got destroyed.

Here's the stuff to replace it."

Previously onFatima.

♪You, you're the one I choose♪

-♪I choose ♪ -♪ I care about you so much♪

Are you sure you just want to practice law?

I don't know. You got me ready to throw it all out the window.

Your voice is amazing.

How have things been going with the inspector?

He would be willing to take bribes

just to say a building was up to code.

I think I want to quit school and pursue music.

Wow.

[mellow music]

Hey.

Hey.

What's up?

Nothing.

-How long you been up? -For like an hour.

Why?

I don't know. I'm kind of nervous.

Nervous? Why?

I don't know. My baby shower. It's...

I know. It's a lot, right? Being treated like a queen

and everybody clamoring over you.

If you didn't want to walk, they probably would carry you

through the whole shower.

Exactly. That's exactly it. Zac, I don't want people

all over me, rubbing on my belly and sh*t.

-Stop cussing around the baby. -Shut up. Is everything set?

-No. -Zac, what?

[sighs] It's been a lot.

Caterer just telling me she don't got enough wings.

The balloonist asking me when's the latest

they can drop off the sh*t.

Like, it's just mad unprofessional.

You know what? Don't stress about it.

How you going to tellme not to stress about it?

Because, this is our day.

It's about you, me, and our little one.

And today we're going to find out if you're a boy or a girl.

You mean we're going to find out if you're a little boy soon?

Zac, can you not do that?

-Can I not do what? What now? -Say that it's a boy.

Look, it makes me feel like you don't want a little girl.

But I want a girl.

Zac, every time you talk about this child, it's a boy.

Fatima, I don't know what that is. I just be talking.

Well, you always say that.

And if it is a girl, she's going to feel that disappointment.

You really think I'd be disappointed if it was a girl?

-I mean... -Hey, don't do that. Look, look.

All I want is a happy, healthy baby with you.

-Aww. OK. -And this is just first of six,

so at least one of them will be a girl.

-Hah! -What? Uh-uh!

Get back here, Zac.

♪Love ain't perfect♪

♪But we still workin'♪

♪May not be what we see on TV♪

♪But it's damn sure worth it Uh-huh♪

♪Love ain't perfect♪

♪But we still workin'♪

♪Don't gotta be what we see on IG♪

♪'Cause we still worth it Uh-huh♪

♪Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah♪

♪Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do We still workin'♪

[hip hop beats]

Zac, get back in here!

-[Zac] Huh? -Get in here.

What? I was just...

Uh-uh. You not just going to drop that on me and leave.

-Have my kids, though. -Mm-mm.

Thank you. What's the problem?

-Six kids, Zac? -Why not?

Why not? Yeah, exactly. Why not?

See, that's what I'm saying.

Are you going to help carry these kids?

They can do that?

I'm pretty sure somebody white figuring it out right now.

I'm sure they are.

Look, I just want a big family, Fatima.

That's sweet, Zac, but...

But? I know there's a but. But what? But what?

-But my career. -What about your career?

I don't know. It was something about last night,

being on the stage with Sayge.

It just felt right.

You still feel the same?

I don't know how I feel. That's messing me up right now.

Hey, but you about to graduate, though. Like...

I know. That's the messed-up part.

And the music industry, you trying to get on in that?

I mean, I love to sing.

But, now I have other things I gotta focus on, so...

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Don't do that. Don't do that.

Look. Once things settle with the baby, I'm investing in you.

-What you mean? -I'll finance you.

I don't care if it's a song or an album. I got you.

-You gonna produce it? -Yeah. Let me produce it.

OK, yeah. It's gonna be cheap.

No, it's not. It won't be cheap. It'll... It'll be reasonable.

Mm. Like the baby shower? Reasonable. OK.

We not talking about the baby shower,

we talking about your music career.

All right. I'll let you know when I'm ready.

-You will? All right. -Thank you.

I'm ready!

-Like right now? -Yeah.

I thought you had to get your hair done.

Oh, yeah. I know what I'm doing. That's not until later.

I already figured out my hairstyles

while I was just sitting here.

OK. Well, what you gonna go do now?

Go for a walk with Angela

to clear my mind before this madness.

Hey, hey. Take your time. Let me just make you breakfast.

You wanna make me breakfast? So sweet.

Yeah. Don't get all excited.

After the way you've been acting, it's just corn flakes.

-OK. -But I love you, though.

I love you, too.

Rock, rock into it. One, two. Three!

-Look at that belly. -Thank you, baby.

Belly and booty. Booty and belly.

-I love you. -I love you, too.

[Fatima sighs]

[Belinda]Hey, it's Belinda.

Don't leave no message. Text me.

[pulsating, ominous music]

Who did this?

It is way too early to be waking up on a Saturday.

I thought I heard you rumbling around up there.

-You should've slept in. -Yeah. Uh, how'd you sleep?

Oh, uh, good. Good. Yeah.

Um, I'd rather sleep next to you,

but under the same roof is better than nothing.

Right.

I'm pretty sure I told your a*s to go home last night, though.

Yeah. Well, Angela, I have to stay close.

You know, studies show that one in five people

have a second heart attack within the first five years, so.

Wait. So you're just gonna be stuck to me like glue

-for the next five years? -Yeah. Hopefully longer.

-Bryce? -What?

I think we need to have that talk now.

-Right now? -Yeah.

Well, can we have some breakfast first, or some coffee?

Sure. OK.

Hey, good morning. Give me a second. I just got in.

Good morning. Uh, are you the owner of this shop?

Uh, yeah. Yeah. [lively music plays on radio]

Do you mind if I talk to you for just a minute?

-Uh... What is this about? -I'm Detective Thompson,

and this is about the m*rder of Davante Clark.

[intense instrumental music]

Yes, uh, there's been a... Yeah, someone broke in my salon.

Yes. They stole the cash register, the safe, they...

No, they came, we come in through the alley, they...

Look, I don't know! Can y'all just get here? Damn.

Oh, sh*t. I gotta call Fatima.

Oh, that feels good. [phone rings]

Hey, girl.

-[Belinda]Fatima. -Belinda, what's wrong?

I know you needed your hair done today for the shower.

Um...

Somebody broke in the shop.

What?

Yeah, it was my day to open, and I came here,

and everything's just all f*cked up.

They stole all kind of tools. I just...

-Belinda, what did they do? -Just stole sh*t, broke sh*t.

I mean, I don't know. The police are on the way.

-[sighs] -Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. So...

[Belinda]I know you need your hair done for the shower.

-Look, just... What do you need? -Huh?

[Fatima]Tell me what you need. I got you.

Girl, come on. I can't do that to you.

Yes, you can. Look, I want to help.

And besides, I don't want to call anybody else to do my hair.

Oh, sh*t. You about to make me cry. I'm already crying.

Just text me what you need, and I'll go get it, OK?

OK. Um, here come the police. I'm gonna call you back.

Oh, my God.

-What happened? -Luxuriant got robbed.

Damn.

Look, I'm gonna go get some supplies

so she can still do my hair. Besides, I kind of owe her.

Youoweher?

Yeah. When Angela went to the hospital,

we didn't tell her, and Belinda was pissed.

Oh, so you don't really, like, owe her, owe her?

Yeah, but...

Babe, I'm really trying to work on this relationship.

And...I ain't gonna lie, it's hard.

-Because you forgive. -But I don't forget.

That's why I try to stay on your good side.

Yeah. Stop.

-All right, I'll be back. -Where you going?

Don't you be worried about where I'm going.

All I know is,

you better keep that pretty face ready for o'clock.

OK.

-I'll see you. -[Fatima] OK, baby.

[Zac's footsteps]

[instrumental music]

So, about that night...

Yeah, so, uh, that night, I closed up the shop early,

-and, uh, I went home. -Is there anyone

that you know that can corroborate that for you?

Um...

You know, a co-worker, a family member, perhaps?

I'm sorry, am I being accused of something?

Oh, no, no, you don't even have to talk to me at all.

Oh, OK, cool, because I kind of don't want to.

See, I totally understand. We're just...

We're tracing Davante's last movements,

and there's a store owner right down that way

that says they saw Davante do something to your shop.

Um... well, how would... How would they know that?

Do you have surveillance cameras?

No. No, we don't have any cameras or anything like that.

Huh. Well, you know the little corner shop, um,

-right down there on Galco? -Yeah.

Yeah, they do have surveillance cameras.

[ominous chord strikes] [Tony coughs]

I didn't get to drink any water. They do?

Yes, and when we looked at the footage,

we saw Davante heading toward your shop

-at the time in question. -Oh.

[Detective Thompson] And when we reviewed that footage,

the thing is that we didn't see was you closing up the shop.

Um, what you mean you didn't see me closing up the shop?

Well, with the... [footsteps]

-[Tyrone] Hey. -[Tony] Hey, Tyrone. Um...

What's going on?

This is Detective Thompson, right?

-Detective Thompson? OK. -Yes, sir. Do you work here?

Uh, I do. I'm one of the barbers. Uh, what's this about?

Uh, well, we are investigating the homicide of Davante Clark.

Davante Clark? Uh, never heard of him.

Oh, OK. I do have a photo.

Maybe this will help jog your memory.

Uh, no, he don't look familiar.

No? OK, well, I was just telling Tony here

that there's a shop right down there,

and they have some surveillance footage of the night

that we suspect Davante was k*lled.

Uh, so you're saying you saw him on this street?

[Detective Thompson] Oh, yeah. He was on the street,

he was coming right toward your shop.

Um, you see, the problem is the angle on the camera.

It's really bad, so we can't see past a certain point.

-Oh, OK. -So you, uh, you can't see?

Right. We can only see to, like, about here, and, um,

so you know, what, Tony,

I couldn't see you closing up the shop.

Well, that's because we always come through the back door.

-Mm-hmm. -I mean, it's by the parking...

Oh, OK, and that's how you just came in?

Yeah. Every day, you know, parking is better back there.

-Makes sense. OK. -Uh, Thompson, right?

Uh, do you have, like, a better picture?

You know what? Unfortunately, I don't

because the family's not really cooperating

-with the investigation. -[Tyrone] Oh, I see.

You know, the DA does have us looking into,

um, the possibility of it being tied

to some recent g*ng activity.

Gangs, man. Those gangs are bad.

-[Tony] Mmhm. Mmhm. -I tell you.

That's probably what happened to that young kid.

Yeah. Oh, gosh. Yeah, we think so.

-[Tyrone] Yeah. -[Tony] Yeah.

Hm. OK, well, guys, if you think of anything, hear anything,

-you know, -Oh, sure.

please do give us a call.

We'd really appreciate your help.

-OK, yeah, definitely, will do. -Have a good day, gentlemen.

[Tyrone] Appreciate your service.

[Tony] Thank you. Thank you, Detective.

You can breathe before you sh*t on yourself.

-You OK? -No. Is she gone?

Yeah.

-She gone? -Yeah, I think so.

-Man, what did you say? -I didn't say nothing.

You sure you didn't say anything?

Tyrone, look at me. I didn't say a peep.

sh*t!

She think it's a g*ng.

Well, I mean, that's a good thing, right?

Ain't none of this sh*t good, but that gives us an out,

and we gonna take that, we gonna run with that,

-and we gonna shut our mouth. -Yeah, that's for sure.

Tables over here, you know what I'm saying?

Things over there, we're gonna hang this up right here.

What's going on with you, you know? [chuckles]

Ha, ha, ha, ha! What the f*ck is going on?

-Hey, man. What's up? -What you mean, "Hey, man"?

I thought I sent you here to get this stuff set up?

I'm here. I'm setting it up. I'm here.

But ain't nothing set up!

Yo, they working. Look. They working.

Working on what?

Look at the picture backdrop. It's on the floor.

-And where's the balloon lady? -Hey, man. Dog. Just calm down.

Don't tell me to calm down when ain't sh*t set up, Nathan.

OK? Where's the red carpet?

And the cake table not even set up yet!

Bro, it's still morning, all right?

Just look. Relax, all right?

Look at me. Look at me. Breathe, all right? Look. Zac.

-Nate. Nate. -Look at me.

-Nate. Nate. -Breathe.

Nate! Stop telling me how to breathe!

I know how to breathe! I've been breathing my whole life, OK?

I'm f*cking stressed, all right?

Hey, it's gonna all come together, all right?

OK, hey, everybody! Let's gather up. Come on, OK?

Right there. Perfect.

OK. I need the people with the photo backdrop

to get that set up over here, all right? Balloon artist?

Make sure you got enough helium, all right?

I saw you only bring in one tank, OK?

And someone please help me find a cake table.

It needs to be bigger, all right?

I need a bigger cake table, all right? Find me one.

OK? Let's get to work. Let's go. Come on.

Let's go. Let's go. Come on. Come on.

Hey, can we hustle? Hustle, please?

This man spent a lot of money.

Don't talk to that lady like that.

She old enough to be your... She might slap the sh*t out of you.

We spending a lot of money up in here.

[Zac] But I'm proud of you. Nate, I'm proud of you

Yeah, I take charge sometimes. Roll my sleeves up, you know?

This is my gift for the baby, by the way, for the shower.

Nate, you're the godfather.

Get the baby an actual gift, please.

All right. My bad.

Hold on, hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on...

[ominous pulsating music]

[Zac] b*tch!

I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Yo, what's wrong?

What's wrong, man? You OK?

I thought... I thought that I saw Leslie.

Hold on. She's still locked up, right?

I... I don't know.

Fatima's father didn't hit me, so...

All right. OK.

-[Zac] f*ck. -We good.

We good. We good.

-[Zac] We gotta just... -You wanna head back?

Aight.

What the f*ck, Zac? f*ck!

[ominous music]

-OK. Um... -[Bryce sips loudly]

-You know what? -Mm!

Give this a minute, OK?

-OK. -Um, Bryce?

Yeah?

When I told you I love you in the hospital, I meant it.

-Oh, thank God. -Yeah, um...

But then I think about where I am right now

and what I just did to myself,

and I realize I have a lot of healing to do.

Mm-hmm. Absolutely.

I just still don't understand why you took those.

Because, Bryce, I can have the most handsome man by my side,

and dress in all the flyest clothes,

and have the most banging personality,

and some people are still gonna think

I'm less than just because I'm fat.

I'm sorry.

What are you apologizing for, Bryce?

I'm sorry for every time you felt that way.

It's... It's not just me feeling that way, Bryce. It's them.

It's the keyboard cowards

and the people who stare at me on the street

or secretly film me at the gym or at the beach.

Yeah, I get it.

I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to me.

But, whatever, they're idiots. You can't control them.

-I know. -So...

Bryce, I still have to work on me, OK?

I have to find out why

I let those stupid comments online make me...

Angela, Angela, Angela. Angela. Angela, come here.

-Come here. Come here. -[Angela cries]

I don't think this is gonna help,

but I just want to let you know that when I heard

that you had a heart attack and I was driving to the hospital,

I thought about what the world would be like without you.

And it's miserable, Angela.

-Thank you, Bryce. -Yeah.

Wait. Whoa. Bryce? What are you doing?

What?

What are you, what? What's happening?

I was just... I got a little thing stuck in my toe

-and I was just pulling it up. -Bryce, you did that on purpose.

-How'd it feel? -What?

When I went down on one knee.

-I don't know. Good, I guess. -OK. That's all I need.

But wait, wait. Don't go rushing into anything, Bryce.

I still have to focus on me, OK?

No, no, no. I get it.

I'm not gonna put any pressure on you or anything.

-OK. -You're working on you.

Right, um, and...

Uh... Could you tell me more

about that whole open relationship thing you're into?

Really?

Yeah. How does it work? Like, do you get jealous?

And does it... Is it polygamy? Or...

Uh, well... [phone rings]

-Oh, sh*t. -Angela, uh...

Hold on. Uh...

I was supposed to be meeting Fatima for a walk. One second.

-OK. -Hey, girl. I'm on my way.

Scratch that, we're going shopping.

Girl, what'd you forget?

Look, Belinda's salon got robbed.

We gotta go get her some supplies.

-What? -Whoa, what is it?

-Belinda's shop got broken into. -All right, bye.

[suspenseful instrumental music]

[sighs]

-Zac. -[Zac]Hey, what's up, Harry?

Hey. We're on our way to the firm now.

Mona wanted me to ask you

if y'all need anything before we get there.

Um, no. No. We got everything.

Great. I knew y'all had it under control.

-Well... -[Henry]What?

Um, when's the last time you checked on Leslie's...

Leslie's case?

No, not recently. Why?

I just...

[Harry]Look, the last time I checked,

they were beefing up the charges, and court was backed up

because somebody hacked into the system.

-OK. -You sound nervous, son.

Oh, no. I'm not nervous. I'm just checking.

Well, I will call right now, check the case status.

-Would that ease your mind? -Yes, please.

-[Henry]All right. -Thanks.

Oh, ain't no thanks. We just doing what we supposed to do.

-Protect the queens. -[Zac]Yes, sir.

Yo. She out?

Nah. He's... he's checking on it.

All right. What's wrong?

-I just got this weird feeling. -Oh, where you going?

I'm going to get my g*n. Something just don't feel right.

[ominous music]

[Fatima] Ooh, child...

[both sighing in exhaustion]

Girl. You done bought up the whole damn beauty supply store.

-Oh, right. -And where you wanna set up?

We can do it right here at the table. That's fine.

Okay.

Do you really think Belinda needed all of this stuff?

-Well, some of it was for me. -See? I knew it. I knew it.

[Fatima] Oh, damn.

Honestly, this was really sweet of you.

-I hope Belinda appreciates it. -Right. I'm sure she will.

Yeah. [knock on door]

Oh, uh... [knock on door]

I'm sure that's her.

-[Angela] Hey. -[Belinda] Girl.

-Are you OK? -No.

Everybody at the shop is going crazy.

Girl, them n*gg*s stole the safe.

They stole the cash register.

Hell, they even stole the sponge rollers.

Wait. Y'all still use sponge rollers?

Girl, exactly.

I can understand the safe and the money,

-but the tools, too? -Girl, I don't know.

But we got them assholes on camera,

-so they gonna get theirs. -[Fatima] Good.

Um, where you wanna do this at?

We can just do right here at the table. It's fine.

[Belinda] OK.

-This the stuff? -Mm-hmm.

Damn, you got everything!

Yeah. I told you I got you.

Oh my God. You know what you want?

-Here, I got a picture. -OK.

Oh, look at this. Fatima!

This?

-OK. We can definitely do that. -OK. Thank you.

-Belinda, you gonna do me next? -I just did your hair, Angela.

I know, but maybe you can just curl it up or something.

-Something special for today. -Aww.

All right. All right. But for real, thank you.

[Fatima] You are so welcome.

Damn! This is enough stuff for me to start my own salon!

You know, that might not be a bad idea, Belinda.

Girl, we just got robbed.

Ain't nobody got no money to be starting no salon.

No, I'm talking about a mobile salon.

[Angela] That's not a bad idea.

I mean, Belinda, you basically mobile already.

Yeah, that's a lot, though. Like...

OK, just think about this, Belinda.

You could get a high clientele, and you could do weddings.

I mean, you're doing mine. That could be your first one.

And for that, you're gonna have to come to the wedding hall, so.

I mean, it's... It's something to think about.

But it's just a lot right now, so...

We all got something to think about.

What are you thinking about, Angela?

Nothing much, girl.

[Fatima] Mmhm, mmhm.

This b*tch over here trying to think about

-how she can have two husbands. -Ah!

No. I told y'all. I am focusing on me.

And, yeah, I told Bryce that I love him.

And I still need to tell him that I love Shawn, too.

But first I gotta tell Shawn that I love him.

Yeah, see, that's... That's too messy for me.

Oh, but being a side hen to a married man ain't?

b*tch, we letting that go.

-I'm turning over a new leaf. -Just sayin'. You better.

We talked about it.

I'm just saying. I'm thinking, you thinking...

Fatima, you should be thinking, too, huh?

I am...

I'm thinking about starting my music career.

-[Angela] What? -[Belinda] OK. Good.

I mean, Zac offered to pay for my first album

if I finish law school.

-[Angela] What? Girl! -That's a lot.

-It is a lot. -You gonna do it?

-I mean, I can't right now. -Why not?

Uh, I'm about to be giving birth soon.

Fatima, girl, if Beyoncé can be bouncing all around on stage,

then you can sit in a booth and sing. OK?

Mm-hmm, OK? And you better get that money

before he changes his mind.

OK, he is not gonna change his mind.

Uh, Fatima, didn't you tell me that he wanted you

to stop work for a year and take care of the baby?

Yeah.

Yeah, and you think once your baby get here,

you're gonna wanna be in a studio?

You're right.

Exactly. See, that's what he hoping you gonna say.

Change your mind. You better go ahead

and get that album done before you have this baby.

-Ooh! -[Fatima] What?

Girl, you should ask Sayge to be on the album.

-Ooh, now you thinking! -Well, maybe just a song!

OK, y'all know I cannot afford that girl.

Fatima, you ain't even ask her. You don't know what she'll say.

[Belinda] Come on!

Don't stop yourself before you even start.

[Belinda] Thank you.

-You know what? You right. -Of course we're right.

I guess I gotta strike while the iron's hot, right?

Ooh, and it's hot, baby!

Well, I need to plug it in, but you know what I mean!

[phone rings] This is Zac. Hold on.

Okay.

-Hey, babe. -Hey, where you at?

Oh, at the house getting my hair done.

[Belinda and Angela chat under breath]

Why you sound like that?

I, um... [ominous music]

Get here as soon as you can.

Zac, it's still early.

-Just get here. -OK. All right. Bye.

What's wrong?

That was Zac saying get to the venue now.

-Now? What time is it? -Way too early.

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