05x14 - Happy Not Knowing

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♪ All I want is you ♪

♪ Is you ♪

♪ It takes two ♪

♪ 'Cause all I want is you ♪

♪ Is you ♪

♪ It takes two ♪

By the end of first semester,

most college students
have found their rhythm

and probably a bunch of bad habits.

But with the coming of second semester,

a new chapter of college emerges...

cuffing season.

That time of year when you're
just lookin' to get boo'd up.

♪ Dance with me right now ♪

- ♪ Just dance with me right now ♪
- Hey.

Now, I know what you're thinking,

but I am just happy that

Annika has found someone
who makes her happy.

Even being in a relationship
through your phone

is nicer than having no one at all.

- [CELLPHONE CHIMES]
- ♪ That's all I want ♪

[DING!]

- [CELLPHONE CHIMES]
- ♪ Promise I am not your enemy ♪

[BUZZER]

♪ I just need another memory ♪

This way. It's that
time of the school year

when life is just easier
when you have a boo.

Later, cutie.

Bye, beautiful.

As for me,

while I have certainly enjoyed
the player lifestyle,

I've given it all up
for a baddie named Grace.

She's a Phi Psi,
sister sorority of the Gammas,

and so cool, she even speaks Dothraki.

♪ Is you ♪

We've been together
for a full fortnight,

and we have been playing
a lot of "Fortnite."

Man, she is awesome.

- Hey, babe.
- Hey.

I know you have those
back-to-back classes today

and it's hard to get to lunch,
so I got it for you.

Extra avocado?

That's $ .

I know.

♪ Is you, oh, is you ♪

She's so sweet.

- Man, don't you just love her?
- No. Nobody does.

Everybody hates Grace.

Extra avocado Grace?

♪ 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 ♪

Wait, you hate Grace?

Oh, yeah. We all hate Grace.

Right, Kiela?

Wait, what are we talking about?

How we all don't like Grace.

Oh, yeah, Tax Break Barbie... not a fan.

- You too?
- She's conservative, Junior.

- She's not our people.
- Come on.

Mm. Your girl follows Mitt Romney,

Meghan McCain, [GAGS] Ana Navarro...

Oh, so you stalked Grace.

No, I did recon.

Mm-hmm.

I search everything, okay?

Instagram, Twitter, Venmo,
luggage, anything I can find.

How do you think I knew he
wore boxers and not briefs?

Uh, can a man not let
his junk breathe in peace?

No, I like Grace.

We're in the same lecture class,

she's really smart,

and I think you guys are a good match.

I gotta say, Junior,
I'm really happy for you.

Thank you. See? You guys
are just being petty.

People can come from opposite
sides of political lines

and still find things in common.

Ah, sleeping with the enemy.

Look, at first, when I heard all that,

I wasn't thrilled, either,
but the more we talked,

the more I realized,

yeah, we don't agree on certain things,

but that's just a small
part of the person she is.

You should invite
you-know-who to you-know-what.

Hey, are you talking about my birthday?

I know you're talking about my birthday.

Lauryn told me about the surprise party.

Snitch-ass, every time.

I don't like surprises, okay?

Come on! We'll make a night of it.

It'll be just us.

Oh, I wish I could
go, but I'm on RA duty.

[SIGHS] Damn.

Okay, well, the rest of
you people, no plus-ones.

In fact, I'm not even inviting Yaz.

- Yeah, we can do that.
- Mm-hmm.

It's nice of you to
think of Lauryn and Zeke,

especially since they have
no one to go with anyways.

- Right.
- Yeah. It's fair.

Okay, Zeke, lightning round.

ZEKE: All right, uh, cerebellum...

- Yeah.
- ... hippocampus...

- Nice.
- ... hypothalamus...

- Good one.
- ... parietal lobe...

- Yes.
- ... and frontal cortex.

Good job.

And those cards are extra-thick stock

from Kinko's on Fairfax.

[LAUGHS] I don't think
that will be on the test,

but you crushed it.

You know that.

[CHUCKLES]

♪

It's a lot easier when
you're behind the cards.

Zeke, my roommates
could come in any minute.

Shouldn't we just tell them,
instead of them finding out?

You're happy, right?

This isn't a Grace situation?

Yes, I'm very happy.

And Grace is the reason
I want to be careful.

Our friends are very judgmental.

Facts.

We just need to debut at the right time.

Yeah, but what am I gonna do

when you're there at the party all night

and I have to contain myself?

How about, whenever you want
to say something sweet to me,

we just use a code word?

- Cerebellum.
- Cerebellum.

♪ Yeah, I'm packing ♪

♪ I've been working on my core ♪

♪ I'm too blrrr, so I'm
moving off the shore ♪

♪ Why you do that? ♪

♪ I need that heat like a baker ♪

♪ Palm, palm tree my shader ♪

♪ Sea splashin' my ankles ♪

♪ Lips glossin' like maple ♪

♪ I've been livin' all my best lives ♪

♪ Every day like a : to : ♪

♪ One time with the bestie ♪

♪ Make a toast to the good life, unh ♪

Oh, yes.

It smells like heart disease
in here and I love it.

AARON: Oh, yeah, tonight's itinerary...

Best of five "Super
Smash Bros." tourney.

Then I thought maybe we could play

a friendly but
competitive game of dominos

and then finish off with
a Tyrese movie marathon.

How's that sound?

Very nice. Sounds like
last Friday. I'm down.

Oh, also, they, uh, didn't
have our regular IPA,

so, yeah, I switched it up for tonight.

Smart. Don't want the
routine to get stale.

Friday night wings, my
man. You know the drill.

As usual, we will be rating
flavor, heat, tenderness,

tenderness and flavor, umami.

- Yes, need umami.
- Got to have umami.

And just, you know, the
overall vibe of the wing itself.

Also, reminder, sweet honey sriracha

has been the reigning champ
for the past eight weeks.

- Eight weeks?
- Yeah.

- Damn, that's two months.
- Two months.

We've been doing this every
Friday for the past two months.

Damn.

Yeah.

Well, look, man, I'm
spoken for and happy

with this whole domestic
Friday thing we got going,

but I think you need
to get out of the house.

I'm worried about you.

I think you need to go
find your Zoey or not,

maybe just a fr... whatever.

You just need to go live a little,

and I don't want to be holding you back.

Bro, you're not holding me back.

What am I supposed to be
doing, going out to the club

and spending hundreds of
dollars for drinks on girls,

or paying Uber surge prices,

ruining our Saturday
morning sweat sessions

'cause I have a hangover?

No, bro, I'd rather be
doing this than that.

Okay, well, this... this... this is

literally Hot Cheeto dust
on a Kirkland Signature wing.

- That's true.
- That's what this is, okay?

So you need to... you need to go, man.

Live a little.

[SIGHS]

Maybe I could go.

- You're right.
- You got to go, man.

[GASPS] Oh, this girl Jessica
that I had matched with

a few weeks ago is back
in town on a layover.

She's a flight attendant,

and she wants to visit my cockpit, boy.

All right, now, you
see, that's something

only a man who hasn't seen a
woman in two months would say.

You cannot say that
when you see her, okay?

Yes, I can.

Ha-aah!

Oooh, it's too hot.

It's too hot but very, very good.

Is that sweet honey sriracha?

No, maple chipotle.

♪

So my friends aren't the biggest
fans of my girl. I get it.

It took me half a season
to like "Succession."

But I know that when they
get to know her like I have,

they will love her.

- Happy birthday, Zaz.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- Hi.

I know you said no gifts,

but we got you something pretty special.

I heard you love Dave & Buster's.

Oh, Junior, I'm gonna
Dave & bust your ass.

[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

I knew we should have gone
with The Cheesecake Factory.

- Hey. Uh, what are you doing?
- Hey.

I thought this was supposed
to be just our friends.

Which is why I didn't
even invite my girlfriend.

Well, it's not too late.
Ride share runs all night.

Look, Zaara, can you
please just let Grace stay?

I promise, by the end of the
night, we will all be buds.

Fine.

But you have real "Give your
stepmom a chance" energy.

Well, I want you to give her a chance.

There's the birthday girl looking fresh.

Anyways, I know you said
this was a no-couples party,

but Kwame really wanted
to say happy birthday.

♪ Happy birthday, dear Zaara ♪

- Wow.
- [GIGGLES]

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

Okay, wow, I actually
really like my name

with more syllables in it.

I like him.

He can stay.

Okay. [CHUCKLES]

Uh, I-I need your help.

I told you, you have to ask me
about outfits before you leave.

What? No, it's not about outfits.

I look amazing.

I just... I need all of our
friends to start to feel Grace.

And you are an expert on selling people.

Please just help me sell my girlfriend.

Do you think about the words you say

before they come out of your mouth?

No, no, and I'm stressed.

- I... I...
- Okay.

- Take a breath.
- [EXHALES DEEPLY] Okay.

Follow my lead, and none
of that dork stuff, okay?

All right, but you're
really tying my hands here.

Yo, I'm about to get out
of here, you gonna be good?

Oh, yeah. I'll be fine.

You know, I didn't realize how
much me time I've been missing.

So I've got a full night
planned, don't you worry.

- All right, well, don't wait up, my boy.
- All right.

- Later.
- Peace.

[DOOR CLOSES]

All right.

[RINGING]

Hey, it's Zoey.

Can't get to the phone. Leave a message.

[BEEP]

♪

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

JUNIOR: Sure, maybe Annika and
I are co-opting Zaara's birthday

just to get everyone to love Grace.

It's okay.

She'll have another birthday next year.

So, Lauryn, did you know that

both you and Grace are Christian?

Really? Which denomination?

I'm Lutheran.

Oh, I'm Presbyterian.

Nice.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

Uh, so, Grace, what's your major?

Political science.

Oh, really? Me too.

No way. That's amazing.

Was your favorite class Elements
of International Relations?

Somewhere, Professor Lewis is
still giving his last lecture.

I mean, did he ever even
stop giving his first one?

Oh, and I remember this one time

he started getting into
foreign election laws

and just went, ugh,
like on and on and on.

Ugh.

Hate that.

♪

[MOUTHS "FIX IT"]

Hey, babe, drinks are
getting a little low.

Wanna do us a favor
and get another round?

- Sure.
- Thank you.

This one's on me.

Oh, he's a nice dude.

He's great.

Thanks, girl.

Yeah. Sharp guy.

Thank you.

Big cerebellum.

[MOUTHS "IT'S OKAY"]

So, uh, what were we
talking about before?

Uh, podcasts, right? Yeah?

Uh, Grace loves podcasts.

She's a huge fan. You
know who else is a fan?

Zeke.

That's amazing.

Do you like narrative podcasts
or interview podcasts more?

Um, well, actually, I like the ones

where people go missing in the ' s.

♪

Help a brother out.

Hey, how 'bout those Lakers, am I right?

Yeah.

Annika knows.

- Right?
- Right.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Gonna bring out this cake
or do I have to go get it?

You're silly.

♪ I'm so lonely ♪

♪ I'm lonely, baby ♪

♪ I'm so lonely ♪

[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SCREECHING]

[GRUNTS]

♪ What is the problem? ♪

♪ You know I don't have no other women ♪

♪ Don't want no other women ♪

♪ But you just seem to be like ♪

♪ You gotta have every man in town ♪

♪ Outta town, too, I guess ♪

♪ 'Cause I be at work, I
don't know what's going on ♪

♪ But I still love you and I want you ♪

♪ I mean, let's just
give it a real try ♪

♪ Damn, I'm lonely, man ♪

♪ I've been working , hours a day ♪

♪ And I come home ♪

♪

[DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE]

♪

Wow, I'm getting a brain
freeze right in my cerebellum.

Oh, yes. M-my cerebellum is on fire.

I'm gonna go grab a glass of water

to rinse out my cerebellum.

Me, as well.

Hmm. Okay.

I think I'm gonna get out of here.

What? No. You can't leave yet.

You haven't even had any cake.

Why don't you just hang
out with your friends

and we can talk later?

No, no, you have to stick around.

There's something I
actually want you to hear.

Um, hello, everybody,
can I get your attention?

You know, the beautiful
thing about birthdays

is that they're a great time
to reflect on friendships.

Like how, at first,
Zaara wanted to m*rder me,

but now here we are.

Right? Friends.

It's crazy.

It's actually hilarious
how things change.

Like, maybe at first
you don't like somebody

because they like
something you don't like.

But eventually you realize

that a person is more
than what they believe in.

How boring would the world be
if we all read the same book?

So let's raise a glass to
our birthday girl, Zaara.

- Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday!

And let's give it up for
our newest friend, Grace!

Cheers.

Nailed that sh*t.

Seriously, Junior?

Yeah, I'm outta here.

♪

Go get her.

Grace, wait. Grace!

♪

I-I was just helping her
with her brain freeze.

Brr.

All you guys are always together.

How did you keep it a secret?

Actually, we didn't
really hide it that well.

♪

I wanted to tell you, I really did,

but honestly, this crew just loves

to get into people's business.

LAURYN: It's true.

All we do is talk about everybody else,

and we didn't want you to talk about us

until we knew we were actually
ready to be an us. Yeah.

So you guys are fully a thing now?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

And no more code words.

Yeah, so, if you will excuse us,

we are going to...

French!

[CHUCKLES] Wow.

We're the only normal people here.

- We really are.
- [CHUCKLES]

- [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
- DOUG: Yo.

Aaron, where you at?

- Oh, there you are.
- Yo.

I saw the takeout over there.

You, uh, got somebody over?

I did not have anyone over.
I was eating my feelings.

And there were a lot of feelings.

I told you I didn't have to go out.

It's not that, man. It's not you.

It's just, if I'm being
honest, I miss my girlfriend.

It's like we built this thing together,

and now I, uh, feel like my life

is just waiting for
it to start up again.

Well, it doesn't have to be that way.

You could build new
friendships, build hobbies.

There's all types of stuff you could do.

Yeah, but it just feels like
what's the point of that?

What's the point of doing all
that while we're in this limbo?

You put all this energy into
the relationship and now what?

I-I-I gotta move out to New
York or she comes out here

and feels like she's not a
part of the life I created.

Man, you and Zoey are one of
the strongest couples I know.

I mean, y'all are
gonna work through this,

and as your boy, I'm here to help.

That's nice to know,

but I've already leaned
on you too much, my friend.

Bro... trust.

No, I have. That's how you
ended up watching "Fast Five"

and sweating out those serrano wings

when you should have been
out there living your life.

Look, I may not have Zoey's cheekbones

or smile or rich Black daddy,

but just like her,
I'm here for you, bro.

I know you are, man. I appreciate that.

Now, let's go dig into that takeout.

It looks real good.

I'm a little full, so I'll
just... I'll let you eat.

Then I can tell you all about Jessica.

- Oh, Jessica.
- Yeah.

So it went that well, huh?

No, not at all. She
said she was jet-lagged.

Well, how far is a flight
from San Diego, anyway?

I got bad news for you, bro.

Damn. Must be my damn profile.

What you put on... Did you put
you juggle on there or something?

♪

So, let me guess, the party
went practically perfect

after me and Miss Drama left.

Actually, no.

There was yet another dramatic twist.

Zeke and Lauryn are dating.

Like, sexually?

Yeah, that was pretty much our reaction.

Wow, okay, that is some
second semester sh*t.

Another unlikely couple.

Hey, speaking of, um,

thank you for helping me out with Grace.

Well, I don't know how much I helped,

but you're welcome.

I know that I was acting out of pocket,

but I also know that she's more than

just the party she registers for.

She's a really good person.

She calls her elderly grandmother

on the phone every day.

And she donates to places
before there's a crisis.

You really like her, huh?

I do.

But I also know we don't
agree on everything,

but who does, you know?

My dad thinks gravy's a soup,
and my mom still loves him.

I just want everyone
to give her a chance.

Look, people will come around.

But until then, let's
say we do a double date?

Really?

Yeah, we can let Kwame and Grace
poli sci each other to death,

and we can talk about
"The Real Housewives"

or whatever it is
important people talk about.

[LAUGHS] That'd be great.

Um, I don't want to talk
about "Real Housewives,"

but seriously, thank you.

Hey, that's what friends are for.

Come here.

♪

So maybe all of my
friends aren't into Grace,

at least not yet.

But as long as I've got my
friend Annika on my side,

they'll come around.

Hey, roomie.

We should talk about tonight.

Probably shouldn't
have brought a plus-one.

That was my bad.

Yeah, that was your bad.

Yeah.

Hey, where you going?

I'm gonna stay at Yaz's tonight.

What? Why?

I just feel a way about
Grace and her politics,

and the fact that you can be with
someone who thinks like she does.

Okay, come on.

You do not know how Grace
thinks about everything.

But I know how a lot of the
people she votes for think.

Like, she can say all the right things,

she can post the right
flags on Instagram,

but when she goes to sleep at night,

I feel like she thinks I'm
less of a person than she is.

Come on, Zaara. You know me.

You know that I wouldn't be
with someone who believes that.

Cool, so you're breaking up with her?

No, I'm... I'm not.

All right.

I'm gonna stay at Yaz's tonight.

Good night.

I...

I, um...

Thanks.

Hey. Thanks for coming last night.

Sorry it got all Thanksgiving dinner.

[CHUCKLES] No problem at all.

And sorry you had to sing
"Happy Birthday" so many times.

[SCOFFS] It's fine.

It might be my new side hustle.

Besides, I love your friends.

Junior's super cool.

Glad you think so.

We're going on a double
date with him and Grace.

Sounds great. Maybe I
can talk to Grace about

the latest dust-up at the
UN trusteeship council.

If those bastards in Holland
think that they can...

Hey, save it for the date.

But I wouldn't mind
hearing that voice of yours.

Well, is it okay you're
dating a one-hit wonder?

- [CHUCKLES]
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪