01x04 - Those Who Can...Cuff

[bunniefuu]

[upbeat music playing]

And now, for the last item on our agenda.

-Mm.
-[book thuds]

The Virginia humidity has been replaced
by a chill in the November air.

It is that special time of the year
where we all start looking for something,

or someone, to keep us warm.

-And you know what that means, don't you?
-[girl] Mm-hm.

It is cuffing season, y'all.

And if you wanna survive it
with your heart and your edges intact,

I need you to listen up.

I have seen it too many times.

Look, family, I've seen it too many times.

It always starts with,
"Nah, man, she a'ight, I don't care."

[Kojo chuckling]

And it ends with checking your phone
every five minutes

trying to figure out
why she leaving you on read.

But look, cuffing season
is about making connections, not babies.

[Candace] Say it with me.

-Take no steps with hoteps.
-[all] No steps with hoteps.

I got it written.

Mm-hm. Thank you.
It is an emotional jungle out there.

[upbeat music continues]

And it's really easy
to lose yourself in it.

Oh.

Dismissed.

-[Rashida clears throat]
-[snickers]

I don't know about you lot,
but I'm already cuffed.

You see, me and my Compton cutie,
we've been doing our thing.

And soon, we may actually do our thing.

-Uh-oh.
-Hold on, you… you ain't telling me you…

Uh-uh, a gent-- A gentleman never tells.

-[Amir] Good man.
-You see, Rashida, that's wifey.

And she got this fire.

She knows how to mellow me out
and hype me up all at the same time.

Well, Kojo and I
are basically on boo time.

-[Deborah] Mm-mm.
-Okay?

-It's been nice getting to know him.
-In the biblical sense?

Girl, we're having a good time.

-Uh-- Okay.
-[Rashida] Okay?

And he even planned a date for us.

-Date? I love that for you.
-That's so cute.

[in British accent] Koshida
has a nice ring to it.

-Yeah.
-Koshida.

-[laughs] Stop.
-Yeah.

My DMs runneth over,
but all eggplants and no effort.

I think I need to get off of HBCU UP.

No, what we need to do
is get you out in these streets.

So you just want me to go out
and approach somebody IRL?

That's suggestive
of your lack of social boundaries.

I will be your wingman.

-[Shaquille chuckles]
-No, we will be your wingmen.

No, we will not.

-No, look, love y'all boys.
-[Amir laughs]

But I'm not about to be
out in these streets.

[Kojo groans]

See, look, me and Deborah,
we just got on the right path.

And I ain't trying to F that up.

What about you and Shaquille?

Nah, I don't even have the bandwidth
for anything serious right now.

Especially with me and Ellington
trying to get my grades right.

And my new job at The Pit,
paying Dwayne and Whitley back. I…

I got to be focused on my focus.

Believe it or not,
I'm more of a one-woman kind of man.

-[Amir] Word?
-Even though I've never been successful.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-We fall down.
-But we get up.

-My guy. Mm.
-My brother.

-Come on.
-Yeah. [snaps fingers]

[phone chimes]

Oh. Speak of the devil.
Shaquille wants to meet up tomorrow.

-Oh. Ooh.
-[Rashida] Mm.

Well, obviously you're gonna go.

No, only because we're friends. [laughs]

-Right.
-Uh-huh.

-See, now your mouth is saying one thing…
-[Deborah] Mm-hm.

…but all of this
is picking out baby names.

-[Hazel laughing]
-Shut--

♪ It's a different world ♪

♪ Than where you come from ♪

♪ It's a different world ♪

♪ Than where you come from ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ It's a different world ♪

♪ Than where you come from ♪

♪ Oh ♪

[mellow music playing]

Uh-uh. No.

No mouth sex. Not in public.

-Girl, get off that boy lap.
-Damn.

I seriously cannot thank you enough
for hiring me, Nellie.

Getting cut off by my parents
felt like them throwing me into the ocean

without them actually ever
teaching me how to swim, so I'm excited.

Well, baby girl, you are family, okay?
So now, what do you know how to do?

Uh, well, I'm-- Uh, I'm a people person,
and I'm a whiz at making lattes.

They actually used to call me
the Debo-rista in a past life.

Okay, she just learned
how to use a washing machine.

Maybe we should start her off
with washing dishes.

-Great idea. See?
-[Deborah chuckles]

This is why I put Rashida in charge.

Do everything she tells you to do,
you'll be just fine.

-Okay. [chuckles]
-[Rashida chuckling]

Time to go.

-Go where?
-To work.

-[Deborah] Ugh. Ah!
-[Rashida chuckling]

We coming at you from Hillman College's
Marshawn Lynch Serenity Garden,

with QB Shaquille Johnson.

Now, I know my boy must have paid a grip
for this zen little spot,

'cause I know Marshawn,
and he ain't never been serene.

-[Shaquille laughing]
-[Cam] Let's chop it up, Five Star.

You had offers
from all across the country.

Tell me why you brought
your talents here to Hillman.

Um, I believe in Black athletes
using their talents and high profiles

to uplift HBCUs.

Basically, I give to Hillman,
and Hillman give to me.

That's beautiful. Almost poetic,
like a light-skinned Shakespeare.

[laughs] Shakespeare.

Our viewers wanna get to know
the real you.

-Yeah.
-Because being here…

-Mm-hm.
-…you not gonna get the coverage

you would at, say, Ohio State or Alabama.

That make you feel some type of way?

I came here to make this program bigger,
which will make Hillman bigger.

So you saying Hillman's too small for you?

Nah, I like how small it is here.

You got this team
on an eight-game win streak,

on the verge of its first-ever
Celebration Bowl game.

Transfer portal's gonna be wide open
for you as Hillman College's savior.

Savior?

Ah, I don't know about that, Cam.

I mean, of course,
I definitely put Hillman on the map.

Before I got here, college football fans
didn't even know we had a team.

Far as the transfer portal goes,
that's always gonna be open.

-But I love it here, so all good.
-You heard it here first, fam.

Hillman Football would be nothing
without this five-star Jesus.

What? No. No, no, wait.
I-- I did not mean it--

-And that's all the time we got today.
-What--

Coming from the greatest Jordan ever.

This is Lights! Cam! Action!

Cam?

I appreciate you letting us dissect
your interview today in class, Shaquille.

-Yeah, I'm definitely regretting that now.
-I bet you are.

Five-star Jesus got crucified.

-[students laughing]
-Hey, all right, take it easy on my boy.

Look, when you have a platform,
you have to own the message.

No, he was interviewing me though.
I just answered the questions he asked.

But you said stuff
you didn't really wanna say.

You can use those answers
to redirect the narrative.

Look, a trained public speaker
has the power to take any platform

and turn it into a vessel
for their own message.

Look, man, y'all was born
with iPhones in your hands.

You were on lockdown during
the most pivotal part of your development.

That wreaked havoc
on your perception for social cues.

-I'mma need you to stop dragging us.
-[students laughing]

I'm not trying to drag y'all.
Which leads me to your next assignment.

I want y'all to go out into the world
and talk to people.

-[students groaning]
-[Professor Baptiste] Wonderful, right?

Ask questions, listen,
be direct about your intentions,

and report back to me.

You got it?

-All right, sounds fair. Fair enough.
-Yeah.

Major?

-Early childhood education.
-[Hazel] Mm.

We're walking down the sidewalk.
Which side are you walking on?

-Whichever side is closest to the street.
-[Hazel] Mm.

Biggest pet peeve?

Condoms.

[Rashida] Okay, did you clean out
and empty out the fridge?

-I did, and I also organized the pantry.
-Okay.

Yes, I think it was actually
kind of therapeutic.

At one point,
I kind of became one with the cans.

Keep it up, girl. I like the hustle.

[Deborah] Once I'm done bussing,
I'm gonna clock out

so, you know,
I have time to go home, take a shower,

maybe do some homework.

Bed rot for a sec,
'cause you know how that be.

And then I think I'm gonna
meet up with Shaquille after.

Uh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
We have a whole lot more work to do.

See, you ain't the only person
who has a date tonight, okay?

Now go out there
and take out that front trash.

And be careful,
because there's a group of possums,

and their mama like to tussle.

Oh, I can't do this.

Hey, Nellie, can I have a $14,000 advance
so I can pay my parents off faster?

[laughs] Child, please.

All I got for you is some advice.

One, if what I'm paying you isn't enough,

then go out there
and find you a second job.

-Oh, but I can't get a sec--
-[Nellie] Two.

Take that trash out
before you lose this job, okay?

-[Nellie] Mm-hm.
-I tried to told her.

Oh.

[Deborah groans]

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go.
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go.

You work here?

[Deborah chuckles]

First day. [chuckles]

Wow, okay.

Um, you gonna be able to balance this
with your schoolwork?

I kinda have to. [exhales]

But thanks to you,
I have a study schedule,

and it is giving booked, busy,
getting at least a B. [chuckles]

That's a lot of B's.
I think that means something. [chuckles]

Yeah, um, about that.

-I just finished grading exams.
-[Deborah] Mm-hm.

I got some bad news for you.

What?

[Coach Coles] All right, g*ng,
two-a-days coming up.

Dismissed.

[students chattering indistinctly]

Shaquille.

Chop it up with me for a sec.

[Shaquille] What's up, Coach?

What the hell were you thinking
with that interview?

You got the whole team pissed at you,
and it's clearly got you off your game.

Look, I didn't come here
to be a distraction.

How can I fix this?

You're team leader. Lead.

Let it be known
that our success isn't about you.

Yes, sir.

And maybe start with your boy.

[speaking indistinctly]

-Coach--
-Andre's cleared to play.

But I'm sticking with you
in spite of that interview.

Gotta think, son.

[mouthing]

[Andre sighs]

Yo, good throwing out there today, man.

-Yeah, you was on point, for sure.
-You ain't gotta tell me that.

Man, look. Look, bro.
All that beef, we gotta squash that.

Come on, man, for the team.

-For the team?
-Yes.

What did you tell Cam in the interview?

You put Hillman on the map.

This was supposed to be my year.

[students chattering indistinctly]

It would be a shame if somebody told Coach
what really happened that day.

[tense music playing]

[music stops]

[mellow music playing]

I know it was supposed to be
just us, yeah,

but you should have seen the state
of this man's face when I was leaving.

So I figured we could just be
his wingman and wingwoman.

But I got suttin'
to make up for it tomorrow night.

-It's gonna be very special.
-[host] Ladies and gentlemen.

-Special?
-[Kojo] Mm-hm.

I love that for me.

[host] It's time for the articulated,
melanated…

Um, tonight is not '90s R&B karaoke night.
It's spoken word.

I can't catch a break.

-Excuse me?
-[host] …and only Marquise.

[crowd snapping fingers]

-Oh my God.
-[Marquise] What's going on, y'all?

Uh, this one is called "The Room."

They want me in the boardroom
But I'm bored

Room to room, just chasing their approval

But is there room in your sheets?

In your peace?

See, I code switch by day
But tonight, I'm just me

Black boy joy meets Black boy free

You look like liberation

[mellow music playing]

♪ You make me feel like it's all right ♪

♪ I'm starlight ♪

[chuckles]

♪ It's like I realize… ♪

Uh-oh.

What's up, girl?

No. You did this for me?

[laughs] Why you say it like that?

Look, you deserve it, girl.
Come on, what else you want?

[Deborah laughing]

[Shaquille] I just wanted to show
how much I appreciate you.

You know, after the interview
and the whole team being pissed at me,

it really means a lot
that you always got my back.

[both laughing]

Hey, you all right?

I got a C minus on my exam
for Professor Brooks' class.

-Mm-hm.
-And I'm thousands of dollars in debt.

-Oh.
-Yeah.

And even with this Pit job,

I am going to be paying off this money
for the rest of my life.

-Oh.
-So.

-I feel that.
-Mm-hm.

But look, this too shall pass.

[sighs] I hope so.

-It will.
-It is entirely too much.

But look, let's…

Let's put all the outside world stuff
aside right now.

-Um, I wanna talk to you.
-[sighs]

Let me see your hands.

Give me your hands, please.

[both laughing]

I wanna give us a chance.

For real this time.

-For real, for real?
-For real, for real.

[laughs] I mean, uh, wh--

Shaquille, we've had
so many chances already.

Why now? 'Cause it's cuffing season?

I do not care about cuffing season.

I care about you and what we got.

I don't know.

I don't-- I-- I don't know. Um…

I-- I just--
I have a lot going on right now.

Uh, I mean, it's… it's… it's slippery.

You know, one wrong move,
and it's over for me.

Hey, no, no, no. I--
I'm not… I'm not saying no.

I… Just, um…

Just let me think about it.

Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, of course. [chuckles]

Okay?

♪ …the sunshine for the first time ♪

[woman on TV] We have
this really rich protein.

-[Hazel] Candace! Oh!
-Oh.

I would like to officially submit
my application for Miss Gilbert Hall,

the beginning of an era.

-Okay.
-[woman speaking indistinctly on TV]

Oh, girl, you've got 100 signatures here.

You need 150.

-Come on.
-Oh, sh*t ba*ls.

[Candace scoffs]

Hey, Candace. [sighs]

Oh gosh, can I not have a moment of peace?

Do you ever feel like you're drowning?

[inhales] Well, I'm on
the Student Activities Committee E-board.

I'm the captain of both the golf
and the volleyball team.

I'm an RA, have to put up with you guys.

And then on top of that, I look this good.

So yeah, sometimes
I feel like I'm drowning.

Damn. [sighs]

Um…

how do you get through it?

Uh, discipline, systems,

an unapologetic commitment
to being that b*tch,

and watching my show.

This show.

Alone and in the quiet.

[Deborah] I hear you.

Do they always make the food
look this desirable, or is--

Yes, they do. This is why
I wanna watch my food porn in peace.

-Please. Thank you.
-Oh. Oh.

I'm sorry. Sorry. [chuckles]
I… I didn't know it was that deep.

[chuckles] It is.

Food is the universal language.
It breaks all barriers.

It's the great unifier.
I mean, look at somebody like Keith Lee.

[woman speaking indistinctly on TV]

That's it.

That's it.

Time to tap into my Keith Lee era, yes.

Oh my God. Thank you. Thank you, Can--

You know… [snaps fingers]
…you're all right.

You know that? Okay.

[mellow music playing]

Your water pressure is excellent.

That felt like my own private waterfall
in Tulum.

-[Marquise] Mm.
-Not that I've been, but you know, it did.

[laughs] Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

And, um, maybe I'll take you
to Tulum one day.

-[Amir] Mm.
-[Marquise laughing]

[Marquise] Mm-hm.

[mellow music continues]

[Marquise] Mm.

-I'm just gonna say it.
-[Marquise] Mm-hm.

I could get used to this.

I'm not the love-bombing type,
but your energy is different.

Something I've been looking for,
and we should definitely run it back.

[Marquise] Mm.

I love that.

But just so you know, I have a boyfriend.

-[music stops]
-A boy what?

-A boyfriend.
-[Amir sighs]

We're open and poly.

But transparency is a big thing for me,

so I had to tell you
before this goes any further.

Wow.

Um, this is what open
and healthy communication feels like.

[Marquise] Mm-hm.

Can't say that I love it,
but thank you for being honest.

Of course.

[Marquise] Mm.

[Marquise chuckling]

[mellow music playing]

[Hazel laughing]

Can I ask you another question?

What are you looking for
in a potential partner?

Me, myself, personally,
when it comes to females,

I want a female who really knows
how to play her role as a female.

[Hazel laughing]

Did you just triple female me?

[laughs] Oh, no, honey, you gotta go.

Um, but can you sign this
before you go? Thank you.

So today we have
The Pit's famous hush puppies and mash.

Nellie usually uses Tabasco for this,

but I think today I'm going to use
some yuzu kosho

that I borrowed from my dad's crib
for a little Japanese flair.

Damn.

So come on down to The Pit,
and come get your life.

[Rashida] Deborah? Deborah? Where are you?

Okay, well, that's all we have for today,
but remember when you come to The Pit,

be sure to use the hashtag #DeboSentYou,
you know what I'm sayin'?

Okay, period, goodbye.

-[phone chimes]
-Okay, yeah.

What are you doing?

Influencing.

[scoffs] Why is it that I'm the only one
that's actually working, again?

Every time I need you,
you're doing something other

than what you're supposed to be doing.

You know what?
I never should've told Nellie to hire you.

Excuse you?
Nellie hired me because I'm family.

I'm the one that put in
a good word for you, remember?

But I actually made you look good
for recommending me.

It's like you be doing too much
and not enough at the same time.

Actually, I'm doing exactly
what Nellie told me to do.

-Right.
-Find another gig.

I'm getting my side hustle on
while I'm on the clock.

-Genius.
-Not genius.

You should be focusing
on the job that's paying you,

instead of getting distracted
by one of your many, many problems.

Many…

I am facing my problems head-on

and handling them like a bad b*tch,

which is way better
than being a mad b*tch.

-Look at you.
-You wanna see a mad b*tch?

I'll show you. You're fired.

[tense music playing]

[chattering indistinctly]

[Deborah] First a C minus,
then I get fired. [scoffs]

Why am I even trying?

Fired on your first day?

Second.

-Oh.
-It's too much pressure.

I know exactly what you need.

[Ellington clears throat]

Hum with me.

-[Ellington laughing]
-Dude.

[Deborah scoffs]

I'm sorry, but the hell?

[laughs] Um, okay, so when I was a kid,

my grandmother would hum to me
when I was upset.

It's all about the soothing vibrations.

Stimulates your vagus nerve,
takes you out of fight or flight.

-Close your eyes.
-Mm-mm.

-Come on.
-[Deborah inhales]

[Ellington inhales deeply]

[Ellington humming]

-♪ Do it with me ♪
-Oh.

-Uh, okay.
-[Ellington clears throat]

[both humming]

[humming stops]

How do you feel?

Better.

[both chuckling]

[mellow music playing]

Uh…

Uh, so is that how you survived…
[chuckles] …uh, freshman year?

Stimulating your… Las Vegas nerve thingy?

[Ellington laughing]

You know, doing this every day
could help quiet the noise in your mind.

I saw you were struggling to focus
during our first session.

You might also consider
getting tested for learning disabilities.

Wait, are you serious?

That's what you got from this? No. No. No.

No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I-- I went to school
with kids who were neurodivergent,

and they were all over the place.

That's not me.

That's not me. I…

I have my stuff way… way together. Uh…

I thought we were cool.

[mellow music playing]

♪ This is the day for incense burning ♪

[Rashida gasps]

♪ Kick up your feet
And close the curtain ♪

Oh my God.

Like it?

I mean, if this is what
making it up to me looks like,

you should bring Amir on all of our dates.

[Kojo chuckles]

Uh, I've-- I've never been
to a real-life jazz show before.

Me neither.

I thought my man on trumpet
was gonna pass out.

Capped with a walk
along the river. [chuckles]

Golden hour with my girl hits different.

[Rashida exhales]

-Oh, sorry.
-It's okay.

[both laughing nervously]

Um…

Yeah.

Uh, we can't do this.

What? Sure we can.

Uh, I'm on my period.

Okay.

And?

-Ew.
-What?

Uh, well, my tummy hurts.

Tummy rub?

Actually, I have to study tonight, yeah?

So I'll see you tomorrow? Okay.

♪ Chilling with you, baby
Feels terrific ♪

♪ Let's elevate the mood… ♪

[sighs]

I pushed our beds together.

[Officer Boo Boo] Uh-uh, no.

You trying to be slick?
No, it's after hours.

No, I need to see some I… D.

There a problem, Officer?

Hm, it's been a long day.

And I got a California King
calling my name.

[laughing]

Sorry. I thought you was
one of these horny kids.

You know, they been on this nonsense
with this cuffing season mess.

-I don't know.
-[Coach Coles exhales]

But, um, you have
a good night, Coach Coles.

Coach Coles?
Boo Boo, please. Call me Bryce.

Okay.

Chilly night. [sighs]

How late they got you working?

[mellow music playing]

[giggling]

-[Andre] How you doing?
-[Rashida] Hi.

Let me get the hush puppies and mash.
Debo sent me.

And I don't wanna do the yuzu kosho.

I, uh--
I got a real sensitive tummy thing.

Okay, Magellan.

#DeboSentYou ain't here,
so there's no more yuzu anyways.

Did you say Magellan?

What do you know
about One Piece, little lady?

I know that I watched all 1,155 episodes
over one summer.

-Did you? I don't believe it.
-Yeah. I did.

-Okay.
-[Rashida laughs]

Well, then maybe we should start a club.

[bell ringing]

[Nellie] Uh, hello.

All these orders. Where is Deborah?

-I fired her.
-[Nellie scoffs]

Girl, you got a little too much dip
on that chip, don't you?

You don't have the power to fire anybody.

You don't understand, Nellie.

Debo, she be having my…
my nerves in a chokehold.

-She just be choking-- She be--
-Uh-huh.

-She be choking--
-Like you got mine right now.

Go apologize to that girl,
and get her to come back here to work.

And tell her #NellieSentYou.

[sighs]

[people chattering indistinctly]

Yo.

[Andre kisses teeth]

-Bruh, I just wanna eat.
-Man, look, just give me a minute.

All right.

Look…

when we had got into it,
you had said something about my parents.

See, a couple years back,
my mom, she… she passed away.

I know you ain't know, but, uh, that sh*t

triggered me.

Dang, bruh.

Look, I had no idea.

For real.

Uh, I don't play
about people's moms, okay?

Consider that all the way squashed.

-We straight?
-Yeah. For sure.

All right.

-Almost got done with your food now.
-Yeah. I've been waiting, man.

-All right, I'mma see you around.
-I'll catch you.

So your cold streak is over.

-I took our homework very seriously.
-[Kojo] Mm.

-That's one way to put it.
-[Amir laughing]

Last night, I set up
this mad sexy vibe for Rashida.

[Shaquille] Yeah.

Next thing, she dipped with the quickness.

-Bro, same with Deborah.
-[Amir] Damn.

Bro, I laid it all on the line for her.

-[Kojo] Mm.
-Still ain't give me no answer.

-Women, am I right?
-I'm telling you…

[Professor Baptiste] I hope y'all got
y'all's assignments.

Some more than others.

Well, I met someone,

and instead of fantasizing
about how amazing it could be,

I approached him, I stated my intentions,
and he was on the same page, you know?

And so a time was had,

and I'm gonna stop right there
'cause I don't want y'all in my business.

[all laughing]

See, that's the thing about communication.

It's also about delivery--

[knocking on door]

And we'll finish this conversation later.

I would like to introduce
a very special guest,

Hillman's newest writer in residence

and my brother,
the renowned poet, Marquise!

-[all clapping]
-What's up, baby?

-What's up?
-[Marquise] What's up?

-[Kojo snickers]
-How you doing? Good to see you.

Pop it up. Pop it up.
Do better than that. Do better than that.

-[Coach Coles] Mm.
-[Officer Boo Boo laughing]

-[Coach Coles] Mwah.
-[Officer Boo Boo laughs]

I know you. I saw your interview.

It was really, mm…

Well, you were moisturized.

[both laughing]

Shady, but I'll take it. [grunts]
At least somebody appreciated somethin'.

[mellow music playing]

[exhales] I'm Candace.

Look, I get it.

Us athletes have to be perfect
at all times.

It's the cost of being number one.

Plus, if everybody had our discipline,
excellence wouldn't be so rare.

All right, now.

Can you spot me on this one?

Uh, yeah, yeah. I got you.

[phone chimes]

[keyboard clacking]

You just sad 'cause Mommy and Daddy
can't see you play. Huh? Huh?

You just sad 'cause Mommy and Daddy
can't see you play. Huh? Huh?

[grunting]

Can you say that last part again?

Oh God.

I'm sorry I let my non-existent power
go to my head.

Wow.

How could I not accept an apology
so delicate and sincere?

You'll come back to work?

[scoffs] Definitely.

Especially 'cause I don't think
this influencer life is for me.

It's too much work,
and I haven't seen a single penny.

Why is everything so hard?

[groans] Tell me about it.

Well, since you asked…

[Deborah sighs]

Ellington thinks
I have a learning disability.

-[Deborah kisses teeth]
-Wait, you don't?

What? Girl-- No.

-Oh. I just--
-No, no, no. No, no, no, no.

I know I can be a little
scatterbrained sometimes, but…

I mean, Shaquille did

ask me out,

and I threw myself into the culinary arts
instead of answering him.

Well, you're not the only one
that's flaky.

What do you mean?

I mean, Kojo had
this super cute date planned out,

and it ended all romantical,

and I feel like I led him on.

Mm-mm. No. No, no, no, no, no.

Hey, look at me. Look at me.
You do not have to rush into anything.

Just… Just talk to him, okay?

Uh-- Uh, tell him you need some time.

Why haven't you talked to Shaquille yet?

Um, well, I'm afraid
of messing things up with him

like I do everything else. [sighs]

We fall down…

But we get up.

[Hazel] Great.

[mellow music playing]

[gasps] Oh.

-[Jalen] My bad.
-Hi.

-Um, Hazel, right?
-[Hazel] Uh-huh.

Yeah. Okay, I peeped you walking
from Bible study the other day.

I mean, like, I got mad respect

for women who keep it 100
with the big guy in the sky and stuff.

You trying to get cuffed?

Yeah. [laughs]

Uh-- Um, no.

Uh, as tempting as that might sound,

um, I'm looking for something real.

You know, a husband.

[exhales] You are so cute.

[giggles quietly]

Well, I see you need help
getting signatures.

Um, I could hook you up
with, like, beaucoup signatures

from my boys at the Jesse Jackson Tower
if you wanna get out of here.

Yeah.

[Hazel exhales]

I have something to tell you.

And I don't know how to say it,

because I'm just afraid about
how you might react

and what that might mean for us.

[Kojo breathes deeply]

I'm a virgin.

-Hello, I said I'm a virgin!
-Yeah, uh, just processing.

Okay.

So that's why you bailed?

Yeah.

To be 100, I was embarrassed.

I like you.

And I know it's a lot,

and I completely get it if you don't wanna
wait for me to be ready.

But I just-- I just--

I like you too.

And you know what they say.

Good things come to those who wait.

So I'll check back in tomorrow?

Ugh, boy, shut up.

["do what i say" by kwn playing]

[Shaquille] It's open.

♪ 'Cause I know a place I can hide 'em ♪

♪ And it's inside you ♪

♪ Oh, hey, baby, say my name ♪

♪ Oh, spell it out ♪

♪ Safe space, I'm trained ♪

♪ And if you start to shake ♪

♪ I can hold you down on this bed frame ♪

♪ Hands mingle ♪

♪ She said she single
But that ***** only tingle for me ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, girl, I bet it do
I bet it do, oh ♪

♪ You gonna do what I, I, I ♪

♪ You gonna do what I say ♪

♪ You gonna do what I, I, I ♪

♪ You gonna do what I say ♪

♪ You gonna do what I, I, I ♪

♪ You gonna do what I say ♪

♪ You gonna do what I, I, I ♪

♪ You gonna do what I say ♪

♪ Huh, leave the lights on
I don't want it dark ♪

♪ Want you in the mirror
So I can see it all ♪

♪ And make sure you remember
When I'm been and gone ♪

♪ Huh, better leave your mark
Huh, 'cause I'm high in demand ♪

♪ Couple years older
I ain't scared at all, huh ♪

♪ You seen how I handle it, criminal ♪

♪ And I wanna do
The unspeakable thing that you said ♪

♪ Said with your chest ♪

♪ But before we start breaking
Each other off ♪

♪ l'mma ask you, baby ♪

♪ Will you rev me up? ♪

♪ Start by yourself
And leave it in drive ♪

♪ Picture you against the wall naked ♪

♪ You said it's mine, so show me, baby ♪

♪ Don't say a word
I got everything you need and want… ♪