01x05 - Final Words

[bunniefuu]

["Pull Over" by Ludacris playing]

♪ Do you see what I see over there? ♪

♪ What-- What-- What you see? ♪

-♪ Oh ♪
-♪ Whoo ♪

♪ I ain't never ever, ever
Seen a body like hers ♪

♪ Type of body
That'll make a ***** skrrt ♪

♪ I ain't never ever, ever
Seen a body like hers ♪

♪ Type of body
That'll make a ***** skrrt ♪

[camera shutter clicking]

♪ 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 ♪

[lips smacking loudly]

[Dr. Langhorne] Have to confess,
Miss Wayne.

-Yes.
-I bet $100 that you wouldn't last.

-Right.
-But won't God do it?

-Yes, yes.
-[Dr. Langhorne chuckles]

There's been trials and tribulations,
but by the grace of God and good edges,

-I do endure. Come on now.
-[Dr. Langhorne sighs]

Unfortunately, despite all your gains,
you still only have a 2.88 GPA.

And you know you have to land a 3.0
to get off of academic probation

or to register for the spring semester.

Uh, I've been studying…

[inhales deeply] …so hard,
but despite the extra tutoring,

my grades have still been
a bit of a challenge for me.

[people chattering indistinctly
in the background]

-[Dr. Langhorne] Mm.
-[Deborah inhales]

[sighs, inhales]

Let me ask you something…
[sighs] …Dr. Langhorne.

Um, if someone wanted to get tested

for a learning disability,

what would that look like?

That would look like you sitting
in my office asking to be tested.

Me? Me? No. No, no, no.

Uh, a girl in my engineering class,

she brought it up
while we were discussing…

[gulps] …circuits.

[Dr. Langhorne] Hm.

And I told her I would ask you
because I am so nice.

Well, there are so many resources
for students with learning differences.

-Mm. Differences.
-And just tell your friend to come see me.

-Whenever they're ready.
-Yep.

Okay. Okay. [chuckles]

Bye, Doc.

-Bye-bye.
-Peace.

Thank God for this yogurt.
Keeps me regular.

♪ Fly, let the rhythm
Just carry me high… ♪

[cell phone chimes]

No. No, Chat,
I asked if a triple text is thirsty,

not mathematical properties
of the number 30.

-Bruh.
-What?

You could've just asked me
and spare Jackson, Mississippi,

a few gallons of water.

The answer is yes, thirst bucket.
Even if it is to Rashida.

Don't you have a blazer
you need to be finishing for finals?

[door opens]

[door closes]

Uh-oh, beige rage alert.

You all right?

Coach Coles suspended me for
the Celebration Bowl 'cause of the video.

It was Andre's snitching a*s
who leaked it.

Yo, that's diabolical.

Nah, it's bullshit.

They can't win without me.
I led us to an undefeated season.

I'm talking about I went above and beyond,
apologized to coach, Andre, and the team.

Yo…

I'm done, bro.

I can't wait to get back to Detroit
and just get away from all this.

Look, life is lifeing right now.

I mean, my annoying a*s PO didn't approve
my request to go home for break.

Larrold thinks I need to

spend time over break
job-hunting in Richmond,

like I'm not working my cute behind off
to keep these grades in check.

But still, I rise.

Bruv, if it makes you feel any better,
yeah? I'm not going anywhere.

I mean, my parents
will be in Nigeria visiting fam,

so I'm gonna be right here
working on Chop Lyfe

without them in my business.

But I can help you find a gig.

I appreciate you, man, but I don't
even know what I'm qualified to do.

-[Kojo] Mm.
-The parolee, the orphan, and the outcast.

Merry Christmas to us.

-Merry Christmas.
-Merry Christmas, indeed.

[Afrobeat music playing]

[Jalen] Mm.

I'm thinking of baking cookies
with my face on it for the finals mixer.

Mm, just another way to lick you.

-Mm. Mm.
-[Hazel giggling] Mm, mm, mm.

-[Amir] Mind if I join you?
-Uh…

We're on a date. [chuckles]

-I mean, you good, but we trying to…
-[Hazel] Uh-- Uh, okay.

-[Hazel] Oh.
-g*dd*mn!

-Oh.
-Thanks.

[Amir sighs]

[music continues playing]

Look at him over there looking all fine.
I can't stand his a*s.

-[sighs] It's his loss.
-Wait, who we talking about?

Marquise. He's a writer in residence here

who ended things between us
when he found out that I was a student,

even though I gave him the best sex.

-There's this thing I do with my tongue…
-Eh, yo.

-Amir, I'm eating my grits!
-Pause.

-Damn.
-I'm just saying.

-But tell me later, okay?
-All right.

[girl 1] I like this one way better.

-Ready?
-[girl 2] Mm-hm. Appreciate it.

-[girl 3] Thank you.
-[Rashida] All good over here?

-Nice and clean?
-Yeah, we're good. Thank you.

-[girl 4] Girl.
-[Rashida] Hi!

Girl, put those dishes down.
You're not supposed to be working today.

Well, you clearly need some help
around here,

and I'm not gonna let you deal
with this lunch rush alone.

I mean, besides,
this is usually my shift anyways.

Yeah, until my budget got cut
and I had to slash hours.

Please, I got this.

One burnt biscuit
don't ruin a whole batch.

[music continues playing]

How on earth do you manage
to still be so damn fine?

Even after an all-nighter?

-I get it from my mama.
-Mm.

-[Rashida laughs]
-Future's bright.

So, um, it looks like
I'll be staying on campus

over winter break,

and I was thinking
maybe you'd want to stay too?

Oh. Wow.

I mean, we could spend the break
keeping each other warm.

-That could be nice.
-Mm-hm.

Maybe it could bring us closer.

Real close.

[gasps] I mean, it would save me
a lot of money from taking a trip to L.A.,

so I'll think about it.

[both chuckling]

Love to make me work.

-[Rashida chuckles]
-[music stops]

[Deborah laughing]

Five, five. Name a landmark case
that reshaped gender norms…

Megan Thee Stallion v. The Internet.
I can do that one.

I got a theory with your gender and mine,
so if we just head back--

B-- Baby, seriously, seriously,
we have to stop playing.

I have to ace my finals this week,
or I am screwed, okay? The…

Hey. Hey, save it
for the Survive and Thrive Finals mixer.

I plan to get my entire life.

-Who playing, birdie?
-[Deborah laughing]

Look, look, you need a little motivation.

-Give me my--
-And I'm not feeling my books right now.

So I'll quiz you.

Look, every answer you get right,
you get a kiss.

-I get a kiss?
-You get a kiss.

[laughing] Come here.

-Here, move my hair. Yep.
-[Shaquille] Mm-hm.

-[Shaquille] Come back. Give me another.
-[Deborah laughing] Mm-hm.

[Shaquille] Mm.

-You got lipstick right there.
-[door opens]

-[student screams]
-[Deborah] Right there.

[students chattering loudly]

[Deborah] Oh, what--

[tense music playing]

What's happening?

I don't know, but when Black folk
start running, so should we.

There's a credible but active b*mb threat
on the premises.

We need everyone to evacuate the library
immediately but safely.

[dramatic music playing]

[Deborah] No, Mom, do not get on a flight.

Yes, yes, yes, I'm good.

Don't call the FBI.
Okay, I know. I-- I love you. Bye.

-[siren wailing]
-[Deborah exhales]

Hey. You okay?

Yeah, just shaken up. That's fine.

-I'm gonna call you back.
-Whatever you need, I'm here.

Yeah.

-Who that?
-Huh?

-Oh, it's, um, my tutor.
-[indistinct radio chatter]

Oh, that's Ellington, huh?

-[boy 1] Yo.
-[boy 2] Hey.

-[cell phone chimes]
-[boy 3] Thanks.

-[cell phones ringing and chiming]
-We got a 10-89.

[speaking indistinctly]

-[speaking indistinctly]
-[cell phones ringing]

[girl] I don't know, Dad.

-I can't believe this is happening.
-[Kojo] Uh, I can.

When it comes to violence,
America's kinda goated.

I mean, who threatens a college?

Should've seen the way the FBI
busted through the library.

They had agents, dogs. It was wild.

-Look, y'all, I'm too fine to die.
-[cell phone chimes]

I mean, we're too fine to die.

Stay calm, everyone. Stay calm.

President Wayne is on the way.
It's just a threat.

We don't know if it's real or not, bro.
Yeah, we gonna be all right.

-We gonna be all right.
-Come and get me, please.

We need to pray.
Let's join hands and bow heads.

Call him up, Hazel.

Lord Jesus Christ in heaven,
please bring us closer

to the protection of thee.

[Rashida] Yes, Lord.

Allow us to feel the comfort
of your embrace in these troubled times,

especially, Lord, when some of us
have just found our soulmate.

[Amir] Hazel…

[Hazel] Please, in your infinite wisdom,

do not take away
that which has been illuminated.

Oh, and Lord… [chuckles]
…if we make it through this,

please put it on everyone's hearts
to vote for me for Miss Gilbert Hall.

-[Rashida] Girl, what?
-Amen.

-[Kojo] Seriously?
-Amen.

-[Deborah] All right.
-That's why I mess with you.

You keep us covered.

Yo, it's hella HBCUs
being hit with b*mb threats right now.

I mean, students is tapping in
from Georgia, Alabama,

North Carolina, even Pennsylvania.

This is too much, y'all.

-[Deborah] Dad.
-[Kojo] Hey, what's going on?

It's okay. Everybody calm down.
Calm down, everybody.

Brothers and sisters, for those of you
who have taken my breath-work class,

this is what the work is for.

When the world
takes the air out of your lungs--

Professor Brooks,
ain't nobody got time to be breathing.

-[dog panting]
-[officer] We need a perimeter.

[Dwayne] What we know so far is limited.

Richmond Police have received
a credible b*mb threat on Gaines Library.

-Jesus.
-[Dwayne] FBI are there now.

They're running a full sweep.

They're taking this very seriously
as a potential hate crime.

As of now, we are one of many HBCUs
on lockdown nationwide.

So for now, we just gotta wait.

-We wait?
-Wait?

[Davion] I should have gone Ivy.

Penn would never.

Let you into their institution.
I've seen your grades, brother.

-[students laughing]
-Don't fool yourself.

Target doesn't disappear
just because you changed the address.

It's crazy how much tuition
we pay for death threats.

I thought that this was the one place
we could be protected from racism.

[boy 1] True.

Hey, man, I don't mean to puncture
the collective chakra,

but context matters.

Black learning spaces
have always been seen as dangerous.

Not just because of what students do,
but because of who you might become.

[Amir] Hm.

[Freddie] From Tulsa to the bombing
of schools and churches

to COINTELPRO
to the suppression of Black studies,

none of this is new.

-[girl 1] Yeah.
-[Davion] I hear that.

But how do we know
that these threats aren't an inside job?

-[girl 2] Hm?
-[Davion] Seriously.

-It's not always white people…
-Sit down.

-[Amir] Cut his mic.
-Sit.

-…that are responsible…
-[Rashida growls]

…or trying to take us down.
Black people can be their own worst enemy.

-[girl 3] Like you.
-[students chattering indistinctly]

-Cut his mic. Cut his mic. Sit down.
-[Dwayne] Hold it, hold it, hold it.

I know I'm supposed to say
that colleges are the best place

to debate differing opinions,

but we're not gonna debate
our own existence.

-[boy 2] Thank you.
-Not today, brother. Not today.

We know who's making the threats.
I call cap, Davion.

-I prefer Dave.
-[students groaning]

So this assumption that the danger
must have come from within,

it's not just playing devil's advocate.

That is conditioning.

-[girl 4] Yeah.
-But how do we protect ourselves?

Yeah, it feels like there's nowhere
we can be safe these days.

Another way to not just keep us down,
but to control us.

Well, they can only control us
if we let them.

You know, I get what Shaquille is saying.
Our oppression is by design.

[students murmuring]

Uh, ju-- It is all just so exhausting.

We go to their institutions,
they punish us.

-We try to build our own, they destroy it.
-[girl 5] Yeah.

We mess up, they use it against us. What--
What is even the point of trying?

[students chattering indistinctly]

[Dwayne] Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I know it feels that way, but think about
what you do have in this moment.

The thing-- The thing that's carried
our people through generations.

-Community.
-[girl 6] Right.

-[Rashida] You heard that?
-Yes.

-Y'all seen a German Shepherd around here?
-No, ma'am.

-[girl 7] What?
-German Shepherd?

Damn. [breathing heavily]
Boo Boo to base. K-9 still at large.

All right, y'all. Just carry on.

-[girl 8] Somebody get…
-Somebody find the dog.

-[boy 3] A dog, a b*mb? What--
-What's going on?

["Set Me Free" by Ari LaShell playing]

This could be us, hugged up,

if you decided to stay over winter break.

-Boy, do you think about anything else?
-Not really.

Just trying to distract us
from the madness.

Well, I'm trying to be distracted
by my books right now.

Say less.

["Set Me Free" continues playing]

[chair scrapes]

-[Deborah] How do you know my RA?
-[Shaquille] Who, Candace?

We bump into each other at the gym
from time to time, but that's about it.

♪ Trying only makes things
Worse sometimes ♪

I thought you told me
your tutor was a clown

after he said
you might have a learning disability.

He's all right.

I was just mad, I guess.

Huh. Y'all seemed pretty close earlier.
He must be really helping.

He was just being nice.

Mm. "Being nice."

[sighs heavily]

♪ Free ♪

-♪ Set me free, set me free ♪
-♪ Free ♪

-[Deborah tapping playfully]
-Damn, you have zero chill!

Ooh, Rashida, girl.

-What's wrong?
-[Rashida sighs]

-Girl, I thought you was Kojo.
-What?

I mean, he keeps on trying to convince me
to stay on campus for break,

and all I can think about
is getting through finals…

-[Deborah] Mm-hm.
-…going home, and going to see my family.

Mm-hm. Kojo will just have to understand
that there are bigger things going on

than hooking up.

Like right now,
everything just feels louder.

Well, I don't know
what kind of world he's living in,

but mine went from zero to 100
real quick. [laughs]

-It's a lot.
-Oh.

-Yes.
-You come in for a hug.

-You need a hug.
-I mean, do I have to?

-You need one though. Come here.
-Come on.

-Oh.
-[Deborah chuckling]

Did you just hug me
for the second time this week?

-Don't start that.
-We're best friends now.

-That's okay. I mean, unless…
-We should get charm bracelets.

…if we make it through this,
you give me them Balenciaga pants.

[both laughing]

[Deborah] No.

-Hey, stranger.
-[Marquise chuckles]

What's up?

So we're just never gonna speak again?

Amir, it…

It's not that
I didn't enjoy our connection.

It's just,

today it really hit me

that here I am with faculty,
trying to help students.

I can't be involved with one.

But you're not faculty.

And look, your residency is up soon,
so why can't we--

And that response shows me
how young you really are.

-♪ Free ♪
-♪ Set me free ♪

Take care, Amir.

♪ Free ♪

[Andre sighs]

-Hey.
-Hey.

Rashida, right?

Right. Andre.

-Cyborg fan.
-[Andre] Mm-hm. [chuckles]

See, but the thing is,
you know what's crazy?

All of this craziness
reminds me of Attack on Titan

when the Colossal Titan
broke down Wall Maria

and all the people in Shiganshina

was running around panicking
trying to evacuate.

-[laughing] Shut up.
-It's beginning.

-I was thinking the same thing.
-[Andre] Oh my God.

-This is total Shiganshina energy.
-[Andre laughing]

-I'm trying to tell you. It's wild.
-[Rashida laughing]

-What episode are you on?
-This is too much.

-sh**t, I'm behind a little bit, but…
-Dang.

♪ But this ain't workin' ♪

♪ And even though… ♪

[Rashida sighs]

Look, I'mma, um…
I'mma go and try to study,

now that I got something beautiful
to think about.

[Rashida exhales]

♪…deep inside and we'll find ♪

♪ Peace of mind
If we both take time to realize… ♪

Andre.

-Oh.
-But what happened, bro?

I thought we squashed beef,
then you go and leak the video?

Bro, I don't know
what you're talking about.

Oh, you don't?

What I do know is you came to me
with some sad sob story,

acting like you the only one
that's ever been through something.

But see… [laughs]

…you don't know how hard I worked
to become QB1.

-QB1?
-Yeah.

[Shaquille laughs]

You know what?

This childish, bro.
Everything that went down today?

I'm done going back and forth with you.

It's yours.

You got it, QB1.

[dramatic music playing]

[inaudible]

[music intensifies then stops]

-[sirens wailing in the distance]
-[indistinct radio chatter]

[whimpers]

[Ellington] Whoo-hoo.

Bruh, you stay reneging.
People get hurt for that, you know?

-Just take this whooping like a man.
-Nah. Nah, you cheatin'.

You cheatin'.
Let your books do the talking, playboy.

-[Xavier] Who you feeling like, Eliantte?
-[Ellington] All right.

-Yo, you good, bro?
-Hell nah.

I don't do well with my life
being threatened or discarded.

Nah, nah, I get it. You know, we had
a b*mb threat my freshman year, bro.

I was shook. I thought I was gonna die
before my mom got to see my first game.

But, you know, I got-- I got used to it.

-[Amir] Mm-hm.
-So just…

Your inner child needs a hug,
'cause that's messed up.

Damn, it is.

-How-- How you always doing that, man?
-Doing what?

Like, you been lining me up all semester.

Every time you got me in that chair,

you always talk me through whatever
dumb stress I got going on that week.

Like, are you a barber?
Are you a therapist? Like…

Even now,
you the one who's anxious as hell,

you talking to me about my inner child.

[people chattering indistinctly]

Like-- No, no, you got somethin'.

-[cell phone buzzing]
-You got somethin'.

-You talk a lot, but thank you.
-[Jalen laughs]

[soulful music playing]

[music stops]

[insects chirping]

[people chattering indistinctly]

[girl 1] Anybody want a drink here?

[yawns]

I'm ready to go.

[Shaquille] Man, how much longer
we gotta sit here?

-[Hazel] Seriously, this is crazy.
-[Amir] Oh my God.

[Deborah humming "Can We Talk"
by Tevin Campbell]

♪ Girl, next ♪

♪ Next time you come my way ♪

♪ I'll know just what to say ♪

-♪ Can we talk for a minute? ♪
-♪ Can we talk for a minute? ♪

[Amir] Hey.

[all] ♪ Girl, I want to know your name ♪

-♪ Can we talk for a minute? ♪
-♪ Can we talk? ♪

Are they really singing about
trying to holla right now?

[Amir] ♪ Baby ♪

-♪ Girl, I want to know your name ♪
-[Amir] ♪ I wanna know ♪

♪ Oh, girl ♪

[Kojo] Hey!

♪ One more chance with you again ♪

-Uh-huh.
-Come on.

♪ I will not let it ♪

[girl 2] What?

♪ Go ♪

♪ Oh, please
Give me just one more chance ♪

I can't hear you.

♪ For love ♪

♪ Love, love, love ♪

[Rashida] ♪ Talk to me for a minute ♪

Come on!

♪ Come on and talk to me, baby ♪

[boy 1] Hey!

♪ Said, I wanna know, I wanna know ♪

♪ I wanna know your name ♪

♪ Talk to me for a minute ♪

[boy 1] Hey!

♪ Come on and talk to me, baby ♪

♪ Said, I wanna know, I wanna know ♪

[girl 3 laughing]

♪ I wanna know your name ♪

[all laughing]

Hey.

-Is it over?
-[laughter stops]

Effective immediately,
all lockdowns have been lifted,

the library is reopened,
and the FBI finished their sweep,

and an all-clear has been issued.

[boy 2] Praise the Lord.

[all cheering and chattering]

Look, I don't feel all cleared.

Me either.

I mean, what about the other campuses?
And do we know who threatened us?

[Dwayne] There are several
alt-right groups

taking credit for the threats online
on messaging boards,

but usually in a situation like this,

rarely is a single perpetrator
ever identified.

But I can assure all of you

that you can safely return
to academic buildings

and resume normal activities.

Now, how are we supposed
to resume normal activities

after our lives have been threatened?

I need to get out of here, man.
This is crazy.

[sighs]

[sighs]

-[door closes]
-Whoo.

Damned if you do… [chuckles]

I wanna thank you, Nellie.
You, um… You really held it down today,

and, um, I appreciate you.

[Nellie] I'll always have Hillman's back,
because that's what family does.

But, Dwayne,
you seem to have forgotten that.

The Pit is Hillman's beating heart.

Mine too.

And Granddaddy would be
very disappointed in you, Dwayne.

Slashing our budget?

[chuckles]

Oof. [exhales]

I'm gonna have to agree with Nellie.

You know, now is not a good time.

Oh, it's always a good time
for justice, brother.

Hey, the faculty and I

are not just gonna let you gut the school
with your proposed budget cuts.

Well, Professor Brooks,

uh, my proposed budget cuts
are already on their way to the board.

So they're in the hands
of the trustees now.

The future of Hillman is at stake.

What do you want me to do?

You want me to magically sh*t
$100 million? Huh?

I'm sorry.

That's not-- It's not about you. It's…

[sighs]

-I got this job--
-So do your job.

[mellow music playing]

I'll do mine.

[music stops]

♪ Do what you can, do what I want
Yeah ♪

-[Deborah] Hillman, are y'all listening?
-[students] Yeah!

-I said, Hillman, are y'all listening?
-Yeah!

-Okay, they tried it.
-Yeah!

Yes, they did.

-But we are not going anywhere.
-Hell no.

-We are studying.
-Yeah!

-We are partying.
-Yeah!

And we are living our best,
young, gifted, Black, talented lives…

[all cheering]

…right here in our space.

[all cheering]

And that's the cut on that, right?

[all cheering]

Uh… Uh…

[all cheering]

♪ Yeah, I'm from the streets… ♪

Okay, so I put us in a group chat,
and I named it GirlyPops.

[Deborah] Mm-hm.

And I think we should try and do
a FaceTime every Friday, just to…

Girl, it's only gonna be a month.

-[Deborah] Right.
-Uh, but a lot can happen in a month.

I mean, somebody could fall in love
in that time.

-I'm in love with Jalen.
-[Deborah] Oh, what?

-[Rashida] Yay.
-That's quite the development, baby.

I mean, this whole b*mb threat situation,
it made me realize that he's the one,

and that God clearly sent him for me.

Right. [scoffs]

Just be careful, girl.
You only known the man five minutes.

Okay, four more than I needed.
When you know, you know.

Hold up. Are those my Balenciaga pants?

Girl, when I said that
you could have them,

I didn't mean you could wear them.

-Take them off.
-But they look good on me.

[all laughing]

That mean you're gonna stay on campus
and train with the team?

Hang out with your brothers
and let me style you.

And maybe trash
that one outfit we discussed?

Yeah, can we…

-A'ight, look.
-[Kojo laughing]

You right, Jo. Look, I'mma stay here.

-I'mma lock in.
-[Kojo] Mm.

Train like I never trained before,
'cause I'm QB1.

-Okay. That's what we like to hear.
-I ain't worried about none of that.

That's what I'm talking about.

I don't know, but the bow, keep the bow.

-But I like-- But the pink.
-Keep the bow.

-It's not big though.
-No, it's fine. I don't wanna…

-I don't wanna dwell on it.
-You can sleep on the floor.

["Is It a Crime" by Mariah the Scientist
and Kali Uchis playing]

[sighs]

[Kojo exhales deeply]

[both laughing]

I'm glad all the madness is over.

My parents would've never
let me hear the end of it if I got k*lled.

[Kojo sighs]

[sighs] Speaking of parents…

I've decided to go home.

[Kojo] Hm.

I have to hug them
and wrestle with my brothers

and remember what it feels like
to feel safe.

I hear it.

♪ Now I can't contain it… ♪

I just feel pressure

all around.

[Kojo] Mm-hm.

Wait, are you…
Are you talking about from me?

I mean, with this whole virginity thing,

you've been a lot.

Rashida, please, you don't understand.

-I haven't even--
-Kojo, please.

Okay?

♪ It ain't nothin' to discuss
'Cause it is to me… ♪

Maybe…

we should just take a break.

♪ Tell me, what's it to ya? ♪

♪ Tell me, is it a crime to fall? ♪

♪ To fall in love… ♪

Calm.

Whatever you need.

♪ Tell me, what's it to ya? ♪

♪ Tell me, is it a crime to fall? ♪

[sighs]

-[Shaquille] What's up?
-[Deborah] Mm.

[Deborah chuckles]

-Oh. You know…
-Yeah. Yeah, come here.

-…I cannot believe…
-Mm.

…we basically survived first semester.

-Yeah.
-And a whole b*mb threat.

-[Shaquille] Hm.
-[Deborah laughs]

Yeah, and look, you even got us back here
in this here library.

-Look at you.
-Mm, I did, didn't I?

-You did.
-Some might call it a gift.

-Okay, gift.
-[Deborah laughing]

You have come a long way
since convocation.

Yeah. And I wanna keep going.

And I wanna keep going with you.

♪ I'm a woman, I'm not a girl ♪

♪ Is that a crime in this cruel world? ♪

♪ And so what? ♪

♪ I fell, you fell in love
A couple times ♪

♪ Tell me, what's it to ya? ♪

♪ Tell me, is it a crime to fall? ♪

[boys laughing]

[Andre] All right, I'mma catch y'all.
I'mma head home.

[boy 1] I got you.

-[boy 2] Peace out.
-[boy 1] Stay here, man.

Hey, you.

[Rashida] What are you doing here?

I thought the football team
had to stay over break.

I'm just going home for a couple of days.
I need to see my family after all of this.

I feel you.
Family is important in trying times.

-For sure.
-Yeah.

-Where you headed?
-Compton.

-Word?
-Yeah.

I got family out there.

Look, my Auntie Lovette
stay right by the courthouse.

-What?
-[Andre chuckles]

Let me find out I should pay her a visit.

Maybe you should.

[car approaching]

Uh, well, this is me.

Need a ride?

Baby, if you offering,
I'mma always say yes.

[mellow music playing]

[Rashida titters]

The mental health center
is a lifeline for so many of us,

and that's why I wanna work here.

You could even say I need to work here.

I'm looking for a dedicated psych major

to fill the position
of the student mental health liaison.

-Does that describe you, Mr. Rodale?
-Absolutely.

Um, there's this one thing.

I'm kinda on probation

for this messed up situation
that happened back in Harlem.

But I assure you, Dr. L,
that I have turned my life around.

Oh, stop right there.

That's the same thing my second ex-husband
said to me in 1988, that wh*re.

[Dr. Langhorne sighs]

Seven o'clock tomorrow, Mr. Rodale.

Wow. Um, wow, okay.
Uh, thank you so much, Dr. L.

Um, I appreciate it.
You won't regret it. Promise.

I better not.

-Okay. All right. [laughs nervously]
-Okay. [chuckles]

[knocking on door]

[Ellington] Well, well,
look who made it out alive.

-[Deborah chuckles]
-I was wondering about you.

Yes.

In more ways than one.

Ta-da!

-3.0. [laughing]
-Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

-[cell phone clicks]
-I, uh…

I wanted to thank you

for all your help.

Even when you suggested I get tested…

-[Ellington laughs] Mm-hm.
-…for a learning disability.

I know it was genuine.

I am, uh… [inhales]

I'm gonna get tested. [exhales]

-Wow. That's amazing.
-[chuckles]

-I'm happy for you.
-Yeah.

Uh… I wouldn't have been able
to finish this semester without you.

["Same Mistake" by Destin Conrad
feat. Alex Isley playing]

Thank you.

Tutor hug?

[Deborah chuckling]

[Deborah chuckles]

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ The nighttime brings promises
I can't keep ♪

♪ Giving in is the one thing
That I don't need ♪

♪ Got ahead of myself ♪

♪ Gotta retrace my steps ♪

♪ 'Cause I lost me the moment
I took a piece of you ♪

♪ And you may never believe
But I'm sorry ♪

♪ I never meant for it to go this way ♪

♪ This way ♪

♪ Only wanted the best
And I'm sticking to my story ♪

♪ This was a moment for me ♪

♪ And this was all it could be ♪

♪ Now that love is almost gone ♪

♪ I fall, I get better ♪

-♪ You'll get better, baby ♪
-♪ Fall again ♪

♪ I've been on one ♪

♪ Lost control of the way ♪

-♪ The way I feel about it, but… ♪
-♪ The way I feel about it, baby ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Same mistake ♪

♪ Same mis-- ♪