01x06 - Insomnia and the Daydreamer

[bunniefuu]

["Feel It" by Carlitta Durand playing]

♪ I want you… ♪

[boy exhales]

[girl moans]

♪ Hold me ♪

♪ Feel my body ♪

♪ Kiss me softly ♪

♪ Taste me slowly ♪

♪ I wanna feel it ♪

-[song stops abruptly]
-[groans deeply]

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

Come. Okay, S.

[Deborah groans, moans]

[Deborah chuckles softly]

[Deborah sighs]

[both] Mm.

-[Deborah chuckling]
-[Shaquille kissing]

-I missed you so damn much over break.
-Mm, is that so?

-Yes.
-Good morning. Good morning.

[Rashida] Yuck!

Get a room.

[Deborah] We're in one, pookie.

My Auntie Pookie did time
for disturbing the peace.

This is disturbing my peace.

-Shall I build my case?
-[Deborah smooching] Mm.

Don't he got football or something to do?

-Rashida, sensitive topic.
-[Shaquille laughing]

-[mocking] A sensitive topic.
-Nah, nah. Look, it's cool. It's all good.

And since I ain't got to worry about
being on my A-game for once,

thanks to yo new man--

-He is not my new mans.
-[Shaquille] Uh-huh, right.

-Yet. [guffawing]
-[Deborah guffawing]

I got a comp VIP table at this new club
opening tonight courtesy of my boy Durag.

-We could…
-Mm, you had me at VIP.

I knew I did.

Okay, even if I was okay
with going outside,

how we supposed to get inside?

None of us is 21.

Be worried about
what y'all need to be worried about.

Leave the formalities to me.

G, I'm worried about you being in here.

-Candace! Candace!
-Come on.

-Rashida, you gonna trip us.
-[Rashida] Ooh, ooh, ooh! Get--

Get out!

♪ 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 ♪

Chat, it's a new semester,

and your boy's employed now,
healing the young minds of Hillman.

Well, mainly booking appointments,
but it's essential.

The breaking news,
I finally secured my reparations.

Your working-class hero
has finally got a single room.

Fit for a king, and even though the bed
is a twin, I feel I'm about to show out!

[laughing excitedly]

[knocking on door]

[upbeat music playing]

Hi!

-Oh, I missed you!
-I missed you too.

-Okay.
-[Amir] What up?

[Jalen] Oh! Ooh!

-This is nice.
-[Jalen] Party.

Ooh, silk sheets?

My mom and dad only pull those out
around their anniversary.

-[Amir] Oh. Okay.
-Oh. [chuckles]

Well, I mean, safe to say you guys
had a better time over break than I did.

My parents had me spending all my time
at Elgin Almighty Tabernacle,

but that place has really fallen off.

-Oh yeah.
-Really?

Well, it was Smash tournament city
over here.

Mir Mir definitely the homie.

-You know what I'm saying?
-Mir Mir.

"Mir Mir," I love that. [chuckles]

[Kojo] Class is in session.

Now, do you lot see how her jacket
and the denim speak?

I mean, this is cohesion.

-[Candace] Mm.
-You're doing your thing.

-Thank you.
-[Kojo] Mm-hm.

[students laughing]

["Encore" by Cheryl Lynn playing]

-♪ Good love ♪
-♪ Deserves an encore ♪

♪ Deserves an encore ♪

-♪ Your love ♪
-♪ Can't get enough ♪

The hemorrhaging stops
when the donors start writing checks.

Oh, I love it when you talk dirty to me.

[chuckles] Speaking of,
are you still working

on that big donor angle
for later this week?

-Of course, Dwayne.
-Yeah.

It's Alpha Delta Rho's chapterversary.

Uh-huh.

The crème de la crème of Black women
will be gracing our yard.

[Dwayne] Mm.

Not to mention

that I have a pretty big fish on the line
for later today.

Come on now. [snaps fingers]
Let's go. Who is it? Tell me, tell me.

I'll wait till it pans out.
I don't wanna jinx it.

-I took a red-eye out…
-Hey, Ron.

…to convince the damn coach
to reverse Shaquille's suspension,

only to have my son
screening my texts and calls.

-Then I discover…
-[phone thuds]

…he's been holed up
in your daughter's dorm room

since he got back on campus last night.

Ain't no way. After he broke
my baby's heart last summer? Nah.

Their little dalliance
literally went up in flames.

They would not go back to that.

Maybe they're working on a project.

[scoffs] Oh, they're working on something.

Well, our hard-headed kids
bring out the worst in each other.

So I say we shut it down.

["Encore" continues playing, stops]

[people chattering indistinctly]

[dreamy music playing]

Those hotcakes look tasty, Ma.

Tasty, tasty, tasty,
tasty, tasty, tasty, tasty.

[waitress] All right, girl,
thank you so much.

[mellow music playing]

[Dwayne] Oh boy.

Deborah, you are just glowing.

Is it the job, or is it someone?

Yeah, kid, what's new with you?

What's this? What's going on here, huh?

We're on to you, missy.

You've been spending your precious time
with that Shaquille Marlon Johnson.

Uh…

Listen, although you're not
on academic probation anymore,

co-ed overnights
are a clear violation of dorm rules.

Hell no. Please, no, just stop.

Who snitched?

Know what? After everything
I've been through in the last month--

[Whitley] This is just
what we're saying, sweetheart.

With your new diagnosis,

you have to find a way
to adjust to your new normal.

Now, your father and I,
mostly your father,

may have missed the early signs--

Okay, okay, we just wanna help guide you.

First of all,

we don't have to refer to it
as my "diagnosis."

I have ADHD.

And yes, it was difficult
to grow up undiagnosed,

carrying the burden
of some mysterious condition.

But I'm just glad to have an explanation
as to why my brain ticks the way it does

and a supportive boyfriend.

Turns out I'm not the screw-up
that you always thought I was.

I'm a neurodivergent baddie.
I'm an attention-deficit diva.

And I've got it all under control.

So when they say justice was served,

first ask yourself, for whom?

Is it served for 16-year-old
trafficking victim Kendra,

prosecuted as an adult
for prostitution on a dating app?

Um, what about her abusers?

Sadly, adultification bias
plus a legal loophole

means this young sister
is the only one behind bars.

Let that sink in.

But Kendra's story won't end here.

I am pursuing action
against her exploiters and the platform,

because unchallenged precedents stand.

[students murmuring]

This will be our case study this semester.

And I could use a research assistant.

So make your case.

[students chattering indistinctly]

[door opens]

-Excuse me, sorry.
-Hi, excuse--

-Professor Brooks…
-[girl] Mm-mm?

…this is the job that I wanna do.

Um, how do I apply?

Well, hold your launch, little rocket.
Upperclassmen only.

I'm sorry.

-[girl] Mm, bye!
-[Rashida sighs]

Hey, Rashida?

Um, how's Deborah doing?

She fine.

Yeah? Okay, cool.
I just haven't seen her in a while, so…

She still, uh, studying and whatnot?

Studying?

[Rashida guffawing]

Studying. [guffaws]

So I heard about the suspension. [exhales]

Yeah, it's whatever.

Now I got a little more time
to wild out, so it's they loss for real.

-Okay. Oh.
-I got you, I got you, I got you.

You know, you don't have to do
all of that with me. I know it sucks.

Been trying to stay busy,
keep my mind off of it,

but I ain't gonna lie, it's been tough.

[Candace] Mm.

I just need a night to, like,
feel something else, you know?

[Candace] Mm.

Shaquille! I've been calling you.

-All right. Yeah.
-Talk to you later.

Come on now, you gotta answer my calls.

[Shaquille] Uh, what's up, Pops?

[Ron] Now listen, son, you know
I love Deborah like she was my own.

But you remember what happened
the last time y'all tried it?

You were crying all night
over being blocked.

-I was not crying.
-Oh, you were boo-hooing.

Shed a couple tears, but how
do you even know about me and Deborah?

Shouldn't worry about that.

Now I know why your season
is down the drain.

What?

Coles is holding firm
to his nonsensical decision

to keep you benched
for the Celebration Bowl.

I've been busting my behind
trying to get right with the team.

Deborah had nothing to do with my problem.

[Ron] Come on, boy.

I was your age. All those late nights.

Mm? Yeah.

You need to get your mind
back in the game.

And as your manager,
I need to start making some serious moves.

Hold on.
What type of moves we talking about?

[mellow music playing]

Damn.

Exactly. Early psychology helped invent
the idea of Black inferiority.

-You know, skull measurements, IQ testing.
-[keyboards clacking]

I mean, just to justify segregation.

Outrageous.

Black psychology flips that script.

[voice fading] Bottom line,
when the academy erased us…

[Brooklyn continues speaking indistinctly]

Hi.

[dreamy music playing]

Yes, Deborah?

-Hm?
-[music stops]

Oh.

Um, yes, yes. If-- If someone were to keep
having dreams about… something,

that wouldn't mean anything…
[chuckles] …real, right?

-Girl, what?
-Girl, what?

-What the hell's she talking about?
-[Brooklyn] Hm.

Um, I'm afraid that dreams
are beyond the scope of today's lesson.

[Deborah chuckles]

-[Brooklyn] I'll see y'all next week.
-You good?

Deborah, let me talk to you real quick.

-[Hazel] Ooh…
-[Kojo] Uh-oh.

Dream girl's gonna have
a bit of a nightmare.

-[Deborah mocking]
-[Hazel and Amir laughing]

[students chattering indistinctly]

-[Brooklyn chuckling]
-[Deborah] Hey.

-Hey.
-[Deborah] Uh…

So how are you settling in?

You're adjusting
to your accommodations and therapies?

I'm good, cuzzo. I'm sorry I spaced.

Look, I didn't really get
much sleep last night.

Well, you know, the first day back
from break could be a lot,

especially when boys are on the brain.

Right.

-No. No--
-Yeah, it's pretty obvious.

-[sighs]
-No need to confirm or deny.

-It ain't none of my business.
-Well--

Well, I know the timing was off,

but I could still really use
your take on dreams.

Dreams? What dreams are you having?

-Okay--
-[woman] There's my baby girl.

-[Brooklyn] Mommy! [shrieking]
-[Deborah] Auntie Kimmy!

-[Kimberly and Brooklyn laughing]
-Looking cute!

-[Kimberly] Oh! Deborah!
-[Brooklyn] What are you doing here?

You know I'm not gonna miss
seeing my daughter

teach her first class at our alma mater.

-Plus the Alpha Delta Rho chapterversary.
-[Deborah] Mm?

-Okay?
-Okay?

-Rho-wee!
-Rho-wee!

[both laughing]

[mellow music playing]

[man] Whitley Gilbert.

Like fine wine.

London Fog, extra hot, extra froth,
and just a drizzle of honey.

You remember.

[chuckles] Well,
you're not exactly forgettable.

-Thank you for seeing me, Senator.
-Mm-hm.

I know you're busy,
so I'll get right to it.

I need you to work the Hill
to save our dear alma mater.

I've heard of, uh, Hillman's
financial challenges,

and I'm happy to help in any way I can.

-Really?
-Mm-hm.

-You mean it, Byron?
-I'm as serious as a groom at the altar.

Speaking of which, does your husband know
that you came to see me?

I didn't come here
to talk about my personal life.

I apologize. But I am glad to hear
that you're still happily married.

I'm sure you saw in the press
that… [clears throat]

You finalized your divorce.

-Number three.
-[Byron laughing]

I'm sorry to hear that.

I suppose they were all doomed
from the start.

Always compared them
to the one who got away.

But let's get down to brass tacks.

Yes, I-- I do have some good ideas
to run by you.

Okay, good.

[all chattering indistinctly]

-[Shaquille] Appreciate you.
-[Kojo speaking indistinctly]

["Ayy Ladies"
by Travis Porter ft. Tyga playing]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Don't need no man, got yo own bands
Put up yo hands ♪

-♪ If you a top-notch ♪
-♪ Oh ♪

♪ Let me hear you holler ♪

-♪ Bend it over ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Touch ya toes ♪

♪ Whip it out
Show them **** ya bankroll ♪

All right, L.S. Rho-wee! [laughing]

-Is this a rave?
-[Freddie sighs]

We never should have let
the millennial sorors plan this.

And I should have never joined
this culty cotillion after-party

without my microdose gummies.

Come on, guys. Focus, ladies.
We have not been out in years.

We're not gonna let these infants
think they invented fun.

-[Freddie chuckles]
-You're right.

-And we have a lot to celebrate.
-[Freddie laughing]

-First and foremost, the award-winning…
-Oh.

…heart surgeon, Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer.

[Kimberly] Thank you, thank you.

Uh-- Ooh. Oh, oh, oh.

Hey! Oh-- Hey, uh-uh.

I am old enough to be your mother.

Back that thing away.

["Ayy Ladies" continues playing]

I still got it.

-Yes, we do. Thank you, sea moss.
-[Kimberly laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Andre chuckles]

Hey.

♪ Blessings ♪

-You look good.
-Thank you.

-Yeah.
-Thank you.

♪ Yet she out here dancing
Like she from a different world ♪

When did you start
slinging drinks, stranger?

Since the department
cut some of my classes,

but in the words of Dr. King,
I have a dream… to get paid.

[both laughing]

I have never been more uncertain
of my future at Hillman.

They'd be fools
to let a light like you slip away.

[upbeat music continues playing]

[Freddie] Mm…

Um, who is this, uh, handsome,
muscular specimen of a man?

-Oh, he's my professorial colleague.
-Thank you.

He asked me to dinner once,
but I turned him down.

-[Kimberly] Mm.
-I just-- I can't get past the age gap.

I can see why.

You never wanna be the December

in a May-December relationship,
Freddie-la.

Freddie, all I see is a grown man

that's not afraid
to go after what he wants.

[Freddie laughs]

Well, since we're putting everything
on the vermilion table, I'll go next.

-Okay, okay.
-I've reconnected with Byron.

[gasps] Dang, dang, dang,
dang, dang, dang!

A French 75, extra splash of lemon.

-Yes.
-Gotcha.

[Deborah] Bye. [laughing]

We don't have long.
I don't know what to do.

I'm having sex dreams about Ellington.

It's like I'm fantasizing
about him everywhere.

The big soft lips,
the hot brown sugar bedroom eyes.

-Deborah! Infidelity is a bad sin!
-[Deborah] Yes, hello?

Okay.

Well, it was strictly professional
at first, and then he started to flirt.

-[Freddie gasps]
-And I felt… good.

Dwayne hasn't given me
that kind of attention in months.

Are you saying
you want that old thang back?

Is that why you were acting so weird
in Black psych?

Ooh, I knew I peeped tea
when he asked about you after class.

-He asked about me?
-Yeah.

What did he say? Come on, spill.

Okay, girl, take it from a girl
with two men after her,

choose one and avoid the drama.

[Hazel] Mm.

Jalen fits in perfectly.

I'm so glad God sent me
my king already. Oh!

[Kimberly] Whitley,

opening up the door to Byron means
opening up the door to leaving Dwayne.

You're actually considering this?

No, no, no. I-- I mean, I do--
I don't know.

I just need this to end, y'all.

Uh, I am so happy with Shaquille.
I don't wanna screw all this up.

It's okay.

-You better be taking out a PowerPoint.
-I know that's not a computer.

Uh, my econ assignment
is due at 11:59. [chuckles]

-Work-life balance, besties.
-Well, you know, she's a scholar.

-I'll give it to her.
-What can we say?

-Oh my God! Oh my God!
-Uh, what?

I've been selected as an official finalist
for Miss Gilbert Hall!

-[Deborah speaking indistinctly]
-Oh my God!

-[Hazel laughing]
-Girl, we gotta dance! No, we have to--

Oh, later. I gotta finish this.

-Can we-- Can I--
-Yeah, go ahead.

[both yelling]

[Dwayne] There you go.

-Yeah, that's me.
-[bouncer laughing]

Hey, y'all ain't up to dress code, man.

-What?
-Uh…

Y'all gotta bounce. Respectfully.

-[laughs] I get it.
-[bouncer] Yeah?

I-- I can see you a man
about your business.

I-- You know, I used to own a nightclub.

Um, perhaps these two C-notes
might help smooth things over.

Man, code is code. And your slacks, bruh?

[scoffs] Ah, your slacks have said enough.

["Tendernism" by BossMan Dlow
ft. BossMan Pac playing]

♪ All I see is dollar signs
I don't see these ****** ♪

♪ I don't see these ****** ♪

♪ That ***** fallin' off the bone
Bae, it's tendernism ♪

♪ Money talks, ***** hatin'
I know how to k*ll him ♪

♪ Too many Ben Franks on me
I just gotta spin 'em ♪

♪ Lil' ** blowin' up my phone
Like she need a ***** ♪

Oh, so man is invisible now, yeah?
Can't even chat to me?

Rashida has left the chat.

Do you take me for a proper mug?

What are you really trying to do
throwing this man in my face?

Don't act brand-new. You were out
at every Hillman party over break.

-You think I didn't see your stories?
-What are you on?

Rashida, I was grafting
for the spring fashion show.

Only reason I went out

is to keep my mind off you.

Excuse me.

♪ The Tesla drive itself
Ain't even gotta drive it ♪

♪ I lay back, she give me ****
While it's on autopilot ♪

-Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Ah, ah.
-Ooh, it's a cousin cameo in the club!

-You know what? I love this for us.
-Yeah.

The aunties are hovering.

-If I was you, I'd dip.
-Yeah, good looks, cuzzo.

-All right, baby.
-I'll catch you later.

["Tendernism" continues playing, stops]

[dreamy music playing]

[exhales]

[Shaquille] Hey, babe.

["Tendernism" resumes playing]

Baby, you all right?

-Uh… We got a problem.
-What you looking at?

-What's going on?
-We got a-- Come on. Come on. We gotta…

[tense music playing]

[Hazel gasps]

Yeah.

[siren wailing]

Deborah, you have the nerve
to lather a guilt trip on us

while you continue to make these…
these calamitous choices.

Shaquille, you're underage, son.

How many times are we gonna have
the same conversation

about how damaging an arrest
or even a citation is for you?

Everything we've worked for, it goes away.

-After that disastrous fire last summer…
-[Kimberly] Oh.

Oh, here we go. Please.

Tired of hearing about this.

…it proves the two of you
are bad influences on each other.

And nothing has changed.

[Kimberly] Oh come on, guys.

You guys were young,
dumb, and in love once too.

And some of you guys are still dumb.

-Truly, give peace a chance, man.
-[Deborah laughing]

This barely registers
compared to the nonsense you used to pull.

-Come on.
-They are good kids.

Yeah. Yep.

Look, kid, I'm choosing to trust you

because that's the only way
it's gonna work out.

-Do you trust me?
-[Dwayne] You not listening?

No, seriously,
'cause this feels like gaslighting.

You know, I may not
be old enough for the club,

but I'm definitely old enough to decide
who I wanna be with, and that's Shaquille.

Worry about your own messy relationship.

[Deborah] Hm.

-[Kimberly] Oh.
-[Brooklyn] That mouth.

[Dwayne laughing]

That's your daughter. Come on.

I would never talk
to my parents like that.

I wanted one night to forget about
how I messed up my freshman season.

Do you think I need you
telling me about my future?

Yeah, you do.

As a matter of fact, I think it's time
to get you in the transfer portal.

What are you talking about?
You can't put me in the transfer portal.

That's my decision to make.

Looking out for your best interests
is my job.

But I never even hired you.

One day you just woke up and said that
you was my manager, and I let it happen.

-Boy, be careful.
-And now you got me looking like a liar.

I specifically told Coach Coles

that I wasn't gonna enter
the transfer portal.

You think that's in my best interest?

You know what?

It's time I take back control.

You're fired.

[people speaking indistinctly]

[Jalen] Yo, Mir Mir.

Yo, your boy's got a hangover,
so Smash Bros. is the only cure.

Uh, bet. Let me get myself out this bed.

Nah, nah, nah, no worries.

I'mma grab some Pedialyte,
and I'mma slide to yours.

It's just my roommate
keep blasting Kirk Franklin.

Uh, all right, bro.

All right, bro.

About to get you to work.

-All right, peace.
-Peace.

[phone whoops]

Okay, pause?

[singing bowl chimes]

Let's pick this up again next week
before the blood moon. [chuckles]

Hey, hey, hey, move slow.

-A lot of powerful energy in this room.
-[boy 1 snores]

[door opens]

-Excuse me.
-[boy 2] Namaste.

-[books thud]
-Oh.

[chuckles]

What is this?

My application for the research assistant
position, Professor.

Rashida, you are a couple of years
too early and several credits shy

to apply for this position,
but I love the hunger.

Well, I pulled the relevant briefs
from similar U.S. cases.

Purple tabs mark the winners.

My home state, California,

holds one of the highest
trafficking rates in the U.S.

It's an epidemic,
and it's personal for me.

[Freddie] Relentless.

And well-studied.

And clearly indestructible,

'cause I could never knock this out
after a night at the club.

-[boy 1 snores]
-[laughing] Ow.

[Freddie exhales, inhales]

Relax, little renegade.

You're gonna make
a great assistant on my case.

-Congratulations.
-[Rashida gasps]

Thank you.

Oh, thank… thank… thank you.
Thank you. Uh, you can keep this.

-[Freddie chuckling]
-[Rashida gasping]

-Don't slam the door.
-[Rashida] Yes!

-[door slams]
-Oh!

[boy 1 coughing]

Yes. God, thank you for coming.

Things went left last night. I'm…

I'm sorry.

I just could really use
your guidance right now.

I've been waiting 18 years
to hear those words.

Don't ruin it.

-[inhales] Okay.
-So, um…

Obviously, you know
I'm dating Shaquille, right?

-Yes.
-Yes.

I kissed somebody else.

Oh, sweetheart.

Yeah. He-- He really kissed me.

He really kissed me,
but I didn't exactly stop it.

And it made me feel things,
and now I'm dreaming about him.

-[gasps] Before I got with your father…
-Mm-hm.

-…we shared a dance at a party…
-Mm-hm.

…and just like that, I had dreams.

-Lovemaking dreams.
-Oh my God.

-About him.
-Oh my God.

-In the evening, the day, in the shower.
-Oh my God. Oh my God.

Okay, okay, okay. Okay. Wait, oh my God.

Please, no. It's not just about the kiss.

The day that we met,

I felt some things.

-Mm.
-Now it's like I don't…

Ellington, Shaquille…

-I don't know what I want.
-You don't know what you want.

I understand. I have been there.

When I was at Hillman,

I had, uh, several entanglements,
not just with your father.

-With who?
-It's not important.

-But over time…
-[Deborah snickering]

…I have learned that honesty

is the best way for me
to sort my feelings.

So you're telling me I should

tell Shaquille about Ellington?

Well, if you want to be
with Ron Johnson's son, yes.

-But I do love the name Ellington.
-[Deborah laughing]

-It's so elegant.
-I know. Me too.

-Where's his family from?
-I don't know.

Um…

So you're telling me
I'm not a terrible person?

-No.
-No?

-You're a Gilbert woman.
-Ooh.

-It's a blessing.
-Ooh.

-And a curse.
-Ooh.

-It's not our fault everybody wants us.
-[Deborah laughing]

Hug? Hug.

-My baby girl.
-Thank you.

-[sighs] God. Jesus.
-[knocking on door]

Yes.

[door opens]

What-- Uh…

Senator.

Uh, to what do I owe the pleasure?

I was in the neighborhood.
Thought I'd drop in and offer my support.

[door closes]

What support is that?

You know, um,

Whitley came to see me.

She told me all about the mess
you've gotten yourself into here,

and it would be a shame
if you were the one

to bring our great institution
to its knees after more than a century.

Whitley wouldn't turn to you.
She actually turned away from you.

[Byron] Hm.

But she did, Dwayne.

She did.

Apparently, she needed a powerful man.

Which is why she married me.

Yeah.

You can get the f*ck
out of my office, Byron.

[tense music playing]

[Byron inhales sharply]

You never should be too proud
to ask for help.

But if memory serves,

you're not above begging. [laughing]

"Baby, please."

"Please."

[Byron laughing]

Damn. He got me on that one.

["Unloyal" by Summer Walker
ft. Ari Lennox playing]

-Shaquille?
-Yeah?

What's up?

[Deborah exhales, inhales]

I don't know how to tell you this…

[Shaquille sighs]

…but before break,

Ellington and I…

♪ I ain't stickin' 'round no more ♪

He kissed me.

♪ I seen you with the girl at the party ♪

♪ Oh ♪

What?

♪ You think I'm just gon' stand on by
And watch you waste my time? ♪

-♪ Boy, I am way too fine ♪
-♪ So I'm out ♪

-[door opens]
-[Whitley] Great news, Dwayne!

One of my sorors
just cut a massive donation check.

I spoke to Byron.

What you mean he kissed you?

Okay. Okay, wait. Hey, relax.

-What--
-It only happened once.

What the hell you mean relax?

-We kissed.
-You telling me you kissed dude?

After you said in my face

and you gaslit me
every time I asked you about him.

[inhales]

Do-- Nah, don't…
Don't touch me right now, bruh.

I blew up my relationship with my pops
over you, Deborah.

What are you talking about?

-I-- I never asked you to do that.
-You never had to.

You don't get it, do you?

I chose you.

I chose… I choose you too.

You don't choose sh*t.

[Dwayne] How the hell
could you not see the betrayal?

We were running out of options.

And you didn't stop for one moment
to think about why he took your call?

-What?
-No? Yeah.

You left him at the altar for me.

[Deborah] This.

This is why
I didn't want to rush things with you.

It is always the fight, defend, explode.

[hand thuds]

-You don't listen.
-Well, I'm damn sure listening right now.

["Unloyal" continues playing]

You're not.

And I'm…

I'm done trying to make you.

[door opens]

I'm cool off this sh*t.

[inhales]

Leave.

♪ I guess I'm unloyal, baby ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

[Dwayne] He's not here to help us.

No, Dwayne. He said that he was gonna do--

Come on, your big fish
is big bullshit, Whitley.

Thank you, but no, thank you.
I don't need your help.

♪ Tell me how a grown man so childish ♪

♪ Always in Kevin Samuels' comments ♪

♪ You think I'm just gon' stand on by
And watch you waste my time? ♪

-♪ Boy, I am too damn fine ♪
-♪ Damn fine ♪

♪ Baby ♪

[inhales]

[girl moans]

[exhales] I'm happy
you came through last night.

Touchdown.

♪ I seen you with the girl at the party ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ You think I'm just gon' stand on by ♪

sh*t.

♪ And watch you waste my time? ♪

[sighs]

f*ck.

♪ I guess I'm unloyal, baby ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

-♪ I guess I'm untrue ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I guess I'm unloyal, baby ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ We'll call it what you want ♪

-♪ I guess I'm unloyal, baby ♪
-♪ Baby, baby ♪

♪ I guess I'm untrue, oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

-♪ I guess I'm unloyal, baby ♪
-♪ Baby, baby ♪

♪ Oh, oh, so call me what you want ♪

♪ You think that I need you?
Boy, you funny ♪

♪ Got my own money ♪

♪ So I'mma show you ♪

♪ Ayy, you swear that I'll be lonely ♪

♪ I guess you don't know me ♪

♪ Guess you don't know ♪

♪ I said you can come
And pick up your **** ♪

♪ No ♪

♪ Actin' like you payin' for **** ♪

♪ Broke ♪

♪ With your Bow Wow durag ♪

♪ Outside-- ♪