03x04 - Fresh-like

[bunniefuu]

I've been working a full-time job,

I've been Lyfting.

Can that... not be happening?

- Y'all b*tches said this a party Lyft.
- Get another Lyft.

- Oh my God! [ISSA SCREAMS]
- [TIRES SCREECH]

What else can I do?

You don't have enough money
to move out on your own.

- _
- [HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

So how long have you worked here?

Uh, five years.

MANAGER: You must really like it then.

MOLLY CARTER: Why do black businesses

always have to be on the struggle?

You got problems with white firms,

you got problems with black firms,

you runnin' out of races.

I wanted to let you know that

I took the property managing job.

- So, I'm moving out.
- Oh.

I can't do this.

Just... doesn't feel right.

Hey, mirror bitch, you're
lookin' real clean.

You lookin' real bad, you
lookin' like a queen.

[RAPPING] ♪ It's been a long time ♪

♪ I shouldn't'a left you,
but I got a new spot ♪

♪ It's brand-new, brand-new... ♪

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
DANIEL: Hey, it's locked.

ISSA: Here I come.

Don't you go nowhere, mirror bitch.

Where I'ma go? [LAUGHS]

Hey. This is the last one.

[DROPS BOX ON FLOOR]

So... yeah.

You good?

Uh, yeah.

Daniel, you know I appreciate
you for everything...

You ain't gotta do all that.

♪ Ahh ♪

♪ Whatever goes around
eventually comes back to you ♪

♪ So you gotta be careful,
baby, and look both ways ♪

♪ Before you cross my mind ♪

- You out?
- I'm gone.

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah... ♪

Bye, Daniel.

♪ Did you ever wonder? ♪

♪ Yeah, do you ever wonder? ♪

MOLLY: OK.

Nice floors, nice windows,

got a nice view.

Wait.

You can see the Krispy
Kreme hot donut sign

from your window!

That's gonna be a problem.

Yeah, it already is. We're
on a first-name basis.

Rashad texts me when they hot.

Oh, a bitch out here
gettin' donut alerts? OK.

What the f*ck! My fancy cups!

Mmm. I told you not to let
Ahmal store your sh*t.

Can't trust family.

- This box was at your spot.
- Oh. Your bad.

But did you see these housewarming gifts

I brought you?

A foam mattress so you don't have

to sleep on the floor
like a little sl*ve.

- OK.
- A plant even you can't k*ll.

Is that a challenge?

And something to get your
bar situation started.

- That's what I'm talkin' about.
- Next level Henny,

'cause you next level.

OK, we should start drinkin' right now.

- Mm-hmm!
- But we can't,

'cause I have no cups.

You don't need cups when you brand-new.

OK? You a brand-new bitch.

A "make no mistakes" bitch.

Nah, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.
Let's not do all that.

I just feel like every time I claim

a new me I end up in some old sh*t.

- Can a bitch have goals?
- Apparently not.

I just got this fresh start,

and I'm just trying not to f*ck it up.

Good point. Don't be like me.

Ooh. It's still weird at work?

Kinda.

I mean, everyone's nice,

but it still kinda feels
like I'm behind the sh*t.

Girl, why you bein' all negative?

Just go into your black-ass law firm

and be your fire-ass self.

You right.

Oh, girl.

We are better than this. Sex Chronicles?

What you got against cheap black love?

OK, we need to start a trash box,

'cause you say you don't
want to wind up in old sh*t,

but you can't bring old
sh*t into your new life.

What are these? Old birthday cards?

I keep the cash, and I keep the card.

Trash.

Forever earrings?

- They last forever!
- Trash.

And you don't need all these mix CDs.

Or any CDs.

OK, wait. Those got a
lot of Adele on 'em.

Hmm.

And Lawrence made me those
after our first date.

[SIGHS]

If you want a fresh start...

Trash.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Is that Adele?

Hello! [LAUGHS]

[INSISTENT KNOCKING]

ISSA: Oh.

- Hey, Trina. Can I...
- You hear that?

I don't... hear anything.

We got squirrels in the walls.

- Which wall?
- They're havin' babies.

Girl, do somethin'!

OK, yeah.

♪ How the hell am I supposed to feel? ♪

♪ Hope I swim good, f*ck the deal ♪

- ♪ If I fall... ♪
- No.

You know you're not allowed on the bed.

[WHIMPERS]

Come on.

♪ Oh, yeah, it's all good ♪

♪ It's not real, it's - ♪

♪ And it's all nothing ♪

[SIGHS]

Jury duty. Nope, I moved. Trash.

Oh, a triple-A card.

Triple trash.

Oh, bubble bath. I never got to use you.

Trash.

I'ma get a bathtub one day.

I'm a keep this. Tyler Perry
might do something with this.

Who throws away Adele?

Girl, you rollin' in the "keep."

[LAUGHS]

Ooh, my high school rap journal.

♪ On fire like volcanoes... ♪

♪ ... 'cause I'm
dark-skinned and pretty ♪

♪ What you doin' after class? ♪

♪ Trick, don't nobody
want your ashy-ass man ♪

♪ He don't want you either,
try to catch me if you can ♪

♪ And I got big dreams,
I got big schemes ♪

♪ I'm never mediocre, 'bout
to take over the world ♪

♪ Comin' for you like rat-tatta-tat ♪

♪ Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat
tat-tat-tat-tat-tat ♪

Right. That was a good one.

Oh, Issa, you were so simple then.

FELICIA: We've hit a snag

with expert witness
availability on Patterson.

We should file for an extension.

- This is our second one?
- It is,

and Judge Tomkins
actually pays attention.

I think we need some
kind of stall tactic.

STACY: Interrogatories.

We could use them to slow down

the process a bit.

MALCOLM: Perfect.

Molly, did you have something to add?

Interrogatories. That's...

Yep. Stacy's got it.

Good. So where are we with Freemont?

I think we should pressure them

with a request for
production of documents.

Either the plaintiff has
something to hide...

Probably trying to hide the
fact they got nothin'.

- True. Either way, we need to...
- TAUREAN: Gotta lean on them.

Bury them in motions and doc requests.

They want to claim discrimination,

they better come correct,
or they'll get embarrassed.

Well said, Taurean, well said.

OK. Who do I have available

to draft up a meet-and-confirm letter

for the Jorgensen case?

FELICIA: I'll probably
serve the request,

and then follow up with a subpoena

for personal medical records.

And follow that up with a request

for employment records.

More work for you, but hey,

you just might find that smoking g*n.

FELICIA: Hmm.

Great meeting!

And people had a lot of useful ideas.

Yeah, we'll see what happens.

And Taurean, he's so passionate.

Lots of energy.

Yeah.

He made a lot of good points,

and-and very confidently.

Very confidently, that's... that's it.

Don't worry about Taurean.

They didn't teach modesty at Morehouse.

OK, so it wasn't just me.

- No, it's not.
- [FELICIA LAUGHS]

Girl, I was trippin' for five seconds.

I was about to say, man...

_

[BUSY CHATTER]

Finally happened.

Oh, you got that cat?

No, I'm still on the waiting list.

Ugh. It's political.

Joanne agreed to let you
go back in the field.

- Wait, what? Really?
- Yeah.

I told her how instrumental
you were at the job fair,

and even though the logo
stuff was hard for her,

she had to admit it was good for us.

That's great! Thank you, Frieda!

Sure. Um, I have some thoughts
on your new assignment,

but we can talk more after lunch?

- Yeah.
- Yay! [LAUGHS]

Hey, I'm here to pick up a phone order.

MAN: Barbecue salmon?

Thank you.

Hey!

♪ You are my greatest love ♪

Yo, Party Lyft!

That was hard to watch.

Yeah, livin' it was harder.

So, uh, this the only
place you eat at, or... ?

No, I work around the corner.

It's Nick, right? No.

Nelson?

Nance...

ford?

I do look like a Nanceford.

Nathan.

I like Nanceford.

What are you doing here?

Y'all wouldn't shut up about
these tacos, so I figured...

If you don't like 'em,
please don't punch me.

Aw, you got jokes.

But you the one picking up miscreants

who start fights in Lyfts.

I was defending your honor.

That's a waste of time,
'cause I have no honor.

- I was next.
- Uh, sorry.

You just not gonna defend me?

NATHAN: She got a boot on.
What I'm supposed to do?

You want me to get b*at up
by a woman with a boot on!

What are you doing, exploring the city?

Nah, I was just in the neighborhood

'cause a client canceled on me.

- L.A. people so damn flaky.
- No, we are not.

- _
- I'm gonna get a...

jerk chicken taco,

a raspberry chipotle chicken taco,

- and a Thai shrimp taco.
- Phone number?

- It's gonna be at least a hour.
- An hour?

See? This another one of
them extra-L.A. type things.

I promise you it's worth it.

And you kinda owe me, 'cause
my taco's on the ground, so...

- - .

And I'll get another one

of whatever she just
dropped on the ground.

Thank you.

The barbecue salmon.

So what are we gonna do now?

Get lunch while we wait for lunch?

[MIMICKING] "Get lunch
while we wait for lunch."

The Crenshaw Mall is like super close.

Or you can go to Leimert Park,
'cause that has hella cool stuff.

That walkable?

'Cause I know y'all L.A.
people don't like to walk.

You're not gonna keep
talkin' about my city.

Whatcha gonna do about it?

Come on.

All right, Party Lyft.

♪ Yeah, I said, bitch,
this my manifesto ♪

♪ n*gga, my ears been burnin', I
think they talkin' 'bout us ♪

♪ Might be the reason my palms
been itchin' for weeks ♪

ISSA: You just gotta find your spots.

NATHAN: Should I get a
kente cloth wallet?

They ain't got these in Burbank.

Uh-uh. Burbank?

You been talkin' all this sh*t,

and Burbank's not even L.A.

- How's Burbank not L.A.?
- Because it's literally not.

So this is Leimert Park,

and it's like black everything.

It's black businesses,
black food, black art.

Oh, and if you like barbecue,
Phillip's is good.

- I think they moved.
- Hold up. Wait. Nah-ah.

I'm from Houston, y'all don't
know nothin' 'bout no barbecue.

Um, the mom from Family Matters

eats there all the time,

so I think we do.

Oh, Mrs. Winslow's a
barbecue expert now?

- Don't she look like it?
- [LAUGHS]

I will say, though, I like
how you ride for your city.

Uh, so this is Hot and Cool Cafe.

It just opened. Finally.

And that's Eso Won Books.

It's like my favorite place ever.

They support a lot of
up-and-coming black writers.

Oh, and since you claim
to be a barber...

Why I gotta claim, man?

You should get a chair at that
barber shop up the street.

They get all the bootleg movies first.

I saw Dunkirk way before
my family was like,

"What the hell is Dunkirk?"

Epic battle.

[BOTH LAUGH]

I'm trying to do things a little
different out here, though.

Like, I don't like being stuck
behind a chair like that.

- The sh*t gets old.
- Yeah.

I like to keep it moving.

- So you go to them?
- Yeah.

- That makes sense.
- Yeah.

Who is this corny m*therf*cker?

Oh, sh*t, I know him!

He is a corny m*therf*cker!

But why he got the Bluetooth on?

Who's callin' him in the
middle of the picture?

It's like, doo-doo! "What's up, man?

Yeah, I'm at the Sears portrait studio

about to take this picture.
Nah, I can keep talkin'."

Doo-doo! "Hey, yeah, I got
a one-bedroom, one-bath,

and you want my picture
in a wallet or x ?"

That's bad.

- Oh, sh*t. Is this, um...
- [PHONE BUZZES]

this where they sh*t Training Day?

No, that's the Jungles.

- Is that close?
- _

_

- You good?
- Yeah, just work stuff.

- You gotta go?
- Yeah.

I gotta take this n*gga named
Nanceford to the Jungles.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Come on, Nanceford.

I went in with a plan,

but I can't get a word in edgewise,

'cause apparently there's only room

for so many stars at the table.

Felicia and Stacy got the
woman thing on lock,

and then there's Taurean,

he was all shinin', loud-talkin' me.

I should be halfway to gumbo

with the partners' wives by now.

And just...

Can you speak to why not
being a star bothers you?

Because I know what I'm worth.

This is exactly why I left MJ&S...

the pecking order, the politics,
the boys' club bullshit.

And...

I just feel like I'm
starting all over again.

Molly, have you considered that
maybe you'd be less frustrated

if you focus on how you can be helpful,

rather than where you should rank?

So what you're saying, "Calm down"?

- Not quite, but...
- I just don't wanna allow

myself to keep getting
comfortable in a bad situation.

I don't have time for that.

After Dro, I'm only
interesting in making moves

that take me where I want to go.

Who's Dro?

♪ I swear I bought my first
blower from a basehead ♪

♪ And now I get my syrup in the cases ♪

♪ I swear I bought my first
blower from a basehead ♪

NATHAN: I don't know, this
just ain't what I expected.

Like, y'all hood in L.A. is nice.

Y'all got palm trees,

and Mexican people sellin' fruit.

Oh, it's dangerous. Have
you tried that papaya?

It's hella spicy.

I'm sayin' when you in
the hood in Houston,

you in the hood.

Oh, this ain't the hood?

I dare you to yell "King
Kong ain't got sh*t on me."

King Kong ain't got sh*t on me!

WOMAN: Shut yo ass up!
My baby tryin' to sleep!

Damn!

Was that a pineapple Shasta?

I told you. They don't play.

- Y'all thuggin'.
- [LAUGHS]

Since you wanna dare people, though...

Truth or Dare.

All right.

- Truth.
- Ohh...

You will not shame me.
I'm picking Truth.

All right.

When was your last relationship?

- Let's go with Dare.
- Nah. Too late.

How do you know I'm not in one now?

OK, I was in one for five years,

and we broke up a while back.

Five years.

That's a long time to walk away from.

Actually, I cheated.

He didn't deserve it...
no one deserves it...

but... I just kinda messed up.

Yeah.

Damn.

That was honest.

I mean, we all got somethin'.

You just gotta grow from it.

My high school best friend
used to live over there,

and it's a Kaiser now.

Oh, this your hood?

I knew you was a thug.

Ha ha ha. No, I actually
lived up the hill.

- For real?
- Mm-hmm.

Let's go.

[LINE OUT RINGING]

Hey, Frieda.

I know we're supposed to talk later,

but I'm actually not feeling well.

FRIEDA: No!

Yeah, I'm just gonna rest.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- You real gangsta.
- You think so?

I mean, you just are. I mean,
you pulled that out like,

I was like, "OK."

[LAUGHING]

♪ I love it when you move like
you got somethin' in your life ♪

♪ I like it when you
groove, you take me ♪

♪ Tickle till I laugh ♪

♪ I love it when... ♪

ISSA: This is it!

Oh, I see how you livin', all bougie.

Whatever. We were not bougie.

My parents scraped up everything

to afford this house.

My mom always wanted to
live in this neighborhood.

I'm not mad at her. It's nice.

Yeah, I miss this place.

When'd y'all move out?

Uh, my parents got divorced
when I was, what, ?

Right after we got the pool.

Oh, so there's a pool?

Yeah, that we barely got to use.

I was like, "Can't y'all stay
together for the kids...

to swim?"

[LAUGHING]

I dare you to break in.

[SCOFFS]

You gonna climb this?

No. No. That was too easy.

You used your dare.

NATHAN: Damn. Nice view.

Uh-uh, don't try to change the subject.

- You up. Truth or Dare?
- Dare.

I dare you to jump in the pool.

- OK.
- Naked.

- Whoa.
- No "whoa."

You got me out here bein' all felonious,

and you can't jump in the pool?

You "scurred"?

♪ Seatin' room clouds, puffin' on loud ♪

♪ We won't come down for later on ♪

It's nice.

- Mmm.
- I dare you to jump in too.

Nuh-uh, I'm choosing Truth.

Your truth is that you're
about to jump in this pool.

What, you worried about your hair?

- No, I'm good. I moisturize.
- Well?

♪ Don't you be scared, no, no ♪

♪ I'll hold your hand, yeah, yeah... ♪

Uh, avert your eyes.

Avert? You didn't avert sh*t!

♪ I'll never forget you ♪

♪ Baby, you can be my summer love ♪

♪ Wanna vibe with you,
wanna get high with you ♪

♪ Get in the car and drive with you ♪

♪ Baby, you can be my summer love ♪

♪ Baby, can you be my summer love? ♪

Motherfuckin' sh*t's f*ckin' cold!

[NATHAN LAUGHING]

Oh, my God!

You did not tell me.

How you not freezin'?

It's cold.

Just wanted to get you in here.

You see that rock over there?

Used to use it as a stage.

I coordinated all my
family talent shows.

Yeah? What was your talent?
I know it wasn't swimming.

First of all,

this is Olympic-level
doggy-paddling, so...

I rapped.

For real?

Uh, yeah, I used to have
a rap journal. [LAUGHS]

OK, I still do.

Sometimes...

I rap in the mirror.

You know, it's... for myself.

You gonna write a rap about us?

[LAUGHS] First of all, I
don't know you like that.

And second of all, who
wants to hear a rap

about two naked strangers in a pool?

[RAPPING] ♪ Just two
muthafuckas in the pool ♪

♪ Muthafuckas in the pool ♪

♪ Breakin' all the rules,
break-breakin' all the rules ♪

- Bars!
- [LAUGHS]

What happened?

Uh...

I been had that.

I'm over telling you everything,

and you not sayin' sh*t.

So we playin' a new game.
We playin' Truth or Truth.

I guess, Truth.

When was your last relationship?

I don't know that I've ever had

a long relationship like yours.

'Cause all the women I know in Houston

are cool just stayin' in Houston.

They don't be thinkin' like me.

Is that why you left?

Nah, I been wantin' to come to L.A.

But I thought you hated it.

I don't hate it.

It's just not what I expected.

It's... hard to start over.

Yeah, I get that.

My apartment flooded and
sh*t during the hurricane.

And I coulda stayed, but I was like,

"Just f*ck it. Go."

There's nothin' tyin' me down but me.

So you just left everything
you knew behind?

I don't know if I could do all that.

Sometimes you just gotta go for it

even when it don't make
sense to everybody else.

Yeah. I need to shake some sh*t up too.

Yeah, like what?

I don't know, like... my job.

You don't like it?

It's fine, it's just...

I want to do more there...

with music.

We'll see.

Make that sh*t happen.

It seems like it's a big part of you.

MAN: Honey, call the cops!

♪ Fall back, I'm rockin'
and my whole crew too ♪

♪ We the livest in the buildin',
ain't worried 'bout you ♪

♪ Fall back, is you ready yet?
I'ma make you sweat ♪

♪ Shakin' droppin' it, whew,
let me catch my breath ♪

That was f*ckin' crazy.

I shoulda known white people live there.

White people do love water.

[LAUGHS] They do.

So what do we do now? What's next?

FELICIA: You don't need
to do Runyon anymore.

You're good.

It's too much. Take some time off.

Hey, ladies, so sorry to interrupt.

Oh, no, please, get us back on track.

I know you guys have a lot to juggle

with the Patterson case.

Congrats on snagging
that one, by the way.

Thank you. I been lookin' for a reason

to cancel on my trainer.

- [ALL LAUGH]
- Well, listen,

I've dealt with that same
Patterson issue before,

so if you don't have anyone
on it, I'd love to help.

Yeah? It's mostly just gonna
be reviewing the file,

making sure our questions are smart.

You sure you got room on your plate?

Yeah, lots of room. Pile it on.

FELICIA: OK. Welcome to the team.

NATHAN: Thank you.

These tacos probably cold as f*ck.

They're still good, though.

And, you know, I have a
microwave at my place.

Which is close... to here.

- I mean...
- What'd I tell you?

- They're all right.
- [BLOWS RASPBERRY]

You're lyin'. Lookin' all
happy and satisfied.

_

- _
- Sorry, I'm just dealin' with

this Coachella sh*t.

You goin'?

Uh, yes.

SZA. Cardi. Migos.

- Beyoncé!
- Damn, that sounds hot.

Look at you. You're
learnin' not to doubt me.

Which is great for you,
because I'm always right.

- Always?
- Always right.

- Every single time.
- OK.

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Aye, your life is a
trip, it's a doozy ♪

♪ You talkin' 'bout choppas and uzis ♪

♪ You say you never goin' broke ♪

♪ You think if you do,
you gon' lose me ♪

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[INSISTENT KNOCKING]

I should...

Yeah.

My mama told me to tell
you that we locked out.

My mama says you changed the locks.

- I didn't.
- TRINA: You did.

Told you!

Oooh... what y'all doin'?

Eatin' tacos and kissin' on the mouth?

- [LAUGHS]
- OK, you know, um,

I'll be right back.

I don't even know.

[SIGHS]

I'm gonna...

Yeah.

Thanks for the L.A. day.

I mean, somebody had to do it.

♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

Um, we should... do this again.

Oh! You, uh...

My mama had said to wait.

[STACY, FELICIA CHATTER]

Molly. Stacy and I wanted to meet

with you tonight about
the Patterson case.

We wanna make sure those 'rogs

are really on-point. No wiggle room.

Oh. Um, tonight is...
that's a little tough.

- Um...
- Oh, OK.

- How about we try the weekend...
- Molly, you ready to get started?

Yeah, I'll be right there.

It's OK.

I see you're busy.

Uh, I'll be in my office.

♪ No matter how I add it up ♪

♪ I just keep getting none ♪

♪ I just keep getting none ♪

♪ Now that I am sober ♪

♪ I take back what I said ♪

♪ I'm sittin' with this love hangover ♪

♪ Boy, it's hurtin' my head ♪

♪ It's the middle of October ♪

♪ And we just came to an end ♪

♪ I'm just sorry that there
ain't no time left ♪

♪ You and I, we're over ♪

♪ Me and you are done ♪

♪ When I wanted to be closer ♪

♪ You just wanted to run ♪

♪ Though I know it's no one's fault ♪

♪ If I've learned anything at all... ♪

FRIEDA: Hey, hey.

- You feeling better?
- Huh?

Oh, right. Um, I'm great, thanks.

Good. I was thinking for
your new school assignment

you'd be a perfect fit
at Crozier Middle.

I just spoke to a teacher there,

and they said they're
ready to have someone.

I'm sorry, I...

I can't do this anymore.

What do you mean?

I mean...

I need something new.

I'm quitting.

♪ Sometimes a mystery ♪

♪ Sometimes I'm free ♪

♪ Dependin' on my mood ♪

♪ Or my attitude ♪

♪ Sometimes I wanna roll ♪

♪ Or stay at home ♪

♪ Walking contradiction ♪

♪ Guess I'm factual and fiction ♪

♪ A little crazy, little
sexy, little cool ♪

♪ Little rough around the edges ♪

♪ But I keep it smooth ♪

♪ I'm always left of center and
it's right where I belong ♪

♪ I'm the random minor note
you hear in major songs ♪

♪ And I like that ♪

♪ I like that ♪

♪ I don't care what I look
like, but I feel good ♪

♪ Better than amazing
and better than I could ♪

♪ Told the whole world I'm
the venom and the antidote ♪

♪ Take a different type of girl
to keep the whole world afloat ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm crazy and
I'm sexy then I'm cool ♪

♪ Little rough around the
edges but I keep it smooth ♪

♪ I'm always left of center and
that's right where I belong ♪

♪ I'm the random minor note
you hear in major songs ♪

♪ And I like that, oh me,
oh me, oh me, oh my ♪

♪ Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my ♪

♪ I like that ♪

♪ Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my ♪

♪ I like that ♪