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Previously on "Queen Sugar"...

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Sandy Leflore,
will you marry me?

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Yes, darling.

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Hollywood: Now, you know
we've been

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talking about fostering,
right?

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Maybe this is our chance.

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Foster children
can't live with an ex-felon.

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I just want to be real with you.
My record ain't clean.

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But I live a clean life now.
We good people.

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Look at the bids.
It's up to 100K.

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Take that down.

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Zane:
We hooked a whale, bro,

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who wants to commission
more of your work.

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I've been approached
to adapt

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"Blessings and Blood"
into a movie.

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I relapsed
because of you and that book.

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Are you crazy?

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♪♪

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You sleep okay?

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Not really.Mm.

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The street
kept me up all night.

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How about you?

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Not really.

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I know it doesn't feel
like home, but it will.

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We'll make it home.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ Dreams never die

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♪ Take flight
as the world turns ♪

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♪ Keep the colors
in the lines ♪

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♪ Take flight
as the world turns ♪

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♪ Keep the colors
in the lines ♪

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♪ Take flight

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♪ Dreams never die

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♪♪

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♪ Keep the colors
in the lines ♪

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♪ Keep the colors
in the lines ♪

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♪ Take flight

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Oh, no, man.
I can't even look at that.

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Trust, it'll help.

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♪♪

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Mm.

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Dude, put the phone down.
Relax.

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There's a big day
ahead of us.

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You know, Kai is one of the
sickest investors in the game.

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You gotta be ready.

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My parents
are pissed at me.

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Pissed isn't even the...

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I shouldn't have posted
that NFT.

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Shouldn't have posted the
biggest sale in Ivory's history?

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Bro, without that,
we wouldn't be here.

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You made this happen.

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It's your time.

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To create, to innovate,
to win.

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I hear you.

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You know, I feel you,
but it's all at their expense.

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Art is meant to start
a conversation.

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You can't
please everybody.

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And if you do,
you're probably not saying much.

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♪♪

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Look, you told me that your mom
was fighting

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to reunite
undocumented kids, right?

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Yeah, she's with my dad
right now.

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They're touring this, like,
refugee site at the border.

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Take some of the money
you made,

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make a big, splashy donation
to one of those groups

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she works with.

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A big one.

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Do it publicly.

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That way you make it up
to your mom

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and you steer
the conversation.

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You're all about art
and activism.

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This way,
you can do both.

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Let one feed the other.

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It'll be your thing.

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♪♪

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What is all this?

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Eggs, bacon,
cheesy grits,

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and I have a cinnamon roll
in the oven.

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Just my way
to say thank you.

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Girl,
you didn't have to.

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I wanted to. Sit.
[ Laughs ]

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Also, that came for you
this morning.

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Oh.

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It's from my mother's cousin,
Martha.

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She sends me fresh cuttings,
soon as they bloom.

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Is that the one you found out
about on TV?

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Yep.
The last of my mama's line.

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Smell this.

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It's heaven.

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Oh!
[ Laughs ]

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And you know, if I'd known you
could throw down like this,

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I would've had you stay
over a long time ago.

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Yeah, well, little
something-something

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before I
make myself scarce.

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What did Jill say about
your man coming through?

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Yeah, yeah.

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Yeah, well, that'll have to be
the theme song

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for when he gets back,

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'cause that ain't
happening tonight.

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Wait.
What happened?

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Well, his trip to Sudan
got extended. Again.

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They didn't fly out yesterday
as planned,

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and now won't leave
until next week.

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Possibly.
I'm sorry.

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I know you really wanted
to see him.

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I mean, I had a whole evening
planned out.

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I got tickets to a new show
at the Saenger.

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You know, an actual date,
you know?

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Not FaceTime.

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But, um...
do you want to come?

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Um, actually,
I have a date.

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Trombone Shorty?
[ Laughs ]

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Name is Trevor, and, yeah,
we're going out tonight.

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It is just a date, Nova.
Okay.

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I know, I got to get out there
and experience things.

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Absolutely.
Mm-hmm.

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To trying new things.

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I had to.

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[ Both laugh ]New things.

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Alright, alright.
Give me that wrench right there.

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Ha ha ha ha.

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Alright, you keep on playing,
we're never gonna get

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that thing
out in the water.

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See how you like fishing
in that yard.

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See how many you catch.

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Yep, that's more like it.

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Take that with you.
Thank you.

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[ Fussing ]

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What's wrong? What's wrong?
Hi.

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Oh, Lord, Dante, you gonna spoil
that girl something rotten.

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I can't help it.
She's so cute.

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You know, I always wanted
a little sister.

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I think I could be
a good big brother.

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Well, I know you're
a good big cousin.

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Because we family.
Isn't that right, Tru?

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Yeah.
Yeah, I'm your cousin now.

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Guess what.

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You don't have to worry
about anything,

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'cause I'm here
to protect you.

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You know, the same way
that you look out for Tru

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is how me and Miss Vi
look out for you and Joaquin.

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You don't have to worry
about doing anything

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all alone anymore.

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Hey, Dante,
I mean that.

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Anything that's on your mind --
somebody bothering you

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at school, whatever it is,
you just let me know.

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I got your back.

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Why do you say that?

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Like, about school?
Did you hear something?

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I didn't hear anything.

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There something you want
to talk about?

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Something on your mind?

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No.

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No, it's okay.

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Uh, I think she needs
her doll, so...

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Dante.

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Dante.

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What's that
all about?

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I don't know.

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Something going on
at that school.

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I don't know what it is yet,
but I'm gonna find out.

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I know y'all are wondering
why I asked you

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to meet us here today,
so I'll jump right to it.

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We all saw what happened to
Miss Parthena at that auction.

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Them Landrys,
they not gonna stop.

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The only way to survive at this
point is to be self-sufficient.

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We gotta take care
of ourselves.

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This mill --
This mill got value,

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and it's ours
if we want it.

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It's a gift from Charley.
To the co-op.

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You're not
talking about trying

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to start this thing
up again, are you?

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No. Just for now, the co-op will
use it to build our inventory

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and add to
our overall holdings.

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Move the books
to our gains,

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and we ain't
gotta pay for it.

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Right.
We just maintain it

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and reap the benefits
of the tax advantage

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while showing that we control
a very large

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and potentially lucrative
company.

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But who's gonna look after it?
None of us got time for that.

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Yeah,
it's gonna need tending

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whether it's operating or not,
won't it?

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Look, Darla, she helped
Charley the first time.

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She know this place
better than anybody, right?

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Mm-hmm.

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I'm just gonna tidy it up
and make it look good and clean

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for any investors or partners
there might be in our future.

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Cardale:
No disrespect, Miss Darla.

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We all appreciate
what you been doing,

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you know,
with the books and whatnot,

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but getting a mill on its feet,
that's something else.

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Parthena: Y'all ain't hearing
what she's saying.

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Mm.
Listen close.

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She's talking about sprucing
it up and sitting on it.

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And that's a good thought now
that we don't have my farm.

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We need to show
that we have land.

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This is a good piece.

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If I'm still a member
of this co-op,

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I vote
that we lean into this.

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And now that I have time
on my hands,

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I hope you'll let me help.

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Appreciate that.
Thank you.

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That's all
well and good,

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but somebody's gonna
have to be there.

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He's still talking about having
people come in and do work here.

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Man: Yeah, Darla can't handle
something this big.

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It's too much for her!

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[ Indistinct talking ]

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Miss Parthena!

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You're pulling away
from...

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[ Indistinct talking continues ]

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After you meet this guy,
you're gonna...

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Hmm-hmm!Kai, what's up?

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This must be
the wunderkind.

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Oh, no, man.
I don't know about that.

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But I am excited
to talk to you.

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Your last NFT -- fire.

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Thank you.What's next?

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You got anything from when your
mom paid off that sidepiece?

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Nah, I don't --
I don't have anything like that.

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Yeah, my bad.
No disrespect.

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I just thought it made sense,
you know, after the first one.

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Yeah, uh, Micah's
next few projects

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are gonna be capitalizing
on his mother's campaign.

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Really?
Now, that is interesting.

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You know, political NFTs
are kind of a land mine, man,

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but when they explode --
pshew!

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So, what's the angle?

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Alright, well, uh,

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I'm all about moving
the culture forward, you know?

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So, uh...Mm-hmm.

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I've been studying with this guy
named Rahad Stevens.

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He's a photographer.

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All his stuff
is next level.

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You know, he's about disrupting,
reclaiming,

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rewriting the narrative.

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Disrupt and reclaim.
That is dope.

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We rolling, boys?

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Hell yeah.

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Hell yeah.
Gotta relax, relate.

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Micah?

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Um...

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Yeah. Yeah.

253
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Alright!

254
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That's what
I'm talking about.

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Let's make some money.

256
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Let me give you this mail
before I forgot.

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Oh, thank you.

258
00:11:40,482 --> 00:11:43,267
I'm, uh, still switching
everything over.

259
00:11:43,311 --> 00:11:45,269
Take your time.

260
00:11:45,313 --> 00:11:48,403
Just glad y'all
are still close.

261
00:11:48,446 --> 00:11:49,752
We miss you.

262
00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:52,799
Mm-hmm. That house is so quiet
without Tru.

263
00:11:52,842 --> 00:11:54,714
I almost overslept
this morning.

264
00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:57,281
She was
my little alarm clock.

265
00:11:57,325 --> 00:11:59,283
6:00 on the dot.

266
00:12:00,850 --> 00:12:05,507
Alright, so, here is your gross
for last month,

267
00:12:05,550 --> 00:12:07,727
minus supplies
and expenses.

268
00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:10,468
And that is your profit.

269
00:12:10,512 --> 00:12:13,297
All that is from
the farmer's market?

270
00:12:13,341 --> 00:12:15,778
Oh, my God, Violet,
you pretty much sell out

271
00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:17,954
within the hour
every time.

272
00:12:17,998 --> 00:12:20,391
That's something,
ain't it?

273
00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:21,784
Mm-hmm.

274
00:12:21,828 --> 00:12:24,700
Folks lining up
for my pies.

275
00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,658
For your pies.

276
00:12:26,702 --> 00:12:30,097
You know, sometimes, we get
so caught up striving

277
00:12:30,140 --> 00:12:34,144
for our dreams that we forget
we're living inside of them.

278
00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:35,624
Mm-hmm.

279
00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:39,280
We human beings always want
more and more.

280
00:12:39,323 --> 00:12:44,851
But sometimes we just
have to sit with the people

281
00:12:44,894 --> 00:12:47,157
that we love
and take it all in.

282
00:12:47,201 --> 00:12:51,161
Baby, two favorites,
please.

283
00:12:52,902 --> 00:12:56,471
Are we about to have
some Blue's Berries pies, madam?

284
00:12:56,514 --> 00:13:00,040
Yes, we are, my dear.
It's our best-seller.

285
00:13:00,083 --> 00:13:03,826
[ Chuckles ]
Thank you, baby.

286
00:13:03,870 --> 00:13:05,697
Thank you, Darla.

287
00:13:05,741 --> 00:13:09,832
Vi's Pies would not be on this
track if it weren't for you.

288
00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:14,837
Your farmer's market vision gave
us a whole new revenue stream.

289
00:13:14,881 --> 00:13:17,666
[ Chuckles ]

290
00:13:17,709 --> 00:13:20,364
I wish everyone saw me
the way you do.

291
00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:24,325
Alright.

292
00:13:24,368 --> 00:13:27,328
Tell me which one of those
old farmers is doubting you.

293
00:13:27,371 --> 00:13:31,506
Give me his name so I can talk
some sense into him.

294
00:13:31,549 --> 00:13:34,814
I just get so tired

295
00:13:34,857 --> 00:13:39,775
having to prove myself
over and over again.

296
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,864
Me too.

297
00:13:41,908 --> 00:13:47,130
But we persist, 'cause we
gotta do what we gotta do.

298
00:13:47,174 --> 00:13:51,352
And right this moment, what
we got to do is eat some pie.

299
00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:54,007
Yes, we do.
[ Laughs ]

300
00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:56,705
Hey.

301
00:13:56,748 --> 00:13:59,969
Nova, hey.
Thanks for coming early.

302
00:14:00,013 --> 00:14:02,580
Of course.
Everything okay?

303
00:14:02,624 --> 00:14:04,495
I'm getting complaints.

304
00:14:04,539 --> 00:14:06,889
Some of the parents are up
in arms about you speaking here.

305
00:14:06,933 --> 00:14:08,195
They're calling it CRT.

306
00:14:08,238 --> 00:14:09,849
United States history?

307
00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:11,198
Exactly.

308
00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:13,113
Now, my hands as a teacher here
are tied,

309
00:14:13,156 --> 00:14:15,680
but I won't let them
tie up my voice as a citizen.

310
00:14:15,724 --> 00:14:18,858
There has to be some way
to resist this from the inside.

311
00:14:18,901 --> 00:14:21,599
Well, my first instinct
is to fight fire with fire.

312
00:14:21,643 --> 00:14:23,863
But I don't want to put you
or your job in danger.

313
00:14:23,906 --> 00:14:26,343
I don't think teaching history
as it happened

314
00:14:26,387 --> 00:14:28,476
should be predicated
on anyone's comfort.

315
00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:31,000
But this is what
we're up against.

316
00:14:31,044 --> 00:14:32,654
If you're up for it.

317
00:14:32,697 --> 00:14:36,266
I am.
Definitely.

318
00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:59,072
"Non-disclosure agreement."
Jeez.

319
00:14:59,115 --> 00:15:01,117
♪♪

320
00:15:01,161 --> 00:15:02,727
Chase:
You think I'm gonna let

321
00:15:02,771 --> 00:15:04,425
some crackhead slut
ruin my life?

322
00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:06,862
I will take you
and your family down.

323
00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,473
♪♪

324
00:15:09,517 --> 00:15:12,650
♪ It is not clear why
we choose the fire pathway ♪

325
00:15:12,694 --> 00:15:16,393
♪ Where we end is not the way
that we had planned ♪

326
00:15:16,437 --> 00:15:18,221
♪ All the spirits
gather 'round ♪

327
00:15:18,265 --> 00:15:20,484
Oh, my God.♪ Like it's our last day

328
00:15:20,528 --> 00:15:23,923
What you looking at,
Sugarfoot?

329
00:15:23,966 --> 00:15:25,881
Mommy will be here any minute.

330
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:27,317
♪♪

331
00:15:27,361 --> 00:15:29,189
[ Line ringing ]

332
00:15:29,232 --> 00:15:33,323
♪ It is not clear why
we choose the fire pathway ♪

333
00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:36,500
♪ Where we end is not the way
that we had planned ♪

334
00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:38,198
Darla:
Hi, this is Darla.

335
00:15:38,241 --> 00:15:40,287
I'm unavailable right now,
but leave a message

336
00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:41,636
and I'll call you back.

337
00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:46,249
Jordan...he found me.

338
00:15:46,293 --> 00:15:47,990
He knows where I live.

339
00:15:49,905 --> 00:15:52,864
♪ I will come to you blind

340
00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:56,433
He has called me three times
and he has threatened me.

341
00:15:56,477 --> 00:16:00,220
Just don't say anything else
to anyone else.

342
00:16:00,263 --> 00:16:03,614
♪ Oh, oh

343
00:16:05,616 --> 00:16:06,704
Aunt Vi.

344
00:16:06,748 --> 00:16:07,749
Violet: Yeah?

345
00:16:07,792 --> 00:16:09,229
You seen Darla?

346
00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:11,144
Uh, she left a little while ago.
Everything okay?

347
00:16:11,187 --> 00:16:14,016
She's 30 minutes late
for Tru's doctor appointment.

348
00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:16,236
It ain't like her
to be late.

349
00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:19,674
♪ Hold me down

350
00:16:19,717 --> 00:16:23,373
♪ Hold me now

351
00:16:23,417 --> 00:16:26,855
♪ Sold me out

352
00:16:26,898 --> 00:16:28,770
You okay.

353
00:16:28,813 --> 00:16:32,992
♪ In the muddy water
we're falling ♪

354
00:16:33,035 --> 00:16:35,820
Good job, Tru.

355
00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:38,388
[ Cries ]

356
00:16:38,432 --> 00:16:40,564
It's okay.
Come on. Come on.

357
00:16:40,608 --> 00:16:42,436
Come here, baby.

358
00:16:42,479 --> 00:16:44,003
♪ Put your arms around me Mm.

359
00:16:44,046 --> 00:16:46,048
♪ And pull me out

360
00:16:46,092 --> 00:16:49,965
♪ Oh oh oh

361
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:53,882
♪ Sold me out

362
00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:59,105
♪ In the muddy water
we're falling ♪

363
00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:05,372
Hey!
Hey!

364
00:17:05,415 --> 00:17:08,462
Ooh.
Is that what I think it is?

365
00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:10,464
Oh.

366
00:17:10,507 --> 00:17:13,945
Po'boys from Leon's?
You didn't.

367
00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,470
I did.
Ooh-wee!

368
00:17:16,513 --> 00:17:19,647
Are you gonna continue to spoil
me like this when we're married?

369
00:17:19,690 --> 00:17:21,649
As long as Leon's is open,
you can count on it.

370
00:17:21,692 --> 00:17:24,434
[ Both laugh ]

371
00:17:24,478 --> 00:17:27,307
Oh, uh, Billie's
picking up supplies

372
00:17:27,350 --> 00:17:28,699
for your big party
tomorrow.

373
00:17:28,743 --> 00:17:30,266
Oh!

374
00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:34,749
I never imagined having
a bachelorette party at my age.

375
00:17:34,792 --> 00:17:36,968
What about you?

376
00:17:37,012 --> 00:17:39,797
Is Ralph Angel and Hollywood
pulling out all the stops?

377
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:42,800
Naw. Nothing too fancy.
Just the guys hanging out.

378
00:17:45,151 --> 00:17:46,804
No strippers.

379
00:17:48,328 --> 00:17:50,286
[ Laughs ]

380
00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:53,637
[ Laughs ]

381
00:17:53,681 --> 00:17:55,726
You don't have anything
to worry about, dear.

382
00:17:55,770 --> 00:17:57,293
Mm-hmm.

383
00:17:57,337 --> 00:17:58,512
Naw, no way Hollywood
pulls something like that

384
00:17:58,555 --> 00:18:00,166
and have to answer
to Vi after.

385
00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:02,429
That man ain't crazy.

386
00:18:02,472 --> 00:18:03,865
Now, Parthena,
on the other hand,

387
00:18:03,908 --> 00:18:06,085
she's liable to hire
every stripper in St. Jo

388
00:18:06,128 --> 00:18:07,260
to be at your party.

389
00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:10,741
Mm.
So, how many are there?

390
00:18:12,569 --> 00:18:13,875
[ Laughs ]

391
00:18:13,918 --> 00:18:15,311
I'm just...

392
00:18:17,052 --> 00:18:20,447
You sure you're okay with
how fast all of this is moving?

393
00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:24,146
Why would you ask a question
like that?

394
00:18:26,714 --> 00:18:29,064
You know
how I feel about you.

395
00:18:30,848 --> 00:18:33,982
You know, I know
I proposed early on

396
00:18:34,025 --> 00:18:36,680
because I've been around
long enough to know

397
00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:38,987
what we have don't
come that often,

398
00:18:39,030 --> 00:18:41,772
and I don't want to miss
a minute of it.

399
00:18:41,816 --> 00:18:43,513
Mm-hmm.

400
00:18:44,645 --> 00:18:46,125
Me neither, honey.

401
00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:48,388
This isn't fast.

402
00:18:48,431 --> 00:18:52,000
This right here,
it's perfect.

403
00:18:56,004 --> 00:19:00,269
So, we got Chloe x Halle,
Megan, Billie Eilish.

404
00:19:00,313 --> 00:19:02,141
Who else are you guys
listening to?

405
00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:05,187
Cordae, Da Baby, Jack Harlow,
Lil Durk.

406
00:19:05,231 --> 00:19:06,928
Oh.
Alright.

407
00:19:06,971 --> 00:19:11,367
R&B, pop, hip-hop.
You have great tastes.

408
00:19:11,411 --> 00:19:14,631
Does anyone know what
these genres have in common?

409
00:19:16,329 --> 00:19:20,202
They can all trace their roots
back to the blues.

410
00:19:20,246 --> 00:19:23,205
Same with country, rock,
even K-pop.

411
00:19:23,249 --> 00:19:27,122
And before the blues,
there were ring shouts.

412
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,428
That's a ritual
that was performed

413
00:19:28,471 --> 00:19:30,299
by enslaved people in America.

414
00:19:30,343 --> 00:19:31,648
You mean slaves?

415
00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:34,303
Well, I prefer to call
our ancestors

416
00:19:34,347 --> 00:19:36,610
enslaved people
instead of slaves.

417
00:19:36,653 --> 00:19:41,267
The word "slaves" continues
to strip them of their humanity.

418
00:19:41,310 --> 00:19:43,530
They were people,
not property.

419
00:19:43,573 --> 00:19:45,227
Not animals, okay?

420
00:19:45,271 --> 00:19:50,014
So, ring shouts were super
revolutionary and dangerous.

421
00:19:50,058 --> 00:19:53,235
The church back then banned us
from using our drums,

422
00:19:53,279 --> 00:19:56,543
so we made rhythms
with our hands and feet instead.

423
00:19:56,586 --> 00:19:58,414
We would chant our prayers
and move

424
00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:01,983
in a counter-clockwise circle
without ever crossing our feet,

425
00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:04,594
because that would be
considered dancing,

426
00:20:04,638 --> 00:20:06,422
and dancing was forbidden.

427
00:20:07,815 --> 00:20:09,773
Now, check this out.

428
00:20:09,817 --> 00:20:11,514
This is John Lee Hooker.

429
00:20:11,558 --> 00:20:15,779
Blues singer, songwriter,
guitarist, legend.

430
00:20:15,823 --> 00:20:17,607
And that chalkboard behind him
shows

431
00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:21,394
how the ring shout
gave birth to spirituals,

432
00:20:21,437 --> 00:20:23,396
which laid the foundation
for the blues,

433
00:20:23,439 --> 00:20:26,442
and every other genre
after that.

434
00:20:26,486 --> 00:20:30,751
Now, I want you to listen
to your favorite song,

435
00:20:30,794 --> 00:20:33,667
and then listen
to an old blues song.

436
00:20:33,710 --> 00:20:37,061
Pay attention to the guitars
and the rhythms.

437
00:20:37,105 --> 00:20:39,673
See if you can hear
the similarities.

438
00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:41,892
You might be surprised.

439
00:20:46,288 --> 00:20:52,338
I'm Darla,
and I'm an addict.

440
00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:59,649
I've been, um, dealing with
someone from my past,

441
00:20:59,693 --> 00:21:03,131
and I've been hiding it
from my husband,

442
00:21:03,174 --> 00:21:04,959
because I don't know
what he'll do.

443
00:21:05,002 --> 00:21:07,396
I take that back.

444
00:21:09,442 --> 00:21:11,182
I don't know all of
what he'll do.

445
00:21:13,794 --> 00:21:17,972
I know that he will love me,

446
00:21:18,015 --> 00:21:20,801
forgive me,

447
00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:26,197
but I don't know what he'll do
to the other person,

448
00:21:26,241 --> 00:21:27,895
and I don't want him

449
00:21:27,938 --> 00:21:32,116
doing anything
that'll get himself in trouble.

450
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,424
He's worked so hard.

451
00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:37,513
Are you afraid you're
going to use again?

452
00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:39,646
Today was hard.

453
00:21:42,126 --> 00:21:44,303
It was really hard.

454
00:21:47,131 --> 00:21:48,350
I, uh...

455
00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:52,746
I almost stopped at a bar.

456
00:21:54,878 --> 00:21:58,621
But I came here instead.

457
00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:02,016
But I was close.

458
00:22:04,497 --> 00:22:07,195
I know he's gonna ask me
what triggered me.

459
00:22:10,285 --> 00:22:11,808
I can't tell him.

460
00:22:11,852 --> 00:22:15,246
Keeping secrets
is like keeping poison.

461
00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:21,296
Can you consider a way
that you can unburden yourself,

462
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:24,647
share your truth
with him?

463
00:22:24,691 --> 00:22:27,998
♪♪

464
00:22:28,042 --> 00:22:31,437
I...
Maybe.

465
00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,352
I-I can't see that
right now.

466
00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:38,444
But, uh, I'll try to
think it through.

467
00:22:38,487 --> 00:22:40,533
I'll try.

468
00:22:40,576 --> 00:22:42,883
It's just that, um,

469
00:22:42,926 --> 00:22:47,844
we've worked really hard...

470
00:22:47,888 --> 00:22:49,759
to get to where we're at,

471
00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:55,286
and where we're at
is shaky at best.

472
00:22:59,247 --> 00:23:00,770
It's already been so hard.

473
00:23:00,814 --> 00:23:05,906
I can't, um,
risk one more thing, so...

474
00:23:05,949 --> 00:23:09,213
♪♪

475
00:23:09,257 --> 00:23:11,390
But I'll think about it.

476
00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:13,870
♪♪

477
00:23:13,914 --> 00:23:15,176
[ Chuckles ]

478
00:23:15,219 --> 00:23:17,134
Thank you for
letting me share.

479
00:23:17,178 --> 00:23:21,487
♪♪

480
00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:22,966
♪ Yeah,
finna go cut me some shoes ♪

481
00:23:23,010 --> 00:23:24,620
♪ New to me too,
whatever I do ♪

482
00:23:24,664 --> 00:23:26,361
♪ I cannot lose

483
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:27,754
♪ Tell it to the reverend,
to the priest, whoever ♪

484
00:23:27,797 --> 00:23:29,146
♪ Finna top this year
for an eon ♪

485
00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:31,845
Bro, you are killing it
right now.

486
00:23:31,888 --> 00:23:35,196
Kai said he's willing to buy
five pieces sight unseen.

487
00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:36,502
Yeah.

488
00:23:36,545 --> 00:23:37,764
How you feeling about life
right now?

489
00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:40,244
Oh, you know,
it's pretty alright, man.

490
00:23:40,288 --> 00:23:42,638
This is really good.

491
00:23:42,682 --> 00:23:46,120
Yo, we're a good team.
This could be a thing.

492
00:23:46,163 --> 00:23:49,079
We can have private jets,
VIP sections.

493
00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:51,299
All we gotta do is just
keep selling that fire, bro.

494
00:23:51,342 --> 00:23:54,998
Make your own money.
Make your own mark.

495
00:23:55,042 --> 00:23:57,305
Woman: Micah West.
Micah West.

496
00:23:57,348 --> 00:24:00,221
Would you like a pic?

497
00:24:00,264 --> 00:24:01,657
Yeah, squeeze in.
Squeeze in.

498
00:24:01,701 --> 00:24:03,442
Of course
Kai run right in.

499
00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:04,878
♪ I ain't got time to play

500
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:07,446
♪ Never know, might die today

501
00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:10,710
Hey, y'all look great,
by the way.

502
00:24:10,753 --> 00:24:14,191
Bye, Micah.Bye.

503
00:24:14,235 --> 00:24:15,671
Hey, excuse me?

504
00:24:15,715 --> 00:24:17,368
Can I get another round
for everybody?

505
00:24:17,412 --> 00:24:20,371
I mean, everybody.
Put it on that.

506
00:24:20,415 --> 00:24:22,722
Hey, yo, shots
for everyone!

507
00:24:22,765 --> 00:24:24,593
[ All cheering ]

508
00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:26,813
Micah West!

509
00:24:26,856 --> 00:24:30,294
That's what
I'm talking about.

510
00:24:30,338 --> 00:24:31,861
♪ Super clean head to toe
like, squeak ♪

511
00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:33,080
♪ Price high but the smoke
all, free ♪

512
00:24:33,123 --> 00:24:34,255
♪ Everything I do a highlight

513
00:24:34,298 --> 00:24:35,256
♪ Stay up in the sky like

514
00:24:35,299 --> 00:24:38,781
Are you done?

515
00:24:38,825 --> 00:24:41,349
Now, I don't want
to do this here.

516
00:24:41,392 --> 00:24:42,785
But I will.

517
00:24:42,829 --> 00:24:44,483
Uh, excuse me.
Who are you?

518
00:24:44,526 --> 00:24:47,094
Yo, chill, man.
That's my grandma.

519
00:24:47,137 --> 00:24:52,012
Let's go.
Now.

520
00:24:52,055 --> 00:24:53,317
♪ I ain't got time to play

521
00:24:53,361 --> 00:24:54,797
♪ Never know, might die today

522
00:25:03,371 --> 00:25:04,981
How'd you even find me?

523
00:25:05,025 --> 00:25:07,767
Those random people that you
were with kept taking pictures,

524
00:25:07,810 --> 00:25:12,380
and tagging your parents,
and your mother called me

525
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:16,471
and asked me to find you
before you create another mess.

526
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:17,472
Are they mad?

527
00:25:17,516 --> 00:25:19,169
What do you think?

528
00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:23,652
Where are you going?

529
00:25:23,696 --> 00:25:25,785
To the guest bedroom.
I'm exhausted.

530
00:25:25,828 --> 00:25:27,395
Unh-unh.

531
00:25:27,438 --> 00:25:30,964
I drove all the way to Hollywood
to retrieve my grandson,

532
00:25:31,007 --> 00:25:34,315
who I've not seen in person
in two years and seven months,

533
00:25:34,358 --> 00:25:35,838
and who's
gonna fix his face

534
00:25:35,882 --> 00:25:39,407
and he's gonna explain himself
before he goes anywhere.

535
00:25:43,063 --> 00:25:45,892
Now, drink that, please.
You look dehydrated.

536
00:25:51,071 --> 00:25:52,986
Why aren't you returning
your parents' calls?

537
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:54,640
I didn't want to
bother them.

538
00:25:54,683 --> 00:25:57,251
You don't want to
face them.

539
00:26:00,167 --> 00:26:01,516
What were you thinking?

540
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,867
It's art, Grandma.
It's -- It's subversive.

541
00:26:04,911 --> 00:26:08,392
I was trying to reclaim
our pain.

542
00:26:08,436 --> 00:26:10,481
You just
wouldn't understand.

543
00:26:18,185 --> 00:26:20,100
This is art.

544
00:26:23,538 --> 00:26:24,583
You kept that?

545
00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:26,410
Of course.

546
00:26:26,454 --> 00:26:28,717
You were so excited
to show me.

547
00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:33,679
You sent that FedEx
so I'd get it the next day.

548
00:26:33,722 --> 00:26:37,073
You have a gift, Micah.

549
00:26:37,117 --> 00:26:40,120
You see things
other people don't,

550
00:26:40,163 --> 00:26:44,037
and you make us stop
and pay attention to things.

551
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,606
But be careful
how you use it.

552
00:26:50,826 --> 00:26:54,003
I just don't know
where I fit in.

553
00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:56,484
You know,
Dad has basketball

554
00:26:56,527 --> 00:26:58,965
and Mom
has always been a boss.

555
00:26:59,008 --> 00:27:05,232
♪♪

556
00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:07,495
You're not the first person
to hit a rough patch.

557
00:27:07,538 --> 00:27:10,585
But there's a difference
between passion and purpose,

558
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:14,241
and posturing
and pretending.

559
00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:20,029
You're too brilliant
to be the latter.

560
00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:24,468
And when I saw what you did
with that horrible,

561
00:27:24,512 --> 00:27:27,558
that hurtful NFT

562
00:27:27,602 --> 00:27:33,434
and with those people tonight,
that is not you.

563
00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:35,262
That is not your spirit.

564
00:27:37,177 --> 00:27:40,702
That is not
from your heart.

565
00:27:44,532 --> 00:27:46,795
How did you make
selling that NFT anyway?

566
00:27:46,839 --> 00:27:48,928
200K.

567
00:27:48,971 --> 00:27:50,843
That's a lot of money.

568
00:27:50,886 --> 00:27:58,285
♪♪

569
00:27:58,328 --> 00:28:01,549
But was it worth the price
of your mother's tears?

570
00:28:01,592 --> 00:28:06,597
♪♪

571
00:28:06,641 --> 00:28:11,733
♪♪

572
00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:13,343
Tell me
what you've been up to.

573
00:28:13,387 --> 00:28:14,997
[ Chuckles ]

574
00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:18,697
I've been working on bringing
a grocery to the lower Ninth.

575
00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:22,135
Yeah, we have a meeting with
the regional manager next week.

576
00:28:22,178 --> 00:28:24,833
She's the last person
gotta sign off.

577
00:28:24,877 --> 00:28:27,314
Too Sweet been helping me
get the paperwork squared away.

578
00:28:27,357 --> 00:28:29,577
You're putting that
college education to work.

579
00:28:29,620 --> 00:28:32,972
We just trying to make
some changes on the ground.

580
00:28:33,015 --> 00:28:35,061
[ Laughs ]

581
00:28:35,104 --> 00:28:36,715
So, what you been up to
these days?

582
00:28:36,758 --> 00:28:38,673
You always working on something
for the people.

583
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:42,895
I just, uh, finished a series
on the Thibodeaux Massacre.

584
00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:46,028
I had an offer to turn my book
into a movie,

585
00:28:46,072 --> 00:28:50,424
but that's on ice,
and I'm not sure what's next.

586
00:28:50,467 --> 00:28:52,643
I'm feeling a little aimless,
honestly.

587
00:28:52,687 --> 00:28:56,778
A movie deal, though?
Damn.

588
00:28:56,822 --> 00:28:59,128
You really did get fancy
since you left the Ninth.

589
00:28:59,172 --> 00:29:01,740
Hey, it's not about
being fancy.

590
00:29:01,783 --> 00:29:06,353
I just wanted to keep growing,
okay, and expand.

591
00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:07,833
I hear you.

592
00:29:07,876 --> 00:29:10,096
I wasn't trying to say
nothing sideways.

593
00:29:10,139 --> 00:29:13,316
But if you wanna grow,

594
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,103
you have to tend to your roots
on the ground.

595
00:29:20,454 --> 00:29:22,673
You talk to ol' boy?Mm?

596
00:29:22,717 --> 00:29:24,110
The cop?

597
00:29:24,153 --> 00:29:25,372
Oh. Huh.

598
00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:28,810
Not since
he turned himself in.

599
00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:30,551
Turned himself in?

600
00:29:32,422 --> 00:29:34,424
Ceremonial.

601
00:29:34,468 --> 00:29:36,644
That sounds like a TV show
designed just for you.

602
00:29:36,687 --> 00:29:37,776
Yeah, maybe.

603
00:29:37,819 --> 00:29:40,126
So, what happened?

604
00:29:40,169 --> 00:29:43,303
Nothing. You know.
The blue protects itself.

605
00:29:43,346 --> 00:29:47,046
Last I heard,
he moved back to Baton Rouge.

606
00:29:47,089 --> 00:29:48,525
Don't know much else.

607
00:29:48,569 --> 00:29:52,921
That was your mans man
for a minute.

608
00:29:52,965 --> 00:29:54,618
You done with that
for good?

609
00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:58,709
I got a new somebody.
Mm.

610
00:29:58,753 --> 00:30:02,539
And...
it's really strong.

611
00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:04,367
Mm. Black?

612
00:30:04,411 --> 00:30:05,673
[ Laughs ]

613
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,719
Yes.

614
00:30:08,763 --> 00:30:11,853
[ Laughs ]
Okay.

615
00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:13,463
Okay, okay, okay.

616
00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:16,118
I'm just saying,
Black love is beautiful.

617
00:30:16,162 --> 00:30:17,946
Oh, love is beautiful.

618
00:30:19,426 --> 00:30:23,865
If you can get it
from anywhere, grab it.

619
00:30:23,909 --> 00:30:25,780
Word.

620
00:30:27,129 --> 00:30:28,174
You right.

621
00:30:28,217 --> 00:30:31,873
Yeah.
It's how I live my life.

622
00:30:31,917 --> 00:30:34,441
[ Both laugh ]

623
00:30:34,484 --> 00:30:37,009
[ Sighs ]

624
00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:39,620
Is she asleep?

625
00:30:39,663 --> 00:30:40,969
Knocked out.

626
00:30:41,013 --> 00:30:43,450
See Aunt Vi and Billie
got you on balloon duty.

627
00:30:43,493 --> 00:30:46,975
I, um --
I got these for you to blow up.

628
00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:53,329
You been quiet all night.

629
00:30:53,373 --> 00:30:56,637
♪♪

630
00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,378
Ready to talk about it?

631
00:30:58,421 --> 00:31:03,992
♪♪

632
00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:07,343
The, um...

633
00:31:07,387 --> 00:31:12,479
The reason why I missed
Tru's appointment today...

634
00:31:12,522 --> 00:31:16,352
♪♪

635
00:31:16,396 --> 00:31:17,832
I went to a meeting.

636
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:21,836
♪♪

637
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,491
Did you slip?

638
00:31:24,534 --> 00:31:26,580
No.

639
00:31:29,191 --> 00:31:33,021
I got ahead of it
before I relapsed.

640
00:31:33,065 --> 00:31:38,026
♪♪

641
00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:40,072
Because of what happened
earlier at the mill?

642
00:31:40,115 --> 00:31:43,423
No, um...

643
00:31:43,466 --> 00:31:44,859
more than that.

644
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:47,514
Um, it's a lot of things.

645
00:31:47,557 --> 00:31:50,038
Every time I keep something
from you...

646
00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:55,391
...it always ends up
messed up.

647
00:31:55,435 --> 00:31:57,916
Take some advice
from a pro.

648
00:31:59,787 --> 00:32:01,571
You good?

649
00:32:01,615 --> 00:32:04,357
Yeah.
It's just a lot of things.

650
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,404
♪♪

651
00:32:08,448 --> 00:32:10,058
I'm not gonna push.

652
00:32:11,842 --> 00:32:13,757
Okay.
Thank you.

653
00:32:18,980 --> 00:32:20,634
Effective immediately.

654
00:32:20,677 --> 00:32:22,288
Shaw said he'd let me know
in a few weeks

655
00:32:22,331 --> 00:32:24,943
whether they'll lift
the suspension or terminate me.

656
00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:28,468
We're getting death threats for
teaching the history of music,

657
00:32:28,511 --> 00:32:29,948
for talking about
the blues.

658
00:32:29,991 --> 00:32:31,123
They're calling
a school board meeting

659
00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:33,125
to vote
on banning your work.

660
00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:36,606
Along with Toni Morrison
and now John Lee Hooker.

661
00:32:36,650 --> 00:32:40,306
This is insane. Actual insanity.
We can't back down.

662
00:32:40,349 --> 00:32:41,785
No way.

663
00:32:41,829 --> 00:32:43,309
We need to focus on making sure
our allies

664
00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:45,137
on the school board
keep their seats.

665
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:48,227
Yeah. No, I know some folks who
can help us get that vote out.

666
00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:50,011
They crossed the wrong one,

667
00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:52,535
in the wrong
small Louisiana town.

668
00:32:52,579 --> 00:32:54,581
Sounds right to me.
Hm.

669
00:33:00,152 --> 00:33:01,196
Good morning.

670
00:33:06,201 --> 00:33:08,508
Hey, I just wanted to say
thanks again.

671
00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:10,727
You still need to apologize
to your parents.

672
00:33:10,771 --> 00:33:11,902
I know.

673
00:33:11,946 --> 00:33:13,687
I will.

674
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,864
Do you know when they get
back from the border?

675
00:33:16,907 --> 00:33:20,824
Next week, but you need
to call them this morning.

676
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,304
I will.

677
00:33:22,348 --> 00:33:26,439
'Cause they're making
a real difference, Micah.

678
00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:29,920
Their name value is drawing
such needed attention,

679
00:33:29,964 --> 00:33:33,620
and all this that you are doing
is just pulling focus.

680
00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:40,453
Wait.

681
00:33:40,496 --> 00:33:44,109
You have a Rahad Stevens.
That's crazy.

682
00:33:44,152 --> 00:33:45,632
I'm taking a class
with him right now.

683
00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:48,635
Well, when I saw it,
it reminded me of you.

684
00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:49,940
That's why I bought it.

685
00:33:51,464 --> 00:33:53,814
That's dope, Grandma.

686
00:33:53,857 --> 00:33:55,381
You know, you never cease
to amaze me.

687
00:33:55,424 --> 00:33:57,470
Yes.

688
00:33:57,513 --> 00:33:59,037
[ Chuckles ]
Good.

689
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,215
I just feel like if I can make
half the impact

690
00:34:03,258 --> 00:34:05,347
with my art that he has...

691
00:34:05,391 --> 00:34:07,741
You will.

692
00:34:07,784 --> 00:34:11,353
Yeah, you're just saying that
'cause you're my grandma.

693
00:34:11,397 --> 00:34:14,400
If I wasn't your grandma,
I would be saving up right now

694
00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:16,750
to buy
my own Micah West piece.

695
00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:20,275
But since I am your grandma,
I better get a good discount.

696
00:34:20,319 --> 00:34:23,191
I'll overnight it to you.Okay.

697
00:34:26,107 --> 00:34:27,717
Yeah.

698
00:34:29,545 --> 00:34:30,981
♪ Looks a little something
like this ♪

699
00:34:31,025 --> 00:34:32,940
♪ A little bit like
I can't miss ♪

700
00:34:32,983 --> 00:34:34,289
♪ Ayy [ Laughter ]

701
00:34:34,333 --> 00:34:36,726
Baby?Give me some, give me some.

702
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:38,554
Oh, with a little hip action
in there.

703
00:34:38,598 --> 00:34:39,816
Alright.

704
00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:40,991
Okay.

705
00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:41,862
Okay, ladies.Go ahead.

706
00:34:41,905 --> 00:34:43,646
I got one.

707
00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:49,609
Never have I ever been nude
in public.

708
00:34:51,176 --> 00:34:52,481
Uh...

709
00:34:55,005 --> 00:34:56,094
Sandy: What?

710
00:34:57,182 --> 00:34:58,357
What was you doing,
ma'am?

711
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,837
Don't worry
about all that.

712
00:35:00,881 --> 00:35:04,754
Seems like I'm the only one here
who's lived a full life.

713
00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:06,278
I thought I was
doing alright,

714
00:35:06,321 --> 00:35:08,062
but I see I got a lot
of catching up to do.

715
00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:09,150
I heard that.

716
00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:12,371
We all do.

717
00:35:12,414 --> 00:35:16,201
Ladies, I have to tell you,
it is so wonderful.

718
00:35:16,244 --> 00:35:21,162
I know that this party
is for Sandy, but I needed it.

719
00:35:21,206 --> 00:35:23,469
It's been so long
since I've laughed.

720
00:35:23,512 --> 00:35:27,125
And the only thing
that would make this

721
00:35:27,168 --> 00:35:29,649
any better would be
one or two strippers.

722
00:35:29,692 --> 00:35:33,479
[ Laughter ]

723
00:35:33,522 --> 00:35:35,524
I don't know how Joaquin
and Dante got Tru

724
00:35:35,568 --> 00:35:37,483
to sleep this early,
but they did it.

725
00:35:37,526 --> 00:35:40,007
Joaquin was extra salty
he had to babysit tonight.

726
00:35:40,050 --> 00:35:41,748
That boy actually thought
he was going to

727
00:35:41,791 --> 00:35:43,271
his first
bachelor party.

728
00:35:43,315 --> 00:35:44,577
I'm-a rub it in
on him, too.

729
00:35:44,620 --> 00:35:46,274
I'm gonna tell him
it was a wild night.

730
00:35:46,318 --> 00:35:48,015
You should.

731
00:35:48,058 --> 00:35:50,496
Yeah, we -- we sure had
some of those back in the day.

732
00:35:50,539 --> 00:35:52,237
Mm-mm!

733
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:58,112
Ahh, but now I'm happy just
hanging out with you fellas.

734
00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,635
Yeah, we glad to be
with you tonight.

735
00:35:59,679 --> 00:36:01,071
To you, Mr. Prosper.Yes.

736
00:36:01,115 --> 00:36:02,290
And this guy.

737
00:36:02,334 --> 00:36:04,205
Benny!
Break the cards out, baby!

738
00:36:04,249 --> 00:36:08,688
Hey.
Listen, can I ask you something?

739
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:10,342
You okay,
Mr. Prosper?

740
00:36:10,385 --> 00:36:11,908
Yeah, yeah.

741
00:36:11,952 --> 00:36:13,823
Look,
Ernest was my best friend,

742
00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:17,218
and he was the best man
when I married Clare,

743
00:36:17,262 --> 00:36:20,787
and it would mean a lot
if you stood up there with me

744
00:36:20,830 --> 00:36:23,311
when I married Sandy
in place of your father.

745
00:36:23,355 --> 00:36:28,708
♪♪

746
00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:29,926
You serious?

747
00:36:33,408 --> 00:36:35,671
Man, that would be
an honor, Mr. Prosper.

748
00:36:37,325 --> 00:36:40,067
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.

749
00:36:40,110 --> 00:36:41,677
You doing it again.

750
00:36:41,721 --> 00:36:44,245
Congratulations, Mr. Prosper.Thank you.

751
00:36:44,289 --> 00:36:46,073
I never thought
I'd be here again.

752
00:36:46,116 --> 00:36:48,684
I got you.

753
00:36:48,728 --> 00:36:50,425
Couldn't be happier.

754
00:36:50,469 --> 00:36:52,340
To you.

755
00:36:52,384 --> 00:36:55,691
[ Laughter ]

756
00:36:55,735 --> 00:37:00,218
You know, I-I never thought that
I would be 42 and single again.

757
00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:02,742
Girl, 42?

758
00:37:02,785 --> 00:37:05,266
You just getting started.
Trust me.

759
00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:09,749
Listen, finding love
at a seasoned age

760
00:37:09,792 --> 00:37:14,362
is one of the greatest
surprises life has to offer us.

761
00:37:14,406 --> 00:37:16,495
Mm-hmm.

762
00:37:16,538 --> 00:37:21,500
I would never have appreciated
a man like Hollywood

763
00:37:21,543 --> 00:37:24,546
when I was young and dumb.

764
00:37:24,590 --> 00:37:26,766
Age brings freedom,

765
00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:28,550
'cause you don't have time
to worry about

766
00:37:28,594 --> 00:37:29,812
what other people think.

767
00:37:29,856 --> 00:37:31,249
Mm-hmm.

768
00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:34,426
And freedom makes it
all so much better.

769
00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:37,907
Ooh!
Honey, and the lovin'!

770
00:37:37,951 --> 00:37:40,562
[ Laughs ]
Yes! Yes!

771
00:37:40,606 --> 00:37:42,651
I don't think
I needed to hear that.

772
00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:44,305
Yes!No.

773
00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:46,089
[ Laughter ]

774
00:37:46,133 --> 00:37:50,616
Oh, I wonder if the guys
are having this much fun.

775
00:37:50,659 --> 00:37:53,923
Well, there's one way
for us to find out.

776
00:37:53,967 --> 00:37:55,838
Alright.
I'll drive.

777
00:37:55,882 --> 00:37:57,753
Hey!

778
00:37:57,797 --> 00:37:59,277
Okay.

779
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,280
[ Knocking on door ]We expecting somebody else?

780
00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:04,369
I don't know.

781
00:38:04,412 --> 00:38:05,935
Alright, now.

782
00:38:05,979 --> 00:38:07,894
I told Sandy there wasn't
gonna be no strippers,

783
00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:09,896
so none of y'all better
get no strippers, did you?

784
00:38:09,939 --> 00:38:12,812
Hey, y'all know my wife,
so don't look at me.

785
00:38:12,855 --> 00:38:15,118
[ Knocking on door ]

786
00:38:15,162 --> 00:38:16,685
Claudine.

787
00:38:16,729 --> 00:38:19,209
♪ Here comes the bride

788
00:38:19,253 --> 00:38:21,516
♪ Here comes the bride

789
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,171
Hey!

790
00:38:24,214 --> 00:38:25,651
Let us in!

791
00:38:25,694 --> 00:38:26,608
What are y'all doing?

792
00:38:26,652 --> 00:38:29,045
Hey, baby!

793
00:38:29,089 --> 00:38:31,004
Let us in!

794
00:38:31,047 --> 00:38:33,180
♪ People going crazy
for the love of money ♪

795
00:38:33,223 --> 00:38:35,530
Hey.
What's going on?

796
00:38:35,574 --> 00:38:36,966
♪ I'm always feeling rich,
my guy ♪

797
00:38:37,010 --> 00:38:38,490
♪ Even when the bank account
run dry ♪

798
00:38:38,533 --> 00:38:40,013
♪ I'm living good

799
00:38:40,056 --> 00:38:42,058
♪ What you know
about this good life ♪

800
00:38:42,102 --> 00:38:43,843
♪ If it ain't this,
it don't look right ♪

801
00:38:43,886 --> 00:38:46,367
I brought you your wife.

802
00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:48,369
Thank you.

803
00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:51,154
The food is good, y'all.
I know. I made it.

804
00:38:51,198 --> 00:38:53,896
♪ What you know
about this good life ♪

805
00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:55,507
Okay.

806
00:38:55,550 --> 00:38:58,336
There's my other one.

807
00:38:58,379 --> 00:38:59,641
♪ Yeah

808
00:38:59,685 --> 00:39:01,251
♪ Good life, good life

809
00:39:01,295 --> 00:39:03,123
[ George Duke's "Reach Out"
plays ]

810
00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:08,824
♪♪

811
00:39:08,868 --> 00:39:13,742
♪ I've got a perfect situation

812
00:39:13,786 --> 00:39:15,527
We're gonna talk
about this later.

813
00:39:15,570 --> 00:39:17,877
You want to go outside?

814
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:19,269
Come on.

815
00:39:19,313 --> 00:39:21,271
♪ I've got
no heavy complications ♪

816
00:39:21,315 --> 00:39:22,925
You look beautiful tonight.

817
00:39:22,969 --> 00:39:25,841
♪ To keep my love from coming
straight to you ♪

818
00:39:25,885 --> 00:39:28,322
♪ Oh, you are smiling
with another ♪

819
00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:30,890
[ Laughs ]

820
00:39:30,933 --> 00:39:32,152
One dance.

821
00:39:32,195 --> 00:39:34,676
That's all I need.

822
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:36,809
♪ If we could talk
just for a minute ♪

823
00:39:36,852 --> 00:39:38,811
[ Laughs ]

824
00:39:38,854 --> 00:39:39,855
Okay.
I see you.

825
00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:40,987
You see me?
I see you.

826
00:39:41,030 --> 00:39:42,467
I see you seeing me.
What you got?

827
00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:45,948
♪ Oh, you, girl,
are on my mind ♪

828
00:39:45,992 --> 00:39:49,474
♪ And I love to make you mine

829
00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:50,518
♪ Make you mine

830
00:39:50,562 --> 00:39:51,911
[ Line ringing]

831
00:39:51,954 --> 00:39:54,000
♪ Reach your heart, girl,
and soul to me ♪

832
00:39:54,043 --> 00:39:57,830
♪ Turn your love to ecstasy

833
00:39:57,873 --> 00:40:00,615
♪ Baby love, baby love

834
00:40:00,659 --> 00:40:01,964
Nova?
Hmm?

835
00:40:02,008 --> 00:40:03,401
Wanna show them
how it's done?

836
00:40:03,444 --> 00:40:04,445
[ Laughs ]

837
00:40:04,489 --> 00:40:05,925
Come on, now.Absolutely.

838
00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:07,970
There you go.
Let's shake a tail feather.

839
00:40:08,014 --> 00:40:09,407
Mm-mm-mm.

840
00:40:09,450 --> 00:40:11,060
♪ And soul to me

841
00:40:11,104 --> 00:40:14,673
♪ Turn your love to ecstasy

842
00:40:14,716 --> 00:40:15,804
Work that dress.

843
00:40:15,848 --> 00:40:17,327
♪ Baby love, baby love

844
00:40:17,371 --> 00:40:19,199
♪ I caught your eye
just for a moment ♪

845
00:40:19,242 --> 00:40:20,548
I got
the best husband.

846
00:40:20,592 --> 00:40:22,637
[ Music playing in distance ]

847
00:40:22,681 --> 00:40:27,686
We haven't done this
since before Blue was born.

848
00:40:27,729 --> 00:40:30,732
That's your favorite
constellation, right?

849
00:40:30,776 --> 00:40:32,995
Ursa Major.

850
00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:35,476
Uh-huh.
[ Laughs ]

851
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,913
The Great Bear.

852
00:40:37,957 --> 00:40:39,698
[ Chuckles ]

853
00:40:39,741 --> 00:40:40,916
You remembered.

854
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,570
Of course
I remembered.

855
00:40:49,272 --> 00:40:53,320
You know, I don't want you
to feel like you're alone,

856
00:40:53,363 --> 00:40:54,974
like you
got to hide from me.

857
00:40:57,237 --> 00:40:58,847
You know you're not alone,
right?

858
00:40:58,891 --> 00:41:00,109
I know.

859
00:41:02,242 --> 00:41:04,157
I do.

860
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:05,419
I'm okay.

861
00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:08,466
♪♪

862
00:41:08,509 --> 00:41:10,032
[ Jesse Powell's "You" plays ]

863
00:41:10,076 --> 00:41:12,992
♪♪

864
00:41:13,035 --> 00:41:15,777
[ Chuckles ]

865
00:41:15,821 --> 00:41:17,649
This is my song
right here.

866
00:41:19,651 --> 00:41:21,348
Come on, Mrs. Bordelon.

867
00:41:21,391 --> 00:41:23,393
Give me a dance.

868
00:41:23,437 --> 00:41:29,965
♪ Gonna make a change in my life
starting here today ♪

869
00:41:30,009 --> 00:41:34,100
♪ I surrender all my love

870
00:41:34,143 --> 00:41:38,234
♪ I never thought I could

871
00:41:38,278 --> 00:41:41,890
♪ I'm giving all my love away

872
00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:47,287
♪ And there's only one reason
that I would ♪

873
00:41:47,330 --> 00:41:51,683
♪ And, baby, it's you

874
00:41:51,726 --> 00:41:56,078
♪ The way you walk,
the way you talk ♪

875
00:41:56,122 --> 00:42:00,213
♪ The way you say my name
and smile ♪

876
00:42:00,256 --> 00:42:01,693
♪ The way you move...

877
00:42:03,782 --> 00:42:10,528
♪♪

878
00:42:10,571 --> 00:42:17,273
♪♪

879
00:42:17,317 --> 00:42:24,106
♪♪