♪ So you've come a long way ♪
♪ Huh
♪ Whoo-hoo, but you're never out late ♪
[Andre] The thing about beginnings and endings
is that you can always count on them.
Even though I didn't know
what my time at Cal U would be like,
I knew one day it would come to an end.
♪ You can't get enough
♪♪
♪ Just busy earnin'
But we focus so much on life's big moments...
♪ You can't get enough, you think that all your... ♪
the triumphs...
failures...
and the lessons learned...
that we forget the story we're really telling
is written in the in-between...
♪ Damn, that's a boring life ♪
♪ It's crime
With the people you realize mean the most to you.
♪ You can't get enough
To many, this piece of paper is a symbol of completion.
[camera shutter clicking]
But to me, it's a reminder of the life lessons
I learned while I was here.
♪ You can't get enough
As this chapter comes to a close,
I cannot wait to start a new one.
I still can't believe that I hustled my way
into working with Rich Paul
at Klutch Sports.
Tonight is the night. Everything is going to go up.
My graduation party is going to go off
like I am going to war!
It is going to be one for the books.
And if I don't wake up and my car is missing,
I'm severely dehydrated, and one of my teeth is loose,
then somebody ain't do they job right.
[cell phone ringing]
Hey, Rich.
Thank--thank you for giving me a call.
Yeah, your boy just graduated.
[Rich Paul] Ah, that's why you've been MIA.
Check your emails and hit me back.
You started work an hour ago.
[♪ tense hip-hop music playing]
[singers] ♪ Watch out, world
♪ I'm grown now
♪ I'm grown
[singer] ♪ Learn something new every day ♪
♪ I don't know so I'ma feel my way ♪
♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪
♪ But no regrets
♪ This is what I say
[singers] ♪ Watch out, world
♪ I'm grown now
♪ I'm grown
[singer] ♪ You can't tell me nothin'
[singers] ♪ My heartbeat is so loud
♪♪
♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now
♪ I'm grown
♪♪
[♪ upbeat music playing]
♪♪
[Aaron] Hey.
-Congratulations, graduate. -Thank you.
You have the rest of your life ahead of you,
no matter how tragic it may end up
or how depressed you may be.
I'm so glad they didn't let you give
the commencement address.
Look, I know last night was rough.
And you haven't spoken or seen Zoey since the proposal--
I'm so humiliated, man. I am.
And if we weren't roommates, I would've kept this to myself.
So I'm sorry, but it is what it is.
I mean, you kind of played your cards when you bumped
"I Don't [Bleep] with You" and burned all of her pictures
on our stovetop, but, you know...
-You heard that? -I did.
-[cell phone chimes] -Oh.
[sighs]
You know what? Come with me. Come with me.
I've just been reminded that Klutch Sports
now owns my ass since I've graduated.
And apparently I start working today.
-Oh. -And we've got a client trying to sell his yacht
before Kim Kardashian, Esquire,
-can snatch it back up for his ex. -Mm.
But it could be nice to get a change of scenery.
[sighs] I don't know, man.
You know, I don't think the cure for heartbreak
is seasickness.
Bro, we're not even gonna leave the dock, okay?
I-it'll be nice. I'll just pop by.
We'll get some fresh air. It'll be great.
Can we stop by In-N-Out on the way there
and on the way back?
-Of course we can, buddy. -Okay. Thank you. I'm in.
It's been 16 hours since I bailed on Aaron
and 16 hours since I beat out every other contender
for the title Wackest Bitch on Earth.
Was leaving straight from Andre's graduation
to celebrate this "win" with a midmorning margarita
my smartest move?
Absolutely not, but I'm clearly not thinking straight.
There she is, our beautiful bride-to-be.
-Hi. Oh. -Congratulations!
Come on.
My wedding gift to you is a prenup free of charge.
-Trust me. -Nomi! Stop!
We're here to celebrate love!
[Ana squeals]
Luna has more assets than both of them.
-Sure. -[Zoey] Wait, guys.
You know I didn't--
Expect almost everybody to be here?
You're welcome, okay?
As for Jazz and Sky, they couldn't make it
because they're helping their dad
open his restaurant back east.
And as for Luca, he may be doing a "GQ" spread
for Big Tobacco--I don't know.
Okay, well, tell us everything, all right?
You know, we flew Spirit for this.
Spirit, wow. [chuckles]
Well, everything is really nothing,
because I kind of walked out after he proposed.
-You what? -Wow.
See, the fact that we assumed she said yes
just because that's what women do
under the crushing weight of patriarchy is toxic of us.
I don't--I don't know. Love is complicated.
Maybe Aaron proposing was his way
of getting them back on track.
Or maybe this healthy gesture,
because of their history, felt unhealthy?
-Brené Brown podcast. -[all] Oh.
[Zoey] I know. I mean, you guys know I love Aaron.
That's not a question.
But when he asked me thequestion,
I didn't have a clear answer.
And I had this moment where I saw our entire lives
flash before my eyes.
Then I glitched, and then I ran.
[Ana] Oh, God. Poor fella.
Zoey, you know you owe it to Aaron
to have a conversation with him, right?
I mean, you can't leave him with emotional blue balls.
Yeah, and you owe me a plane ticket home.
-Delta One, please. -[mouths word]
-Gotcha. -[cell phone ringing]
Mm, okay, this cannot be happening.
-[both] What? -[gasps] Hi!
-Luca! -Yo.
-Right on time. -[Luca] Sup?
-Wow. -[Luca] Can y'all pass the phone
-to Zoey? -[Zoey] Oh.
For me? Yeah.
Zoey, I can't let you play yourself like that or play us.
-Oh. -Don't marry that pedestrian, please.
I love you. I always loved you.
Are you kidding?
Okay, my guy, I haven't talked to you in, what, a year?
And didn't I actually just see your Saudi princess girlfriend
during the holidays truffle harvesting on IG?
That's what I thought. Right?
So we will forever remain long-distance pals.
All right, cool. Later.
-Please take that. -Okay.
-Peace. Love you. -[all] Bye!
-See you, see you. -[Ana] Good to see you!
Can't blame him for trying.
[♪ hip-hop music playing]
♪♪
-[Andre] Wow. -[Captain Mike] Ah, great.
You found it.
Which one of you is Andre?
That would be me, Gilligan.
[both laugh]
Hmm. That was your one time.
Everybody gets one. That was yours.
-[cell phone ringing] -Oh. Oh, it's Rich.
You gonna leave me alone with this guy?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, sorry. -Okay.
Hey. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm here.
[Rich] The appraiser is en route,
but this could take all day.
So just post up until you hear otherwise.
-And make the boat presentable. -Got it.
♪ Here we go again, here we go again ♪
♪ Yeah, bustin' through the door if they don't let us in ♪
♪ Unh, ready for whatever 'cause we on ten ♪
♪ Yeah, here we go again, here we go again ♪
♪♪
-[cell phones chime] -No way.
Andre can't make his party because of work?
Can't he just tell them he has really bad cramps or something?
This sucks. So much for our big
"gonna miss you getting on our nerves next year" send-off.
Dude, you only get one graduation.
He can't blow this off. He's earned it.
You've got that TA from your chem lab coming, don't you?
No.
Well, he'll still be a graduate next week.
Maybe the party happens then.
And then I can actually go instead of having dinner
with Zeke and his mom's new girlfriend.
Well, Zaara and I, we're going to be in Portugal,
even though Andre doesn't care
if he ever sees me again or not.
Mm, trouble in heteronormative paradise?
Guys, Andre is family.
There's no way that he would let this fly
if it was any one of us.
And I would hate for him to look back on this time
and have any regrets.
[♪ steady music playing]
♪♪
[Andre] Man, this place is disgusting.
[groans]
Oh, it's definitely giving Hunter Biden book club vibes.
[Aaron] You know, I've never been down this bad
-in such a premium place before. -Yeah.
This view is pretty killer, though, right?
Yeah. You know what? I'm going to go look at some stuff
I'll never be able to afford.
Get after it, G.
[cell phone ringing]
-Hello? Sir? -[Rich] The ex is on the way.
Get off this phone and hide the boat.
Right away.
Hide a boat?
[bleep] do I hide a boat?
Oh, shit!
Excuse me, sir.
How quickly can we drop anchor and get out of here?
Well, sir, dropping anchor means that we don't move.
We need to leave immediately.
-Right away, sir. -Thank you.
"Join the Navy," they said. "See the world."
We're good. We got this. We have got this.
[Zaara] Andre!
Am I becoming unglued,
or has Zaara become my inner voice?
[Zaara] Andre!
[Annika] Andre, let us in.
I have to pee really bad.
Surprise, bitch! We're having a party!
What is happening here?
You work way too hard to let the days go by, brother.
-We in here. -No, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm on the clock. We actually can't do this.
This is my place of work. It's my job.
-What's up? -Graduation party on a yacht?
Man, this is like "Succession" for [bleep].
-Oh, my God. Oh, my God. -[Zoey] Hey, Andre.
-Oh, my God. -Earth to Andre.
-What? What? -Look, okay.
I know that this may not be how you envisioned
-your first day at work. But come on... -Not at all.
...you mean so much to all of us.
-So let us celebrate you. It's fine. -Okay.
-It's going to be okay. -[Aaron] Hey, guys, can fish laugh?
Because I could have sworn a dolphin was laughing at me.
[♪ serious music playing]
♪♪
[engine rumbling]
[ship horn blares]
♪♪
I hate my life.
I hate my friends.
[♪ tense hip-hop music playing]
♪♪
Hey.
"Hey"? Really?
I'm going to need a little bit more than a "hey," Zoey.
Ahoy.
'Cause we're on a boat.
That supposed to be funny?
What about this is funny?
I'm really sorry. I just didn't know what to say.
Okay, here's some options,
something you could have said-- yes, no--
Aaron, can we not do this here?
You could have said, "My parents struggled
with your earning potential," anything.
-Okay, yo. Come on. -Anything would have worked.
Let's take a walk, let's take a walk.
♪♪
♪ Yeah
♪ Cheers
♪ Cheers, revered
♪ Things are uphill from here, secured ♪
♪ This is my kind of cavalier ♪
♪ This is my kind of mass appeal ♪
-Drinks? Drinks? -Oh. Thank you.
Take two.
Well, damn.
Is it bad that I'm just as embarrassed
about Andre's friends knowing my business
as I am about how much I totally flubbed with Aaron?
You're still a monster, Zo, a damn monster.
Oh, my gosh.
Zo, you not saying anything
is making this so much worse.
[Zoey] I know, it's just, like, what if I say the wrong thing
and then he just never speaks to me again?
You can't be wrong for telling someone how you feel.
Oh, but maybe that's the problem.
I don't know exactly how I feel.
It seems like you know where to start.
Feelings can be hella scary to face, but Aaron's just hurt.
-He doesn't hate you. -He might.
Hell, he might.
[♪ jazzy music playing]
♪♪
I appreciate you guys trying to make today special for me,
but pulling up on me like this is not a good look.
Well, uh, it wasn't my idea,
and you seemed fine not seeing me again.
So I'm just going to go.
[Zaara] Oh, my God.
You have your whole life ahead of you to suck up to people
who wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire.
This is a moment that you should be present for.
Consider it a laid-back gathering of friends
here to honor your accomplishments.
Okay, yeah, enough. We're here.
And we promise to keep things cool.
Just enjoy it.
Fine, but adult-dinner-party vibes,
not trash-can-punch vibes.
Aye, aye, sir.
♪ I don't wanna feel right, and I don't wanna know, like ♪
I hear you, bro. I just think
a life without Wi-Fi is less complicated than Zoey.
What's complicated, man?
Marriage proposals around the world end in a yes or no.
The nonresponse is just-- it's savagery.
Well, this feels like a job for the Three Amigos.
-Oh! -The Migos?
-Fine. You, me, and him. -[all] Cheers.
♪ That was it
♪♪
♪ I wanna show you what I'm working with ♪
[clears throat] Hey.
Who left their blow in the bathroom?
[crowd hushes]
Right. [chuckles] I tricked you degenerates.
I would like to be the first
to make a toast to my BFF, Andre.
To the man who suffocated me
-with his friendship. -[chuckles]
But my life would not be as bright without him.
-Cheers. -[all] Cheers!
And to the only ex who has my back,
who I'd hide a body for,
and the only ex that I don't have blocked on IG.
-Okay. -[all] Cheers.
I just want to say I remember telling Andre
to not rush through college.
And I'm so glad he listened,
because he would have missed out on all of this love.
So to all of you, thank you so, so much
for looking out for my little brother.
-Love you. -Love you too.
[all cheering]
How can you not know anything?
You live with Ana. Where's the my-girl-knows-your-girl intel?
When I used to live with them,
I was like a sleeper cell agent.
Now Ana treats their tea like a
federal pharmaceutical case.
-Sorry, man. -I don't want you to be sorry, man.
I want Zoey to care enough not to have me out here like this.
Zoey loves you.
I just think that the whole proposal caught her off guard.
It's literally the only element
marriage proposals are based on.
Nope, people do crazy things when they get caught off guard.
The first time a woman said she loved me, you know what I said?
-What? -"Do you have any gum?"
-Why? -I remember that.
Oh, Jazz was heated.
So what I'm saying is, is sometimes real clarity
can come from being uncomfortable.
What if that never comes? That's my fear.
Like, what if that day never comes, right?
I have to move to Arizona. I start over.
I lock in on a solid place to buy scratchers,
and then I substitute-teach.
-[all] Speech! Speech! Speech! -Yeah, speech.
-[all] Speech! Speech! Speech! -Okay, okay, okay.
I'll do a speech. I'll do a speech.
This year taught me a lot more
than I realized I needed to learn.
Um, I just really appreciate you guys for supporting me.
So, uh...
Here's a toast to lifelong friendships that never change.
[all cheering]
[laughs] "Friendships that never change."
Oh.
I mean, it's not, like, how real life works, but, yes.
Damn. Who left you on read?
The father of my child.
To look back years from now and be locked in
with the same college crew is a pretty big deal.
Guys, I mean, you know, college, it's like summer camp
with Pell Grants and UTIS.
Your friends, they're your entire life,
but when you go home, things are different.
-Big facts. -Mm.
[♪ tense music playing]
Come on, bro, let's just go join the party.
Be there for Andre.
This doesn't have to be about Zoey.
How am I supposed to look at her, man?
Shit hurts.
Yeah, I know, bro, but this is real life.
And unless you face it,
you're going to spend your life sitting on a boat,
watching it all pass you by, man.
All I'm saying is that everyone's
already on career paths
and we still find it easy to make time for each other.
And that's why you're friends.
It just takes a lot more effort to stay that way.
Yeah, I mean, having to find a way
to keep tabs on each other didn't even occur to me
until we couldn't catch up in class.
And now between, what, work
and family, self-care, love lives--
With all due, I would just... [clicks tongue]
Scratch that last one off your list now.
Maybe it's just harder for your generation.
We're a year apart.
If anything, I feel like leaving school
would prove that real connections
do not need to be worked at-- you know, flow over force.
I mean, that's fair, right?
I mean, I guess we all talk
when it makes sense for each of us.
[Vivek] Sure about that?
I mean, you and Ana aren't as close as you used to be.
[Zoey] What's that supposed to mean?
It feels to me like Ana and I haven't skipped a beat.
Right, Ana?
Um...
We miscarried, um, a few months ago.
[Nomi] No.
-Are you guys okay? -Ana, I'm so sorry.
I haven't reached out. I've been a terrible friend.
No, no, no. I would have told you.
I just--you know, everyone's been so busy,
and I felt weird reaching out with such heavy news.
[Vivek] After trying to hold it down
and deal with things on your own,
it's just easy to forget
how blessed we are to have each other.
I don't want you to ever think I'm too busy.
-Aww. -[Ana] Mm.
Missed you guys.
[♪ soft music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
What's with the face?
[sighs] Zoey's friend group
has been through literally everything together,
and there's still stuff that they don't share
with each other, as close as they are.
It just scared me.
What's the point of having people in your life you can't talk to?
[Kiela] Well, I don't think it's a bad thing
to keep some stuff to yourself.
That doesn't mean you're, like, not close with your friends.
Okay, shady ass.
Look, I'd rather talk things out with you guys
than sit with it by myself.
[Andre] If we can't even get on the same page
about what we're comfortable talking about,
how is this going to work when we're in different places?
Maybe Nomi was right. Maybe we're already drifting.
Uh, don't be so dramatic.
Everyone is right.
Yes, leaving college will make it harder for you all
to be in each other's lives the way you have been,
but for the friendships that are worth it,
you guys will figure it out. You know, it may not be perfect,
but you're going to find ways to communicate with the people
that you want in your life forever.
Oh, so, uh, you're giving advice on communication?
That's--that's interesting.
So much for that pep talk.
Aaron, this is not, uh, how I wanted this to go.
And I'm so sorry.
Off to a good start.
You know, I've really been trying
to get my shit together this year.
And not just for work but--but for me.
I've been really, uh, trying hard
to be a less selfish and needy...
A more balanced person.
Making an apology about yourself, not so hotso.
Zoey's gonna Zo.
And I'm obviously, um, not there yet.
-Facts. -Clearly.
[Zoey] So, um... [chuckles]
When--when you asked me to marry you,
I freaked out, you know.
Um, what if--what if I put my work in between us again?
Or...
What if I put you in another impossible situation?
Or worse, just--
what if the person I've been is just as good as it gets
with me?
[sniffles]
-[sniffles] -Keep it together.
No.
[Zoey] All I know is...
The only version of me that's any good at all
is the one that's trying to figure life out with you.
Aaron, I don't want a life without you.
I don't have one without you.
So does your offer still stand?
[♪ soft piano music playing]
♪♪
[whistles]
♪♪
Zoey Johnson...
♪♪
Will you marry me?
Only if you marry me, Aaron Jackson.
[sniffles, sobs happily]
-Oh, it's a little loose. -[all laughing]
[people aww-ing]
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
Hey. Can we talk?
Yeah.
I know that I owe you an apology.
It's just, you know, the thought of this being over
before it even started really bummed me out.
That's no excuse, so I'm sorry.
I appreciate you saying that.
I just wanted more time with you.
Andre, Portugal is for a summer, okay?
-It's--it's not forever. -I know, I know.
It's just--we finally started to get things going,
and now it's just vanish mode.
Well, the only thing that will be disappearing
are my thirst trap DMS
I send you from my Lisbon hotspot.
Okay.
I'm willing to do what it takes to see where this goes.
You're worth the extra effort.
So expect those naughty DMS to go both ways.
Oh, okay. I'm down with that.
[♪ upbeat music playing]
[Zoey] After all these years,
Aaron and I didn't want to wait another moment
to begin the rest of our lives together.
So with a little help from our friends
and a magical sunset,
we decided not to.
♪ But ourselves
♪ You and I try
By the power vested in me by the State of California
and the Los Angeles powerboating community,
I hereby pronounce you
Mr. And Mrs. Aaron and Zoey Jackson.
You may kiss the bride.
♪♪
♪ Ooh
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
♪ Ooh
[cheers and applause]
♪♪
-Whoo! -[Vivek] Yeah!
[all cheering]
♪♪
[cell phone ringing]
Hey. You good?
Yeah, I'm just tidying up around here.
Still waiting on the appraiser.
Feels like CPT, am I right?
-[Rich] The boat has cameras. -That work?
Damn!
Look, I know you have to fire me,
and there are no excuses, and I can't blame you,
but I just want to say thank you.
[Rich] "Fired"?
You kept the boat out of Dodge long enough
for the client to negotiate it back.
Plus, Klutch is getting a 2% bump
for our strategic services.
Good lookin'. I'll see you in the morning.
Yes, sir.
♪ Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands ♪
♪ Up in the air
♪ I know I can count on you
♪ Sometimes I feel like saying ♪
♪ Lord, I just don't care
♪ But you've got the love I need to see me through ♪
♪ You got the love, you got the love ♪
♪ You got the love
[♪ Florence + the Machine's "You've Got the Love"]
♪ You got the love
♪ You got the love, you got the love ♪
[Andre] If someone were to write the book of your life,
what would you want them to remember?
[Zoey] What would you want them to forget?
[Andre] They may not get all the names, dates,
or details exactly right.
[Zoey] But what's most important is capturing the feelings.
[Andre] The joy of a win.
[Zoey] The pain of a memory.
[Andre] The lessons learned.
[Zoey] And the loves of your life.
♪ I can count on you
[Andre] As our chapters turn to a new start...
[both] That is what we'll remember.
♪ You've got the love I need to see me through ♪