If you're asking me if Sage Odom killed East-O,
then the answer is no.
[Al] This shit is getting crazy in here.
[attorney] Why is that, Mr. Howard?
Because we was gonna kill him.
I am dismissing the case.
-What? -[both] Yes!
Have fun on the motherfucking streets, a'ight?
Yeah, I hope you enjoyed your little 15 minutes.
That shit is almost up.
[Al] Sage gets out of everything.
[shouts]
Jesus!
-[King] What's that? -[Rigo] Marquise left it.
It's just what I need for the show tomorrow too.
All his verses.
Make some noise for Collette Jones, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
You're gonna need this.
[both] ♪ Can't be telling Your story without me, babe ♪
-[Rigo] Odom's crazy, yo! Ow! -[Al] Whoa.
Stay the fuck away from me.
-[cork pops] -[both yelp]
[Al] This episode is called "Let's Play House."
[funky music plays]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ I'm looking ♪
♪ For a better day ♪
♪ Wanna live my dream ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Want the money Want the fame ♪
♪ Want the love Not the same ♪
♪ I want it all ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[Kevin George's "My Crew" playing]
[singer] ♪ Na, na, na ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
♪ ♪
♪ That's my crew ♪
♪ Won't you come and hang With my crew ♪
♪ ♪
♪ That's my crew... ♪
[Gunner] The camera likes you.
[singer] ♪ Party sippin' sick, Swine flu ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Party sippin' sick, Swine flu ♪
♪ Swine flu ♪
[Tal] Morning.
Oh, you're leaving?
I don't get so much as a goodbye kiss.
I'm sorry.
I didn't wanna wake you so early.
But I already pushed back my flight.
Last night, that was...
Amazing.
Yeah.
Come on. Don't go.
[Tal] If I'm not back in Atlanta by lunchtime
to open up my uncle's restaurant,
I will get my ass kicked, so...
You can order room service or whatever.
So, uh, where's home for you?
Everywhere.
But my dog is in London, so there.
You ever been?
Uh, no.
I've always wanted to go since I was young, but...
I can show it to you.
You just have to promise me one thing first.
[laughs] What?
Promise me this isn't just a one-night stand.
[ethereal music plays]
♪ ♪
-♪ But I'm riding ♪ -♪ I'm riding ♪
-♪ And that's a guarantee ♪ -♪ That's a guarantee ♪
Oh, hey. Right on time.
Yeah, this-this-this my favorite part right here.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
It's the chemistry for me.
[Collette] Really, Sage?
Instead of a welcome home kiss, I get a tantrum?
For what? What?
I sang a couple bars. It's nothing.
3.2 million views don't look like nothing to me, 'Lette.
[Collette] Well, it was an encore performance.
People were halfway out the door.
[Sage laughs] I was there, 'Lette.
I was there.
You were there?
[Sage] Yeah. I was there.
Showed up to surprise you.
Wound up getting a surprise of my own.
And as much as I hate to fuckin' admit it...
[sighs]
...y'all actually looked good up there.
I guess you turned him into a artist after all.
Okay, so what's the problem?
Problem is, you didn't tell me
that you was gonna be onstage with him
laughing and kiki-ing and shit,
him playing you way too close for my personal comfort.
I mean, come on, 'Lette.
When did--when did you start keeping shit from me?
What, do you want me to report
what I do every single part of my day?
Like, come on. It's a lot.
No. No.
But I would like to know the important shit.
For example, why didn't you tell me
that you wanted to perform still?
I don't. It's not even that serious.
Come on, 'Lette. Look-look at your face.
I know that look. You know that look.
You're enjoying this. Admit it!
Okay, Sage. It was fun. All right? But I know the game.
Women don't start singing careers
this late in their life.
-[Sage] True. -Yeah.
[Sage] True.
But maybe you could with my help.
Look, I'm about to start some new music for this tour,
and I want you to be a part of it.
Okay? I want you onstage with me.
Okay, so we've been working together for all these years
without so much as a peep from you.
And I go onstage with Rigo and now you want to record me?
[Sage] I'm sorry. Okay?
I've always known that you had the talent, I just--
I honestly didn't know you still wanted to use it.
But I see you, and I'm paying attention now.
So now I wanna write you the biggest
and best ballad that you've ever heard.
Something that's really gonna complement your voice.
Your voice. How does that sound?
It sounds...
[ethereal music plays]
-...amazing. -[Sage] Mm-hmm.
You're so complicated.
-Hmm. -[Collette laughs]
[upbeat music plays]
♪ ♪
[Odalie] Mmm. Oh, my God, baby.
I have been dying to come here.
I didn't even know you knew this place existed,
let alone how did you get a reservation?
Hey, don't underestimate your boy.
Look, I've been wanting to come here for a minute, all right?
But Jimmy was the one with the hookup, so...
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy Irons, Spartika Jimmy?
Yup. Yup. Yup. [laughs]
[Odalie] Baby, did it go well?
[Davis] It went great.
[Jimmy] There he is. There he is. Whoo!
[Davis] Oh, my love, I wish you could've seen it.
I mean, this huge conference room all filled
with people, important people, all clapping for me.
You know, before this year,
no one's ever clapped for me in my entire life.
Now they do as soon as I walk into a room.
[Jimmy] After Chicago's performance,
we saw a huge spike in online sales.
That's the Latinx market, which is why you'd be
the perfect performer for us right now.
And now they also wanna amp up my live performance.
-Oh, yeah? -[Davis] Yeah.
So they pitched you as my lead dancer.
-Me? -Yeah.
Oh, my God. Babe!
That's how we wanna brand our sportswear--is with sex.
It'll be like a...
a cross-merchandising, cross-marketing orgy.
Huh? Come on. Tell-tell me you love it.
-Baby. -[Davis] I know.
[gasps]
And-and they wanna pitch Angel.
[Davis] So I just want to ask you something.
When you two kiss onstage, is it real?
Davis.
[ethereal music plays]
♪ ♪
Do you like her?
You know everybody can see it, right?
You don't gotta lie to me. I'm not stupid.
[both moaning]
-I don't think you're stupid. -[Davis] Right. Right.
Baby, I just--
[Davis] All right, I'ma keep this simple.
[scoffs]
Whatever you think you feel for Angel is bullshit.
Okay? It's all an act. It's not real.
It's for the show.
[both moaning]
This--and I mean this--
everything we've been through up until this moment,
this is real.
I fucking love you.
[Angel] This is a mistake.
It didn't feel like one ten minutes ago.
I mean, you clearly have new desires
that you wanna explore.
Maybe you should tell him.
♪ ♪
I don't know what the fuck I'm feeling,
and I'm-I'm really confused. I--
Jesus Christ.
Baby, the one thing I'm not confused about,
the one thing that's for certain is that
I love you.
So much.
Calm down? Why would I calm down?
I'm in a room with the next Diana Ross.
Shut up.
[Rigo] I'm serious. No caca.
-You took me to church. -[Collette chuckles]
Almost made me wanna take you to the bedroom.
Mm-hmm.
Shut the door.
Yes, ma'am. That's what I'm talking about.
[clears throat]
[sighs] So...
[laughs] Come- you sit over here.
-[Rigo sighs] -[Collette] Listen.
I'm listening.
-[Collette] Okay. -Mm-hmm.
What happened last night was a fluke.
It was just the heat of the moment.
It's not gonna happen again.
The fuck? You're serious?
Like, I'm-I'm just trying to look out for you, right?
This is your chance to be a fuckin' star.
Rigo, it's not about me.
Well, who is it--look, what,
you trying to spend your whole life behind this desk?
All right, because Chicago got me thinking, um,
how come Sage is a star and, uh, you ain't?
Honestly, it's-it's pretty simple.
He went to LA, he recorded a record.
He blew up.
And forgot about you and just, what, left you behind?
He was clearly too busy making millions
to be worried about anybody.
[laughs] How could you be with somebody like that?
Look, if you was with me, I'd share everything with you.
Have you walking around here like my queen, no lie.
Look, all you got to do is say the word.
Go ahead. Say yes.
I can't, okay? I'm sorry.
So you said you can't.
-[Collette] Mm-hmm. -Not you won't.
He's holding you back, Collette.
[soft pensive music plays]
♪ ♪
I can't.
[mellow hip-hop music plays]
[Sage] ♪ And I won't be led By my pride ♪
♪ I know my single friends Mean well ♪
♪ But to take any advice Will be like ♪
♪ Asking a rock how to-- ♪
So what do you think?
It's beautiful.
Goddamn right, it's beautiful.
It's gonna be even more beautiful when you get on it.
♪ Fly, and I ♪
♪ And I won't be blinded By pride ♪
♪ I won't... ♪
[Collette] Can I ask you something?
You can ask me anything you want.
You remember when we first met?
Uh-huh.
You said that I was super talented.
You wanna help me go all the way.
[music stops]
Uh-huh.
But then, um, then you got signed,
you moved to LA,
I didn't really hear much from you again.
Hmm.
Yeah, yeah, I remember that time.
It's a rather tough time in life.
I had to hustle.
I had to prove myself every day.
-Hmm. -[Sage] 'Cause I was,
you know, kind of the new kidon the block.
Couldn't exactly ask a label
for handouts for everybody in ATL.
Mm. Yeah.
I mean, you weren't the-the new kid forever.
No.
Then I also didn't acquire all of this
just sitting on my ass now, did I?
Yeah.
But, you know, you still could've called me.
You and I, we had a connection. You knew that.
You could've called me too, you know.
I wasn't gonna grovel. I mean, come on.
Everyone was kissing your ass.
Like, you let it go to your head.
You weren't fucking with anybody
that-that-that knew you before you even had it.
Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. That's not true.
I came back for you, didn't I?
You came back for me,
or did you come back for High Water?
[tense music plays]
I wanted to see you again. I did.
But then I get here and I find out
that you're fuckin' East-O, so...
He was there for me.
-Hmm. Was he? -[Collette] Yeah.
You left us both in the dust.
We had to pick up all the pieces.
You know what? Maybe that's your problem.
Maybe you-you searching for some knight in shining armor
to bring you your fuckin' dreams.
Wow. Okay, that's how you feel? [scoffs]
I... I didn't...
-I didn't--I didn't mean-- -[Collette] How dare you?
I didn't mean that. I'm sorry.
Do you even wanna marry me?
Come on, 'Lette. You--
Twenty carats on your hand
means I'm pretty goddamn serious.
[Collette] Yeah?
As serious as the promise you made
before you fuckin' left me behind?
Hmm.
[Sage] What are you...
[door clicks open]
[door slams]
The fuck just happened?
[Rigo] ♪ Your story without me ♪
♪ Ain't no telling my story Without you ♪
Uh-uh. No. No.
I won't let you be heartbroken over a guy
that has that face tat.
His whole new persona is so whack.
Rigo is not a thug.
People about to see right through him, watch.
Which is exactly why you gotta be done with him.
Listen, I'm already ahead of you.
Fuckboy season is officially over.
-Mm-hmm. -I am cutting cold turkey.
Hmm.
My mom was right.
I chose Rigo and that fucked up everything for Sage.
Like, what was I thinking?
I was a dancer on a national tour
and gave it up for what?
Pop, you'll find something else.
-[Poppy sighs] -I know it.
There's something going on between them.
I know I'm not the only one that sees this.
-[phone ringing] -What, you know something
-I don't know... -[Tal] I got a text.
...and you're not telling me?
Holy shit.
-Holy shit what? -It's Sage.
He-he wants to see me now. All caps.
I mean, he always types all caps, but...
Yo! He wants you on his tour.
Why else would he be calling you or texting you?
And what are you still sitting here for?
Get out of here. Go see what that man wants.
Come on. AÁndale, ándale!
Now, do what you do. Focus.
Make it saucy, and put in a good word for me.
-I got you. -[Poppy] You got me? Okay.
Don't forget about me now.
-I got you. -I'm your friend.
[Tal laughs]
[inquisitive music plays]
Whew. All right. Fuckboy season.
Let's get it.
[Odalie giggles]
Oh, my God.
[panting]
Wow.
I'm starving.
Good sex will leave you feeling peckish.
[Odalie chuckles]
So have you spoken to Davis yet?
[singer] ♪ You don't belong To me ♪
[Naomi August's "For Whatever" playing]
♪ Oh, no, no, no, You need me ♪
When did you, um...
...when did you know that you were...
...bisexual, like, for real?
I don't like labels.
I just want what I want.
And as long as no one gets hurt, what's the harm?
Just still worried about Davis.
I mean, I-I don't think I'd be okay with him
sleeping with whoever he wanted to.
I know that's selfish, not to mention hypocritical.
No, it's not.
It's human.
Maybe I can help.
What do you mean?
I can help you both open up at the same time.
Oh, uh...
-Um... -It's just a suggestion.
Three-ways are really not that big of a deal.
[singer] ♪ Maybe I'm just too ♪
♪ Down, down, down, yeah ♪
-[Sage] Greyhound. -[Tal] Yes.
[Sage] Have a seat. We got a whole lot to discuss.
What you thinking? What's on your mind?
Oh, nothing, just the performance
of the decade, that's all.
Oh, that's awesome.
We've all been on pins and needles just waiting to see
what you're gonna do with the tour.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. This isn't for the tour.
-It's not? -[Sage] No.
This is for the official wedding
of Sage Odom and Collette Jones.
-Whoa! -[Sage] Yes.
Shit, okay, you're finally gonna pull the trigger?
It's time for life to officially start,
-you know what I mean? -[Tal] Hmm.
So I'm gonna need some of that greyhound magic.
If we are gonna do this...
happen by Sunday. Yes.
You're getting married on Sunday?
Mm-hmm.
As in this Sunday?
Mm-hmm. This Sunday. Yeah.
-As in two days from now? -[Sage] Mm-hmm.
And you think I'm planning the whole thing?
No.
Okay. [laughs]
I don't need you to plan it. I need you to own it.
I need you to literally give birth to it, okay?
And I need you to create new life
for this wedding, okay?
It has to be something I've never seen before, okay?
Now mind you, I've been all over the world.
Done a little bit of everything,
a little bit of everywhere, a little bit of everyone.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, Collette probably has her own ideas and--
[Sage] Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka. Nope, nope, nope. Nope.
Collette doesn't know.
That's why it has to happen so fast.
Surprise wedding, okay? Try to keep up.
Cool. Um.
You're sure that she wants a surprise wedding?
She loves surprises, but she plans
every fucking thing.
So my gift to her
is a wedding that she doesn't have to plan.
A wedding that I have to plan.
Of course, I don't plan shit. Everybody knows this.
But what I can do is give you my genius as it comes out, so.
Okay, I'm gonna go quick. Are you ready?
-You ready? -Yup. Yes. Yes.
[Sage] Okay, here we go. Here we go.
I'm seeing a spiral, right?
Orchids, rare orchids everywhere, right?
I'm seeing gold dust.
You know what? You know what I'm seeing?
I'm seeing vines.
Now a bad time?
Sage isn't here.
Actually... [clears throat]
...I'm not here to see Sage.
I'm here to see you.
May I?
Yeah, go for it.
[sighs] You know, there is something
that I cannot get out of my head.
The day of the trial, you said that you knew
who killed East-O, remember?
Yeah, uh, well, I mean, Sage is free now,
so what does it matter?
Well, it's my job to know all the facts about all my cases.
So that's why it matters.
And if you knew something a few weeks ago,
you should have said so right then and there.
[both laugh]
I mean, look, I-- honestly, I freaked, you know.
[Ricardo] Mm-hmm.
I knew that I fucked up, so I had to do something.
You had to do something.
Well, what would that something have been if you had done it?
Well, look...
East-O had a lot of enemies.
-[Ricardo] Ah, I get it. -Hmm.
So you were just gonna throw a name out there
and, well, hope that it stuck, right?
Honestly, I panicked, okay?
You know, you could have perjured yourself, right?
And that's a big fuckin' deal.
[sighs] Well, I was desperate, okay?
Honestly, I mean, is it a crime
to wanna protect your future spouse?
That all depends on how you choose
to protect your future spouse.
Huh. I love this. So cute.
[chuckles] A crime's a crime.
And there's no statute of limitations for murder.
Mm.
Which is why we're happy it turned out
for the best, right?
Right.
[suspenseful music plays]
♪ ♪
[man] Yo, there go that bitch ass nigga.
I told you he's still around, man.
Hey, yo, get the fuck out. Yo, go get that motherfucker.
Hey, turn this piece of shit around.
[singer] ♪ Ready to die for mine, hey ♪
♪ I'm ready to die for mine ♪
♪ Ready to die for mine ♪
♪ I'm ready die For my people ♪
♪ Blow to the sky If I need to, uh ♪
♪ I'm ready to die for mine ♪
♪ Ready to die for mine, ah! ♪
♪ I'm ready to die For mine... ♪
[man] Come here, motherfucker!
[singer] ♪ I, I'm ready to die For mine ♪
♪ Ready to die for mine ♪
♪ Ready to die for my people ♪
♪ Blow to the sky If I need to, uh! ♪
♪ Die ♪
No, no, no, no. We talked about this.
I need orchids overnighted from Thailand,
not the pink ones from Chiang Mai.
The yellow ones from Phuket. Thank you.
-[phone rings] -What?
[Gunner sighs] Well, that's not the welcome I'd hoped for.
Gunner.
[Gunner] I got your message.
Never thought myself as a wedding photographer.
But I'm in.
[Tal] Gunner, I gotta call you back.
Somebody broke into my uncle's shop.
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
What the fuck?
-[yelps] -[Marquise] Whoa. Hey.
Relax, relax. Calm down. Calm down.
Look, I'm just looking for some money
for a train ticket to get out of town.
Y'all got any more money?
Money! Do y'all have any mo--
Yo, what's good?
[Tal] Can I help you with something?
Yeah, maybe.
You seen that punk-ass Marquise around here?
♪ ♪
Uh, no.
[man] Seem like you're hiding somethin'.
So my boys and I gonna stick around to find out.
Why don't you grill us up some wings?
Yeah, well, I just got in, so it's gonna take me a while.
Oh, that's cool. We'll wait.
[men chuckling]
Come on, boys.
[Odalie] Justin. I missed you, dude.
[Justin] Missed you too.
[Odalie] Look. [laughs]
[Davis] Oh. And she brings gifts.
[Odalie] I do.
[Davis] Oh, baby. Thai food? Let's go.
Papito,go wash your hands so we can eat.
[Justin] Okay.
[Davis] And go pick up your homework
in the living room.
We about to eat good tonight, boy.
Hey, uh, D, I gotta tell you something.
Yeah. What's up? Is it about the dance?
Yeah, well, I mean, it's about Angel.
Okay.
[apprehensive music plays]
I slept with her.
♪ ♪
What?
I'm so sorry I didn't tell you earlier.
Oh, God, I just-- I didn't know how to--
I didn't know how to say that.
You don't know how to tell me what?
That you cheated on me?
Yes.
Yeah, and I'm-I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, baby, but, you know...
...God, maybe you didn't have to...
look at it that way.
Now you're fucking with me.
What the hell does that even mean, huh?
Look, I saw you out there on that stage.
Women were practically throwing themselves at you,
and you can't tell me that, for one second,
you haven't maybe thought about being with somebody else.
Those are fans, those are strangers.
You slept with somebody you care about.
Don't dare put that bullshit on me.
[Odalie] And you could too.
I mean, we could.
What?
You know, the three of us, we could...
[door clicks open]
-[Justin] Hey. -Hey, papa.
-You hungry? -[Justin] Yeah.
-There's chicken in this one. -Thank you.
[Odalie] Yeah.
[indistinct chatter on television]
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
Give me one reason why
I shouldn't just throw you out there right now,
let them give you a taste of your own medicine.
Hey, I'm gonna need you to watch your damn mouth.
Or what?
You're gonna beat my ass again?
[both grunting]
[laughs] Go ahead.
I'm sure that won't make any noise.
Oh, is that what you really pissed off about right now?
That shit was so long ago.
That may have been a normal fucking Friday for you,
but that shit fucked me up.
What the fuck you want me to say, huh?
You broke my fucking ribs. Do you know that?
'Cause I feel it every single time I dance.
It's not going anywhere.
Neither will the nightmares.
The nightmares of people who want to beat me up
just because of who I am.
What?
Nigga, I didn't beat you 'cause you was gay.
Why the fuck did you?
I whooped your ass 'cause you disrespected me.
You stood there as East-O smacked the shit out of me
for, like, ten minutes, smirking,
like it was a fucking movie.
You might as well had some popcorn on you.
That's some bullshit.
That doesn't give you the right to beat me up.
Okay. Maybe it doesn't.
But it didn't give East-O the right
to do that shit to me, either, and he did.
Every fuckin' chance he got.
♪ ♪
[Tal] Sage Odom has been looking for you, by the way.
Just so you know.
It's enough for a one-way train ticket.
Oh, man. Look, thank you, man. Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I mean it.
[Ricardo] This right here is worth millions.
-A prenup? -You're goddamn right.
No, thank you. No. Mm-mm.
She already thinks I'm always trying
to take advantage of her, okay?
That shit is just gonna make it worse.
You can't look at it like that. All right?
Think of this as an insurance policy.
She's the woman I love, man. She's not a fucking hurricane.
Well, she could be both.
Hey, hey, hey, ease up on that, a'ight?
That's my goddamn ride or die, okay?
She's been there with me through thick and thin.
Where's the power of attorney you had me draw up
for your, uh, ride or die?
What are you talking about?
[Ricardo] That red envelope that, uh,
has your entire life inside of it.
She gave it back to me when I got out.
Trying to say?
Ahh.
Well, what I'm trying to say is--
[phone chimes] Let me get this.
[whistles] Shit!
-[Ricardo] Holy shit. -Holy shit is right.
Where you say you get this from?
Put on CNN.
Huh?
[Ricardo] Turn on the news.
[suspenseful music plays]
[station announcer] The Athens train
with final stop in Augusta
is set for departure on track one.
Hey, uh, what's up, man?
Let me get a-a one-way to Orlando, please.
[siren wails past]
♪ ♪
Yo, who you texting, bro?
[Erin] Without further ado,
I would like to announce my candidacy
for governor of Georgia.
She knew she couldn't run for mayor in Atlanta.
This city is too busy to hate. Now Georgia--
Yeah, Georgia's chock-full of fucking haters.
Uh-huh.
As Governor, I promise to crack down on crime
and enact tougher voter ID laws
to keep illegals and criminals from taking over our country.
[together] Shut the fuck up.
[Sage] Fuck.
You know what?
I got to stop her. Mm-hmm.
Otherwise, ain't nobody getting no justice no time soon.
You?
I'm her kryptonite. Mm-hmm.
If anybody's gonna stop her, it's gonna be me.
Kryptonite.
Damn right.
[hisses] Ah. That's smooth.
[Collette] Wow, I don't even know what to say.
It's like you lifted the words from my soul.
Well, your boy got layers. Hmm, what can I say?
[Collette humming]
How about, uh, we lay something down?
See how it feels.
[Collette chuckles]
No, you know what? I shouldn't even be here.
You don't need me for this.
Actually, I do.
This one's all you.
It's your time.
♪ In a world That's cold as winter ♪
♪ My love for you ♪
♪ Keeps me warm ♪
♪ I'm not new to this ♪
♪ No, I'm no beginner ♪
♪ My love Can weather any storm ♪
[phone chimes]
Oh, wait. Hold on. It's Sage.
It's urgent.
I need to go.
Of course it is.
It's always fucking urgent with Sage, isn't it?
[Collette] I'm sorry.
I need to go.
No, you don't.
[pensive music plays]
[Collette] Mm. Mm.
Mm.
I gotta go.
♪ ♪
[Tal] Sage never really invited me on tour with him.
I mean, at least not yet, anyway.
Okay. Wait, wait, wait. This doesn't make any sense.
Then why have you been running around with Sage for?
Because Sage and Collette are getting married,
and I'm the wedding planner,
and it's happening in a few hours,
and you can't say not a word.
What the fuck?
I know, it's crazy, but I just--
I wish that you could see what I planned
because it's kinda fucking amazing.
Thank you.
Well, send me pics.
Yeah, I will. Uh, I gotta go.
So Collette is really going through with this, huh?
That girl gonna be with Sage forever.
Yeah. We'll see. She doesn't even know.
It's a surprise wedding.
[coughs, laughs] Oh, shit.
Yeah.
[up-tempo music plays]
♪ ♪
[Sage] Okay.
Okay. What? This better be important.
You know my time is valuable too, right?
I know, I know, I know, Miss Boss Lady.
Listen, just trust me. Okay?
You ready?
Are you ready?
Yes.
-Yes. -Okay.
[romantic music plays]
♪ ♪
-Sage. -[Sage] 'Lette, listen.
I know that I don't always do things the right way.
But I don't want you to ever,
ever question my loyalty, my commitment to you.
I don't want you to ever feel like you have to.
So I wanna marry you.
I mean, you know I wanna marry you.
-We're engaged. -[Collette chuckles]
But what I'm saying is,
I wanna marry you
right here, right now.
What? Are you crazy?
[Sage] Ch-ch-ch-ch, do-do-do-do.
You haven't seen the best part yet.
Come on.
♪ ♪
It's a Galia Lahav.
She says that this dress is even better
than the one she made for Beyoncé.
I've never seen anything this beautiful in my entire life.
I have.
-Look, it's-it's crazy, right? -[chuckles] Yeah.
[Sage] It's crazy, but it's crazy for you.
It's all for you.
Look, why don't you get dressed?
♪ ♪
-[singer] ♪ Oh, yeah, she do ♪ -[singer] ♪ Oh, yeah, she do ♪
[singer] ♪ Why you hatin' ♪
♪ 'Cause she love me More than you ♪
♪ There she goes ♪
♪ Back it up ala Rico Suave ♪
♪ There she goes ♪
♪ Back it up ala Rico Suave ♪
♪ No, she don't give a fuck ♪
♪ And she came to party ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ We just gettin' started ♪
[Carlito Olivero's "Better" playing]
[sultry hip-hop music plays]
♪ ♪
[applause]
[Poppy] That shit was hot.
Very nice work.
-Davis, my man. -[Davis] Hey.
You ready to be the fantasy of every girl in America?
-Hell yeah, man, you know it. -[Ted laughs]
-Let's go. -[Ted] Whoo!
[mellow music plays]
♪ ♪
-I'll see you at home? -Yeah, bye.
Amazing work.
-Oh, that looks great. -Yes. Good job.
Okay. Thank you, Poppy.
Hey.
Hey, mami.
-Great job today. -Thank you.
So, um...
do you wanna come to our place tonight?
[chuckles]
Nah. I'm good.
Yeah. Actually.
Seriously?
Look, I know, a lot of guys would kill
for an opportunity like this, but, uh,
shit, I'm not other guys.
And I'm not gonna be cool with you sleeping with Angel
while we're together either, so,
I mean, you could do what you want with that.
I'm so sorry. Yeah.
-I never meant to hurt you. -Yeah.
-I'm just... -[scoffs]
I'm trying to figure this all out.
[whispering] "Figure this all out."
That's not what this shit is about.
We haven't been good in a long time.
[apprehensive music plays]
And I'm sorry, but having a threesome with the girl
you've been cheating on me with is not gonna fix shit for me.
I have to explore this side of me, or...
or else I'm gonna feel like I'm living a lie,
and you know how hard it was for me to be somebody I wasn't.
I understand. I do.
Which is why I don't think that we're gonna be able
to work this out.
So what are you saying right now?
I will always love you.
Goodbye, Odalie.
♪ ♪
[romantic violin music plays]
♪ ♪
A little behind the scenes.
-[both chuckle] -Send me that.
-[Tal] Gorgeous. I will. -[Collette laughs]
You know, I know this is all you, by the way.
It's got your fingerprints all over it.
[chuckles] Thank you.
[Tal] Hmm.
-Oh, wow, my vows. -What?
Wow, I haven't had the time to think of what I'm gonna say.
Hey.
Just speak from the heart.
You can't go wrong with that.
And tell him how you really feel.
-Okay. -[Tal] Hmm.
♪ ♪
Good?
Wow, I've-I've literally dreamt of this day
since the moment I saw Sage.
And I was 16.
One of my girlfriends, she called me and asked me
if I wanted to dance in some guy's music video.
And... so I showed up
in some leather pants in the July heat,
and I danced my ass off.
[laughs] I did.
It was Sage's video.
And, you know, he shot the whole thing
on this crappy little camcorder.
Later on, he sent me the footage, and, um,
there were 20 girls in the video,
and all the shots were of me.
That's when I realized that...
[sighs] ...that's how he saw me.
And I thought,
"I want him to look at me like that forever."
That. Say that. Definitely.
-Yeah. -Mm-hmm. It's perfect.
[sighs]
[Rigo] Uh, Poppy. Hey.
Um, I was gonna call you, you know?
-Gonna be some time to-- -Shut up.
Okay.
Don't waste your breath on lame-ass excuses
when you got duets to sing.
Poppy, I just got caught up, all right?
[scoffs]
That doesn't mean anything has to change between us.
You made me look like a fool twice now.
[laughs] But you know what?
That's my bad for being stupid enough
to trust in your fake ass.
I know you got a thing for Collette.
Admit it.
Poppy, you're trippin', all right?
-There's nothing going on. -[scoffs]
I know you, Rigo. And I'm not stupid.
But I'm not gonna let you lie to me anymore.
Just admit the shit.
Just admit the shit. Damn!
Okay. Fuck! What you want me to say?
Poppy, this shit is complicated, a'ight?
Look, you know you was my first true love, okay, but...
shit, Collette just bringing some shit out of a nigga that,
shit, a nigga didn't even know he had it in him.
This shit taking me to another level.
And you think she wants to be with you?
[apprehensive music plays]
♪ ♪
-[Rigo sighs] -[laughs]
What the hell is so funny?
Oh. This.
The fuck is that?
Oh, it's a picture of your new girlfriend.
It looks like she's about to marry Sage Odom, though.
Damn, shawty.
Sage, you're gonna love these.
[upbeat music plays]
[singer] ♪ I got the light And it's glowing ♪
♪ Shining like gold, Gold, gold... ♪
[Janelle] We are gathered here today
to witness the sacred union
of Sage Odom and Collette Jones.
[singer] ♪ No, you got the light ♪
[singer] ♪ And you light it again ♪
[singer] ♪ No, we glowing, right? ♪
[singer] ♪ Can we light it again ♪
[singer] ♪ 'Cause we got the light ♪
♪ We beaming ♪
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ I got the light And it's glowing ♪
♪ Shining like gold, Gold, gold ♪
[singer] ♪ Gold, gold, gold ♪
[singer] ♪ And I get charged up ♪
♪ When I feel like I'm running low, low, low ♪
[singer] ♪ Low, low, low ♪
♪ I got the light, I got the light ♪
♪ I got the light, And it's glowing ♪
♪ Shining like gold, Gold, gold ♪
[soft romantic music plays]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Is this real ♪
♪ Don't let me lock in ♪
Whatever, yo.
[laughs] You're a dumbass, Rigo.
You got played.
[singer] ♪ Oh, heavenly father ♪
♪ Heavenly mother, please ♪
♪ Let me be all That I need to be, yeah ♪
♪ In this moment ♪
♪ I end and we begin ♪
♪ Let me be all... ♪
Yeah, she makes you write all of these lame-ass songs
and get stupid-ass face tats all just to impress her.
[scoffs] Now you look just like your daddy
and you're fucking his girlfriend.
That's some fucked up shit.
Watch your fuckin' mouth.
This is all blowin' up in your face,
and that's what the fuck you get.
[officiant] Love is patient and is kind.
It is not envious or boastful.
But above all,
love rejoices in truth.
[singers vocalizing]
♪ ♪
I've circled the globe more times than I care to remember.
I have had every experience known to man.
I've accomplished everything I wanted to.
None of that means anything in comparison to you.
But this time, I'm not gonna be there to help you.
And I never will again. Good fuckin' riddance.
[apprehensive music plays]
♪ ♪
Sage...
[soft romantic music plays]
I've been waiting for this moment
for a long time.
[sniffles]
I knew since the day that I met you...
that I was in love.
And I thought...
...if only I can get you to love me
that I would be complete.
But the truth is...
...it doesn't make me complete.
Everything about our relationship
has been all about you.
Even this wedding.
It's been all about your dreams, your visions.
They all come before everyone else, including me.
-'Lette- -[Collette] No.
You make every decision, you call all the shots.
Even when I've proved myself time and time again.
Sage, the truth is,
every time you tell me you love me...
...it makes me feel smaller.
-[sighs] I can't do this. -'Lette.
-I'm sorry. -[Sage] 'Lette.
-I'm sorry. -'Lette, wait.
Wait, 'Lette.
[crowd murmuring]
[singer] ♪ Sitting on my bed Every night ♪
♪ Trying to call you On your phone ♪
[Laraw's "Trust Issues" playing]
[somber guitar music plays]
♪ Sitting on my bed The whole night ♪
♪ Waiting for you To come home ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ Di-i-id ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
I'm sorry, hon'. I know it hurts.
[singer] ♪ It's not that I don't trust you ♪
♪ I wish you told me The truth... ♪
Do you like clams and mussels on hot stone?
I could eat everything in that fridge.
-Are those baked beans? -Yeah.
-Oh, hell yes. -[Tal] Okay.
Let me get you a plate.
[Collette sobbing]
[singer] ♪ Boy, You're killing me inside ♪
[Collette screams]
♪ Sitting on my bed The whole night ♪
♪ Can't believe That you lied ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
[doorbell rings]
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ Di-i-id ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't know what I did ♪
♪ Di-i-id ♪
♪ ♪
[knocking on door]
♪ I wish you told me The truth ♪
[frantic knocking]
♪ It's not About trust issues ♪
♪ It's about me loving you When you can't love me too ♪
-Come in, come in. -♪ Your eyes, your eyes ♪
♪ They cry, they cry ♪
♪ But I would kill you again ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My eyes, my eyes ♪
♪ They cry, they cry ♪
♪ But I would kill you again ♪
♪ In my mind ♪
♪ Again and again and again ♪
♪ Again and again And again ♪
♪ Again and again ♪
♪ I would kill you ♪
♪ Again and again and again ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Sitting on my bed every night ♪
♪ Boy, you're killing... ♪
[dramatic music plays]
[choir vocalizing]
♪ ♪