1 00:00:09,137 --> 00:00:10,517 - Previously on "Twenties"... 2 00:00:10,586 --> 00:00:11,756 - Yo, guess who walked into the coffee shop 3 00:00:11,827 --> 00:00:13,277 with a Todd today? - Lorraine. 4 00:00:13,344 --> 00:00:14,594 - We don't know each other like that? 5 00:00:14,655 --> 00:00:15,965 - We don't. - Bye, Hattie. 6 00:00:16,034 --> 00:00:18,004 - Ben got the promotion. What if I quit? 7 00:00:18,068 --> 00:00:19,718 - You're not gonna quit. 8 00:00:19,793 --> 00:00:21,523 - What were you talking to that waiter about? 9 00:00:21,586 --> 00:00:23,276 He handed you his business card. 10 00:00:23,344 --> 00:00:24,904 - Babe, I don't even know where that card is at. 11 00:00:24,965 --> 00:00:27,585 - We have to let it be. We can't raise this baby. 12 00:00:27,655 --> 00:00:30,375 I love you. This is not our time. 13 00:00:30,448 --> 00:00:31,548 - I know you're getting back into acting, 14 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:33,280 and I want to help. 15 00:00:33,344 --> 00:00:34,624 I'll make sure you're on Joseph's list. 16 00:00:34,689 --> 00:00:36,139 He's the head of casting at the studio. 17 00:00:36,206 --> 00:00:37,306 - And scene. 18 00:00:39,758 --> 00:00:42,518 [romantic orchestral music] 19 00:00:42,586 --> 00:00:43,996 - Okay, you got your clothes pressed, 20 00:00:44,068 --> 00:00:46,378 your smoothie-- whey protein, extra ginger-- 21 00:00:46,448 --> 00:00:48,448 and they were holding a package 22 00:00:48,517 --> 00:00:50,717 for you downstairs at the front desk. 23 00:00:51,275 --> 00:00:54,685 - May I ask you a question? What do you think of me? 24 00:00:54,758 --> 00:00:59,068 ♪ ♪ 25 00:00:59,137 --> 00:01:00,407 - What do you mean? 26 00:01:00,482 --> 00:01:02,692 - Well, you've worked here for some time now. 27 00:01:02,758 --> 00:01:04,658 You must've formed an opinion. 28 00:01:04,724 --> 00:01:07,694 - I think you're great. 29 00:01:07,758 --> 00:01:09,588 - Do you know I have a drinking problem? 30 00:01:09,655 --> 00:01:11,135 - Uh, okay, what? 31 00:01:11,206 --> 00:01:14,686 This conversation is getting a little strange. 32 00:01:14,758 --> 00:01:16,448 And is that my vape? 33 00:01:16,517 --> 00:01:19,787 ♪ ♪ 34 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:21,522 I should get back to my desk. 35 00:01:21,586 --> 00:01:23,546 I'm sure the writers will be back any minute now. 36 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:25,550 - I gave them the afternoon off. 37 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:27,450 We have the whole office to ourselves. 38 00:01:27,517 --> 00:01:30,717 - Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 39 00:01:30,793 --> 00:01:33,033 - What? - Un-uh, nope. 40 00:01:33,103 --> 00:01:35,033 Not falling under your spell. 41 00:01:35,103 --> 00:01:36,283 - Excuse me? 42 00:01:36,344 --> 00:01:37,974 - I know all about your spell, okay? 43 00:01:38,034 --> 00:01:40,524 I shouldn't even be looking you in the eye right now. 44 00:01:40,586 --> 00:01:42,826 - I like looking you in your eyes. 45 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:44,276 Makes me feel alive. 46 00:01:44,344 --> 00:01:46,284 - Why are you doing me like this? 47 00:01:46,344 --> 00:01:48,074 - Like what? - You know what. 48 00:01:48,137 --> 00:01:52,207 - No, I don't. Tell me. 49 00:01:52,275 --> 00:01:53,925 - You had me at your house, 50 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,520 offering me wine and shit. 51 00:01:55,586 --> 00:01:57,336 We smoked on your couch while watching a documentary 52 00:01:57,413 --> 00:02:00,623 about dumb rich white people. You opened up to me 53 00:02:00,689 --> 00:02:02,619 about the time you gave your baby up for adoption. 54 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:04,619 I didn't know whether to comfort you or go down on you. 55 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:07,239 And now you're sitting here smoking my vape, 56 00:02:07,310 --> 00:02:09,210 looking as good as you want to look and telling me 57 00:02:09,275 --> 00:02:11,585 we got the office to ourselves and shit. 58 00:02:13,724 --> 00:02:14,934 - So? 59 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,210 - Ida B, you are trying to seduce me. 60 00:02:18,275 --> 00:02:23,655 ♪ ♪ 61 00:02:23,724 --> 00:02:25,244 Aren't you? 62 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:32,410 ♪ ♪ 63 00:02:38,862 --> 00:02:40,692 - Is it working? 64 00:02:40,758 --> 00:02:43,658 [music swells] 65 00:02:43,724 --> 00:02:47,004 ♪ ♪ 66 00:02:49,862 --> 00:02:56,762 ♪ ♪ 67 00:02:59,724 --> 00:03:01,214 - ♪ Doin' too many gangsta talk ♪ 68 00:03:01,275 --> 00:03:03,095 ♪ I pull up and see if that gangsta talk ♪ 69 00:03:03,172 --> 00:03:04,662 ♪ Too many [...] be on my [...] ♪ 70 00:03:04,724 --> 00:03:06,694 ♪ Got [...] in her mouth, let her babysit ♪ 71 00:03:06,758 --> 00:03:08,548 ♪ You plastic [...], you a'ight ♪ 72 00:03:08,620 --> 00:03:10,690 - That part where you-- - You mean Tre? 73 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:12,068 - Right, the part where Tre's mom 74 00:03:12,137 --> 00:03:13,097 sees her for the first time 75 00:03:13,172 --> 00:03:14,312 after she cuts off all her hair 76 00:03:14,379 --> 00:03:16,239 and starts crying ... 77 00:03:16,310 --> 00:03:18,380 Wow, powerful stuff. 78 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:20,238 - It was so moving. 79 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:21,690 It's like, as you stepped into your true self, 80 00:03:21,758 --> 00:03:23,588 your mom felt like she was losing her daughter. 81 00:03:23,655 --> 00:03:25,895 - Well, it's not me. It's the character. 82 00:03:25,965 --> 00:03:27,475 - It was really strong. 83 00:03:27,551 --> 00:03:29,621 - Yeah, you went there. - I just wanted to keep it 100. 84 00:03:29,689 --> 00:03:32,099 - Truth is always better than fiction. 85 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:35,030 - You know, when we first met, 86 00:03:35,103 --> 00:03:37,693 I could tell you had feelings for me, but I never knew 87 00:03:37,758 --> 00:03:39,208 how hard it was for you to get over me 88 00:03:39,275 --> 00:03:40,615 until I read your beautiful script. 89 00:03:40,689 --> 00:03:42,589 - Bitch, I don't like you like that. 90 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:44,925 - Well, then who was Sienna supposed to be? 91 00:03:45,655 --> 00:03:47,235 - Do you want to tell her, or should I? 92 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:48,660 - Tell her what? 93 00:03:48,724 --> 00:03:50,974 - Sienna is obviously me. 94 00:03:51,862 --> 00:03:54,972 The characters live together, and she's dating a handsome man 95 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:57,834 that loves her to a fault. - Both of y'all are crazy. 96 00:03:57,896 --> 00:04:00,446 I don't like either one of y'all like that. 97 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:02,830 Wow. 98 00:04:02,896 --> 00:04:04,446 - You don't have a crush on me? - No. 99 00:04:04,517 --> 00:04:06,307 - Are you sure you've never lusted after me? 100 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:07,859 - Positive. 101 00:04:07,931 --> 00:04:09,521 Now what did y'all think about the ending? 102 00:04:09,586 --> 00:04:11,446 - Oh, I didn't get past act two because I was trying 103 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:13,137 to figure out how to let you down easy. 104 00:04:13,206 --> 00:04:14,686 - Yeah, I started to wonder 105 00:04:14,758 --> 00:04:16,448 if I wanted to play a role that was based on me. 106 00:04:16,517 --> 00:04:18,277 I don't want to do anything that's too meta. 107 00:04:18,344 --> 00:04:19,554 - So, basically, y'all didn't finish the script. 108 00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:21,240 - To be fair, it's a little long. 109 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:23,100 - Yeah, you need to cut at least 10 pages. 110 00:04:23,172 --> 00:04:25,212 - You just mad because I don't like you. 111 00:04:25,655 --> 00:04:26,925 - If this goes, do I have to audition? 112 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,310 - It's her first real script. 113 00:04:28,379 --> 00:04:29,619 Let's not get her hopes up. 114 00:04:29,689 --> 00:04:31,719 - You have to speak things into existence. 115 00:04:31,793 --> 00:04:32,833 - Thank you, Ni. 116 00:04:34,413 --> 00:04:38,973 - You're welcome, sweetie. - What are you doing? 117 00:04:39,034 --> 00:04:41,244 - I felt a little chemistry between us just then. 118 00:04:42,793 --> 00:04:45,283 Was that just me? 119 00:04:45,344 --> 00:04:47,284 - You're a mess. - So are you. 120 00:04:47,344 --> 00:04:51,174 [gentle music] 121 00:04:51,241 --> 00:04:53,451 - Get the Valentina sides ready. 122 00:04:57,344 --> 00:04:58,764 Casting needs them by noon. 123 00:04:58,827 --> 00:05:00,757 - I'm on it. 124 00:05:14,379 --> 00:05:17,279 [percussive music] 125 00:05:17,344 --> 00:05:20,934 ♪ ♪ 126 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,000 - Happy birthday. 127 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:26,384 - My birthday is tomorrow. 128 00:05:26,448 --> 00:05:27,968 - I know. I'm gonna be out of town, 129 00:05:28,034 --> 00:05:31,524 so happy early birthday. 130 00:05:38,620 --> 00:05:42,030 It's a Ballet Russe program signed by Raven Wilkinson. 131 00:05:42,103 --> 00:05:43,453 I found it on eBay. 132 00:05:43,517 --> 00:05:49,547 - Wow, I can't believe you did this. 133 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:52,550 - Well, I hope that you have a wonderful birthday. 134 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:55,310 - It's already off to a good start. 135 00:05:55,379 --> 00:05:59,549 [smooth music] 136 00:06:05,103 --> 00:06:06,663 - ♪ Where all the boss girls getting money for show ♪ 137 00:06:06,724 --> 00:06:08,244 ♪ Teach you how to stunt and how to get that dough ♪ 138 00:06:08,310 --> 00:06:11,790 - Look, Valentina, you can't work here with this attitude. 139 00:06:11,862 --> 00:06:14,282 If someone walks out of your chair unhappy, 140 00:06:14,344 --> 00:06:15,904 you got to fix it. 141 00:06:15,965 --> 00:06:17,275 Black women deserve better. 142 00:06:17,344 --> 00:06:19,484 - And what about me? I'm a black woman. 143 00:06:19,551 --> 00:06:21,341 Don't I deserve better? 144 00:06:22,896 --> 00:06:25,996 You right. I'm hurting right now, sis. 145 00:06:26,655 --> 00:06:31,095 My man said he's moving out, going back to the D, 146 00:06:31,172 --> 00:06:32,792 and I came him here for him. 147 00:06:32,862 --> 00:06:36,102 I started a new life here for him. 148 00:06:36,172 --> 00:06:38,002 He don't give a damn. 149 00:06:38,068 --> 00:06:39,548 He's crawling right back to his ex 150 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:41,380 and her three kids that ain't even his. 151 00:06:45,448 --> 00:06:48,408 - Valentina, you will get through this. 152 00:06:48,482 --> 00:06:50,212 Now come here and give Coco a hug. 153 00:06:52,689 --> 00:06:54,659 Get it, girl. I can't believe 154 00:06:54,724 --> 00:06:56,974 you memorized all this already. You're good. 155 00:06:57,034 --> 00:06:59,344 - Professional. - I know that's right. 156 00:06:59,413 --> 00:07:00,933 [cell phone rings] 157 00:07:04,517 --> 00:07:06,787 - Hi, daddy. - Hello there, baby girl. 158 00:07:06,862 --> 00:07:08,482 I hope you're feeling blessed this evening. 159 00:07:08,551 --> 00:07:11,171 - She is blessed because I got her an audition. 160 00:07:11,241 --> 00:07:12,281 - Yeah, tomorrow. It's for the show 161 00:07:12,344 --> 00:07:14,034 she works for, "Coco's Butter." 162 00:07:14,103 --> 00:07:17,763 - My goodness, you young ladies are doing big things. 163 00:07:17,827 --> 00:07:19,617 - We just trying to make an honest living. 164 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:21,309 - Don't you be worrying about nothing. 165 00:07:21,379 --> 00:07:22,759 You're a natural. 166 00:07:22,827 --> 00:07:25,277 - Thank you, Daddy. - I'll be saying a prayer. 167 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:27,074 Bye now. 168 00:07:27,137 --> 00:07:28,927 [cell phone chimes] 169 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,590 - You so lucky to have a daddy. - Well, you have one too. 170 00:07:32,655 --> 00:07:34,445 - Yeah, but he ain't shit. 171 00:07:36,068 --> 00:07:38,588 - Do you think that's why your life is such a mess? 172 00:07:38,655 --> 00:07:41,205 - My life ain't that messy. 173 00:07:41,275 --> 00:07:42,655 It is a little messy, 174 00:07:42,724 --> 00:07:45,594 but I'm in the process of trying to clean it up. 175 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:49,240 - And you're doing a great job. 176 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:51,480 - Get off me. 177 00:07:51,551 --> 00:07:54,071 [quiet music] 178 00:07:54,137 --> 00:07:55,717 [chatter] 179 00:07:55,793 --> 00:07:57,553 - Who do you think you're talking to, Coco? 180 00:07:57,620 --> 00:07:58,690 I'm from Detroit, heifer. 181 00:07:58,758 --> 00:08:00,238 - Now listen here, girlfriend. 182 00:08:00,310 --> 00:08:01,550 I don't care where you come from. 183 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:03,410 That is no way to treat a customer. 184 00:08:04,896 --> 00:08:07,096 - I don't know what I'm doing here. 185 00:08:09,551 --> 00:08:10,761 - I think you skipped a line. 186 00:08:10,827 --> 00:08:13,657 - No, I mean... I'm sorry. 187 00:08:13,724 --> 00:08:15,974 I don't--I don't know what I'm doing here. 188 00:08:16,034 --> 00:08:17,594 These aren't the pages I was given. 189 00:08:17,655 --> 00:08:20,335 - Well, scripts change all the time. 190 00:08:20,413 --> 00:08:22,383 It's part of the writing process. 191 00:08:22,448 --> 00:08:25,518 - Okay. 192 00:08:25,586 --> 00:08:27,026 Can we start over? 193 00:08:27,103 --> 00:08:29,343 - Of course. 194 00:08:34,724 --> 00:08:37,004 You know what? Forget the pages. 195 00:08:37,068 --> 00:08:39,168 Do you have a monologue prepared? 196 00:08:39,241 --> 00:08:41,481 - I'm West Indian. Of course I'm prepared. 197 00:08:41,551 --> 00:08:43,931 - Wonderful. All right, go for it. 198 00:08:49,931 --> 00:08:53,411 - I know you love me, Michael, I do. 199 00:08:53,482 --> 00:08:55,072 and yes, I love you. 200 00:08:55,137 --> 00:08:56,687 I wouldn't be standing here if I didn't, 201 00:08:56,758 --> 00:08:58,788 but sometimes love is about timing. 202 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:05,170 You talk about what God wants and reading the signs. 203 00:09:07,551 --> 00:09:10,721 I don't see signs. 204 00:09:10,793 --> 00:09:13,663 I see you and me and this choice. 205 00:09:17,310 --> 00:09:18,590 You want a miracle. 206 00:09:18,655 --> 00:09:20,895 Well, I can't turn this water into wine, 207 00:09:20,965 --> 00:09:24,585 and neither can you, but God can 208 00:09:24,655 --> 00:09:29,405 if we let him. 209 00:09:29,482 --> 00:09:33,002 We have to let it go. 210 00:09:33,068 --> 00:09:34,998 We have to let it be. 211 00:09:35,068 --> 00:09:37,028 We can't raise this baby. 212 00:09:37,103 --> 00:09:39,243 I love you, but this... 213 00:09:39,310 --> 00:09:41,140 This isn't our time. 214 00:09:47,517 --> 00:09:50,137 - Thank you, Nia. 215 00:09:50,206 --> 00:09:52,026 That was really, really good. 216 00:09:54,517 --> 00:09:56,717 Hattie, could you step outside with me? 217 00:10:05,482 --> 00:10:06,862 - Who wrote that? 218 00:10:09,379 --> 00:10:10,449 - How dare you? 219 00:10:10,517 --> 00:10:12,027 - Hold up. - You had no right. 220 00:10:12,103 --> 00:10:13,973 - First of all, I didn't know she was gonna do that. 221 00:10:14,034 --> 00:10:16,074 - That is a violation of my privacy. 222 00:10:16,137 --> 00:10:17,687 - I am so sorry. 223 00:10:17,758 --> 00:10:19,378 I would never want you to feel like you can't trust me. 224 00:10:19,448 --> 00:10:20,618 I just thought it was really good, 225 00:10:20,689 --> 00:10:22,589 and you have this amazing voice, 226 00:10:22,655 --> 00:10:24,475 and nobody gets to hear it. 227 00:10:28,793 --> 00:10:30,593 - Go to your desk and pack up all your shit. 228 00:10:34,689 --> 00:10:36,449 I never want to see your face again. 229 00:10:36,517 --> 00:10:39,407 [percussive music] 230 00:10:39,482 --> 00:10:42,212 ♪ ♪ 231 00:10:42,275 --> 00:10:43,995 - Damn. 232 00:10:48,034 --> 00:10:50,244 [soft rock music] 233 00:10:50,310 --> 00:10:53,310 - ♪ Hey, wasn't it me who said ♪ 234 00:10:53,379 --> 00:10:57,969 ♪ That nothing good's gonna last forever ♪ 235 00:10:58,034 --> 00:11:00,284 ♪ And wasn't it me who said ♪ 236 00:11:00,344 --> 00:11:04,834 ♪ Let's just be glad for the time together ♪ 237 00:11:04,896 --> 00:11:08,756 ♪ It must have been hard to tell me ♪ 238 00:11:08,827 --> 00:11:12,097 ♪ That you've given all you had to give ♪ 239 00:11:12,172 --> 00:11:15,282 ♪ I can understand your feeling that way ♪ 240 00:11:15,344 --> 00:11:18,454 [quiet chatter] 241 00:11:26,862 --> 00:11:29,382 - Hey. 242 00:11:29,448 --> 00:11:31,718 - Hi. 243 00:11:31,793 --> 00:11:34,243 - I just wanted to apologize 244 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:36,340 for what happened the other day. 245 00:11:36,413 --> 00:11:38,343 You didn't deserve that. 246 00:11:38,413 --> 00:11:40,793 You don't even know me like that, and every time I see you, 247 00:11:40,862 --> 00:11:42,552 you're always encouraging me and shit. 248 00:11:42,620 --> 00:11:45,620 I mean, I'm grateful for it. 249 00:11:45,689 --> 00:11:48,209 Look, I totally get it if you don't want to, 250 00:11:48,275 --> 00:11:49,855 but I think it would be dope 251 00:11:49,931 --> 00:11:53,451 if we could link up some time and just chill. 252 00:11:54,827 --> 00:11:57,477 - Like Netflix and chill? - Nah, not like that. 253 00:11:59,482 --> 00:12:03,072 Look, I'm surrounded by straight people, 254 00:12:03,137 --> 00:12:05,407 and it would be nice if I could have 255 00:12:05,482 --> 00:12:06,792 at least one queer friend. 256 00:12:06,862 --> 00:12:08,552 - Look, I get it. It's cool. 257 00:12:08,620 --> 00:12:09,830 - It is? 258 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,206 - Yeah, I'm not your type. It's fine. 259 00:12:12,275 --> 00:12:15,545 - I just feel like we're the same, you know? 260 00:12:15,620 --> 00:12:17,620 We're both "soft studs." 261 00:12:17,689 --> 00:12:21,999 - I'm not soft. - Well, we're the aggressor. 262 00:12:22,827 --> 00:12:24,377 - What makes you think I'm aggressive? 263 00:12:24,448 --> 00:12:25,998 - Stop playing with me, man. 264 00:12:26,068 --> 00:12:28,278 - I'm not playing with you. - I'm just saying, 265 00:12:28,344 --> 00:12:29,764 I think of you more 266 00:12:29,827 --> 00:12:33,657 as a wing-woman than actually being my woman. 267 00:12:33,724 --> 00:12:36,934 - Hattie, I'm a lesbian. - I can see that. 268 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,590 - Which means I like women, all kinds of women. 269 00:12:40,655 --> 00:12:43,135 I like soft women, feminine women, 270 00:12:43,206 --> 00:12:46,756 masculine women, trans women, black women, 271 00:12:46,827 --> 00:12:48,277 Asian women, Cameroon-- 272 00:12:48,344 --> 00:12:50,214 - I get it. You like women. 273 00:12:50,275 --> 00:12:52,515 - So if you want to limit yourself to the type of women 274 00:12:52,586 --> 00:12:55,616 you date, that's cool, 275 00:12:55,689 --> 00:12:58,099 but I do think you should reconsider, 276 00:12:58,172 --> 00:12:59,902 because I know you see me out in the world 277 00:12:59,965 --> 00:13:02,475 with my locks and baggy clothes, 278 00:13:02,551 --> 00:13:06,171 but you have no idea what I'm like behind closed doors, 279 00:13:06,241 --> 00:13:10,451 when I take my clothes off, when I let my hair down, 280 00:13:10,517 --> 00:13:13,927 you don't know if I'm dominant or submissive, 281 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,340 if I like it rough, or if I like to take it slow. 282 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:20,138 We got the same anatomy, 283 00:13:20,206 --> 00:13:23,276 and I'm pretty good at taking care of myself. 284 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,174 What makes you think I can't take care of you? 285 00:13:26,896 --> 00:13:27,856 That's why you shouldn't be afraid 286 00:13:27,931 --> 00:13:29,451 of trying new things. 287 00:13:29,517 --> 00:13:31,967 You just might like it. 288 00:13:33,896 --> 00:13:38,406 - Look, I was just trying to come in here and apologize 289 00:13:38,482 --> 00:13:40,212 and ask if we could be friends. 290 00:13:40,689 --> 00:13:42,449 I don't need all this extra shit. 291 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:46,587 - Your apology is accepted. 292 00:13:46,655 --> 00:13:50,375 And I got enough friends. 293 00:13:50,448 --> 00:13:53,408 [spacey music] 294 00:13:53,482 --> 00:14:00,342 ♪ ♪ 295 00:14:06,793 --> 00:14:09,483 [lively mid-century orchestral music] 296 00:14:09,551 --> 00:14:11,241 - I hate assigned seating. 297 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:15,000 - There's my angel. - She is angelic, isn't she? 298 00:14:15,068 --> 00:14:17,068 - You dropped down straight from heaven. 299 00:14:17,137 --> 00:14:18,997 - Yeah, you look stunning as always. 300 00:14:19,068 --> 00:14:20,788 - I'm so glad you guys could be here. 301 00:14:20,862 --> 00:14:22,312 - We wouldn't miss it for the world. 302 00:14:22,379 --> 00:14:24,479 - You're the daughter we wish we always had. 303 00:14:24,551 --> 00:14:25,791 - That means so much to me. 304 00:14:25,862 --> 00:14:27,932 - Richard. - Yes. 305 00:14:28,310 --> 00:14:30,520 - Now, I know the email said you're not opening gifts 306 00:14:30,586 --> 00:14:32,716 until after dessert, but I can't wait. 307 00:14:32,793 --> 00:14:34,483 - Okay. Oh, my God. 308 00:14:34,551 --> 00:14:36,861 [gasps] 309 00:14:36,931 --> 00:14:38,281 - Ooh. - Thank you. 310 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:39,664 I don't even know what to say. This is too much. 311 00:14:39,724 --> 00:14:40,934 - Oh, it's never too much. 312 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,480 ♪ Never too much, never too much ♪ 313 00:14:43,551 --> 00:14:45,481 ♪ Never too much ♪ 314 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:47,691 - Happy birthday. - Oh, shit. 315 00:14:47,758 --> 00:14:49,928 - What? - There's my offspring. 316 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,720 - Oh, my god. Mom, what are you doing here? 317 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:55,033 - Well, it's nice to see you too. 318 00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:57,763 - Shirley, I want you to meet my parents. 319 00:14:57,827 --> 00:14:59,617 - Hi, I'm Richard, Chuck's dad. 320 00:14:59,689 --> 00:15:01,859 - Shirley, Marie's mom, obvi. 321 00:15:01,931 --> 00:15:04,311 And now I see where Chuck gets his good looks from. 322 00:15:04,965 --> 00:15:06,925 - Thank you. You're welcome. 323 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,620 And this is my wife, Angela. 324 00:15:08,689 --> 00:15:10,069 - How do you do? - Lovely to meet you. 325 00:15:10,137 --> 00:15:11,897 - So nice to finally meet. 326 00:15:14,137 --> 00:15:16,587 - It looks like they're taking their assigned seats. 327 00:15:16,655 --> 00:15:18,275 Shall we join them? 328 00:15:18,344 --> 00:15:20,664 - I guess we'll have to find an extra chair for me. 329 00:15:22,103 --> 00:15:24,623 - No worries. You can sit with us. 330 00:15:24,689 --> 00:15:26,689 - [quietly] It's okay. 331 00:15:26,758 --> 00:15:28,758 - Why is she here? - I don't know. 332 00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:29,757 - Somebody had to invite her. 333 00:15:29,827 --> 00:15:31,207 - Well, it wasn't me. 334 00:15:31,275 --> 00:15:33,275 - She's like one of those pouched rats 335 00:15:33,344 --> 00:15:36,664 trying to sniff out land mines in Tanzania. 336 00:15:36,724 --> 00:15:39,214 Animal Planet. 337 00:15:39,275 --> 00:15:43,335 - I'll keep her at bay. - Please do. 338 00:15:43,413 --> 00:15:44,763 - Here's the power couple. 339 00:15:44,827 --> 00:15:47,687 all: Happy birthday. 340 00:15:47,758 --> 00:15:49,238 - I got the part. I'm gonna be Valentina 341 00:15:49,310 --> 00:15:50,340 on "Coco's Butter." 342 00:15:50,413 --> 00:15:54,593 - Hey! Go, Nia. Go, Nia. 343 00:15:54,655 --> 00:15:56,545 I knew you were gonna get it. 344 00:15:56,620 --> 00:15:57,900 Look, we already saved you a seat. 345 00:15:57,965 --> 00:15:59,475 - Who is Valentina? 346 00:15:59,551 --> 00:16:02,341 - She's a broke hairdresser from Detroit. 347 00:16:02,413 --> 00:16:05,383 [overture from "The Marriage of Figaro"] 348 00:16:05,448 --> 00:16:12,338 ♪ ♪ 349 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:17,405 - You, on a motorcycle? - Oh, yeah. 350 00:16:17,482 --> 00:16:20,032 1957 Harley-Davidson Hummer. 351 00:16:20,103 --> 00:16:22,523 - I'd ride on the back of your bike any day of the week. 352 00:16:22,586 --> 00:16:23,756 - Mom! 353 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:25,857 ♪ ♪ 354 00:16:25,931 --> 00:16:28,551 [clinks glass] 355 00:16:28,620 --> 00:16:31,760 - My dearest Marie, 356 00:16:31,827 --> 00:16:34,547 from the first moment Richard and I met you, 357 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:37,240 we knew our son had found a gem. 358 00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:40,720 You are intelligent. You're kind. 359 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:42,833 You're full of preternatural grace. 360 00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:46,686 And we are just so blessed to have known you 361 00:16:46,758 --> 00:16:49,138 for these past two years. 362 00:16:49,206 --> 00:16:51,546 Ladies and gentlemen, to Marie. 363 00:16:51,620 --> 00:16:53,550 - Here, here. - Cheers. 364 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:56,310 - To Marie. [chatter] 365 00:16:56,379 --> 00:16:57,659 - Thank you, Mama Chuck. 366 00:16:57,724 --> 00:16:59,904 Um... 367 00:16:59,965 --> 00:17:01,405 So you know you're my best friend, 368 00:17:01,482 --> 00:17:04,382 and we've been through a lot together. 369 00:17:04,448 --> 00:17:06,618 Right now I'm sleeping on your couch. 370 00:17:06,689 --> 00:17:09,549 Thank you for that. I, uh... 371 00:17:09,620 --> 00:17:12,100 I'll probably need to stay on your couch a little longer, 372 00:17:12,172 --> 00:17:14,552 because I am unemployed again. 373 00:17:14,620 --> 00:17:16,070 But don't-- 374 00:17:16,137 --> 00:17:18,827 don't worry about that now, 'cause we here, okay? 375 00:17:18,896 --> 00:17:20,516 We here. Don't worry about that. 376 00:17:20,586 --> 00:17:24,656 So yeah, um... happy birthday, bitch. 377 00:17:24,724 --> 00:17:27,454 all: Happy birthday. 378 00:17:27,517 --> 00:17:30,657 - Marie, I met you in college sophomore year. 379 00:17:30,724 --> 00:17:33,174 We were waiting in line at the campus Jamba Juice, 380 00:17:33,241 --> 00:17:35,591 and at that moment, I said to myself, 381 00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:38,305 "There's a girl that needs her chakras cleansed." 382 00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:41,205 And you let me clean them. 383 00:17:41,275 --> 00:17:43,165 You are the strongest person I know. 384 00:17:43,241 --> 00:17:46,551 Thank you for being our rock. I love you so much. 385 00:17:46,620 --> 00:17:48,100 Happy birthday. 386 00:17:49,379 --> 00:17:51,479 - Happy birthday. 387 00:17:51,551 --> 00:17:53,211 - You all may have noticed that when I got here, 388 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:55,335 there was no place at the table for me. 389 00:17:56,379 --> 00:17:58,379 That's because I wasn't invited. 390 00:17:58,448 --> 00:18:01,308 It's no secret that Marie and I aren't exactly close. 391 00:18:03,068 --> 00:18:04,998 And that's because I was a terrible mother. 392 00:18:06,206 --> 00:18:08,546 Yes, it's true. See, when you're a woman, 393 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,970 people assume it's just something you can do, 394 00:18:11,034 --> 00:18:13,524 raise children, wipe their little noses 395 00:18:13,586 --> 00:18:15,476 and their little bums and make every sacrifice 396 00:18:15,551 --> 00:18:18,691 so you're there whenever they need you. 397 00:18:18,758 --> 00:18:20,658 But I never got it right. 398 00:18:21,482 --> 00:18:26,522 I haven't gotten much right at all in my life, except you. 399 00:18:28,310 --> 00:18:31,030 Thank you for being the best that I have to offer. 400 00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:34,898 Happy birthday. 401 00:18:34,965 --> 00:18:36,205 - Cheers to that. 402 00:18:36,275 --> 00:18:38,585 - Happy birthday, bitch. - Happy birthday. 403 00:18:38,655 --> 00:18:42,135 - ♪ Because all of me ♪ 404 00:18:42,206 --> 00:18:47,276 ♪ Loves all of you ♪ 405 00:18:47,344 --> 00:18:51,004 ♪ You're my end and my beginning ♪ 406 00:18:51,068 --> 00:18:54,138 ♪ Even when I lose, I'm winning ♪ 407 00:18:54,689 --> 00:19:01,309 ♪ 'Cause I'll give you all of me ♪ 408 00:19:01,379 --> 00:19:07,239 ♪ And you give me all of you ♪ 409 00:19:07,310 --> 00:19:10,280 Baby, I mean every word of that song, 410 00:19:10,344 --> 00:19:12,004 and you'd make me the happiest man in the world 411 00:19:12,068 --> 00:19:13,408 if you'd be my wife. 412 00:19:15,482 --> 00:19:17,622 [uneasy orchestral music] 413 00:19:17,689 --> 00:19:19,449 Will you marry me? 414 00:19:19,517 --> 00:19:26,377 ♪ ♪ 415 00:19:26,448 --> 00:19:27,788 - Yes. 416 00:19:27,862 --> 00:19:29,792 - ♪ Meet me at the altar ♪ 417 00:19:29,862 --> 00:19:32,552 ♪ In your white dress ♪ 418 00:19:32,620 --> 00:19:34,480 ♪ Girl, let's just get married ♪ 419 00:19:34,551 --> 00:19:37,281 ♪ I just wanna get married ♪ 420 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:38,974 - Hey, I hate to trouble you, 421 00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:40,864 but we need to settle the check. 422 00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:43,381 - Oh, my fiancé will handle it. 423 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:45,758 You know what? I'll get his card. 424 00:19:45,827 --> 00:19:49,407 - ♪ Why do I want ya ♪ 425 00:19:49,482 --> 00:19:52,312 ♪ And tell me why can't you want me too ♪ 426 00:19:52,379 --> 00:19:54,169 Here you go. - Thank you. 427 00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:01,096 [spacey music] 428 00:20:01,172 --> 00:20:08,282 ♪ ♪ 429 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:10,856 - Congratulations. 430 00:20:10,931 --> 00:20:12,661 Congratulations. 431 00:20:14,103 --> 00:20:15,793 - Are you really happy about this? 432 00:20:15,862 --> 00:20:17,592 - Are you? 433 00:20:17,655 --> 00:20:19,545 - What's that supposed to mean? - I mean, look, 434 00:20:19,620 --> 00:20:23,000 don't ask questions you don't want the answer to. 435 00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:24,858 - I'm not taking relationship advice from you. 436 00:20:24,931 --> 00:20:26,661 - Ain't nobody trying to give you advice. 437 00:20:26,724 --> 00:20:27,794 I'm just stating facts. 438 00:20:27,862 --> 00:20:29,312 - Oh, is that right? - Yeah. 439 00:20:29,379 --> 00:20:30,659 - Well, since we're stating facts about people, 440 00:20:30,724 --> 00:20:31,724 let me state a few about you. 441 00:20:31,793 --> 00:20:33,103 - Here we go. 442 00:20:33,172 --> 00:20:34,592 - You feel like you have to earn your keep, 443 00:20:34,655 --> 00:20:36,615 like you have to tap-dance for people's affections 444 00:20:36,689 --> 00:20:38,139 because you've been doing that your whole life with your mom. 445 00:20:38,206 --> 00:20:39,616 - Don't talk about my mama. 446 00:20:39,689 --> 00:20:41,029 - And I know that you think being in love 447 00:20:41,103 --> 00:20:42,453 is all fun and games, 448 00:20:42,517 --> 00:20:44,967 but the truth is, it's hard work. 449 00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:46,904 It forces you to look in the mirror, 450 00:20:46,965 --> 00:20:49,375 to work through your shit, 451 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:51,688 and you obviously have no intention 452 00:20:51,758 --> 00:20:52,898 of doing that anytime soon. 453 00:20:52,965 --> 00:20:55,755 ["Bound" by Ari Lennox playing] 454 00:20:55,827 --> 00:21:02,237 ♪ ♪ 455 00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:03,970 - Aren't you glad we're not in our 20s? 456 00:21:04,034 --> 00:21:07,104 ♪ ♪ 457 00:21:07,172 --> 00:21:08,972 - I was so high in my 20s. 458 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:11,414 ♪ ♪ 459 00:21:11,482 --> 00:21:14,792 - ♪ I'm bound I'm bound ♪ 460 00:21:14,862 --> 00:21:17,722 ♪ I'm bound I'm so in love now ♪ 461 00:21:17,793 --> 00:21:20,553 - What are you doing here? 462 00:21:24,103 --> 00:21:26,143 What's wrong? 463 00:21:26,206 --> 00:21:28,376 - ♪ I'm down I'm down ♪ 464 00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:31,448 ♪ When you're not around ♪ 465 00:21:31,517 --> 00:21:36,547 ♪ ♪ 466 00:21:36,620 --> 00:21:41,830 ♪ Oh ♪ 467 00:21:41,896 --> 00:21:45,926 ♪ Stay here ♪ 468 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,900 ♪ Stay here ♪ 469 00:21:48,965 --> 00:21:52,785 ♪ I need you around ♪ 470 00:21:52,862 --> 00:21:54,452 ♪ ♪ 471 00:21:54,517 --> 00:22:00,997 ♪ Stay here stay here ♪ 472 00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:04,208 ♪ Stay, stay ♪ 473 00:22:04,275 --> 00:22:06,825 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 474 00:22:06,896 --> 00:22:10,786 ♪ Ah ♪