- [Both Women] What is he doing here?
- Get out, bye, just go.
Go, no, wait, you too, Rodney.
- What's up, man? - Slap it.
Nice to meet you.
- Okay, that's what's up, bye!
Get the out, bye.
Looks like Rodney thought he was coming back
by the way he walked up in here.
- Oh, looks like the guy with the girlfriend
was sneaking back home.
Now, how could you do that to me, Mahogany?
You know what I just went through with Rodney.
- Do what to you?
I thought you were still going through it,
unless I was right about Rodney,
and you two are getting back together.
What happened to his side chick?
Oh wait, side chicks.
- I don't know.
- Don't do this, Shara.
Don't be like, miss Sheila.
- What does my mom have to do with any of this?
- You're the one who's been saying since high school
that she dates down. - My mother and father
were never together.
So, don't even try to compare me to her.
- Why not?
She's always poured all of her hopes and dreams
of marriage into you.
That's why none of her relationships work out.
- How about your hopes and dreams, Mahogany.
Huh?
Mahogany is this smart, beautiful, strong girl.
Why could you be so stupid?
- Stupid?
Oh, I'm the one being stupid.
He was caught on camera with two different women, Shara.
Two.
You deserve better than that.
You deserve better than him.
What did he say to make you take him back?
- Your last real relationship, Mahogany,
was with Derek.
Now you're out here fucking someone else's man?
- It's more complicated than that!
- That's not complicated for me, Mahogany!
Or do I not get to tell you
that I think that my best friend
deserves more than to be someone's side chick.
- Fuck you. - Fuck me?
- [Mahogany] Judgemental and rude.
- That's the Rose way, right?
Huh?
It's all perfect and happy on the outside.
And then what?
You apply a little pressure and then what?
It's all an illusion, right?
- You glorify relationships so much,
you don't know when to leave when they end.
I hope you don't fall flat on your face and get hurt.
♪ You can't hold me back
♪ You can't hold me down
♪ Put me in the gang
♪ Gotta get it right now.
♪ You can't hold me back
♪ You can't hold me down
♪ Put me in the gang
♪ Gotta get it right now
♪ Whoa, ah me
♪ You're the one I want and only ♪
♪ I don't want the ones that's phony ♪
[phone ringing]
- I could send you a dick pic
if you wanna keep looking when I'm gone.
[both chuckling]
- Well, speaking of gone,
I thought that the first rule of like Fuck Club
is no sleepovers on the first night.
- We breaking all the rules.
[man chuckling]
I think actually there is a rule
about that at the school about fraternizing with coworkers.
- Oh my God, no, there's not.
There is!
No, I think it's like for administrators, not for us, right?
- Calm down, miss Misha, I'm just joking.
- What, don't call me miss Misha.
Especially if we're not at school.
You're in my bed.
- Okay.
So if we not in school, what do you want me to call you?
And how?
Look if you want, I mean, I can just,
I can just revel in a good memory.
We don't have to make this weird, ya know?
- What if I like weird?
- What are you saying?
[Misha yawning]
- Oh.
Uh, look at the time [chuckles].
Look at my watch.
I have so much to do today.
- I can take a hint.
[Misha laughing]
- Apparently, I cannot. - Oh shit.
[sultry, chill music]
- Okay, oh my God.
[Mahogany hyperventilating]
- Damn, usually when a brown-skin beauty pulls up on me,
I'm closing my bedroom door, not opening it.
What's up, Mahogany?
- You got a full bar?
- It's fly, right?
- You know, I, I called you.
And then I called your job,
and they said you were at work, so I went up there
to your work, but you weren't there.
So I thought I could just pull up on ya,
and then we could go to the gym together,
and we could just do [inhales sharply]
everything- - Hell, calm down.
Did you take a Adderall or something?
You got hella energy right now.
No, you need to relax. - Okay, relax, yeah, yeah.
I just need to blow off some steam.
- Okay. - Yeah.
- I mean, if you wanna blow off some steam,
we can get to the couch, and we got about an hour, so.
- You know what, you are so fucking selfish, Derek.
Are you really trying to fuck me?
After all what I said about fuck boys.
And you got a girlfriend.
You think I'm gonna fuck you,
then you gotta be outta your fucking mind.
- Oh, I hope this doesn't get me slapped in the face,
but aren't you fucking somebody right now with a girlfriend?
- I never told you that. - Exactly.
It's what you don't say.
But you think people don't know what's going on
because you're closed off?
Yo, I've never seen you this upset about something
you don't really care about.
- Whatever, Derek, you don't know me.
- You're right, I don't know who this Mahogany is.
- Fuck you.
Charge you for the session.
- Whatever. - Call me.
[chill music]
♪ I can see the blessings coming my way, my way ♪
♪ Blessings on blessing day
♪ I can see the blessings coming my way ♪
[Shara sighing]
[Shara exhaling sharply]
- You are kind.
You are smart.
And you are way too smart to settle.
You will not make the same mistakes as your mom.
[phone ringing]
[Shara exhaling sharply]
♪ Give up, no
- Oh.
♪ We can get through this
♪ I know it's hard
♪ We gotta try
♪ And trust that God will heal again ♪
♪ God will heal again
♪ God heal again
♪ Heal again
♪ You gotta try and trust that God ♪
♪ Will heal again
[motor running]
- Damn, I couldn't convince you to take me
to your bedroom last night?
What the fuck?
- You tried.
I denied.
And then you protested until you passed out on the floor.
- Oh shit, we got wasted, huh?
- Aca too.
And if you couldn't remember that little exchange,
how would you recall if we rolled around?
- Well, thank you for being such a gold-star gay.
That is not what that means.
- Oh. - Mm-hm.
- What does it mean?
- A gold-star gay is someone who's never had sex
with a woman, and I was simply trying to avoid
a case about consent, and be a good dude.
- Well, I'm sure there's a work rule about that
that we are still breaking, so.
- You're an intern that's not in my department
and you're finished in one semester.
So if you wanted to be something
more than that, we could be.
- Of course, I want it to be more than that.
I mean, I just, I don't have faith in relationships.
Seeing my friends and the shit that they go through.
And I just don't wanna deal with that drama.
Maybe you could try being a good friend to me.
Like if you're gonna cancel, call.
Don't text, and at least have the decency
to turn your phone on vibrate, or silent,
or at least fake like I'm important to you.
- You are important to me.
- I wanna see what this could be.
♪ It was real, then it wasn't
♪ First time I felt something
♪ Now all I feel is rain on me
♪ Thought I was in paradise
♪ Now I can't see through my eyes ♪
♪ Tell me do you feel the same thing ♪
♪ Feel the same thing
♪ Ooh
♪ So meet me outside, meet me outside ♪
♪ Let's go for a dive, just one more time ♪
♪ Before we sit back
[heels clacking]
- Wait, wait, before you say anything.
I'm so sorry about last night,
and I know you must be pissed about the Molly.
- Oh. - And I just wanna
let you know what really happened.
- No, no, no, no.
Hey, hey, girl, it's cool, it's cool.
Is that what you came in here all frantic about?
- Yes. - It's fine.
That's what I gave it to you for.
So you could get loose and turn up.
Tell me about it.
Was it with the nerdy guy that you told me about?
- I did turn up with him.
[Nicole laughing]
- It's cool, you don't owe me any explanations.
It's fine, I'm good.
I really do want the details though.
But just not right now 'cause I'm in our hurry.
- Wait, where are you going?
It's so early.
- Mom, can we please go?
- Ah, get back in the car.
What are you doing in here?
- You know I can't, hate this place.
- I don't care what you can't stand, get in the car.
Do you want me to call your daddy to come get you?
- No. - 'Cause I will have him
turn around, and come back, and pick you up right now.
Child. - Wait a minute.
You got kids? - I got a kid.
Not kids.
Why do you want her?
- Hell no.
I mean, I just didn't know
you had a whole teenager out here.
- I got a scream-major to be exact, but [chuckles]
there's a lot of things that you and I don't know
about each other yet.
But, you know, we can tell each other in time.
There's no need to rush.
- I just kind of like to know these things up front.
- I've lived a whole lot of life before I met you, okay?
But I will share it with you when the time is right.
- I get it.
Wait, but didn't she just- - Ah, that is Destiny.
My daughter. - Destiny.
I think I heard her say she hates the sex store.
Like she done been in here before?
- Of course, who do you think put up
the magazines in here.
[Nicole laughing]
Girl, I'm joking.
No, she doesn't come in here.
That's why I'm leaving early.
I needed my manager to come, but she's late.
So, I'm just had to close up early
so I can spend time with my daughter.
- Oh, okay.
- But you know if it's okay with you,
maybe we can spend time later this weekend,
and go to dinner.
Is that all right?
- That sounds like a plan.
Always hungry.
- Oh, and I always
like to feed ya. - Ooh.
- Come on, I gotta go.
♪ Yeah, I hope you ready for the comeback ♪
♪ Steer you now, sure I'm about to bring the sun back ♪
♪ Forecast looking bright for the comeback ♪
♪ Can't ignore it, promise you can never sell that ♪
♪ I prayed for it, get ready for the comeback ♪
♪ Think it's time for the comeback ♪
[Rain laughing]
- Is that about more money issues?
- In a way, yes.
What?
- Look, I don't wanna cross examine you
to get info that you clearly don't wanna give,
but I got hella questions.
- Like what? - Like what's up with
the sneak messages,
running out in the middle of a great night.
A great night.
The exotic cars.
Are you a drug dealer?
- Definitely not a drug dealer.
I don't know where you got that from.
- Wait. - What now?
- Are you married?
- Boy, no.
None of the above, okay?
- Okay.
- Truthfully, I grew up Hollywood.
And now my dad has to go on union strike
on my account and life, so.
- Is he there for you any other way besides financially?
- Not really.
Right now, he's so caught up in this,
trying to teach me a real-life lesson at the age of 25.
And that is not love.
I mean, he used to give me whatever I want.
He made me think that love was transactional, not emotional.
- Do you think that what we just did was a transaction?
Because I could tell you,
most of my money's tied up in this house.
- No, I don't want anything from you.
- Yikes.
- I, I mean, not like that.
What I want from you is like emotional stuff.
- So does that mean you aren't gonna let me
take you home instead of calling an Uber?
- No, that is not transactional, per se.
That's a favor. - Mm-hm.
- I can return favors.
♪ Test my faith
♪ How am I betting on that I don't break ♪
♪ I'm so headstrong and you're so brave ♪
♪ Just one look from ya humbles me ♪
♪ Say that I come and look
- [Mahogany] What happened to the side chick?
No, wait, side chicks.
You deserve better than that!
[lively, defiant music]
- So, you read all these books?
- I did.
Did you read all yours? - I did.
Oh, now this little boy looks like he has
all the love in the world.
- Yeah, that's my mom and I.
I was about seven right there.
She loved me down too.
- Well, that's something her and I can have in common.
- Oh, really? - Loving you down.
- Mm.
[door knocking]
- Stay right here.
This is probably my dad.
We are not doing meet the motherfucker tonight.
[door banging]
- I need a drink!
And some legal advice.
- On a teacher's salary,
you can't afford my high school retainer.
- Boy, I know you saw me coming, can we talk?
- No, that's why I didn't answer your text or your call.
And how both of y'all get past the doorman without a buzz?
This looks like my cue.
- No, you were invited, they wasn't.
- Hey, it's all good.
Good things come to those who wait.
- Well, bye.
Is that one of your baby daddy dates?
- I won't tell 'cause that falls under
attorney-client privilege, and I would never bring
a John or Joan home.
That was potential.
- Well, fuck your potential.
I got issues to address right now.
- Really? - And I need your help.
- Me too.
- And I'm just supposed to wave a wand
and make everything all better?
Y'all don't listen to me anyway.
- That's not fair, Rain, we do.
- And you know we all support each other.
It's just from time to time,
some of us need more support than others.
- Well, buy a stronger sports bra 'cause, bitch, I am tired.
- Look here, I need to talk to you about Shara and Rodney.
- I'm so tired of Mahogany sings the damn blues.
I came in here first.
Address me, then we can get to your ass.
- Can we get drinks? - Yeah, let's do that.
Mimosas. - Come on.
- Okay.
[mellow music] [singing in foreign language]
- All right, last raindrop, ladies, for each of you.
Like the last drop in that damn bottle over there.
- Listen, me and my wig are tired of your dry-ass raindrops.
When did this even start?
- I thought it would be a cute addition
to my favorite podcast, "The Read."
You know, like a correspondent.
Well, shit, that check wasn't anyways.
Misha, what's up?
- Oh, like I was trying to say,
y'all know I juggle more men and women
than a damn universal soul circus.
But shit, there's just something about both of them
knowing about each other that just don't sit.
It's just, it's too much.
- Too much? - Yes.
- By the way you talk about your parents,
they should've put better boundaries on you.
But they raised somebody who love anybody.
Shit, I mean, who said you can't love them together?
- I mean, polyamory aside, what about Nicole
having a grown-ass teenager?
- Did she ask you to be the stepmom?
- [Misha] No.
- Is she trying to introduce you?
- Mm-mm.
If the answer to that is no,
then bitch, you doing too damn much.
- Look, when do you see Adam and Nicole again?
- Mm, I see Nicole tomorrow night.
I see Adam at work on Monday.
- Outside of work.
If you gonna do them, do it together.
And stop giving bisexuals a bad name.
- There we go, okay, good.
- Okay, miss Ross, I mean Rose.
- That's not funny.
Okay, look, I feel like I'm fucked.
- I mean you ain't done enough fucking?
- That's what I mean, okay?
Shara is mad at me at home.
I don't know what my boss thinks of me.
And if I wanna continue fucking Caleb, I mean,
what does that say about me?
- Girl, you the only one talking about this shit.
We don't care!
And you shouldn't care about what anybody gotta say
about what your grown ass is doing with your body.
Like what the fuck?
Do your shit, I'm sorry, Rain, I just had to-
- As I was saying.
Do you plan on being in a relationship with him?
- Right now? - Yeah.
- No, I mean, not like this.
- Oh. - 'Cause this shit
is too messy for my blood.
But he can clean that muck up.
Mm, we can clean my pussy out.
I, I need to focus.
- Baby, can you focus? - That's my song.
- You understand me.
I was gonna have to charge your ass for advice
because this shit ain't free.
Your ass gonna disregard it any damn way.
- That's what I should tell Caleb.
This shit ain't free. - It ain't.
- Yes, I hold it in high regard.
- Very high. - Yes.
Regardless of what Shara thinks.
- Yeah, fuck what Shara think.
- Yeah. - Y'all are friends.
You need to act like it.
I mean, if Shara don't wanna support you, fine.
But friends don't always agree with your every move, so.
- Just don't disregard where she's coming from though.
That fucking whack-ass Rodney was the worst.
- Yeah. - No, the worst is when a guy
doesn't own the truth when you catch his ass.
- Facts, cheers to that.
[mellow music]
♪ 'Cause, girl, I know that you get me ♪
- Yeah, here.
♪ So, I'll go anywhere
♪ 'Cause I'll go
♪ So, I'll go anywhere
♪ 'Cause I'll go, I'll go anywhere ♪
♪ I don't even care about the way in live ♪
- So, I know you're upset that Mr. White
took you off the case that you really, really wanted
to be on, but a little birdie told me
that there's a really messy divorce happening.
Client is worth millions.
- Sounds like the usual LA saga to me, I'll pass.
- Ah, no, except she wants half the business,
full custody of the kids, okay?
And she supposedly caught him doing something on some app.
I don't know, but she got receipts.
- [Rain] Why are you so hyped about this?
- Because, silly, I know you've been walking around here
all butt-hurt about not being on the Kardashian-West case
when scandal is still very sexy in this business.
And I know this business.
- That's why I keep you around,
to adjust my crown of course.
- Oh, well let me just.
[Rain laughing]
- Thank you for looking out for my career,
and making sure I'm not all butt-hurt.
- Yeah, well, you just make sure to still act surprised
when they come get you later.
♪ No one else around
♪ I'll hold you down
♪ I'm always be right here, I'ma be right here ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey
♪ Hey, yeah, I'm always be right here, hey, hey, hey ♪
[chill music]
- Decent work.
Almost everybody.
The relaunch has already received interest
from over a dozen potential investors,
which means more work for everyone.
But today, lunch is on me.
There's a food truck
from my favorite Louisiana food spot on Crenshaw.
Carbs [laughs] for one day only.
Go, go, go, go, go, carbs, carbs, carbs.
Not you.
- Thank you for the lunch, Fabiola.
- That was for people who actually worked today
and who stayed to the end of the relaunch.
Where's your head at, Mahogany?
- You said my name.
- Look, it's not about what people call you.
It's what you answer to.
Do you know how many people say my name wrong daily?
I don't, because fuck 'em.
If you're not addressing me correctly,
then why should I get bent out of shape?
- That's, that's good.
It's let your work speak for yourself, right?
- You're lucky the event ran on autopilot.
Without you there.
Look, for someone who says she really wants this job,
you don't show it all the time.
- Sometimes, it just seems so hard to juggle
what I want professionally and my personal life.
- Okay, but if your personal life isn't paying your bills,
then I don't know why we're even having this conversation.
- You're right.
Thank you [whimpers].
- Okay, enjoy lunch.
And by enjoy, I mean the Caesar salad, not the beignets.
- Gotcha. - Not the beignets.
♪ Coming my way, yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Blessings on blessing day
♪ I can see the blessings coming my way ♪
♪ My way, my way
♪ Blessings on blessing day
♪ I can see the blessings coming my way ♪
- Everyone, I would like to introduce you
to Mr. Martin Reed of Reed Records.
We will be handling his divorce.
I will be co-counsel, of course.
[foreboding music]
And we have a group of interns here
ready to take care of whatever you need. Mr. Reed.
- Well, they all look ready.
Like they're prepared to handle anything.
But do we really need all these interns?
- You're not paying for it, Martin.
The university does.
They do a lot of late-night reading and research
for the firm. - Late night, oh, I got it.
Ready to handle anything that comes up, huh?
I like having that at my disposal.
So who am I working with?
- Well, first off we have Brandon.
Then Taylor, who's a first-year law student.
We have John, who went to UCLA,
but we don't blame him for it.
And Rain here, he's just here for a semester.
- No offense, but I feel like having all this diversity,
it's, ah, it'll hurt us in the long run.
It looks like we're pandering.
- [Boss] Well, I'm, I'm sure we can handle it
with just two, Ziad will decide.
- I'm sure he'll make a good choice.
[mellow music]
♪ Slow down, we better slow down ♪
♪ Moving too fast
♪ Slow down, we better slow down ♪
[keys jangling]
- You didn't buy a car, did you?
- No, I bought a new place in the city.
You don't have to move in.
I just always want you to feel welcome and home, okay?
- What are you saying?
- I'm saying that I want you to think about
giving up your lease in time,
so we can save what made us magic.
- Look, living together is not what broke us up, B.
- I know, but we need to try, Caleb.
I'm not letting go.
- It's just not up to you anymore.
- Like it wasn't up to me when you said
you weren't ready to have a baby?
We're supposed to be a family right now.
I am fighting for us, I am fighting for our future,
I am fighting for our family, okay?
Get with it.
[chill music]
♪ Test my faith
♪ How am I betting on that I don't break ♪
♪ I'm so headstrong and you're so brave ♪
♪ Just one look from ya humbles me ♪
[door banging]
- Who the fuck is that?
[door banging]
Calm down!
[door banging]
Oh, hell no.
Shara, I do not have time for the crazy.
Rod's not even here today. - Yeah, I know.
He told me he's at work.
But he also said that he needed the stuff yesterday,
so I figured I would drop it off.
- So he knows you're here right now?
Right now.
Don't come up in my crib
trying to [indistinct] my shit, please.
[Shara scoffing]
- Derek, I already have his clothes.
I mean, if you want, I can just burn this shit right now.
- This is true.
Wood floors burn easier, all right?
Hey, it's nice in here, don't fuck it up.
- Don't fuck it up, my ass.
- Why do I hate you? - Shut up!
You better tighten up, bitch.
Ain't no time for nerves now.
Where the fuck his shit at?
This motherfucker's been cheating on me.
[zipper unzipping]
Who the fuck he taking to a fucking restaurant?
Oh, I'm gonna kill this motherfucker.
What's this?
Rodney.
Shara, I'm so sorry, baby.
Will you marry me?
[mellow, pensive music]
- Lock my door, Shara. - Shut up, Derek.
[defiant music]
♪ Nobody dare like this so I want it, they asking me ♪
♪ If I could slow it down, 'cause it's coming to fast for me ♪
♪ I came up from the bottom, now look at me now ♪
- You ready?
- I'm nervous. - About what?
I don't know what you're walking me into right now.
This is kind of- - You're gonna be perfect.
Trust me, this is your type of party.
- Oh, I actually brought a surprise.
"Triple X Some More." - What the fuck is that?
- "Triple X Some More."
Some more of that. - No, no, this is not funny.
- What you mean?
I'm not trying to be funny, that's good.
- No. - Whoa.
Listen, girl, that was next level stuff.
- No, absolutely not.
- Oh my God.
[chill music]
♪ I don't remind, you're giving shine ♪
♪ Speak up, you know I want
♪ Say something, say say something ♪
♪ Oh, why don't you just say something, baby ♪
♪ Say something, say say something ♪
[door knocking]
- I brought a peace offering.
[mellow music]
- Please bring it to me.
Well, open it up. - Just a minute.
I need to apologize.
- Ah, no you don't. - Yes, I do.
I assumed you were single and I ignored all the red flags.
But there were some green ones too.
♪ You're gonna make a move
- I didn't mean to meet you and fall in love with you.
- I like you a lot, Caleb.
But, keeping in a buck, I don't know you well enough
to say I love you yet.
- You'll get to know me. - I plan to.
But slowly.
- You mean platonically.
- And who would that be fair to?
Making us both wait for what we both want.
Doesn't sound fair.
To me or Bianca.
- So what do you propose?
- We aren't dating.
No pop-ups at the bar.
No buffets.
I'm not eating after someone else.
But I'm not gonna be that someone else either.
- Just let me love you.
However you will allow.
♪ I'm really done with the fairness, yeah ♪
♪ I guess
♪ 'Cause I don't ever wanna think about losing you ♪
♪ I never had to think about choosing you ♪
♪ I never lied to you
♪ You said you wanted me inside of you ♪
♪ So I, I did it, I did it
♪ I should've quit it
♪ You can't even lie
♪ It's a vibe in a minute
♪ Say you gonna beat your face
♪ I'm gonna slide when you finish ♪
♪ And if he try to touch you, homicide is the business ♪
♪ You can get what you want
♪ I'm gonna ride you the limits, yeah ♪
♪ She never had a man like me
♪ We too far, no, they can't compete ♪
♪ See, I just wanna love you, baby ♪
♪ Flee, I could never do that to you ♪
♪ Pass on the vows, I'm gonna throw it back to you ♪
♪ I'm gonna stick around 'cause I see our future ♪
♪ I'm gonna wait, but don't take with the feelings ♪
♪ I guess
♪ 'Cause I don't ever wanna think about losing you ♪
♪ I never had to think about choosing you ♪
♪ I never lied to you, lied to you ♪
♪ You said you wanted me inside of you ♪
♪ So I, I did it, I did it
♪ I should've quit it
♪ I would've quit it, but I never knew ♪
♪ Say nobody got you side, but I'm aside with you ♪
♪ She let the windows down when we sliding through ♪
♪ She just wanna let the world know that she own it ♪
♪ And I believe you ain't never had a real one ♪
♪ You done got numb to the pain, you don't feel nothing ♪
♪ And I believe you when you say ♪
♪ That you would kill something ♪
♪ If somebody tried to take away what we got ♪