Previously on Southern Hospitality...
- Party! - Whoo!
When you work at the hottest club on King Street,
you have to be selective of who you let in.
You're definitely gonna want to be inside.
That's where the action is.
Leva doesn't just hire people who check the boxes.
She expects magic.
We got to take it to another level.
And we are the lucky few
that get to bring the magic night after night.
I love working here.
I'm Queen Republic. Eat, breathe, sleep Republic.
[clicks tongue, chuckles]
Hello. Hello.
But to work for Leva, loyalty is nonnegotiable.
So when Mikel was caught promoting another club,
he returned to Republic to earn his way back in.
I want to come back and show you guys
that I can sell thousands of dollars,
so I'm back here at Republic.
That's not happening anytime soon.
You're suspended.
We work hard at Republic. We play hard at Republic.
So when you lose your job at Republic, you lose both.
Loyalty is important to me as well,
but despite his cheating past,
I decided to give my ex another chance.
Leaving Joe Bradley all up in his feels.
For like a second there, I thought I had, like,
glimmer of something between me and Maddi, you know.
We have a problem.
And when Grace Lilly's flakiness
affected my hosting...
You're not at work.
- I come up here sometimes-- - I am at work.
I've been to Martini Mondays, and you haven't been here.
...she left me with no choice but to tell Leva.
- Of course. Bye. Thank you. - Bye. Bye-bye.
Like, why did you, like, tell Leva that I wasn't there?
I told you I have this party. I'm walking it up.
It's just so hard for me to make people happy.
It's not fair.
♪ I know a place where we can go♪
♪ Oh, oh♪
♪ Are you comin' out tonight?♪
♪
Okay, cutting limes isn't, like, this complicated science.
- You've got to clock in. - How are you?
I was gonna do the sodas last.
I was gonna do all these pineapples
because I don't want it to go flat.
We open in what? Inside of an hour?
Yeah.
♪
- Hi. - Happy Cinco de Mayo.
- Thank you. - How was your day?
- It was good. - Good.
Yeah. Anything booked tonight?
Yeah, we do have a few pre-bookings tonight.
Okay. Really quick,
Mikel is doing a shadowing barback shift tonight.
Is he training behind the bar or for VIP or both?
He's just training to barback.
- Okay. - So he's doing true grunt work.
So if we need something, don't be afraid to ask him?
No. He's earning his place back.
I feel like he has a lot to prove.
So after Mikel was suspended, he decided to reach out.
Would you like to be back at Republic?
- I do. I miss the environment. - Ask Leva for a shift.
"Hey, Leva."
- And I'm gonna hit send. - [phone beeps]
- Thank you. Oh sh--! - [phone chimes]
"Yes, you can pick up a shift."
- Wait. What? - "I think barbacking will be
a great place for you to come back."
I wanted to give him a second chance,
and barbacking is one of the toughest jobs.
I want all of you to always know
that you're not too good to do a job.
I go in the bathroom, I wipe the bathroom down,
and some girl's like, "Oh, my God, do you work here?"
I'm like, "Yes, I work here. Of course I work here.
Yes."
Hey, how are you? How are you feeling?
So, you don't have a uniform?
I've never had to dress for this.
I've only dressed myself, so...
We definitely have T-shirts in the back.
We can figure something out.
Mikel, have you ever barbacked anywhere before,
- or is this day one? - This is day one.
So, I got suspended for allegedly
promoting at another club. [laughing]
The worst part about it
was I felt I let Lamar and Leva down.
Right now, Leva and Lamar are the most prominent
current figures in my life.
I want to show Leva and Lamar
their investment has not gone to sh-- in shambles.
So if this is what it takes, well,
[bleep] it, here we go.
All right, so, Mikel, we got to get you to work.
- Yeah. - [laughter] Sh--.
I'm so excited.
I got to go set up for all the tables.
Thank you so much. Let me strip down.
He wants to work for the company,
but she's putting him in at the bottom of the totem pole.
- Yeah, which he should be. - Yeah.
Before you do the ice, will you actually put those down
and just go make sure that all the bathrooms are clean
and then wash your hands and come back up.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
There's only one glove.
♪
I'll wrap this bad boy up.
- Mikel, we have gloves. - That looks ridiculous.
There is 1,000% more gloves.
No, there weren't more gloves.
- What is this? - I made my own gloves.
Don't make me regret this.
This looks fine.
- Flush. - [toilet flushes]
Oh, this is easy. I can do this all night.
I call it the slap the ho method.
So, did you hear him scooping?
- Snap, crackle, and pop, baby. - Yeah.
You guys all look great. Let's sell out.
High five.
Good vibes. I love the bucket hat.
Hey. First night. Come on.
Don't-- No-- No talking to guests.
You gotta help finish setting up the bank app.
It's not even finished. Huh?
No, it's not. There's not juices at three.
Can you make sure, like, the bar's wiped down and stuff
- when people leave? - Yeah.
Mikel is sweating.
You're supposed to be overwhelmed,
you're supposed to be working hard,
but TJ's really enjoying this moment too much.
She helped me for the New Year's Eve table, Mom.
Oh, my God, yes!
[laughs]
What would you guys like to drink?
We have champagne all on this side,
and we have packages here.
You have your own private section.
Pretty cool and it's gonna get a lot more packed.
You're gonna have, like, your own room.
Maddi is my work wife and my partner in prime.
Our dynamic is amazing at work.
She, you know, has something about her.
She's stunning. She's beautiful.
Uh-huh.
We just click.
[horn honking]
I shouldn't go inside.
I belong to the streets.
Yeah, I don't know.
I feel like I just want to slowly
get you back with everyone, kind of.
Like, on good terms and stuff.
With Trevor, I don't know where it's gonna go.
With the people I like too, I think I'm good.
When Trevor cheated on me, we worked together.
Like, not only did Trevor hurt me,
he hurt 52 other employees at Republic Garden Lounge,
'cause they all were emo-- I'm their leader.
Like, people were burning cigarettes on him.
His motorcycle was pushed over.
People were----ing brutal.
I came back to Republic like two or three weeks ago,
and I had four different model girls
come up to me and be like, "I will kill you."
I have to see it through. I'm doing this for myself.
I feel like it's different. I don't know.
I'm a good boss because I'm a good boss,
not because of who I date,
and I hope who I date doesn't change that.
I'm sweaty. All right.
I'll see you later.
- Three tables left. - Yeah.
Normally I would have commented
on Trevor pulling up over there.
I saw you talk to him, but I mean,
I'm just gonna give you space to think about it and talk.
Yeah. I mean, you know it's not normal
for him to, like, show up here, you know.
When you call someone your best friend,
it's really hard not to tell them how you feel.
There's a lot more that I want to tell Maddi.
You know, like "Once a cheater, always a cheater."
I'm fig-- I'm figuring it out. I'm...
- You're okay out here? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Are you sure? - I got it.
- ...open or close it out? - Uh, let's keep it open.
Mikel, I need some grapefruit.
Mikel.
- Two bottles of triple sec? - Yeah.
ing spilled on me.
Open or closed?
We have a $10 minimum on credit cards.
It's the same thing, though.
I'm ready to go home.
I really don't know what's going on right now,
and I'm trying to do it. I'm really trying--
I'm really trying to, like, understand it.
You're learning even though you've been here.
Yeah, it's frustrating. It's frustrating as hell, bro.
Tonight is really hard.
I got to get out of this. Like, put me back in the front.
I'm not a water boy. I'm the captain of the team.
So why is the captain in the back?
So, yeah.
[groans]
♪
Beautiful, strong, powerful,
successful, glowing, radiant goddess.
♪
[knock at door]
Oh, Grace, come on in.
- Hi. - How are you?
- How's it going?
- Good. - Exhausted.
- Yeah? Same here. - Oh, good.
- It's okay. - Why? Why are you exhausted?
I just feel like I've had the longest week ever, yeah.
- We just moved. Um... - It's so cute.
Thanks. We just literally--
Well, the queen should sit here, obviously.
It's a pretty big desk.
We have our house, but we also have a condo on King Street.
Because it's like a hop and a skip from all the spaces.
If the staff ever thinks they're getting
away with something, I can be at Republic in 60 seconds.
Maddi had told me she had a table coming down,
and then I find out
that she got there but you weren't there.
Hey, Maddi.
Yeah, I was calling to tell you
I brought some friends up to Bourbon N' Bubbles.
Yeah?
Grace-- She was, like, a good point of communication,
but as soon as I got out there, she wasn't there.
Wait, she wasn't at the property?
No.
You left and made a muck of it.
Do you have an explanation?
I just, like, really was not feeling good.
Like, I've been having a migraine.
My sinuses-- My allergies,
like, the pollen-- Malnutrition, dehydrated--
I felt like I wasn't taking care of--
Cinco de Mayo and then bourbon, Martini Monday with Bradley.
But that's life.
I know. I know.
I can't have an excuse like that to give you where it's--
For three shifts a week? No.
Right now, the way you look to me, Grace, is checked out.
I apologize, and I'm gonna make it right, and I'm gonna
prove to you why I'm deserving of this position.
'Cause I want to come back to Republic.
How do you feel about bringing me back
for, like, a night or so?
I can't put you at Republic
if you're not excelling at what I'm giving you.
I know.
I'm definitely upset with Maddi.
She knows that I'm trying to get back to Republic.
Why did you, like, tell Leva that I wasn't there?
You know, I wish you would have told me like,
"Hey, you need to come back now."
I just want to know when I walk people down there
that you're following through.
I just feel like-- [sniffles]
It's just so hard for me to make people happy.
It's not fair.
She doesn't need to snitch on me to Leva.
I see something in you.
I truly think you have magic in sales
- if you are present. - Right.
Racehorses can win you a lot of money,
but they're so high maintenance.
- You know how to close. - Mmm.
So lean into that.
Grace is sort of like my racehorse.
If it was up to Lamar,
she would have been fired years ago,
but I'm like, "Listen, this one'll win.
This one's gonna win for us."
No one's G. Lilly, okay? G. Lilly can sell.
I'm gonna show you who G. Lilly is.
I know that, and you need to tell yourself that.
I just-- I want to see the actions.
I don't want to be sticking my neck out.
I don't have any more neck to stick out for you.
I'm about to go to dinner to meet my church brother
with my nails like this, so we'll see how this sh-- goes.
I'm not out in the church at all.
- Are you scared? - Yeah.
♪
I got the card in already.
There you go.
Number one question people ask is always,
what's the difference between inside and outside?
Inside is a dance-all-night nightclub environment,
while outside is a vibrant day party.
[chuckles]
I'm starving.
You're-- I'm starving.
I'm also hung over.
So, I'm, like, hungry,
but I don't know if my stomach is, like, ready.
My blood is different, so I'm never hung over.
- Oh, you're different? - Yeah, I'm built differently.
Will's like a brother to me.
Me and Will have been friends since College of Charleston,
and we started working together at Republic.
I can't get away from the guy.
When we're not working together at Republic,
we're drinking together at Republic.
I love it.
- What's up, TJ. - Mornin'.
I'm gonna do a spicy margarita.
What you want?
Corona?
Uh, I was up till like 6:00 a.m.--
- Yeah, it's loud in there. - It's kinda loud out here.
- Do you wanna go inside? - Yeah, let's go inside.
Can you cover me really quick?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- How was-- - I was off
for some reason yesterday, and then I came in here
to say hi to Emmy, and then I saw Mia leaving.
We went to Bourbon N' Bubbles and got martinis.
Grace Lilly didn't know what sections were open
or what tables were open or what seats were open--
What numbers the tables were.
She was like, "Oh, I work here?"
I'm like, "Can I get a bottle
and can we sit somewhere? There's six of us."
She's like, "How about we both go in there and look?"
I'm like, "Well, I could have just----ing done that myself."
Grace Lilly should get off of Instagram and actually work.
[camera shutter clicks]
Cute. Love it.
We're all getting our asses kicked here.
We don't have time to post on social media.
This isn't a temporary thing for me.
The restaurant industry in Charleston
is my career, and I take this very seriously.
I feel like people like Grace and Mikel
don't take it as seriously.
It makes me feel like my career is a joke.
They're not doing their job. They're [bleep].
They're acting like they're doing their job.
For somebody who's so Zodiac driven
and so ethereal as she says she is,
I'm expecting, like, some sort of, like,
guru-style transformation when I talk to her.
It's just about, like, how many likes I got yesterday.
She likes her own pictures on Instagram.
I'm like, "Girl, we know that now."
Love it. Love it. So hot.
G. Lilly vibes. It's wavy, baby.
[laughs]
Someone tell her we can see it.
Yeah.
♪
Hello.
You're gonna go in the VIP room back here.
- Oh. Ooh. - [laughs]
- You want to sit here? - I'll sit right here.
I think this is my second time getting this.
Uh, a mani-pedi? Your second time ever?
This is my second time.
I'm very ticklish.
[laughing] There you go. There you go.
[laughing]
Okay, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
He'll get used to it.
Like, I want to know.
All the stress I have at this damn job.
It's like an orgasm. Like, you can't talk through it.
- You want a tranquilizer? - Okay, okay, okay, okay.
- Do you want polish? - All black nails.
Wait, that's kind of fire. That's punk. I like it.
I'm buying it.
My mom would kill me, but it's fine. [laughing]
Well, I'm about to go to the dinner, meet my brother Anthony
with my nails like this, so we'll see how this sh-- goes.
Feel like that's the only reason why you were, like,
weird about getting your nails painted is, like--
Yeah, I mean, I-- [chuckles]
I'm not like this-- I'm slowly exploring myself.
Yeah, well, who----ing cares?
That's easier said than done.
Anthony's in my church family. He's my brother.
Like, he knows way more about me
than my actual blood brothers do.
But this is a part of my life
he does not have any idea about.
I'm not out in the church at all,
but I think a part of me
still struggles with being that free.
I didn't know your brother didn't know.
No-- Half my family doesn't know.
Majority of my, like, church friends, family,
everyone across that side of the bridge,
has no----ing idea.
My mom doesn't even know that you guys call me Mikel.
- No way. - Yeah.
Imagine living two lives but within one body.
My family has no idea that I like men.
My mom's a pastor. My dad's a pastor.
If I were to tell them, "Hey, I'm gay,"
I feel like that could be the one thing
to really end our relationship.
Juggling between two different people.
So Mikel can be the one that dresses up
very flamboyant, very out there,
but Michael can be the one that's more reserved.
Michael in the church will be Mikel on King Street.
I feel like a hypocrite just so that I can still live these two
different lives without there being consequences.
It's a weird conversation I have to have.
I've dealt with rejection in my life.
I've dealt with losing people already,
which is the scarier part about it, yeah.
If they write you off because of that,
then they're not----ing worth your time anyway.
I think you will have a weight lifted off your shoulder
where you feel like you don't have to be
- like Hannah Montana anymore. - [chuckles]
Like, with the wig.
Are you scared?
Yeah, because I don't know
what the [bleep] is gonna happen.
You literally came in here at a family establishment
and you were in here - ing twerking.
Like, how much attention do you----ing need?
Do I walk into a room and say, "Oh, my God,
look at me, look at me, I'm the best thing ever"?
Yes.
[knocking on door]
[gasps] Hey!
- Hello! How are you? - What's up?
- Hey, beautiful. How are you? - So good to see you.
- It's good to see you too. - Welcome.
- You have a beautiful home. - Thank you.
Thanks for driving all the way out here.
I know I live pretty damn far.
It was like a 45-minute drive.
- I know. - I first met Grace
when I started working at Republic.
I need to pump the glute. Let's go.
She's kind of like a life-of-the-party girl,
like, super fun.
Be the first one on a table dancing.
♪ Mm, mm, mm♪ [chuckles]
She's definitely an acquired taste.
[laughs]
Did you have, like, a fitness journey or epiphany?
I did. I really wanted to create
more of a routine for myself
'cause that makes me feel good.
Let's work out.
- You ready? - Getting ready. Yeah.
Let me see your squat form.
Toes out. Good.
Good. Good. That's good.
- Twerking it. - Twerk it out.
Got to get the glute medius.
All right, let's get some lunges in too.
Take a step forward.
A forward lunge and then a back lunge.
Want to do one more.
One more.
If the legs aren't shakin'...
[chuckles]
- So do like eight of these? - Yes.
Oh, my God, I'm sweating.
I'm gonna take a little bit of a break. You know?
- Get some water. - Yeah. Thank you.
Yeah, of course.
So I'm gonna put forth
some more effort at Bourbon N' Bubbles
'cause Leva was pretty adamant about that.
Yeah.
You've always been really, like, sweet to me,
and out of everyone, you've really been the nicest.
But I love everyone we work with now. Like, I do.
- But there's drama.
- As always. - Mm-hmm.
- TJ's hard to get along with. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.
You know, Will pretty much told me that he was, like,
talking about my Instagram and saying that I was a slut
and I was a sugar baby and...
That doesn't even look like her.
Each different picture, she edits them all differently.
That's classy, a bra with a blazer.
- She's about to fart. - [laughter]
You know, I'm not pumping my pussy.
Like, no, I'm popping my booty, like, on the dance floor.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not complaining. That's fine.
I mean...
No one knows what my pussy looks like
except for the list of guys
I've hooked up with in my phone.
This is my list.
[laughs]
Oh, yeah, I remember him. Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I remember that one. That was like a two pump.
That one was good.
That was all right. [laughs]
Pretty much everyone had a beard.
Why am I getting chewed out because of what I post?
I'm gonna do me. Like, I'm in my prime right now.
- Like, I'm a ripe mango. - Hell, yeah.
♪
[phone ringing through]
- Hey. - Oh, my gosh.
I'm freaking the [bleep] out right now.
Are you there waiting for him?
I'm there waiting for him, but he hasn't shown up yet,
and I can still run away.
Maddi, what am I doing? I'm not ready for this.
This is not the easiest thing, but--
It really isn't, and I really don't--
I think I'm much more afraid of the reaction
about how things are gonna go more than anything else.
I am terrified I could lose someone
that means so dear to me.
I mean, this is a guy that, you know,
I have told everything to, I can tell everything to,
and the one thing I just haven't told him,
which is about my sexuality.
I'm literally, like, jittery. I can't even keep still. Like...
I'm not ready for this. I'm not ready for this at all.
Luckily, I'm working too, so...
- Yeah. - ...you won't be alone.
I'll see you in, like, literally not that long.
Okay. All right, I will call you back.
All right, call me after. Love you.
- Hi. - Hi. How are you?
- Good. How are you? - Good.
I don't ever drink tequila,
but gonna put in a margarita.
I need, like, a very, very strong drink.
Like, a double, like-- Throw a floater shot on there.
Yeah. Thank you so much.
I'm gonna need every single ounce of alcohol I can get--
[chuckles]
[exclaims]
- What's up, bro? - Oh, my----ing
[laughs]
- You doing good? - Yeah.
- How are you? - Good, man. Doing good.
I ordered a drink.
I know you're a shot person, but I ordered a margarita.
I need a----ing drink right now.
Extra strong, extra tall. We love it.
Do you want something?
Can I just start off, like, a pineapple and rum?
Oh, my Lord.
Oh, God. I have to work literally in...
What are you doing? You just...
- You know what a barback is? - Nah.
You know the people who are always wearing all black
and just carrying trash around?
- Oh, those people. - That means chopping up
limes and lemons and then...
Might as well. Yeah, yeah.
How's your mom doing?
She's good. She's done with school.
Me and your mom talk more than me and you talk.
Hell, yeah.
- [laughs] - I didn't eat.
I went to the nail thing. I didn't eat at all
- and stuff like that, but-- - Yeah.
So, you went to a nail thing and then what?
You're just like, "Oh, I want to get my nails done"?
They were like, "You should do a little color,
something edgy," but I was like,
"My----ing dad would beat my ass
if he sees this sh-- on me right now."
But you know this is very L.A.
Yeah, very L.A., yeah.
Thank you.
That margarita went down so nicely.
[laughs] Do we need more?
[laughs]
Yes. You're not even...
[laughs]
But-- Man, that's watery. Damn, man.
It's been an interesting experience.
After getting suspended,
being back has been interesting.
I feel like I don't really hide my problems per se.
We all have secrets and stuff like that,
but one of the things I've been trying to figure out,
which I thought I had figured it out...
Like, I like men. I also like women the same exact time.
You know? And it's weird.
Like, I always wanted to tell you all that.
No, man, I know. I know.
I never expected it because I just saw you
as, like, my best friend, like, my friend.
I know, yeah. It's tough.
Yeah, but you're also the first person
I've told this to from the church.
My biggest fear is, like,
how is everybody gonna process it?
I can't really speak for anybody else,
but at least for me and my mom,
we're always here, man. We're family.
You're not just my friend no more. We're family now.
It's the same thing with my mom and everyone.
So, obviously, we have nothing but love.
[laughs]
I definitely appreciate
just, like, the love, the genuine sense of, like,
you know what, this is you,
I love you and I'm here for you type of thing.
And, like, it feels-- I mean, it makes it feel--
makes me feel more confident about talking
to other people that we both know about it.
I feel like a weight is just sliding.
Yeah.
- I love you, man. - Yeah, man, for sure.
It feels like a huge rock,
this huge weight, came off me, and I feel very free.
Oh, gosh, I appreciate you.
One of my best friends and my brother
still loves me despite who I love.
Yeah, man.
All right, let's go. I need you to take me to work.
Okay.
Hello, my darling. Look what I brought for you.
You have red wine? I have white wine.
Oh, then perfect. Look at us. Okay, I was--
Let me put down my diaper work bag.
- It's fine. - Look at my apartment.
- I'm literally like-- - No, it looks perfect.
My TV broke, I have it over there. It's whatever.
Um, I was taking out the dishes just now.
What a treat!
Me and Mia, she's one of my best friends. I love her.
Her and Will went to college together,
so they've known each other for over seven years.
I got the wine. Very graceful as always.
She was kind of this younger girl
that, like, he looked after and made sure was okay.
I am planning a little get-together
for all of us tomorrow.
- Place called the Fun Park. - [gasps]
- I've always wanted to go. - It's, um...
- So there's a picture of me... - What is that?
...when I was a kid doing bumper cars.
- Are you ready for this? - Let me see.
You look like you're out for blood.
Very scary picture.
Okay, I'm wearing my seat belt.
Who should we invite?
I'm gonna shoot a text.
If this is gonna be like a work event where we invite
only our work friends, what's going on with Trevor?
So I didn't really know that they were rekindling this.
I told Trevor I would cut off his dick
and make him eat it if he hurt her.
And I would help you sauté it in butter and garlic.
Yeah. But is there anything going on with you right now?
I don't even know what kind of guys I like.
You want a confident, attractive man,
a leader, kind of, that, like, goes for it, you know?
I like men that are obsessed with me. That's hot.
Like, if he's just a weirdo, like, a creep, no.
Yeah, I think it's just-- For me right now,
I'm maybe gonna move into a different path
of, like, maybe, like, the guy having a titch of ugly.
Like a little Pete Davidson kind of situation.
I know what you're talking about, yeah.
You know what I'm saying? Hot but like...
Hot but, like, you don't...
Yeah. Oh, wow. So hard for you,
Ms. I Wake Up Next to Mr. New York City Male Model,
Mr. New York City Marathon Runner.
He always looks good. I'm like, "Well, [bleep] you." Like...
I love Will. You know I love Will.
I love both of you together.
Love that it worked out.
He's, like, madly in love with you.
There's past problems, but, you know,
Will and I have put in the work, and...
I'm not gonna discredit that you didn't put in any work,
but man's put in some work.
- Oh, Will had to. - Man's worked.
- Man's worked. Okay? - I mean, Will--
When I left Will, it was because I wanted more
and I didn't think he wanted the same.
I broke up with Will back in September of 2021.
Will pursued me at full speed.
I never expected will to come back with,
like, love letter, you know, diamond earrings.
I know.
Will was showing up at my place of work,
dropping off food, sleeping on my futon.
He was pursuing me as hard as anyone's ever pursued me,
and it worked.
I met this guy on social media, and I was like,
"Oh, you are so beautiful." I said, "Where are you from?"
He goes, "Hawaii." I said, "[bleep] me." Like, damn.
- What's his work? - He goes, "Oh, I work online."
Said, "Oh, like tech or..." He goes, "Mm, not really."
- Said, "Okay." - What does he do?
- He makes OnlyFans videos. - Did you subscribe?
Come on.
He told me that he has over 7,000 subscribers.
He's just living in Hawaii,
jumping off cliffs and jerking off.
So I think he's doing pretty well for himself.
So I've subscribed the $11 for the premium content.
- The premium! - Yes.
And premium is premium, okay?
You get to, like, request sh--.
And I was asking him, "What's the weirdest request you get?"
And he was like, "Some girl wanted me to [bleep] a cake."
- What? - Mm-hmm.
- I think he did it. - [bleep]
[laughter]
I love you.
♪
It was two skinny or one?
One skinny...
Hi, ladies.
Can I get a vodka cranberry with extra limes?
Republic is the only place I bartend.
The most interesting people, the best customers,
and the highest-caliber clientele.
All right, we'll bring out mixers for you guys,
and a server will come out with you guys' drinks.
Have fun tonight. Whoo!
At my day job.
I'm a financial analyst for a biotech firm.
I picked up a job at Republic,
which is like one of the most social things you could do
because people at my job, I go into work and I say,
"Hey, guys, how was your weekend?"
Like, "I went on a boat and I made out with somebody,"
and you know, the woman next to me
in the kitchen, like, heating up a----ing chimichanga
is like, "My cat threw up."
I'm like, "What?"
I have nothing in common with this woman.
They're gonna get two tables or finish with two bottles
and then you're just gonna go get the other two bottles.
Okay, great, my table needs a bottle of booze.
Okay, yeah.
- Mikel. - Hi, sexy.
How are you?
- Doing good? - How was it?
It was----ing phenomenal. It was so easy.
- Do you feel, like, relieved? - I feel very, like--
I feel very skinny.
- Phew! - I know! It's----ing huge,
you know?
I came out to my best friend brother,
and no one's gonna ruin my----ing sunshine.
- What do we do? Ooh! - Ooh!
[laughs]
I may yack myself.
Get it, like-- I just need it clean.
- [groans] - You got it. You got it.
Then we get, like, a broom.
And just sweep it up.
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Whoo!
Teamwork makes the mother----ing dream work.
- Hi, guys. - You okay?
Yeah.
How are you?
I got my first sale of the night again tonight.
Wow! Look at you!
She's getting it. She's getting it.
I feel like Joe Bradley. I should start waxing my chest.
Thank you. Yes.
I love it. Mikel, look at you.
I heard you're doing good, bud.
I mean, I cleaned up some vomit,
but I had a great day today,
so vomit really can't ruin my parade.
- You seem really happy. - I am happy.
So I am going to not complain about doing this job anymore.
Yes. Just come in with a happy face
because I don't want drama in here.
I want everyone to, like, respect you
and know that I didn't just put you up front.
You earned it. You earned your stripes,
and that's why I'm like, "Trust the journey."
I will.
Oh, look who it is.
Oh, my God. Maddi brought Trevor.
He's just like a stereotypical douche in a movie.
Never thought I'd be jealous of a girl
- at a freakin' arcade, but-- - I just won!
♪
[chatter]
Oh!
- All right, I'm going-- - [laughter]
Let's go race Formula 1.
I'm here. I'm ready.
Oh, look who it is.
Oh, my God. Maddi brought Trevor.
Really?
Wait, that is him. Oh, my God. Trevor's here.
What's up, Trevor? Pleasant surprise.
When Republic people invite a bunch of Republic people,
usually just keep it in the family.
- Joe-Joe. - What's up, Ryan?
You don't see me going and crashing
Bike Taxi's happy hour.
This guy is unbelievable.
I'm not gonna mom you. I'm not gonna mom you.
[laughs] "Trevor--"
- "Trevor, stop! Slow down!" - We're just gonna hit a pole.
- Joe! - Yeah?
You got to move.
Formula 1 in Charleston.
- Let's go. - [cheering]
Whoo!
Let's go!
I'm the last one.
Bye-bye.
[chuckles]
Drivers Ed!
[overlapping conversation]
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Aah!
Oh, my God. I'm pretty embarrassed.
Yeah!
Number one!
Especially when Grace Lilly passed me. [chuckles]
Guys, had such a fun time.
We're doing bumper cars? Okay.
And I'm getting my own this time, TJ.
- Yeah, no. - [laughs]
- You don't want to share? - I have whiplash.
Hey!
I want to play everything.
Whoo!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Grace.
That's embarrassing.
All right, no more twerking.
There's a certain way to conduct yourself
inside and outside work,
and clearly Grace doesn't know how to do either.
Whoo!
Grace is really making us look like trash right now.
Rated E for everyone.
I love it. Even though I'm totally rated R.
So, what's up with Mikel and Trevor?
They're not gonna hang out with us,
or are we just gonna hang out with ourselves?
They don't want to lose.
- [laughs] - It's that simple.
It was like I pissed myself, so I only wear black.
Do you guys know the drinks I was talking about that...
Grace and I at one point were a really, really good team,
but now I feel a vibe that there's a little divide.
Grace, I haven't-- Feel like I haven't said hi.
How are you?
I feel so much better now that I spoke to Leva.
What'd she say about the leaving early thing?
I was upset that she was gonna suspend me or something for it.
Do you have an explanation?
I just, like, really was not feeling good.
Like, I've been having a migraine.
My sinuses-- My allergies, like, the pollen.
But that's life.
I just feel like you put me in a really weird position
because she called me
and when I walked down there, you weren't there,
and I just want to make sure there's no, like--
I didn't, like, tell on you. It was just a genuine truth.
If you think it's a bad look on my end,
like, help me out in that sense.
You know, I'm here for a reason.
You're honestly not doing enough.
You're not bringing the vibes enough.
Know what the expectations are.
You know what you need to do. The path has been paved.
Go. Just walk in and prove yourself.
So I'm gonna prove to her that I am
the best investment she'll ever make.
I'm gonna go above and beyond so no one can say anything.
Let's go have fun. Let's have fun.
I need a drink.
- This is hard. - This is a lot.
This makes me more nauseous than the bumper cars.
[laughs]
Uh, how do you feel about Trevor being here?
It's kind of awkward. This is, like, our company thing,
and he's just, like, tagging along.
Tagging along when it's supposed to be
about bonding with us.
I never thought I'd be jealous
of a girl at a freakin' arcade place.
Go!
Look how close I was!
- Ow! Oh, shoot! - [laughs] [bleep]
It's like a romantic comedy in my head, but it's real.
No, this is how low you get on your motorcycle.
You're like...
He's just the guy--
like a stereotypical - ing douche in a movie.
♪ My dreams of you fade into the light♪
♪ And then I truly see what I'm becoming♪
♪ I realize, I realize♪
♪ I'm jealous of the way you look at him♪
You wouldn't believe what's going through my head.
Like, do I want to risk our friendship?
♪ What did I do to get it wrong?♪
She genuinely makes me want to be a better version of myself.
♪ I'm jealous of the way you look at him♪
I just won! I just won! I beat you at your own----ing game.
Freakin' romcom.
No way. That was lucky.
Go, go, go. [chuckling]
The fact that she's half naked and, like, twerking
at a place that's supposed to be, like, G-rated,
- like, children's-- - Cold and hot.
Yeah, it's embarrassing. We all work for the same company,
for Leva and Lamar,
but I don't want to be associated with someone
that doesn't represent the brand well.
That's why I don't want to talk to Grace right now.
I'd rather just not talk to you and ignore you.
I don't want to be fake.
Hey, TJ. Can you come outside with me?
- Yeah. - Yeah? Okay.
TJ is a----ing bully,
and I don't [bleep] with that energy.
I don't like that energy.
I'm gonna put you in your place.
- How are you? - I'm good.
I just wanted to talk to you for a second
'cause I just felt like
there's some misunderstanding between us.
I feel like you don't really know me
but you're judging me off the cover of a book.
You're right. I don't.
Right, but you seem like you do know
because you're looking at my Instagram,
judging me off my Instagram,
when you don't even - ing know me.
I mean, it's kind of hard
not to judge you off your Instagram--
Maddi posts the same sh--. What's the difference?
Maddi does not post the same sh--.
Maddi's butthole is in her pants.
Okay, my butthole is literally in my butthole.
Like, not for the Instagram to----ing see.
I just don't think it's, like,
a great representation for the brand.
You just think that you can go in there,
post some hot pictures, act like you're working,
- and then----ing leave. - That's a part of the job.
I got hired at Republic two and a half years ago
to post and promote.
[scoffs]
I'm gonna post what I want to post.
I want to promote what I want to share.
TJ's Instagram is probably boring
if I even bother to look at it.
He really has nothing else going on.
[laughs]
You literally came in here at a family establishment,
and you were in here - ing twerking.
How much attention do you----ing need?
Do I walk into a room and say, "Oh, my God, look at me,
look at me, I'm the best thing ever"?
- Yes. Yes, you----ing do. - No, I don't.
You think that because I shine.
That's the first thing you did today.
Get it right! Get it tight! Let's go!
- Let's go! - [chuckles]
Let her have her moment. Let her have her moment.
It's----ing cringeworthy.
Think you might have some envious
or jealousy towards me or something.
I know my worth. I know my strength. I know my power.
Sit down, TJ, 'cause all you do is serve drinks,
and they're not even that good. [laughs]
I shine and I sparkle on my own without having to do anything,
and you're intimidated by that because I----ing shine.
- Okay. - Sorry.
We're so busy actually working
and not posting up on Instagram like we're working.
I do it for myself 'cause it makes me feel good.
Is that why you like your own pictures on Instagram?
Why wouldn't I?
You know everyone can see that, right?
That's okay. I love liking my own photos.
Why wouldn't I like my own photos--
Yeah, 'cause you're obsessed with your----ing self.
TJ doesn't know the struggle that I've been through
to get to this point in my life,
to where I can post these photos and feel confident
and love this image of myself.
Because in the past, I didn't love myself like I do now.
Do you have anything else to say? 'Cause I'm done.
- I want to have fun. - Okay, yeah,
- we're at the fun part. - I am fun.
I'm fun. I'm having a good time.
I'm sorry you're just not on the level that I'm at.
- I'll never be at that level. - That's okay. That's okay.
And I don't want to be at that---ing level.
Okay, good.
I'll shine on my own like I always do.
Next time on Southern Hospitality...
- Whee! - [laughs]
I'm not even gonna lie. I haven't had sex with him.
[whirring]
Joe's thrown out his back.
Can you pick up a 09:00 p.m. shift tonight?
[bleep] yeah, bitches!
Here comes the boom.
Checkmate, bitch.
Got a little game for you guys as the Mad Hatter.
Will has a huge...
They don't deserve to work at Republic.
Y'all as fake as hell.
Good luck working tonight.
- Oh! - What the...
[bleep] you, bitch.
Y'all is fake. I'm going home.
Dude, there's no way you're working at Republic.
Y'all fake as [bleep].