Previously on Southern Hospitality...
Did you tell Leva that I was working the red carpet event?
Just because Mikel is on suspension,
doesn't mean his rivalry with Joe Bradley is.
Drama.
Luckily for Mikel, Leva welcomed him back.
Mikel is doing a shadowing bar back shift tonight.
But oh, how the VIP host has fallen.
Flush.
Hey. First night, come on, no talking to guests.
It's frustrating as hell, bro.
Meanwhile, Maddi tried to get me in trouble with Leva.
Why did you tell Leva that I wasn't there?
I just wanna know when I walk people down there,
that you're following through.
It's like, come on.
But I will not let that get in the way
of me getting 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.
And Joe Bradley continued his Sad Boi Summer,
when Maddi brought Trevor along to our work Happy Hour.
I never thought I'd be jealous of a girl in an arcade place.
I won!
And I had a not-so-happy-hour of my own,
when TJ tried to bring me down.
- It's embarrassing. - There are children here.
All right, no more twerking.
I don't want to be associated with someone
that doesn't represent the brand well.
The restaurant industry in Charleston is my career.
Grace and Mikel don't take it as seriously as others.
It makes me feel like my career is a joke.
I shine and I sparkle on my own...
- Okay. - Without having to do anything
and you're intimidated by that.
I feel the vibes, and--
We know you feel the vibes, bitch.
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.
♪ I know a place where we can go ♪
♪ Ohhh
♪ Are you comin' out tonight?
Hello?
Hi! Good to see you! Gimme a hug!
I'll take my shoes off for you.
- Good so see you! - Pretty in white.
- Thank you. - Okay.
- I'm feeling white and light. - I like.
Yeah, it's like a beam of light.
What is all this for?
Got the flowers here.
We're gonna set them up for the birthday.
For the, um, tea party?
My whole life, my mom always went
above and beyond for my birthdays.
As you get older, birthdays tend to not be as special.
But, 24 is a milestone birthday.
So, my parents love paying for my birthday parties.
Why are they laid out right here, though?
Because we are going to put them in these little vases.
We have this like little green stuff, we gonna--
You brought me here to work?
Yeah, I'm puttin' you work.
So I'm planning this huge, amazing,
Alice in Wonderland tea party.
I definitely connect with Alice in Wonderland.
I was this little girl at one point--
Like I just came out of the rabbit hole.
Like what the [bleep].
I'm gonna make some lemonade. Do you want some lemonade?
Yeah, you're gonna put sugar in it, though.
You already know, duh!
I've had lemonade from my white friends
and lemonade from my black friends.
One is sweet, one isn't sweet, so.
I will always be close to Grace. Like, we're childhood friends.
Grace is still the same type of person,
that she has been in sixth grade, that she is now.
She was the life of the party even at that age.
She is the person that's like,
if you want to have fun, call Grace.
Usually I use two packets.
- I like mine a little strong. - Okay.
You know, I just wanna be a little diabetic.
Just a little diabetic.
Man, this thing's really pink.
How does it taste?
Put some more water in that.
Oh, that's better.
So who's all coming to this shindig,
- is the real question. - Everyone. I'm inviting TJ.
You know, because I want to be the bigger person.
But why you wanna hang out with him?
Because I'm trying to get back to Republic. Duh!
I've been wanting to get back to Republic.
I want to show Leva I love my job.
So I'm gonna put grudges aside to be friends with everyone.
Even TJ.
Like, we were cool at one point.
So, how all of a sudden,
you just don't like me because I'm back.
Are you threatened? Or you want to be
the only gay person working at Republic?
He's the one that has the problem with us.
So why would you not come to me if it's your problem?
I've been the team player.
Coming to do my job. It's proving myself.
This one looks great.
It looks full, full of life.
- Full of life! - But this one looks like TJ.
Very limp and sad.
We just need another stanchion.
I'll help you in a second.
Two and three are together.
Oh, they're together, that's right. Sh--
I got a big top coming in tonight,
so let's put those two together.
Eight and nine in the middle.
I always sit to check how much space I have.
I always go like this,
so I can save enough space to, you know, dance.
Oh!
It's so hot.
- I'm so hungry. - I'm not gonna eat.
You're not gonna eat? You have to get something.
Hello!
- Thank you. - Here's our all-day food menus.
Cocktail menus. I'm gonna grab y'all some water.
- Be right back, okay? - Awesome.
Gin is good for hangover?
Yeah, gin is definitely good for hangover.
I think all alcohol is good for hangover.
- And last night... - We bought a table.
Yeah. I know.
I saw that bill this morning.
My dad's Italian, but ethnically,
I'm Afro-Caribbean.
My parents divorced when I was three.
But I still have a great relationship with both of them.
I was born on a very small island
called Trinidad and Tobago.
My mom's a beauty queen and my dad's a financier.
I think that's a good mix of two people.
I mean, I'm really happy the way that this turned out.
I know, right?
I like the sign.
I came up with that.
And you misspelled Charleston?
No. Listen.
The bottle service girls in the back work really hard.
Yeah, but they should be able to spell
the name of the city that you are living in.
So tell me about what you're doing here.
What do you mean?
Why you need to work in a night club?
Because, I need some sort of social interaction.
All I do is... crunch numbers and do Excel.
You're not gonna leave your real job?
- No. No. Never. - All right, good.
I would never do that.
During the day, I'm a financial analyst
for, like, a big Biotech company.
And then I just found myself being at Republic
almost, like, four days a week.
Why not get paid to do it?
That takes away from your day job?
No, I don't let it affect me at all.
Performance-based?
I'm not in sales.
What do you mean "performance based"?
How'd y'all like your cocktails?
- Delicious. I love it. - It was very good.
Any love interest in--
- In my life? - In your life.
One. He's really nice.
We've been on a date.
I did a cooking show every week during COVID on Zoom.
Did you get shirtless?
I've been asked, but--
No.
Maybe I ought to get married when I'm 30.
- That's a long way away. - You're not that young.
I'm 24. What do you mean, I'm not that young?
Yeah, 24. I mean, I think 28 is the right age to get married.
I don't know why my dad wants me to get married so quickly.
Because he just had a four-month old child.
My dad is 56.
So, I don't know where the rush is,
if he wants a grandkid,
when he has, like, basically one already there.
But, just me.
But when my dad pressures me to do something,
it's gonna stick with me a little bit.
So I guess I need to put myself out there.
Everyone I met yesterday, they were very, very nice.
Yeah, he's a good looking guy.
A good looking guy. That guy was good looking.
We make out sometimes.
What?
With who?
Joe.
What do you mean you make up sometimes?
- We make out. - Make out what?
We kiss.
It's a good time.
I mean, we're both single, we're both pretty attractive.
You only met him for like one second, right.
But that man has the most insane
ability to make people feel
- like he's known them forever. - Yeah.
Everybody likes him. Guys, girls.
Joe's the best looking guy I ever see.
Seriously, if he finds out that you said that...
- What? - He's gonna make that--
He's gonna make that his Instagram bio.
"Joey, you're good looking."
Joey, you're a good looking man.
Hey.
Hey kid, how are you?
- I'm doing good, how are you? - Good. Um...
Can you pick up a 9pm shift tonight?
Yeah-- Yes.
Okay, well, it's gonna be a VIP shift.
Not a regular shift.
Wait, am I like, VIP bar back?
- Or am I going to be hosting? - Hosting.
I'm thankful for Leva for this.
My only focus is showing her
that her decision to bring me back was not a mistake.
And I'm here to prove that to her.
Joe's thrown out his back, I thought--
He threw out his back? Doing what, twerking?
So, I'm at the gym.
I saw, you know, a group of girls over there.
And, all of a sudden, I think I can lift more.
And, I realized that, I was----ed.
I walk off. Like, playing it off like I'm cool.
I wave at the girls.
But, it was pretty demoralizing.
Mikel is doing my job?
That hurts worse than my back.
Yeah, he's on the floor, so...
You're the host just tonight. Just to see how it goes.
- Well, thank you. - So yeah.
Joe hurt himself. And I'm really sad about it.
Okay, kid.
yeah, bitches!
I'm looking forward to hearing all good stuff.
I will not fail you this time. I will not.
All right, that's what I wanna hear.
Sounds good. Bye-bye.
Now's time to----ing celebrate this bitch.
Coming up...
Hello, everybody!
I'm excited, because... Mikel is
- Wait, wait, wait... - Nobody told me that.
Nobody told me that Joe was not gonna be here.
Nobody told me that Mikel is gonna be--
Yeah, Joe apparently threw his back out.
Yeah. What's new. So.
But I'm like, I'm debating if it's, like, dramatic--
No, it was--
She told me, like--
All right, I'm going out there.
Yo, yo.
Hi!
What's up, baby?
I sold four tables last night.
- Four tables? Okay. - Our table was slammed.
- Look at you! - Yeah. It was really fun.
But it was just me and Maddi.
- Interesting. - Yeah.
But Mikel's gonna be at the door tonight, apparently.
- Um... - Hm?
Mikel's at the door tonight.
Yeah.
- With all of us? - Me, you--
- Joe's not coming in. - Oh. Okay.
Joe hurt his back.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Hurt his back?
He has the team on his back, that's why.
That's what it is.
Three Miller Lites and two Bud Lites.
Hello...
Hi! Oh, my yellow children, my sunflower!
Sunflower at the door!
Wait, okay, so now that I'm working--
Yeah, do you wanna do six or eight and nine or something?
- Just six. - So all we have--
And this is gonna sell out so quick.
So the girls are ready to do one, two, three, four.
But that's all they can handle.
Like, I don't want you going up to them
and being like "Hey, I sold table 20."
Okay.
I'm back! I'm back. I'm here. I'm ready.
- Do you wanna go out front? - Yeah, I'll go out front.
I'm, like, so happy--
I am excited. I am happy.
I am back. I'm here to work.
...interested in table service today?
It's a bachelorette party?
You wanna do a table?
We have a good deal going on today.
Come check it out, for yourself, okay? All right.
This is the best club in Boston, I'm not just saying that.
But you guys are really beautiful women.
There's some beautiful men inside there as well,
or women, if you like women as well.
Like, you never know!
Given the data that I have on Mikel,
he is not maximizing profit.
He seems to be creating problems.
Everybody has a soft spot for Mikel.
I have yet to see the soft spot.
Or understand the soft spot.
Maybe one day, it shall dawn on me.
Aww, thank you. So good to see you.
Good to see you again.
Are you thinking about talking to TJ privately--
- No, I'm not. - The point is that
you're----ing promoting at other clubs.
- You're coming at me-- - And we work here.
Don't serve his ass anymore.
- I mean, I-- - You know why? Because--
His problems with me are between him and himself.
So he can keep that between him and himself.
That's fine, but you still have to work with us every day.
Hi, boss lady.
- Boss lady's up here. - Sunshine!
- Everybody get to work. - Get to work, you guys!
- You have a table tonight? - Yes.
So you beautiful ladies, can you get your IDs out really fast?
Sorry about that, baby. I'll walk 'em out.
You guys have fun, Brad'll take care of you guys tonight.
- Thank you! - All right. I'm gonna sit--
They're going to table three.
I'm gonna mark that off.
Hi, hi, hi, hi.
- How's tonight going? - You look snatched.
Oh, thanks!
I was gonna say, you look snatched!
You guys look good out front. Everything's good?
Everything's good so far.
You getting married, or what's going on?
- He's getting married. - Getting' married.
Have you ever had table service before?
That's exciting though.
Find out if they want a sign.
What? Yes, I got it.
It's gonna get busy. And it'll be flooded up here.
Plenty of girls, it's gonna be a good time. All right?
So a guy's getting married. Bachelor.
They want the sign to say "Bitch Made".
- Made? - Made. M-A-D-E.
You know what, actually this is the perfect sign
to walk by a table and a person.
I got it. I'm gonna hold it for you.
Mikel, let's go.
I mean, I'm happy that TJ
may have glanced at the "Bitch Made" sign.
In my heart, it was made for him.
Bitch. Made.
"Someone's who's bitch made is a snitch
and a bitch pretty much combined."
If the shoe fits... wear it.
- Oh! - For the table.
- Hey! - The only thing
I have accused him of is being unprofessional.
And... look, here he is.
Being unprofessional.
It's for the table.
I'm like, dude.
Sometimes, Mikel just can't help himself.
I love him, but... I mean, I'm his boss.
I need you guys to get along so this can work.
Hey.
Ah!
- What? - What were you gonna say?
No, I was like, you need to show the sign--
No, I did. I just--
It was my first sign. I got confused.
I was supposed to bring the sign--
- You got confused. - I got sort of confused.
No, I really got--
This is my first time back, remember?
- Give me some grace. - I feel like
you were like "Oh! [bleep] you TJ!"
I'm like, "It's for the----ing table!"
I never-- No!
I would never be indirect like him, never.
- Coming up... - Hello?
I do have a shift at Republic that I need to fill,
and the shift is tomorrow night.
I had no intention of working on my birthday,
obviously, I wanted to get lit.
Oh, good morning!
Buenos dias, Lucas.
Good morning, to you.
I'm the mother of a beautiful two-year-old.
I can't imagine my life without him.
We'll clean this up.
Can we take this over there, please?
Let me go grab him.
We're good. We're good.
We're good.
Davon and I, we used to connect.
Slash... hook up.
Oh, my God.
No love for Daddy today, huh?
One lovely night, I was working at Republic,
and he comes to me telling me that he misses me.
And then Lucas was made
that lovely day, after my shift.
Are we going outside?
Yeah. We are.
Put your shoes on, papi.
It's roll time, baby.
There we go.
It's just so amazing how my coworkers,
they wake up at 3pm.
I'm texting them, asking them what the uniform is?
- Yeah? - When I'm trying
to leave the house at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Yeah. Well, they're nightlife workers at 24,
- what do you want them to do? - I know! I know.
So you gotta stop being an old head.
I'm not saying I'm an old head.
I'm not saying I'm being an old head.
- You're being a little old. - I'm not being old.
While I was pregnant, Davon and I,
we were not together.
I decided to just back off for a while.
But, now, knowing how beautiful of a dad he is...
We decided to give it another try again.
And so here we are.
And I'm in love.
Hey, what's up with the love today, man.
Lucas. Henry.
What's up with the love today, boy?
Let's go tell Mommy bye.
Yeah.
All right.
What should we eat today?
Eggs? Sausage, maybe?
There we go. Oh, my God.
Probably need to get some more forks.
You guys wanna go right here?
Do y'all want snacks?
What you got?
I have hummus, raspberries, pineapples.
You're speaking my love language!
Thank you for supplying the delicious fruits.
Are you DJing tonight?
No, I'm DJing Thursday night.
- Thursday night? - At Republic?
- Yes. - I'm like,
that's a massive day. Grace Lilly's birthday,
then Republic after.
What a packed day.
I love DJing more than anything.
And a lot of that has to do with my family or my parents.
My family were like,
the type of family to sit down
and play music in the house all the time.
Going to concerts. You know?
Everyone knows I don't drink.
Everyone knows I don't do drugs.
But I'm the first one to like, pipe everyone up.
And like, get lit.
It's just a vibe.
I'm literally eating this pineapple thinking,
I just got----ed this morning, I need it.
I had sex five times yesterday.
Will wakes up very hung over.
If we're having sex five times in one day,
it's because it's taking Will five times to finish.
- Okay... - So really,
I'm doing 100 yard dash, five times.
And Will is running one marathon.
What about you?
I mean, I didn't have sex five times.
No, but how's your man, seriously?
No, Davon is great. Um...
- Is he good with Lucas? - Yeah, he's great with Lucas.
He's always great with Lucas.
What made you want to get back?
Together? Um...
He is, like, the love of my life.
When he came back the second time,
you have a brand new man.
Brand new?
I have a brand new man, right now.
Where are we going, we going back--
But it freaks me the [bleep] out, Lucia.
Because I'm always such a, like, "I don't give a [bleep]"
bad bitch, and around him, I'm like--
I'm almost submissive.
When it comes to Trevor, all of a sudden now,
I care less about myself and more about him.
Around him, I'm like aaah and like googly-eyed.
I don't know, he could ask me to do whatever and I'd do it.
I wouldn't do that for any other guy.
Like, I really don't care what other people think or say.
But you know, there's always that saying--
Don't put all your eggs in one basket!
I'm just letting you know,
I'm not putting all my eggs in his basket.
I think you have a lot of eggs
and he just has a really small basket.
You gotta eventually put all your eggs in one basket.
I know. Eventually, eventually.
The cavalry's arrived!
Oh, my God.
Real ass bitch.
Hey!
Hi, baby cakes.
- How are you? - Good.
Wee!
- What's up? - How are you?
I'm thirsty.
Well...
Where are your snacks at? I'm so hungry.
There's chips and there's water and sparkling water.
- Are you working later? - I'm off, bitch.
How was work last night?
I feel, I feel--
When you're holding up the----ing VIP sign.
- For the table. - Hey!
That was not on purpose!
So you don't want to be friends?
I am willing to figure something out,
so where it's cordial, but what--
- At the workplace. - At the workplace.
That's all I----ing care about.
That's all I care about. Love Mikel to death,
but they shouldn't be arguing at work, period.
It's a high standard to be working VIP at Republic.
We're not----ing doing sh-- at Grace Lilly's party.
I think we are.
If you expect this party to be like,
"Oh, let's drink tea and hang out,"
then you are in for a fight.
I mean, I'm pretty sure there's gonna be
some hot tea spilled.
Oh, we're going down the rabbit hole, baby.
We are going down the rabbit hole.
Coming up...
This one I know is true
because Will has dated multiple of my friends.
Will has a huge--
Jill does such an amazing job.
- Oh, I love that. - She's the best at lashes.
I'm so excited. Here.
- How are you guys? - Hi!
So, I think I'm just gonna get my eyebrows waxed today.
I'm gonna do tint and lift.
Okay, awesome.
We are gonna be in here today with Jill.
Would y'all like anything to drink?
Prosecco, yes!
I'm so excited. Alice in Wonderland tea party tomorrow.
I need to look good, I need to feel good.
- I'll get it. - I'll hold the straw for you.
Mm, I like that. Mm, that's bougie.
Right?
I'm feeling myself right now y'all, yes!
It's my birthday! It's my birthday!
Grace thinks of herself as the star.
She tells me all the time. She believes it.
Like, she's wavy baby, wavy baby.
Yeah, I'm so excited.
I feel like last year,
my birthday wasn't what I wanted it to be.
Because last birthday, I didn't feel good about myself.
I didn't love the way I looked.
You know, I was suffering with body dysmorphia pretty bad.
I kind of had, you know,
slight body dysmorphia too last year, you know.
I was working out a sh-- ton.
- But I definitely-- - You're beautiful.
You're body's banging, girl. Seriously.
I went through a period where I was just kind of like,
I felt insecure.
You know, it felt like you can't keep up
with this aesthetic of, you know, being skinny.
Being in this industry as a woman,
there's this perception that your body sells.
And you know I had very big insecurity with body image.
I felt that if I didn't look this specific way,
that I wasn't, in a sense, doing my job.
And you know, people don't realize it,
but when you're at your skinniest and tiniest,
you get so many - ing compliments
and it's kind of like--
I ate one----ing bag of chips yesterday, like--
But you know, it's really nice
now that we're in a healthy mindset.
Yeah, we're feeling good and we're looking good.
Okay? That's what life's about.
I just feel like I'm really in a new cycle in my life.
I don't understand why, you know,
people hate on me for doing me.
Doing what I'm doing.
Like, I do good at what I do.
Like I don't-- I don't know what else to say, you know.
I feel like you were misunderstood in a lot of ways.
100%. I'm so much more than a hot girl on Instagram,
posting pictures.
My mom went through Grace Lilly's Instagram
and thought she was a stripper.
At least a stripper, yeah.
Thank you so much.
Yes, you are welcome.
You guys wanna head on over--
- Yes! - Awesome, which room is it?
- To see you do this. - It's over here.
It's your first lash tint.
You're gonna go ahead and lay back.
- Make yourself comfortable. - You look so tan.
- Yes, you look good. - I'm liking them boobies.
Them boobies poppin' out.
Oh, I'm like in, like, comfort heaven right now.
There's nothing wrong with loving yourself
and taking care of yourself.
Self-care is huge. I mean--
It's so important.
That why I understand taking time for yourself, you know,
being regrounded, you know.
I'm very excited right now.
- Someone's calling me. - Like this is great.
- Who's calling you? - I don't know. Hello?
Hey, Grace. It's Lea Aylor, how are you?
Hi! How are you?
If you're willing and able,
I do have a shift at Republic that I need to fill.
I know you're looking to kind of
get your foot back in the door down here,
so I wanted to know if you can make it,
and the shift is tomorrow night.
Uh, pending you don't have any other commitments.
No, no, I-- I'm fully prepared to work on my birthday.
I had no intention on working on my birthday,
obviously, I wanted to get lit.
- Perfect. - But,
I've been wanting to get back to Republic.
So, even though it really sucks
that I have to work on my birthday,
I feel like this is the universe bringing me a birthday present.
On your birthday?
Looks like I'm working on my birthday.
- Money making. - Hustle on down, yeah.
- Should we get more Prosecco? - yeah.
- Hello! - Hello.
- Hi. - How are you?
- I'm good. - Good to see you.
- Oh, my goodness, look at this. - You look pretty.
Thanks, I just skedaddled out of work.
Look how cute this is!
Oh, my gosh!
I didn't even need directions, 'cause I just followed my nose.
Um. Yeah, I got us a little bottle of wine for us.
- Are you gonna open it for me? - Yeah.
It's my second date with Owen.
He's a chef, which is super hot.
It's one of the hottest professions you can have.
Oh, my gosh!
This is the house!
- Yeah. So. - How fun.
Yeah, I moved into here about almost a year ago.
There you are.
So fancy with it!
Did you make that?
- Yeah, I make everything. - Oh, my God, Owen!
So, what you're gonna do,
you can just dump the rest of that in there.
Look at you go!
We're gonna make it look all pretty.
- How'd we do? - That is so good.
So, when did you move here?
I was like 11.
And I went to a high school in Belize.
I went to a really, really small private Catholic school.
Graduating class was like 22 kids.
And was I prom queen?
Yes.
Look at-- You cleaning right now, it's doing something to me.
Are you going to be okay over there?
Take this away from me. Ooh.
Oh, my God.
What is, like, your list? Traits of datable women.
I have forever been a hopeless romantic and I really--
I'm a hopeless romantic.
And I really enjoy romantic things.
Oh!
And I've only dated women who don't enjoy romantic things.
- Really? - It's the worst.
Like, I was about to start crying when I walked in.
I wanna get comfy. Let's sit on the couch.
- I'm sorry! - I forgive you.
I'll bring over a Tide Pen next time.
Am I sweating a little bit? Yes.
Am I feeling butterflies in my coochie?
Yes! I'm horny. I'm not even going to lie.
I haven't had sex in a minute. Hold on.
I'm serious.
- Let's do the dessert. - Yeah.
- Coming up... - Close your eyes!
Strike, like, a really cute pose.
- Eyes closed! Eyes closed! - Keep working!
Give me a twirl, work!
Yo!
Checkmate, bitch.
The tea and stuff we'll bring out along with the food.
Once everyone arrives, we have some name cards there for you,
so you can place them wherever you wanna put everyone.
Yes.
Then, we have a bar cart set over here.
- I love it, thank you. - You're so very welcome.
I'm so excited.
It's my birthday. So cute!
Mwah. Love it.
I am in Lilly Land.
We're gonna have the little tea cups.
Champagne on ice.
Little napkins, like the fancy napkins.
Napkins with my face on it.
I don't wanna wipe my sweat on this,
but I might have to in a second.
- Welcome! - Oh, you guys look fabulous!
- Happy----ing birthday! - Thank you so much!
Happy birthday!
I feel like we're kinda matching.
So lovely!
- The sequins! - The sequins, yeah.
This is such a perfect Alice in Wonderland theme.
Right? So exciting.
This is so cute! Hi, guys!
Hi. How are you?
- What's up Disney princess? - Thank you for being here!
Hello! Hello, everybody!
You look so good!
Thank you so much for having me.
Of course. I want you to be here.
- Today's your day. - Thank you so much, TJ.
- I appreciate that. - Thank you. Of course.
Being invited to Grace Lilly's birthday party,
I'm honestly shocked.
I mean our last conversation
was me basically just screaming about her butthole.
Maddi's butthole is in her pants.
Yours is on your Instagram.
Okay, my butthole is literally in my butthole.
Tea? I love it.
It's Alice in Wonderland. It's like crazy.
It's so confusing.
This one goes either one. Or you can do two and one.
This is not regulation length, I don't think.
Just gimme a checkmate, bitch.
Checkmate, bitch.
Here comes the boom.
Ooh!
Well, I don't have to work tonight, so.
And we have a table, so I'm gonna come up
to your door of VIP and be like, "Wristband, please."
Sure, Joe.
Wait, Will, you have a table with us tonight?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yes, but you're working.
- Grace, you're working with me? - I'm working!
Yes! Listen, I don't care if it's my birthday or not,
I'm gonna work, I'm gonna show up,
and I'm gonna prove to you guys that I'm here.
Oh, is this the--
Guy came to the bar the other night and was like,
"Hey, where's that Mikel guy,"
or like, "I'm friends with him," or something.
He was like, "But promised me two wristbands to get into VIP
"and even though I don't have a table."
And there was people coming up to the bar saying,
"I'm on Mikel's tab."
The bartender should know, to be like,
"No there's comp tab for Mikel."
- Comp tab? - Yeah.
- So, what was the conversation? - No, I'm like someone--
They were saying that someone came up to the bar
and was like, "I have two drinks on Mikel."
Why didn't you do y'all's job and verify--
No, I feel like the bartender should be like,
"No, Mikel doesn't have a comp tab."
No one got served, Mikel.
Yeah, but don't attack me for something I didn't do.
I work on commission.
Why would I give out anything for free?
I'd be sitting here defending you, being like,
"People come in the bar all the----ing time,
expecting free sh--."
I was defending you, being like,
"The bartender should just say no."
I've always saw that I feel like TJ might be a great asset
to Mikel, and owning who he is,
but they end up----ing fighting more than anyone.
I cannot physically do this. I cannot--
I'm about to----ing go.
No, sit down. Sit down. Sit down.
I'm going.
I think that you are making workplace issues personal.
Where now, everything's an issue all the time--
Yeah, but what was that?
Do you agree with anything that just happened?
No.
Mikel? Let me come in. I'll close the door.
I can't-- I'm not doing this all day----ing long.
I just----ing cannot.
I came in here to calm down.
And it's hard to think that we have to go to work after this,
and do another long shift, and dada dada da. But the thing is,
we just gotta get through this dinner for Grace.
I definitely need a picture with the queen.
I just don't wanna make Grace's day
about you dramatically leaving.
Take a deep breath first.
It may look like I love to fight, I love to just argue,
but I'm very sensitive.
and I don't want this to happen right now.
Like, I really don't want to mess up Grace Lilly's birthday.
So, I'm choosing to turn the other cheek,
and say, "You know what? I'm gonna move on."
I'm trying so hard not to--
- It's just frustrating. - Yeah.
- Sure. - Exactly.
Will and I went shopping this morning.
Hello!
Hi, handsome. How are you?
- Good, how are you? - Skinny mama, look at you!
Hi. How are you?
I'm good. Thank you for coming!
- You look so beautiful! - You look beautiful.
You look amazing.
I'm not involved in the personal lives, at all, of our staff,
but Grace Lilly really wanted me to come.
I would love to have my own event,
at Bourbon and Bubbles or Republic.
So, this is something I would love for you to critique me on.
How my event was executed, so yeah.
I was, like, sitting in a place of no,
and I was trying to be polite, but that was a very good pitch.
You just made a big sale. I don't go to anyone's birthday.
Yeah! I feel special!
This is so cute!
This is the set up. And our names.
Look at these little napkins. As if we needed more of Grace.
So cute! On brand.
On brand napkins.
You guys look like you're--
It's like we're at a wedding, but we're not.
For your mama!
I feel like that's the third one she's opened.
We're not working tonight.
Some are working, some are not working.
We are not working. We are enjoying ourselves.
Listen, tonight I'm going to prove to you
that I am the best investment you've ever made.
Everything you've ever wanted, it's gonna come through me.
- Good. - I'm gonna push it out
- like a baby. - I believe in you.
Okay, we just have a little fun gift, me and Lamar, for you.
I think the best way for you to receive your gift,
is pick, like, a really cute location.
Close your eyes.
Strike, like, a really cute pose.
I'll tell you when to open your eyes.
When someone tells me to pose, I don't ask questions.
- I just do it. - Do the Coachella spin.
Keep moving, just don't open your eyes.
Oh!
J. Michael's a fashion photographer
and we brought him on to do marketing
and photography for us.
And he will make you look amazing.
- Keep modeling. - But keep modeling.
- Yeah, there you go. - Open them.
You get to have J. Michael for the rest of your birthday party
and have all the shoots you want.
He's bought and paid for.
And you get to get all the pictures to yourself.
This way you won't do it on your shift tonight.
Watch the pawns. There you go. Work, wait-- There you go.
- Coming up... - You need to shut your mouth.
You're running your mouth too damn much.
- Trash. - You need to--
I'll drink a little bit, not a lot. We gotta work tonight.
Hello?
You look like a cotton candy.
- Thank you so much. - Aw, that's beautiful.
What a treat!
How was your date?
- I'm in love, so. - I saw him at the gym today.
- What did say? - Good things.
- Really? Is he in love? - Mm-hmm.
Oh, good. Good. That's my type. I can't wait.
So, does everybody have something, yeah?
Happy, happy birthday.
I want this year to be like a year where you're very happy.
You're gonna thrive at work.
I celebrate good vibes, good energy. All love.
Let's make some money.
- Cheers! - To money!
Cheers, baby.
Okay, Grace. Now, I'm outta here.
Okay, have fun. Bye. See you later. Be good.
I'm not calling anybody if they miss their shift now.
- Bye, Leva. - Bye!
I'll cheers you.
You know why you would cheers people in the olden days?
People used to poison each others' drinks.
You would cheers people hard enough,
where some of yours would go into mine.
Some of mine would go into yours.
And it says I trust you not to poison me.
'Cause if so, we've poisoned each other.
Which we're all doing right now, I think.
Poisoning the sh-- out of each other.
All right, y'all, boss lady's gone.
So, how is the tea? I haven't tried it yet.
- I tried it, it's delicious. - What tea?
Some tea has been spilled.
There's plenty of tea to go around.
Knock it over!
♪ I like the way you surf
I got a little game for you guys as the Mad Hatter.
- You actually look hot in that. - Yes.
Basically, on one of these cards you're gonna--
Write a quote.
Write a quote that someone has said,
and we're gonna guess who said it and who is it about.
So, are we spilling the tea?
I'mma spill all the motha----in' tea.
- It's a tea party, baby. - It is a tea party!
All right, are you ready?
Oh, my God.
This one I know is true
because Will has dated multiple of my friends.
"Will has a huge dick."
I think Emmy said that about Will.
And Emmy wrote it.
I actually didn't write it, but it's true.
Oh! Who wrote it!
Oh, you did write that?
- How'd you know that? - You confirmed it!
It doesn't matter if I wrote it!
"They don't deserve to work at Republic."
Who said that, TJ?
That sounds like a thirsty bitch quote.
- Next. - I didn't write it, so.
Who do you think wrote it? Or who do you think it's about?
I think that's what matters more.
Definitely I said it.
TJ said it. I don't know who he said it about, saying it.
Oh, shut the [bleep] up.
You know who he said it about, me.
I probably said it one time,
but this is before yesterday. We had a great day yesterday.
I don't know. You're working tonight.
Let's have a great night. That's really toxic.
We should not be talking about--
Oh, my gosh! Y'all are so fake!
Y'all wanna talk all that sh-- behind closed doors,
but when things come to the mother----ing table.
- Isn't it class? - Am I what?
- I've definitely said this. - No, wait. What'd you say?
I said, "That's such class."
Or keep my name out of your goddamn mouth.
- Trash. - You need to shut your mouth.
You're running your mouth too damn much.
Why is TJ hating? He's just a nosey-ass person.
- You're a fake ass bitch. - He's just stirring the pot.
Since you have so much you have to say,
- what is your actual problem? - You already know.
You're upset because you're threatened by me?
Or you're threatened because you have no one--
Bitch, what is your problem with me?
Everyone is sayin', let's talk about it.
TJ is very threatened by me. And he should be.
But when you're being spiteful for no----ing reason,
I'm like [bleep] you.
And boom goes the dynamite.
You're old as [bleep], acting like a child.
What a nice----ing dinner for Grace's birthday.
Why can't we just drop it?
I wanna drop it, but stop talking about me.
We can drop it if y'all keep my name out of y'all goddamn mouth.
You're a thirsty bitch.
You keep running your mouth about me.
So shut up before I quench your damn thirst.
When Mikel is reacting like that,
it's coming from a place of hurt.
And needing a friend, so.
I feel like TJ pushing his buttons
isn't really----ing helping.
I'm going home. Y'all is fake as hell.
Good luck working tonight, bud.
Don't--
I've never had a birthday like this.
Y'all shut the [bleep] up. You fake as [bleep].
Next time on Southern Hospitality...
- What did I say to him? - Doesn't matter.
Don't you say that, Joe.
You saw me breaking down in the bathroom.
- I cannot do this. - What are you going to do?
You gonna take the day off? You gotta work with them tomorrow.
It's going good.
He has this whole NASCAR experience.
If we could get Sunday off to go up to Charlotte.
Joey [indistinct].
- Joey got his toes out. - He woke up!
Trevor doesn't work for our company.
Why is he coming?
Are they----ing back there already? Damn.
It really hurts hearing Trevor and Maddi having sex in the RV.
Oh, my God!
Bitches, we at NASCAR!
Oh, there they go.
Grace, you crack me up.
How are you doing? Are you single?
You wanna drink? You wanna take a shot?
You wanna party?
So, how long have you guys been dating?
Had some trouble in the past,
but I think I've definitely grown up.
Don't be that guy.