1 00:00:01,043 --> 00:00:02,712 NELLA: Previously, on The Other Black Girl... 2 00:00:02,712 --> 00:00:04,172 HAZEL: What are you doing Saturday? 3 00:00:04,172 --> 00:00:05,382 I'm havin' a gathering. 4 00:00:05,382 --> 00:00:07,050 It's a hair party. - Oh. 5 00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:09,135 - Hazel is surrounded by Fembots. [group gasps] 6 00:00:09,135 --> 00:00:11,221 NELLA: Jesse Watson canceled Wagner? 7 00:00:11,221 --> 00:00:13,765 I wanna help you get your message everywhere. 8 00:00:13,765 --> 00:00:14,933 So, you'll think about it? 9 00:00:14,933 --> 00:00:16,518 - Oh, absolutely fuckin' not. 10 00:00:16,518 --> 00:00:18,478 - Please go and do some snoopin'. 11 00:00:18,478 --> 00:00:20,355 You're never gonna get another chance like this. 12 00:00:20,355 --> 00:00:22,315 ♪ suspenseful music playing ♪ 13 00:00:22,315 --> 00:00:23,108 - Fuck. 14 00:00:23,108 --> 00:00:24,859 It's a beautiful foam finger. Thank you. 15 00:00:24,859 --> 00:00:26,236 [door slams] - Thanks for comin'. 16 00:00:26,236 --> 00:00:27,904 - Think I was wrong about Hazel. 17 00:00:27,904 --> 00:00:31,032 - Ladies, this is Shani. [Shani chuckles] 18 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:40,083 ♪ ominous music playing ♪ 19 00:00:40,083 --> 00:00:42,544 MAISY: Nella, meet Hazel-May McCall. KENDRA RAE: Leave Wagner, now. 20 00:00:42,544 --> 00:00:45,755 HAZEL: You shine, I shine. If she's dangerous, he's gotta hear it. 21 00:00:45,755 --> 00:00:47,674 Tell people you belong and they'll believe it. 22 00:00:47,674 --> 00:00:50,051 You and I know exactly how fucked up the system is. 23 00:00:50,051 --> 00:00:52,429 [distorted] You shine, I shine. 24 00:00:52,429 --> 00:00:53,763 MALAIKA: Hazel is surrounded by Fembots. 25 00:00:53,763 --> 00:00:55,140 NELLA: Kinda made me look like you. 26 00:00:55,140 --> 00:00:58,059 EDITORS: Leave Wagner now. 27 00:00:58,059 --> 00:01:00,687 EDITOR: You don't belong here! 28 00:01:01,062 --> 00:01:04,524 KENDRA RAE: Leave Wagner now. HAZEL: You shine, I shine. 29 00:01:04,524 --> 00:01:05,358 [sighs] 30 00:01:11,072 --> 00:01:14,242 - This is Camille, Ebonee, and Kiara. 31 00:01:14,242 --> 00:01:15,410 MALAIKA: It's a cult. 32 00:01:15,410 --> 00:01:16,411 OWEN: What does this mean? 33 00:01:16,411 --> 00:01:18,204 NELLA: I think I was wrong about Hazel. 34 00:01:22,375 --> 00:01:25,378 ♪ suspenseful music playing ♪ 35 00:01:28,256 --> 00:01:30,175 HAZEL: We catch more flies with honey. 36 00:01:35,305 --> 00:01:39,100 We take our community very seriously. [echoes] 37 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:41,519 ♪ 38 00:01:44,648 --> 00:01:46,233 I genuinely feel sorry 39 00:01:46,233 --> 00:01:49,152 for anyone who was unfortunate enough to be in our way. 40 00:01:50,362 --> 00:01:53,365 ♪ theme music playing ♪ 41 00:02:01,790 --> 00:02:03,792 - Nella. 42 00:02:04,751 --> 00:02:06,378 [whispers] Nella. 43 00:02:07,045 --> 00:02:09,047 [aggressively] Nella! - Involuntary! 44 00:02:09,548 --> 00:02:11,132 Mal, what are you doing here? 45 00:02:11,508 --> 00:02:12,968 - Owen called. 46 00:02:12,968 --> 00:02:17,806 And thank God, because this... this is some Riddler shit. 47 00:02:19,182 --> 00:02:21,059 - I also found this in the microwave. 48 00:02:21,059 --> 00:02:23,311 Is it... just ketchup? 49 00:02:24,104 --> 00:02:25,522 - Sorry. 50 00:02:25,522 --> 00:02:27,023 - This is my Nana's bowl. 51 00:02:28,024 --> 00:02:29,359 - I stared at this all night. 52 00:02:29,359 --> 00:02:31,987 Hazel must be collecting these women for something. 53 00:02:31,987 --> 00:02:34,364 I mean, that's what "voluntary" and "involuntary" must mean, right? 54 00:02:34,364 --> 00:02:37,200 - What are they volunteering or not volunteering to do? 55 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,119 - Join the most moisturized army of all time. 56 00:02:39,703 --> 00:02:41,204 NELLA: We all have to be connected somehow. 57 00:02:41,204 --> 00:02:43,540 There is no way Ruby showed up by accident. 58 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:45,959 - Yeah, I don't see how Hazel is meetin' Ruby, 59 00:02:45,959 --> 00:02:48,461 unless she also likes gettin' kicked off the Coney Island rollercoaster 60 00:02:48,461 --> 00:02:49,296 for gettin' too drunk. 61 00:02:49,296 --> 00:02:50,422 OWEN: Ruby was kinda fun. 62 00:02:50,422 --> 00:02:52,257 - No, no, no, but that Ruby is gone. 63 00:02:52,632 --> 00:02:54,259 All of their past lives are gone. 64 00:02:54,259 --> 00:02:55,886 Their Instagram accounts only go back one year, 65 00:02:55,886 --> 00:02:56,970 just like Hazel's. 66 00:02:58,054 --> 00:03:00,849 It's like they came out of a pod fully formed at 26. 67 00:03:00,849 --> 00:03:02,934 - What about Shani? She's the one that warned you about Hazel. 68 00:03:02,934 --> 00:03:04,561 What, what happened to her? 69 00:03:05,103 --> 00:03:07,731 - I haven't heard from Shani since the karaoke bar. 70 00:03:10,025 --> 00:03:12,360 - How do you reverse stalk someone? 71 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:16,281 Yeah. 72 00:03:16,281 --> 00:03:18,074 ♪ Dog Food by IDK ft. Denzel Curry playing ♪ 73 00:03:18,074 --> 00:03:20,493 NELLA: I guess we go back to all the places I saw Shani. 74 00:03:21,328 --> 00:03:23,747 ♪ It's eleven o'clock, on the dot, I'm on the block ♪ 75 00:03:23,747 --> 00:03:25,999 ♪ Ain't no time for no sleepin' or yawnin' or whatnot ♪ 76 00:03:25,999 --> 00:03:28,585 ♪ Twelve runnin' 'round creepin' and peepin for the drop ♪ 77 00:03:28,585 --> 00:03:30,754 - ♪ The block is hot, the block is hot ♪ 78 00:03:30,754 --> 00:03:33,131 ♪ The block is hot, the block is hot ♪ 79 00:03:33,131 --> 00:03:35,300 - ♪ They tried to frisk me, want me, hot ♪ 80 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:37,636 ♪ Incarcerated, I won't be, hot ♪ 81 00:03:37,636 --> 00:03:38,720 Now what? 82 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:44,976 - I cannot believe I have to be at work in less than an hour. 83 00:03:44,976 --> 00:03:46,686 [keyboard clacking] - You can't go, Hazel will be there. 84 00:03:47,062 --> 00:03:49,564 - And we still have no idea what the fuckin' deal is. 85 00:03:49,564 --> 00:03:51,942 - And Diana's imprint launch party is tomorrow. 86 00:03:51,942 --> 00:03:54,444 - Can't go to that either. Hazel. 87 00:03:54,444 --> 00:03:56,863 - So, Hazel's connection to me is work. 88 00:03:56,863 --> 00:03:58,448 But what about these other girls? 89 00:03:58,448 --> 00:04:00,408 - They're in completely different industries. 90 00:04:00,825 --> 00:04:03,703 Even Hazel's not that connected. Is she? 91 00:04:03,703 --> 00:04:05,038 NELLA: Kiara's a buyer for Saks. 92 00:04:05,038 --> 00:04:07,540 Camille is a chemical engineer. And Ebonee-- 93 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:10,418 - [mockingly] The youngest tenure-track professor in New York state. 94 00:04:10,418 --> 00:04:11,795 - How does a person even do that? 95 00:04:11,795 --> 00:04:12,796 - It's impressive. 96 00:04:14,005 --> 00:04:16,007 Gotta have friends in high places. 97 00:04:16,007 --> 00:04:19,803 MALAIKA: Maybe their cult pays for PhDs or somethin'. 98 00:04:20,679 --> 00:04:22,806 - Guys, guys, guys. "Ebonee Turner, 99 00:04:22,806 --> 00:04:26,309 "set to become the youngest Associate Professor of Literature at Columbia. 100 00:04:26,309 --> 00:04:28,228 "A position created by a generous donation 101 00:04:28,228 --> 00:04:31,439 "from one of the program's most prominent alumni, 102 00:04:32,691 --> 00:04:33,900 Richard Wagner." 103 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:35,193 - What, Richard? [Malaika gasps] 104 00:04:37,988 --> 00:04:40,198 - I mean, you don't think it's just a coincidence? 105 00:04:40,198 --> 00:04:41,658 - Have we learned nothin'? 106 00:04:41,658 --> 00:04:43,577 Coincidences aren't fuckin' real. 107 00:04:43,577 --> 00:04:47,789 ♪ 108 00:04:47,789 --> 00:04:49,207 - Shall we get started? 109 00:04:51,751 --> 00:04:53,503 NELLA: Kiara is a buyer for Saks. 110 00:04:53,503 --> 00:04:55,797 - Ah! "Publishing Magnate Richard Wagner 111 00:04:55,797 --> 00:04:59,551 named to the board of Saks Fifth Avenue. February 2019." 112 00:05:00,010 --> 00:05:02,304 And Ruby interviewed at Goldman Sachs-- 113 00:05:02,304 --> 00:05:04,222 - Where Richard's brother is CFO. 114 00:05:05,265 --> 00:05:07,392 Oh, my fucking God! OWEN: What the-- 115 00:05:09,561 --> 00:05:11,897 GRANT: Huge week for you. Tomorrow's the launch party 116 00:05:11,897 --> 00:05:15,692 for your new imprint, focused on diverse voices, Ascendent Books. 117 00:05:15,692 --> 00:05:18,737 - Very exciting. Did you bring a photographer? 118 00:05:19,154 --> 00:05:20,280 - Uh, I didn't. 119 00:05:21,323 --> 00:05:22,240 - Your loss. 120 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:23,116 OWEN: What about Camille? 121 00:05:23,533 --> 00:05:27,162 - "A subsidiary of Wagner Industries." Jesus, okay. 122 00:05:27,162 --> 00:05:30,081 - Wagner's always been focused on diversity 123 00:05:30,081 --> 00:05:33,043 ever since our first big hit release, Burning Heart. 124 00:05:34,544 --> 00:05:38,506 You know, tomorrow's launch isn't really about me at all. 125 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:40,717 You should be interviewing the bright, young women 126 00:05:40,717 --> 00:05:42,344 that made it all possible. 127 00:05:42,636 --> 00:05:43,720 In fact, you know what? 128 00:05:45,096 --> 00:05:45,931 Come with me. 129 00:05:46,806 --> 00:05:51,186 - Richard is using Hazel to, like, recruit Black women 130 00:05:51,186 --> 00:05:54,731 and turn them into pod people and farm them out? 131 00:05:54,731 --> 00:05:56,149 - And he's trying to farm you. 132 00:05:56,816 --> 00:05:58,193 - Hazel-May McCall. 133 00:05:58,693 --> 00:05:59,736 Isn't that right, Nella? 134 00:05:59,736 --> 00:06:02,405 - Richard Wagner and Hazel. 135 00:06:03,782 --> 00:06:06,076 Bitch, I told you. [scoffs] 136 00:06:06,076 --> 00:06:09,621 ♪ tense, percussive music playing ♪ 137 00:06:09,621 --> 00:06:12,457 [phones ringing, light office chatter] 138 00:06:12,457 --> 00:06:14,459 ♪ 139 00:06:17,337 --> 00:06:19,297 - Hazel, where's our Nella? 140 00:06:20,757 --> 00:06:23,468 - Um, she, she didn't come in this morning. 141 00:06:24,886 --> 00:06:28,515 - Really? Oh well, another time, I guess. 142 00:06:28,515 --> 00:06:31,017 Don't wait too long, this girl is on fire. 143 00:06:31,768 --> 00:06:33,186 I'll walk you out. 144 00:06:33,186 --> 00:06:35,730 Let's find out where she is... quickly. 145 00:06:37,691 --> 00:06:42,696 ♪ drumming increases speed, tribal vocalizing intensifies ♪ 146 00:06:51,913 --> 00:06:53,832 - How could I have been so stupid? 147 00:06:53,832 --> 00:06:57,335 - Girl, it is not your fault that you work with psychopaths. 148 00:06:57,335 --> 00:06:59,588 Now-- And I know I say all the time 149 00:06:59,588 --> 00:07:01,423 that you attract the energy that you put out, 150 00:07:01,423 --> 00:07:03,341 [chuckles] but it did not this time. 151 00:07:03,341 --> 00:07:05,176 - But I went to Wagner in the first place. 152 00:07:05,176 --> 00:07:07,053 I'm the one who pitched the rerelease of Burning Heart. 153 00:07:07,053 --> 00:07:08,889 I put Diana and her new imprint in danger. 154 00:07:08,889 --> 00:07:13,476 I single-handedly rebuilt Wagner's white-ass reputation 155 00:07:13,476 --> 00:07:16,187 for a man who's using the idea of diversity 156 00:07:16,187 --> 00:07:19,107 to plant docile, little pod women all over the city. 157 00:07:19,107 --> 00:07:21,359 - You had no idea what Richard was doing. 158 00:07:21,359 --> 00:07:23,403 - Nothing that I've done at Wagner matters. 159 00:07:23,403 --> 00:07:24,738 All of those late nights, 160 00:07:24,738 --> 00:07:26,031 the cancer from the energy drinks, 161 00:07:26,031 --> 00:07:28,742 I mean, everything that I wanted is a lie. 162 00:07:29,576 --> 00:07:30,785 OWEN: Come here. 163 00:07:30,785 --> 00:07:34,164 ♪ 164 00:07:34,164 --> 00:07:35,165 Should I make some food? 165 00:07:35,540 --> 00:07:37,083 - I can't eat right now. 166 00:07:37,083 --> 00:07:38,084 - I'd eat. 167 00:07:40,545 --> 00:07:41,755 I mean, he offered. 168 00:07:43,131 --> 00:07:46,760 - I actually believed that bullshit about being a part of a system 169 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,178 and changing things from the inside. 170 00:07:48,178 --> 00:07:50,430 I mean, that [stammers] sounds so stupid now. 171 00:07:50,430 --> 00:07:52,599 - The system always wins. 172 00:07:52,807 --> 00:07:54,434 [chuckling] It's like Vegas. 173 00:07:54,434 --> 00:07:56,144 - You're right. - I know. 174 00:07:56,144 --> 00:07:57,896 That's why I never go to Vegas. 175 00:07:58,271 --> 00:07:59,272 Not even to see Usher. 176 00:07:59,272 --> 00:08:01,775 - The only way to beat a system is to work outside of it. 177 00:08:01,775 --> 00:08:02,776 I mean, he warned me. 178 00:08:02,776 --> 00:08:04,945 - Usher? That's not his song. 179 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,697 - Jesse... Jesse Watson. 180 00:08:07,697 --> 00:08:10,575 He said that I was gonna have to grow up and see Wagner for what it really is. 181 00:08:10,575 --> 00:08:12,118 I gotta take him down. 182 00:08:12,118 --> 00:08:15,288 - Okay. Okay, I'm lovin' this energy. 183 00:08:15,288 --> 00:08:16,456 We are strong. 184 00:08:16,748 --> 00:08:17,749 We are ready. 185 00:08:18,041 --> 00:08:21,878 And we are goin' down there and punchin' Richard in his face! 186 00:08:24,005 --> 00:08:25,340 - I was just gonna call Jesse. 187 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:26,716 - All right, I see that vision, too. 188 00:08:26,925 --> 00:08:28,552 [knocking at door] 189 00:08:32,264 --> 00:08:33,473 HAZEL: Nella! 190 00:08:36,184 --> 00:08:37,477 I heard you, uh, called in sick, 191 00:08:37,477 --> 00:08:39,437 so I brought you some chicken noodle soup. 192 00:08:41,439 --> 00:08:42,691 It's homemade. 193 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,901 It'll knock that cold right out. 194 00:08:44,901 --> 00:08:47,237 - Hell, no. You better take your funky ass-- - Okay, thank you, Hazel. 195 00:08:47,237 --> 00:08:49,739 Thank you. But, yeah, Nella is super sick. 196 00:08:49,739 --> 00:08:51,533 I mean, it's very gross over here. 197 00:08:51,533 --> 00:08:54,327 And, and probably extremely contagious, too. 198 00:08:54,327 --> 00:08:55,787 [Owen coughs] 199 00:08:55,787 --> 00:08:58,415 Yeah, nope, I, I definitely think that I've already got it. 200 00:08:58,415 --> 00:09:01,209 You could just leave the soup out there, that'd be great. 201 00:09:03,295 --> 00:09:07,090 - Um, can you just... open up the door? 202 00:09:07,090 --> 00:09:08,717 I really don't wanna do that, Owen, 203 00:09:08,717 --> 00:09:10,510 'cause that's how you get ants. 204 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:14,890 [door opening] 205 00:09:14,890 --> 00:09:18,351 - All right, yeah. Why don't you just, ugh, [coughs] slip it on through. 206 00:09:19,144 --> 00:09:21,479 - The soup? Owen, it's not gonna fit. 207 00:09:21,479 --> 00:09:22,606 - It'll fit. - Uh, it's not-- 208 00:09:22,606 --> 00:09:24,774 - Oh, no, no, it'll fit. Yeah. Yeah. - Okay. I just-- 209 00:09:24,774 --> 00:09:27,485 I really just-- I really don't feel like this is necessary. 210 00:09:27,485 --> 00:09:29,237 - Ah, I just don't want you to get sick. - Could you just-- 211 00:09:29,237 --> 00:09:32,490 - There we go. Okay, thank you. - Oh! All right. Um-- 212 00:09:32,490 --> 00:09:34,326 [door thuds] [Hazel clears throat] 213 00:09:35,035 --> 00:09:36,244 You enjoy that. 214 00:09:37,037 --> 00:09:39,873 And, uh, I really hope that Nella gets better 215 00:09:39,873 --> 00:09:43,501 for the... imprint launch party tomorrow. 216 00:09:43,501 --> 00:09:44,794 It's, um, 217 00:09:45,337 --> 00:09:47,964 [loudly] it's gonna be her big moment and she can't miss it. 218 00:09:48,256 --> 00:09:49,466 She's not gonna miss it, right? 219 00:09:49,466 --> 00:09:50,967 - I don't know. I don't know. Bye. 220 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:52,510 - Uh! [door shuts] 221 00:09:53,386 --> 00:09:55,764 ♪ tense music playing ♪ 222 00:09:59,935 --> 00:10:01,144 - This is poison, right? 223 00:10:01,978 --> 00:10:03,563 BOTH: Trash. 224 00:10:03,563 --> 00:10:06,233 NELLA: So, Hazel and Richard are turning Black women into, 225 00:10:06,233 --> 00:10:08,068 like, corporate Stepford wives. 226 00:10:08,068 --> 00:10:10,487 And I don't even really know how, mind control or something. 227 00:10:11,363 --> 00:10:13,240 You know, I shouldn't have said that 'cause I know it sounds insane, 228 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,575 and I'm not... insane. 229 00:10:16,493 --> 00:10:17,661 - I know you're not. 230 00:10:17,661 --> 00:10:19,120 - Wait, so you believe me? 231 00:10:19,955 --> 00:10:25,585 - Look, you're telling me a racist white man has an evil, racist plot? 232 00:10:26,169 --> 00:10:29,256 It's the most sane thing you've said to me the whole time I've known you. 233 00:10:29,256 --> 00:10:31,466 - I know that this sounds like a conspiracy theory-- 234 00:10:31,466 --> 00:10:32,926 - Yeah, but high-key, 235 00:10:32,926 --> 00:10:35,679 every conspiracy about white people bein' whack 236 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,722 ends up bein' true in, like, 20 years. 237 00:10:37,722 --> 00:10:40,267 - [whispering] And I think that this is really bad. 238 00:10:40,267 --> 00:10:41,726 So, we just have to uncover it, 239 00:10:41,726 --> 00:10:44,729 and then, we use your platform to go public. 240 00:10:46,731 --> 00:10:48,400 - Bet. Let's get it. 241 00:10:49,234 --> 00:10:50,068 - Wow. 242 00:10:51,278 --> 00:10:52,195 Thank you. 243 00:10:52,404 --> 00:10:53,405 - Of course. 244 00:10:53,405 --> 00:10:59,411 And, um... look... I'm really sorry that this happened to you, 245 00:11:01,496 --> 00:11:04,124 but I'm pumped that you woke the fuck up. 246 00:11:05,333 --> 00:11:08,962 I-I might've been a little too real with you. - You were mean. 247 00:11:08,962 --> 00:11:09,921 [Jesse laughs] 248 00:11:10,380 --> 00:11:14,342 - All right. [chuckles] That's okay. Call me out. 249 00:11:15,260 --> 00:11:16,261 I like that. 250 00:11:17,512 --> 00:11:21,182 ♪ Matter 2 Ya by Aint Afraid playing in shop ♪ 251 00:11:21,182 --> 00:11:24,728 [chuckles] Maybe we could talk strategy. - Mm! Mm-hm. 252 00:11:25,562 --> 00:11:29,608 Strategy is important. Um, so, once we figure out 253 00:11:29,608 --> 00:11:32,986 the methodology-- ♪ ominous music plays ♪ 254 00:11:35,113 --> 00:11:36,823 [train rattling] 255 00:11:36,823 --> 00:11:39,117 - I just don't understand why she has to go to this party at all. 256 00:11:39,451 --> 00:11:41,786 Shouldn't she be staying as far away from these people as possible? 257 00:11:41,786 --> 00:11:43,997 - Or I go with her and we blow this whole conspiracy 258 00:11:43,997 --> 00:11:46,583 wide open with bullhorns, and graffiti, and stuff. 259 00:11:46,583 --> 00:11:48,293 - Thank you for the concern, 260 00:11:48,293 --> 00:11:52,172 but I just need to get one more person on mine and Jesse's team and get out. 261 00:11:52,172 --> 00:11:53,798 I don't need to draw any extra attention to myself. 262 00:11:53,798 --> 00:11:55,425 MALAIKA: I can be subtle. 263 00:11:56,343 --> 00:11:59,179 Subtle bullhorns. 264 00:11:59,179 --> 00:12:02,098 - What if you keep us on speaker the entire time, just in case? 265 00:12:02,098 --> 00:12:05,227 [phone ringing] 266 00:12:06,019 --> 00:12:07,312 - Oh, my God, it's Vera. 267 00:12:07,312 --> 00:12:10,065 - Ay. I cannot take any more plot twists. 268 00:12:10,065 --> 00:12:11,107 NELLA: Why is she calling me? 269 00:12:11,107 --> 00:12:12,025 - What if she's involved? 270 00:12:12,025 --> 00:12:14,027 [phone continues ringing] 271 00:12:14,027 --> 00:12:15,278 - Yeah, I'm, I'm gonna ignore that. 272 00:12:15,278 --> 00:12:18,031 - No, you have to answer. She might know something. 273 00:12:18,281 --> 00:12:20,909 But why would Richard fire her if she was involved? 274 00:12:20,909 --> 00:12:22,494 [ringing continues] 275 00:12:22,494 --> 00:12:24,788 Seriously, what can she do to you through a phone? 276 00:12:24,788 --> 00:12:27,707 [ringing continues] 277 00:12:29,125 --> 00:12:30,043 - Hello, Vera. 278 00:12:30,043 --> 00:12:33,296 - Uh, Nella. Hi. Hi. Hi. How are you? 279 00:12:33,755 --> 00:12:34,881 - I've been better. 280 00:12:35,215 --> 00:12:37,801 - Yes. Well, of course, we all have. 281 00:12:37,801 --> 00:12:42,138 But tonight is your big party, right? 282 00:12:42,264 --> 00:12:43,098 - Yeah. 283 00:12:43,098 --> 00:12:45,475 - Yeah, so I wanted to call and congratulate you, 284 00:12:45,475 --> 00:12:50,397 and, um, on the rerelease. You, you deserve all of the success. 285 00:12:50,397 --> 00:12:52,274 - Thanks. Well, gotta go. 286 00:12:52,274 --> 00:12:54,943 - Oh, no. N-- Uh, Nella, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, don't hang up. 287 00:12:54,943 --> 00:12:56,361 I, um, I-- God, okay. 288 00:12:57,821 --> 00:13:00,740 My departure was an enormous wake-up call for me. 289 00:13:00,740 --> 00:13:04,494 And I have been doing a lotta work on myself 290 00:13:04,494 --> 00:13:07,622 since I was... fired in front of the entire office. 291 00:13:07,622 --> 00:13:09,165 - [whispering] Ask if she knows about the mind control. 292 00:13:09,165 --> 00:13:10,000 [Nella quietly shushing] 293 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,960 VERA [over phone]: What was that? - Nothing. 294 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,839 - Everything fell into focus for me recently. 295 00:13:15,839 --> 00:13:19,342 I had just really lost track of what was important. 296 00:13:19,843 --> 00:13:24,848 And I... I want-- I need [inhales deeply] 297 00:13:24,848 --> 00:13:27,350 to apologize to you. 298 00:13:30,061 --> 00:13:30,937 - Oh. 299 00:13:31,438 --> 00:13:35,066 - Nella, I really believe in you. And just a word of advice. 300 00:13:35,066 --> 00:13:38,820 Don't, uh... give your whole self to the job 301 00:13:38,820 --> 00:13:41,948 because, believe me, you cannot get that time back. 302 00:13:43,992 --> 00:13:48,038 - Wow. That's really... kind. Thank you. 303 00:13:48,038 --> 00:13:50,248 [deep breath, chuckles] 304 00:13:50,248 --> 00:13:52,459 VERA [over phone]: So, what are you going to wear tonight? 305 00:13:52,459 --> 00:13:54,753 - Um, the dress that I wore to the holiday party. 306 00:13:54,753 --> 00:13:57,422 - Oh, yes, that's perfect. It's powerful. 307 00:13:57,422 --> 00:13:58,340 Show 'em who's boss. 308 00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:02,510 - I plan to. Look, Vera, I really gotta run, but, um... thanks. 309 00:14:05,347 --> 00:14:06,473 - What was that about? 310 00:14:06,973 --> 00:14:08,433 - She was calling to apologize. 311 00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:11,561 - Why didn't you ask her about Richard? [strained laugh] 312 00:14:11,561 --> 00:14:13,021 She's known him forever, 313 00:14:13,021 --> 00:14:17,317 and we still have no idea how Richard is controlling these women. 314 00:14:17,317 --> 00:14:18,610 Call Vera back right now. 315 00:14:18,610 --> 00:14:20,528 - I don't want to call Vera back. 316 00:14:20,528 --> 00:14:22,072 I still don't know who I can trust. 317 00:14:22,072 --> 00:14:25,075 - Back to my original question, why are you still going to this party? 318 00:14:25,075 --> 00:14:26,493 - Unarmed. 319 00:14:27,702 --> 00:14:30,413 - Look, they still don't know that I know, 320 00:14:30,413 --> 00:14:31,748 and they're expecting me. 321 00:14:31,748 --> 00:14:35,001 And if Richard and Hazel are as dangerous as we think, 322 00:14:35,001 --> 00:14:37,212 there's still one more person I have to warn. 323 00:14:38,046 --> 00:14:41,258 ♪ Can't Let You Go by LP Giobbi playing ♪ 324 00:14:44,594 --> 00:14:46,930 ♪ 325 00:14:54,271 --> 00:14:57,065 [people chattering indistinctly] 326 00:15:05,949 --> 00:15:07,325 ♪ Can't let you go ♪ 327 00:15:08,118 --> 00:15:10,036 ♪ When we're moving ♪ 328 00:15:10,370 --> 00:15:12,330 ♪ With the music ♪ 329 00:15:13,373 --> 00:15:16,167 ♪ I, I, I can't let you go ♪ 330 00:15:16,167 --> 00:15:18,753 - Hey, Nella! Everyone thought you were sick, 331 00:15:18,753 --> 00:15:21,506 but you look so fun. Ya havin' fun? 332 00:15:21,506 --> 00:15:23,133 - Uh, yeah, tons. 333 00:15:24,801 --> 00:15:26,428 - I wish we were better friends. 334 00:15:27,137 --> 00:15:29,097 I mean, never really hung out. [chuckles] 335 00:15:29,514 --> 00:15:30,849 I guess I could've initiated, but-- 336 00:15:30,849 --> 00:15:33,184 - Actually, do you know how you could be a better friend to me right now? 337 00:15:33,184 --> 00:15:34,311 - Anything. 338 00:15:34,311 --> 00:15:36,605 - Tell me where Diana is, and tell no one you saw me. 339 00:15:37,814 --> 00:15:39,566 - She went to the powder room. [chuckles] 340 00:15:39,566 --> 00:15:41,568 And [makes zipping sound]. 341 00:15:43,737 --> 00:15:44,571 [chuckles] 342 00:15:50,368 --> 00:15:54,581 - You're definitely not... the worst person who works at Wagner. 343 00:15:58,668 --> 00:16:01,296 - Mm-ah. Oh, my God, thank you. [chuckling] 344 00:16:07,427 --> 00:16:10,430 - Hi, I'm Malaika, you definitely recognize me 345 00:16:10,430 --> 00:16:12,098 from every single photo on Nella's desk. 346 00:16:12,807 --> 00:16:16,102 - Oh. Um... [scoffs] I do. - Mm-hm. 347 00:16:16,102 --> 00:16:17,896 - Uh, but, why-- 348 00:16:17,896 --> 00:16:21,566 - Nella needs your help... We gotta talk. 349 00:16:21,566 --> 00:16:23,568 - Of course. No, come in, come in, come in. 350 00:16:23,568 --> 00:16:24,402 - Thank you. 351 00:16:26,780 --> 00:16:28,865 [indistinct chatter in background] 352 00:16:29,574 --> 00:16:30,575 - Nella. 353 00:16:32,744 --> 00:16:34,746 We didn't know you were-- - Uh-uh, one, one second. 354 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:36,748 [stall door shuts] 355 00:16:38,792 --> 00:16:40,001 - Are you okay? 356 00:16:40,377 --> 00:16:41,211 [stall door shuts] 357 00:16:41,211 --> 00:16:43,880 - Um, [exhales] no. 358 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,425 All right. Look. I-I know that this is gonna sound Kanye-level wild, 359 00:16:47,425 --> 00:16:49,886 but Richard and Hazel are up to something terrible. 360 00:16:49,886 --> 00:16:52,639 They are doing very bad things to Black women all over the city. 361 00:16:52,639 --> 00:16:54,975 They are changing them, and they are turning them 362 00:16:54,975 --> 00:16:56,893 into little corporate drones against their will. 363 00:16:56,893 --> 00:16:58,812 And I don't know how, but they're trying to do it to me. 364 00:16:58,812 --> 00:17:00,605 And it's only a matter of time before they come after you. 365 00:17:00,605 --> 00:17:03,817 And I think Richard probably did it to Kendra Rae all of those years ago. 366 00:17:03,817 --> 00:17:05,443 And maybe that's what sent her over the edge. 367 00:17:05,443 --> 00:17:06,319 And I have proof. 368 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:08,780 It's, uh, on my wall at home, which is why I didn't bring it 369 00:17:08,780 --> 00:17:10,782 because it wouldn't have fit in one of my tiny purses. 370 00:17:10,782 --> 00:17:13,493 But all that matters is that you trust me. 371 00:17:13,493 --> 00:17:15,370 ♪ tense music playing ♪ 372 00:17:15,370 --> 00:17:18,623 [background chattering continues] 373 00:17:19,457 --> 00:17:20,667 - I do. 374 00:17:22,210 --> 00:17:23,420 I believe you. 375 00:17:25,088 --> 00:17:27,716 - Oh, my God, thank you. [heavy breaths] 376 00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:29,634 - I knew it. 377 00:17:31,386 --> 00:17:34,014 I've known there's been something terribly wrong 378 00:17:34,014 --> 00:17:37,225 with, with Wagner, with Richard. I mean, it's why I left. 379 00:17:38,476 --> 00:17:40,437 From the moment that Kenny went missing, 380 00:17:40,437 --> 00:17:42,105 none of the pieces fit. 381 00:17:42,105 --> 00:17:44,399 I mean, it's-- She warned me about him 382 00:17:44,399 --> 00:17:45,609 and I, I didn't listen. 383 00:17:45,609 --> 00:17:48,153 I, I thought maybe she was just going through some-- - It's not your fault. 384 00:17:53,366 --> 00:17:57,579 - I just needed someone else to... help me see it. 385 00:17:59,414 --> 00:18:01,666 - I have a plan... but I need your help. 386 00:18:01,666 --> 00:18:05,212 I can tell you everything. - No. This is not the place. 387 00:18:05,212 --> 00:18:09,049 We have got to get through tonight. Richard can't think anything is wrong. 388 00:18:09,049 --> 00:18:12,594 Enjoy the party as much as you can. Eat the crudités. 389 00:18:12,594 --> 00:18:14,846 - I can do that. I-- 390 00:18:15,931 --> 00:18:19,476 Can I just say that this has been driving me fucking crazy, 391 00:18:19,476 --> 00:18:23,688 and it is really amazing and validating that you believe me. 392 00:18:26,024 --> 00:18:26,858 [exhales] 393 00:18:26,858 --> 00:18:28,693 [door opens, shuts] 394 00:18:29,152 --> 00:18:31,404 MALAIKA: So, Nella thinks Wagner's fucked. 395 00:18:31,404 --> 00:18:32,822 - Well, duh. 396 00:18:32,822 --> 00:18:35,617 - And if she has any hope of takin' it down, 397 00:18:35,617 --> 00:18:37,452 we need whatever dirt you have on Richard. 398 00:18:38,078 --> 00:18:39,746 - Okay, well, I have dirt. 399 00:18:39,746 --> 00:18:40,580 Um, 400 00:18:41,915 --> 00:18:45,418 he spends a lot of money on manicures. 401 00:18:45,418 --> 00:18:47,921 - Miss, that is not helpful. Don't you hate him? 402 00:18:47,921 --> 00:18:49,005 - Well-- - Y-Yeah. 403 00:18:49,005 --> 00:18:50,924 Come on, gimme some real shit. 404 00:18:50,924 --> 00:18:52,676 - I think his hair is fake. 405 00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:58,348 He hit a city bike with his car, but he paid for it, so. 406 00:18:58,348 --> 00:19:00,892 [guests chattering] 407 00:19:01,685 --> 00:19:02,519 - Good evening. 408 00:19:02,936 --> 00:19:05,981 [cheers and applause] 409 00:19:07,482 --> 00:19:09,025 Thank you for joining us tonight. 410 00:19:10,777 --> 00:19:16,283 When I founded Wagner in the Paleozoic era, 411 00:19:16,283 --> 00:19:17,284 [crowd laughs] 412 00:19:17,284 --> 00:19:21,079 I didn't really know what I was doing, other than proving my father right, 413 00:19:21,079 --> 00:19:23,707 that I probably should've gone to law school. 414 00:19:24,499 --> 00:19:28,336 But then... Diana Gordon's first book, 415 00:19:29,546 --> 00:19:34,509 Burning Heart... gave this company a mission, 416 00:19:34,926 --> 00:19:36,553 and she gave me purpose. 417 00:19:36,553 --> 00:19:39,097 And for that, I will always be grateful. 418 00:19:39,514 --> 00:19:43,393 Please give a warm welcome to the incomparable Diana Gordon. 419 00:19:43,393 --> 00:19:45,353 [crowd claps and cheers] Come on up here. 420 00:19:47,355 --> 00:19:48,773 Can't do this without you. 421 00:19:48,982 --> 00:19:50,191 - Thank you, Richard. 422 00:19:51,318 --> 00:19:52,861 [cheering continues] 423 00:19:55,488 --> 00:19:59,910 - And so, to launch our new imprint, Ascendent Books, 424 00:19:59,910 --> 00:20:03,914 Wagner's renewed commitment to promoting marginalized voices, 425 00:20:04,414 --> 00:20:10,337 we give you the 35th anniversary edition of the seminal Burning Heart. 426 00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:14,216 [cheers and applause] There it is. 427 00:20:16,509 --> 00:20:17,719 Yes. 428 00:20:19,095 --> 00:20:23,975 Ascendant will celebrate the new class of bright, young voices, 429 00:20:23,975 --> 00:20:27,437 and one of those shining stars is with us tonight. 430 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:32,400 Ladies and gentlemen, the first signee to Ascendant Books, 431 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,694 I give you Mr. Jesse Watson. 432 00:20:34,694 --> 00:20:37,697 [cheers and applause] 433 00:20:37,697 --> 00:20:41,368 ♪ dark, dramatic music playing ♪ 434 00:20:43,995 --> 00:20:45,622 [Jesse and Richard speak indistinctly] 435 00:20:47,791 --> 00:20:50,001 - Wow. What a moment. 436 00:20:50,794 --> 00:20:51,962 Thank you, Richard. 437 00:20:53,421 --> 00:20:56,466 You know, I can't think of a company more aligned 438 00:20:56,466 --> 00:21:00,178 with my goals and values as an artist than Wagner. 439 00:21:00,762 --> 00:21:06,268 Wagner's commitment to creating an inclusive future in publishing 440 00:21:06,268 --> 00:21:09,354 is... nothing short of inspiring. 441 00:21:12,148 --> 00:21:13,525 And thank you, Nella, 442 00:21:14,484 --> 00:21:17,362 for helping me to see the light. 443 00:21:17,362 --> 00:21:20,198 GUEST: Inspiring! [indistinct chatter] 444 00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:21,825 - Nella Rogers. 445 00:21:21,825 --> 00:21:24,703 [crowd clapping] 446 00:21:25,453 --> 00:21:26,788 ♪ dark, dramatic music continues ♪ 447 00:21:28,915 --> 00:21:30,834 [cheers and applause] 448 00:21:35,630 --> 00:21:37,799 - Jesse! - Nella. How's life? 449 00:21:38,049 --> 00:21:40,343 - Uh, what-what-what's going on? 450 00:21:40,719 --> 00:21:43,263 - Just tryin' to change the world. What do you mean? 451 00:21:43,889 --> 00:21:46,016 - Okay, is this some, like, deep undercover thing, or something? 452 00:21:46,016 --> 00:21:46,892 Please say it is. 453 00:21:46,892 --> 00:21:49,436 - [chuckling] What? No, Nella. 454 00:21:49,436 --> 00:21:51,271 I'm joining the Wagner family. 455 00:21:51,730 --> 00:21:54,608 Look, after our chat, thought about things, 456 00:21:54,608 --> 00:21:55,775 I got a haircut. 457 00:21:56,401 --> 00:21:57,777 When I woke up this morning, 458 00:21:57,777 --> 00:22:01,615 I realized... I think you got Richard all wrong. 459 00:22:01,615 --> 00:22:04,117 - You hate Wagner! You literally told me that. 460 00:22:04,117 --> 00:22:06,202 - Yeah, but Nella, people change. 461 00:22:06,202 --> 00:22:09,122 I-I heard Richard's pitch and I believe in him 462 00:22:09,122 --> 00:22:10,457 and what he's trying to do. 463 00:22:11,249 --> 00:22:12,709 I believe in this company. 464 00:22:12,709 --> 00:22:14,169 - What about your podcast? 465 00:22:14,169 --> 00:22:15,670 What about everything that we talked about? 466 00:22:15,670 --> 00:22:17,672 - Yeah, but you showed me 467 00:22:17,672 --> 00:22:20,967 that I don't have to be angry about things all the time. 468 00:22:20,967 --> 00:22:24,346 Wagner can be where we make the real change. 469 00:22:24,346 --> 00:22:25,805 Just like you said. 470 00:22:26,932 --> 00:22:27,766 You in? 471 00:22:28,808 --> 00:22:30,977 ♪ eerie music playing ♪ 472 00:22:31,811 --> 00:22:35,815 All right. I mean, you gon' wanna try those garlic prawns, though. 473 00:22:35,815 --> 00:22:38,026 'Cause they are dope as fuck. [chuckles] 474 00:22:40,195 --> 00:22:41,947 - What the fuck? 475 00:22:41,947 --> 00:22:43,740 What the fuck? [gasps] 476 00:22:43,740 --> 00:22:46,284 - I need to warn you about something. - You stay away from me. 477 00:22:46,284 --> 00:22:48,119 - Okay, you seem really keyed up right now. 478 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,205 - Do I? - Uh, yes. 479 00:22:50,205 --> 00:22:51,498 All right, this might not be the best time, 480 00:22:51,498 --> 00:22:52,958 but I thought you should know it from a friend. 481 00:22:52,958 --> 00:22:54,626 - [scoffs, laughs] Are you kidding me? 482 00:22:54,626 --> 00:22:55,835 You're not my friend! 483 00:22:56,586 --> 00:22:57,796 Who even are you? 484 00:22:58,088 --> 00:22:59,297 - I think you know. 485 00:23:00,090 --> 00:23:01,424 - You're Richard's puppet. 486 00:23:01,424 --> 00:23:04,427 - [chuckles] You think Richard is in charge? 487 00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:07,430 Girl, you were so close to figuring it out. 488 00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:09,057 - What are you talking about? 489 00:23:10,141 --> 00:23:12,269 RICHARD [over speakers]: Now, none of this would be possible 490 00:23:12,269 --> 00:23:15,397 without the hard work of two up-and-coming editors, 491 00:23:15,397 --> 00:23:17,399 Nella Rogers and Hazel-May McCall. 492 00:23:17,399 --> 00:23:20,026 Nella, Hazel, where are you? 493 00:23:20,026 --> 00:23:22,779 [applause] - That's our cue. Come on, Nella. 494 00:23:23,613 --> 00:23:25,198 You wanna know who's in charge? 495 00:23:25,198 --> 00:23:26,241 It's right in front of you. 496 00:23:27,742 --> 00:23:30,704 - I am so sorry I couldn't help. Truly. 497 00:23:30,704 --> 00:23:32,622 - We'll get him some other way. 498 00:23:32,622 --> 00:23:35,208 - He always wins and then he just goes around out there 499 00:23:35,208 --> 00:23:36,209 like he's a good person, 500 00:23:36,209 --> 00:23:39,212 even though he's been cheating on his wife for 40 years. 501 00:23:39,212 --> 00:23:40,505 - Yeah, the dude sucks. 502 00:23:40,505 --> 00:23:42,507 - [groans] I used to have to go get his dry cleaning 503 00:23:42,507 --> 00:23:43,550 when I was an assistant. 504 00:23:43,550 --> 00:23:45,635 And Diana's negligees were always just, like, in there. 505 00:23:45,635 --> 00:23:47,721 It was so gross and blatant. 506 00:23:47,721 --> 00:23:50,599 [scoffs] I mean, who screws their bestselling author? 507 00:23:50,599 --> 00:23:52,684 - Wait, Richard and Diana? 508 00:23:52,684 --> 00:23:53,518 - Yeah. 509 00:23:53,518 --> 00:23:55,812 - Th-They're together? 510 00:23:55,812 --> 00:23:57,981 - Yes! And now she is back, 511 00:23:57,981 --> 00:23:59,566 and they're like, "Oh no, it's all business." 512 00:23:59,566 --> 00:24:02,235 I'm like, "I know what business." Okay? - Oh, my God. 513 00:24:03,111 --> 00:24:06,239 [cheers and applause] 514 00:24:09,910 --> 00:24:11,912 RICHARD [over speakers]: ...ladies and gentlemen. 515 00:24:11,912 --> 00:24:13,330 - There she is. 516 00:24:14,205 --> 00:24:15,206 - Diana? 517 00:24:16,917 --> 00:24:17,792 It's you? 518 00:24:19,794 --> 00:24:22,756 I thought-- No, it, it, it, it doesn't, it doesn't make any sense. 519 00:24:23,715 --> 00:24:26,468 RICHARD [over speakers]: And where's your, where's your partner in crime? 520 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,595 Where's Nella? Nella? 521 00:24:28,595 --> 00:24:31,014 - It's time for your big moment. 522 00:24:31,723 --> 00:24:33,558 [gasps] RICHARD [over speakers]: Where is she? 523 00:24:34,017 --> 00:24:36,686 Where is her partner in cr-- There she is! 524 00:24:36,686 --> 00:24:39,898 There's our Nella. Come on you two, take a bow. 525 00:24:40,315 --> 00:24:43,902 [muffled cheering] 526 00:24:44,444 --> 00:24:48,823 ♪ eerie, dramatic music playing ♪ 527 00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:53,703 ♪ 528 00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:55,956 HAZEL [muffled through speakers]: I, uh, I just-- 529 00:24:56,581 --> 00:24:58,375 I have to say, 530 00:24:59,042 --> 00:25:03,672 [normal] coming to Wagner books truly felt like... coming home. 531 00:25:03,672 --> 00:25:04,881 GUEST: Aww! 532 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,636 - Like, finding my family, 533 00:25:10,262 --> 00:25:12,681 and Nella, I guess that kinda makes us sisters. 534 00:25:12,681 --> 00:25:13,848 [Hazel giggles] 535 00:25:14,808 --> 00:25:16,643 ♪ eerie music continues ♪ 536 00:25:16,643 --> 00:25:17,978 [microphone feedback screeches] 537 00:25:25,777 --> 00:25:26,987 - You're a lunatic. 538 00:25:26,987 --> 00:25:28,113 [guests gasp] 539 00:25:28,113 --> 00:25:29,739 We're not fucking sisters. 540 00:25:29,739 --> 00:25:31,491 [crowd gasps, murmurs] 541 00:25:32,409 --> 00:25:34,619 Two seconds after you met me, you tried to ruin my career. 542 00:25:34,619 --> 00:25:36,913 What fucking planet am I on right-- No! 543 00:25:36,913 --> 00:25:39,457 No. She's crazy. You're crazy. 544 00:25:39,457 --> 00:25:40,917 She lied about the cake. 545 00:25:40,917 --> 00:25:42,210 She's a liar. 546 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:43,837 Where's Jesse? Look at him. 547 00:25:43,837 --> 00:25:45,130 He looks like a fucking robot. 548 00:25:45,130 --> 00:25:47,048 This is what they do to people. 549 00:25:47,048 --> 00:25:49,342 [guests murmuring] 550 00:25:51,011 --> 00:25:53,096 Is this what you did to Kendra Rae? 551 00:25:56,349 --> 00:25:57,851 What did you do to Kendra Rae? 552 00:25:57,851 --> 00:25:58,685 - That's enough. 553 00:25:58,685 --> 00:26:00,520 - Am I the only one who's seeing this? 554 00:26:01,187 --> 00:26:02,314 Are any-- 555 00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:04,482 [panting] Ca-- 556 00:26:05,692 --> 00:26:06,526 Plea-- 557 00:26:08,028 --> 00:26:09,988 ♪ Dream Girl Evil by Florence And The Machine playing ♪ 558 00:26:09,988 --> 00:26:11,990 ♪ Well, did you miss me? ♪ 559 00:26:11,990 --> 00:26:14,367 ♪ Walk on water just to kiss me ♪ 560 00:26:14,367 --> 00:26:15,952 NELLA [over speakers]: Oh, my God. 561 00:26:15,952 --> 00:26:18,163 ♪ Oh, come and get me ♪ 562 00:26:18,163 --> 00:26:19,080 I'm the crazy one. 563 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,708 ♪ Drag me out, destroy me ♪ 564 00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:24,085 ♪ I've been expecting you ♪ 565 00:26:24,085 --> 00:26:25,795 They made me look like the crazy one. 566 00:26:25,795 --> 00:26:29,716 ♪ Deliver me that bad news, baby ♪ 567 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:34,763 ♪ Am I your dream ♪ 568 00:26:34,763 --> 00:26:37,974 - Girl, pick up! This is the most important voicemail in your life! 569 00:26:37,974 --> 00:26:39,726 You need to leave that party right now. 570 00:26:39,726 --> 00:26:43,146 Diana is in on it. I repeat. Get the fuck out. 571 00:26:43,146 --> 00:26:45,732 Okay. Uh, okay, uh. 572 00:26:45,732 --> 00:26:48,151 ♪ Make me evil ♪ 573 00:26:48,151 --> 00:26:50,987 Owen, have you heard from Nella? I can't-- 574 00:26:50,987 --> 00:26:52,197 [tires screeching] [Malaika gasps] 575 00:26:52,197 --> 00:26:55,033 [thud] - Malaika, Malaika, are you okay? 576 00:26:55,033 --> 00:26:56,660 [over phone] Hello? 577 00:26:57,953 --> 00:27:03,416 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ [tires screeching] 578 00:27:03,667 --> 00:27:07,671 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 579 00:27:07,671 --> 00:27:09,464 [panting] 580 00:27:09,464 --> 00:27:13,843 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 581 00:27:13,843 --> 00:27:17,097 - Come on, pick up. Pick up, pick up, pick up-- 582 00:27:17,097 --> 00:27:17,931 [screams] 583 00:27:17,931 --> 00:27:20,016 ♪ Dream girl ♪ 584 00:27:20,016 --> 00:27:22,811 ♪ You think of me in bed ♪ 585 00:27:22,811 --> 00:27:25,063 ♪ But you could never hold me ♪ 586 00:27:25,063 --> 00:27:28,858 ♪ You like me better in your head ♪ 587 00:27:28,858 --> 00:27:33,989 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 588 00:27:34,656 --> 00:27:39,578 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 589 00:27:40,245 --> 00:27:45,625 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 590 00:27:46,084 --> 00:27:51,047 ♪ Dream girl evil ♪ 591 00:27:51,047 --> 00:27:53,341 ♪ Watch me shimmer ♪ 592 00:27:53,341 --> 00:27:55,385 - ♪ Shimmer ♪ 593 00:27:55,844 --> 00:28:00,682 - ♪ A projection of your mother ♪ 594 00:28:00,682 --> 00:28:02,267 - ♪ Mother ♪ 595 00:28:02,267 --> 00:28:05,061 - ♪ But don't come crying ♪ 596 00:28:05,061 --> 00:28:07,188 - ♪ Crying ♪ 597 00:28:07,188 --> 00:28:10,609 - ♪ I am nobody's mother ♪ 598 00:28:10,609 --> 00:28:14,613 ♪ Center ♪ 599 00:28:14,613 --> 00:28:19,784 ♪ It cannot hold, it cannot hold ♪ 600 00:28:19,784 --> 00:28:21,912 ♪ It cannot hold ♪ 601 00:28:22,704 --> 00:28:24,623 ♪ It cannot hold ♪ 602 00:28:25,707 --> 00:28:28,001 ♪ It cannot hold ♪ 603 00:28:28,001 --> 00:28:30,295 ♪ music fades ♪