1 00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:08,718 ♪ mysterious music playing ♪ 2 00:00:08,718 --> 00:00:12,055 [phones ringing] [indistinct office chatter] 3 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:16,434 ANNA VOORHIES: Come in! 4 00:00:16,434 --> 00:00:18,436 ♪ 5 00:00:19,938 --> 00:00:20,939 Hm. 6 00:00:21,273 --> 00:00:24,442 Anna Voorhies, Editor-in-Chief of Cooper's Review. 7 00:00:24,442 --> 00:00:26,486 It's lovely to meet you, Ms. Wilson? 8 00:00:26,486 --> 00:00:28,780 INTERVIEWEE: Hi. Please, call me Chantal. 9 00:00:29,698 --> 00:00:32,324 ♪ 10 00:00:34,327 --> 00:00:37,330 ♪ eerie theme music playing ♪ 11 00:00:45,797 --> 00:00:48,174 - Your writing is very good, Chantal. 12 00:00:48,174 --> 00:00:50,886 You cite Diana Gordon's work as your favorite? 13 00:00:51,386 --> 00:00:53,805 - Y-- Uh, she's the whole reason I wanna be a writer. 14 00:00:53,805 --> 00:00:55,348 - Well, she's definitely an icon. 15 00:00:55,348 --> 00:00:59,060 - Uh, it's just brilliant how she says that success can be reached 16 00:00:59,060 --> 00:01:02,564 by... descending our ascribed social ladder 17 00:01:02,564 --> 00:01:04,065 rather than climbing it. 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,318 - That's well said. 19 00:01:07,527 --> 00:01:09,905 You're definitely an impressive young lady 20 00:01:10,697 --> 00:01:14,409 in person, but there seems to have been a mix-up in HR. 21 00:01:14,910 --> 00:01:18,914 Our editorial assistant position requires a college degree. 22 00:01:18,914 --> 00:01:21,750 - I know I'm-- I know I'm not your, uh, typical candidate, 23 00:01:21,750 --> 00:01:25,337 but... I-I'm a huge Cooper's fan, 24 00:01:25,337 --> 00:01:28,048 and I've read every single issue since my freshman year. 25 00:01:28,423 --> 00:01:30,675 - We're talking high school? 26 00:01:31,843 --> 00:01:33,720 - Yes... Yeah. 27 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,182 Um, I'm a live-in caretaker for my mom. 28 00:01:37,182 --> 00:01:40,644 She's on disability, so when I'm not with her, I'm working. 29 00:01:40,852 --> 00:01:42,062 - Lovell's Bar and Grille. 30 00:01:42,979 --> 00:01:44,648 They have a good clam chowder. 31 00:01:44,648 --> 00:01:45,607 - Thanks. 32 00:01:47,108 --> 00:01:51,613 But... college, you know, there's just, there's just no time. 33 00:01:51,613 --> 00:01:54,616 - Well, we live in Boston and there's plenty of local schools. 34 00:01:54,616 --> 00:01:56,159 Or you could attend night school. 35 00:01:56,785 --> 00:01:57,953 - I work nights. 36 00:01:57,953 --> 00:02:00,705 - Many colleges offer strong financial aid packages 37 00:02:00,705 --> 00:02:02,749 to help students across varying backgrounds 38 00:02:02,749 --> 00:02:05,752 to afford schooling, so if-- - Yeah, well, my mom needs me. 39 00:02:07,921 --> 00:02:08,964 Yeah, I'm-- 40 00:02:09,798 --> 00:02:14,219 I-I just-- I-I really can't tell you how much I-I want this. 41 00:02:15,470 --> 00:02:17,430 I-I'm, I'm a hard worker. 42 00:02:17,847 --> 00:02:20,809 I've been employee of the month four times and I can learn anything. 43 00:02:21,017 --> 00:02:23,770 And this job, it would help me get a caretaker full-time. 44 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:28,066 So, uh, any day of the week, any time, I-I'll be here. 45 00:02:30,318 --> 00:02:31,778 Please just don't discount me 46 00:02:31,778 --> 00:02:34,239 because I didn't have the right opportunities. 47 00:02:36,658 --> 00:02:40,453 - Well, perhaps you could apply for one of our unpaid internships. 48 00:02:45,792 --> 00:02:48,753 [birds chirping] [distant siren wails] 49 00:02:48,753 --> 00:02:51,423 REPORTER [on TV]: The family says their young child is traumatized 50 00:02:51,423 --> 00:02:55,385 after a man exposed himself to them just outside of the Beachmont station 51 00:02:55,385 --> 00:02:57,345 [door opens] early this morning. 52 00:02:57,345 --> 00:03:01,141 Surveillance cameras show the man approaching and then flashing the family, 53 00:03:01,141 --> 00:03:03,560 before being chased away by a bystander. 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:08,356 Police are currently working with NBTA officials to locate the suspect. 55 00:03:08,356 --> 00:03:10,400 - Anything good? 56 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,654 DEBORAH: Some creep exposed himself to a Swedish family on the Blue Line. 57 00:03:15,322 --> 00:03:16,656 What are you wearin'? 58 00:03:16,907 --> 00:03:17,866 - It's nothin'. 59 00:03:18,283 --> 00:03:20,869 - How much did ya pay for it? - I got it at Goodwill. 60 00:03:20,869 --> 00:03:23,330 - I thought you were goin' to get groceries. 61 00:03:23,330 --> 00:03:24,247 - No, I can't. 62 00:03:24,247 --> 00:03:27,542 I have an extra shift at work, so I'll be home really late. 63 00:03:29,753 --> 00:03:31,254 I'll just get 'em tomorrow. 64 00:03:31,504 --> 00:03:34,174 - Why you look so fancy? [chuckles] 65 00:03:34,174 --> 00:03:37,886 - I had an interview... with Cooper's Review. 66 00:03:37,886 --> 00:03:39,095 - How did it go? 67 00:03:39,095 --> 00:03:40,055 - Not good. 68 00:03:41,056 --> 00:03:42,641 - Got a good job already. 69 00:03:43,099 --> 00:03:44,809 - Cooper's is a good job. 70 00:03:45,936 --> 00:03:47,437 I would've had insurance. 71 00:03:48,563 --> 00:03:50,857 I would've had my own desk. It's a nine to five. 72 00:03:50,857 --> 00:03:52,067 - Nine to five? 73 00:03:52,067 --> 00:03:54,236 Who's gonna take me to see Dr. Hanley? 74 00:03:54,236 --> 00:03:55,487 - If I had gotten that job, 75 00:03:55,487 --> 00:03:57,697 I could've paid someone to come and help out. 76 00:03:57,697 --> 00:03:59,824 - You know how I feel about that. 77 00:04:00,075 --> 00:04:02,786 Letting strangers into my home, mm-mm. 78 00:04:03,245 --> 00:04:07,123 - There are people out there... trained to do this. 79 00:04:07,123 --> 00:04:09,918 - Trained to take care of your mom? 80 00:04:09,918 --> 00:04:12,295 - People who are better equipped than me. 81 00:04:15,423 --> 00:04:17,801 Why couldn't you ask Ty to go get the groceries? 82 00:04:17,801 --> 00:04:19,177 - He went to work out. 83 00:04:19,594 --> 00:04:21,054 He's only 17. 84 00:04:21,054 --> 00:04:23,306 - Yeah, well, when I was 17, I had a full-time job 85 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:25,016 and I was taking care of everything. 86 00:04:27,602 --> 00:04:30,689 [turns up volume on TV] [sighs] 87 00:04:31,565 --> 00:04:33,567 HOST [on TV]: But letting them cook undisturbed 88 00:04:33,567 --> 00:04:35,694 is what's going to help develop that nice-- 89 00:04:35,694 --> 00:04:38,947 - Do you wanna... play a game of cards before I go to work? 90 00:04:38,947 --> 00:04:40,907 - Are you sure you wanna get your ass kicked 91 00:04:40,907 --> 00:04:42,951 before your shift? [Chantal/Hazel laughs] 92 00:04:44,411 --> 00:04:47,330 [audience applauds] 93 00:04:49,791 --> 00:04:51,710 DIANA GORDON [into microphone]: Thank you. [chuckles] 94 00:04:51,710 --> 00:04:52,711 Thank you. 95 00:04:53,753 --> 00:04:56,590 Wow, it's been a while since I've been back here at Harvard. 96 00:04:57,048 --> 00:04:59,509 All right, let's get to my favorite part of the evening. 97 00:04:59,509 --> 00:05:00,719 Who's got questions? 98 00:05:02,429 --> 00:05:06,141 Oh! The speed-hand-raiser in the back, yes? 99 00:05:10,145 --> 00:05:12,147 - [into microphone] Hello! Oh. [microphone squeals] 100 00:05:12,147 --> 00:05:14,774 [crowd murmurs] Wow. Um. 101 00:05:15,901 --> 00:05:16,943 H-Hi. 102 00:05:16,943 --> 00:05:17,903 - Hi. 103 00:05:18,403 --> 00:05:22,157 - I'm, I'm a huge fan... obviously. 104 00:05:22,157 --> 00:05:24,242 [clears throat] Um, [audience member coughs] 105 00:05:24,242 --> 00:05:26,286 I-I have a ton of questions. 106 00:05:26,286 --> 00:05:28,663 - Uh, start with one, honey. 107 00:05:28,663 --> 00:05:30,081 [audience laughs] 108 00:05:30,081 --> 00:05:31,291 - Places. 109 00:05:32,626 --> 00:05:36,213 Y-Your use of places in your novels, 110 00:05:36,213 --> 00:05:39,466 how does that... affect things? 111 00:05:39,466 --> 00:05:42,219 - Wow, askin' the tough questions. [scoffs] 112 00:05:42,219 --> 00:05:44,638 [group snickering] 113 00:05:49,476 --> 00:05:54,981 - What I mean is... not just the... setting, 114 00:05:54,981 --> 00:05:58,818 but... where you were in your own life. 115 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:01,738 I don't know, I often wonder what the authors owe the people 116 00:06:01,738 --> 00:06:03,531 that their novels are based on. 117 00:06:03,531 --> 00:06:05,992 And... if they owe the people, 118 00:06:05,992 --> 00:06:09,996 then... do they also owe the cities that they write about? 119 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:14,751 - That is a tough question. 120 00:06:15,835 --> 00:06:16,878 And you're right, 121 00:06:17,462 --> 00:06:20,757 the setting of my own story is essential. 122 00:06:22,259 --> 00:06:26,054 Evie comes from Chicago because I'm a city girl. 123 00:06:27,097 --> 00:06:30,517 She escapes Louisiana because my grandmother grew up there 124 00:06:30,517 --> 00:06:32,435 and I felt connected to it. 125 00:06:34,312 --> 00:06:38,400 Our stories are intricately linked to who we are 126 00:06:39,609 --> 00:06:40,986 and where we come from. 127 00:06:45,198 --> 00:06:46,157 - Wow, thank you. 128 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,159 - Thank you. 129 00:06:49,494 --> 00:06:51,079 What are you studying here? 130 00:06:51,788 --> 00:06:52,914 - Um, 131 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:56,418 English... literature. 132 00:06:56,418 --> 00:06:58,044 - I've never seen her before in my life. 133 00:06:58,044 --> 00:07:00,547 - Would you just back the fuck off? 134 00:07:00,547 --> 00:07:03,425 [audience gasps and murmurs] 135 00:07:03,425 --> 00:07:04,384 [Diana clears throat] 136 00:07:04,801 --> 00:07:05,719 Um. 137 00:07:06,303 --> 00:07:07,888 [audience murmuring] 138 00:07:09,806 --> 00:07:10,640 [softly] Um. 139 00:07:12,559 --> 00:07:14,561 [audience giggling] 140 00:07:14,561 --> 00:07:17,772 ♪ uneasy, dramatic music playing ♪ 141 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:20,817 - Any other questions? 142 00:07:23,737 --> 00:07:26,406 ♪ 143 00:07:32,787 --> 00:07:33,788 Hi. 144 00:07:34,706 --> 00:07:36,750 - Um, [sniffles] 145 00:07:36,750 --> 00:07:38,960 I didn't-- Uh, uh, uh. 146 00:07:40,295 --> 00:07:41,379 [sighs] 147 00:07:41,379 --> 00:07:42,422 [softly] I'm sorry. 148 00:07:43,298 --> 00:07:44,299 - It's okay. 149 00:07:46,092 --> 00:07:47,093 It's okay. 150 00:07:48,929 --> 00:07:51,139 No one will remember this tomorrow. 151 00:07:54,100 --> 00:07:55,602 - I don't go to Harvard. 152 00:07:56,895 --> 00:08:00,023 I lied to get in there 'cause I just-- I really wanted to see you. 153 00:08:01,441 --> 00:08:03,985 I didn't, I didn't mean to go off on that girl in there. 154 00:08:03,985 --> 00:08:05,820 [crying] I've just got a lot going on right now. 155 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:10,825 Ya know? And just life is just a little-- it's just... too much. 156 00:08:13,662 --> 00:08:14,663 - What's your name? 157 00:08:16,248 --> 00:08:17,415 - Chantal. 158 00:08:17,707 --> 00:08:19,334 - Chantal. 159 00:08:20,043 --> 00:08:23,880 Chantal... what is it that you want? 160 00:08:24,214 --> 00:08:26,424 I mean, you said everything is too much. 161 00:08:26,424 --> 00:08:27,842 What would make it easier? 162 00:08:32,597 --> 00:08:35,725 - My mom is paralyzed. 163 00:08:37,769 --> 00:08:41,022 She got hit by a truck when I was a little kid. [sniffles] 164 00:08:41,022 --> 00:08:42,023 - I'm so sorry. 165 00:08:42,899 --> 00:08:44,651 - It just really messed her up. 166 00:08:47,279 --> 00:08:51,783 And then my dad died, so now... [scoffs] 167 00:08:52,492 --> 00:08:55,161 I have to take care of her. - [softly] Right. 168 00:08:55,161 --> 00:09:00,333 - And I just... I just feel really stuck. [sobs] 169 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:06,506 - A long time ago, I... I created a sisterhood 170 00:09:06,506 --> 00:09:09,301 with the brightest Black women I know. 171 00:09:09,301 --> 00:09:11,636 The Boston chapter is having a dinner tomorrow. 172 00:09:11,636 --> 00:09:14,180 I would love it... if you would come. 173 00:09:18,393 --> 00:09:21,021 - I, I-I eat ramen for breakfast, 174 00:09:21,021 --> 00:09:23,940 I don't think, I don't think I'm who you're looking for. 175 00:09:23,940 --> 00:09:25,233 - I have something for you. 176 00:09:28,570 --> 00:09:31,448 Chantal, I came from nothing. 177 00:09:32,324 --> 00:09:35,493 It took the right people to get me to where I am today. 178 00:09:35,911 --> 00:09:36,745 Here. 179 00:09:39,539 --> 00:09:44,169 I will see you tomorrow night, 8:00 P.M., at the special collections library. 180 00:09:44,711 --> 00:09:45,712 Yes? 181 00:09:46,004 --> 00:09:46,963 - Yes. 182 00:09:47,422 --> 00:09:48,340 - Okay. 183 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:52,969 And she was an asshole. [laughs] 184 00:09:52,969 --> 00:09:54,512 [chuckles] 185 00:09:56,431 --> 00:09:57,307 See ya tomorrow. 186 00:09:59,643 --> 00:10:02,103 ♪ soft music playing ♪ 187 00:10:14,616 --> 00:10:18,328 ♪ The Other Side by Jazmine Sullivan playing ♪ 188 00:10:18,328 --> 00:10:22,457 ♪ To buy expensive things ♪ 189 00:10:22,457 --> 00:10:26,461 ♪ And I know that he's out there ♪ 190 00:10:26,461 --> 00:10:30,882 ♪ So, where's my millionaire? ♪ 191 00:10:31,925 --> 00:10:34,511 [women murmur indistinctly] 192 00:10:38,473 --> 00:10:39,474 [gasps] 193 00:10:39,474 --> 00:10:42,727 ♪ eerie music playing ♪ 194 00:10:42,727 --> 00:10:44,396 - Chantal, right? 195 00:10:47,274 --> 00:10:48,483 I'm Melody. 196 00:10:48,483 --> 00:10:52,237 Diana mentioned you might be coming and we've been dying to meet you. 197 00:10:52,237 --> 00:10:53,238 Crostini? 198 00:10:53,697 --> 00:10:54,823 - Yeah. 199 00:10:55,448 --> 00:10:57,367 Wow. Did you make these? 200 00:10:57,367 --> 00:10:58,827 [women laugh] 201 00:10:58,827 --> 00:11:00,954 - Seriously, I think if I tried to turn on a microwave, 202 00:11:00,954 --> 00:11:02,872 I'd burn the whole dorm down. 203 00:11:02,872 --> 00:11:03,999 - Oh. 204 00:11:04,499 --> 00:11:08,211 My bad. I just-- It's all so much fancier than I'm used to. 205 00:11:08,837 --> 00:11:13,592 - Girl, I used to feel the same way, but you belong here. 206 00:11:13,592 --> 00:11:14,968 I promise. 207 00:11:14,968 --> 00:11:17,137 Diana always takes care of us when she's in town. 208 00:11:17,721 --> 00:11:18,722 You'll see. 209 00:11:19,264 --> 00:11:21,558 [slight chuckle] Your outfit is so cute, by the way. 210 00:11:21,558 --> 00:11:23,727 - Yeah, I really love your bangs. - Yes! 211 00:11:23,727 --> 00:11:24,895 - Uh, thank you. - They're super cute. 212 00:11:24,895 --> 00:11:27,230 - Oh, my gosh, your necklace is beautiful. Is it an heirloom? 213 00:11:27,230 --> 00:11:28,982 - Uh, I-- [ladies chattering] 214 00:11:28,982 --> 00:11:32,235 - Thank you. I-- Thank you. [chattering] 215 00:11:32,235 --> 00:11:33,236 [door opens] 216 00:11:33,236 --> 00:11:34,988 What? Oh. 217 00:11:38,825 --> 00:11:39,910 [chuckles] 218 00:11:43,163 --> 00:11:46,207 ♪ uneasy, dramatic music playing ♪ 219 00:11:52,964 --> 00:11:53,798 Mm! 220 00:11:54,841 --> 00:11:59,346 ♪ 221 00:12:05,644 --> 00:12:08,104 [chewing quickly] 222 00:12:08,438 --> 00:12:09,314 - Welcome. 223 00:12:16,488 --> 00:12:19,866 Ladies, I am so grateful to be here with you tonight. 224 00:12:20,367 --> 00:12:22,953 You are all different, but united by the fact 225 00:12:22,953 --> 00:12:26,289 that you're the best and brightest that Boston has to offer. 226 00:12:27,457 --> 00:12:30,085 In this world full of challenges, 227 00:12:30,085 --> 00:12:33,588 it is so important that we support each other 228 00:12:33,588 --> 00:12:36,758 because when we do, all that goes away. 229 00:12:37,217 --> 00:12:42,013 Together, we ensure the future is exactly as fruitful 230 00:12:42,013 --> 00:12:43,223 as you wish it to be. 231 00:12:45,475 --> 00:12:48,728 Please help me welcome 232 00:12:48,728 --> 00:12:51,898 our newest sister, Chantal Wilson. 233 00:12:52,524 --> 00:12:55,443 [ladies applaud] 234 00:12:56,820 --> 00:12:58,071 Now let's begin. 235 00:12:58,405 --> 00:13:01,408 Melody, what is it that you want? 236 00:13:02,158 --> 00:13:04,411 - [sighs] The Dean's List. 237 00:13:08,498 --> 00:13:10,333 - [whispers] I believe in you. 238 00:13:17,799 --> 00:13:20,802 ♪ eerie music playing ♪ 239 00:13:34,691 --> 00:13:36,818 - To get into Tufts Medical School. 240 00:13:36,818 --> 00:13:38,486 - To run for Congress. 241 00:13:38,486 --> 00:13:39,988 - To win the Pulitzer. 242 00:13:42,741 --> 00:13:45,285 ♪ eerie music continues ♪ 243 00:13:52,334 --> 00:13:56,922 - Last and not least... Chantal. 244 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:03,428 What is it you really, truly want? 245 00:14:07,974 --> 00:14:10,227 - I shouldn't want what I want. 246 00:14:10,227 --> 00:14:12,103 - There's no shame in here. 247 00:14:13,813 --> 00:14:17,442 - [sighs] It's just that I know that there are a lotta people out there 248 00:14:17,442 --> 00:14:19,069 worse off than me. 249 00:14:20,237 --> 00:14:22,530 And I shouldn't want more. 250 00:14:23,365 --> 00:14:25,325 You know, nobody who owes me anything. 251 00:14:25,325 --> 00:14:27,535 Not the world, not the universe. 252 00:14:28,828 --> 00:14:33,166 But I have worked... so hard 253 00:14:33,166 --> 00:14:36,962 and I just feel like I am never gonna make it, 254 00:14:36,962 --> 00:14:40,131 I am never gonna make it there. 255 00:14:41,091 --> 00:14:44,511 And I just wanna feel... worthy. 256 00:14:46,346 --> 00:14:48,473 I wanna feel accepted, 257 00:14:49,099 --> 00:14:50,684 and I wanna feel free. 258 00:14:52,227 --> 00:14:53,937 I think we all should want that. 259 00:14:54,521 --> 00:14:56,481 We should all have that. 260 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,198 ♪ dramatic music playing ♪ 261 00:15:09,327 --> 00:15:10,954 - I believe in you. 262 00:15:13,206 --> 00:15:15,208 ♪ 263 00:15:25,260 --> 00:15:26,469 [winces] 264 00:15:26,469 --> 00:15:29,723 ♪ 265 00:15:32,183 --> 00:15:33,602 REPORTER [on TV]: A Black woman was killed 266 00:15:33,602 --> 00:15:34,978 by the police this morning. 267 00:15:34,978 --> 00:15:37,814 This is the fifth shooting of an unarmed Black person 268 00:15:37,814 --> 00:15:40,317 by police nationwide in the last month. 269 00:15:40,817 --> 00:15:42,861 The woman's name has not been released. 270 00:15:42,861 --> 00:15:45,864 Authorities are still in the process-- [aggressive scratching] 271 00:15:48,074 --> 00:15:50,076 - Ugh! God! 272 00:15:50,785 --> 00:15:54,039 - How's my new favorite Conditioner? - [shrieks] Ah! Ah. 273 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:57,334 - Ready for your first assignment? - [panting] Yeah. 274 00:15:57,334 --> 00:16:00,003 - Wow! [chuckles] You've come a long way. 275 00:16:00,003 --> 00:16:02,631 I feel like I just walked into a Restoration Hardware. 276 00:16:02,631 --> 00:16:06,635 - Uh, it-- I just tried to imagine 277 00:16:06,635 --> 00:16:09,721 what would Diana Gordon wanna sit on? [both laugh] 278 00:16:09,721 --> 00:16:11,431 Can I get you somethin' to drink? 279 00:16:11,431 --> 00:16:14,434 - Yeah, water and lemon would be great. - Okay. 280 00:16:16,186 --> 00:16:17,771 - How are you feeling about tomorrow? 281 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,107 - Nervous, but, but ready. 282 00:16:21,107 --> 00:16:23,360 - Well, you finished the training in nine months 283 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,653 and I think you can handle it. 284 00:16:24,945 --> 00:16:26,279 - Can I ask you a question? 285 00:16:26,655 --> 00:16:28,698 And I'm sorry, I don't have any lemons. 286 00:16:29,991 --> 00:16:32,077 - Oh, you should keep some on hand for guests. 287 00:16:35,247 --> 00:16:36,289 - Right. 288 00:16:36,289 --> 00:16:37,499 Uh, 289 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:43,338 have there... ever been any side effects with the grease? 290 00:16:44,172 --> 00:16:45,924 You know, like scratching? - Hm. 291 00:16:45,924 --> 00:16:48,093 - It's just that I was listening to the news a few minutes ago 292 00:16:48,093 --> 00:16:52,472 and it felt like my... scalp was just on fire. 293 00:16:52,764 --> 00:16:54,683 - [sighs] You're probably not using enough. 294 00:16:54,683 --> 00:16:58,728 - No, but it's not just that, it's... it's my memory, too. 295 00:16:58,728 --> 00:17:01,147 I had to look up what BLM meant today. 296 00:17:01,147 --> 00:17:03,400 - It's probably a new side effect. 297 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:04,276 We're working on it. 298 00:17:04,276 --> 00:17:06,194 I told you it was gonna be hard the first time-- 299 00:17:06,194 --> 00:17:08,822 - Yeah, no, I know. I know, I know. It's-- 300 00:17:10,824 --> 00:17:12,325 Why are we doing this? 301 00:17:12,325 --> 00:17:16,663 - Your own place... full-time care for your mother. 302 00:17:16,663 --> 00:17:18,290 - Why are you doing this? 303 00:17:20,625 --> 00:17:21,585 - My best friend. 304 00:17:22,711 --> 00:17:27,340 - So, you... you made it for her and it, it, it helped her? 305 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:29,926 - I tried. 306 00:17:32,387 --> 00:17:35,098 You know that officer that shot that woman in LA? 307 00:17:35,098 --> 00:17:37,475 We both know he's gonna get off 308 00:17:37,475 --> 00:17:40,395 because there aren't enough lawyers that look like us 309 00:17:40,395 --> 00:17:43,231 or a journalist like your target tomorrow. 310 00:17:43,607 --> 00:17:45,317 But you're gonna change that. 311 00:17:45,692 --> 00:17:49,029 You're gonna spread the wealth just like we did for you. 312 00:17:49,821 --> 00:17:50,739 Okay? 313 00:17:52,991 --> 00:17:53,825 - Okay. 314 00:17:55,744 --> 00:17:58,830 And I really am, I-I'm really grateful for all of this. 315 00:17:59,372 --> 00:18:02,042 - You deserve it. Remember that. 316 00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:06,963 - Goodnight... Eva. 317 00:18:06,963 --> 00:18:09,716 ♪ light music playing ♪ 318 00:18:24,981 --> 00:18:27,776 ANNA: Eva, your resume is exquisite. 319 00:18:27,776 --> 00:18:30,695 The Peace Corps, the office of Dianne Feinstein, 320 00:18:30,695 --> 00:18:33,490 a letter of recommendation from Diana Gordon, 321 00:18:33,490 --> 00:18:35,158 and Dartmouth? Wow. 322 00:18:35,158 --> 00:18:38,954 - My mom went there, so... she's my inspiration. 323 00:18:38,954 --> 00:18:39,829 - Oh. 324 00:18:39,829 --> 00:18:42,999 Well, I have a friend who teaches there in the English department, 325 00:18:42,999 --> 00:18:46,336 I'll have to reach out. - Uh, who is 326 00:18:46,336 --> 00:18:47,879 that little prince? 327 00:18:47,879 --> 00:18:53,510 - Oh. That is Mr. Darcy. - [chuckles] Aww. Wow. 328 00:18:54,219 --> 00:18:57,055 Ya know... I feel like society really needs 329 00:18:57,055 --> 00:19:00,392 to start recognizing that family is who we choose. 330 00:19:00,725 --> 00:19:01,685 [chuckles] 331 00:19:02,352 --> 00:19:04,062 - When can you start? 332 00:19:05,981 --> 00:19:07,983 [office chatter] 333 00:19:09,776 --> 00:19:11,611 - [sighs] Damn it. 334 00:19:12,612 --> 00:19:13,530 - Everything okay? 335 00:19:14,489 --> 00:19:17,117 - Yeah, yeah. I just, um, [sighs] 336 00:19:18,493 --> 00:19:20,996 I'm trying to upload my presentation for the staff meeting 337 00:19:20,996 --> 00:19:23,790 and I... I just-- I don't, I don't think I'm doing it right. 338 00:19:23,790 --> 00:19:26,126 SHANI: I got you. [Eva/Hazel sighs] 339 00:19:26,126 --> 00:19:28,545 We just switched over to Canva. 340 00:19:28,545 --> 00:19:31,506 - Yeah, I-- - Um, so, you click on this, 341 00:19:31,506 --> 00:19:34,551 and make your slides here. - Okay. Oh. 342 00:19:34,551 --> 00:19:38,054 - And you can do whatever you want. - [chuckles] Thank you. 343 00:19:38,054 --> 00:19:39,472 - Yeah, no sweat. 344 00:19:39,472 --> 00:19:41,224 We've gotta look out for each other, right? 345 00:19:41,224 --> 00:19:42,684 - Totally. [Shani chuckles] 346 00:19:42,684 --> 00:19:43,935 - I'm Eva. 347 00:19:43,935 --> 00:19:45,228 - Shani. 348 00:19:45,228 --> 00:19:48,106 ♪ unsettling music playing ♪ 349 00:19:51,985 --> 00:19:52,986 [Shani chuckles] 350 00:19:57,032 --> 00:19:59,951 - Girl, this office is wild. 351 00:19:59,951 --> 00:20:03,455 - Mm! Just wait 'til I tell you about Kayla. 352 00:20:03,455 --> 00:20:06,541 - [scoffs] What? - You know Franklin Cooper? 353 00:20:06,541 --> 00:20:08,126 - Who put the "Cooper" in Cooper's Review? 354 00:20:08,126 --> 00:20:09,252 - Mm-hm. 355 00:20:09,252 --> 00:20:12,756 You know what else he's been putting the Cooper in and where? 356 00:20:12,756 --> 00:20:15,425 - [whispers] Quit! - Yes, girl, and he promoted her! 357 00:20:15,425 --> 00:20:16,301 - What?! 358 00:20:16,301 --> 00:20:18,053 - That's the kinda shit you can expect here. 359 00:20:18,053 --> 00:20:18,929 - Wow. - Yeah. 360 00:20:18,929 --> 00:20:21,473 And they always put me on the race beat. 361 00:20:21,473 --> 00:20:23,683 - [scoffs] Ah, of course! - News flash, bitches. 362 00:20:23,683 --> 00:20:25,310 I like white people shit, too! [Eva/Hazel laughs] 363 00:20:25,310 --> 00:20:27,771 Okay? I fuck with T. Swift. Look at this cardigan! 364 00:20:27,771 --> 00:20:30,440 - I mean-- [both laughing] 365 00:20:30,941 --> 00:20:33,568 - [sighs] It feels so good to get this off my chest. 366 00:20:35,445 --> 00:20:38,073 - I'm so glad you feel like you can trust me. 367 00:20:39,241 --> 00:20:42,285 - That is a weird way to say that. [chuckles] 368 00:20:42,285 --> 00:20:44,621 But... yeah, 369 00:20:45,747 --> 00:20:47,123 I'm happy I can, too. 370 00:20:47,832 --> 00:20:48,750 - Good. 371 00:20:50,418 --> 00:20:52,254 - How are you surviving? 372 00:20:53,421 --> 00:20:55,507 I mean, everything just rolls off your back. 373 00:20:56,925 --> 00:20:58,218 What's your secret? 374 00:20:58,635 --> 00:21:00,053 Drugs? [chuckles] 375 00:21:02,639 --> 00:21:04,266 Wait, is it drugs? 376 00:21:06,977 --> 00:21:07,978 - This. 377 00:21:10,981 --> 00:21:13,608 - Okay, still feelin' like drugs. 378 00:21:16,194 --> 00:21:17,195 [sniffs] 379 00:21:17,195 --> 00:21:18,446 Is this hair grease? 380 00:21:19,364 --> 00:21:22,576 - More like CBD for the soul. 381 00:21:23,410 --> 00:21:24,619 - What's in it? 382 00:21:25,495 --> 00:21:27,706 - Just try it. [Shani scoffs] 383 00:21:28,540 --> 00:21:32,419 - Mm. Yeah, I'm gonna abstain. 384 00:21:33,545 --> 00:21:36,798 - Shani, I used to be just like you. 385 00:21:36,798 --> 00:21:40,635 Everything was always... so hard, 386 00:21:40,635 --> 00:21:42,679 and I felt like it was always my fault, 387 00:21:42,679 --> 00:21:46,516 and that I had to fix all of the problems in the world. 388 00:21:47,183 --> 00:21:50,937 But you... deserve not to feel that way. 389 00:21:51,354 --> 00:21:53,690 And I promise if you take this with me right now, 390 00:21:53,690 --> 00:21:57,444 you will never, ever feel alone again. 391 00:21:57,444 --> 00:21:59,362 ♪ tense, eerie music playing ♪ 392 00:21:59,362 --> 00:22:00,989 - [quietly] Yeah, 393 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,038 that's not how the world works. 394 00:22:09,873 --> 00:22:11,750 It's always gonna be hard. 395 00:22:13,460 --> 00:22:15,086 But I'm enough. 396 00:22:17,964 --> 00:22:19,966 I don't need whatever that shit is. 397 00:22:20,842 --> 00:22:23,053 - Shani, wait, 398 00:22:23,053 --> 00:22:24,471 if you don't take this grease right now 399 00:22:24,471 --> 00:22:26,723 I promise it'll get much worse before it gets better. 400 00:22:26,723 --> 00:22:28,600 ♪ intense music playing ♪ 401 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,728 - Don't you ever put your hands on me again. 402 00:22:37,984 --> 00:22:39,986 EVA/HAZEL [over phone]: Sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I-- 403 00:22:39,986 --> 00:22:41,821 - Eva, I don't like when you use that word. 404 00:22:41,821 --> 00:22:45,242 - I know, it's just that she said that she was fine being miserable. 405 00:22:45,242 --> 00:22:46,326 Who says that? 406 00:22:46,326 --> 00:22:48,954 - Some people don't act in their own best interest. 407 00:22:49,537 --> 00:22:50,538 Where is she now? 408 00:22:51,414 --> 00:22:53,583 - I, uh, I don't know. - What?! 409 00:22:53,583 --> 00:22:55,001 EVA/HAZEL: Uh, she just, she just left! 410 00:22:55,001 --> 00:22:57,254 DIANA [over phone]: You didn't initiate the involuntary protocols? 411 00:22:57,254 --> 00:22:59,256 - I just-- I'm sorry! I-- 412 00:22:59,589 --> 00:23:01,841 I-I messed up. I-I-I-I did-- I didn't know what to do, 413 00:23:01,841 --> 00:23:03,843 and-and I just-- I had to, I had to pay for the check, 414 00:23:03,843 --> 00:23:06,972 and I-I-- my hands were shaking, and I didn't know wh-what to tip. 415 00:23:06,972 --> 00:23:09,516 Uh, she said some things that could really get her in trouble at work, 416 00:23:09,516 --> 00:23:11,518 a-and I recorded all of it. 417 00:23:11,518 --> 00:23:12,644 - Good. 418 00:23:13,311 --> 00:23:14,646 [sighs] Good. 419 00:23:15,730 --> 00:23:16,940 Everything'll be fine. 420 00:23:17,941 --> 00:23:18,942 I will handle this. 421 00:23:21,361 --> 00:23:22,362 [sighs] 422 00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:29,953 ♪ tense, dramatic music playing ♪ 423 00:23:39,004 --> 00:23:43,425 - Shani... my office... now. 424 00:23:45,302 --> 00:23:49,723 ♪ 425 00:23:54,102 --> 00:23:56,688 - I checked my bank account this morning. 426 00:23:56,688 --> 00:23:58,148 Well, try it again! 427 00:23:58,148 --> 00:24:00,191 I've never missed a rent payment in my life. 428 00:24:00,191 --> 00:24:01,818 Th-- [sighs] 429 00:24:01,818 --> 00:24:03,612 And where the fuck am I supposed to live? 430 00:24:04,237 --> 00:24:05,405 No, hey, hey! 431 00:24:05,405 --> 00:24:07,532 My cousin is a lawyer, and when I tell her about this, 432 00:24:07,532 --> 00:24:09,117 you are gonna get sued, okay? 433 00:24:09,117 --> 00:24:10,702 Just give me a couple more day-- [gasps] 434 00:24:10,702 --> 00:24:12,203 No! Hey! 435 00:24:12,203 --> 00:24:13,580 [thuds, grunts] 436 00:24:14,456 --> 00:24:15,290 [screams] 437 00:24:15,582 --> 00:24:18,627 ♪ intense music playing ♪ [Shani panting] 438 00:24:22,505 --> 00:24:24,341 EVA/HAZEL: This is not what we agreed to. 439 00:24:24,758 --> 00:24:26,968 Shani was a nice person. She was not a threat. 440 00:24:26,968 --> 00:24:29,054 - She was supposed to be a walk in the park. 441 00:24:29,054 --> 00:24:32,641 You made her a threat to all of us. [sighs] 442 00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:35,352 Your new target's in Syracuse. 443 00:24:40,023 --> 00:24:41,024 - No. 444 00:24:42,108 --> 00:24:43,652 - What are you talking about? 445 00:24:43,652 --> 00:24:45,403 - I'm talking about moving! 446 00:24:45,403 --> 00:24:49,199 Being Eva! And now... Nicole?! 447 00:24:49,199 --> 00:24:51,284 Why did the other girls get to stay? 448 00:24:51,284 --> 00:24:53,745 - Because their whole life wasn't a lie that I had to tell 449 00:24:53,745 --> 00:24:56,998 in the first place! - You told me that I could have what I wanted! 450 00:24:56,998 --> 00:24:59,960 This can't be my life, this isn't a life! 451 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:02,504 - [scoffs] And, and you thought Chantal had a life? 452 00:25:02,504 --> 00:25:03,880 - Well, at least she was real! 453 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,424 And she wasn't going around fucking up people's existences 454 00:25:06,424 --> 00:25:10,262 just because they didn't see the world exactly the way that you want them to! 455 00:25:10,262 --> 00:25:12,055 - So, it's my fault? 456 00:25:12,055 --> 00:25:14,474 It's your mother's fault that you didn't go to college. 457 00:25:14,474 --> 00:25:17,686 It's Cooper's Review's fault that you couldn't have your dream job. 458 00:25:17,686 --> 00:25:19,145 You're such a victim! 459 00:25:19,521 --> 00:25:20,981 [Eva/Hazel breathing heavily] I thought you understood that 460 00:25:20,981 --> 00:25:23,900 the world just doesn't happen to us, it's what we make of it, 461 00:25:23,900 --> 00:25:25,235 it's what we decide to do. 462 00:25:25,235 --> 00:25:28,405 - Well, you know what? I am deciding to get the fuck outta here! 463 00:25:29,948 --> 00:25:32,492 - I had plans for you. [Eva/Hazel sighs] 464 00:25:32,492 --> 00:25:34,661 You're ruining your future and you know what's worse?! 465 00:25:34,661 --> 00:25:36,580 You ruined Shani's, too! 466 00:25:42,919 --> 00:25:44,504 - Here's your fucking lemons. 467 00:25:44,504 --> 00:25:45,630 [lemons clatter] 468 00:25:45,630 --> 00:25:48,717 ♪ dramatic music playing ♪ 469 00:25:55,849 --> 00:25:58,643 REPORTER [on TV]: Breaking news: A Wellington woman is in the hospital 470 00:25:58,643 --> 00:26:03,148 and seeking justice following a violent home invasion late last night. 471 00:26:03,148 --> 00:26:05,650 The woman, whose identity is being concealed for protection, 472 00:26:05,650 --> 00:26:09,362 told News Five that she called 911 at approximately 1:00 A.M. 473 00:26:09,362 --> 00:26:11,323 with reports of loud-- [lights zapping] 474 00:26:11,323 --> 00:26:13,533 - You left us for this? 475 00:26:13,533 --> 00:26:17,370 ♪ intense music playing ♪ 476 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,707 - I know you sad about that job, 477 00:26:20,707 --> 00:26:23,585 but sometimes, things just don't work out for us. 478 00:26:23,585 --> 00:26:25,545 REPORTER [on TV]: ...where they discovered the woman had administered 479 00:26:25,545 --> 00:26:29,549 immediate medical aid before going back to the local hospital-- 480 00:26:30,258 --> 00:26:31,676 - I was watchin' that. 481 00:26:31,676 --> 00:26:36,014 - They said the same thing three times for the last hour. 482 00:26:36,014 --> 00:26:38,683 Why don't you read a book for a change? 483 00:26:39,684 --> 00:26:40,894 You know, 484 00:26:44,856 --> 00:26:48,652 this... this is a beautiful story 485 00:26:48,652 --> 00:26:51,279 about transformation and reinvention. 486 00:26:52,072 --> 00:26:53,698 You'll learn something. 487 00:26:54,074 --> 00:26:56,201 - You think you're better than me now, huh? 488 00:26:56,201 --> 00:26:57,827 - I'm better than this. 489 00:26:58,578 --> 00:27:01,081 And you are, too, you just have to stop believing 490 00:27:01,081 --> 00:27:03,250 that you're a victim of circumstance. 491 00:27:03,250 --> 00:27:04,584 You need to make a choice, Ma. 492 00:27:04,584 --> 00:27:07,045 - You think I have a choice? 493 00:27:07,045 --> 00:27:08,255 - Yes. 494 00:27:08,255 --> 00:27:10,674 - That's some bootstraps bullshit. 495 00:27:11,216 --> 00:27:13,635 I don't even recognize you anymore. 496 00:27:14,803 --> 00:27:15,804 - Good. 497 00:27:17,138 --> 00:27:19,558 ♪ dramatic music playing ♪ 498 00:27:26,356 --> 00:27:28,567 - Look what the Greyhound dragged in. 499 00:27:37,951 --> 00:27:40,161 - I don't wanna be 500 00:27:43,498 --> 00:27:44,583 what I was. 501 00:27:46,501 --> 00:27:48,712 - I'm gonna make sure you never are. 502 00:27:49,921 --> 00:27:52,799 I was hard on you, but I know what you're made of. 503 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:55,051 I'd hate to see it go to waste. 504 00:27:55,552 --> 00:27:57,387 You're very special, Chantal. 505 00:27:59,055 --> 00:27:59,890 - Thanks. 506 00:28:00,849 --> 00:28:03,018 - But I need to know that you can handle this. 507 00:28:04,311 --> 00:28:07,814 ♪ Seek & Destroy by SZA playing ♪ 508 00:28:07,814 --> 00:28:09,441 Show me you're committed. 509 00:28:11,401 --> 00:28:13,236 [inaudible dialogue] 510 00:28:16,156 --> 00:28:17,699 I'm gettin' you ready 511 00:28:17,699 --> 00:28:20,952 for the most important job... we've ever done. 512 00:28:20,952 --> 00:28:24,456 ♪ My own capacity, boy ♪ 513 00:28:24,456 --> 00:28:28,877 ♪ Permission to crash, collectin' damages ♪ 514 00:28:28,877 --> 00:28:30,754 It's for an old friend. 515 00:28:30,754 --> 00:28:32,297 ♪ No reachin' and-- ♪ 516 00:28:32,297 --> 00:28:35,634 It's a game changer, so it has to go well. 517 00:28:35,634 --> 00:28:38,762 And this time, let's make a deal. 518 00:28:38,762 --> 00:28:42,224 After you complete this, you're free. 519 00:28:42,224 --> 00:28:43,975 You get to keep your new life. 520 00:28:44,309 --> 00:28:47,520 The apartment, the people, the name. 521 00:28:48,271 --> 00:28:49,522 You deserve it. 522 00:28:49,522 --> 00:28:51,524 ♪ 523 00:28:53,276 --> 00:28:57,239 ♪ Don't make me do it to you ♪ Once you recruit this girl, 524 00:28:57,239 --> 00:28:59,950 you won't be a Conditioner anymore. 525 00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:03,370 You can keep the job telling stories just like you 526 00:29:03,370 --> 00:29:05,664 always wanted. ♪ Chasing facades in all directions ♪ 527 00:29:05,664 --> 00:29:09,167 ♪ Chances are I've got no direction ♪ - I won't let you down. 528 00:29:09,167 --> 00:29:12,337 - I know... You're like a young me. 529 00:29:12,921 --> 00:29:16,299 - So, ♪ Danger arise and I deflect it ♪ 530 00:29:16,299 --> 00:29:18,426 what's my name? ♪ New dick arrives and I erect it ♪ 531 00:29:18,426 --> 00:29:21,304 - Hazel, isn't it? - Yes. Yes. 532 00:29:21,304 --> 00:29:24,224 - Come on in. ♪ Thankin' my stars livin' reckless ♪ 533 00:29:24,224 --> 00:29:26,268 Please, have a seat. 534 00:29:26,268 --> 00:29:27,811 ♪ Do it to you ♪ 535 00:29:28,311 --> 00:29:30,063 Diana says you're the best. 536 00:29:30,063 --> 00:29:31,481 - She's right. 537 00:29:31,481 --> 00:29:35,360 - Sophie, could you send Maisy in here please? 538 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,154 SOPHIE [over phone]: Didn't you want me to get your yogurt first? 539 00:29:38,154 --> 00:29:39,781 [Richard sighs] 540 00:29:41,366 --> 00:29:43,785 - No, just get Maisy. 541 00:29:45,996 --> 00:29:49,332 And... yeah, the yogurt. 542 00:29:51,710 --> 00:29:53,086 And you're sure you can help her 543 00:29:53,086 --> 00:29:57,299 without any of the... issues from Boston? 544 00:29:57,299 --> 00:29:58,717 - Of course. 545 00:30:00,176 --> 00:30:03,179 Tell me everything I need to know about Nella Rogers. 546 00:30:04,514 --> 00:30:07,517 ♪ dramatic music playing ♪ 547 00:30:28,204 --> 00:30:31,625 ♪ 548 00:30:59,569 --> 00:31:02,072 ♪ music fades ♪