I told Daniel I'd only be staying there
a few weeks and I don't want to take advantage of that.
You cooking? Cleaning?
- Oh, girl, you concubinin'? - What?
You know Khalil?
Man, we used top collab back in the day,
makin' beats on Fruity Loops.
Killin' it. Fire. Bloop, bloop, bloop.
There have been some concerns.
I really think we need to hire some employees of color.
I'll think on it.
So, have you decided what you gon' do about work?
You gon' stay with the whites or go with the blacks?
The partners made an offer...
I got it three days ago.
I'm calling to apply for the
property manager position.
I like you being around.
If you want, you can sleep in my bed.
I'ma be workin' late so... it's all yours.
- Iss. - Mmm?
You keep comin' closer to my side.
That's 'cause you took the good pillow.
Oh.
You know I got a weak neck.
For real, Iss? You eatin' in bed?
I mean, the heart wants what it wants.
What else does the heart want?
- Like that? - Ahh! Mm-hmm.
Can you just...
Mmm.
You know a bitch likes it extra, extra, extra spicy.
What else does the heart want?
Huh? Uh, well,
the heart wants to be on time for work.
'Cause time is money.
? Money, money, money, mon-ey ?
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Bitch, you got a blueberry facial for your dog?
Mm-hmm. And a paw massage.
Do they take walk-ins?
'Cause Flavor Flav out here
- living better than me. - Girl, he deserves it.
He's probably gonna go through
separation anxiety when I start workin'.
Oh, you excited? You nervous?
You hungry? I'm hungry.
I'm actually kinda hype.
I've never had all-black coworkers before.
They probably got shea butter
dispensers in the bathroom and shit.
You stupid.
How's your new job... ashy?
I don't have it yet. I still gotta interview.
But I Google Mapped the apartments, and they seem cool.
Postmates goes there.
They didn't go to your old spot?
Pssh! Once. This white bitch didn't even stop.
Just threw my Poquito Más
out the window and kept it pushing.
Listen, I'm just glad you're finally getting your own place.
Yeah. I mean, I'm not gonna lie,
staying at Daniel's is kinda nice.
What's so nice about sleeping on the couch?
Um... yeah.
Ohh, girl, no.
The couch got uncomfortable, so we just started
sleeping in bed together.
But just side by side. Platonically.
- Oh, girl, no! - It's not like we fuckin'.
Not even a little bit.
I mean, has the thought crossed my mind? Yeah.
Do I think about it a lot? Duh.
Am I thinking about it right now? No.
Yeah.
But it's more than that, you know? We...
We really started connecting, and I just don't want to mess that up.
Then why you in his bed, bitch?
My neck.
Ms. Carter?
Hey! That's my big boy.
Flavor Flav, how ya doin', buddy?
Issa, you know those are for dogs.
Why it got frosting, then?!
So I figure we can put the poster here
so that the applicants can get to know us, too.
OK. "Fun Facts About We Got Y-All Staff."
Did you know Kitty used to have a twin?
She absorbed her in the womb.
That tracks.
Did you know Matt
breeds and shows Himalayan cats?
Oh. OK.
Don't look.
Think I just saw Geoffrey Canada.
Oh, for real? That's crazy.
The work he's done with the Harlem Children's Zone
is just amazing.
- He's a personal hero. - Yeah, I am excited, too.
It's about time we hired another person of color.
I literally couldn't agree more.
Though technically, I think it's illegal
to hire anyone because of their race.
Right. But we're not about to waste time
on white people... no offense.
No. We've given white people enough time.
Morning, Molly.
Hey, Malcolm.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Welcome aboard. - Thank you.
- Let me show you around. - OK.
This is the main conference room,
and down this hallway are the associates' offices.
- Hey, Molly, I'm Taurean. - Hey, nice to meet you.
- So how are you? - Excited to be here.
Molly, hey. I'm Felicia.
Oh, hey. Nice to meet you.
Hi. I'm Karen, your assistant.
Oh! Girl, bless you.
Look at us. Lookin' like a McDonald's commercial.
Molly's got a job.
And this right here is your office.
Oh, great.
So go on, get settled in,
we'll see you at the morning meeting.
I'll be there.
Hey, where you sample the chorus from?
Rock group from Iceland.
This nigga D. King on some Nordic shit?
You know, niggas ain't really ready
for all that instrumentation.
"What you know about these mandolins, cuz?"
OK. Yeah, that's what's up.
Mm-hm. You think Spyder will fuck with it?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
We just gotta touch it up a little bit.
Cool. What you thinkin'?
Like the melody is nice,
but it could go harder in some spots.
You know, sometimes the flute gets a little too jazzy.
I mean, it's a jazz flute. That's what it does, it jazzes.
Nah, nah, I hear you, I hear you.
Also the drums on the bridge sound a little low.
You should just strip all the other
stuff away and just loop those.
I mean, I kept them low on purpose though.
Nah, I feel you, but Spyder likes his bass.
- Hmm. - Is it cool if I... ?
Oh, yeah. Hop in there.
Yeah, man, on "Cut the Check,"
I tried to keep it real minimal.
He likes for his voice to be the main melody.
Right.
Whoo hoo, that shit kinda bump! What you think?
I mean, you know, it does loop. It loops.
So, look, Spyder comin' through day after tomorrow,
we'll just play this for him then.
Yeah. Cool.
I've been working at a charter school
for a couple of years now,
but the curriculum is really limiting.
As an after-school program, we have a lot of freedom.
And a lot of Frieda!
- I'm Frieda. - Oh. Nice to meet you.
Here's an informational packet.
OK, great.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Are we in the North Pole? 'Cause we're slaying!
That was fun.
I can't believe things are going so well.
We've met so many great applicants, it's not even lunch.
Yeah. I'm gonna go get something to eat.
- You want something? - No, I'm good.
- Hi! - Antoinette.
? Hey! ?
All right, everybody!
- Give it up for... - The Beat Crew!
Ladies and gentlemen, we're at booth 45,
so come kick it with us.
Thank you so much.
- You killed it. - Thanks.
- You killed it. Proud of you. - Hi.
I just want to say, that was incredible.
Those kids are so talented.
Facts, no printer!
OK.
- So, what do you guys do? - What do we do?
We work with musically gifted kids in the neighborhood.
We give 'em private lessons.
We expose them to different kinds of music.
To opera, to jazz, stuff like that.
That's so cool.
I remember when I was ten, my mom took me to see
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo. - OK.
I still don't know what a Mambazo is, but it was dope.
God, this must open up their world so much.
God, yeah. These kids have performed at Hollywood Bowl,
at Disney Hall, Randy's Donuts...
- I been to one of those places. - Yeah?
I'm sorry, you lookin' for a job?
Oh, no, I already have one.
But what you guys are doing is amazing.
- Thank you. - You must feel so...
Issa!
We have a line.
OK. Um, I gotta go.
- Really nice to meet you. Thanks. - Nice to meet you.
Hey, Karen?
Can you please let the IT department know
that they still need to install DocuSign on my computer?
- Oh, we don't use DocuSign. - Huh?
You can encrypt and send with Adobe,
but that's like a whole thing, so we just use a courier.
Really? DocuSign is so much faster.
Sorry.
Pickups are usually 9:00, noon, and 5:00
But if Rashad's doing the run, it's more like 5:30.
He lucky he cute.
Ohh. OK.
- Everything OK? - Yeah, it's fine.
We just did things a different way at my old firm.
And over here are the mailboxes.
You'd be responsible for keeping this area clean.
Tenants just leave PennySavers everywhere.
Where's the trash?
That'd be Trina in 2A.
Shouldn't laugh. Trina got problems.
So...
you don't have any experience managing apartments?
Well, no, but I'm a great problem-solver,
I did a ton of research, and I'm confident I can handle it.
- Research, huh? - Mm-hmm.
Did you learn how to work a plunger?
Don't you just kinda...
plunge?
- There's more to it than that. - This is part-time?
Sure, but you gotta be on call.
It's a lot of wood.
So this is renting for 1500?
Well, not if you're the property manager.
For you it'd be 750.
I'm sorry, seven-fif-what?
Look, your references checked out,
you got a college degree,
and not on of them online shits like the gardener.
How you gonna learn about horticulture on the 'net?
So, you want it?
I'm just saying,
Khalil took all the musicianship out of my track.
I put the strings in there for a reason.
Um, actually, those are mine.
Oh ho ho ho! I'm sorry, baby.
You know I been listening to that Nordic music, right?
Yeah, from Nordic... land.
That's the sound I wanted to come through.
And it's like, it's my motherfuckin' track.
People gonna think I'm about that simple shit, you know?
I hear you. For what it's worth, I thought it was a bop.
And when you get to the next level,
you can do whatever you want.
I don't know.
Hey, if you ever need a bitch to play the tambourine,
I'm available.
Oh, you available?
- For the right project. - Mm-hmm.
Hey, I meant to tell you, um, I got a job offer.
To manage an apartment.
What?
More importantly, I can move out
and finally find my own spot.
That just sound like hella work.
You managed to lock yourself out of my place four times?
Five. 'Cause one time it happened back-to-back.
So you're gonna be doing that,
working at We Got Y'All,
and driving Lyft? That's a lot.
Yeah, but you been so cool,
I don't want to keep bumming it at your spot.
You're not bumming. All right?
You're not bumming.
I like you bein' there.
Why don't we just, you know,
try keepin' it like it is?
What you gonna do when tenants don't pay their rent, huh?
You gonna shake somebody down? You ain't tough.
- I can be tough. - Uh-huh.
Yo, who the fuck took my clothes?!
Hey, I am gonna go for a walk
at lunch, if you want to join me.
I am in a Fitbit challenge
with my mother-in-law, and I cannot lose.
Well, I was actually gonna work through lunch.
I want to get a head start on the Coleman case.
I can help if you want.
I'll just put the Fitbit on my dog. She ain't gonna know.
Oh, wow, OK. Thank you.
- No problem. - Appreciate it.
Wow. Um, I thought these boxes were going into storage.
Your office is the storage.
Ha ha. OK.
It's just, at my old firm,
we used offsite storage.
It's actually convenient when you get used to it.
Oh.
OK, first, no in-house courier.
Then they sling loose files
in my office like it's a damn Kinkos.
And y'all, I got to log my own billable hours...
by hand.
Like, did I get a demotion?
You got problems with white firms,
problems with black firms... you runnin' out of races.
First of all, there are Mexican law firms, too.
I see them on the back of buses all the time.
- Racist. Mm-mm. - My point is,
why do black businesses always have to be on the struggle?
I'm with Molly on this one.
We have to do better.
We can't just leave it all up to Chadwick Boseman.
Right? If you're gonna be a black law firm in Century City,
then be a Century City law firm.
It's like when black people buy big-ass houses
and can't furnish it.
My uncle got an 8,000-square-feet house
and just a bean bag.
OK, you're being mad judgmental right now.
Are you sure you're not looking down on them
because they're a black law firm?
We are harder on ourselves
than white people sometimes,
because we've been conditioned
not to trust each other.
Where'd my drink...
Did you steal my drink?
Kelli, the bartender took it.
The black one.
See? Like Tiffany... you love Beyoncé,
but did your ass sign up for Tidal?
Of course I did. I just don't ever go on it.
And I hate to admit it,
but even I have a white accountant.
- Kelli, what? - Don't "at" me!
I said what I said!
Look, you sound negative. OK?
Just give it time.
Change is hard.
Amen to that.
I mean, I love my baby...
do I love not fitting any of my clothes? No.
Do I love that y'all have a group chat without me? No.
- Wha... ? - No, we don't.
We definitely do. For sure.
It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.
It's fine. It's fine.
It's. Fine.
- OK. - OK?
This... is my new journey.
And Molly, maybe this is yours.
I guess.
I just hope you're not complaining like this at your job.
No, just to y'all.
Carter, party of four.
And a half!
There gonna be twelve more months of this shit?
Wait, what?
So, none of you replied to my email about Palm Springs.
Or did you guys talk about it amongst yourselves?
Hmm.
_
Issa, I can see over your shoulder.
No, that's about something else.
Girl, we got your email.
And yes, the Airbnb works just fine.
Oh, speaking of needing places to stay,
Issa, an apartment came through.
It's in your budget, only got a half-bath,
but there's a YMCA up the block
where you can shower after 6:00.
Ooh, that sounds promising.
Yeah, actually, I'm good.
I think I'm gonna tell Daniel that I'm gonna stay longer.
Oh, brown bread! And they got a mix?
I'ma Yelp that.
Wait. Staying longer?
Why?
I told you not to sleep in his bed.
- Unh-unh! - Really?
So you figured out how to pay him after all.
Dat-dat-dat-dat-dat! Ass.
No. See, y'all don't understand.
We're not even sleeping together,
and we're getting along great.
So what's the problem?
It's Daniel. You and Daniel is always a problem.
But it's not this time. You know why?
Because we're talkin' and shit.
He's been there for me,
and I think I'm finally seeing him for who he really is.
You're seein' him because you don't got nut in your eye.
Ooh, duck confit. Yes.
What Kelli...
is trying to say...
is we care about you!
- Yeah. - And we don't want to see you
end up in something that, you know,
- is not... - ... great.
Y'all, this is the first time
that there's nothing in the way of us getting together.
- So isn't that worth exploring? - No!
Y'all are just gonna Greek chorus on a bitch?
- Yes! - Ya dumb bitch!
I just, I think it's on us
to support low-performing schools.
Especially when the federal government doesn't.
Exactly. And programs like yours have tangible results.
- So tangible. - Yeah.
- Wow! - Wow!
"Wow."
It is so good to meet you right now.
We Got Y'All is in the middle
of an exciting transformation,
we have an ambitious five-year plan...
You wanna?
Oh, yeah, good things come in fives.
Yeah.
Five-dollar foot-longs,
um, Five Guys Burgers,
um... not all food, just...
Toes...
Antoinette, you should meet Joanne.
- OK. Sure. - OK?
- I'll be right back. OK. - OK.
I like your sweater.
Oh, thank you! I found it outside.
- At a flea market. - Oh.
I shoulda led with that.
So, how do you like it here?
Oh, it's... it's great, yeah. It's cool. I like it.
How is it for you?
You know. They are how they are.
Oh, yeah. I know.
But honestly, it's like any job.
There's the good, the bad...
Yeah. So how long have you worked here?
Uh, five years.
Wow! So you must really like it, then.
_
We started the monthly meetings
to evaluate our client base.
We needed a new way to discuss case strategy.
It's also an opportunity for us to mentor the first-years.
I love the collaborative approach. The teamwork, all of it.
Guys, I'm so excited to get started.
So, where's Malcolm? What, is he on CB time?
I love us. We are so black up in here.
Can't even start on time.
Actually, Malcolm usually takes a call,
and we get the meeting started before he comes in.
Oh. Right. Of course.
Maybe at her old firm
they started every meeting on time.
Appreciate you, dawg.
Good-lookin', good-lookin'.
- What's up, nigga? - What's up, my G?
- You straight? - You know.
- Good to see you, man. - Yeah, yeah.
You remember my boy Daniel
from the club the other night, right?
Yeah, yeah, the night my boy got shot.
Damn, for real? He OK?
Nah.
So what y'all niggas got?
Is it bangin'?
Hey, K, go ahead
play him that track we worked on.
Hey, you know who got titties?
- Viola Davis. - Here we go.
Whoo! That's hot.
Yeah, you know, we, uh...
we actually have another version, too, though.
Right?
Oh. Damn, that shit hot, too.
Man, I don't know.
I like the rock shit in the first one,
but the drums is bangin' on the second.
I don't know.
Hey, what you think?
Nigga, are you watching "This Is Us"?
Yeah, bro, I don't know. It's tough.
You know what, though?
Don't even trip, my nigga. I got some other shit.
Word.
That's him. Here he comes.
- Yes, I see him. - 'Bout time.
OK. Clam chowder appetizer for you, sir,
and for the lady, the Asian pear and burrata salad.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
You notice the heavy emphasis he put on "Asian"?
Hmm. That was rude. I don't know why.
You see that? They got here after us
and they already got they entrees.
Where are our drinks?
I don't know, but you know what I do know now?
I love this table.
And oh, my God, look at this view!
Oh, wait... is that Jay-Z and Beyoncé?
No, it's a mirror. It's us. We cute.
- OK, OK, OK. - Thank you.
Anyway, I just wanted to take you out
to say thank you for everything you've done,
for letting me stay with you...
Yeah. Of course.
And I wanted to let you know
that I took the property manager job.
So I'm movin' out.
Oh. Uh... cool.
Yeah, I just thought it would be good for both of us.
That way we have our own space while we...
figure this out.
If that's what you want.
OK, what's goin' on?
I feel like you've been upset all night.
Is it me?
It's just some shit with Khalil.
What happened?
He got mad I played my version of the track for Spyder,
so it's whatever, it's whatever, it's whatever.
Why would you do that when he knows what Spyder likes?
'Cause it's my music.
So does that mean you're not gonna work together anymore?
I mean, it is what it is.
Really?
But that was a good opportunity.
Maybe you should... apologize.
What?
Uhh.
I just think it's funny you givin' me career advice.
What does that mean?
I mean, you don't really know what it's like
to really care about what you do, Issa.
- I do care about... - Your life is all over the place.
I always save you from some shit.
That's how you feel?
Sorry about the wait for these drinks.
Everything good?
- Yup, yup. - Mm-hmm.
You gotta get up early?
My alarm's set.
You know I was just upset about the Khalil thing.
Yeah, it's fine.
You like that?
Don't.
I can't do this.
Just... doesn't feel right.
Yeah.
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