I've been working a full-time job,
I've been Lyfting.
Can that... not be happening?
- Y'all bitches said this a party Lyft. - Get another Lyft.
Oh my God!
What else can I do?
You don't have enough money to move out on your own.
_
So how long have you worked here?
Uh, five years.
You must really like it then.
Why do black businesses
always have to be on the struggle?
You got problems with white firms,
you got problems with black firms,
you runnin' out of races.
I wanted to let you know that
I took the property managing job.
- So, I'm moving out. - Oh.
I can't do this.
Just... doesn't feel right.
Hey, mirror bitch, you're lookin' real clean.
You lookin' real bad, you lookin' like a queen.
? It's been a long time ?
? I shouldn't'a left you, but I got a new spot ?
? It's brand-new, brand-new... ?
Hey, it's locked.
Here I come.
Don't you go nowhere, mirror bitch.
Where I'ma go?
Hey. This is the last one.
So... yeah.
You good?
Uh, yeah.
Daniel, you know I appreciate you for everything...
You ain't gotta do all that.
- You out? - I'm gone.
Bye, Daniel.
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OK.
Nice floors, nice windows,
got a nice view.
Wait.
You can see the Krispy Kreme hot donut sign
from your window!
That's gonna be a problem.
Yeah, it already is. We're on a first-name basis.
Rashad texts me when they hot.
Oh, a bitch out here gettin' donut alerts? OK.
What the fuck! My fancy cups!
Mmm. I told you not to let Ahmal store your shit.
Can't trust family.
- This box was at your spot. - Oh. Your bad.
But did you see these housewarming gifts
I brought you?
A foam mattress so you don't have
to sleep on the floor like a little slave.
- OK. - A plant even you can't kill.
Is that a challenge?
And something to get your bar situation started.
- That's what I'm talkin' about. - Next level Henny,
'cause you next level.
OK, we should start drinkin' right now.
- Mm-hmm! - But we can't,
'cause I have no cups.
You don't need cups when you brand-new.
OK? You a brand-new bitch.
A "make no mistakes" bitch.
Nah, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah. Let's not do all that.
I just feel like every time I claim
a new me I end up in some old shit.
- Can a bitch have goals? - Apparently not.
I just got this fresh start,
and I'm just trying not to fuck it up.
Good point. Don't be like me.
Ooh. It's still weird at work?
Kinda.
I mean, everyone's nice,
but it still kinda feels like I'm behind the shit.
Girl, why you bein' all negative?
Just go into your black-ass law firm
and be your fire-ass self.
You right.
Oh, girl.
We are better than this. Sex Chronicles?
What you got against cheap black love?
OK, we need to start a trash box,
'cause you say you don't want to wind up in old shit,
but you can't bring old shit into your new life.
What are these? Old birthday cards?
I keep the cash, and I keep the card.
Trash.
Forever 21 earrings?
- They last forever! - Trash.
And you don't need all these mix CDs.
Or any CDs.
OK, wait. Those got a lot of Adele on 'em.
Hmm.
And Lawrence made me those after our first date.
If you want a fresh start...
Trash.
Is that Adele?
Hello!
Oh.
- Hey, Trina. Can I... - You hear that?
I don't... hear anything.
We got squirrels in the walls.
- Which wall? - They're havin' babies.
Girl, do somethin'!
OK, yeah.
No.
You know you're not allowed on the bed.
Come on.
Jury duty. Nope, I moved. Trash.
Oh, a triple-A card.
Triple trash.
Oh, bubble bath. I never got to use you.
Trash.
I'ma get a bathtub one day.
I'm a keep this. Tyler Perry might do something with this.
Who throws away Adele?
Girl, you rollin' in the "keep."
Ooh, my high school rap journal.
? On fire like volcanoes... ?
? ... 'cause I'm dark-skinned and pretty ?
? What you doin' after class? ?
? Trick, don't nobody want your ashy-ass man ?
? He don't want you either, try to catch me if you can ?
? And I got big dreams, I got big schemes ?
? I'm never mediocre, 'bout to take over the world ?
? Comin' for you like rat-tatta-tat ?
? Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat tat-tat-tat-tat-tat ?
Right. That was a good one.
Oh, Issa, you were so simple then.
We've hit a snag
with expert witness availability on Patterson.
We should file for an extension.
- This is our second one? - It is,
and Judge Tomkins actually pays attention.
I think we need some kind of stall tactic.
Interrogatories.
We could use them to slow down
the process a bit.
Perfect.
Molly, did you have something to add?
Interrogatories. That's...
Yep. Stacy's got it.
Good. So where are we with Freemont?
I think we should pressure them
with a request for production of documents.
Either the plaintiff has something to hide...
Probably trying to hide the fact they got nothin'.
- True. Either way, we need to... - Gotta lean on them.
Bury them in motions and doc requests.
They want to claim discrimination,
they better come correct, or they'll get embarrassed.
Well said, Taurean, well said.
OK. Who do I have available
to draft up a meet-and-confirm letter
for the Jorgensen case?
I'll probably serve the request,
and then follow up with a subpoena
for personal medical records.
And follow that up with a request
for employment records.
More work for you, but hey,
you just might find that smoking gun.
Hmm.
Great meeting!
And people had a lot of useful ideas.
Yeah, we'll see what happens.
And Taurean, he's so passionate.
Lots of energy.
Yeah.
He made a lot of good points,
and-and very confidently.
Very confidently, that's... that's it.
Don't worry about Taurean.
They didn't teach modesty at Morehouse.
OK, so it wasn't just me.
No, it's not.
Girl, I was trippin' for five seconds.
I was about to say, man...
_
Finally happened.
Oh, you got that cat?
No, I'm still on the waiting list.
Ugh. It's political.
Joanne agreed to let you go back in the field.
- Wait, what? Really? - Yeah.
I told her how instrumental you were at the job fair,
and even though the logo stuff was hard for her,
she had to admit it was good for us.
That's great! Thank you, Frieda!
Sure. Um, I have some thoughts on your new assignment,
but we can talk more after lunch?
- Yeah. - Yay!
Hey, I'm here to pick up a phone order.
Barbecue salmon?
Thank you.
Hey!
? You are my greatest love ?
Yo, Party Lyft!
That was hard to watch.
Yeah, livin' it was harder.
So, uh, this the only place you eat at, or... ?
No, I work around the corner.
It's Nick, right? No.
Nelson?
Nance...
ford?
I do look like a Nanceford.
Nathan.
I like Nanceford.
What are you doing here?
Y'all wouldn't shut up about these tacos, so I figured...
If you don't like 'em, please don't punch me.
Aw, you got jokes.
But you the one picking up miscreants
who start fights in Lyfts.
I was defending your honor.
That's a waste of time, 'cause I have no honor.
- I was next. - Uh, sorry.
You just not gonna defend me?
She got a boot on. What I'm supposed to do?
You want me to get beat up by a woman with a boot on!
What are you doing, exploring the city?
Nah, I was just in the neighborhood
'cause a client canceled on me.
- L.A. people so damn flaky. - No, we are not.
- _ - I'm gonna get a...
jerk chicken taco,
a raspberry chipotle chicken taco,
- and a Thai shrimp taco. - Phone number?
- It's gonna be at least a hour. - An hour?
See? This another one of them extra-L.A. type things.
I promise you it's worth it.
And you kinda owe me, 'cause my taco's on the ground, so...
832-393-1313.
And I'll get another one
of whatever she just dropped on the ground.
Thank you.
The barbecue salmon.
So what are we gonna do now?
Get lunch while we wait for lunch?
"Get lunch while we wait for lunch."
The Crenshaw Mall is like super close.
Or you can go to Leimert Park, 'cause that has hella cool stuff.
That walkable?
'Cause I know y'all L.A. people don't like to walk.
You're not gonna keep talkin' about my city.
Whatcha gonna do about it?
Come on.
All right, Party Lyft.
You just gotta find your spots.
Should I get a kente cloth wallet?
They ain't got these in Burbank.
Uh-uh. Burbank?
You been talkin' all this shit,
and Burbank's not even L.A.
- How's Burbank not L.A.? - Because it's literally not.
So this is Leimert Park,
and it's like black everything.
It's black businesses, black food, black art.
Oh, and if you like barbecue, Phillip's is good.
- I think they moved. - Hold up. Wait. Nah-ah.
I'm from Houston, y'all don't know nothin' 'bout no barbecue.
Um, the mom from Family Matters
eats there all the time,
so I think we do.
Oh, Mrs. Winslow's a barbecue expert now?
Don't she look like it?
I will say, though, I like how you ride for your city.
Uh, so this is Hot and Cool Cafe.
It just opened. Finally.
And that's Eso Won Books.
It's like my favorite place ever.
They support a lot of up-and-coming black writers.
Oh, and since you claim to be a barber...
Why I gotta claim, man?
You should get a chair at that barber shop up the street.
They get all the bootleg movies first.
I saw Dunkirk way before my family was like,
"What the hell is Dunkirk?"
Epic battle.
I'm trying to do things a little different out here, though.
Like, I don't like being stuck behind a chair like that.
- The shit gets old. - Yeah.
I like to keep it moving.
- So you go to them? - Yeah.
- That makes sense. - Yeah.
Who is this corny motherfucker?
Oh, shit, I know him!
He is a corny motherfucker!
But why he got the Bluetooth on?
Who's callin' him in the middle of the picture?
It's like, doo-doo! "What's up, man?
Yeah, I'm at the Sears portrait studio
about to take this picture. Nah, I can keep talkin'."
Doo-doo! "Hey, yeah, I got a one-bedroom, one-bath,
and you want my picture in a wallet or 8 x 10?"
That's bad.
Oh, shit. Is this, um...
this where they shot Training Day?
No, that's the Jungles.
- Is that close? - _
_
- You good? - Yeah, just work stuff.
- You gotta go? - Yeah.
I gotta take this nigga named Nanceford to the Jungles.
Come on, Nanceford.
I went in with a plan,
but I can't get a word in edgewise,
'cause apparently there's only room
for so many stars at the table.
Felicia and Stacy got the woman thing on lock,
and then there's Taurean,
he was all shinin', loud-talkin' me.
I should be halfway to gumbo
with the partners' wives by now.
And just...
Can you speak to why not being a star bothers you?
Because I know what I'm worth.
This is exactly why I left MJ&S...
the pecking order, the politics, the boys' club bullshit.
And...
I just feel like I'm starting all over again.
Molly, have you considered that maybe you'd be less frustrated
if you focus on how you can be helpful,
rather than where you should rank?
So what you're saying, "Calm down"?
- Not quite, but... - I just don't wanna allow
myself to keep getting comfortable in a bad situation.
I don't have time for that.
After Dro, I'm only interesting in making moves
that take me where I want to go.
Who's Dro?
I don't know, this just ain't what I expected.
Like, y'all hood in L.A. is nice.
Y'all got palm trees,
and Mexican people sellin' fruit.
Oh, it's dangerous. Have you tried that papaya?
It's hella spicy.
I'm sayin' when you in the hood in Houston,
you in the hood.
Oh, this ain't the hood?
I dare you to yell "King Kong ain't got shit on me."
King Kong ain't got shit on me!
Shut yo ass up! My baby tryin' to sleep!
Damn!
Was that a pineapple Shasta?
I told you. They don't play.
Y'all thuggin'.
Since you wanna dare people, though...
Truth or Dare.
All right.
- Truth. - Ohh...
You will not shame me. I'm picking Truth.
All right.
When was your last relationship?
- Let's go with Dare. - Nah. Too late.
How do you know I'm not in one now?
OK, I was in one for five years,
and we broke up a while back.
Five years.
That's a long time to walk away from.
Actually, I cheated.
He didn't deserve it... no one deserves it...
but... I just kinda messed up.
Yeah.
Damn.
That was honest.
I mean, we all got somethin'.
You just gotta grow from it.
My high school best friend used to live over there,
and it's a Kaiser now.
Oh, this your hood?
I knew you was a thug.
Ha ha ha. No, I actually lived up the hill.
- For real? - Mm-hmm.
Let's go.
Hey, Frieda.
I know we're supposed to talk later,
but I'm actually not feeling well.
No!
Yeah, I'm just gonna rest.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- You real gangsta. - You think so?
I mean, you just are. I mean, you pulled that out like,
I was like, "OK."
This is it!
Oh, I see how you livin', all bougie.
Whatever. We were not bougie.
My parents scraped up everything
to afford this house.
My mom always wanted to live in this neighborhood.
I'm not mad at her. It's nice.
Yeah, I miss this place.
When'd y'all move out?
Uh, my parents got divorced when I was, what, 16?
Right after we got the pool.
Oh, so there's a pool?
Yeah, that we barely got to use.
I was like, "Can't y'all stay together for the kids...
to swim?"
I dare you to break in.
You gonna climb this?
No. No. That was too easy.
You used your dare.
Damn. Nice view.
Uh-uh, don't try to change the subject.
- You up. Truth or Dare? - Dare.
I dare you to jump in the pool.
- OK. - Naked.
- Whoa. - No "whoa."
You got me out here bein' all felonious,
and you can't jump in the pool?
You "scurred"?
It's nice.
- Mmm. - I dare you to jump in too.
Nuh-uh, I'm choosing Truth.
Your truth is that you're about to jump in this pool.
What, you worried about your hair?
- No, I'm good. I moisturize. - Well?
Uh, avert your eyes.
Avert? You didn't avert shit!
Motherfuckin' shit's fuckin' cold!
Oh, my God!
You did not tell me.
How you not freezin'?
It's cold.
Just wanted to get you in here.
You see that rock over there?
Used to use it as a stage.
I coordinated all my family talent shows.
Yeah? What was your talent? I know it wasn't swimming.
First of all,
this is Olympic-level doggy-paddling, so...
I rapped.
For real?
Uh, yeah, I used to have a rap journal.
OK, I still do.
Sometimes...
I rap in the mirror.
You know, it's... for myself.
You gonna write a rap about us?
First of all, I don't know you like that.
And second of all, who wants to hear a rap
about two naked strangers in a pool?
? Just two muthafuckas in the pool ?
? Muthafuckas in the pool ?
? Breakin' all the rules, break-breakin' all the rules ?
Bars!
What happened?
Uh...
I been had that.
I'm over telling you everything,
and you not sayin' shit.
So we playin' a new game. We playin' Truth or Truth.
I guess, Truth.
When was your last relationship?
I don't know that I've ever had
a long relationship like yours.
'Cause all the women I know in Houston
are cool just stayin' in Houston.
They don't be thinkin' like me.
Is that why you left?
Nah, I been wantin' to come to L.A.
But I thought you hated it.
I don't hate it.
It's just not what I expected.
It's... hard to start over.
Yeah, I get that.
My apartment flooded and shit during the hurricane.
And I coulda stayed, but I was like,
"Just fuck it. Go."
There's nothin' tyin' me down but me.
So you just left everything you knew behind?
I don't know if I could do all that.
Sometimes you just gotta go for it
even when it don't make sense to everybody else.
Yeah. I need to shake some shit up too.
Yeah, like what?
I don't know, like... my job.
You don't like it?
It's fine, it's just...
I want to do more there...
with music.
We'll see.
Make that shit happen.
It seems like it's a big part of you.
Honey, call the cops!
That was fuckin' crazy.
I shoulda known white people live there.
White people do love water.
They do.
So what do we do now? What's next?
You don't need to do Runyon anymore.
You're good.
It's too much. Take some time off.
Hey, ladies, so sorry to interrupt.
Oh, no, please, get us back on track.
I know you guys have a lot to juggle
with the Patterson case.
Congrats on snagging that one, by the way.
Thank you. I been lookin' for a reason
to cancel on my trainer.
Well, listen,
I've dealt with that same Patterson issue before,
so if you don't have anyone on it, I'd love to help.
Yeah? It's mostly just gonna be reviewing the file,
making sure our questions are smart.
You sure you got room on your plate?
Yeah, lots of room. Pile it on.
OK. Welcome to the team.
Thank you.
These tacos probably cold as fuck.
They're still good, though.
And, you know, I have a microwave at my place.
Which is close... to here.
- I mean... - What'd I tell you?
They're all right.
You're lyin'. Lookin' all happy and satisfied.
_
- _ - Sorry, I'm just dealin' with
this Coachella shit.
You goin'?
Uh, yes.
SZA. Cardi. Migos.
- Beyoncé! - Damn, that sounds hot.
Look at you. You're learnin' not to doubt me.
Which is great for you, because I'm always right.
- Always? - Always right.
- Every single time. - OK.
I should...
Yeah.
My mama told me to tell you that we locked out.
My mama says you changed the locks.
- I didn't. - You did.
Told you!
Oooh... what y'all doin'?
Eatin' tacos and kissin' on the mouth?
OK, you know, um,
I'll be right back.
I don't even know.
I'm gonna...
Yeah.
Thanks for the L.A. day.
I mean, somebody had to do it.
Um, we should... do this again.
Oh! You, uh...
My mama had said to wait.
Molly. Stacy and I wanted to meet
with you tonight about the Patterson case.
We wanna make sure those 'rogs
are really on-point. No wiggle room.
Oh. Um, tonight is... that's a little tough.
- Um... - Oh, OK.
- How about we try the weekend... - Molly, you ready to get started?
Yeah, I'll be right there.
It's OK.
I see you're busy.
Uh, I'll be in my office.
Hey, hey.
- You feeling better? - Huh?
Oh, right. Um, I'm great, thanks.
Good. I was thinking for your new school assignment
you'd be a perfect fit at Crozier Middle.
I just spoke to a teacher there,
and they said they're ready to have someone.
I'm sorry, I...
I can't do this anymore.
What do you mean?
I mean...
I need something new.
I'm quitting.
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