All American (2018) s05e02 Episode Script

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COMMENTATOR: It's the middle
of the 4th quarter
Kilson 14, GAU 10, and
welcome back to the ATL bowl,
sponsored by Angry Hippo.
"Nothing charges you
like an Angry Hippo,"
except maybe Chomps Taylor. [CHUCKLES]
If you're just joining us,
it's been a rough one for
Jordan Baker and the GAU offense,
due in large part to number 56,
Rodrick "Chomps" Taylor,
who has 4 sacks on the day.
JORDAN: 44's the mike, 44's the mike!
Ready,
white 80, set!
[PLAYERS GRUNTING]
- JORDAN: Oof!
- [CROWD GROANS]
GARRETT: Is anybody gonna block him?!
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- CHOMPS: You know what time it is!
MALE SINGER: Top of the mountain ♪
- You got the rules ♪
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- BILLY: Come on!
- SINGER: You know what you're getting ♪
How can you mess with the bull? ♪
- Oh, take it, yeah ♪
- [CROWD ROARS]
- CHOMPS: Yeah! Whoo!
- SINGER: Do it again and again ♪
- CHOMPS: What I'm talkin' about, baby!
- LAYLA: Get up, Jordan.
Why can't they stop that guy?
COOP: J.'s gotta get
rid of the ball faster.
OLIVIA: Or Spencer's
gotta get open faster.
COOP: Man, please. My boy Spencer's
the only one that showed up today.
PATIENCE: Anybody else hungry?
Taylor is eating us alive.
See, what Garrett should do is doub
That's all right, Jordan!
Walk it off, baby! Short memory!
- PLAYERS: Let's go!
- BILLY: Short memory!
He came back too early.
I can tell his hand's
bothering him. I knew it.
Well, if it was serious, Coach
Garrett would have pulled him.
Yeah, well,
I'm not too sure about that.
JORDAN: Do you guys
want me to die out there?
'Cause it's about to be a crime scene!
SPENCER: J.'s right.
Look, I'm getting open,
but he can't find me 'cause
he got a runaway train coming.
- Y'all gotta do something.
- Winfield, grab your hat. Come on.
Let's go. Get in there. Come on.
SINGER: Shake your hand,
nope, thought you had a friend ♪
Let's get it. Come on. 22
pink rad, on 1, on 1. Ready?
[PLAYERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[SINGING CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
JORDAN: Yo right here, right here!
COMMENTATOR: Isaiah Winfield in motion.
- All right and hut!
- Baker hikes the ball.
Quick screen to James,
who gets a huge block,
and there's nothing but daylight ahead.
Spencer James is in
for an easy touchdown,
and the Condors take the lead.
- COOP: Yes!
- LAYLA: You see that throw?
- COOP: Did you see that catch?
- You see my fries?
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
COMMENTATOR: Flag on the play.
The touchdown's coming back.
It's gonna be a personal
foul on Isaiah Winfield.
COMMENTATOR 2: Yeah, it
was an illegal chop block
to the knee of Chomps Taylor,
and the star linebacker is still down.
Do you see that?
COOP: Well
Payback's a bitch, Chomps.
LAYLA: Yeah, right? He's
been hitting Jordan all day.
Why can't they hit him back?
Yeah, well, they can, but not like that.
[SIGHS]
Yeah, I saw the hit, Liv.
I'm I'm right here.
Calm down because there's nothing
we can do about it right now.
Look, we'll deal with
this when I get back.
OK? OK?
All right. Yup.
- GRACE: You'll "deal with" what?
- BILLY: Hmm?
- What did you two see out there?
- BILLY: Um, nothing.
GRACE: If it's nothing, you and
Olivia wouldn't be so concerned,
and if it affects my son,
I need to know, Billy.
OK, look, I don't want
you telling Spencer this
until I know for sure, OK?
OK.
I think Garrett had Isaiah
hit Chomps intentionally.
- Really?
- And if that's the case,
- they're looking at some serious NCAA sanctions.
- GRACE: Wow.
That's if they even still
have a football program.
[BREATHLESSLY] Wow.
COMMENTATOR: The clock is ticking.
Jordan Baker is 3-for-3
since Chomps Taylor went down,
and the Condors are driving
with just seconds left.
JORDAN: Ready
White 80, set!
COMMENTATOR: Baker drops back.
He's got Spencer
wide-open down the field.
He throws it, and it's
Picked off!
Baker's pass came up short,
and that turnover will end the game.
The Cougars hang on to win, 14-10.
Uhh! Damn it!
My dad was right. I
shouldn't have played.
- I shouldn't have played today.
- [SPENCER SIGHS]
No, it wasn't all on you.
It just wasn't our day.
[SIGHS] So what now?
Back to the grind.
We got a lot more
seasons ahead of us, man.
We just getting started.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[KNOCKS TWICE] Have you
talked to Jordan yet?
What did he say about Isaiah?
Oh. Morning, sweetie. I'm
doing fine. Thanks for asking.
- [SIGHS] Dad?
- Mm-hmm?
You said you would handle it when
you got back. It's been a week.
OK, what, you got some kind
of a deadline or something?
Are you not handling it?
I was just trying to
get our ducks in a row
- before we start charging on.
- OLIVIA: OK, well, they're in a row.
- Enough ducking around already.
- [CHUCKLES]
- That's cute.
- Dad, I'm being serious, please.
- OK. Ahem.
- I've been looking into Isaiah.
He lost his scholarship to Spencer,
so, he's basically a
walk-on with no money
who spends most of
his time on the bench.
He's the perfect candidate for
Coach Garrett's bounty hunt.
Well, most freshmen
sit on the bench. Um
your brother and Sp um
You can say his name. I'm not gonna
spontaneously combust.
It's just a breakup.
How are you doing with that, by the way?
'Cause I'm here if you need to talk.
Thank you.
I'm OK.
I mean, is it easy to have an ex
that you still have
feelings for that's connected
to all parts of your life?
No, but I'm handling it, OK?
I'm focusing on me, which takes
me back to Garrett's takedown.
You and I both know that Isaiah
hit Taylor like that on purpose.
BILLY: Mm-hmm. Now, I'm
not disagreeing with you,
but it's not what we know;
It's what we can prove.
Then I will go talk to
Isaiah and get proof.
OK no, no, don't don't do that.
We don't want to go set
any alarms off, right?
Now, if if Isaiah is guilty
- He is.
- Right.
Then he'll probably deny it
and go running back to Garrett,
then they'll have time to
cover this whole thing up.
Now, look, Liv, I'm proud of you.
This is so much more
than just an article,
all right? This not only
affects Coach Garrett and
and Isaiah; this
affects the entire team.
OLIVIA: So what, then? We do nothing,
and we just let him keep hurting people?
Absolutely not, but I, as the adult,
need to take the wheel from here on out.
[DISTANT DOG BARKS]
COOP: Carter ain't got no blender?
That man barely has
anything in his kitchen.
Ain't blenders wedding-registry gifts?
You should just get a new one. You
don't need that old, busted thing.
Let me guess. You need a blender.
No, I'm just taking a
mental note of everything
you taking up outta here, so I
know what I need when I move in.
GRACE: Oh, sorry, Tamia.
I rented out the place.
It's kinda why I'm packing it up.
You moving out of the Bakers' house?
Not yet, but when I get into GAU,
I'mma want to be close to the campus.
Besides, I'm not even sure
I want to stay there now that
- Spence and Liv are
- Now that we're what?
Uh, broken up, doneso, splitsville.
Speaking of splitsville,
ain't you got somewhere to be?
Come on, bro. Don't be like
that. It's been, like, two weeks.
You broke up with her,
and the only time you
ain't crying at home
is when you crying at the gym.
Liv should be the one walking
around acting butt hurt.
GRACE: Tamia's right. Not
all that "butt hurt" business,
but now you have to live your life.
It ain't that easy just to move on, Ma.
Yeah, seems to be that way
for Liv 'cause she always out.
- SPENCER: Out where?
- GRACE: You're in college.
Enjoy being young while you can.
COOP: One hundred. You need
to do a little less working out
and a little more wilding out.
Hey. I just got off the
phone with A.A. Ron Davis,
and he signed to Keating Records.
Well, he is A.A. Jerk.
I'm surprised Key and
Peele haven't sued him yet.
Yeah, well, he's the second
artist I've lost to Clay this week.
JORDAN: Hey, yo sorry.
Am I interrupting something?
Uh, no, not at all.
What are you doing here?
- JORDAN: [CHUCKLES]
- LAYLA: Yeah, what are you doing here, Jordan?
Is that coffee for us?
I hope you guys like vanilla lattes.
- They are my favorite.
- PATIENCE: Aw. That is so nice.
And it was perfect timing,
too, 'cause Layla is in a mood.
- JORDAN: Yeah?
- PATIENCE: Clay.
Ah. What about Clay?
Um, he can offer artists everything:
a P.R. department, a marketing
department, a social-media department,
and I don't even have business
cards with my name on them.
Well, who needs business
cards anyways, right?
You're Layla Keating. I
would take you any day.
I mean what I mean is, like,
I would rather be with Layla
than Clay, business-wise not sex.
Anyway, um,
I have to step my game up 'cause
Keating Records' P.R.
department is top-tier,
and they'd be tough to beat,
but luckily, I have known
the woman in charge since I was a kid.
Uh-oh. You gonna try to poach her?
Well, Clay took my artists.
Why not take his head of P.R.?
Savage.
- [CELL PHONE RINGTONE]
- PATIENCE: Hmm.
- Uh-oh. Let me take this real quick.
- LAYLA: Ahem. Yeah.
PATIENCE: Hello?
Saved by the ringtone.
- [SIGHS]
- "Business-wise and not sex"?
- That's smooth.
- [JORDAN SIGHS]
She probably just thought
I was being funny, so
Yeah. Nobody thinks that.
You're a lotta things, Jordan,
but funny's not one of them.
Whoa, OK, hold on. Funny
is my main thing, OK?
Layla, if I was on a dating app,
that'd be the first thing in
my bio, in bold flashing.
So you'd start a new
relationship based on a lie.
That is sad and definitely not funny.
Whatever, Keating.
I'm hilarious, OK?
Look, even with both my eyes closed
and one joke tied behind my back, hmm?
You just proved my point.
- JORDAN: Patience.
- PATIENCE: Yeah?
Real quick, right
here. I'm funny, right?
- [PATIENCE SCOFFS]
- [LAYLA LAUGHS]
Mmm. What? She's funny.
OK. All right.
Uh, I'm looking for the
wunderkind coach of the Rays.
Student coach.
Ah. Right.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Mmm.
Student, right. Explains
why you're still here.
They haven't taught you to
leave when the season's over.
Um, I'm a slow learner.
Your coach doesn't think so.
What's he having you do?
Exit interviews and workout
routines for the freshmen.
Ooh. A bowl win and new coach duties.
You're a pretty big deal.
- Yeah.
- [GIGGLES]
Your man has some serious
responsibility now.
And with great responsibility
comes great power.
Uh, I think that's
the other way around.
- Oh. [CHUCKLES] Yeah, you're right.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
I don't I don't have any power.
But if I impress Coach Montes,
it'll go a long way to making
me an actual coach someday, so
Well, I'm impressed. Does
that do anything for you?
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah, it does.
- [GIGGLES]
Mmm.
Mmm.
- [SIGHS] I just need the team to be impressed, too.
- Mm-hmm.
I need these guys to take
me seriously, you know?
Yeah.
Speaking of, JJ should be here by now.
- [DOOR OPENS]
- JJ: Mmm.
Ah.
Yo. Did you get my text?
Uh
I don't even know where my
phone is. [CHUCKLES] What's up?
You missed your exit interview.
All right, relax, man.
We're roommates. We can
do the interview whenever.
Just not now 'cause
my head is killing me.
I spent an hour coming up
with a workout routine for you.
How do you think it makes me look
when my own roommate blows me off?
I didn't blow you off. I forgot.
Big difference.
Look, it's not just the interview, JJ.
You haven't been to the
gym since the season ended.
It's called off-season
for a reason, big guy.
They gave you a scholarship
that you didn't even need, JJ.
At least pretend that it matters to you.
- Spence Spence knows what I'm talking about.
- SPENCER: What?
He's worked out every day
since his season ended,
- sometimes twice a day.
- JJ: Well, he should.
They lost their bowl game. We won ours.
SPENCER: Well, I wouldn't know.
They don't air pointless games.
[CHUCKLING] OK, I'm gonna
forget that you said that,
but help me out, please?
Tell JJ that the season
ending does not give him
- an endless pass to party.
- JJ: All right, well, tell Asher
that life moves pretty fast.
You don't stop to look
around once in a while,
you could miss it.
That's Ferris Bueller.
I think JJ's got the right idea.
[CHUCKLES]
A party sounds great.
Where we going?
[JJ CHUCKLES]
I've dreamed
about this moment for so, so, so long.
[SNIFFLING] And now
that Spencer is single
and looking to smash, I
don't think I have the words.
I guess I should start by thanking
Olivia for being so tough to date.
It is not that deep, all right?
It's just a night out with my boys.
It is that deep, Spence.
"Little Mermaid,"
"Under The Sea" deep.
All my boys are single again.
I'm still with Jaymee.
You saw her yesterday.
I'm talking about my boys who
haven't forgotten how to have fun.
I'm just trying to look out for you.
And I'm just trying to get my party on.
And I'm just trying to
not listen to y'all argue
like an old married
couple. How 'bout this?
Asher promises to have fun tonight
if JJ promises to hit
the gym tomorrow morning.
- [JJ SIGHS]
- SPENCER: Thank you. Where are we going?
Where else?
You being single is my
golden key to the golden door
of Golden Angeles University
- Stop saying golden.
- Where the parties never stop,
the beer trickles down
like wine, and the women
- Do not know you.
- Boom.
Problem is, you don't
know any girls at GAU,
- so we have to do some on-campus recon.
- Hold on.
I know girls at GAU.
- JJ: Olivia doesn't count.
- ASHER: Neither do your professors.
I know one girl at GAU.
Hmm.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
[LIVELY CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS]
[TURNS OFF MUSIC]
- Hey, Layla.
- Hey.
- Good to see you again.
- Yeah.
I'm so sorry, but Laurie has to cancel.
- She literally just called.
- LAYLA: I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Feel like she still sees me as
JP's baby girl with the pigtails.
I'm sure that's not true.
You started your own label
right outta high school.
Yeah, she called me
"Little Layla" 3 times
in our 2-minute conversation,
even used a cute baby voice.
Don't take it personally.
She still calls me "I.G."
- Mmm?
- "Intern Gia."
It's been 5 years, but at least
she doesn't use the baby voice.
"Little Layla" and "Intern Gia"
you know, I guess some people
don't leave room for growth.
- GIA: Yeah.
- I'll try when she's got more time.
She's probably swamped
with all your new clients.
Hmm. The only thing Laurie's
swamped with is spin class.
Pretend I didn't say that.
I'm just [CHUCKLES]
a little under it right now.
You know, it sounds like
you could use a night out.
- GIA: Yeah.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- JORDAN: [CHUCKLES]
Come on. That's funny.
OLIVIA: What's funny?
Me.
Since when?
- What do you want, Olivia?
- OK.
I need to talk to you about
your friend Isaiah, OK?
I'm pretty sure Coach Garrett put Isaiah
in the game to hurt Chomps Taylor.
Really, Liv?
Isaiah beat up Chomps?
Are you that desperate for a story?
OLIVIA: Garrett's players have a history
of hurting guys on the
other team to win games.
There's proof; I mean,
circumstantial proof, but
Were you were you even
watching the game? We didn't win.
Yeah, but Chomps going
down gave you a chance.
I mean, he was destroying you all
game before Isaiah took him out.
Well, Isaiah protected me by
blocking a much bigger guy, OK?
He isn't used to
throwing blocks like that,
so he hit Chomps a little low,
and he got penalized
for it, end of story.
It is nowhere near the end, OK? Look,
I'm trying to do the
right thing here, OK?
I blindsided you with the
Wade stuff last semester.
I didn't want to blindside you again.
Thank you so much for the
heads-up, but you're wrong, OK?
Yeah, well, everyone thought
I was wrong about Wade, too.
Isaiah is not Wade, OK?
Isaiah is a good friend
who busted his ass all
season to earn a spot.
- What reason would he even have to do it?
- OLIVIA: To please Garrett.
I mean, who knows what
that predator offered him?
- Listen
- JORDAN: No, no.
Isaiah didn't do it, OK?
You're wrong. Let it go.
- [OLIVIA SIGHS]
- [JJ CHUCKLES]
SPENCER: Something's up.
Feel like every girl on
campus is staring at me.
You're a GAU celebrity.
They were always staring at you.
You're just finally seeing
college through single eyes.
- Welcome to my world.
- [SPENCER CHUCKLING]
- JORDAN: Well, you're wrong, OK?
- OLIVIA: Whatever.
[SIGHS]
- SPENCER: What was that about?
- JORDAN: Nothing. Just
just Liv being Liv, right?
Look, I'd I'd dump
her, too, if I could
- but my DNA won't let me, right?
- [JJ AND JORDAN CHUCKLE]
Listen, I gotta take care of
something. I'll see you guys tonight.
- SPENCER: Yeah.
- JORDAN: Amazing. Excuse me.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
You gotta talk to Olivia.
I swear, me and your mama
raised y'all with manners.
She won't leave my
football team alone, OK?
I I get the whole
Wade thing, but now
Now she's exaggerating
this Isaiah thing.
I even had to lie to Spencer
about it. It needs to stop.
She shouldn't have told you.
- What, you know?
- Your sister and I have been looking
into Coach Garrett for a while now.
We didn't want to worry you
until we had the full story.
There is no story, OK?
You guys don't know Isaiah
like I do, all right?
He wouldn't hurt someone on purpose.
That hit was no accident.
- You should watch the tape.
- I don't need to watch the tape,
OK? I was there.
An injury ended your career, Dad, right?
Do I really need to remind you that
- injuries happen all the time in football?
- BILLY: They do,
but they seem to happen more to the
players that go up against Garrett.
Look, I know this is hard
for you to process, son,
but you need to trust me.
[SIGHS]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Hey. You're home early.
How'd the meeting go?
Uh, it didn't. She canceled.
Uh, but I invited her
assistant Gia out tonight.
Think you'll like her.
She's a fan of yours.
OK, so is this your way of
saying that I'm going out tonight?
- [GIGGLES]
- OK, got you.
So is this a "keep your
enemies closer" sorta thing?
I just thought she
could use a night out.
Just saying, and plus, you know,
it couldn't hurt to have
someone on the inside,
- like a spy.
- LAYLA: Suppose it couldn't.
- PATIENCE: I'm just sayin'.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
BILLY: You sure you want to marry a dude
that has me doing all the heavy lifting?
- GRACE: D'Angelo is busy.
- BILLY: Oh, yeah, busy.
Don't be taking your
frustrations out on my man.
- [CHUCKLES]
- So cat's out the bag on Coach Garrett, huh?
Oh, yeah.
I really wish Liv hadn't
said anything to Jordan.
Now it's just a matter of time before
Spencer and everybody knows.
Why won't she just listen to me?
GRACE: She's a smart,
strong-willed woman,
just like you raised her to be.
- Oh, well.
- And she's stubborn.
- Got that from you, too.
- Well,
I just wish she'd think things through
before she burns down the house.
You sure she hasn't?
Look, I mean, she's going
through a lot right now.
Spencer saw that, and
so he gave her the space
so she can handle it.
Maybe you ought to do that, too.
Hmm. How is Spencer?
He's pretty upset,
and to be honest, so am I.
I think they were good for each other.
Me, too, and they were.
Well, if it's meant to be,
they'll find their way back, right?
Kinda like you and d'Angelo.
- You think you're funny.
- I am funny.
- That's debatable.
- That was funny. You can laugh.
- That's OK.
- GRACE: No, it's not funny. Shut up.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
If it isn't GAU's
most eligible bachelor.
And the second he breaks up
with his girl, he calls me.
DAVITA: I feel like I'm
about to get the final rose.
A'ight, look,
this ain't "The Bachelor,"
and there ain't no roses,
especially not between friends.
Will you tell your friend
not every girl is into him?
- JJ: Lie to him? No way.
- SPENCER: Yeah.
- I appreciate you.
- Both of y'all are a mess.
[CHUCKLES] Anyway, I took care of you.
My business sorority friends
are throwing a party tonight.
- SPENCER: Oh, that's what's up.
- JJ: Uh, no.
That is definitely not what's
up. That would be a negative.
Oh, the subtraction button
for you business types.
I mean, how desperate
do you think we are?
Based on Spencer's Yard Yack post, very.
I'm sorry. What post?
"Smashtour"?
JJ: I I didn't have time
to make shirts, but trust me.
That post it's gonna
drive the ladies crazy.
[CHUCKLES]
OLIVIA: "Smashtour"?
ERICA BANKS: I'm the best
that you know ♪
And I play on my own ♪
Stay in Gucci head
to toe, get my way ♪
Or it don't go,
I'm the best that you know ♪
- SPENCER: This is a business sorority?
- JJ: I'm changing majors.
[SPENCER CHUCKLES, JJ SIGHS]
How do you already have a
drink? We just walked in.
It's a party.
- DAVITA: About time you got here.
- SPENCER: What's up?
DAVITA: What do you think?
JORDAN: Well, you know,
the way JJ described it,
I was expecting S.A.T. prep
class and hard seltzers.
I know it doesn't look like it tonight,
but business is one of
the hardest majors at GAU,
so they're always
looking to blow off steam.
Oh, I am definitely changing majors.
- She said "steam," JJ.
- I heard what I heard.
Let me introduce you to everyone.
Hey, everyone, Spencer
James is in the house,
and in case y'all missed Yard Yack,
he's single.
WOMEN: Whoo!
Ah. [CHUCKLES]
Tonight is gonna be epic.
We'll be telling our kids about it.
You know, I love you, JJ,
but you ain't never
getting near my kids, man.
- JJ: [CHUCKLES]
- [BANKS SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
GIA: I mean, it's pretty much a
boy's club since Clay took over.
I'm surprised he hasn't
put a hot tub in the lobby.
- Oh, give it time.
- Forget the hot tub.
- We don't even have a lobby.
- Thank you, Patience.
Uh, Formonica Records is still growing.
GIA: I'd rather have a small studio
with one talented artist
than a lobby full of idiots.
I have more than one artist.
Right. Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
I'm sure Layla's already told you,
but I am a huge fan of yours.
She did, she did,
but, you know, you could
still keep talking about it.
- My memory sucks, so
- GIA: Well, I snuck out of work
to see you on tour, and
you didn't disappoint.
OLIVIA: My ex is on a tour.
A smashtour.
LAYLA: Uh, they they just broke up.
- GIA: Mmm.
- [OLIVIA SIGHS]
Well, I'm sorry to hear that,
but if he used the word "smash,"
- you might be better off without him.
- Maybe.
Hey, thanks again for
letting me crash tonight.
- I really needed to get out.
- LAYLA: Yeah.
GIA: Do you work with
Layla and Patience?
Nope. [SIGHS] Thanks to my ex,
my brother, and my
dad, I now do nothing.
OK, that's not true.
Olivia is a ridiculously
talented journalist
- and she has her own podcast.
- GIA: What is with you ladies?
Powerhouses before 20.
No, stop.
- I mean, you can keep going on, about me.
- [LAYLA CHUCKLES]
- GIA: About you? OK, uh,
- PATIENCE: Yeah.
- well, I loved the video for "Shining."
- PATIENCE: Yeah?
GIA: Yeah, but I gotta say,
you're even prettier in person.
OK, you know what?
You are officially my new best friend.
- GIA: Bestie, what's up?
- PATIENCE: [LAUGHS]
KAYA KA$H: I'm so sexy,
oh, I'm so sexy ♪
I'm so sexy, oh, I'm so sexy ♪
ASHER: Wow.
- This statue of Spencer looks so realistic.
- [CHUCKLES]
You know, it looks a little bit
shorter than him in real life, though.
Uglier, too. What's up, man?
- SPENCER: What's up?
- COOP: Ah.
All these fine women in here, and y'all
standing here talking to each other?
- I'm glad you made it.
- What, you thought I was gonna talk you
into spittin' game and
not stay for the fallout?
- [CHUCKLES]
- I think I need to be, uh,
- watching Davita instead.
- SPENCER: Yeah.
JORDAN: Huh. Let's all watch Davita.
I guess she wasn't kidding
when she said I'm not her type.
[COOP CHUCKLES]
- WOMAN: Hey!
- JORDAN: Mm-mmm.
- COOP: OK, no. Nope.
- What?
No, I didn't come all
the way here to watch you
hook up with some Liv-alike.
- She does not look like Liv.
- Yeah, she does.
JJ: OK, give Spence a break.
He's just a little
rusty. Here's what you do.
Talk to the next girl you see.
- As soon as she shows interest, leave.
- [SNICKERS]
Make her find you.
- I call it the hide 'N' seek.
- JORDAN: Right,
or you just be funny, Spence.
Girls love a guy with
a great sense of humor.
- ASHER: How would you know?
- JORDAN: Ooh.
There's also "the swoop."
That's when you let your
friends do all the work,
and you swoop in and take the
girl at the end of the night.
JORDAN: Wait, I actually think
that's called "the Spencer."
- SPENCER: Ha. Right.
- COOP: [LAUGHS]
- [ALL LAUGH]
- JORDAN: You see? I'm funny.
- You get it?
- ASHER: Because you stole my joke.
You all acting like I don't
know how to pick up girls.
Y'all must be forgetting,
I am Spencer James.
- JJ: Whoa!
- ASHER: Whoo!
- JORDAN: Oh, ho ho! Spencer James.
- COOP: OK, then.
- SPENCER: What?
- COOP: Listen, show us.
SPENCER: OK, OK.
Uh, excuse me. Hey,
uh, I'm Spencer James.
I'm Neasha.
KA$H: I am sexy, I'm so sexy ♪
Sexy, I'm so sexy,
I'm so sexy, I'm so sexy ♪
I'm so yummy, yummy,
sexy, I'm so sexy ♪
Hi. I'm Charlie Madden.
- Does that ever work for you?
- Yeah, I'm sorry, Charlie.
- LAYLA: Uh, we're just having a girls' night, so
- CHARLIE: A'ight. Cool, cool.
CHARLIE: I'mma be over
here, a'ight, y'all?
- LAYLA: OK.
- PATIENCE: OK, Charlie.
- CHARLIE: All right.
- LAYLA: See ya.
I wouldn't be so quick to shut him down.
You never know what could come of it.
Girl, I am gay, OK? [CHUCKLING]
I am not into guys.
GIA: Right. What I mean is everyone
you meet is a potential fan.
LAYLA: That's a great way to look at it.
OLIVIA: So she's supposed to
be nice to every douchey guy
- with a bad pickup line?
- The game has changed.
He could be an influencer
with thousands of followers;
He posts about her, and just like that,
- she has thousands of new fans.
- PATIENCE: I mean, I'm OK with fans,
- even guy fans.
- You see douchey guys. I see sold-out concerts.
All I see are douchey guys.
MALE SINGER: Yeah, we gonna party ♪
That was a tough loss, man.
Their D-line coach had your number.
For real. [CHUCKLES]
JJ: Ash, pull up your drinking boots.
- We're next in beer pong.
- ASHER: I'm good.
GAU's a young team, though; You
guys are gonna do great next season.
JJ: What a surprise,
Coach Asher talking football.
[CHUCKLES] I thought you
were gonna try to have fun.
- ASHER: Talking football is fun.
- JJ: That's all he cares about lately.
Interviews, workouts, drills.
Blah!
ASHER: I'm just trying to
make sure my best friend
is ready for next season.
ISAIAH: Nothing wrong with
someone looking out for you.
Yes.
Cheers.
Dude, what is your problem?
[SLURRED] I don't have a problem.
I have a beer pong game to play.
- [POPS LIPS]
- SINGER: Yeah, baby ♪
Yeah, we gonna party ♪
[SIGHS] Same Spencer, new corner, huh?
I'm just trying out the
old hide 'N' seek move.
You're sure you're not just hiding?
- [SIGHS]
- Hey, check out this photo
of you on my phone.
[BRAYS] Get it?
You thought it was
gonna be a photo of you,
- but it's actually just a
- SPENCER: I got it. I got it.
I'm just angry you
wasting my time with it.
OK.
That was rude. What do you know?
- Girls will think it's funny.
- SPENCER: No girls that I know.
- Well, maybe I should ask that girl that you hit on.
- SPENCER: Go ahead.
We never got past me
being Spencer James.
That's all these girls
seem to care about.
[CHUCKLING] OK, and that's a bad thing?
Spence, not every single
hookup has to lead to marriage.
Says the guy who got
married in high school?
Touché. Look, the point is,
you came to this party
to have fun, all right?
So come on. [SNAPS FINGERS]
Go have some fun.
MALE SINGER:
Yeah, the feeling's pure ♪
Yeah, we're gonna party ♪
We gonna party ♪
Yeah, we gonna party ♪
COOP: Man, you having fun?
Why, you don't think
I know how to have fun?
Now I don't,
at least not like JJ.
PARTYGOERS: Chug! Chug! Chug! Whoo!
He won't even remember he had fun.
You two beefing about something?
His football career.
I care about it more than he does,
and I can't even get
him to listen to me.
Some coach, huh?
My moms used to say
you can tell a person that the
stove is hot and some will listen,
but others won't learn till
they touch it and get burned.
- Who would touch a burning stove?
- Little kids,
drunk people at a barbecue, JJ.
Hey, point is, some
people can't be helped.
They just gotta learn for themselves.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
Yo, thanks again for the invite.
I gotta take some business classes.
Yeah, save me a seat, huh?
I can't believe tomorrow's
our last team workout.
I can't believe that my
final play of the season
- was that pathetic pass.
- Don't beat yourself up.
Chomps did enough of that already.
He did, but, uh, you put a stop to that.
Listen, did did you
mean to hit him like that?
You mean, was I trying to block him?
Yeah, that was the assignment.
Right, right, but I mean, did someone
send you in there to hurt him?
I mean, you went straight into
his knee with your helmet, man.
I was told to block for
Spencer and protect you,
but I wasn't trying to hurt nobody.
Did Garrett tell you to throw that
pathetic pass or was it a mistake?
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING,
MAN SINGING INDISTINCTLY]
Damn, girl. Come on up for air.
- You been hiding from me?
- Why, you been looking?
Maybe.
I've been thinking about
what you said earlier.
- That I'm Spencer James?
- NEASHA: Yeah.
SINGER: Got what I need ♪
I know you've been working hard ♪
12 credits, so do you,
and you got a job ♪
Trying to be a social worker
but you party hard ♪
[CLAMORING AND CHEERING]
JJ: Whoo!
So I'm guessing no workout tomorrow.
[LAUGHING] I'm working out right now!
Yo, let's go!
GIRLS: Whoo!
Aah!
- Whoo!
- [CHEERING AND CLAMORING]
[LAUGHS] Oh!
What? What? You
disappointed in me, Coach?
- Just done.
- [LAUGHS]
Wait. That's it?
No exit interview?
No speech?
- Now, I'm disappointed.
- ASHER: Yeah?
Welcome to the club, JJ.
Look, I'm officially
resigning as your coach.
Do whatever the hell you want to do.
Go see how many pot brownies
you can shove into your mouth
- because I'm done caring.
- [JJ CHUCKLES]
There's pot brownies?
GIA: Talk to me about Patience's look
in her "Music Can Save Us" video.
She's got the, like,
bohemian, girl-next-door vibe.
- It's worked well for her.
- GIA: Yes,
but the girl next door
can only go so far.
It's time for her to move out of
the neighborhood, see the world.
Do you want to be the girl next door,
or the badass woman sailing away
on her multi-million-dollar yacht?
- Mmm. I get seasick.
- Well, they they have pills for that.
So how do we get her on the yacht?
She's in between albums;
It's a great time to reinvent
herself, show people she's grown.
Well, what's wrong
with the way I am now?
GIA: I want people to look at Patience
and see the glamorous,
beautiful star that I see.
PATIENCE: You just
replaced my new best friend,
- which was already you, so
- GIA: [LAUGHS]
- PATIENCE: Yeah, I like that.
- GIA: Good.
OLIVIA: Oh, my God. Seriously?
You're gonna change who you are just
'cause some stranger told you to?
- It's not what she's saying, Liv.
- OLIVIA: It's exactly what she's saying.
Patience, if you want
advice from someone
who's known you longer than a few hours,
I say don't change for anyone.
Stay true to yourself, and
if people don't like it,
they can screw themselves,
- or each other.
- [PATIENCE GROANS]
I mentioned she's she
just went through a breakup.
Yeah, and it's pretty
it's pretty new.
- GIA: Right.
- PATIENCE: Yeah.
- LAYLA: Very fresh.
- PATIENCE: Very fresh, yeah.
MALE SINGER: I wonder
how to get over you ♪
Why'd you leave the party early?
[SIGHS]
I missed you.
[GIGGLES]
- [CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
- JJ: It's JJ. Yo.
[JAYMEE CHUCKLES, ASHER SIGHS]
- ASHER: [CHUCKLES]
- JAYMEE: Is everything OK?
JJ got busted by campus
security and needs a ride home.
[SCOFFS]
Well, so much for impromptu Q.T.
- Come on. Let's go get him.
- No, no, I am not going to get him.
The walk home can be his workout.
HEW G. & BIANCO: Got a cop,
the new drop 'cause it's hot ♪
Ooh, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot ♪
Yeah, I got it, I got it, uh ♪
What the hell is wrong
with you man, huh?
You got a sexy-ass girl waiting on you
and what, you in here?
You better get it together.
Get it together.
- Yeah.
- One on one, I'm the chosen one ♪
- If you need it, I'mma get it done ♪
- Yeah,
you know how we do it.
OK. You got it. Yeah. Yeah.
Going till we see the sun ♪
- SPENCER: Hmm.
- HEW G.: This ain't new ♪
I been through it,
I'm that guy, I am fluent ♪
Yep. Yep. Yep, that's good.
Why go in when we ain't losing ♪
- Whoo!
- Hit the beat like running so hard ♪
My head's got some bruises ♪
Through the ville, yeah ♪
We been cruisin', whoa ♪
You have way too many
clothes on, Spencer James.
Yeah, about that,
listen, my bad, but I can't do this.
- It was a mistake bringing you back here.
- [NEASHA LAUGHS]
Wait. You're serious?
I can give you a ride home
or call you an Uber or something.
[SIGHS] Don't bother.
I'll get my own ride.
- Neasha, I'm sorry.
- [DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[SIGHS]
[LINE RINGING]
[SIGHS]
OLIVIA: Hi, you've reached
Olivia. Please leave a message.
[SIGHS]
[CAR DOOR OPENS, JJ CLEARS THROAT]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES]
JJ: [GRUNTS]
You're not Asher.
JAYMEE: He didn't want to come
and I can't say I blame him.
JJ: I get it.
[SLURRED] Coach Asher
sent his assistant to scold me.
You tell your boyfriend
it's off-season.
Asher doesn't even
know I'm picking you up.
He wanted you to walk home,
which can still happen.
All he's doing
is sucking up to Coach Mr. Montes.
He doesn't care about me.
No matter what he says, we
both know he cares about you,
so at least try and pull it together.
[SNORING]
- I should have let him walk home.
- [ENGINE TURNS OVER]
PATIENCE: You talk to Olivia?
'Cause I'm kind of worried
about her after last night.
Yeah, she's feeling better. Um
She, um,
she wanted me to
apologize to Gia for her.
Mmm well, that girl is dope.
We should hang out with her more often.
I agree. She's actually
coming in this morning.
- Oh, cool.
- Mm-hmm.
You know what? Um,
yeah, I was thinking that
maybe we shouldn't use her as a spy
- 'cause, yeah, I don't want to get her fired.
- LAYLA: Yeah.
- I never said I wanted a spy.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Patience, say hello to the new
- head of P.R. at Formonica Records.
- No.
Wait, seriously? You're gonna work here?
GIA: I hope so.
There's no way they'd let me
back at Keating Records now,
- not the way I quit.
- LAYLA: [CHUCKLES]
- GIA: I won't let you down.
- I know you won't,
and Laurie may not have
appreciated your talents,
but I will, and they
won't go to waste here.
- GIA: Thank you.
- PATIENCE: OK, so last night
- was an interview for Gia?
- LAYLA: Yes.
PATIENCE: Why didn't you tell me?
Well, I wanted you to be yourself,
and plus, I couldn't hire
her as my head of P.R.
without seeing how she
handled my favorite artist.
Speaking of, I threw
together a little something
based on our talk last night.
- LAYLA: Ooh.
- PATIENCE: Oh, my God.
What? [GASPS]
I don't even recognize
myself. I love it.
GIA: You're officially
my new best friend.
- PATIENCE: Oh, yay!
- GIA: Aw.
- PATIENCE: Thank you.
- GIA: Glad you like it.
- PATIENCE: OK, go back, go back.
- GIA: OK.
- [CHUCKLES, SIGHS]
-
Business cards with my name on them.
OK, that's funny.
MALE SINGER: I've been
waiting for this moment ♪
- So long ♪
- [JORDAN CHUCKLES]
- There he is.
- SPENCER: What's up?
JORDAN: Hey.
SINGER: Now I've finally
tasted freedom ♪
What'd you get into last night?
Nothing.
I sent her home.
I ain't never kicked a
girl outta my bed before.
All right, well, don't be too hard
on yourself. At least you tried.
SPENCER: Yeah? Bro, I had
a fine girl up in my room,
and all I could think about was my ex?
[SIGHS] What I had with
Liv was special, man.
Maybe I'm just not ready to
be back in the game, you know?
Maybe you're one of those unicorns
that has to get to know the girl first.
But the important thing is is that
you're putting yourself out there, right?
Maybe just try asking
a girl out on a date.
Maybe I'll give Neasha one more try,
like a lunch or a hike
or something, you know?
- Yeah.
- I like to hike.
- Don't hit send.
- What?
- [FOOTSTEPS DESCEND]
- JJ: Ah.
So I'll see you.
I guess she did find her own ride.
SINGER: Oh, oh, oh ♪
I cannot believe JJ swooped me.
Hey, sweetie. I'm glad
you're here. I, um
- I wanted to talk to you.
- Look me first.
I brought the Garrett story to you,
not the other way around, so,
we will handle it together
because I am not about
to sit on my hands
while my dad arranges his ducks, right?
'Cause that's not who I am,
and I am not gonna change to
make you or anyone else happy.
OK, I don't want you to change.
- I'm not finished.
- Now OK.
It's also not OK for you to treat Jordan
like an adult and then treat me
his way more mature twin
sister like a child.
I agree. I was actually
gonna tell you the
The same, exact thing.
I had a little speech
prepared, but then you
came in instead, you
Well, should we do you want
me to still tell you what I
- Maybe the quick version.
- OK.
- Mm-hmm.
- Uh
- You're an adult
- OLIVIA: Mm-hmm.
And I should treat you like one,
- and I'm sorry.
- And what about the story?
You take the lead,
- and I'm here for help.
- OLIVIA: Thank you.
There are those manners
I was telling you about.
[SIGHS] You're welcome.
All right.
- [SPENCER EXHALES]
- JORDAN: Nice, nice.
- ISAIAH: What's up, Spence?
- SPENCER: What's up, G.?
What was that all about?
- JORDAN: Nothing.
- GARRETT: All right, listen up!
Bring it in!
You been having a lot of arguments
about nothing lately, bro.
First Olivia, now Isaiah?
GARRETT: I know everyone's still
reeling from that tough loss,
so I wanted to share some good news.
I always say if you want the reward,
you got to do the work,
and nobody took that more to heart
this season than Isaiah Winfield.
It's my honor to award you
a full athletic scholarship
for your hard work and team dedication
on and off the field.
Congratulations, son.
Thank you, Coach, thank you.
[TEAM CHEERING AND CLAPPING]
All right, now I know for a
fact something ain't right.
No more "nothings," J.
You better start talking,
now.
Greg, move your head!