All American (2018) s08e09 Episode Script
FEEL
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KHALIL: Just breathe.
[OLIVIA INHALING AND EXHALING DEEPLY]
OLIVIA: OK. [MOANING]
Olivia, I think you're bleeding.
OLIVIA: No. It's too early.
Yeah, I think she's
going into early labor.
You gotta get here now.
Khalil?
Khalil, where are they taking Liv?
Bev Beverly Reed.
I gotta take him. He shouldn't drive.
But look, she's lucky
you were here, all right?
[SIREN IN DISTANCE]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[KNOCK KNOCK]
Yo, Khalil, boy, why ain't
you at that damn showcase?
Oh, what the hell happened here?
Khalil?
Talk to me, man.
Is it Jordan?
His sister.
She went into early labor.
[SNIFFLING]
[SIGHS]
Come on, son. Come on.
No matter what happens to ol' girl
shouldn't no family come
home to a mess like this.
Let's get this place cleaned up.
- CASSIUS: J.
- JORDAN: Why? Why?
Why can't I see her?
- J. You are not helping, J.
- We know that she's here.
- Jordan.
- Please. Someone talk to me, please.
- Outside!
- Hey, hey, get him outside.
- Hey, hey, why can't I see her?
- I got this, all right?
Look, no one's giving me an answer.
Maybe 'cause you're
screaming in everyone's face.
Let's give them a second.
- My sister is in there.
- Right!
She is in there with professionals.
Let's give 'em some space,
let 'em do their jobs.
They will let you know
when you can see her.
- I don't know what to do.
- Sit with me.
- OK.
- Take a second to breathe, man.
No, I mean, I can't
get ahold of Spencer.
Where the hell is he?
And Layla. Layla's not
picking up the phone.
I still gotta call my mom and Grace.
Hey! Hey.
Deep breaths with me, all right?
[BOTH INHALING AND EXHALING]
Good.
One more.
There we go.
Take a seat, man. Come on.
It's too early, Cassius.
It is way too early for the twins, OK?
This this cannot be happening.
The doctors are doing
everything they can.
Liv's strong. The babies are strong.
I mean, they part
Baker after all, right?
J., I'm here for you.
I will call Spencer and Layla
and everybody else in your family, OK?
Mr. Baker.
Our family.
Yeah, let's go. Let's go.
Under the sink.
OK.
You look like you loved here.
I am.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
Why's she calling?
It's nothing.
So what, y'all just hanging
out on the regular now?
Talk about you, yeah.
I'm glad I could bring
y'all back together.
The other night,
did you mean what you said?
Gonna give her another shot?
[LAUGHTER]
Saw the game.
You weren't bad.
Excuse me just a second.
Hey, hold up.
What's your name?
COOP: Yo, yo, yo.
Thank you, and thank
you all for coming out
to karaoke night at Layla's Lounge,
especially South Crenshaw's QB1
and new state champion Khalil Edwards.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Y'all make some noise.
All right. All right.
Without further ado,
we got our next guest coming up.
Y'all make some noise, help
me welcome her to the stage.
[APPLAUSE]
SINGER ON RECORDING: Ooh ♪
All you got to do ♪
Is just walk away ♪
And pass me by ♪
Don't acknowledge my smile ♪
When I try to say hello ♪
Oh. Go easy on him, ladies.
What are you doing here?
Hi, son.
My name's Khalil.
I know this seems out of the blue.
I I wanted to see you.
To talk.
I saw you in the paper.
Congrats on winning the championship.
That was amazing.
Of course.
The "Times" has a write-up
on the new Crenshaw QB,
and you pop after what,
17 years?
So I got value to you now?
No, no, no, no. That's not
Mm.
Can we restart?
- Too late.
- Please.
I was a child.
Let me prove to you I'm not
the same person who left.
Hey, what's going on?
Who's this?
Tash
his mother.
I take it you're who
Khalil's been living with.
I like to think of him
as part of our family.
I just wanted a moment
to talk to my son.
Khalil, is that what you want?
COOP: I think it's
best you head out, Tash.
And if Khalil wants to
talk, he'll reach out.
That's, of course,
assuming you leave a number this time.
I'm sorry.
This is not how I
wanted this to go down.
If you change your mind.
I don't know if I wanna
give her another shot.
When she surprised me like that,
all the hurt
I ain't like that feeling.
How did you forgive her so easily?
She left you, too.
You know what? You've had a day.
And I don't want you
getting all caught up
in our grownup mess.
Let's just focus on
cleaning up the crib.
No.
Why do y'all keep brushing me off
like I can't handle it?
Anybody that ever gave me anything
that looked like a family
are at Beverly Reed right now,
fighting for the lives
of their loved ones.
And the ones that didn't want me,
they won't even talk to me.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Hold up.
I always wanted you, son.
But Mom didn't.
I need to know why.
[EXHALES]
Man, that drive to Castaic is the worst.
Worst. There ain't no
uglier highway than the 5.
So you know we gotta
get Preach out ASAP.
What's up? You still ain't
been able to get no sleep?
I can't stop thinking about my dad.
Seeing him in there,
locked up for trying
to protect me from ICE.
He doesn't deserve to be in there.
None of them do.
I agree.
But I been on the phone with Ms. Baker,
and we're close.
We're close.
I promise you, we gonna get Preach out.
[RINGTONE]
Whoa. Whoa.
It's just my phone, girl. You good?
I'm sorry. Journalists
have been blowing up
my phone since I got out.
I, uh, had to turn it off just to relax.
Guess I'm a little jumpy.
Yeah? Well, it ain't working.
The only way you gonna
recover is some real R & R.
So how about you grab
one of those $100 pair
of sweatpants you got,
I'll order up some of
those bomb tacos you love,
and we chill?
Thank you, Auntie Coop.
Come on. I got you, girl.
Get you some rest.
[EXHALES]
SINGER: It all starts right now ♪
[COACHES SPEAKING EXCITEDLY]
Right here ♪
- ALL: Eagles!
- SINGER: Right now ♪
It's about to go down ♪
It all starts right now ♪
KJ: All right. There
you go. There you go.
Keep your form tight. All right.
Good work, y'all. Good work. Good work.
Good work. All right.
Make sure you guys grab some more waters
before you head out to the field.
OK.
Yeah!
Kingston Jeremy.
Hey.
So when do we get to see you
and rival Khalil Edwards go toe-to-toe?
Ah. [CHUCKLES]
You're gonna have to
wait for that main event,
but before then, we have plenty
of talented players to showcase.
All right. We'll be watching.
[EXHALES]
Man, I can't believe you.
Man, relax. This is for you.
You had a hell of a day, son.
Let this top shelf ease
some of them nerves.
All right, man, look
All right, man, you 18, right?
So that mean you a grown man.
Grown-ass man deserves the truth.
And the truth is
you got to chill out
with some of that smoke
you got for your mom.
Nah, hear me out.
It wasn't all her fault.
We were both young and dumb.
And Tash ain't exactly have
all of these Baker blessings.
Her mom had her when
she was a teen, too.
She already saw how
that story played out.
She got afraid.
So she left.
Now, look, she did something bad,
but she's not a bad person.
Just give her a chance, man.
Let her show you that she changed.
But I did that already.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
SINGER: No talk, all actions ♪
Far drive, start packing ♪
JORDAN: There he is.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, soak up this moment, OK?
You will remember this
for the rest of your life.
So we each really get
our own championship ring?
Yes, sir. Although, you know,
back in my day, they weren't as nice.
Hey, don't worry, Coach.
You can borrow mine whenever you want.
How kind. Yeah.
I'll make sure not to wear
my two NCAA national
championship rings that day.
So it's like that, huh?
Yeah, it's like that.
You still got a long way to go
to catch up to old Coach.
You see your mom?
Not yet.
She's gonna come right
after her shift, though.
It's about a 4-hour drive from Fresno.
I still can't believe she's
been this close to L.A.
these last few years.
Well, listen, um,
no matter what, enjoy tonight.
This is a celebration
of your hard work, OK?
And I'll be here with you.
And so will your dad.
And that is my cue to walk away.
All right. I'm proud of you.
Thank you.
There he go, our state champion.
[BARKS] Yes, sir, baby boy!
- [LAUGHS]
- Glad you could make it, Pop.
Oh, man, I wouldn't
miss it for the world,
especially with you being nominated
for bad ass of the year award.
It's the Brave Heart Award, Pop.
That's the same thing.
My bad ass baby boy got
the bravest of hearts.
Was you expecting somebody?
Nah. Everybody I want is here.
Word.
JORDAN: OK. Good evening,
everyone, and welcome.
I just want to say thank
you to everyone who showed up
to celebrate the state champions,
our South Crenshaw Chargers. Come on.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
JORDAN: Tonight is not just
a celebration of a victory.
We are honouring each of our boys,
who started the season
with a single goal
and worked together to achieve it.
Not many make it to greatness.
Most don't even bother trying.
But what we did together
on that field is a rarity.
So cherish it and be proud.
[CHEERING]
JORDAN: Now, before we get to the rings,
I want to single out a player.
South Crenshaw's Brave Heart Award
has been awarded for 50 years.
It's voted on by both
coaches and players.
It it recognises an individual
whose courage and
selflessness can be seen
on and off the field.
Now, this player despite the odds
overcame every obstacle in his way
and showed up and continued
to contribute to his team.
It is my honour to call up to the stage
this year's Brave Heart Award-winner
Khalil Edwards.
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
Thank you so much for this award.
MARQUI: Why you ain't say nothing?
'Cause it didn't matter.
What you mean, it don't matter?
You sitting there, hurting on
the biggest night of your life,
and it don't matter?
You could've at least said something.
I could've tried to help.
I didn't need your help. I needed hers.
But she didn't show.
She never shows.
That's what I been trying to tell you.
She hasn't changed.
The only way that I can guarantee
that she doesn't hurt me again
is if I don't give her the chance to.
Gotta go see if there's
an update on Olivia.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Meena, let's get our taco on.
Oh, what the hell y'all got going on?
Amina Simms, care to
make a comment about
ICE's activity at South Crenshaw?
She don't have no comment. Back up.
What about your father, Cardell Simms?
Is there worry he'll face
Bro, you got two seconds
to get back on the curb
before I have all y'all
arrested for trespassing.
Back up.
[REPORTERS SPEAKING AT ONCE]
I'm sorry. It's OK.
[REPORTERS SPEAKING OUTSIDE]
They still out there?
Yeah, unfortunately.
Why won't they just leave me alone?
I'm not trying to be
the face of a movement.
I was just trying to do the right thing.
I know. Come on.
Have a seat.
Drink something.
Thanks.
If I had seen your call that day, I
It's OK.
No, it ain't.
I mean, you should not have to answer
some dumb-ass reporters,
and and Preach should not
be sleeping in a jail cell.
I should've been here to protect y'all,
but I forgot what was important to me
you, Preach, my community.
I didn't see the sellout happening.
I didn't
but you did.
Auntie Coop, come on.
You didn't sell out.
Look, I'm sorry for
implying that you did.
You're allowed to dream
big and try new things
if it makes you happy.
And you're allowed to
course correct if it doesn't.
[RINGTONE]
AMINA: Aren't you gonna ?
OK.
MARQUI: Uh, any word on the sister?
Jordan won't answer his phone.
Hey, look, man, just
take a break for a second.
Now, if you gonna keep
pressing me to talk to Moms.
It ain't even like that, man.
I just wanna talk to you real quick.
Hey, listen, just
I just wanna talk to you.
Khalil, the fact that
that happened to you
your mom bailing on you that night
and you felt like you couldn't tell me?
I wasn't trying to call you out.
But you did, and you was right to.
I'm I'm realising, man, I
I'm the one that's messing you up.
Even though I been here,
I ain't really been here.
Look, man, you deserve an apology
and some real truths.
Since you offering real truths
did you make Mom leave?
[EXHALES]
I didn't make it easy for her to stay.
[SIGHS] Man
back in the day,
Tash put up with a lot
just 'cause of my lifestyle.
I wasn't the easiest
person to deal with.
I was wilin' out.
I had issues with my mama
issues with Tash.
I guess you could say
I had a complicated
relationship with women.
[CHUCKLING]
Maybe we got that in common.
We both drive away women
that we truly care about,
intentional or not.
Yeah.
Maybe we do.
Man, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, man.
COACH: Any news on Khalil Edwards?
We seen every Crenshaw player but him.
Yeah, yeah.
Nah, he's he's definitely
around here somewhere.
You probably just missed him.
There's no record of him weighing in,
and he hasn't been seen
at any of the skill events.
Also, where are Coach
Baker and Coach Jeremy?
A few of the assistant coaches
I have been able to find
can't seem to answer that
question for me either.
I mean, that is the perks of Beverly.
Am I right? I mean, we
have a big campus over here.
So I'm sure everyone's
around here somewhere.
As for Khalil and I,
we're just saving the best for last.
CLIFF: Ha ha. Gentlemen,
what a day we are having.
Ha ha ha ha! Does Beverly know
how to throw an event or what?
I hear the shuttle runs are
about to start on the field.
You don't want to miss out.
OK!
[CLIFF CHUCKLES]
Now, wanna tell me what's
really going on, son?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COOP: Hey, I got the law on my side.
Y'all don't wanna
play with me right now.
Oh, ya y'all asking
for it, ain't you?
I just told you Breonna!
Do you want to get charged with assault?
This is how people get
charged with assault.
What is going on?
I tried calling. I thought I could help
you guys with the
circus you have outside.
I was helping her. I told
her not to talk to them.
BREONNA: Hmm. Or hit
them with a baseball bat.
COOP: I was not gonna
hit them, all right?
It was a scare tactic.
Did you really think
that was gonna work?
Well, it scared you.
Oh, my God. All I want is peace. Please.
I don't want to talk to anyone,
let alone those reporters.
Now, I'm going in my room.
I'm going to turn on noise cancelation,
and I'm gonna give you two some privacy
because it sounds like y'all
really need to do the talking.
OK? OK.
She's a smart one.
Yeah. Real genius.
I guess we we do need to talk.
You want to put the bat down first?
Right.
Look, I was so out of pocket
the night Amina got out.
I was stressed a lot
and and just mad at
myself for choosing J&R
over my community.
And that's why I resigned.
I heard.
Audrey told me that you two
had quite the conversation.
It would've been nice
to be a part of that.
Look, she just she helped me see
that I need to be a disruptor
you know, go, live in my purpose.
And you couldn't do that at J&R?
You couldn't give it a a little
bit of time to figure it out?
Look, baby, I appreciate everything
that you've done for me,
but if I'mma be honest with you,
I'm just not J&R people.
And what is that supposed to mean?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Finally! The tacos.
Um, just in case, just in case.
[OPENS DOOR]
Oh! Back up. [REPORTERS
SPEAKING AT ONCE]
Amina, come get these tacos.
Amina?
Where'd she go?
She left a note.
"Helping out KJ.
Plus, no headphones in the world
can block out y'all."
Great.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Meen, what are you doing here?
I should be asking you.
KJ texted me. Why aren't
you at the showcase?
You don't know.
Know what?
What did you do? This you?
Damn.
For something so small, you hit hard.
Are you the reason he's
not at the showcase?
I was wrong.
You ain't driven 'em all away.
I'mma let y'all have a minute.
Khalil, what the hell's going on here?
[VIBRATING]
[VIBRATES TWICE]
It's been one hell of a week.
I mean, can we just
skip to us making up and be good?
No. No more bypassing
the hard conversation.
We have to have this out.
Have what out? I already said, my bad.
"My bad"?
Is making up even what you want?
What I wanted was some tacos.
OK. Well [SCOFFS]
we're having this conversation.
So what did you mean
when you said you're not
Jefferson and Rimmer people?
I meant that
I'm not some power suit-wearing lawyer
with a corner office in some high-rise,
who spends a gang of money
on an expensive retreat
in Ojai with a company card.
So you meant you're
not a lawyer like me.
Baby, you asked me why
I left the internship.
I gave you my truth.
I didn't mean to hurt you in that.
Like you didn't mean to hurt me
the day before yesterday when
we were looking for Amina?
You know, Patience was wrong.
This is not about hurting the
people that we love the most.
You spoke to Patience?
This is about the fact that you blame me
and the life that
we're building together
for why you didn't answer
Amina's calls that day.
That's just not
Please just let me finish.
I feel like I need to
make one thing clear.
I didn't choose torts for you.
I didn't choose this life for you, Coop.
I just chose you.
And in choosing you,
I just tried to ease the path
to the life you said you wanted.
If you had said you wanted to study
alien rights laws on the moon,
I would be at NASA right now
trying to figure out how
to make that happen for you,
and you know that.
Because that is what you
do when you love someone.
But this isn't about me loving you.
It's about you loving you.
There's a war going on
inside of you, Coop
between who you were
and who you want to be.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
And you'll never be truly happy
until you figure that out.
SINGER: I see the
writing on the wall ♪
I'm trying to.
I know.
And I have faith that
you will figure it out.
I have so much faith in you.
And when you do, you'll have
to decide if I fit in that life.
SINGER: Only one ♪
The only one ♪
But for the record,
I would've loved any
and every version of you.
How did we get here? ♪
Can anybody tell me? ♪
How did we get here? ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
How did we get here? ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
AMINA: I can't get
ahold of Coop or Breonna.
No one's calling me back.
What do we do? Do we go over there?
Yeah. We could head
to the hospital or
Jordan's with Liv at the hospital.
They're taking care of her.
It's gonna be OK, Meen.
It has to be.
OK.
The ENTs must have knocked it over
when they were getting Liv.
Maybe we can save it.
Do you have some glue?
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- KHALIL: That Coop?
- AMINA: It's these reporters.
They keep calling me 'cause
they want me to talk about
what happened with ICE.
What you did was brave, Meen.
No.
No, what you did here, saving Liv,
that was brave.
Fine. What we both did was brave.
But what you did can inspire others
to stand up for what's right.
Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't consider
myself some kind of activist.
I was just trying to show up to help
the people who needed me
at the school that day.
No excuses.
I'mma catch y'all later.
About the other night, I can explain.
I got nothing to say to you.
Please, Khalil.
On my way to your ceremony,
there was an accident.
I'm a nurse, so I got out to help.
And the driver was
in bad shape, and I
I don't wanna hear it.
No matter what it is,
there's always some excuse with you
always some reason why
you never show up for me.
It's whatever.
I gave you another chance,
and you messed it up.
I'm done.
AMINA: Why didn't you send that text?
Things weren't right between us,
not like they're great now.
Look, I'm sorry for leaving
the way that I did, Khalil.
I I wasn't digging for that.
I know, but I am.
I know people moving
in and out of your life
isn't the easiest thing for you.
And if I'd been a
little less focused on me
at the time, I would've remembered that.
So you think you know me now?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- [KHALIL CHUCKLES]
Perks of being best friends.
That is, before I messed it all up.
Nah, we both played a
part in messing it up.
And you don't gotta apologize
for putting yourself first for once
and bouncing to Dinsberg.
You didn't cause my problems.
My mom, my dad hell, even Miranda
all my troubles come
from my abandonment issues
and my fear of being alone.
Hey, but I'm working on it.
So about the whole BFFs thing,
since we're both sorry [CHUCKLES]
you think we can get
back to that someday,
be the old us again
when things were simple?
I miss you.
But I don't wanna wait on someday.
How about today?
Today sounds good.
But I'm not calling you my BFF.
How about bestie?
Hell no.
Road dawg?
[INHALES SHARPLY] I don't think so.
[CHUCKLING] OK! I give up.
As a freshly reappointed OG best friend,
can I make an observation?
Please do.
I seen the way you look at KJ,
and it's the same way he looks at you.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do.
I know things are complicated.
But don't make the same mistake I did
and wait too long to tell the
person you love that you love him.
Tomorrow's not guaranteed.
I I guess we're done.
Yeah. I think we are.
I don't know. This don't look right.
Maybe that's OK.
Sure, it doesn't look
like it did before
I can tell you that much [CHUCKLES]
but maybe it's better this way.
Maybe the cracks are the scars
that show it can withstand
whatever life throws it.
Kind of like our friendship.
That was cute.
Corny but cute.
[KHALIL CHUCKLING]
KJ, I'm here to help, OK?
Now, you're doing a brilliant job
keeping things afloat on your own,
but I put a lot on
the line for your dad,
so where is he?
Um, well, he left to help Coach
Baker with a family emergency.
All right. But he knows
what you did for him
and how important
this showcase is, so
I know he'll be right back.
Hey, tell him to take his time.
After all, family first, right?
I'm here for you.
It's like I always say:
chaos breeds opportunity.
Thanks for trusting me, son.
Ol' girl leave?
Uh, she couldn't get in
touch with Coop or Breonna,
so she went back to get 'em.
[CHUCKLES]
You doing that all wrong.
Blood ain't no joke.
Gotta use the right stuff,
get stains out like this.
Do I even wanna know how
you learned to clean that?
[CHUCKLES] Relax, man.
It ain't like that.
I learned this a long time ago.
Your mama taught it to me, actually.
I learned it when you was a baby.
It was actually on the first night
she came home from the hospital.
What happened?
[CHUCKLES]
Boy, I remember me and
your mama was tired as hell.
You hear me?
But for whatever reason, you just wanted
to party all night.
And I could tell your
mom was running on empty,
so I told her, take a load off,
get some shut-eye.
I'll take care of lil' man.
It took your mama one
minute to pass out.
[CHUCKLES]
She was cooked.
Then it was just you and me.
I had you in my arms,
looking at your little laughing face.
And then you had a blowout.
What's a blowout?
It's exactly what it sound like.
Here you go.
[LAUGHING]
Man, I tried my best to clean it up
so your mom wouldn't
have to worry about it.
But guess I made too much noise.
So she woke up, she start laughing,
I start laughing.
We look over at you,
and now you try and join in on the fun.
We got everything cleaned up.
We spent the rest of the night
just laughing and loving on you.
You loved her.
Yeah.
I did.
How'd you forgive her so easily?
Wasn't easy.
In fact, if it was this time last year,
I would've told her to keep it pushing.
But I've been watching you.
I've been seeing the work
you been putting in here
at this house.
You've grown into a great young man
a much better man than me.
I guess what I'm saying is
I learned how to forgive
just watching you.
I love you, son.
I love you, too, Pop.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Look, I told y'all to stay away.
[KNOCK KNOCK]
- I Breonna! What?
- [BREONNA SCOFFS]
Oh. What's wrong?
Have you not checked your phone?
Amina and Cassius have been trying
to get in touch with both of us.
It's Olivia. She went into labor early,
and no one can find Spencer.
KHALIL: Thank you so
much for this award.
Thank you, Coach JB, Coach Bobby,
all my teammates.
I feel like I shouldn't be
the only one standing up here.
Y'all talk about
how I found the strength
to overcome obstacles.
The truth is I didn't find nothing.
Y'all gave it to me.
All right, man, I'll be here.
Go check on your guy.
Thanks, Pop.
KHALIL: Coach, how is she?
I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner.
I did everything I could.
JORDAN: No. You did everything right.
You saved her life. Thank you.
I will never be able to repay you.
You already have.
OK, come here.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: You believed in me,
gave me an opportunity.
And when things got hard
and I thought I couldn't go
no further, you were there.
KJ: Finally! What the hell is going on?
Olivia went into labor early.
Is she OK?
We don't know yet. She's stabilised,
but they still won't let Jordan see her.
Look, I just spoke to Layla.
She was in some meetings,
so she missed our calls,
but she is on her way.
Still can't reach Jordan's mom, though.
And for whatever reason,
nobody can reach Spencer,
not even his agents.
Look, just tell me something good, man.
Please. How's the showcase?
Oh, you haven't gotten any of my texts?
What's going on?
It it's Cliff. All
right. That dude is on one.
He has a plan to take down Jordan,
and I need to stop him.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER:
Even when circumstances
tested my loyalty, you were there.
But the doctors are
doing everything they can
to slow down the twins
from coming, but
But they're coming.
Yeah. [INHALES AND EXHALES]
But you bought her time.
OK?
And I'll never stop saying thank you.
How did you know what to do?
[CALL DISCONNECTED SIGNAL]
[OLIVIA MOANING]
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: Even when
I personally pushed y'all away,
screamed at you, tried
to pick a fight
[LINE CONNECTING]
you wouldn't let me go at it alone.
[RINGTONE]
- Khalil?
- I need your help, Mom.
It's Liv. She's going into early labor.
I don't know what to do.
I'm right here, baby.
Nothing I haven't dealt
with in 10 years on the job.
What's her condition?
Tell me everything.
She's having twins.
She said something
about 32 weeks, and, uh,
the contractions,
they they look painful.
There there's blood.
OK, I need you to listen.
Follow my instructions exactly.
I don't know if I can do this.
Yes, you can. I know you
can. I believe in you.
I'm gonna run through a list of supplies
that you need to gather right away.
Then I'll go over some
breathing techniques.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER:
Like guardian angels,
y'all stayed with me,
kept me in the light,
the path.
My mom,
she told me what to do.
Smart lady.
Now, will you please
take some advice from me?
Go to the showcase.
You have worked too hard.
It's probably halfway
over by now, Coach.
Whatever shot I had, it's gone.
Maybe, maybe not.
You will never know
until you go and try.
Khalil, your life is as important
as the ones you just saved.
You gotta know that.
OK, now it's time for
you to go be great.
I believe in you.
We all believe in you.
Thank you.
And you're right. I'mma give
it my all at the showcase.
Damn right you are.
Just got one thing to do first.
Go.
SINGER: Your searchlight in the dark ♪
And when the world
feels just too heavy ♪
Hey.
I'll be the fire, be the spark ♪
Thanks for coming.
Sometimes it's just too great ♪
How's Olivia?
She's not out of it yet.
But thanks to you, she's alive.
I'll be there ♪
Happy I could help,
especially for a family
that's given you so much.
And I'll be there ♪
You want to know why it
took me so long to come back?
I will be there ♪
I could barely take care of myself
when I left, let alone a baby.
I'll be there ♪
I wasn't headed anywhere good.
Ooh ooh ♪
Told myself I would come
back once I bettered myself,
when I felt I was
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
I was good enough for your love.
But then one year became 3,
then 5.
Next thing I knew, you were all grown.
And while I had finally
made something of myself
I still didn't think
I was worthy of you.
I couldn't forgive
myself for what I'd done,
so I knew there was
little chance you would.
And so I took the cowardly route
and stayed away,
telling myself it was for your own good.
What changed?
I saw your name in the paper,
saw what you made of yourself.
I was so proud.
I'll be there ♪
Despite all the ways I
set you up for failure,
you became something great.
I'll be there ♪
And I figured, if you were
strong enough to do that,
then I could be strong enough
to come and apologise face to face.
[SNIFFLES]
Strong enough to let you know
you were loved every day of your life,
even if I was too selfish
to stick around and show you.
You showed up today
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
when it counted.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
And while I can't make no promises
I wanna work on the
whole forgiveness thing
When the current's
just too strong ♪
but only if you'll
forgive yourself first.
That's how I got here
standing on this stage,
holding this award.
Nobody does anything alone.
We find people who believe in us,
people who see past our mistakes.
SINGER: I will be there ♪
We find our villages.
Whenever you're calling ♪
I'll be there ♪
Don't be scared ♪
I'll be there ♪
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: Through this team,
I finally found mine.
I will be there ♪
I will be there ♪
I'll be there ♪
Greg, move your head.
KHALIL: Just breathe.
[OLIVIA INHALING AND EXHALING DEEPLY]
OLIVIA: OK. [MOANING]
Olivia, I think you're bleeding.
OLIVIA: No. It's too early.
Yeah, I think she's
going into early labor.
You gotta get here now.
Khalil?
Khalil, where are they taking Liv?
Bev Beverly Reed.
I gotta take him. He shouldn't drive.
But look, she's lucky
you were here, all right?
[SIREN IN DISTANCE]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[KNOCK KNOCK]
Yo, Khalil, boy, why ain't
you at that damn showcase?
Oh, what the hell happened here?
Khalil?
Talk to me, man.
Is it Jordan?
His sister.
She went into early labor.
[SNIFFLING]
[SIGHS]
Come on, son. Come on.
No matter what happens to ol' girl
shouldn't no family come
home to a mess like this.
Let's get this place cleaned up.
- CASSIUS: J.
- JORDAN: Why? Why?
Why can't I see her?
- J. You are not helping, J.
- We know that she's here.
- Jordan.
- Please. Someone talk to me, please.
- Outside!
- Hey, hey, get him outside.
- Hey, hey, why can't I see her?
- I got this, all right?
Look, no one's giving me an answer.
Maybe 'cause you're
screaming in everyone's face.
Let's give them a second.
- My sister is in there.
- Right!
She is in there with professionals.
Let's give 'em some space,
let 'em do their jobs.
They will let you know
when you can see her.
- I don't know what to do.
- Sit with me.
- OK.
- Take a second to breathe, man.
No, I mean, I can't
get ahold of Spencer.
Where the hell is he?
And Layla. Layla's not
picking up the phone.
I still gotta call my mom and Grace.
Hey! Hey.
Deep breaths with me, all right?
[BOTH INHALING AND EXHALING]
Good.
One more.
There we go.
Take a seat, man. Come on.
It's too early, Cassius.
It is way too early for the twins, OK?
This this cannot be happening.
The doctors are doing
everything they can.
Liv's strong. The babies are strong.
I mean, they part
Baker after all, right?
J., I'm here for you.
I will call Spencer and Layla
and everybody else in your family, OK?
Mr. Baker.
Our family.
Yeah, let's go. Let's go.
Under the sink.
OK.
You look like you loved here.
I am.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
Why's she calling?
It's nothing.
So what, y'all just hanging
out on the regular now?
Talk about you, yeah.
I'm glad I could bring
y'all back together.
The other night,
did you mean what you said?
Gonna give her another shot?
[LAUGHTER]
Saw the game.
You weren't bad.
Excuse me just a second.
Hey, hold up.
What's your name?
COOP: Yo, yo, yo.
Thank you, and thank
you all for coming out
to karaoke night at Layla's Lounge,
especially South Crenshaw's QB1
and new state champion Khalil Edwards.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Y'all make some noise.
All right. All right.
Without further ado,
we got our next guest coming up.
Y'all make some noise, help
me welcome her to the stage.
[APPLAUSE]
SINGER ON RECORDING: Ooh ♪
All you got to do ♪
Is just walk away ♪
And pass me by ♪
Don't acknowledge my smile ♪
When I try to say hello ♪
Oh. Go easy on him, ladies.
What are you doing here?
Hi, son.
My name's Khalil.
I know this seems out of the blue.
I I wanted to see you.
To talk.
I saw you in the paper.
Congrats on winning the championship.
That was amazing.
Of course.
The "Times" has a write-up
on the new Crenshaw QB,
and you pop after what,
17 years?
So I got value to you now?
No, no, no, no. That's not
Mm.
Can we restart?
- Too late.
- Please.
I was a child.
Let me prove to you I'm not
the same person who left.
Hey, what's going on?
Who's this?
Tash
his mother.
I take it you're who
Khalil's been living with.
I like to think of him
as part of our family.
I just wanted a moment
to talk to my son.
Khalil, is that what you want?
COOP: I think it's
best you head out, Tash.
And if Khalil wants to
talk, he'll reach out.
That's, of course,
assuming you leave a number this time.
I'm sorry.
This is not how I
wanted this to go down.
If you change your mind.
I don't know if I wanna
give her another shot.
When she surprised me like that,
all the hurt
I ain't like that feeling.
How did you forgive her so easily?
She left you, too.
You know what? You've had a day.
And I don't want you
getting all caught up
in our grownup mess.
Let's just focus on
cleaning up the crib.
No.
Why do y'all keep brushing me off
like I can't handle it?
Anybody that ever gave me anything
that looked like a family
are at Beverly Reed right now,
fighting for the lives
of their loved ones.
And the ones that didn't want me,
they won't even talk to me.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Hold up.
I always wanted you, son.
But Mom didn't.
I need to know why.
[EXHALES]
Man, that drive to Castaic is the worst.
Worst. There ain't no
uglier highway than the 5.
So you know we gotta
get Preach out ASAP.
What's up? You still ain't
been able to get no sleep?
I can't stop thinking about my dad.
Seeing him in there,
locked up for trying
to protect me from ICE.
He doesn't deserve to be in there.
None of them do.
I agree.
But I been on the phone with Ms. Baker,
and we're close.
We're close.
I promise you, we gonna get Preach out.
[RINGTONE]
Whoa. Whoa.
It's just my phone, girl. You good?
I'm sorry. Journalists
have been blowing up
my phone since I got out.
I, uh, had to turn it off just to relax.
Guess I'm a little jumpy.
Yeah? Well, it ain't working.
The only way you gonna
recover is some real R & R.
So how about you grab
one of those $100 pair
of sweatpants you got,
I'll order up some of
those bomb tacos you love,
and we chill?
Thank you, Auntie Coop.
Come on. I got you, girl.
Get you some rest.
[EXHALES]
SINGER: It all starts right now ♪
[COACHES SPEAKING EXCITEDLY]
Right here ♪
- ALL: Eagles!
- SINGER: Right now ♪
It's about to go down ♪
It all starts right now ♪
KJ: All right. There
you go. There you go.
Keep your form tight. All right.
Good work, y'all. Good work. Good work.
Good work. All right.
Make sure you guys grab some more waters
before you head out to the field.
OK.
Yeah!
Kingston Jeremy.
Hey.
So when do we get to see you
and rival Khalil Edwards go toe-to-toe?
Ah. [CHUCKLES]
You're gonna have to
wait for that main event,
but before then, we have plenty
of talented players to showcase.
All right. We'll be watching.
[EXHALES]
Man, I can't believe you.
Man, relax. This is for you.
You had a hell of a day, son.
Let this top shelf ease
some of them nerves.
All right, man, look
All right, man, you 18, right?
So that mean you a grown man.
Grown-ass man deserves the truth.
And the truth is
you got to chill out
with some of that smoke
you got for your mom.
Nah, hear me out.
It wasn't all her fault.
We were both young and dumb.
And Tash ain't exactly have
all of these Baker blessings.
Her mom had her when
she was a teen, too.
She already saw how
that story played out.
She got afraid.
So she left.
Now, look, she did something bad,
but she's not a bad person.
Just give her a chance, man.
Let her show you that she changed.
But I did that already.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
SINGER: No talk, all actions ♪
Far drive, start packing ♪
JORDAN: There he is.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, soak up this moment, OK?
You will remember this
for the rest of your life.
So we each really get
our own championship ring?
Yes, sir. Although, you know,
back in my day, they weren't as nice.
Hey, don't worry, Coach.
You can borrow mine whenever you want.
How kind. Yeah.
I'll make sure not to wear
my two NCAA national
championship rings that day.
So it's like that, huh?
Yeah, it's like that.
You still got a long way to go
to catch up to old Coach.
You see your mom?
Not yet.
She's gonna come right
after her shift, though.
It's about a 4-hour drive from Fresno.
I still can't believe she's
been this close to L.A.
these last few years.
Well, listen, um,
no matter what, enjoy tonight.
This is a celebration
of your hard work, OK?
And I'll be here with you.
And so will your dad.
And that is my cue to walk away.
All right. I'm proud of you.
Thank you.
There he go, our state champion.
[BARKS] Yes, sir, baby boy!
- [LAUGHS]
- Glad you could make it, Pop.
Oh, man, I wouldn't
miss it for the world,
especially with you being nominated
for bad ass of the year award.
It's the Brave Heart Award, Pop.
That's the same thing.
My bad ass baby boy got
the bravest of hearts.
Was you expecting somebody?
Nah. Everybody I want is here.
Word.
JORDAN: OK. Good evening,
everyone, and welcome.
I just want to say thank
you to everyone who showed up
to celebrate the state champions,
our South Crenshaw Chargers. Come on.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
JORDAN: Tonight is not just
a celebration of a victory.
We are honouring each of our boys,
who started the season
with a single goal
and worked together to achieve it.
Not many make it to greatness.
Most don't even bother trying.
But what we did together
on that field is a rarity.
So cherish it and be proud.
[CHEERING]
JORDAN: Now, before we get to the rings,
I want to single out a player.
South Crenshaw's Brave Heart Award
has been awarded for 50 years.
It's voted on by both
coaches and players.
It it recognises an individual
whose courage and
selflessness can be seen
on and off the field.
Now, this player despite the odds
overcame every obstacle in his way
and showed up and continued
to contribute to his team.
It is my honour to call up to the stage
this year's Brave Heart Award-winner
Khalil Edwards.
[CHEERING]
Thank you.
Thank you so much for this award.
MARQUI: Why you ain't say nothing?
'Cause it didn't matter.
What you mean, it don't matter?
You sitting there, hurting on
the biggest night of your life,
and it don't matter?
You could've at least said something.
I could've tried to help.
I didn't need your help. I needed hers.
But she didn't show.
She never shows.
That's what I been trying to tell you.
She hasn't changed.
The only way that I can guarantee
that she doesn't hurt me again
is if I don't give her the chance to.
Gotta go see if there's
an update on Olivia.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Meena, let's get our taco on.
Oh, what the hell y'all got going on?
Amina Simms, care to
make a comment about
ICE's activity at South Crenshaw?
She don't have no comment. Back up.
What about your father, Cardell Simms?
Is there worry he'll face
Bro, you got two seconds
to get back on the curb
before I have all y'all
arrested for trespassing.
Back up.
[REPORTERS SPEAKING AT ONCE]
I'm sorry. It's OK.
[REPORTERS SPEAKING OUTSIDE]
They still out there?
Yeah, unfortunately.
Why won't they just leave me alone?
I'm not trying to be
the face of a movement.
I was just trying to do the right thing.
I know. Come on.
Have a seat.
Drink something.
Thanks.
If I had seen your call that day, I
It's OK.
No, it ain't.
I mean, you should not have to answer
some dumb-ass reporters,
and and Preach should not
be sleeping in a jail cell.
I should've been here to protect y'all,
but I forgot what was important to me
you, Preach, my community.
I didn't see the sellout happening.
I didn't
but you did.
Auntie Coop, come on.
You didn't sell out.
Look, I'm sorry for
implying that you did.
You're allowed to dream
big and try new things
if it makes you happy.
And you're allowed to
course correct if it doesn't.
[RINGTONE]
AMINA: Aren't you gonna ?
OK.
MARQUI: Uh, any word on the sister?
Jordan won't answer his phone.
Hey, look, man, just
take a break for a second.
Now, if you gonna keep
pressing me to talk to Moms.
It ain't even like that, man.
I just wanna talk to you real quick.
Hey, listen, just
I just wanna talk to you.
Khalil, the fact that
that happened to you
your mom bailing on you that night
and you felt like you couldn't tell me?
I wasn't trying to call you out.
But you did, and you was right to.
I'm I'm realising, man, I
I'm the one that's messing you up.
Even though I been here,
I ain't really been here.
Look, man, you deserve an apology
and some real truths.
Since you offering real truths
did you make Mom leave?
[EXHALES]
I didn't make it easy for her to stay.
[SIGHS] Man
back in the day,
Tash put up with a lot
just 'cause of my lifestyle.
I wasn't the easiest
person to deal with.
I was wilin' out.
I had issues with my mama
issues with Tash.
I guess you could say
I had a complicated
relationship with women.
[CHUCKLING]
Maybe we got that in common.
We both drive away women
that we truly care about,
intentional or not.
Yeah.
Maybe we do.
Man, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, man.
COACH: Any news on Khalil Edwards?
We seen every Crenshaw player but him.
Yeah, yeah.
Nah, he's he's definitely
around here somewhere.
You probably just missed him.
There's no record of him weighing in,
and he hasn't been seen
at any of the skill events.
Also, where are Coach
Baker and Coach Jeremy?
A few of the assistant coaches
I have been able to find
can't seem to answer that
question for me either.
I mean, that is the perks of Beverly.
Am I right? I mean, we
have a big campus over here.
So I'm sure everyone's
around here somewhere.
As for Khalil and I,
we're just saving the best for last.
CLIFF: Ha ha. Gentlemen,
what a day we are having.
Ha ha ha ha! Does Beverly know
how to throw an event or what?
I hear the shuttle runs are
about to start on the field.
You don't want to miss out.
OK!
[CLIFF CHUCKLES]
Now, wanna tell me what's
really going on, son?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
COOP: Hey, I got the law on my side.
Y'all don't wanna
play with me right now.
Oh, ya y'all asking
for it, ain't you?
I just told you Breonna!
Do you want to get charged with assault?
This is how people get
charged with assault.
What is going on?
I tried calling. I thought I could help
you guys with the
circus you have outside.
I was helping her. I told
her not to talk to them.
BREONNA: Hmm. Or hit
them with a baseball bat.
COOP: I was not gonna
hit them, all right?
It was a scare tactic.
Did you really think
that was gonna work?
Well, it scared you.
Oh, my God. All I want is peace. Please.
I don't want to talk to anyone,
let alone those reporters.
Now, I'm going in my room.
I'm going to turn on noise cancelation,
and I'm gonna give you two some privacy
because it sounds like y'all
really need to do the talking.
OK? OK.
She's a smart one.
Yeah. Real genius.
I guess we we do need to talk.
You want to put the bat down first?
Right.
Look, I was so out of pocket
the night Amina got out.
I was stressed a lot
and and just mad at
myself for choosing J&R
over my community.
And that's why I resigned.
I heard.
Audrey told me that you two
had quite the conversation.
It would've been nice
to be a part of that.
Look, she just she helped me see
that I need to be a disruptor
you know, go, live in my purpose.
And you couldn't do that at J&R?
You couldn't give it a a little
bit of time to figure it out?
Look, baby, I appreciate everything
that you've done for me,
but if I'mma be honest with you,
I'm just not J&R people.
And what is that supposed to mean?
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Finally! The tacos.
Um, just in case, just in case.
[OPENS DOOR]
Oh! Back up. [REPORTERS
SPEAKING AT ONCE]
Amina, come get these tacos.
Amina?
Where'd she go?
She left a note.
"Helping out KJ.
Plus, no headphones in the world
can block out y'all."
Great.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Meen, what are you doing here?
I should be asking you.
KJ texted me. Why aren't
you at the showcase?
You don't know.
Know what?
What did you do? This you?
Damn.
For something so small, you hit hard.
Are you the reason he's
not at the showcase?
I was wrong.
You ain't driven 'em all away.
I'mma let y'all have a minute.
Khalil, what the hell's going on here?
[VIBRATING]
[VIBRATES TWICE]
It's been one hell of a week.
I mean, can we just
skip to us making up and be good?
No. No more bypassing
the hard conversation.
We have to have this out.
Have what out? I already said, my bad.
"My bad"?
Is making up even what you want?
What I wanted was some tacos.
OK. Well [SCOFFS]
we're having this conversation.
So what did you mean
when you said you're not
Jefferson and Rimmer people?
I meant that
I'm not some power suit-wearing lawyer
with a corner office in some high-rise,
who spends a gang of money
on an expensive retreat
in Ojai with a company card.
So you meant you're
not a lawyer like me.
Baby, you asked me why
I left the internship.
I gave you my truth.
I didn't mean to hurt you in that.
Like you didn't mean to hurt me
the day before yesterday when
we were looking for Amina?
You know, Patience was wrong.
This is not about hurting the
people that we love the most.
You spoke to Patience?
This is about the fact that you blame me
and the life that
we're building together
for why you didn't answer
Amina's calls that day.
That's just not
Please just let me finish.
I feel like I need to
make one thing clear.
I didn't choose torts for you.
I didn't choose this life for you, Coop.
I just chose you.
And in choosing you,
I just tried to ease the path
to the life you said you wanted.
If you had said you wanted to study
alien rights laws on the moon,
I would be at NASA right now
trying to figure out how
to make that happen for you,
and you know that.
Because that is what you
do when you love someone.
But this isn't about me loving you.
It's about you loving you.
There's a war going on
inside of you, Coop
between who you were
and who you want to be.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
And you'll never be truly happy
until you figure that out.
SINGER: I see the
writing on the wall ♪
I'm trying to.
I know.
And I have faith that
you will figure it out.
I have so much faith in you.
And when you do, you'll have
to decide if I fit in that life.
SINGER: Only one ♪
The only one ♪
But for the record,
I would've loved any
and every version of you.
How did we get here? ♪
Can anybody tell me? ♪
How did we get here? ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
How did we get here? ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
AMINA: I can't get
ahold of Coop or Breonna.
No one's calling me back.
What do we do? Do we go over there?
Yeah. We could head
to the hospital or
Jordan's with Liv at the hospital.
They're taking care of her.
It's gonna be OK, Meen.
It has to be.
OK.
The ENTs must have knocked it over
when they were getting Liv.
Maybe we can save it.
Do you have some glue?
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- KHALIL: That Coop?
- AMINA: It's these reporters.
They keep calling me 'cause
they want me to talk about
what happened with ICE.
What you did was brave, Meen.
No.
No, what you did here, saving Liv,
that was brave.
Fine. What we both did was brave.
But what you did can inspire others
to stand up for what's right.
Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't consider
myself some kind of activist.
I was just trying to show up to help
the people who needed me
at the school that day.
No excuses.
I'mma catch y'all later.
About the other night, I can explain.
I got nothing to say to you.
Please, Khalil.
On my way to your ceremony,
there was an accident.
I'm a nurse, so I got out to help.
And the driver was
in bad shape, and I
I don't wanna hear it.
No matter what it is,
there's always some excuse with you
always some reason why
you never show up for me.
It's whatever.
I gave you another chance,
and you messed it up.
I'm done.
AMINA: Why didn't you send that text?
Things weren't right between us,
not like they're great now.
Look, I'm sorry for leaving
the way that I did, Khalil.
I I wasn't digging for that.
I know, but I am.
I know people moving
in and out of your life
isn't the easiest thing for you.
And if I'd been a
little less focused on me
at the time, I would've remembered that.
So you think you know me now?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- [KHALIL CHUCKLES]
Perks of being best friends.
That is, before I messed it all up.
Nah, we both played a
part in messing it up.
And you don't gotta apologize
for putting yourself first for once
and bouncing to Dinsberg.
You didn't cause my problems.
My mom, my dad hell, even Miranda
all my troubles come
from my abandonment issues
and my fear of being alone.
Hey, but I'm working on it.
So about the whole BFFs thing,
since we're both sorry [CHUCKLES]
you think we can get
back to that someday,
be the old us again
when things were simple?
I miss you.
But I don't wanna wait on someday.
How about today?
Today sounds good.
But I'm not calling you my BFF.
How about bestie?
Hell no.
Road dawg?
[INHALES SHARPLY] I don't think so.
[CHUCKLING] OK! I give up.
As a freshly reappointed OG best friend,
can I make an observation?
Please do.
I seen the way you look at KJ,
and it's the same way he looks at you.
I'm not trying to tell you what to do.
I know things are complicated.
But don't make the same mistake I did
and wait too long to tell the
person you love that you love him.
Tomorrow's not guaranteed.
I I guess we're done.
Yeah. I think we are.
I don't know. This don't look right.
Maybe that's OK.
Sure, it doesn't look
like it did before
I can tell you that much [CHUCKLES]
but maybe it's better this way.
Maybe the cracks are the scars
that show it can withstand
whatever life throws it.
Kind of like our friendship.
That was cute.
Corny but cute.
[KHALIL CHUCKLING]
KJ, I'm here to help, OK?
Now, you're doing a brilliant job
keeping things afloat on your own,
but I put a lot on
the line for your dad,
so where is he?
Um, well, he left to help Coach
Baker with a family emergency.
All right. But he knows
what you did for him
and how important
this showcase is, so
I know he'll be right back.
Hey, tell him to take his time.
After all, family first, right?
I'm here for you.
It's like I always say:
chaos breeds opportunity.
Thanks for trusting me, son.
Ol' girl leave?
Uh, she couldn't get in
touch with Coop or Breonna,
so she went back to get 'em.
[CHUCKLES]
You doing that all wrong.
Blood ain't no joke.
Gotta use the right stuff,
get stains out like this.
Do I even wanna know how
you learned to clean that?
[CHUCKLES] Relax, man.
It ain't like that.
I learned this a long time ago.
Your mama taught it to me, actually.
I learned it when you was a baby.
It was actually on the first night
she came home from the hospital.
What happened?
[CHUCKLES]
Boy, I remember me and
your mama was tired as hell.
You hear me?
But for whatever reason, you just wanted
to party all night.
And I could tell your
mom was running on empty,
so I told her, take a load off,
get some shut-eye.
I'll take care of lil' man.
It took your mama one
minute to pass out.
[CHUCKLES]
She was cooked.
Then it was just you and me.
I had you in my arms,
looking at your little laughing face.
And then you had a blowout.
What's a blowout?
It's exactly what it sound like.
Here you go.
[LAUGHING]
Man, I tried my best to clean it up
so your mom wouldn't
have to worry about it.
But guess I made too much noise.
So she woke up, she start laughing,
I start laughing.
We look over at you,
and now you try and join in on the fun.
We got everything cleaned up.
We spent the rest of the night
just laughing and loving on you.
You loved her.
Yeah.
I did.
How'd you forgive her so easily?
Wasn't easy.
In fact, if it was this time last year,
I would've told her to keep it pushing.
But I've been watching you.
I've been seeing the work
you been putting in here
at this house.
You've grown into a great young man
a much better man than me.
I guess what I'm saying is
I learned how to forgive
just watching you.
I love you, son.
I love you, too, Pop.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Look, I told y'all to stay away.
[KNOCK KNOCK]
- I Breonna! What?
- [BREONNA SCOFFS]
Oh. What's wrong?
Have you not checked your phone?
Amina and Cassius have been trying
to get in touch with both of us.
It's Olivia. She went into labor early,
and no one can find Spencer.
KHALIL: Thank you so
much for this award.
Thank you, Coach JB, Coach Bobby,
all my teammates.
I feel like I shouldn't be
the only one standing up here.
Y'all talk about
how I found the strength
to overcome obstacles.
The truth is I didn't find nothing.
Y'all gave it to me.
All right, man, I'll be here.
Go check on your guy.
Thanks, Pop.
KHALIL: Coach, how is she?
I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner.
I did everything I could.
JORDAN: No. You did everything right.
You saved her life. Thank you.
I will never be able to repay you.
You already have.
OK, come here.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: You believed in me,
gave me an opportunity.
And when things got hard
and I thought I couldn't go
no further, you were there.
KJ: Finally! What the hell is going on?
Olivia went into labor early.
Is she OK?
We don't know yet. She's stabilised,
but they still won't let Jordan see her.
Look, I just spoke to Layla.
She was in some meetings,
so she missed our calls,
but she is on her way.
Still can't reach Jordan's mom, though.
And for whatever reason,
nobody can reach Spencer,
not even his agents.
Look, just tell me something good, man.
Please. How's the showcase?
Oh, you haven't gotten any of my texts?
What's going on?
It it's Cliff. All
right. That dude is on one.
He has a plan to take down Jordan,
and I need to stop him.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER:
Even when circumstances
tested my loyalty, you were there.
But the doctors are
doing everything they can
to slow down the twins
from coming, but
But they're coming.
Yeah. [INHALES AND EXHALES]
But you bought her time.
OK?
And I'll never stop saying thank you.
How did you know what to do?
[CALL DISCONNECTED SIGNAL]
[OLIVIA MOANING]
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: Even when
I personally pushed y'all away,
screamed at you, tried
to pick a fight
[LINE CONNECTING]
you wouldn't let me go at it alone.
[RINGTONE]
- Khalil?
- I need your help, Mom.
It's Liv. She's going into early labor.
I don't know what to do.
I'm right here, baby.
Nothing I haven't dealt
with in 10 years on the job.
What's her condition?
Tell me everything.
She's having twins.
She said something
about 32 weeks, and, uh,
the contractions,
they they look painful.
There there's blood.
OK, I need you to listen.
Follow my instructions exactly.
I don't know if I can do this.
Yes, you can. I know you
can. I believe in you.
I'm gonna run through a list of supplies
that you need to gather right away.
Then I'll go over some
breathing techniques.
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER:
Like guardian angels,
y'all stayed with me,
kept me in the light,
the path.
My mom,
she told me what to do.
Smart lady.
Now, will you please
take some advice from me?
Go to the showcase.
You have worked too hard.
It's probably halfway
over by now, Coach.
Whatever shot I had, it's gone.
Maybe, maybe not.
You will never know
until you go and try.
Khalil, your life is as important
as the ones you just saved.
You gotta know that.
OK, now it's time for
you to go be great.
I believe in you.
We all believe in you.
Thank you.
And you're right. I'mma give
it my all at the showcase.
Damn right you are.
Just got one thing to do first.
Go.
SINGER: Your searchlight in the dark ♪
And when the world
feels just too heavy ♪
Hey.
I'll be the fire, be the spark ♪
Thanks for coming.
Sometimes it's just too great ♪
How's Olivia?
She's not out of it yet.
But thanks to you, she's alive.
I'll be there ♪
Happy I could help,
especially for a family
that's given you so much.
And I'll be there ♪
You want to know why it
took me so long to come back?
I will be there ♪
I could barely take care of myself
when I left, let alone a baby.
I'll be there ♪
I wasn't headed anywhere good.
Ooh ooh ♪
Told myself I would come
back once I bettered myself,
when I felt I was
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
I was good enough for your love.
But then one year became 3,
then 5.
Next thing I knew, you were all grown.
And while I had finally
made something of myself
I still didn't think
I was worthy of you.
I couldn't forgive
myself for what I'd done,
so I knew there was
little chance you would.
And so I took the cowardly route
and stayed away,
telling myself it was for your own good.
What changed?
I saw your name in the paper,
saw what you made of yourself.
I was so proud.
I'll be there ♪
Despite all the ways I
set you up for failure,
you became something great.
I'll be there ♪
And I figured, if you were
strong enough to do that,
then I could be strong enough
to come and apologise face to face.
[SNIFFLES]
Strong enough to let you know
you were loved every day of your life,
even if I was too selfish
to stick around and show you.
You showed up today
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
when it counted.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
And while I can't make no promises
I wanna work on the
whole forgiveness thing
When the current's
just too strong ♪
but only if you'll
forgive yourself first.
That's how I got here
standing on this stage,
holding this award.
Nobody does anything alone.
We find people who believe in us,
people who see past our mistakes.
SINGER: I will be there ♪
We find our villages.
Whenever you're calling ♪
I'll be there ♪
Don't be scared ♪
I'll be there ♪
KHALIL, VOICE-OVER: Through this team,
I finally found mine.
I will be there ♪
I will be there ♪
I'll be there ♪
Greg, move your head.