All American (2018) s08e10 Episode Script
All That I Got Is You
1
SINGER: Take a look outside ♪
Do you see what I see? ♪
They cut it down in lines ♪
Little piece of machines ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: Family.
While it presents as
a simple 6-letter word,
the truth is it's actually one
of the hardest words to define
in any language.
[LINE RINGING]
For some, it just
means a DNA connection.
Of course. Uh, look,
the doctors are doing
everything they can
to keep Olivia and the
twins safe and healthy.
Well, I will let Jordan know.
All right. Safe travels.
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: For others,
it means their entire world,
their safety, security, strength.
Yeah, he's inside.
It means the people you
choose to have by your side
the ones you know will show up for you,
sacrifice for you.
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is Spencer.
Leave a message.
[BEEPS]
SINGER: Cold ♪
The others say it's gold ♪
But have you seen them bleed ♪
Hey. Can I take a look
at that? Thank you.
SINGER: Pull the
strings below ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
But not everyone is lucky
to be born into that.
SINGER: How do you know ♪
Where you're goin'
when no one can see ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
For some, family means
something a little more complicated.
SINGER: How do you
know where the line is ♪
When nobody's free ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: But complicated
doesn't mean you don't need them.
Whether it's the
family you're born into,
the family you choose,
or the family you build
SINGER: No one can see,
and how do you know ♪
CASSIUS: complicated just
means you have to be prepared
to do the work to keep them
SINGER: When nobody's free? ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
Because if you don't
you'll look up one day surprised
to find yourself alone.
SINGER: Do you hear it? ♪
The calling ♪
[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
Oh, my God. Babe, I'm so
sorry that I wasn't there.
Ohh. My phone was on do not disturb,
and then my meeting
ran long and traffic.
Anyway, how's Liv? Did you see her?
- Mm-mm. No.
- No? OK.
DOCTOR: Excuse me.
I'm Dr. Malone. Are you
Olivia James' family?
- We are. We are.
- Yeah.
I'm Jordan, her her brother,
and this is my wife Layla.
How's Olivia?
She's in preterm labor but stable.
We're still trying to slow things down.
The bleeding?
MALONE: Was slight and is under control.
Right now, we're monitoring her vitals
and the babies' fetal heart rate.
Have you have you talked
to her doctor in New York?
Yes. I am in touch with
Dr. Bradley, Jordan.
I assure you, we are
doing everything we can
for your sister and her babies.
Can we can we see Olivia?
Soon. I have a few more tests to run,
but she has been asking
for her cellphone,
something about her husband.
JORDAN: Yeah. He's at
a work thing right now,
but we are tracking him down.
Would it help if we,
um, grabbed Liv's phone?
Absolutely. Her phone, her husband,
anything that will
reduce her stress levels.
We want to keep those babies
baking as long as possible.
And the best way to do that
is to keep Mom stress-free.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
[BOTH INHALE AND EXHALE]
OK, OK.
SINGER: Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Rockin', top rockin' ♪
The Beverly program's
performing at its best,
and that's largely due to our
head coach, Cassius Jeremy.
It's only his first season here,
and he brought a dwindling
team back to its peak glory.
I know with time, he'll be
able to bring home the trophy,
especially given the talent
we have on our roster.
Speaking of, I'd love
to have you interview
some of our players,
test their football IQ,
see for yourself why Beverly
breeds future NFL stars.
Mom?
[LAUGHING]
Oh, thank God. Wh
what are you doing here?
Oh, well, I came to see you ball out
and prove why you're
the best QB in the state,
but instead, you are
holding a clipboard,
looking like you're about to crash out.
Where's your father?
He's helping Cousin Jordan.
Yeah, Olivia went into
labor earlier today.
No. She's not due for
another month or so.
I mean, last I heard,
she was stable-ish,
but Jordan, he was in
no condition to drive
when he got the news,
so Dad went with him.
And I said I'd handle everything
here until they got back.
But they never came back.
No.
And now I've got this
shady booster Cliff
watching my every move.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
OK. Deep breath.
It's gonna be all good, baby.
Mama's here now, and the first thing
that I'm gonna do is
You must be the lovely Mrs. Jeremy.
Hi. I'm Cliff Mosely, Beverly booster.
Ava.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
You got a real talent
here with young Kingston.
[CHUCKLES] I know he's gonna help us
bring home the championship
under his father's coaching next season.
Isn't that right, son?
- Right.
- [CLIFF CHUCKLES]
Now, you see those
college coaches over there?
I want you to come on over
and show off that football IQ
and how you learned
everything from your father.
It'll be a great look for him.
AVA: Go on, baby.
I will catch up with you in a minute,
but you show those college coaches
that Kingston Jeremy
is built for greatness.
CLIFF: Huh! Exactly that.
Hmm. Truly lovely meeting you, Ava.
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]
Huh? What'd I tell you?
He's a chip off the old block.
KJ's gonna be turning
some heads next year.
Hey. Um
any luck reaching Spencer?
Still going straight to voicemail.
And no luck with Grace either,
but your mother-in-law
is at Cabo Airport
as we speak, grabbing
the next flight she can.
Yeah. I spoke to her on my way in.
Um, look, thank you, Cassius,
not just for the calls but
for being there for Jordan
when he needed you.
Anytime. Was that Liv's doctor
I saw you guys talking to?
Uh, yeah. They're still,
um, assessing and evaluating,
but she's stable enough
to ask for her phone.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Sorry.
[EXHALES]
Uh, the phone. Right.
It wasn't on her when she got here?
Uh, she must've left it behind
when everything went down this morning,
but I'm heading out to get it, so
I'm just I'm worried
about leaving Jordan.
Well, then don't. I can go get it.
Don't you have a showcase to get to?
I will, but Liv needs you
and Jordan here right now,
so let me handle it.
Thank you.
Um, but I I also need to get, like,
clothes from her luggage, so she has
something to change into later,
and just, um, I don't know,
anything I can think of
to to help calm her down,
so it's a lot to ask.
Layla, my life is a mess
right now, all right?
Everything is up in the
air my marriage, my career,
my integrity,
but the one thing I
know for sure is that
I owe your family our family.
So please let me do this. Let me help.
OK. Yeah.
Thank you.
Here.
[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
You know, I I read that it's common
for twins to come early.
OK. Yeah. That that's good, right?
At 36 or 37 weeks but not 32.
And Olivia is only 32 weeks,
so that that's
it's too early, Layla.
It's way too early, so
OK, babe, hey, I know. I know.
But that is why she is
getting the best care
she possibly can with Dr.
Malone and her team, OK?
Valid point, yeah.
OK.
How was your meeting
from from this morning?
Right? You said that you
had a meeting. How'd it go?
That's right. Um, this morning.
Um, yeah. It was good.
How good?
Good. [CHUCKLES]
Why are you being cryptic?
Just, now's not really the time.
What aren't what
aren't you telling me?
Jordan, it's nothing crazy. I'm fine.
It's just in the grand
scheme of everything
that's happened today,
it's not that important.
Honey.
OK. Um
the meeting was with Roc Nation,
and they have officially put in an offer
to buy Formonica Keating Records.
Wow. Uh
is selling your label
a label that you built
from the ground up
even on the table?
I'm I'm not sure, OK?
Can this be, like, a
future us conversation?
No. No, no. This is a now conversation.
Why didn't you tell me about this?
Jordan, it's been a crazy week.
Between the Beverly
offer and the showcase,
there hasn't been time.
So it's my fault that
you didn't feel the need
to tell me about this?
No. Jordan, that's not
what I said. I'm saying
Help me understand what you're trying
I came as soon as I
heard. Uh, is Spencer here?
How can I help?
Um [CLEARS THROAT]
My bad. Did I interrupt something?
N-nothing we can't pick up later.
Um, Spencer's still MIA.
COOP: Wait. I thought he was in town
for the endorsement photo shoot.
Y'all know where he's shooting?
- JORDAN: Nope.
- COOP: OK. I'll call his agent.
Yeah, good luck with that.
I left the guy 3 messages already.
COOP: Damn it. OK. OK.
C can I see Liv?
No. None of us can, not yet.
But Doc said that she is stable-ish.
LAYLA: Wait. You know,
we should check Liv and
Spencer's hotel room.
Maybe he left something
about the photo shoot there,
like a like a call
sheet or something.
Say less. I'm on it. Y'all
can stay here with Liv.
Uh, room key?
It's at our house.
Bet. I'll keep trying to
call Spence and the agent
on my way. Um, but don't y'all worry.
I promise I will not
let you down today. OK?
[COOP CHUCKLES]
COOP: Man, you the most
organised robber I know.
[CHUCKLES] It's not
like that. I'm just
A little on the Type A spectrum?
Hey, I like to keep things organised.
It helps keeps me centred.
- Mm-hmm.
- That a problem?
Can I help you find something?
Man, this ain't your house.
Yo, what's your problem?
My bad, bro.
I just Yo, whatever.
Life is
life is a lot right now, all right?
My best friends need me, and
and I can't let them down.
I've done too much of that lately.
Yeah, I feel you. Trust.
I'm looking for Liv's
wallet or or her purse,
like something.
I need to get that hotel room key.
What for?
Anything to help me track down Spence.
There you go.
Ooh. Thank you.
Yo, are you good?
'Cause those are definitely
Layla's pyjamas in that pile
- Oh. Uh
- and not Olivia's.
I mean, you need me to help
you out with it before I go?
No. I I got it.
Are you sure? 'Cause this is
definitely Layla's shea butter.
OK. But Liv's gonna need that.
Shea butter helps with stretch marks.
And this is a belly band.
It helps support the belly.
OK, but protein bars, a
veggie tray, meat sticks.
Like, what type of snacks are these?
Oh, well, Liv's gonna need to fuel up.
I mean, labor is harder on the body
than what my guys do
on the field every day.
Look, I I can't front.
Your knowledge on this is wild.
What are you, the pregnancy whisperer?
[CHUCKLES] No. I'm just a father
who never missed an appointment
- when my wife was pregnant.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
A little quick on the draw, ain't you?
Is everything good?
- Never better.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
[EXHALES]
[CHIMES]
Look, not to be nosy or anything,
but sending a message straight
to voicemail is never a good sign.
I mean, trust me. I know.
Ain't you got a hotel room to ransack?
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
Uh no.
Not anymore.
I mean, Spencer's lazy agent
finally checked his phone.
Now I got the location
to the photo shoot.
Oh, that's great news. Look,
I'll I'll let 'em know.
COOP: All right.
A bag filled with comfort.
Cellphone's good to go.
Charger's in the side pocket.
Snacks are in a Ziploc, so no crumbs.
And I may have stolen your
shea butter for Olivia.
How'd you know it was mine?
Oh, Coop helped. Oh.
And she may have found the
location of Spencer's shoot.
That's amazing, Cassius.
Thank you so much.
Look, I am happy to help.
Seriously. Call me if you
or J. need anything else.
OK, well, we'll call
you with an Olivia update
when we have one.
- Bet.
- Thanks.
Hey. Where have you been?
Bathroom break.
Isn't the bathroom at
the other end of the hall?
I, um
I was hoping that Dr.
Malone had an update,
so I kind of maybe took a detour
to see if I could find her office. Um
Jordan.
- JORDAN: It was
- LAYLA: Oh, my God. Hey.
Hey, can we get some help over here?!
- LAYLA: You OK?
- JORDAN: I'm fine. I'm fine.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Are you OK?
SINGER: Check out, check ♪
Check, check out my money flow ♪
I been making
dollars since my daddy ♪
Said things were slow ♪
Must've been just three or four ♪
Opened up the floodgates,
by the time I'm 8 ♪
I had record sales in 50 states ♪
I kept my head down,
buried in my notebook ♪
Learnin' every angle
that could help me ♪
Find my next hook ♪
Hey. Hey, you.
Hey, you, stop. Stop.
Stop right there. How'd you get in here?
Hold on. This is not what it looks like.
I'm just here looking for Spencer
James. I'm his best friend.
Right, right, right.
And I'm LeBron's cousin.
No, for real. You can look me up
Tamia Cooper. I promise you,
I'll be the first thing
that probably you'll see
on his socials after his wife,
which is exactly why I'm here.
His pregnant wife is
having an emergency,
and she needs him right now.
All right. All right. I'm over it.
Ma'am, you're you're
gonna have to leave.
Did you just "ma'am" me?
MAN: Hold up.
She's telling the truth.
I recognise her. That's Coop.
I thought it was Tamia.
Coop is her rapper name.
She had some heaters back in the day.
"You Don't Ask" is one of my favourites.
Thanks, man. Come on. Put
some respect on my name.
I got this.
Whatever.
My man. I I appreciate the help.
Of course, Ms. Cooper. I'm Wyatt.
I can take you to Mr. James' trailer.
Wyatt, I owe you one, man.
But call me Coop by the way.
- OK.
- All right?
I'm fine.
Did you hit your head?
No. I barely even fell.
Jordan, you almost collapsed.
Layla, come on. I got a
little dizzy. That's it.
But, Doc, while I have you here,
- I'm wondering, how's Olivia
- Olivia fell asleep.
The twins are staying put for now.
All is stable, Jordan.
OK.
We should probably admit you.
What? No. No, no, no.
OK, I just I'm fine, OK?
I just haven't eaten
anything all day today.
And running around the
hospital all morning,
harassing my staff?
That dizziness was more likely triggered
because your blood sugar levels dropped,
so either get something in your belly
or I'm admitting you.
I'm gonna find a vending machine.
Are you gonna be OK?
Mm-hmm.
Look, what can I get Jordan
that he won't say no to?
Cassius, I can't ask for any
more of your help. Really.
You need to go to the showcase.
What can I get him that he'll eat?
Um Jacob's BLT with truffle fries.
But are you sure?
[CELLPHONE CHIMES AND VIBRATES]
100%.
Whoa.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OUTSIDE]
Damn. This is nice.
Come on, Spence. What the hell?
I'm sorry, Coop, but
my boss just told me
Mr. James wrapped over 3 hours ago.
- What?
- He left with some woman.
What woman? That
doesn't even make sense.
No idea. Sorry.
I gotta escort you out.
20 minutes for just a BL
and some truffle fries?
AVA: All good 'cause I'm gonna need him
for more than 20 minutes.
Ava, how did you find me?
Unlike you, Layla did
not send me to voicemail.
Jacob's. Really?
Of all the places to get Jordan food,
you chose the one you stood
me up at earlier this week?
Ava, I can explain, OK? I
Let's just park that one for later
Yeah.
'cause the issue of our son
is a little more pressing.
He's fine. He's at the showcase.
Oh, so you do remember that you
left him there with the wolves.
Ava, come on. It's a showcase.
He's got a couple assistant
coaches there with him.
Yeah. And no head coach.
So what do you think our son with
the superhero complex is doing?
KJ needs to be focused on himself,
not covering for you.
I get why you left.
But now that things
have settled a bit more
for Jordan and Liv at the hospital,
it is time for you to
get your fricking ass
back to your son. He needs you.
- CASSIUS: I'm getting there.
- AVA: Get there faster!
'Cause that guy Cliff is the last person
that he should be saddled with.
The only thing that KJ
should be thinking about
at that showcase is his future.
You don't think I know that?
Do you?! 'Cause I don't
see you racing to your car.
What is really going
on with you, Cassius?
It's almost as if you're
running from something.
I don't run from my problems, Ava.
You sure about that?
'Cause you keep running from me.
WAITER: Hi, I'm so sorry.
Um, but would you like
to continue your discussion at a table?
We're fine.
WAITER: I only ask because your
conversation is starting to, um
affect some of the other customers.
Yeah. Let's.
- [REPORTERS SPEAKING AT ONCE]
- COOP: One second here.
Listen, nothing has changed
in the past few hours.
If we have something to
say, we will tell you.
Until then, back off of our porch
before you hear from our lawyers.
OK?
No. I I was not talking to you, Eric.
I got a bunch of reporters
outside of my whatever.
It doesn't even matter.
What do you mean, you
don't know who the chick was
that Spencer left with?
Ain't you his agent?
OK, then, so call down to the
folks at the shoot and find out.
I I did that already. I
checked all his old haunts.
I mean, I am literally
standing in his mother's house.
He is not here.
The only lead we have is that
what, some girl showed up to his shoot?
Damn it. Bro, I get it.
Discretion is your priority.
My priority is making sure that
my best friend does not miss
the birth of his children.
OK, I don't know what
that means for you,
but find that bitch and get back to me.
[LINE DISCONNECTED SIGNAL]
For the record, I am
not running from you.
So what do you call it, then,
when you sleep with a woman
your wife, no less
and then you stand her up
for dinner 12 hours later
and give her no real explanation?
I am sorry about dinner,
for standing you up.
It's it's like I told
you. Something came up and
Give it a damn rest, Cassius.
If you've changed your mind
about reuniting our family,
about rebuilding our life together,
about loving me, man up and say so.
Yes. I knew about your plan
to re-propose that night.
Our son has a horrible poker face.
I'm sorry.
I planned to explain everything later.
That doesn't work for me.
I need I deserve an explanation now.
I thought you were here to
get me back to the showcase.
Now you got time for
a long conversation?
Good-bye, Cassius. We're done.
Wait. Just wait.
Look, the night of the dinner,
I I didn't show up because
Jordan came by my office.
Jordan? Of course.
Because with you, all
roads lead to the Bakers.
Ava, you don't understand.
Tell me. For someone
who always claims that
family is everything, when
are you going to show up
for your actual family that you created?
Principal Landon gave Jordan my job.
Yeah. I found out
right before our dinner,
and Jordan is still deciding
if he's gonna take it.
Miranda. Hey.
Hey.
I was just racing to get to Beverly.
Well, thank God. I stopped
by there to wish you luck
and heard you hadn't checked in.
It's a long story, and
I forgot my cleats, so
Was that your mom I saw pulling out?
Yeah, part of that long story.
OK. Look, I don't want to hold you up
'cause you're late as hell as is.
I just wanted to make sure you were OK.
- We can talk after.
- No. Miranda, wait. Uh
actually, I owe you an apology.
Khalil, no, look,
I'm the one who needs to apologise.
But that's not important right now.
Your showcase is.
Like you said, I'm
already late as hell as is.
You know, missing
this morning's showcase
likely killed my chances
at a offer anyway.
Only reason I'm still going
is to be there for my team
for the game this afternoon.
[EXHALES] I can't let them down.
But I still got a
minute, so please stay.
There's something I need to explain.
AVA: That's how Cliff Mosely
entered the group chat.
Basically.
Ava, I swear, I had no idea
I was making a deal with the devil.
Didn't you, though?
He's basically your father 2.0.
OK. Fine. I
I had a feeling early on
that Cliff had his own agenda,
but I thought that I could
I could keep him in check
while still getting the
support that I needed.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I made a lot of mistakes
when I first got here.
And it took a lot for me and Jordan
to get anything that even
looks like a friendship,
let alone a a real family bond.
I wasn't trying to destroy
him personally. I just
I wanted a fighting
chance at saving my job,
a job that I love, a job
that secures KJ's future
and would allow me to
rebuild a home with
well, my wife.
And Cliff Mosely took advantage of that.
Cliff wants to destroy
Jordan and Billy's legacy,
my family's legacy, and
I can't let that happen.
I gotta stop him before
he does some real damage.
"I" and "my."
It's like you haven't learned anything
from what we just went
through with your dad.
WAITER: Here you go.
Anything else I can get you two?
And you sure Kia is not with him?
All right, look, well,
if anyone of y'all see
or hear from Spencer,
just hit me up.
I appreciate you, Flip.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
[TAPS PHONE]
[LINE CONNECTING]
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is Spencer.
Leave a message.
[BEEPS]
[DROPS PHONE ON TABLE]
Do you love me?
You sound like ol' girl from
that "Queen" whatever series.
This funny to you?
I'm just saying, if you gonna
force me watch all 6 hours,
you can't be mad when I bring it up.
Do you love me?
More than anything, Ava.
You are my oxygen
which is why I couldn't
re-propose to you that night.
I'd essentially lost my job,
lost my ability to
provide for my family.
Full disclosure, I was embarrassed.
I needed to fix things.
I needed to secure
our future before I
before I came back
to you on bended knee.
Ava
you deserve so much more
than the pain and instability
that I brought into your
life these last couple years.
For better or for worse.
Those are the vows we made.
I love you, Cassius Jeremy.
I loved you when the only
coffee table we could afford
was a cardboard box with
a kente cloth on top.
I loved you when you
held KJ for the first time
and I saw it all click for you
your purpose.
I loved you when you
would stay up late with me,
keeping me company,
as I tried to finish my dissertation.
I loved you even when
your dad, in his pain,
tried to take us down with him.
And I love you still.
You remember that first
apartment we had off Telegraph?
[CHUCKLES] That was you
and me against the world.
No money, just just dreams.
It still is.
No more you going at
this alone, Cassius.
The only way that we are
gonna get through all of this
is together.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't deserve you.
Probably not, but you got me.
- That's cold.
- [AVA LAUGHS]
What's cold is that food you're holding.
I'm sure the hospital has a microwave.
Mm, well, we should
get it back to Jordan
and then get back to our son.
We?
We.
And on the way,
we should strategize a plan
to deal with basic ass Cliff.
Mm-hmm.
A couple of days ago,
when we were looking for Amina,
How I came at you wasn't cool.
I kind of brought that
on myself by implying
what happened to her
was her fault, you know.
Nah, you were just speaking your mind,
like you always do.
And instead of just letting it go,
I made it a thing and
I'm sorry.
It's all good.
I guess we're still feeling
out how we fight as a couple,
which makes sense 'cause this
is all still so new, you know?
About that.
About what? Us?
Yeah. I I feel like
we just rushed into this,
and that's completely on me, not you.
You still have feelings for Amina.
Nah, this has nothing
to do with Meen at all.
I promise.
But you are right.
It does have to do with another woman
my mom.
I don't understand.
We're working things out now.
But I had
still have a lot of abandonment issues
because of her.
And things all kind of came
to a head earlier this week.
Miranda, you chose me at a time
when I needed to feel seen.
When you asked me if I wanted
to make things official
SINGER: Good-bye is a word ♪
my mom had just showed up that day.
I'm just now realising how much that
stirred up all this emotional baggage.
So you said yes to me because
you couldn't say yes to her.
Something like that.
I think I was just happy that
for the first time in my life,
somebody was choosing me.
Until you ♪
Look, it wasn't intentional,
but I was selfish.
And I'm sorry.
SINGERS: It's time to move on ♪
So where does that leave us, K.?
Taking a step back.
But loving you won't ♪
I I'm just starting to
piece my family together,
and between that
and whatever future football holds
It doesn't leave space
for something new.
I get it.
I really am sorry.
Uh-uh, don't be. Um
I'm at least grateful that
you're handling this now
and not months from now,
when this could've
been messier, you know.
Anyways,
I should let you get to your showcase.
Still showing up for your team
even after the morning
you had is a classy move.
Good luck.
SINGERS: So I'm letting you go ♪
Again ♪
[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Jordan, you're supposed
to be taking it easy.
It's a bottle of water.
Not exactly heavy lifting.
OK. Fine, thank you. Can
you sit down now, please?
Nope, not until you've
explained why you shut me out
of everything you've clearly
been dealing with all week.
Jordan, I wasn't shutting you out, OK?
I was trying to make
things easier for you.
JORDAN: By not letting
me be there for you?
CASSIUS: Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Sorry we took so long.
Thank you.
Uh, y'all good?
Yeah. Just hard waiting.
- LAYLA: Mm-hmm.
- JORDAN: Yeah.
Right. J., let me holla at you.
Look, I know that we're new
to this whole cousin thing,
but as the older, wiser cousin, trust me
when I say whatever is
going on with you and Layla,
squash it.
Today's been a lot.
And it could get worse
before it gets better.
You're gonna need your wife
to help you get through this.
Yeah.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES]
[CHUCKLES]
That must've been one
hell of a Jacob's run.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, yeah, it was.
I'm happy for you.
- Thanks, man.
- Yeah.
LAYLA: Liv's hanging in there.
Um, the babies' heart rates
keep dropping periodically,
but, um, the doctors
have been able to stay
two steps ahead of everything.
Those are my kind of doctors.
When you're smart enough
to get ahead of the problem,
it stops being one.
[LINE CONNECTING]
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is
Spencer. Leave a message.
SINGER: All these
ghosts in my room ♪
COOP: Spence, it's me again.
SINGER: Live with me,
and I've got the proof ♪
COOP: I had one job today, bro,
and it was to find you.
And I gave Jordan and Layla my word,
and I couldn't even do that.
SINGER: So I never get
much sleep in my bed ♪
COOP: It's been a crazy week, bro.
Crazy week.
I mean, Preach was arrested
for trying to protect Amina.
Breonna and I are on some sort of break.
I walked out of my internship
because I lost my way,
and I I wanted to call
you through all of that,
but I swear, bruh,
I did not want to burden you.
SINGER: Somebody help me ♪
I think I'm goin' down hard ♪
COOP: And now I wish
I did make that call.
At least I probably would've known
what you had planned for today.
SINGER: I'm getting tired
from my holding my head up ♪
For so long, oh ♪
COOP: Whatever, whatever it is
or wherever you're at,
you know it is all good, and I got you.
Just just call me.
SINGER: Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
COOP: I I am failing
everyone, Spence,
but I promise, I will not
fail you and these kids.
I don't care if I got
to go to the store myself
and grab the biggest
megaphone and scream your name
from the top of the Hollywood sign
just so they can hear me.
I'd do it.
SINGER: Somebody help me,
I think I'm goin' down ♪
COOP: Holla back at me, man.
SINGER: Hard ♪
[REPORTERS SPEAKING OUTSIDE]
Hey, you, I need a favor.
Didn't you just threaten
to get me arrested?
Do you want a statement on the ICE raid
and Cardell Simms or not?
KJ: Still waiting for my pops.
It is what it is.
Mom, thank God you're back.
Where-where's Dad?
I'll fill you in, but first,
I need you to help me with something.
OK.
Why am I being summoned to your office
when you should be out on the field,
running this showcase?
We need to talk.
If this is about pee-gate,
it's already in full swing.
I've been in Lance's ear all morning.
You mean the booster that's
backing Jordan to Landon?
He was until about an hour ago.
It turns out the mere
whiff of Jordan and Billy
having potentially cheated
on Jordan's high school drug test
really rubbed him the wrong way.
Now I just have to flip
2 more boosters and
Jordan is in the hospital
right now with his sister
as she fights to save
the lives of her babies.
As opposed to showing compassion,
you went on the attack.
I gave you a competitive advantage.
Do you or do you not want this job?
I want a lot of things, Cliff.
I want the Warriors to win another chip,
I want my son to realise his dream,
I want my family whole,
and I want my extended family that is
in Beverly Reed right
now fighting their way
into this world to make it
and get to meet their father
and soon-to-be favorite uncle.
Extended family, huh?
And and where was
Jordan's loyalty to you
when he took your job?
We're done here, Cliff.
The hell we are.
You're too weak to fight for your job.
I'll find us a better coach.
Shouldn't be too hard.
Either way, you can't stop
what's already in motion.
Jordan's done.
You sure about that?
[CHUCKLES]
Look who's suddenly developed a spine.
I'm just two steps ahead of you, buddy.
You try to end Jordan, I end you.
See, if this little pee-gate
nonsense goes public,
then the championship that Beverly won
that season is vacated because Jordan
should have been
disqualified from playing.
And I will ensure that every booster
that was here at the time is implicated
in the cover-up, including you.
I'm pretty sure there
isn't a booster here today
that would want that kind of scandal
for themselves or the program.
You son of a bitch.
You better fall back, Cliff.
Or what?
Or Cassius from North Oakland
will officially enter the chat.
And trust me, bruh, you
don't want that smoke.
From him or us.
"Spencer James, call home"?
Yes! Make that message go viral.
But you're not even gonna tell me
why you need me to make it viral?
Correct.
And what do I get for all of this?
You get the thing that you been
standing on my front
porch, waiting for all day.
An interview with Amina?
No. You you get a interview with me.
I will give you the exclusive
on Cardell "Preach" Simms.
And all I got to do is get
the Spencer message out there?
[CHUCKLES]
What part are you not understanding?
Is he in some sort of trouble?
No, he is not in trouble.
Do you want the scoop on Preach or not?
Listen, the man is a
beacon of our community.
All right? He is locked up
for defending his daughter,
who was unjustly arrested.
He should be home with her right now,
not sitting in some jail cell.
All right.
You have a deal.
[CELLPHONE MAKES WHOOSHING NOISE]
My boss will get the message out there.
Bet.
Now, let me tell you
about Cardell Simms.
[CHUCKLES] North Oakland Cassius?
Pop's always representing the Town.
- CASSIUS: Ice City, baby.
- KJ: Yes, sir.
CASSIUS: I can't thank you and the
team enough for showing up, son.
KJ: Oh, come on, now.
You know that there is
nothing I wouldn't do for you, Pops.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'm not gonna lie.
I kinda miss North Oakland Cassius.
KJ: Uh, easy, now.
And I miss North Oakland Ava.
- Ohh.
- Mm.
Um, hello?
You know, easily disgusted son still
sitting right here in this room.
OK, and you guys are
just ignoring me. Great!
[AVA AND CASSIUS LAUGHING]
OK.
So does this mean
that the family's back together again?
It feels that way to me.
But but for real, though.
OK? Please don't play with me.
I mean, like back together as a
a family-family, the whole deal.
- CASSIUS: Yeah.
- AVA: Yeah. Ha ha!
CASSIUS: The family's
back together, son.
For real this time. Come on.
[LAUGHTER]
CASSIUS: OK. OK. [CHUCKLES]
We gotta get you back on the field, KJ.
- AVA: Yes.
- KJ: Right.
Wait. You're, uh, you're not coming?
I am.
I just gotta handle
something real quick,
but you two go ahead.
I'll be right behind you.
Right.
[AVA CHUCKLES]
SINGER: When the lights ♪
Are burning down ♪
Through the dark ♪
Can't find your way out ♪
When you feel like ♪
It's all hopeless ♪
And your soul is ♪
Bruised and broken ♪
You should know I ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Dear Dad
SINGER: Won't let you down ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Family.
While it presents as
a simple 6-letter word,
the truth is it's actually one
of the hardest words to define
in any language.
For some, it just
means a DNA connection.
For others, it means their entire world,
their safety, security, strength.
It means the people you
choose to have by your side
the ones you know will show up for you,
sacrifice for you.
But not everyone is lucky
to be born into that.
For some, family means something
a little more complicated,
but complicated doesn't
mean you don't need them.
Complicated just means
you have to be prepared
to do the work to keep them
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
SINGER: I'll be your ♪
Hey. Everything all
good at the showcase?
Yeah. Oh, we're all good over here.
I just wanted to tell
you something real quick
and hope that it takes
a piece of stress away
from your already crazy day.
[CASSIUS SIGHS]
Look, when everything's settled,
just know that the Beverly job is yours.
I'm officially stepping down.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Cassius.
We don't have to make
any decisions right now.
See, that's the thing, J.
There is nothing to decide.
I was reminded today that there is
nothing more important
to me than family,
and you are a part of that family, J.
I was, um
also reminded that there's
nothing we don't do for family.
So I got a little favour to ask.
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Even if that
means you swallow your pride
for the good of the ones you love.
Anything.
I don't know where I'll be going next.
Could be here, could be back to the Bay.
It could be another state.
But if it does end up not being here,
I need to know that you got KJ's back,
not just as his coach but as his family.
I refuse to uproot
his life one more time,
so that may also mean that
he'll need a place to stay.
CHOIR: Oh oh oh, oh oh ♪
CASSIUS: So
can you do that for me, cuzzo,
help get our boy across the finish line?
CHOIR: Oh oh oh, oh oh ♪
Anything for family.
SINGER: I'll be your ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: So this is
me swallowing my pride, Dad,
and extending my hand.
I hope one day you'll take it
and we can try this family thing again.
SINGER: I'll be your rescue ♪
Jordan, it's Liv.
We can finally see her.
SINGER: It won't
make a difference ♪
- OK.
- SINGER: I'll be your ♪
I'll be your rescue ♪
Greg, move your head.
SINGER: Take a look outside ♪
Do you see what I see? ♪
They cut it down in lines ♪
Little piece of machines ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: Family.
While it presents as
a simple 6-letter word,
the truth is it's actually one
of the hardest words to define
in any language.
[LINE RINGING]
For some, it just
means a DNA connection.
Of course. Uh, look,
the doctors are doing
everything they can
to keep Olivia and the
twins safe and healthy.
Well, I will let Jordan know.
All right. Safe travels.
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: For others,
it means their entire world,
their safety, security, strength.
Yeah, he's inside.
It means the people you
choose to have by your side
the ones you know will show up for you,
sacrifice for you.
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is Spencer.
Leave a message.
[BEEPS]
SINGER: Cold ♪
The others say it's gold ♪
But have you seen them bleed ♪
Hey. Can I take a look
at that? Thank you.
SINGER: Pull the
strings below ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
But not everyone is lucky
to be born into that.
SINGER: How do you know ♪
Where you're goin'
when no one can see ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
For some, family means
something a little more complicated.
SINGER: How do you
know where the line is ♪
When nobody's free ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER: But complicated
doesn't mean you don't need them.
Whether it's the
family you're born into,
the family you choose,
or the family you build
SINGER: No one can see,
and how do you know ♪
CASSIUS: complicated just
means you have to be prepared
to do the work to keep them
SINGER: When nobody's free? ♪
CASSIUS, VOICE-OVER:
Because if you don't
you'll look up one day surprised
to find yourself alone.
SINGER: Do you hear it? ♪
The calling ♪
[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
Oh, my God. Babe, I'm so
sorry that I wasn't there.
Ohh. My phone was on do not disturb,
and then my meeting
ran long and traffic.
Anyway, how's Liv? Did you see her?
- Mm-mm. No.
- No? OK.
DOCTOR: Excuse me.
I'm Dr. Malone. Are you
Olivia James' family?
- We are. We are.
- Yeah.
I'm Jordan, her her brother,
and this is my wife Layla.
How's Olivia?
She's in preterm labor but stable.
We're still trying to slow things down.
The bleeding?
MALONE: Was slight and is under control.
Right now, we're monitoring her vitals
and the babies' fetal heart rate.
Have you have you talked
to her doctor in New York?
Yes. I am in touch with
Dr. Bradley, Jordan.
I assure you, we are
doing everything we can
for your sister and her babies.
Can we can we see Olivia?
Soon. I have a few more tests to run,
but she has been asking
for her cellphone,
something about her husband.
JORDAN: Yeah. He's at
a work thing right now,
but we are tracking him down.
Would it help if we,
um, grabbed Liv's phone?
Absolutely. Her phone, her husband,
anything that will
reduce her stress levels.
We want to keep those babies
baking as long as possible.
And the best way to do that
is to keep Mom stress-free.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
[BOTH INHALE AND EXHALE]
OK, OK.
SINGER: Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Put 'em up, huh! ♪
Get 'em up, yeah! ♪
Rockin', top rockin' ♪
The Beverly program's
performing at its best,
and that's largely due to our
head coach, Cassius Jeremy.
It's only his first season here,
and he brought a dwindling
team back to its peak glory.
I know with time, he'll be
able to bring home the trophy,
especially given the talent
we have on our roster.
Speaking of, I'd love
to have you interview
some of our players,
test their football IQ,
see for yourself why Beverly
breeds future NFL stars.
Mom?
[LAUGHING]
Oh, thank God. Wh
what are you doing here?
Oh, well, I came to see you ball out
and prove why you're
the best QB in the state,
but instead, you are
holding a clipboard,
looking like you're about to crash out.
Where's your father?
He's helping Cousin Jordan.
Yeah, Olivia went into
labor earlier today.
No. She's not due for
another month or so.
I mean, last I heard,
she was stable-ish,
but Jordan, he was in
no condition to drive
when he got the news,
so Dad went with him.
And I said I'd handle everything
here until they got back.
But they never came back.
No.
And now I've got this
shady booster Cliff
watching my every move.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
OK. Deep breath.
It's gonna be all good, baby.
Mama's here now, and the first thing
that I'm gonna do is
You must be the lovely Mrs. Jeremy.
Hi. I'm Cliff Mosely, Beverly booster.
Ava.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
You got a real talent
here with young Kingston.
[CHUCKLES] I know he's gonna help us
bring home the championship
under his father's coaching next season.
Isn't that right, son?
- Right.
- [CLIFF CHUCKLES]
Now, you see those
college coaches over there?
I want you to come on over
and show off that football IQ
and how you learned
everything from your father.
It'll be a great look for him.
AVA: Go on, baby.
I will catch up with you in a minute,
but you show those college coaches
that Kingston Jeremy
is built for greatness.
CLIFF: Huh! Exactly that.
Hmm. Truly lovely meeting you, Ava.
[CHUCKLES WEAKLY]
Huh? What'd I tell you?
He's a chip off the old block.
KJ's gonna be turning
some heads next year.
Hey. Um
any luck reaching Spencer?
Still going straight to voicemail.
And no luck with Grace either,
but your mother-in-law
is at Cabo Airport
as we speak, grabbing
the next flight she can.
Yeah. I spoke to her on my way in.
Um, look, thank you, Cassius,
not just for the calls but
for being there for Jordan
when he needed you.
Anytime. Was that Liv's doctor
I saw you guys talking to?
Uh, yeah. They're still,
um, assessing and evaluating,
but she's stable enough
to ask for her phone.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
- Sorry.
[EXHALES]
Uh, the phone. Right.
It wasn't on her when she got here?
Uh, she must've left it behind
when everything went down this morning,
but I'm heading out to get it, so
I'm just I'm worried
about leaving Jordan.
Well, then don't. I can go get it.
Don't you have a showcase to get to?
I will, but Liv needs you
and Jordan here right now,
so let me handle it.
Thank you.
Um, but I I also need to get, like,
clothes from her luggage, so she has
something to change into later,
and just, um, I don't know,
anything I can think of
to to help calm her down,
so it's a lot to ask.
Layla, my life is a mess
right now, all right?
Everything is up in the
air my marriage, my career,
my integrity,
but the one thing I
know for sure is that
I owe your family our family.
So please let me do this. Let me help.
OK. Yeah.
Thank you.
Here.
[INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
You know, I I read that it's common
for twins to come early.
OK. Yeah. That that's good, right?
At 36 or 37 weeks but not 32.
And Olivia is only 32 weeks,
so that that's
it's too early, Layla.
It's way too early, so
OK, babe, hey, I know. I know.
But that is why she is
getting the best care
she possibly can with Dr.
Malone and her team, OK?
Valid point, yeah.
OK.
How was your meeting
from from this morning?
Right? You said that you
had a meeting. How'd it go?
That's right. Um, this morning.
Um, yeah. It was good.
How good?
Good. [CHUCKLES]
Why are you being cryptic?
Just, now's not really the time.
What aren't what
aren't you telling me?
Jordan, it's nothing crazy. I'm fine.
It's just in the grand
scheme of everything
that's happened today,
it's not that important.
Honey.
OK. Um
the meeting was with Roc Nation,
and they have officially put in an offer
to buy Formonica Keating Records.
Wow. Uh
is selling your label
a label that you built
from the ground up
even on the table?
I'm I'm not sure, OK?
Can this be, like, a
future us conversation?
No. No, no. This is a now conversation.
Why didn't you tell me about this?
Jordan, it's been a crazy week.
Between the Beverly
offer and the showcase,
there hasn't been time.
So it's my fault that
you didn't feel the need
to tell me about this?
No. Jordan, that's not
what I said. I'm saying
Help me understand what you're trying
I came as soon as I
heard. Uh, is Spencer here?
How can I help?
Um [CLEARS THROAT]
My bad. Did I interrupt something?
N-nothing we can't pick up later.
Um, Spencer's still MIA.
COOP: Wait. I thought he was in town
for the endorsement photo shoot.
Y'all know where he's shooting?
- JORDAN: Nope.
- COOP: OK. I'll call his agent.
Yeah, good luck with that.
I left the guy 3 messages already.
COOP: Damn it. OK. OK.
C can I see Liv?
No. None of us can, not yet.
But Doc said that she is stable-ish.
LAYLA: Wait. You know,
we should check Liv and
Spencer's hotel room.
Maybe he left something
about the photo shoot there,
like a like a call
sheet or something.
Say less. I'm on it. Y'all
can stay here with Liv.
Uh, room key?
It's at our house.
Bet. I'll keep trying to
call Spence and the agent
on my way. Um, but don't y'all worry.
I promise I will not
let you down today. OK?
[COOP CHUCKLES]
COOP: Man, you the most
organised robber I know.
[CHUCKLES] It's not
like that. I'm just
A little on the Type A spectrum?
Hey, I like to keep things organised.
It helps keeps me centred.
- Mm-hmm.
- That a problem?
Can I help you find something?
Man, this ain't your house.
Yo, what's your problem?
My bad, bro.
I just Yo, whatever.
Life is
life is a lot right now, all right?
My best friends need me, and
and I can't let them down.
I've done too much of that lately.
Yeah, I feel you. Trust.
I'm looking for Liv's
wallet or or her purse,
like something.
I need to get that hotel room key.
What for?
Anything to help me track down Spence.
There you go.
Ooh. Thank you.
Yo, are you good?
'Cause those are definitely
Layla's pyjamas in that pile
- Oh. Uh
- and not Olivia's.
I mean, you need me to help
you out with it before I go?
No. I I got it.
Are you sure? 'Cause this is
definitely Layla's shea butter.
OK. But Liv's gonna need that.
Shea butter helps with stretch marks.
And this is a belly band.
It helps support the belly.
OK, but protein bars, a
veggie tray, meat sticks.
Like, what type of snacks are these?
Oh, well, Liv's gonna need to fuel up.
I mean, labor is harder on the body
than what my guys do
on the field every day.
Look, I I can't front.
Your knowledge on this is wild.
What are you, the pregnancy whisperer?
[CHUCKLES] No. I'm just a father
who never missed an appointment
- when my wife was pregnant.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
A little quick on the draw, ain't you?
Is everything good?
- Never better.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
[EXHALES]
[CHIMES]
Look, not to be nosy or anything,
but sending a message straight
to voicemail is never a good sign.
I mean, trust me. I know.
Ain't you got a hotel room to ransack?
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES]
Uh no.
Not anymore.
I mean, Spencer's lazy agent
finally checked his phone.
Now I got the location
to the photo shoot.
Oh, that's great news. Look,
I'll I'll let 'em know.
COOP: All right.
A bag filled with comfort.
Cellphone's good to go.
Charger's in the side pocket.
Snacks are in a Ziploc, so no crumbs.
And I may have stolen your
shea butter for Olivia.
How'd you know it was mine?
Oh, Coop helped. Oh.
And she may have found the
location of Spencer's shoot.
That's amazing, Cassius.
Thank you so much.
Look, I am happy to help.
Seriously. Call me if you
or J. need anything else.
OK, well, we'll call
you with an Olivia update
when we have one.
- Bet.
- Thanks.
Hey. Where have you been?
Bathroom break.
Isn't the bathroom at
the other end of the hall?
I, um
I was hoping that Dr.
Malone had an update,
so I kind of maybe took a detour
to see if I could find her office. Um
Jordan.
- JORDAN: It was
- LAYLA: Oh, my God. Hey.
Hey, can we get some help over here?!
- LAYLA: You OK?
- JORDAN: I'm fine. I'm fine.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Are you OK?
SINGER: Check out, check ♪
Check, check out my money flow ♪
I been making
dollars since my daddy ♪
Said things were slow ♪
Must've been just three or four ♪
Opened up the floodgates,
by the time I'm 8 ♪
I had record sales in 50 states ♪
I kept my head down,
buried in my notebook ♪
Learnin' every angle
that could help me ♪
Find my next hook ♪
Hey. Hey, you.
Hey, you, stop. Stop.
Stop right there. How'd you get in here?
Hold on. This is not what it looks like.
I'm just here looking for Spencer
James. I'm his best friend.
Right, right, right.
And I'm LeBron's cousin.
No, for real. You can look me up
Tamia Cooper. I promise you,
I'll be the first thing
that probably you'll see
on his socials after his wife,
which is exactly why I'm here.
His pregnant wife is
having an emergency,
and she needs him right now.
All right. All right. I'm over it.
Ma'am, you're you're
gonna have to leave.
Did you just "ma'am" me?
MAN: Hold up.
She's telling the truth.
I recognise her. That's Coop.
I thought it was Tamia.
Coop is her rapper name.
She had some heaters back in the day.
"You Don't Ask" is one of my favourites.
Thanks, man. Come on. Put
some respect on my name.
I got this.
Whatever.
My man. I I appreciate the help.
Of course, Ms. Cooper. I'm Wyatt.
I can take you to Mr. James' trailer.
Wyatt, I owe you one, man.
But call me Coop by the way.
- OK.
- All right?
I'm fine.
Did you hit your head?
No. I barely even fell.
Jordan, you almost collapsed.
Layla, come on. I got a
little dizzy. That's it.
But, Doc, while I have you here,
- I'm wondering, how's Olivia
- Olivia fell asleep.
The twins are staying put for now.
All is stable, Jordan.
OK.
We should probably admit you.
What? No. No, no, no.
OK, I just I'm fine, OK?
I just haven't eaten
anything all day today.
And running around the
hospital all morning,
harassing my staff?
That dizziness was more likely triggered
because your blood sugar levels dropped,
so either get something in your belly
or I'm admitting you.
I'm gonna find a vending machine.
Are you gonna be OK?
Mm-hmm.
Look, what can I get Jordan
that he won't say no to?
Cassius, I can't ask for any
more of your help. Really.
You need to go to the showcase.
What can I get him that he'll eat?
Um Jacob's BLT with truffle fries.
But are you sure?
[CELLPHONE CHIMES AND VIBRATES]
100%.
Whoa.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OUTSIDE]
Damn. This is nice.
Come on, Spence. What the hell?
I'm sorry, Coop, but
my boss just told me
Mr. James wrapped over 3 hours ago.
- What?
- He left with some woman.
What woman? That
doesn't even make sense.
No idea. Sorry.
I gotta escort you out.
20 minutes for just a BL
and some truffle fries?
AVA: All good 'cause I'm gonna need him
for more than 20 minutes.
Ava, how did you find me?
Unlike you, Layla did
not send me to voicemail.
Jacob's. Really?
Of all the places to get Jordan food,
you chose the one you stood
me up at earlier this week?
Ava, I can explain, OK? I
Let's just park that one for later
Yeah.
'cause the issue of our son
is a little more pressing.
He's fine. He's at the showcase.
Oh, so you do remember that you
left him there with the wolves.
Ava, come on. It's a showcase.
He's got a couple assistant
coaches there with him.
Yeah. And no head coach.
So what do you think our son with
the superhero complex is doing?
KJ needs to be focused on himself,
not covering for you.
I get why you left.
But now that things
have settled a bit more
for Jordan and Liv at the hospital,
it is time for you to
get your fricking ass
back to your son. He needs you.
- CASSIUS: I'm getting there.
- AVA: Get there faster!
'Cause that guy Cliff is the last person
that he should be saddled with.
The only thing that KJ
should be thinking about
at that showcase is his future.
You don't think I know that?
Do you?! 'Cause I don't
see you racing to your car.
What is really going
on with you, Cassius?
It's almost as if you're
running from something.
I don't run from my problems, Ava.
You sure about that?
'Cause you keep running from me.
WAITER: Hi, I'm so sorry.
Um, but would you like
to continue your discussion at a table?
We're fine.
WAITER: I only ask because your
conversation is starting to, um
affect some of the other customers.
Yeah. Let's.
- [REPORTERS SPEAKING AT ONCE]
- COOP: One second here.
Listen, nothing has changed
in the past few hours.
If we have something to
say, we will tell you.
Until then, back off of our porch
before you hear from our lawyers.
OK?
No. I I was not talking to you, Eric.
I got a bunch of reporters
outside of my whatever.
It doesn't even matter.
What do you mean, you
don't know who the chick was
that Spencer left with?
Ain't you his agent?
OK, then, so call down to the
folks at the shoot and find out.
I I did that already. I
checked all his old haunts.
I mean, I am literally
standing in his mother's house.
He is not here.
The only lead we have is that
what, some girl showed up to his shoot?
Damn it. Bro, I get it.
Discretion is your priority.
My priority is making sure that
my best friend does not miss
the birth of his children.
OK, I don't know what
that means for you,
but find that bitch and get back to me.
[LINE DISCONNECTED SIGNAL]
For the record, I am
not running from you.
So what do you call it, then,
when you sleep with a woman
your wife, no less
and then you stand her up
for dinner 12 hours later
and give her no real explanation?
I am sorry about dinner,
for standing you up.
It's it's like I told
you. Something came up and
Give it a damn rest, Cassius.
If you've changed your mind
about reuniting our family,
about rebuilding our life together,
about loving me, man up and say so.
Yes. I knew about your plan
to re-propose that night.
Our son has a horrible poker face.
I'm sorry.
I planned to explain everything later.
That doesn't work for me.
I need I deserve an explanation now.
I thought you were here to
get me back to the showcase.
Now you got time for
a long conversation?
Good-bye, Cassius. We're done.
Wait. Just wait.
Look, the night of the dinner,
I I didn't show up because
Jordan came by my office.
Jordan? Of course.
Because with you, all
roads lead to the Bakers.
Ava, you don't understand.
Tell me. For someone
who always claims that
family is everything, when
are you going to show up
for your actual family that you created?
Principal Landon gave Jordan my job.
Yeah. I found out
right before our dinner,
and Jordan is still deciding
if he's gonna take it.
Miranda. Hey.
Hey.
I was just racing to get to Beverly.
Well, thank God. I stopped
by there to wish you luck
and heard you hadn't checked in.
It's a long story, and
I forgot my cleats, so
Was that your mom I saw pulling out?
Yeah, part of that long story.
OK. Look, I don't want to hold you up
'cause you're late as hell as is.
I just wanted to make sure you were OK.
- We can talk after.
- No. Miranda, wait. Uh
actually, I owe you an apology.
Khalil, no, look,
I'm the one who needs to apologise.
But that's not important right now.
Your showcase is.
Like you said, I'm
already late as hell as is.
You know, missing
this morning's showcase
likely killed my chances
at a offer anyway.
Only reason I'm still going
is to be there for my team
for the game this afternoon.
[EXHALES] I can't let them down.
But I still got a
minute, so please stay.
There's something I need to explain.
AVA: That's how Cliff Mosely
entered the group chat.
Basically.
Ava, I swear, I had no idea
I was making a deal with the devil.
Didn't you, though?
He's basically your father 2.0.
OK. Fine. I
I had a feeling early on
that Cliff had his own agenda,
but I thought that I could
I could keep him in check
while still getting the
support that I needed.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I made a lot of mistakes
when I first got here.
And it took a lot for me and Jordan
to get anything that even
looks like a friendship,
let alone a a real family bond.
I wasn't trying to destroy
him personally. I just
I wanted a fighting
chance at saving my job,
a job that I love, a job
that secures KJ's future
and would allow me to
rebuild a home with
well, my wife.
And Cliff Mosely took advantage of that.
Cliff wants to destroy
Jordan and Billy's legacy,
my family's legacy, and
I can't let that happen.
I gotta stop him before
he does some real damage.
"I" and "my."
It's like you haven't learned anything
from what we just went
through with your dad.
WAITER: Here you go.
Anything else I can get you two?
And you sure Kia is not with him?
All right, look, well,
if anyone of y'all see
or hear from Spencer,
just hit me up.
I appreciate you, Flip.
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
[TAPS PHONE]
[LINE CONNECTING]
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is Spencer.
Leave a message.
[BEEPS]
[DROPS PHONE ON TABLE]
Do you love me?
You sound like ol' girl from
that "Queen" whatever series.
This funny to you?
I'm just saying, if you gonna
force me watch all 6 hours,
you can't be mad when I bring it up.
Do you love me?
More than anything, Ava.
You are my oxygen
which is why I couldn't
re-propose to you that night.
I'd essentially lost my job,
lost my ability to
provide for my family.
Full disclosure, I was embarrassed.
I needed to fix things.
I needed to secure
our future before I
before I came back
to you on bended knee.
Ava
you deserve so much more
than the pain and instability
that I brought into your
life these last couple years.
For better or for worse.
Those are the vows we made.
I love you, Cassius Jeremy.
I loved you when the only
coffee table we could afford
was a cardboard box with
a kente cloth on top.
I loved you when you
held KJ for the first time
and I saw it all click for you
your purpose.
I loved you when you
would stay up late with me,
keeping me company,
as I tried to finish my dissertation.
I loved you even when
your dad, in his pain,
tried to take us down with him.
And I love you still.
You remember that first
apartment we had off Telegraph?
[CHUCKLES] That was you
and me against the world.
No money, just just dreams.
It still is.
No more you going at
this alone, Cassius.
The only way that we are
gonna get through all of this
is together.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't deserve you.
Probably not, but you got me.
- That's cold.
- [AVA LAUGHS]
What's cold is that food you're holding.
I'm sure the hospital has a microwave.
Mm, well, we should
get it back to Jordan
and then get back to our son.
We?
We.
And on the way,
we should strategize a plan
to deal with basic ass Cliff.
Mm-hmm.
A couple of days ago,
when we were looking for Amina,
How I came at you wasn't cool.
I kind of brought that
on myself by implying
what happened to her
was her fault, you know.
Nah, you were just speaking your mind,
like you always do.
And instead of just letting it go,
I made it a thing and
I'm sorry.
It's all good.
I guess we're still feeling
out how we fight as a couple,
which makes sense 'cause this
is all still so new, you know?
About that.
About what? Us?
Yeah. I I feel like
we just rushed into this,
and that's completely on me, not you.
You still have feelings for Amina.
Nah, this has nothing
to do with Meen at all.
I promise.
But you are right.
It does have to do with another woman
my mom.
I don't understand.
We're working things out now.
But I had
still have a lot of abandonment issues
because of her.
And things all kind of came
to a head earlier this week.
Miranda, you chose me at a time
when I needed to feel seen.
When you asked me if I wanted
to make things official
SINGER: Good-bye is a word ♪
my mom had just showed up that day.
I'm just now realising how much that
stirred up all this emotional baggage.
So you said yes to me because
you couldn't say yes to her.
Something like that.
I think I was just happy that
for the first time in my life,
somebody was choosing me.
Until you ♪
Look, it wasn't intentional,
but I was selfish.
And I'm sorry.
SINGERS: It's time to move on ♪
So where does that leave us, K.?
Taking a step back.
But loving you won't ♪
I I'm just starting to
piece my family together,
and between that
and whatever future football holds
It doesn't leave space
for something new.
I get it.
I really am sorry.
Uh-uh, don't be. Um
I'm at least grateful that
you're handling this now
and not months from now,
when this could've
been messier, you know.
Anyways,
I should let you get to your showcase.
Still showing up for your team
even after the morning
you had is a classy move.
Good luck.
SINGERS: So I'm letting you go ♪
Again ♪
[DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Jordan, you're supposed
to be taking it easy.
It's a bottle of water.
Not exactly heavy lifting.
OK. Fine, thank you. Can
you sit down now, please?
Nope, not until you've
explained why you shut me out
of everything you've clearly
been dealing with all week.
Jordan, I wasn't shutting you out, OK?
I was trying to make
things easier for you.
JORDAN: By not letting
me be there for you?
CASSIUS: Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Sorry we took so long.
Thank you.
Uh, y'all good?
Yeah. Just hard waiting.
- LAYLA: Mm-hmm.
- JORDAN: Yeah.
Right. J., let me holla at you.
Look, I know that we're new
to this whole cousin thing,
but as the older, wiser cousin, trust me
when I say whatever is
going on with you and Layla,
squash it.
Today's been a lot.
And it could get worse
before it gets better.
You're gonna need your wife
to help you get through this.
Yeah.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES]
[CHUCKLES]
That must've been one
hell of a Jacob's run.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, yeah, it was.
I'm happy for you.
- Thanks, man.
- Yeah.
LAYLA: Liv's hanging in there.
Um, the babies' heart rates
keep dropping periodically,
but, um, the doctors
have been able to stay
two steps ahead of everything.
Those are my kind of doctors.
When you're smart enough
to get ahead of the problem,
it stops being one.
[LINE CONNECTING]
SPENCER'S VOICE: This is
Spencer. Leave a message.
SINGER: All these
ghosts in my room ♪
COOP: Spence, it's me again.
SINGER: Live with me,
and I've got the proof ♪
COOP: I had one job today, bro,
and it was to find you.
And I gave Jordan and Layla my word,
and I couldn't even do that.
SINGER: So I never get
much sleep in my bed ♪
COOP: It's been a crazy week, bro.
Crazy week.
I mean, Preach was arrested
for trying to protect Amina.
Breonna and I are on some sort of break.
I walked out of my internship
because I lost my way,
and I I wanted to call
you through all of that,
but I swear, bruh,
I did not want to burden you.
SINGER: Somebody help me ♪
I think I'm goin' down hard ♪
COOP: And now I wish
I did make that call.
At least I probably would've known
what you had planned for today.
SINGER: I'm getting tired
from my holding my head up ♪
For so long, oh ♪
COOP: Whatever, whatever it is
or wherever you're at,
you know it is all good, and I got you.
Just just call me.
SINGER: Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
COOP: I I am failing
everyone, Spence,
but I promise, I will not
fail you and these kids.
I don't care if I got
to go to the store myself
and grab the biggest
megaphone and scream your name
from the top of the Hollywood sign
just so they can hear me.
I'd do it.
SINGER: Somebody help me,
I think I'm goin' down ♪
COOP: Holla back at me, man.
SINGER: Hard ♪
[REPORTERS SPEAKING OUTSIDE]
Hey, you, I need a favor.
Didn't you just threaten
to get me arrested?
Do you want a statement on the ICE raid
and Cardell Simms or not?
KJ: Still waiting for my pops.
It is what it is.
Mom, thank God you're back.
Where-where's Dad?
I'll fill you in, but first,
I need you to help me with something.
OK.
Why am I being summoned to your office
when you should be out on the field,
running this showcase?
We need to talk.
If this is about pee-gate,
it's already in full swing.
I've been in Lance's ear all morning.
You mean the booster that's
backing Jordan to Landon?
He was until about an hour ago.
It turns out the mere
whiff of Jordan and Billy
having potentially cheated
on Jordan's high school drug test
really rubbed him the wrong way.
Now I just have to flip
2 more boosters and
Jordan is in the hospital
right now with his sister
as she fights to save
the lives of her babies.
As opposed to showing compassion,
you went on the attack.
I gave you a competitive advantage.
Do you or do you not want this job?
I want a lot of things, Cliff.
I want the Warriors to win another chip,
I want my son to realise his dream,
I want my family whole,
and I want my extended family that is
in Beverly Reed right
now fighting their way
into this world to make it
and get to meet their father
and soon-to-be favorite uncle.
Extended family, huh?
And and where was
Jordan's loyalty to you
when he took your job?
We're done here, Cliff.
The hell we are.
You're too weak to fight for your job.
I'll find us a better coach.
Shouldn't be too hard.
Either way, you can't stop
what's already in motion.
Jordan's done.
You sure about that?
[CHUCKLES]
Look who's suddenly developed a spine.
I'm just two steps ahead of you, buddy.
You try to end Jordan, I end you.
See, if this little pee-gate
nonsense goes public,
then the championship that Beverly won
that season is vacated because Jordan
should have been
disqualified from playing.
And I will ensure that every booster
that was here at the time is implicated
in the cover-up, including you.
I'm pretty sure there
isn't a booster here today
that would want that kind of scandal
for themselves or the program.
You son of a bitch.
You better fall back, Cliff.
Or what?
Or Cassius from North Oakland
will officially enter the chat.
And trust me, bruh, you
don't want that smoke.
From him or us.
"Spencer James, call home"?
Yes! Make that message go viral.
But you're not even gonna tell me
why you need me to make it viral?
Correct.
And what do I get for all of this?
You get the thing that you been
standing on my front
porch, waiting for all day.
An interview with Amina?
No. You you get a interview with me.
I will give you the exclusive
on Cardell "Preach" Simms.
And all I got to do is get
the Spencer message out there?
[CHUCKLES]
What part are you not understanding?
Is he in some sort of trouble?
No, he is not in trouble.
Do you want the scoop on Preach or not?
Listen, the man is a
beacon of our community.
All right? He is locked up
for defending his daughter,
who was unjustly arrested.
He should be home with her right now,
not sitting in some jail cell.
All right.
You have a deal.
[CELLPHONE MAKES WHOOSHING NOISE]
My boss will get the message out there.
Bet.
Now, let me tell you
about Cardell Simms.
[CHUCKLES] North Oakland Cassius?
Pop's always representing the Town.
- CASSIUS: Ice City, baby.
- KJ: Yes, sir.
CASSIUS: I can't thank you and the
team enough for showing up, son.
KJ: Oh, come on, now.
You know that there is
nothing I wouldn't do for you, Pops.
I love you.
I love you, too.
I'm not gonna lie.
I kinda miss North Oakland Cassius.
KJ: Uh, easy, now.
And I miss North Oakland Ava.
- Ohh.
- Mm.
Um, hello?
You know, easily disgusted son still
sitting right here in this room.
OK, and you guys are
just ignoring me. Great!
[AVA AND CASSIUS LAUGHING]
OK.
So does this mean
that the family's back together again?
It feels that way to me.
But but for real, though.
OK? Please don't play with me.
I mean, like back together as a
a family-family, the whole deal.
- CASSIUS: Yeah.
- AVA: Yeah. Ha ha!
CASSIUS: The family's
back together, son.
For real this time. Come on.
[LAUGHTER]
CASSIUS: OK. OK. [CHUCKLES]
We gotta get you back on the field, KJ.
- AVA: Yes.
- KJ: Right.
Wait. You're, uh, you're not coming?
I am.
I just gotta handle
something real quick,
but you two go ahead.
I'll be right behind you.
Right.
[AVA CHUCKLES]
SINGER: When the lights ♪
Are burning down ♪
Through the dark ♪
Can't find your way out ♪
When you feel like ♪
It's all hopeless ♪
And your soul is ♪
Bruised and broken ♪
You should know I ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Dear Dad
SINGER: Won't let you down ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Family.
While it presents as
a simple 6-letter word,
the truth is it's actually one
of the hardest words to define
in any language.
For some, it just
means a DNA connection.
For others, it means their entire world,
their safety, security, strength.
It means the people you
choose to have by your side
the ones you know will show up for you,
sacrifice for you.
But not everyone is lucky
to be born into that.
For some, family means something
a little more complicated,
but complicated doesn't
mean you don't need them.
Complicated just means
you have to be prepared
to do the work to keep them
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]
SINGER: I'll be your ♪
Hey. Everything all
good at the showcase?
Yeah. Oh, we're all good over here.
I just wanted to tell
you something real quick
and hope that it takes
a piece of stress away
from your already crazy day.
[CASSIUS SIGHS]
Look, when everything's settled,
just know that the Beverly job is yours.
I'm officially stepping down.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Cassius.
We don't have to make
any decisions right now.
See, that's the thing, J.
There is nothing to decide.
I was reminded today that there is
nothing more important
to me than family,
and you are a part of that family, J.
I was, um
also reminded that there's
nothing we don't do for family.
So I got a little favour to ask.
VOICE OF CASSIUS: Even if that
means you swallow your pride
for the good of the ones you love.
Anything.
I don't know where I'll be going next.
Could be here, could be back to the Bay.
It could be another state.
But if it does end up not being here,
I need to know that you got KJ's back,
not just as his coach but as his family.
I refuse to uproot
his life one more time,
so that may also mean that
he'll need a place to stay.
CHOIR: Oh oh oh, oh oh ♪
CASSIUS: So
can you do that for me, cuzzo,
help get our boy across the finish line?
CHOIR: Oh oh oh, oh oh ♪
Anything for family.
SINGER: I'll be your ♪
VOICE OF CASSIUS: So this is
me swallowing my pride, Dad,
and extending my hand.
I hope one day you'll take it
and we can try this family thing again.
SINGER: I'll be your rescue ♪
Jordan, it's Liv.
We can finally see her.
SINGER: It won't
make a difference ♪
- OK.
- SINGER: I'll be your ♪
I'll be your rescue ♪
Greg, move your head.