All American (2018) s07e03 Episode Script

1
[NEON SIGN BUZZING]
MALE SINGER: Make you break
a sweat when you hit that deck ♪
Hyah!
Head, shoulders, knees, toes get low ♪
Some days I'm in the door,
always landing on the floor ♪
Vision board goals, baby,
I ain't got the time to mope ♪
I'm in control, no
controller nor remote ♪
Just keep it balanced ♪
Get locked, you would've
thought that I was grounded ♪
Yeah, running my
race, that's astounding ♪
Headphone blasting, I'm bouncing ♪
It's time to zone
out, put the work in ♪
Go grab a gym mat, make it worth it ♪
Call your friends
back, when the work the ♪
'Cause I'mma make you break
a sweat when you hit that deck ♪
Hyah!
Getting down and dirty ♪
[ALARM CHIMING]
Getting down and dirty,
getting down and dirty ♪
Getting down and dirty ♪
Make you break a sweat when
you hit that deck, let's go! ♪
CASSIUS: Free safety showing blitz.
- What you doing? Come on, talk to me.
- KJ: Mm.
- Audible into a bubble screen.
- Whoo, nice, OK.
OK, what if he drop down
into cover two, though?
What you gonna do? Show me.
KJ: Uh, change the blocking scheme,
- but same play.
- Mm-hmm.
All right. Look, trick question,
- you passed. It's good, man.
- KJ: [CHUCKLES]
You spoken to Max about all this?
- Oh, yeah, Max knows his protections.
- You sure?
Laguna Beach's D-line is no joke.
Man, he's a senior, and
so is the rest of the line.
- All right, all right.
- Man, what you so worried for?
Look, because games are wo
Are won "in the trenches."
Yes, I know, Dad.
- [LAUGHS]
- CASSIUS: You play too much, man.
Man, you've been telling me that
ever since I was in Pop Warner,
but, uh, this isn't just about the line.
Man, I can see it. This
game's got you nervous.
[SIGHS]
- This isn't Oakland, KJ.
- KJ: Yeah, I know.
I'm just saying, it's a new team.
I am counting on you more
than I had to in the past.
I just want to be certain
that I'm putting you in
a position to succeed.
KJ: And you have,
all right? We're ready, Dad.
All right.
All right, all right.
KJ: [CHUCKLES] Right.
So what you gonna do
during the two-minute drill
when they start playing press?
- Ah. OK.
- Huh?
- I see what you're doing.
- Yeah, OK.
All right, it's easy. I'll do, uh
[BOTH LAUGH]
[DOOR OPENS]
Coop, what are you
doing here? [CHUCKLES]
[SCOFFS] I'm going hungry,
if that's all you got to eat.
Here. If you're looking
for my dad, you
- you already missed him.
- COOP: I know. He just
he asked me to keep an eye on you,
since he's gonna be out early and
back late for the next few days.
- "Keep an eye" on me?
- Yeah, you know,
like drop you off at
school, take you to Layla's
for your job training this afternoon.
What, he didn't tell you I was coming?
No, 'cause I woulda told
him I could walk myself.
School's, like, a few blocks
away, same with Layla's.
Why doesn't he trust me?
- [FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
- KHALIL: Meena-Meen?
- COOP: No idea.
- KHALIL: Hey, Coop.
He's just gonna take me to school.
Actually, I'm gonna
take you both to school,
so, Khalil, congrats, you got
the back seat all to yourself.
- KHALIL: Thanks.
- COOP: I'll be in the car.
I can't believe I've got
Coop babysitting me again.
[SIGHS] Come on. It's not all that bad.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- AMINA: Really? Watch,
she's gonna hold my hand and
walk me into school like I'm 5.
[SCOFFS] Meen, having
people that care about you,
people that got your
back, it's a good thing.
Same as when Deion asked
me to look out for you.
Great. You gonna try to come
embarrass me at work, too?
She's not gonna do that.
- Mm-hmm.
- She's just dropping you off.
- Coop's chill.
- [CAR HORN HONKING]
Yup, real chill.
[HONKING CONTINUES]
- KJ: Here
- JORDAN: Enjoy that.
KJ: here, and I'll have the option.
CASSIUS: All right, I feel you.
JORDAN: Well, happy game day, Eagles.
That is a smart move right there,
using deep crossing routes to
attack Laguna's secondary tonight.
- Yeah. Yes, sir, Jordan.
- How you doing?
- KJ: Good.
- CASSIUS: Baker.
Promise you, I'm not here
to scope out the competition.
- Mm. Not today, anyway, right?
- [CHUCKLES]
Fair enough, fair enough.
No, but seriously, I'm
I am way more Beverly alum than
I am Crenshaw coach right now.
You know, seeing you in game-day colours
got me feeling all the nostalgia
for Eagles' Spirit Week.
- Are you ready?
- KJ: Yeah!
I mean, so you guys get
pretty lit then, right?
Hell yeah, we do. You kidding me? Look,
everybody's hyped, the
cheerleaders, they bring cookies.
- KJ: What?
- JORDAN: The whole vibe is electric.
Oh, man, I love that. I mean,
it was the same way
back in Oakland. I mean,
- the whole school got into it.
- JORDAN: Yeah, I love that.
You know what I loved
more, though? Those cookies.
Those cookies. I miss 'em. I
I think about 'em way too much.
My wife, she may be a
Baker and everything,
- but she is not a baker.
- [KJ CHUCKLING]
JORDAN: It's bad.
Anyways, let me get out
of your hair, all right?
You guys enjoy the rest of your day.
Good luck tonight, not that you
need it, of course, you know,
'cause Beverly, we always crush
those Orange County D-bags.
You get it. All right, cheers, men.
- KJ: See you, Jordan.
- JORDAN: Hang in there.
MALE SINGER: Now when I stumble ♪
You pretend that you don't care ♪
- KJ: [CHUCKLES] Really?
- [CASSIUS SIGHS]
SINGER: I'm obsessed about ♪
Yes, I'm obsessed about ♪
[WHISTLING ALONG DIES]
MAX: Hey, KJ,
I'ma get lunch with the rest of
the line, go over protections.
- You should join.
- Aw, come on, Max.
It's not the line I gotta worry about.
It's getting the
wideouts on the same page.
I mean, y'all are seniors. You get it.
Bet, but just so you know,
you're always welcome, a'ight?
- A'ight.
- Deuces.
[SCOFFS]
- Uh, hey, Tori.
- TORI: Hey.
Um, what's up with Spirit Week?
What do you mean?
Well, it feels kinda unspirited.
What, were you expecting
cookies or something?
- Well, yeah, kinda.
- [CHUCKLES]
Do you have any idea how
long it takes 12 cheerleaders
to make cookies for
a whole football team?
Besides, we have a huge
competition coming up.
You should be grateful you
got your locker decorated.
I mean, I would, but they
didn't even get that right.
Better?
Kinda.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
JORDAN: OK, fellas. It's another day.
Busted one out. Khalil,
hold back for me.
I heard that you were in the gym again,
- break of dawn.
- KHALIL: Yeah, that all right?
That's better than all right.
OK, look, all the hard
work and extra effort
does not go unnoticed,
and I am proud of you.
- Appreciate that.
- Mm-hmm.
I can't wait to really be
part of the team, though.
Hey, you are part of the team.
I'm not suiting up for tomorrow's
game against Inglewood, though.
[YASI SIGHS]
Look, I I know this
it's only been a couple of days, but
whenever you and the
coaches think I'm ready.
Honestly, I, uh
I'm already convinced,
so let me talk to Coach Bobby about
you suiting up for tomorrow's game.
- Wait, for real?
- Absolutely. Like I said,
all the hard work and extra effort
- does not go unnoticed.
- [KHALIL SIGHS]
Sit tight real quick, OK?
[FOOTSTEPS RETREAT]
[CHUCKLES]
Are you kidding me?
- Khalil just joined the team.
- Yes,
- and he's been putting in the work.
- For a week.
And in that week, he
has learned the playbook,
he has flashed at multiple positions,
and he is the first one in
the gym every single day.
Which is a good thing
because he's got a lot
of catching up to do.
Look, the only reason why
I let him join the team
in the first place is because we
needed another body at practice.
But suiting up? Naw. No,
no, no, no. He's not ready.
I mean, he's not gelling
with the other players
Well, maybe he would gel
with the other players
if you officially made
him a part of the team.
Look, I'm done having this
conversation, all right?
He'll get his shot
when I say he's ready.
- [POP MUSIC PLAYING]
- MALE SINGER: Yo ♪
Amina, welcome to the first
day of your professional life.
AMINA: I can't wait.
I'm excited to be here.
See you later, Auntie.
Thanks for the ride.
Hey, you're welcome. Actually,
you mind if I post up a little bit,
- get some work done?
- Yeah, have at it.
- Let's go.
- All right, cool.
- LAYLA: Everything OK?
- AMINA: Great.
Nothing beats having a babysitter
join in on a job-training session,
- but, I mean, let's do it. [CHUCKLES]
- LAYLA: Yeah.
MALE SINGER: More like that ♪
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
Hey, Khalil, my man,
how 'bout you go ahead and
fill me up a cup? QB1's thirsty.
Cooler back there.
YASI: Oh, my bad, I thought
you was the waterboy.
Man, don't you ever get
tired of running your mouth?
What you know about being tired?
I don't remember you being here
when we were all trying out,
and you weren't here
during our offseason,
two-a-days, 7-on-7.
You don't deserve to be here,
and we all know it.
[SCOFFS] You know, that's
big talk coming from a guy
ain't done broke a sweat all practice.
I mean, when's the last
time you seen the gym?
I mean, without somebody
filming it for TikTok, that is.
So you think you can hang
with me in the weight room?
- KHALIL: Right here, right now.
- [PLAYERS CLAMORING]
[POP MUSIC PLAYING]
FEMALE SINGER: On my own ♪
Plus I've been OK
with being all alone ♪
OK, um, so one thing
you want to keep in mind
is not to touch the rim of the glass.
It's just people don't
like fingers where
- their mouths are gonna go.
- AMINA: OK.
SINGER: No I won't complain ♪
Only 'cause it's the same
old thing just a different day ♪
Runnin' to the prize
like I know I can ♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS, WATER SLOSHES]
Oh, my God! I'm so, so sorry!
Don't wor don't worry about it.
It happens to everybody.
Um, why don't you
grab a fresh tablecloth,
and we'll just try again.
- OK.
- OK.
SINGER: On my own ♪
I'm afraid I'll be alone ♪
Hey.
First-day jitters?
I mean, I seen how
she fumbled that glass.
You think maybe she
should try it with me?
No, she's doing great, yeah.
Um, but may maybe
you should head out?
I just feel like Amina's feeling
a little on edge with you here.
Oh. OK.
Well, I mean, I could
just, like, move
Hey, she'll be fine. I promise.
SINGER: I'm gonna be all right ♪
On my own, plus I've been OK ♪
With being all alone ♪
[DISTANT DRUMS BEATING]
[WHISTLE BLOWS, CROWD
CHEERING AT PEP RALLY]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Either you're a psychic or you just have
- really great timing.
- AMINA ON PHONE: Uh-oh.
That doesn't sound like someone excited
for their first game of the season.
[CHUCKLES] You remembered.
I hate to burst your bubble,
but that Crenshaw-Beverly
rivalry runs real deep.
Everyone here at Crenshaw
has eyes on y'all's game.
[SIGHS] Uh, that's great.
- Nervous?
- Nah.
Nah, I I don't get nervous.
Then what is it? 'Cause I
can hear it in your voice.
I was just watching my old team
prove they don't need me to win.
Why are you torturing yourself?
Shouldn't you be at your pep rally?
Nah, I'm good.
Let's just say the pep here could
use a little Oakland seasoning.
- How's the new gig?
- AMINA: Uh-uh.
We are focused on you right now.
Look, I know you miss your old team,
but in a couple hours,
you're gonna hit the field
with your new team,
and you're gonna lead them
to a "W" of your own, so
KJ: Translation,
I need to focus on my
future, stop looking back?
Exactly,
and that starts with getting your
butt back in that bland-ass rally
before they start calling your name.
[CHUCKLES]
MALE SINGER: I will not lose ♪
Not this time ♪
You don't have the clue ♪
Not this time ♪
I'm in another world ♪
Not this time ♪
I never quit, I would never, no, ♪
Not this time ♪
You don't have the grit ♪
Not this time ♪
I'm in another world, not this time ♪
- I never quit ♪
- [PLAYERS CHEERING]
Yo, what did I say?! What did I say?!
This is my team! My team!
COACH BOBBY: Whose team? Yasi.
COACH BOBBY: Huh?
- My team.
- [YASI SIGHS]
- YASI: Yes, sir. I I was just
- COACH BOBBY: Khalil,
congratulations.
You made the team.
Talk to Baker about
getting you a jersey.
And the rest of y'all,
get your heads right 'cause
we got a game tomorrow.
Let's go!
Hey. I know that's not
how you wanted it to go,
but congratulations.
- I wanted to earn it.
- You did earn it.
What are you talking
about? You earned it.
Let me get you a jersey. Head high.
[PATS ARM] Come on, let's go.
- Zero.
- What?
That's the number I want.
Nobody took it, right?
It's all yours.
[PANTING]
Nowhere to go but up from here.
FIELD ANNOUNCER: Game day is
here, as we get set to kick off
another season of
Beverly Eagle football.
- KJ: Yeah!
- [PLAYERS CLAMORING]
Yeah! Let's do it! Whoo!
CASSIUS: First game, gentlemen.
First game is when we tell them
who we are,
so I want you to get out
there and tell them we fast.
- PLAYERS: Hoo!
- CASSIUS: Tell 'em we strong!
- Hoo!
- We vicious!
- Hoo!
- And we are here to win!
Tell them who we are!
- 1, 2, 3!
- PLAYERS: Eagles!
- Who?
- Eagles!
- Who?
- Eagles!
- Who? Come on!
- Let's go!
[ALL CLAMOR]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, get 'em next time, right, bro?
[SCOFFS] That's it?
Man, we just got crushed, humiliated,
and that's all you have
to say for yourself?
I mean, seriously, man, what
the hell was that out there?
I mean, were y'all even
trying to block anyone?
Because I spent the
whole game on the ground!
So it sure didn't seem like it!
- I was out there fighting for my life!
- CASSIUS: Hey.
That's enough. Look,
this loss is on everyone.
Not just the line, but everybody, OK?
[SCOFFS] Were you even
watching that game?
I was out there doing
everything that I could.
No protection, no chance.
KJ: Man, this loss isn't on me.
CASSIUS: You're the quarterback, OK?
The leader. You own the
victories and defeats.
Win or lose, it is on you
as much as everybody else.
You sure about that?
'Cause last time I checked,
I didn't ask to be here!
Yeah, you're the one who uprooted me.
Took me away from my team, my home!
You're the reason why I'm playing
with this team that
just got embarrassed.
So how 'bout you own it?
[SOFTLY] You better go cool off.
[SCOFFS]
[FOOTSTEPS RETREATING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Glad to see you're still alive.
Bad joke.
Um
just took quite the beating out there.
How you doing?
Just about how you'd think. [SCOFFS]
Man, it's no wonder this
school lost its spirit.
The football team forgot how to win.
- It's one game.
- Yeah, one game
that told me everything
that I need to know.
The whole team folded!
Y'all weren't following the same drum,
but I didn't see anybody quit.
And what about my offensive line?
I mean, the sack total
should be proof enough.
[SCOFFS] Man, I might as well
have been alone out there.
Alone?
Seriously?
I've known Max long enough to know
he was doing everything
he could to back you up.
And in case you haven't noticed,
everyone wearing Beverly colours
on and off the field
were supporting you.
- I'm not talkin' about the fans!
- But you should be,
because no one had to be at that game.
Same goes for the cheerleaders.
That's right, Principal
London's been trying
to pull us from games so we
can focus on our competitions,
because we're the ones
bringing in championships
and money these days, but we choose
to support you every single week,
just like your teammates.
I can't even perform with my team,
but I'm in this damn uniform
on the sidelines, supporting you.
The support is there, KJ.
You just don't see
it because you've been
taking it for granted all along.
Whatever.
[FOOTSTEPS RETREATING]
LAYLA: And the allergens are there,
in case anyone asks.
Pretty self-explanatory.
- Do you mind if I take it home?
- Yeah, knock yourself out.
And that about does it. Great first day.
Thanks. Felt a little
rocky at the start, but
- I think I'm getting the hang of it.
- LAYLA: You are.
Hey, why don't you grab your stuff?
I'll drop you off on my way home.
OK. I'll just um
Did Coop tell you to take me home?
Um well, she mentioned
that you might need a ride.
Look, Coop's just looking
out for you. She worries.
She doesn't trust me
to take care of myself.
Same reason my dad keeps
asking her to babysit me.
- Why don't you have a seat?
- Am I in trouble?
No. No, not at all.
Look, I get it, OK?
I wasn't that different
from you as a teen.
Was just me and my dad, um,
except that he was never around, and
I would have given anything
to have him hover the
way Preach and Coop do.
They're not doing it
out of a lack of trust.
They're doing it from a place of love.
I guess I seem ungrateful.
You seem like a teen,
trying to figure out life.
- Can I ask you something?
- Mm-hmm.
When you were my age,
how did you get people to
stop treating you like a kid?
Um
I don't know. I guess I
I didn't let people put me in a box.
I made them see me
for who I wanted to be.
I, uh, I spoke my truth,
I was persistent, you know, 'cause
the longer you let
people keep you in a box,
the harder it gets to break out.
Yeah, I'm learning that the hard way.
Well, at least you're learning.
Hey
you got this, Amina.
My money's on you.
FEMALE SINGER: I still feel like ♪
Love, love ♪
Yeah ♪
CASSIUS: Where you been?
Walk.
Your mom said, uh,
you weren't answering her calls.
I didn't feel like talkin'.
Hey.
I get you're pissed,
but you are pushing it
with the disrespect, man.
Now, your mom said, uh, she's
sorry she missed the game.
I told her you'd call her tomorrow
before the South Crenshaw one.
Wait, South Crenshaw?
Oh, you're not trying
to hear me right now,
so I figured I'd let the
Chargers do my talking for me.
[SCOFFS]
[SIGHS]
Look, son
I know you want to win.
I do, too.
But if we don't play
better than we did tonight,
if we don't lock in,
watching from the stands tomorrow
is gonna be the closest we'll ever get
to playing against a
team like South Crenshaw.
[CROWD CHEERING]
FIELD ANNOUNCER: Opening
game for Crenshaw,
and nearing the end of the first half,
they are struggling.
It's third and long for the Chargers.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- YASI: Ready.
Green, 18, set, go.
MALE SINGER: Hey,
we finna lock in ♪
LIL RON: Throw it, throw it!
MALE SINGER: We finna lock in ♪
We finna lock in, lock in ♪
We finna lock in ♪
[WHISTLE BLOWS]
ANNOUNCER: Another Crenshaw
drive stalls at the 30-yard line,
as QB Yasi Ray checks it down
to running back Ron Dukes.
- Fourth down.
- Punt team.
JORDAN: Yasi, on me. Let's go.
Down 3-10, huh?
Look, if you wanted
me to watch a bad team,
coulda just checked
out yesterday's film.
If I'm not mistaken, we
were down 21 at the half?
Well, if I had as much time in
the pocket as Yasi's gettin',
we woulda won by 20.
I don't know what's
happened to him since camp.
Well, the game's not over yet.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- ANNOUNCER: And that is halftime.
Oof, with a tough start
for the once great Chargers.
Yeah, tell that to the offence.
YASI: Hey, give me that.
KHALIL: Stop playing around, bro.
Who's playing around?
What the hell you need it for,
anyways, warming the bench?
What you need a towel for,
to check down every play?
You know, throwing short of the sticks
is same as throwing the game away.
Like you know what the
hell you're talkin' about.
Here's what I know.
You're scared to throw
downfield, playing it safe.
You're the reason we're
losing this game, Yasi.
And unless you miraculously grow a pair,
that's not gonna change.
Like I care what you talkin' 'bout.
You just another Negro
like your hood-rat pops.
- COACH BOBBY: Hey.
- KHALIL: What'd you say?
- Say it again.
- You're just another Negro
- like your hood-rat pops!
- COACH BOBBY: Break it up!
- Break it up, both of you!
- JORDAN: Back up, back up.
COACH BOBBY: Yasi, with
me. Baker, get your boy.
JORDAN: Come here right now.
What the hell are you thinking?
Huh? What are you thinking?
We are all on the same team.
The hell we are.
Yasi and them made it real clear
I don't belong here.
And they're right.
Only reason I suited up
tonight is because Coach Bobby
wanted to teach Yasi a
lesson after he mouthed off.
Regardless, you're here.
You're on the team,
and the other guys will come around.
- Just be patient.
- KHALIL: Right.
And what about the coaches?
Coach Bobby won't even listen to you.
- What, you thought I didn't notice?
- [JORDAN SIGHS]
The only reason you're on this staff
is 'cause your last name is Baker.
Do me a favor. Next time,
miss me with the
promises you can't keep.
[SCOFFS]
AMINA: Hey, hold up.
KHALIL: Meen, what you doing here?
Come to see me ride the bench?
What the hell is happening
out on that field?
You're moping around,
arguing with Coach Baker,
- fighting with Yasi
- KHALIL: He started it.
Acting like a child.
You shouldn't give that
idiot the time of day.
Just gives the coaches another reason
- to think you're the problem.
- It's not like it matters anyway.
- What's that supposed to mean?
It look like they're giving me a chance?
I'm riding the bench, and Coach Bobby
- don't even want me doing that.
- AMINA: So what,
- you're gonna quit after only a week?
- I ain't say that.
- But I can hear it in your voice.
I can see it in the way you
mouth off to the one guy,
the one guy who took a chance on you.
Too bad it's the one guy that
Coach Bobby hates more than me.
He doesn't even listen to Jordan.
You want excuses, you got 'em,
but if you really want
to be a part of this team,
you need to take a page
out of Uncle Jordan's book.
He wants to win,
and is doing everything
to make sure that happens:
supporting his team, whether
or not they support him;
never giving up,
even when everyone else has.
- Meen, you're not listening.
- Oh, I am!
I just don't like what I'm hearing.
Jordan believes that you
can help this team win.
So do I.
Prove us right or wrong.
It's up to you.
[CROWD WHISTLING AND CHEERING]
MALE SINGER: Break ♪
- Break ♪
- OPPOSING QB: Set, set, set!
And go!
KHALIL: Screen! Screen, screen, screen!
- Screen! Let's go!
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
Good job! Thataway, D!
- Let's go!
- Yeah, yeah.
Hey, bro, hey, eh.
65's collapsing to the ball every time.
You got to go beat him on the edge.
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
- YASI: Ready. Set, set, set.
Let's go, baby.
YASI: Yeah! Go!
[PLAYERS GRUNTING]
[CROWD CHEERING]
ANNOUNCER: First down, Chargers!
Let's go, baby.
Man deep! Man deep!
Open your eyes, Yasi, let's go!
Hey, hey, good route, bro, good route.
He gon get you next time, bro.
Coach.
- Yeah?
- We gotta change things up.
I know how to coach my team, Baker.
- Pick it up, Chargers!
- JORDAN: What about Khalil?
I think he can be the shot in
the arm this team needs right
Look, I don't want I'm not having
- this conversation with you again.
- Coach, his legs are fresh,
he knows the playbook.
Give him a chance.
And you're not hearing me, Baker.
I don't want to hear his name
coming out your mouth again.
- Understood?
- JORDAN: Yes, sir.
X-ray, X-ray, 88 crackback. Call it in.
Zero, hey, hey, hey, zero.
X-ray, X-ray, 88 crackback.
Do you know it?
- Yeah.
- OK, get in there.
You're in at halfback. Go, go!
- PLAYER: Let's go!
- KHALIL: Yes, sir.
MALE SINGER: Go ♪
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Don't let me down now, kid.
88 crackback, 88 crackback.
YASI: 88 crackback, 88 crackback.
Don't screw this up.
- Yeah, nice pep talk.
- Ready!
118! 118! Set, go!
SINGER: Are y'all ready to face it? ♪
[INDISTINCT] ♪
Statement ♪
ANNOUNCER: Great block by
number zero, Khalil Edwards!
Yasi racing for the end zone!
- Touchdown, Chargers!
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
[CROWD CHEERING]
Yeah, boy!
All right! You did it! Yeah!
- #52: I see you!
- SINGER: Gonna keep it ♪
- Good block, zero.
- Thanks, Coach.
JORDAN: Hey, that's
what I'm talking about.
- That's what I'm talking about!
- PLAYERS: Yeah!
CASSIUS: One play,
made by a guy that
just joined this team.
One play, putting it all on the line.
And he gave his team life
when they needed it most.
That is what your team needed from you.
You're one of the top 25
high-school QBs in the country.
Start acting like it.
- No excuses.
- [CROWD CHEERING]
MALE SINGER: 3, 2,
1, it's a showdown ♪
Ready, set, go!
SINGER: Let's go! Yeah! ♪
I do 2 and 24, stay
in ready, ready form ♪
They ain't really ready for 'em ♪
Man, I'm steady with torch,
why I'm giving plenty more ♪
So they gonna feel the force,
I'm the plug and the source ♪
For the thrown, it's a war ♪
And I'm going for
the gold or the gusto ♪
Every time I show
up, everybody must go ♪
'Cause I want it all, I
leave it all on the field ♪
- I'm on the hunt for the kill ♪
- [WHISTLE BLOWS]
ANNOUNCER: And just like that,
the South Crenshaw Chargers
win their first game of the season!
What a comeback.
[CROWD CHEERING]
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
[CHEERING]
Amina.
Oh! You were amazing!
I couldn't have done it without you.
What you said earlier,
it changed everything.
You changed everything.
Uh, uh, Amina, I I
I'm sorry. I I shouldn't have.
Amina.
KJ: Oh, Amina. Hey.
Hi. Uh
came to scope out the competition?
[CHUCKLES] Uh, something like that.
Great. Uh
Are you OK?
Yeah. Of course. Uh
look, I should probably go home.
See you later, Kingston.
Hey, it's not on you, you know.
What's not on me?
Well, well, I'm just saying,
if he's taking you for
granted, it's not on you,
- it's on him.
- Oh, my gosh.
You saw?
- No, no, it's nothing to be, like
- Stop talking.
I'm gonna go and pray nothing else
terrible happens
before the end of today,
and if it does, that
you don't see that, too.
[SIGHS]
Sorry.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[LAUGHS] Khalil, what
are you still doing here?
Hey, Coach, I just wanted to
to say thanks again for
taking a chance on me tonight.
JORDAN: No. Thank you
for coming through.
I knew you had it in you.
I just hope I didn't get you in
too much trouble with Coach Bobby
- for sending me in.
- Don't worry about me, OK?
Khalil, you know,
you turned the tide of the game tonight.
You should be out there celebrating,
OK? Trust me when I say this.
Victory is always sweeter
when you share it with someone.
Good game tonight.
- Thanks, Coach.
- Mm-hmm.
- KHALIL: See you tomorrow.
- JORDAN: Yeah.
Ahem.
Ahem.
[SIGHS]
You know we got a problem, right?
- It was the right call.
- COACH BOBBY: So,
insubordination
is the right call?
Khalil's one play sparked
the entire comeback.
We don't win tonight's game without him.
[CHUCKLES] Whoa. OK. Wow.
You really are just like your father.
What does my dad have to do with this?
You think the rules don't apply to you.
You think that winning
justifies going behind my back.
It does not.
This is my team,
and if you don't learn
to stay in your lane,
you will find yourself
out of this program.
COOP: Perfect timing.
Did you eat dinner?
Not hungry. Thanks.
- Is everything all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
OK, well, that look
didn't necessarily scream,
"I'm fine," so what happened?
Nothing. Just want to go to bed.
OK. Well, look, why don't you just come,
- have a piece of pizza, we can
- AMINA: I said I'm fine!
Amina, come on, talk to me.
- I'm just worried about you
- Stop worrying about me!
Just stop! OK?!
It's one thing when it's my dad,
but you're not my mom, so
stop acting like you are!
[SCOFFS]
JOSH LOCKHART: We're
gonna get to it real quick ♪
You feel me? [LAUGHS] ♪
Going hard for the movement ♪
Fools gon' try to bruise
it, but you just gotta do it ♪
Put it on your brain and get to it ♪
It's nobody stopping you like you is ♪
It's nobody blocking
you like you, kid ♪
Just keep your mind on the music ♪
That'll be the glue that
help you get through it ♪
So use it ♪
Hey, 'cause it's useless ♪
Debating on people's movements ♪
Because they can't do it, losers ♪
Go hard and just stop ♪
From the bottom to the
top, gotta push through it ♪
Are you the one? You
the one, do it all ♪
You the one, do it all [ECHOES]
[PANTING]
Ha! Khalil, my boy!
Hey, need a spot?
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Cool.
LIL RON: 1, 2
[KHALIL GRUNTING]
[KJ SIGHS] Um
Look, guys, I owe you an apology.
OK, I was just so focused
on everything going wrong
that I didn't recognize that
y'all been supporting me all along,
and I took y'all for granted.
But that all changes now,
OK, 'cause I'm ready to put the work in
'cause real support goes both ways,
so I'm here for you, just like
you guys have been here for me.
And for the rest of this season,
we're gonna go out there
and we're gonna kick some ass together,
all right?
Got time for lunch with
us now, QB? [CHUCKLES]
Uh, actually, funny that you
mention food, because, um,
there's another part of this
team that needs our support.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
KJ?
What are you guys doing here?
Uh, I thought we'd
come cheer you guys on.
I don't know if you heard, but
football isn't the only show in town.
TORI: You made cookies? [CHUCKLES]
- MAX: We made cookies.
- [PLAYERS CHUCKLE]
KJ: I mean, I wanted to make more, but
do you know how hard
it is to make cookies
for a whole cheerleading squad
with guys who just
won't stop eatin' 'em?
MAX: Now, KJ didn't really approve
of all the taste-testing, but
I hear they're pretty good, so
- KJ: [CHUCKLES]
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]
I've gotta say,
KJ, I
didn't expect this.
Well, you were right,
and I thank you for all the support.
You know, I figured it was
about time we returned the favor.
So, I came up with
some cheers for y'all.
Oh, God.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
[CELL PHONE WHOOSHES]
Well, I did it.
I stepped back,
but I I don't know.
Like, last night felt like
it was about more than that.
- What do you mean?
- She said some things about her mom,
and we [INHALES SHARPLY]
we hadn't really talked
about that too much, or
at all.
Well, how much about you
and her mom does Amina know?
Well, she knows that
Preach saved my life.
And that he had to shoot Mo or
or she was gonna kill me.
But that
I mean, that conversation
happened years ago.
There was there was
no need to revisit it.
Well, look, I
I can't speak to how
she feels about that,
but as someone who had to
navigate her teens without a mom
Amina is desperately missing her mother.
Did did she say that?
She didn't have to, Coop. She's 16.
She's experiencing the highs
and lows of high school,
boys, first love, sex,
first jobs, contemplating college,
and no mom there to to
ask advice for on any of that.
She's yearning for it.
I could tell when she
asked me for advice yesterday, and
I recognised it 'cause I've been there.
She's fighting so hard for independence
because she desperately wants
the one person she can't have.
Her mother.
And I'm the reason she doesn't have her.
Knew I'd find you in here watching film.
What do you think?
We look any better
the second time around?
CASSIUS: Uh, tsk,
about as ugly as the first
time, if I'm being honest.
You were right.
I deserve as much of the blame
for that loss as anyone, more.
And I apologized to
Max and the other guys
for going off the way
that I did, but, uh,
I also owe you an apology.
CASSIUS: Look, son, I
I didn't put you in an easy situation.
New city, new team,
but I wouldn't have done that if
I didn't see potential for success.
And, Dad, you've already convinced me.
Yeah, I I get it.
It's what you were trying to
show me at the Crenshaw game,
what I saw today watching
Beverly's cheerleading squad.
I mean, we are capable of great things,
but only when we're
working together, in sync.
And I just wasn't seeing
that bigger picture,
but I do now.
I'm not sure I deserve
credit for all that, but
Well, you didn't deserve all the
blame I was sending your way, either.
We call it even?
[SCOFFS] Of course, man. [CHUCKLES]
Come here.
[PATS BACK]
Hey, I'm kinda hungry.
Want to grab a bite?
Uh, no, you go ahead.
I'm gonna stick around,
maybe get a workout in.
All right. See you, Pops.
[SIGHS]
[PRINTER HUMS]
[SIGHS]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]
- LAYLA: OK,
but Coach Bobby always
comes down hard on you,
and it sounds like you
did kinda cross the line.
OK, yeah, but this time,
it felt different, right?
It felt like there was
something personal behind it,
and, like, why bring up my dad?
- That's weird. That's weird, right?
- LAYLA: Yeah, yeah,
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- but they did know each other back in the day.
So, I don't know, maybe there is, like,
- some bad blood between them.
- JORDAN: Bad blood. Yes, yes.
That is exactly what I'm talking about.
OK, see, the way that you're saying that
makes me think we're not
actually saying the same thing.
Let me show you something.
Check that out.
- Who is this?
- That is my dad's half-brother.
Grandma Mary gave him up for
adoption when she was young
before she had Dad.
- Wait, Jordan, how do you
- Grandpa Willie told me.
Babe, I think that Coach Bobby's beef
with me might not be
just about football.
We might be family.
MAN: Greg, move your head!