All American: Homecoming (2022) s01e01 Episode Script

1 If you met me a year ago, my life was going down a very different path.
Baby, Vegas.
Vegas, baby.
My best friend Jordan tried to step up, even though he was not the father.
Does that mean you've changed your mind about the baby or I think adoption is still best.
Luckily, I got to stay in my baby's life.
Shay Colby Douglas, meet your other mom.
Then began the next chapter.
Jordan and I fell in love and started focusing on college.
My mom wanted me to go to Stanford, but then I came up to visit my aunt at Bringston for homecoming weekend and everything changed.
- I'm Damon Sims.
- Suddenly, there was a new path to my dreams.
It's amazing to be someplace that's for us, by us, where excellence is expected.
I've decided on Bringston.
So, here I am at the start of this new path, and something tells me it's gonna be quite the ride.
Shay, say cheese I'm gonna miss you guys so much.
It'll be Christmas break before you know it.
Yeah.
- Do you think he'll forget me? - Of course not.
You're his birth mom and a part of his life.
Tariq and I adopting him never changed that.
Ah.
Come on, babe.
I know.
Let's get going.
You don't want to miss your flight.
I can't believe your parents did not make it back to see you off.
I can.
All right.
Well.
I'll see you soon.
- I'll see you soon.
- OK.
I love you so much.
I love you, too.
Go.
Bye.
Why so worried? She's gonna be fine.
It's not her I'm worried about.
And yes, some may see giving up the pros to come play here at Bringston as a sacrifice, but for my son, there was no choice.
Saving this school, saving this baseball program, giving back, well, that's just who Damon Sims is.
Folks, you are looking at the new face of HBCU baseball.
And one day, his portrait will hang in these great halls, too.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Um, was all that really necessary, Mom? Well, if you insist on messing up your career by throwing away the MLB, then you bet your ass I'm gonna make lemonade out of lemons.
But this is the last time.
You really think one man can save a whole baseball program? That's all the questions for now.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you, everyone.
Ain't you special? Shut up, bro.
Look, I gotta get outta here.
Let's do it.
Where to? OK.
Ready to throw some gas? Is my name Damon Sims? Bro, you gotta keep the ball in front of you.
What do you think I'm trying to do? Real practice ain't till this afternoon, brother.
- This supposed to be warm-ups.
- Warm-ups? Wait, did y'all or did y'all not have an academic cheating scandal demolish this team? - Yeah, and? - And didn't y'all have to miss last spring as a result of that? - What's your point? - My point is that y'all are playing catch-up, bro.
We don't got time for warm-ups.
Every time we go, we go hard or we go home.
No excuses.
Now let's go.
Come on.
Throw the ball, Damon.
Our bitch is back, our bitch is back, our bitch is back.
Oh, I missed you guys.
- Oh, my God.
- So much.
You better had.
And why have you been radio silent in our group chat these past couple months? Because group chats are the bane of my existence.
- Y'all know that.
- Well, we're gonna cure you of that real quick here.
But first, I have to go handle Wilinda, a.
k.
a.
Chaotic Karen, before somebody throws her out a window.
Remember you're a residential advisor now, ma'am.
You can't lay hands on anybody.
- I make no promises.
- I'm sorry.
Should we be worried? - I love you.
- I love you, too.
Wait.
Where is your entourage, or at least that fine boyfriend of yours? Uh I'm kind of doing the college move-in thing solo.
My parents are they couldn't make it.
Jordan has a family thing.
And then my aunt is stuck in some meeting with her department chair, so, it's just me.
- And me.
- What? - No, it's OK.
Go be with your mom.
- Child, hush.
I'll take the big one.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Lord, what you got in here? Why they insist on using prison cells as their inspiration for college dorms, I will never understand.
Well, this is my first college room, and it's already perfect.
Simone Hicks, Jordan is busy.
Put your big girl pants on and deal.
Welcome to Bringston, girl.
Hey.
I know I've been going hard on you, bro, but as pitcher and catcher, we're the foundation of this team, man.
All right? We gotta set the tone, baby.
It's all good.
I get it.
7 of our best suspended because of that damn scandal, we starting over from scratch.
We got you and Coach Turner now, which means we headed straight back to glory.
Yeah, we better be.
But your teammates aren't exactly giving me the warmest welcome.
Maybe start referring to them as our teammates.
Stop reminding them every two seconds that you gave up the pros for Bringston.
They just might tolerate you.
Um, isn't that your girl from homecoming weekend? So, the rumors are true.
You remember me? I make it a point to know who's trying to make it onto my team.
Mm.
Quite the welcoming committee.
You should see how I treated the other 4 hopefuls.
4? Wait.
You didn't think you were the only one Coach Loni was giving a shot to, did you? OK.
See, on this team, nothing just gets handed to you.
It has to be earned.
And that's what makes us the best.
There are 5 of you vying for the last open spot on our team.
May the best woman win.
Well, Coach Loni's opinion is the only one that matters right now, and she has my back, so, if you're done peeing all over the court, I'd like to get back to practicing.
No problem.
I will see you at real practice tomorrow.
We're doing drills, so, just come prepared to kick ass.
Oh, and since the NCAA limits coaches' hours before the official start of the season, I'll be in charge of the drills.
- Why you? - I'm team captain this year.
So, I guess my opinion does matter.
It takes courage to be successful.
And they want to label us underdogs? Look here underdogs is not our state of mind.
You hear me? Now let them call us what they want.
We know who we are, all right? Up in here! And that's a lesson for life, not just baseball.
Look here.
I have faith in each and every one of y'all.
Now, Bringston baseball is back.
Now it's time to put in that work and show the world what we can do! You understand me? Why ain't y'all moving? Our bad.
We didn't know if you were finished or if that was just another pause for effect.
Man, get your smart asses geared up and on that field or I'll give you another damn monologue.
Come on, now.
Stop digging at the ball, Rashaan.
This ain't little league.
That's it.
Come throw the damn ball.
Come throw it! That's it.
Good catch, son.
Dial it back, Sims.
I got outfielders waiting to catch something.
Let them boys hit now.
Hey, if they want to be the best, they gotta learn to hit off the best, right? We're here to win, fellas.
- Y'all got that? - I have reasons for the way I'm running my practice.
Yes, sir.
Pull him.
Come on.
All right, Sims.
You're done.
- Roberts! You're up.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, what, y'all benching me during practice? You got a problem with it, take it up with Coach Marcus.
Let's go.
Come on, Roberts.
Coach.
Yo, Coach.
Look, I'm just motivating him, all right? - These guys don't get it - Shut up and listen for once! For once.
OK? If they don't hit, I can't evaluate their weaknesses and fine-tune them.
You wanna know their weaknesses? I spent the last week working with these guys.
Their weakness is not one of them got the ability to take their game to the next level.
Not one! You lost your best players when your starters were suspended.
And the only person left seemingly worth anything is Santiago, and his ass is inconsistent in the box because he lets his emotions control the game.
What are we doing? You done? - Get off my field.
- Coach, I'm sorry, all right? - Off my field, Sims.
- Coach.
I've heard enough from you today.
You can sit the rest of the practice in the dugout.
Go.
The dugout? I ain't give up the pros to sit in anybody's dugout.
Wait a minute.
Excuse me? Sims! Don't you walk away from me.
Sims! What's everyone standing around for? President Ezekiel Allen.
Just the man I was headed to see.
You used my whole government name.
That can't be good.
Look, I am a beloved professor at this university, and damn good at my job.
So, make my lighter course load this semester make sense.
Assignments are at the discretion - of your department chair, so - Don't do that.
We've known each other a long time, Zeke.
- You owe me the truth.
- All right.
Listen, now, this wasn't my call, but there are some trustees and some influential parents You mean full tuition parents.
I mean parents whose sons were part of the baseball group suspended for taking paper courses.
They're putting a lot of pressure on me to let you go.
I didn't perpetrate that scandal.
All I did was bring the cheating to light and protect this institution.
Well, not everyone agrees with how Bringston's dirty laundry was aired.
So, we're shooting the messenger? Amara, they just want somebody to be mad at.
And right now, fair or unfair, that's you.
You're a whistleblower, and that comes with its own crap.
- Do you agree with them? - No.
Of course not.
But my feelings aren't always what matters.
Look, this will blow over.
You just need to keep a low profile until they find something else to fixate on.
My reducing your course load was the best way I could think to help you keep that low profile.
It's better than losing your job, which is what they wanted.
Now, I have to go.
I am so, so sorry I didn't make it in time to help you move in.
It's OK, auntie.
You don't have to apologize.
I know you wouldn't have left me hanging if it wasn't important.
Is everything OK? It will be.
But enough about me.
My baby is officially a college freshman.
- And to celebrate - For me? You think I randomly walk around campus with gift baskets? Ha ha! It's just a little freshman welcome box of essentials I put together.
- Yeah.
- You know.
Shower slippers, wipes, disinfectant spray.
College kids are nasty.
Protect yourself.
OK, auntie.
Oh, wow! Wow.
- Really? - Now, I know you don't expect me to stand here and pretend like we both don't know you have sex.
I'm not saying all that.
I'm just saying I'm not gonna need those right now.
Oh, so, Jordan is never coming to visit.
I rest my case.
The condoms stay.
OK.
So, is that what has you down? Jordan being so far away? That's cute, that you thought you were hiding anything from me.
I just miss everything.
Jordan, baby Shay, my friends, my life back in Beverly Hills.
Auntie, what if I made the wrong choice coming to college so far away? You're going to be fine, Simone.
You'll find your footing and you'll find your people.
Probably here on these tennis courts, frankly.
And once you start bonding with your soon-to-be-teammates, Bringston will start to feel like home.
Trust me.
Home.
That's it.
Get down.
There you go.
Go! There there it is.
Come on, that's it.
Get down, Roberts.
There you go.
Take 'em in, Coach Yee.
I don't see my star player.
If you're referring to Damon Sims, he was being problematic.
So, I benched him.
This entire program rests on that boy's shoulders.
Problematic or not, you make sure he gets what he needs.
This is a team sport.
We rise together, we fall together.
Sims'll come on board eventually.
Eventually won't be soon enough.
What's going on? The university is working through some financial issues.
Yeah, us and every other HBCU.
So, why is this different? We had to take some aggressive measures this year.
As a result, some of our programs are on the short list for being cut, and given the baseball program's already on shaky ground as is Damn, we moved to the top of that list.
We're just getting started, man.
Building a championship team takes time.
That is something you don't have anymore, Turner.
Now, if you can't make this Damon Sims experiment work and turn the Lions into a championship caliber team - by the end of the semester - Semester? There'll be no program come Spring.
- You got a second? - Of course.
I realize I owe you an apology.
It's come to my attention that not everyone is overjoyed with the fact that I exposed Shaw's cheating.
I mean, I expected a few people to be in their feelings, but I don't know.
I guess it cuts a little deeper when it's your own people turning on you.
Anyway, I realize now that mine isn't the only future affected by my actions.
You finally got your dream of being a head coach, but because of me, it's overshadowed by all this scandal nonsense.
- I'm sorry.
- You have nothing to apologize for, Amara.
In fact, I was gonna tell you Coach, I I don't mean to interrupt you guys, but Coach, I kind of really need to talk to you.
Oh, it's no problem.
I'm scheduled to talk somebody else's ear off anyway.
Look, whatever it is, Sims, it better be prefaced by an apology for walking out on your team.
Way to steal my thunder there, Coach.
- Does she know? - Know what? That you were her anonymous source on the cheating scandal? What, you didn't think I was gonna remember your on-field confession homecoming weekend? Don't you have some orientation or something to get to, son? Yeah, I do, but actually, Coach, the the guys, they were talking crazy about the baseball program maybe being cut, and like, I know that's stupid, but, like, I came to talk to you to see if Coach, is is that for real? Look, relax, OK? - It's gonna be fine.
- How is it gonna be Coach, we don't have enough star power on the team to turn things around fast enough.
We have more than enough time.
We just have to be patient with these players.
All right? Focus on the fundamentals.
Get them their confidence back.
They'll get there.
In fact, our friendly scrimmage game against Hawkins Georgia tomorrow will prove to all of you that the foundation is there.
OK? And Sims Yeah, Coach? You ever walk out on me in the middle of practice again, you're done on this team.
You understand me? Yes, sir.
What you're about to experience here at Bringston over the next 4 years is special.
No shade to all your people living their best lives at PWIs, but life here at Bringston is the real prize.
OK, so, we're gonna wrap this up, because I know y'all wanna go party.
Yes, sweet baby Jesus.
Thank you.
Bye! OK, madame R.
A.
Let me find out there's some politics in your future, girl.
I was actually hoping that Godiva brother - would be in my future.
- Who? - Damon Sims' roommate.
- Wait.
Damon lives here? Technically in the male wing of this dorm, yes.
And you were just a little too excited about that, Simone Hicks.
OK, it's just, you know, nice to know someone else I know lives here.
OK.
Well, then, why don't we just call him and maybe we can hang out with him and his football God of a roommate? Or not.
Keisha, what happened to your vow of celibacy after your breakup with Lisa this summer? I can be celibate and still enjoy new company.
- Oh, not the way you enjoy it.
- Girl, leave it alone! Of course she lives here.
Guys, I knew I should've moved into a freshman-only dorm.
Well, ignore Thea.
It's your first official night in college.
It's time to get into some trouble.
Honestly, I've had a long day, and I have drills tomorrow, so, I'm just gonna shower and call it a night.
I'm starting to think that I picked - the wrong guy to coach me, man.
- You didn't pick anybody.
President Allen did.
Well, Coach Turner and the other assistant coaches were gone.
You know that.
They were cleaning house after Coach Shaw resigned.
I vouched for Turner.
My enrollment here is conditioned on him being my coach.
Then maybe you should trust him.
Stop playing around.
Y'all don't even get how serious this is.
Don't I? You think 'cause I don't have the pros knocking, this ain't important to me, Damon? Man, I'm here on a baseball scholarship.
No program means no scholarship.
Stakes are high for me, too, fool.
Listen, there's an entire team of players out there with their dreams, their education, their families' livelihoods is on the line, Damon.
But to know that, you'd actually have to be focused on someone other than yourself.
Got a bonfire to set up.
Day one and you forget your damn robe.
Get it together, Simone.
Come on, Keisha.
- Whoa.
- Oh, my God.
Well, if it ain't Simone Hicks.
Ooh.
Do I even wanna ask or Well, your room doesn't look that bad.
Yeah, says the guy who lives in a beach house.
Yeah.
It's all right.
Kinda sucks 'cause you're not here.
- I miss you.
- I miss you more.
Graduation seemed like yesterday.
I can't believe it's already been a month and a half.
Yeah, I know.
I can't believe Bringston started so early.
Wait.
What's all that music in the background? - JJ's throwing a party.
- Damn, another one? You are not spending your first night moping in your room.
Come on.
- Where? - Oh.
Hi, Jordan! Bye, Jordan! We'll bring her back in one piece.
I promise.
Don't take no for an answer from her.
OK.
You heard the man.
It's time to make you look fly as hell.
Freshmen, on behalf of the distinguished brothers of Kappa Epsilon Kappa, welcome to Bringston University.
B.
U.
! And to unofficially kick off y'all orientation and transition y'all from freshmen cubs to Bringston Lions, we're gonna need y'all to repeat after us, - I am! - I am! - I am! - I am! - Brilliant! - Brilliant! - Brilliant! - Brilliant! - I am! - I am! - I am! - I am! - A leader! - A leader! - A leader! - A leader! - I am! - I am! - Black excellence! - Black excellence! - We are - We are - Bringston Lions.
- Bringston Lions.
And can't nobody mess with our pride.
What you waiting for? Put ya back in it - Put - What you waiting for? - Put - Put ya back in it Hey, J.
Can I holler at you real quick? Look, I owe you an apology, man.
For real you've been nothing but a solid friend since we met on that 15U national team.
.
And I've been nothing but an ass since I enrolled here.
- That you have.
- Bruh, all I know is competitive baseball.
The pressure to win at all costs, the pressure to get on the MLB's radar, man.
But I did come to Bringston to be a part of something better.
Something real, and I meant that.
I just guess I lost sight of that for a little bit.
Good thing I'm here to keep you on track, right? - Is it really that simple for you? - Yeah, man.
Life is too short to be beefing with my brothers.
All right.
Let's get you a drink.
Oh, this is the college life I have been waiting for.
I'm so glad y'all dragged me out.
- Yes.
He's here.
He is here.
- Girl, who? - Cam? - Simone? So, are we just calling out names, 'cause hi.
I'm Keisha.
Hold up.
You are Damon's roommate? Wait, so, you two know each other already? Yeah.
From back in L.
A.
He was Spencer's biggest rival and best friends with my ex.
OK.
Cam from L.
A.
- you got a last name? - My bad.
Cam Watkins.
- You got a last name, Keisha? - Ew.
This is gross.
I need to talk to you.
Seriously, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be playing football in, like, Alabama or Oregon or something.
Well, the coach here made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
Plus, I don't know.
With everything that's going on in the world right now, it just, felt right being around my people, you know? Yeah.
I hear you.
So, uh - what's going on with your girl Keisha? - Uh, no.
Just no.
Leave her alone.
Wait, wait, wait.
All right, look, I know we ain't never really been cool or nothing, but just to be clear, Dane wasn't my best anything.
He was an ass.
And the way he treated you when you were pregnant wasn't cool.
Look, can you not put my business out in the streets? It's not exactly public knowledge that I had a baby and gave him up for adoption.
Hey, your secret's safe with me.
- College is about starting over, right? - Hey.
What's up? Oh, what's up, bro? Uh, it's our song.
I don't wanna miss out.
Come on.
- Are you high? - I'm rescuing you.
We gon' get it poppin', it's the truth Yeah, we got it packed house jumpin' out the building - Yeah, we got - So, are you and Cam - really friends, huh? - Oh, I would not say all that.
We're more like decent acquaintances.
Huh.
But I appreciate the misplaced gesture.
Well, next time, I'm just gonna mind my business.
So, you enrolled at Bringston after all, huh? I did.
You don't look too happy about that.
What happened to you minding your business? Ha.
I'm playing, I'm playing.
Honestly, I'm just homesick.
What, you miss your husband? Yeah.
I miss Jordan.
But that's back to boyfriend now.
I appreciate you minding your business on that one.
Ha! Talk about But it's not just that.
Seeing all these families move in today made me realize that as complicated as my relationship is with my mom, - I miss her, too, you know? - Tell me about it.
I know a thing or two about complicated, disapproving mothers.
Just like, why can't we have what other freshmen have? Normal, supportive families that help them move into their new dorm and then hang their curtain rods so they don't have to figure out the power drills themselves.
That's oddly specific.
If you ask me, families are highly overrated.
Damn.
Who hurt you as a child? Let's see.
Should I go with the parents who gave me up for adoption when I was a baby or the mother who I'm worried loves the baseball player more than the son? I'm sorry.
That actually came out way more depressing than I intended it to.
It did.
That's sad.
OK, enough with the deep conversation.
You said you wanted to party.
Let's go dance.
Now.
Right.
Hey, you dance, though, right? I actually gotta head out, but um Hey, you deserve a good night.
So, y'all two go crazy.
See ya.
- I mean, I do deserve a crazy night.
- Yes, you do.
Oh! Yeah.
Yeah.
Welcome to hell.
These drills are not for the weak, so, I hope you're rested, hydrated, and ready to work.
'Cause we're gonna be here for a while.
Now, remember, y'all, this is a friendly scrimmage, all right? I want y'all to get out there, get your reps in, and have some fun.
- Hawkins! - Buffalo! Hey, this is a joke, right? Well, isn't this something.
What the hell do you think you're doing? Playing baseball.
Huh.
Isn't that why we're all here? You look new.
Leonard Shaw.
Coach Yee.
Assistant coach.
All this used to be mine.
Do Hawkins know why you were fired? That you were behind those fake classes for your players? Resigned.
And since there was no NCAA violation, well, Hawkins got no problem with how I run my program and raise champions.
Deal just closed yesterday.
Bringston baseball is nothing without me.
I built this program and I'm gonna make sure nobody forgets that.
It's gonna be a long season, Coach.
Hmm? Huh.
Buckle up! Hey, who want to play some ball? Hit a little lower.
We're not moving on until you get 10 in a row, Simone.
Good.
- There you go, Sims.
- It's nothing you ain't seen before.
One down, one down.
Let's get a stop.
Let's get the rally.
Let's go.
Go, go, go, go! Little bingo, baby, little bingo.
We got a rally started.
, baby.
Uhh! Here we go, baby.
Little bingo now.
Little bingo, little bingo now.
God dang it! Hey.
You're done for today.
- No.
- Coach Loni is the one sending you home, Simone.
She said she's seen enough.
I thought you said coach couldn't be on the court.
She can't.
But She's always watching.
Hmm.
Let's go! Come on, J.
Come on, baby.
Come on, J, let's go.
Come on, let's go, boy! - Let's go, kid! - Come on, here we go! Let's go, baby.
Oh, yes! You don't want that smoke.
You don't want that smoke.
Baby.
Bring 'em on! Let's go! There you go, baby.
There you go.
There you go.
He don't want that smoke.
Give it to him.
Come on, J, let's go! That's it.
Aah! You decide you wanna play for a program know what to do with your talent, give me a call.
All right, that's what championships feel like! That's how you close it out.
Good job.
Nate, what if the universe is telling me I picked the wrong college? Honey, the universe is just telling you that you're grown now.
And that your late-night partying decisions have real next-day consequences.
Oh, hello.
Come take a seat.
Nate is giving us full Tabitha brown right now.
Girl.
- Kee, you OK? - I just got a call from our residential director.
There's an issue with your campus housing.
- What do you mean? - Apparently, only your tuition was paid for the semester, not your room and board.
So, your assignment to this dorm was a mistake.
Wait.
What? No.
I know it was paid.
My parents paid for it.
It's been a minute since you've had a loss like that, huh? Yes, sir.
Well, losing is a part of the process.
If you're about to tell me that it helps build character, Coach, I'm good.
No, I was about to say it sucks.
Heh.
Especially losing to Coach Shaw on his old field.
But you want to know why they beat us? 'Cause they was better than us.
The hell they were.
They beat us in here.
We let Coach Shaw psych us out.
We just gotta take it as a growth moment, man.
Pick up the pieces and keep building this team - with the fundamentals - Fundamentals and Patience.
- I know, Coach.
- And your hunger to win.
This game showed me the foundation of what we need is in this team.
But it also showed me you were right in wanting to push them, and that hunger is the final piece to pushing them past the limitations this world is gonna set on them.
We can get them there.
- We? - Yes.
We.
- Right now? - Nah, don't celebrate yet, Sims.
Look, your team has to respect and trust you first.
You got that? That's gonna be your first challenge.
I'm ready.
OK.
Come on, now.
She said if I insist on defying her with these impulsive decisions that will wreck my future, she wants no part of it.
I'm sorry, choosing an HBCU qualifies as wrecking your life? To my mother, anything outside of an Ivy league or Stanford is wrecking your life.
Well, then why not take it all away? Why continue to pay your tuition? Because apparently, my dad put his foot down on that one.
Well, at least he stood up for something.
Your dad called.
Estranged or not, me and my sister are gonna have some words about her definition of tough love.
First, let's get you taken care of.
You can move in with me off campus till we sort out this whole dorm situation.
And I'm the queen of gaming the financial aid system.
I'll help you navigate all that.
Thank you.
Really.
Listen, I know it's been a tough first few days for you here.
But Simone, that doesn't mean the blessing isn't around the corner.
Yeah.
Sometimes, you just gotta fight a little harder for it.
- I love you guys.
- I love you.
All right.
Let's get you packed up.
Actually do y'all mind getting started? There's something I really need - to handle real quick.
- Where are you going? To fight a little harder for something that's important to me.
Hey, do you know where I can find Coach Loni? It won't make a difference, Simone.
- Coach Loni saw enough today.
- Look.
I own that I messed up partying late last night, knowing I had drills this morning.
But I need her to know she'll never see me like that again.
Tennis is everything to me.
Well, Coach Loni believes actions, not words.
That's why I'll prove it to her.
Every day, every practice.
However long it takes to show her I'd be an asset on this team.
Girl, what on earth is in this suitcase? Bricks? Looks like we all had the same idea.
Not that I don't appreciate the image, but why are y'all standing there with power tools? 'Cause we here to put up the curtain rods.
Uh, thank you.
That's very sweet.
But I'm actually moving out, so, - y'all are off the hook.
- Thank you.
- And on that note - Whoa.
Not so fast, handsome.
There's still plenty of manual labor y'all can help with.
If you're lucky, there might be a meal at the end of it.
You had me at meal.
Come on.
Thank you so much for dinner, Dr.
Patterson.
My pleasure.
Any friend of Simone's is welcome here anytime.
If the food is always gonna be like this, can we make this, um, like a regular thing? You know what? I actually really like that.
A family dinner once a week.
OK.
I just want to take the time to just say thank you.
For helping me move, yes, but just for everything.
And honestly, I don't know that I would've made it these last couple days without each of you.
Yes, you would have.
'Cause you're resilient.
Never let anything keep you from your dream.
Same goes for you, Dr.
P.
We heard rumors that they were cutting back on some of your classes.
What? - Why? - It's OK.
No.
It's not OK.
As a people, we should be standing behind you for doing what's right, not tearing you down.
Just know we got your back.
We're not gonna let them take you from us.
Don't worry.
Neither am I.
Now, I'm not gonna lie.
It had me rattled for a minute, but You youngins have inspired me.
So, they can take my classes.
But they can't stop me from sharing my knowledge on a grassy knoll with my students, or at a cafe or anywhere else I damn well please.
Mm.
Atta girl.
Now, since y'all can't pay, y'all can help clean.
- Here.
I got that.
- Oh, OK.
That was good.
What I said about family yesterday at the the bonfire I was wrong.
My parents giving me up for adoption It is what it is.
But family comes in all forms.
What you and your aunt have here I mean, this is special.
You know? Yeah.
It is.
- Ohh.
- Hey, man, I didn't know you was adopted.
Uh, my birth parents are actually Bringston alums.
That's all I really know about them, too.
Real talk, I don't really wanna know anything else.
Hey, Damon, I didn't know you was adopted.
Uh, my birth parents are actually Bringston alums.
Mine too.