Ballers (2015) s05e02 Episode Script
Must Be the Shoes
1 SPENCER STRASMORE: I've spent my whole life being a man of the people, and not the man himself.
Effective immediately, the league needs a new owner.
I'm not like you, boss man, that's why I had to retire.
- (PHONE RINGS) - What's up, Ricky? RICKY JERRET: Jason? I tested positive.
CHARLES GREANE: Your boy Ricky Jerret has once again compromised me.
I'm done doing favors for people.
Think of it as a personal favor, for a friend.
We're getting into real estate.
Building ourselves a state-of-the-art training facility, for the talented young men who dominate the gridiron.
Two parcels of land, I like the left.
JASON ANTOLOTTI: I called in a favor, made it personal.
- They're extending you.
- I'm blessed.
Crack the ceiling, it's being the first black majority owner in league history.
Joe? I'm in the middle of something big.
I'm about to buy Kansas City.
We're buying both fucking lots.
I'll buy the team, but I'm gonna run it my way.
[STATIC DRONES.]
[BRIGHT TONE.]
[LIL WAYNE'S "RIGHT ABOVE IT".]
Kane is in the building.
Now tell me how you love it You know you're at the top When only heaven's right above it We on 'Cause we on Who else is really trying to fuck with Hollywood Cole I'm with Marley G bro Flying Hollygrove chicks to my Hollywood shows And I wanna tell you something That you probably should know This that Slumdog Millionaire Bollywood flow And my real friends never hear it from me Fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me That's why I pick and choose I don't get shit confused Don't like my women single I like my chicks in twos And these days all the girls is down to roll I hit the strip club and all them bitches find a pole Plus I been sipping so this shit is moving kinda slow Just tell my girl to tell her friend That it's time to go [INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
Listen.
Life isn't a straight line.
There were so many times my life could've ended up different than it did.
- So many bad choices.
- [CAR ALARM BEEPS.]
Ooh, what up, baby? Huh? She do got a little ass on her.
Hey, you tryna fuck with a rich nigga or something, baby? You need to leave this nigga alone.
- That little-ass cock.
- The fuck did you say? Man, get your bitch ass back in the car.
I had a lot of friends who could ball.
These guys had real talent way more talent than me.
Fuck are you talking to? Who do you think you are? Kiss my Balenciaga ass, nigga! Buy a new whip! You don't know who they are.
You wouldn't recognize their faces, 'cause they never made it out.
Shut your ass up, nigga! What the fuck is wrong with you? Let's go, bro.
I'll kill that bitch ass nigga! What the fuck is wrong with that nigga, man? Why you gotta throw the money and shit? You could've gave that shit to me, bro.
Those kids had no idea what they were capable of because no one ever told 'em.
[BLOOD ORANGE'S "GOLD TEETH".]
Then how does talent get wasted? How do lives get thrown away? - [GUN COCKS.]
- Oh, shit! [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
- [GRUNTS.]
- Bitch-ass nigga! You know, I often ask myself [TIRES SCREECH.]
- What's so special about me? - Yeah, nigga, yeah, nigga We keep the dope cookin' - And then I just got lucky.
- And where I'm from Grown men don't take no ass whoopin' - Feeling right - Feeling right - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Check the price - Check the price - I'm on at night - I'm on at night - Cold at night - Cold at night - Ignore my phone - Ignore my phone - No reply - No reply - Prism got - Prism got - Me feeling nice - Me feeling nice - Check the price - Check the price [RINGTONE CHIMING.]
Good morning, Candace.
Call to pressure me, or you just miss my voice? Yes and yes.
You need to be fully financed by the end of the week if we're gonna push you through.
Ah, so this is a collection call.
Full transparency: there are competing offers on the team.
Competing offers? Is this a joke? Look, you guys came to me.
I was retired on a fucking beach until you called.
I am so sorry for complicating your life.
You know what I'm saying.
And all I'm saying is you need to secure your financing.
Bossman and I will keep the others at bay.
I want this to work out for you.
Besides, they don't have what you have, big guy.
No, just lighter complexions and a lot more green.
And neither is worth what it used to be.
[PHONE CLICKS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Did you blow all that money I made you already? Ah, even better.
Sir Lancelot, you missed the architect meeting.
Yeah, we're in crisis mode, Joseph, putting out fires.
What could possibly be more important than building our future home? Keeping the current one from burning down.
We haven't seen Dan today.
He's not in the office and didn't call in.
We've got Odell Beckham Jr.
in here in five hours.
We don't need this crisis looming over our heads like a dirty, uninvited ball bag.
See, see, see? This this is a lesson of what happens when you enable people, Kate.
Hopefully, he quit.
I mean, who cares? You'll fucking care when Gloria fucking Allred marches through that door with enough hairspray on to asphyxiate the entire bullpen.
Oh, yeah? Does she rep dudes now? Dan is dude adjacent, at best.
Okay, what reason could he have to wanna sue us? I mean, I feel like you both are being a tad bit alarmist right now.
Well, I think you're being a tad bit idiotic.
[SCOFFS.]
This is easily a hostile workplace environment issue.
Oh, a hostile workplace? Kate, look around.
We have more arcade games than we have desks, for shit's sake.
Uh, corrosive language.
Yesterday alone, you used "pussy", "fuck", "shit", "fucking asshole", and [LAUGHING.]
Others I will not repeat.
No, I I did? Okay, maybe I did.
I don't know.
I'm very expressive.
I'm given to hyperbole.
And occasionally, yeah, you know, I turn office supplies into missiles and I launch them at employees' heads.
They get it.
They think it's funny.
Look, this isn't your old life, where you and that muscly pharaoh went around threatening people with violence as a matter of course.
No, that is a normal workday in America.
And we always got the job done.
Yeah, well, getting the job done ain't the most important thing anymore, Joe.
The work is still important, but so is the environment.
Okay.
What do you guys suggest I do? Mm, there is something, but I don't know if you can make it happen.
It's tricky and complicated and will be tough for you to pull off.
It's called an apology.
[SIGHS.]
[HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING.]
Welcome back.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
I know you? This nigga got amnesia.
That gas will play tricks on your mind.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
I'm fucking with you.
[LAUGHTER.]
- How you feeling, baby? - I feel good.
Ain't shit to it, really.
They just put your ass to sleep, wake you up.
No big deal.
That's my favorite part the drip.
You think if I run down the hall and butter up one of those nurses, they'll give me some of that shit for free? Yeah, why don't you go do that, T? Close the damn door behind you too.
I can take a hint, but you mean sometimes.
[CHUCKLES.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Thanks for showing, Chuck.
How'd they say it went? Pretty good, considering.
Yeah, Doc Davidson is a pro.
Your ACL, MCL, and PCL all sewn up now, buddy.
Oh, that's what's up.
Well, when am I getting up outta here? As soon as you can talk to Doc Davidson.
Ah, let's get something to eat first.
I actually got you some muffins.
I used to love to munch on 'em whenever I got cut on.
[LAUGHS.]
Well, you know what? We'll take 'em with us.
TTD can eat 'em on the way to breakfast.
I'm not talking to no doctor.
You ain't getting outta here until you talk to Doc Davidson, okay? So you can either talk to him now or talk to him next week.
Your choice.
Look at the new besties.
- What up, Reg? - 'Sup, Reg? It's nice to see you again, Colby.
Uh, but V, did you forget today's lunch was to discuss your future? Uh, why do you think he brought me? [LAUGHING.]
No fucking idea.
For verification.
Me and Colby, we was up all night playing all type of shit.
Up all night? Playing with a 14-year-old white boy? Be careful.
Lifetime gonna make a "Surviving Vernon Littlefield.
" You better watch your mouth.
And I'm 15.
Stop harassing.
We been gaming.
Yeah, "League of Legends.
" He's a beast.
Of course he is.
He's a natural athlete.
Vernon, can I speak to you in private? What up? What up is I gotta reel you back into reality and get you focused on your day job.
Gaming can be my daytime job.
I'm a natural.
You said it yourself.
I was being nice.
Man, don't don't talk crazy.
I wanna be a two sport athlete.
I bust ass in "2K", but it doesn't mean I'm gonna quit Sports X and pretend to be Steph Curry.
I'll show you.
How you gon' do that? 1v1.
First blood wins.
Loser never questions me again.
Thank you.
Where's the seafood tower? My cholesterol's a little high.
I don't wanna go into cardiac arrest before your big presentation.
We heard you were bringing us something special.
Which you've already accomplished by bringing absolutely nothing at all, by which I mean Joe Krutel.
How is the prodigal son? I don't know.
We don't talk much.
Ooh, what a shame.
I wish that was the case with us.
Well, you can just stop talking then.
Why don't you stop talking? - Two minutes, just shut up.
- Why don't you just shut up! - Shut it up and shut it down.
- You're not the boss of me.
Okay, why don't we just listen to what our retiree has to say? Maybe you need help with your AARP application.
No, no.
I just need your attention.
I don't have much time, okay? We have very successfully done a stadium deal together.
What if we bought a franchise? - My nipples are getting hard.
- Oh, don't be crass.
I have the inside track on the Kansas City Chiefs.
NFL franchise government-issued, high-yield bond.
How much? - Three bill.
- Oh.
With a strike looming? That's also considerably more than the last team that traded hands.
There's some good money to be made here, especially considering that the league is thinking about expanding their schedule to 18 games.
Who's gonna run the show now that Joe Krutel is no longer? I haven't figured that out yet.
3 billion without a plan? The moment we take control of the team, we can bring in our own people.
Our people.
Team's on the upswing.
Mahomes is killing it.
With a little help, maybe they can win the Super Bowl.
Has Mahomes been resigned? First order of business.
[SIGHS.]
Against the backdrop of the new CBA.
It's it's kinda risky.
Hey, big man.
Can I get a minute? Yeah, as long as you don't try to strip search me.
No, never again.
Come on.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
So what's going on, Hos? How's the world of security? We all safe? Oh, for the time being, but if I were you, I'd stay away from Jack in the Box.
Ooh, them chili cheese fries, though.
I love 'em.
You like it with or without lead? [CHUCKLES.]
What are you talkin' about? Is that Kisan Teague? Well, it damn sure ain't Wyatt Earp.
Oh, my God.
Did they kill somebody? No, they just grazed a kid.
- Anyone else seen this? - By anyone else, I'm assuming you're talking about the league office? - For starters.
- We don't know if they seen or hadn't seen until we know, if you know what I mean? But to the best of my knowledge, I'm the only one with this footage.
- How'd you get it? - Come on now, Charles.
Do I ask you how you do your job? You are really one thorough brother.
I will crawl up a snake's ass to find a mouse.
Now you just thank God that Sheriff Hos is on your side, man.
Here, take that.
Hey, buddy.
We just, uh, came by to see how you were doing.
I was afraid that you were out sick.
Yeah, right.
Whatever.
I was meeting with Hypebeast, remember? The guys you went on your little rant about? Pascal, their lifestyle editor, is coming to the Municipal launch.
Ho, ho! Well, so I motivated you.
Huh.
That is not the word I would use.
Well, that's why Joe's here.
- Right, Joe? - Yes, that's right.
That's why I'm here.
Dan [CLEARS THROAT.]
I wanna apologize to you for my crude language the other day.
Totally uncalled for.
You mean when you called me a pussy? Yeah, that's exactly right, when I called you a pussy.
For that, I am sorry.
Okay, well, your apology rings hollow because your actions speak louder than words.
Dan, shut the fuck up and accept the apology.
Okay, fine.
Accepted.
- Happy? - Great.
Now, we've got a meeting with OBJ.
That's right, and I want you in on it with us.
Wait, you do? Yup.
I sure do.
Now get the fuck in the car.
[24KGOLDN'S "VALENTINO".]
I don't want a valentine, I just want Valentino What the fuck are we doing out here right now? [TIRES SCREECH.]
Deep throat, know I get it in like a Shit.
Damn! Gentlemen, hop in.
I just want the neck, I poker face like a casino Fellas, nice to see you arrive in one piece.
I know you're not talking to me.
Appreciate the concern, Chuck.
- Anytime.
- [SIREN WAILS.]
So, let's talk.
That's why we're here.
[LAUGHS.]
What, we're watching a movie together or something? Yeah.
It's a thriller.
Yet to be released, but something tells me you already seen it.
How 'bout we cut to the chase and you tell us how it ends? Well, you sure you wanna know? We don't wanna put you in a precarious position.
Try me.
All right, look, I was grabbing a burger with my boys, right? And the next thing I know, I'm in the middle of "Unforgiven.
" So you're admitting that your boys participated? Hell yeah.
And I'm lucky they did too.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be here to tell you the truth.
Chuck, you would've did the same shit.
- Oh, I doubt that.
- Come on.
Maybe, maybe not.
Running around in the middle of the night with my boys, holding weapons? Not exactly a good representation of the team.
Matter of fact, I think it's downright stupid.
It's a necessity, Chuck.
I ain't do nothing but be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I mean, can't a brother go get a burger without all the drama and shit? - Damn! - I don't know.
I go home to my wife.
She makes me brisket.
[YO GOTTI'S "PUT A DATE ON IT".]
- June, you're a genius - Yuh Oh, it's over.
It's over, bro.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Ah! [GRUNTS.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- Oh! - [CROWD OHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
Your boy's game is moist.
Yeah, you wet too.
Wait, were you really trying? - I never disrespect the game.
- I want a fucking rematch.
There ain't gonna be no rematch.
Gotta bounce now anyways.
Mom's waiting in the whip.
See, Reg? I'm impressed.
I mean, you're better than good, but still not nearly as good as you are at football.
Ain't nothing worse than a nonbeliever.
What you saying? That you're the 500th best gamer in the world, but you're the 10th best defensive player in the NFL.
One can make 100 million dollars.
The other lives off energy drinks.
It ain't all about money, Reg.
If you ain't gonna support my dreams, I'm not gonna support yours.
- W-what are you saying? - Don't make me say it.
Say what you gotta say.
You won't support me, I'll find somebody who will.
Damn.
We there, huh? [LATIN HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
It's one thing to get a second chance.
It's another thing to actually do something with it.
When I got to college, I was still wilding.
Focusing wasn't easy, especially in South Beach.
When you're the shit at the U, it is a whole other level.
But the higher the level, the further you've got to fall.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Yo, Doc, what's good? - Where'd everybody go? - I sent 'em home.
Wanna do this solo.
Well, good news is surgery went well.
How long is it gonna take? - To recover? - Yeah.
You're looking at eight months.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Figured.
Three tears.
Sorry it's not faster.
I know time is of the essence for you.
Yeah, time has run out.
Not necessarily.
I did Darren Sproles' ACL and arm a couple years ago.
He came back just fine.
He was 35.
Appreciate your optimism, Doc, but ACL and an arm aren't three tears.
Besides, when you know, you know.
How'd the meeting go with Jason and Kisan? - What meeting? - Oh, I get it.
You don't have to acknowledge it, but just know that I know.
Know what? You're planning on clipping Kisan.
Whoa, slow down, Benny.
We just lost Ricky Jerret.
Oh, come on.
I seen Hos take you aside.
Yes, that's what your eyes are telling you, but how 'bout you use your ears? I need a list of all available speed players ASAP.
I hear you.
You'll have it on your desk by tomorrow.
You know, Benny, it's like you're starting to be too observant for your own good.
Hey, if you don't stay on your toes, you wind up on your ass.
Have any clever sayings about drive by shootings? No, but my dad always said, "Never trust a guy who hasn't done time.
" Feeling better about the situation already.
Anytime, boss.
The list? [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Why so fixed? Why so stressed? You know, once you'd had your life given back to you, you wanna give it back to somebody else.
Nature took it to ten You'll never know if they're worthy until it all plays out.
- [GRUNTS.]
- When I was 18, I got into a fight just days after I landed in Miami.
I didn't start it, but I finished it.
[BOTTLES SHATTERING.]
- Beat a guy up pretty good.
- [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
Got arrested.
My scholarship was in question.
I was really fucked until one of my professors vouched for me.
Luck comes in random ways.
- Here you go, baby.
- Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Nonalcoholic? Ain't gonna be no beer while you on painkillers.
You don't need no alcohol only leads to depression.
See, that's why I try the plant based high.
If I drink wine, you could fill a empty bottle with my tears.
You should be less concerned with the emotions, TTD, and more concerned with the sugars and saturated fats.
See, not everybody gonna look like you, Amber, and don't think it's nice that you body shame me.
All right, people, people.
If I'm gonna be holed up here for the new few months, I'ma need everybody to take it down a notch, especially you, TTD, please.
Sounds like self pity settin' in.
[SCOFFS.]
It's not self pity, all right? It's just obvious.
What's that? It's definite.
It's over, y'all.
You retiring again? Don't be a dick, TTD.
For the last and final.
It's clear to me that this is God's plan.
He put that car on that street for a reason.
Are you sure that was God and not some soccer mom with her celery juice looking at an iPhone? She coulda killed me, T, but God spared me, so he must have something in mind for me.
Any idea what that is? Nope.
But that ain't the point, is it? I'm proud of you, baby.
That's the way to think.
On to the next.
[SMOOCHES.]
Hey, TTD, give us a minute.
What? Get the fuck outta here.
Whoa, you ain't gonna talk to me like that.
[MUTTERS.]
Y'all Jerrets a trip.
- 'Sup, man? - What up, Pop? I just wanna tell you how proud I am of you.
[CHUCKLES.]
I appreciate it, old man, but you ain't have to say that.
Yes, I do.
Not only that, I wanted to.
You've had an amazing career, Ricky.
Much better than mine.
- [SCOFFS.]
Yeah, right.
- Ah, nah, it's true.
And way better than most.
It's not just your God-given talent.
But your key to success was your effort and your drive, Ricky.
That's what I'm proud of.
Now you gonna get that jacket, man.
I had more left.
Well, you're just gonna have to find someplace else to put it.
- Hi.
- Hey, OBJ.
There he is.
- Yes.
- What's up, my bro? Joe.
Meet the Illuminati.
- How you doing? - [LAUGHS.]
Lance doesn't shut up about y'all.
Well, Lance doesn't shut up about much of anything, does he? Some of the nice things I said about Joe, I may have embellished.
[LAUGHS.]
Honestly, I was a bit stunned when Lance said he knew you.
I've never met this man before in my life.
Oy! - That makes sense.
- Please.
I've known Odell since he was catching dimes in diapers.
Hooked up with his parents in the French Quarter.
I was tripping off my nuts.
Shitfaced on Bourbon Street.
- [LAUGHS.]
- I don't know.
I can't think of anything better than that.
Yeah, I can being under a mound of cocaine in London in the '90s.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
Ah, a bit of charlie.
- [LAUGHTER.]
- The mates love him.
I met him on a meditation retreat, I think.
Well, actually, Lance is very, very good at his job.
Which is what? Like, all I know is you used to work for Spencer.
Uh, Joe is an expert in finance, Lance, a marketing genius, Dan's Head of Branding, and I'm Creative Director.
That's a dope team.
So where do I fit? - Where don't you fit? - We are Cultural curators.
I get it.
Obviously with my accent, I bring the culture.
So who brings the ideas? Well, I got one for you.
We are about to break ground on a one-of-a-kind campus.
Sports, art, fashion, music.
You can and should be the face of that.
Oh, yeah.
- I might fuck with that.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I mean, what better way to evolve your brand, right? Performance is key, and that's what you and we are known for.
- That's right.
- Y'all share a brain, or what? - [BOTH LAUGHING.]
- Little bit, like Uh, we share a vision of the future.
I like to think that the future's now.
I like to think the past is best left in the past.
Yeah, okay, well, in the midst of all this profundity and all this musing about time, I'm gonna show you something so beautiful, it's gonna give you alopecia on your bollocks.
Check this out, my friend.
[MUSTARD & MIGOS' "PURE WATER".]
You don't say much, do you? I'm not allowed to.
All right, Dan.
It's your turn to shine, you crazy diamond.
- Drop the tarp.
- Let's go - Uh - Whoo, whoo - No Master P - Ay - Ten bad bitches - That's hard.
- Whoa.
- When we're done, this is gonna be the house that O built.
Careful what you wish for.
I got ideas too.
- Ice chain, pure water - Ice, ice, ice You got the cash but can't afford it - Cash - You got the bag Mm, it's good.
It's accurate.
You know what we're looking at here? - What? - A future legend.
This effervescent warrior princess closed OBJ without a bead of sweat or a twitch on her face.
I know.
She was so cool.
How are you so cool? I don't know.
Must be the shoes.
It's gotta be the shoes.
This calls for a celebration.
- Yeah.
- Obviously not for me.
I've got chronic liver damage due to bad life choices.
- A toast - A toast? What is this, "The Great Gatsby"? - Come on, give me a cuddle.
- Ah, bring it in, boys.
- Amazing today.
- Ah, good work.
We're the best.
We're the best.
- No Master P - Ay Money.
Must be the shoes.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Looking for a dunk, like a athlete Uh Big drip, what you call it? Big drip [MUSIC FADES.]
[MELLOW POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Well, is that the look of victory? Well, it all depends.
On what? [SIGHS.]
On you.
Need to assemble a management team.
Well, I thought closing was your strength.
Now you need my help? Well, even I know my own limitations.
Nothing sexier.
I need you.
You're a key piece.
I'm flattered ish.
Key to To help run the organization.
I need you to be the new president of the Chiefs.
[SIGHING.]
Ah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Nice title.
Yeah, paycheck ain't bad either.
Poaching people already.
Well, I call it recognizing talent.
Mm.
Well, unfortunately, I fancy myself a boss an owner.
Besides, I'm getting a promotion.
They're making me the number two behind Roger.
- For delivering me.
- High tide raises all boats.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
You set me up.
Well, if I did, it was unintentional.
Well, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right? But I would call your bosses and tell them that that deal is about to fall through.
Hm.
I think I'll wait on that.
Because I know that you're resourceful.
And there is no one I'd bet on more than Spencer Strasmore.
[LITTLE SIMZ'S "BOSS".]
[CHUCKLES.]
Nigga, you was my dream, fool I don't need that stress That stress I'm a boss in a fucking dress Nigga, stay in line Hype shit, never hype, bitch Know now that you're dealing with a crisis Never been nice, never been nice, nigga I'm a thrift store kid, real fly, nigga Haven't seen a show till you see me live, nigga At 23, sold dreams to my side nigga See God when you look me in my eyes, nigga Learnt from 'ye then went and touched the sky nigga 15 when I wrote "Will To Survive", nigga Fast-forward seven years, "Low Tides", nigga Stayed in my own lane, never sidetracked I serve-serve, let me prep it Let me dice that You likkle rodents went and fell into my mice trap And you can send a diss, I will never write back Never lack, still whippin' main road, nigga Man, they should've never let me discover the mic Stop fucking with my heart Ooh Nigga, you was my dream, fool Little bitch.
Oh, now you a man, ho? Stop fuckin' with my heart [BRIGHT TONE.]
ANDERSON: Your brother and I met with the bankers this morning and they're in.
You need to get a quality GM.
I'm working on it.
You're obsessing about your ex-partner.
I wanna bury the fuckin' guy.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) I don't want to be David anymore, I want to be Goliath.
Goliath lost to David.
You've missed the point of that story entirely.
CHARLES GREANE: Um, I'm hearing there's some more information about that situation that you may have left out? Damn.
- Oh, yes.
- (WOMAN GIGGLES) You have lost your damn shit.
Come on, man, why you trippin'? I'm just having a good time.
Oh, so you back to being Dirty Ricky? I don't need you judging me, alright? I'm not judging you, man! I want you to be my new GM.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Effective immediately, the league needs a new owner.
I'm not like you, boss man, that's why I had to retire.
- (PHONE RINGS) - What's up, Ricky? RICKY JERRET: Jason? I tested positive.
CHARLES GREANE: Your boy Ricky Jerret has once again compromised me.
I'm done doing favors for people.
Think of it as a personal favor, for a friend.
We're getting into real estate.
Building ourselves a state-of-the-art training facility, for the talented young men who dominate the gridiron.
Two parcels of land, I like the left.
JASON ANTOLOTTI: I called in a favor, made it personal.
- They're extending you.
- I'm blessed.
Crack the ceiling, it's being the first black majority owner in league history.
Joe? I'm in the middle of something big.
I'm about to buy Kansas City.
We're buying both fucking lots.
I'll buy the team, but I'm gonna run it my way.
[STATIC DRONES.]
[BRIGHT TONE.]
[LIL WAYNE'S "RIGHT ABOVE IT".]
Kane is in the building.
Now tell me how you love it You know you're at the top When only heaven's right above it We on 'Cause we on Who else is really trying to fuck with Hollywood Cole I'm with Marley G bro Flying Hollygrove chicks to my Hollywood shows And I wanna tell you something That you probably should know This that Slumdog Millionaire Bollywood flow And my real friends never hear it from me Fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me That's why I pick and choose I don't get shit confused Don't like my women single I like my chicks in twos And these days all the girls is down to roll I hit the strip club and all them bitches find a pole Plus I been sipping so this shit is moving kinda slow Just tell my girl to tell her friend That it's time to go [INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
Listen.
Life isn't a straight line.
There were so many times my life could've ended up different than it did.
- So many bad choices.
- [CAR ALARM BEEPS.]
Ooh, what up, baby? Huh? She do got a little ass on her.
Hey, you tryna fuck with a rich nigga or something, baby? You need to leave this nigga alone.
- That little-ass cock.
- The fuck did you say? Man, get your bitch ass back in the car.
I had a lot of friends who could ball.
These guys had real talent way more talent than me.
Fuck are you talking to? Who do you think you are? Kiss my Balenciaga ass, nigga! Buy a new whip! You don't know who they are.
You wouldn't recognize their faces, 'cause they never made it out.
Shut your ass up, nigga! What the fuck is wrong with you? Let's go, bro.
I'll kill that bitch ass nigga! What the fuck is wrong with that nigga, man? Why you gotta throw the money and shit? You could've gave that shit to me, bro.
Those kids had no idea what they were capable of because no one ever told 'em.
[BLOOD ORANGE'S "GOLD TEETH".]
Then how does talent get wasted? How do lives get thrown away? - [GUN COCKS.]
- Oh, shit! [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
- [GRUNTS.]
- Bitch-ass nigga! You know, I often ask myself [TIRES SCREECH.]
- What's so special about me? - Yeah, nigga, yeah, nigga We keep the dope cookin' - And then I just got lucky.
- And where I'm from Grown men don't take no ass whoopin' - Feeling right - Feeling right - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Feeling nice - Check the price - Check the price - I'm on at night - I'm on at night - Cold at night - Cold at night - Ignore my phone - Ignore my phone - No reply - No reply - Prism got - Prism got - Me feeling nice - Me feeling nice - Check the price - Check the price [RINGTONE CHIMING.]
Good morning, Candace.
Call to pressure me, or you just miss my voice? Yes and yes.
You need to be fully financed by the end of the week if we're gonna push you through.
Ah, so this is a collection call.
Full transparency: there are competing offers on the team.
Competing offers? Is this a joke? Look, you guys came to me.
I was retired on a fucking beach until you called.
I am so sorry for complicating your life.
You know what I'm saying.
And all I'm saying is you need to secure your financing.
Bossman and I will keep the others at bay.
I want this to work out for you.
Besides, they don't have what you have, big guy.
No, just lighter complexions and a lot more green.
And neither is worth what it used to be.
[PHONE CLICKS.]
[DOOR OPENS.]
Did you blow all that money I made you already? Ah, even better.
Sir Lancelot, you missed the architect meeting.
Yeah, we're in crisis mode, Joseph, putting out fires.
What could possibly be more important than building our future home? Keeping the current one from burning down.
We haven't seen Dan today.
He's not in the office and didn't call in.
We've got Odell Beckham Jr.
in here in five hours.
We don't need this crisis looming over our heads like a dirty, uninvited ball bag.
See, see, see? This this is a lesson of what happens when you enable people, Kate.
Hopefully, he quit.
I mean, who cares? You'll fucking care when Gloria fucking Allred marches through that door with enough hairspray on to asphyxiate the entire bullpen.
Oh, yeah? Does she rep dudes now? Dan is dude adjacent, at best.
Okay, what reason could he have to wanna sue us? I mean, I feel like you both are being a tad bit alarmist right now.
Well, I think you're being a tad bit idiotic.
[SCOFFS.]
This is easily a hostile workplace environment issue.
Oh, a hostile workplace? Kate, look around.
We have more arcade games than we have desks, for shit's sake.
Uh, corrosive language.
Yesterday alone, you used "pussy", "fuck", "shit", "fucking asshole", and [LAUGHING.]
Others I will not repeat.
No, I I did? Okay, maybe I did.
I don't know.
I'm very expressive.
I'm given to hyperbole.
And occasionally, yeah, you know, I turn office supplies into missiles and I launch them at employees' heads.
They get it.
They think it's funny.
Look, this isn't your old life, where you and that muscly pharaoh went around threatening people with violence as a matter of course.
No, that is a normal workday in America.
And we always got the job done.
Yeah, well, getting the job done ain't the most important thing anymore, Joe.
The work is still important, but so is the environment.
Okay.
What do you guys suggest I do? Mm, there is something, but I don't know if you can make it happen.
It's tricky and complicated and will be tough for you to pull off.
It's called an apology.
[SIGHS.]
[HEART RATE MONITOR BEEPING.]
Welcome back.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
I know you? This nigga got amnesia.
That gas will play tricks on your mind.
[GRUNTS SOFTLY.]
I'm fucking with you.
[LAUGHTER.]
- How you feeling, baby? - I feel good.
Ain't shit to it, really.
They just put your ass to sleep, wake you up.
No big deal.
That's my favorite part the drip.
You think if I run down the hall and butter up one of those nurses, they'll give me some of that shit for free? Yeah, why don't you go do that, T? Close the damn door behind you too.
I can take a hint, but you mean sometimes.
[CHUCKLES.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Thanks for showing, Chuck.
How'd they say it went? Pretty good, considering.
Yeah, Doc Davidson is a pro.
Your ACL, MCL, and PCL all sewn up now, buddy.
Oh, that's what's up.
Well, when am I getting up outta here? As soon as you can talk to Doc Davidson.
Ah, let's get something to eat first.
I actually got you some muffins.
I used to love to munch on 'em whenever I got cut on.
[LAUGHS.]
Well, you know what? We'll take 'em with us.
TTD can eat 'em on the way to breakfast.
I'm not talking to no doctor.
You ain't getting outta here until you talk to Doc Davidson, okay? So you can either talk to him now or talk to him next week.
Your choice.
Look at the new besties.
- What up, Reg? - 'Sup, Reg? It's nice to see you again, Colby.
Uh, but V, did you forget today's lunch was to discuss your future? Uh, why do you think he brought me? [LAUGHING.]
No fucking idea.
For verification.
Me and Colby, we was up all night playing all type of shit.
Up all night? Playing with a 14-year-old white boy? Be careful.
Lifetime gonna make a "Surviving Vernon Littlefield.
" You better watch your mouth.
And I'm 15.
Stop harassing.
We been gaming.
Yeah, "League of Legends.
" He's a beast.
Of course he is.
He's a natural athlete.
Vernon, can I speak to you in private? What up? What up is I gotta reel you back into reality and get you focused on your day job.
Gaming can be my daytime job.
I'm a natural.
You said it yourself.
I was being nice.
Man, don't don't talk crazy.
I wanna be a two sport athlete.
I bust ass in "2K", but it doesn't mean I'm gonna quit Sports X and pretend to be Steph Curry.
I'll show you.
How you gon' do that? 1v1.
First blood wins.
Loser never questions me again.
Thank you.
Where's the seafood tower? My cholesterol's a little high.
I don't wanna go into cardiac arrest before your big presentation.
We heard you were bringing us something special.
Which you've already accomplished by bringing absolutely nothing at all, by which I mean Joe Krutel.
How is the prodigal son? I don't know.
We don't talk much.
Ooh, what a shame.
I wish that was the case with us.
Well, you can just stop talking then.
Why don't you stop talking? - Two minutes, just shut up.
- Why don't you just shut up! - Shut it up and shut it down.
- You're not the boss of me.
Okay, why don't we just listen to what our retiree has to say? Maybe you need help with your AARP application.
No, no.
I just need your attention.
I don't have much time, okay? We have very successfully done a stadium deal together.
What if we bought a franchise? - My nipples are getting hard.
- Oh, don't be crass.
I have the inside track on the Kansas City Chiefs.
NFL franchise government-issued, high-yield bond.
How much? - Three bill.
- Oh.
With a strike looming? That's also considerably more than the last team that traded hands.
There's some good money to be made here, especially considering that the league is thinking about expanding their schedule to 18 games.
Who's gonna run the show now that Joe Krutel is no longer? I haven't figured that out yet.
3 billion without a plan? The moment we take control of the team, we can bring in our own people.
Our people.
Team's on the upswing.
Mahomes is killing it.
With a little help, maybe they can win the Super Bowl.
Has Mahomes been resigned? First order of business.
[SIGHS.]
Against the backdrop of the new CBA.
It's it's kinda risky.
Hey, big man.
Can I get a minute? Yeah, as long as you don't try to strip search me.
No, never again.
Come on.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
So what's going on, Hos? How's the world of security? We all safe? Oh, for the time being, but if I were you, I'd stay away from Jack in the Box.
Ooh, them chili cheese fries, though.
I love 'em.
You like it with or without lead? [CHUCKLES.]
What are you talkin' about? Is that Kisan Teague? Well, it damn sure ain't Wyatt Earp.
Oh, my God.
Did they kill somebody? No, they just grazed a kid.
- Anyone else seen this? - By anyone else, I'm assuming you're talking about the league office? - For starters.
- We don't know if they seen or hadn't seen until we know, if you know what I mean? But to the best of my knowledge, I'm the only one with this footage.
- How'd you get it? - Come on now, Charles.
Do I ask you how you do your job? You are really one thorough brother.
I will crawl up a snake's ass to find a mouse.
Now you just thank God that Sheriff Hos is on your side, man.
Here, take that.
Hey, buddy.
We just, uh, came by to see how you were doing.
I was afraid that you were out sick.
Yeah, right.
Whatever.
I was meeting with Hypebeast, remember? The guys you went on your little rant about? Pascal, their lifestyle editor, is coming to the Municipal launch.
Ho, ho! Well, so I motivated you.
Huh.
That is not the word I would use.
Well, that's why Joe's here.
- Right, Joe? - Yes, that's right.
That's why I'm here.
Dan [CLEARS THROAT.]
I wanna apologize to you for my crude language the other day.
Totally uncalled for.
You mean when you called me a pussy? Yeah, that's exactly right, when I called you a pussy.
For that, I am sorry.
Okay, well, your apology rings hollow because your actions speak louder than words.
Dan, shut the fuck up and accept the apology.
Okay, fine.
Accepted.
- Happy? - Great.
Now, we've got a meeting with OBJ.
That's right, and I want you in on it with us.
Wait, you do? Yup.
I sure do.
Now get the fuck in the car.
[24KGOLDN'S "VALENTINO".]
I don't want a valentine, I just want Valentino What the fuck are we doing out here right now? [TIRES SCREECH.]
Deep throat, know I get it in like a Shit.
Damn! Gentlemen, hop in.
I just want the neck, I poker face like a casino Fellas, nice to see you arrive in one piece.
I know you're not talking to me.
Appreciate the concern, Chuck.
- Anytime.
- [SIREN WAILS.]
So, let's talk.
That's why we're here.
[LAUGHS.]
What, we're watching a movie together or something? Yeah.
It's a thriller.
Yet to be released, but something tells me you already seen it.
How 'bout we cut to the chase and you tell us how it ends? Well, you sure you wanna know? We don't wanna put you in a precarious position.
Try me.
All right, look, I was grabbing a burger with my boys, right? And the next thing I know, I'm in the middle of "Unforgiven.
" So you're admitting that your boys participated? Hell yeah.
And I'm lucky they did too.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be here to tell you the truth.
Chuck, you would've did the same shit.
- Oh, I doubt that.
- Come on.
Maybe, maybe not.
Running around in the middle of the night with my boys, holding weapons? Not exactly a good representation of the team.
Matter of fact, I think it's downright stupid.
It's a necessity, Chuck.
I ain't do nothing but be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I mean, can't a brother go get a burger without all the drama and shit? - Damn! - I don't know.
I go home to my wife.
She makes me brisket.
[YO GOTTI'S "PUT A DATE ON IT".]
- June, you're a genius - Yuh Oh, it's over.
It's over, bro.
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
Ah! [GRUNTS.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- Oh! - [CROWD OHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
Your boy's game is moist.
Yeah, you wet too.
Wait, were you really trying? - I never disrespect the game.
- I want a fucking rematch.
There ain't gonna be no rematch.
Gotta bounce now anyways.
Mom's waiting in the whip.
See, Reg? I'm impressed.
I mean, you're better than good, but still not nearly as good as you are at football.
Ain't nothing worse than a nonbeliever.
What you saying? That you're the 500th best gamer in the world, but you're the 10th best defensive player in the NFL.
One can make 100 million dollars.
The other lives off energy drinks.
It ain't all about money, Reg.
If you ain't gonna support my dreams, I'm not gonna support yours.
- W-what are you saying? - Don't make me say it.
Say what you gotta say.
You won't support me, I'll find somebody who will.
Damn.
We there, huh? [LATIN HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
It's one thing to get a second chance.
It's another thing to actually do something with it.
When I got to college, I was still wilding.
Focusing wasn't easy, especially in South Beach.
When you're the shit at the U, it is a whole other level.
But the higher the level, the further you've got to fall.
- [KNOCKING.]
- Yo, Doc, what's good? - Where'd everybody go? - I sent 'em home.
Wanna do this solo.
Well, good news is surgery went well.
How long is it gonna take? - To recover? - Yeah.
You're looking at eight months.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Figured.
Three tears.
Sorry it's not faster.
I know time is of the essence for you.
Yeah, time has run out.
Not necessarily.
I did Darren Sproles' ACL and arm a couple years ago.
He came back just fine.
He was 35.
Appreciate your optimism, Doc, but ACL and an arm aren't three tears.
Besides, when you know, you know.
How'd the meeting go with Jason and Kisan? - What meeting? - Oh, I get it.
You don't have to acknowledge it, but just know that I know.
Know what? You're planning on clipping Kisan.
Whoa, slow down, Benny.
We just lost Ricky Jerret.
Oh, come on.
I seen Hos take you aside.
Yes, that's what your eyes are telling you, but how 'bout you use your ears? I need a list of all available speed players ASAP.
I hear you.
You'll have it on your desk by tomorrow.
You know, Benny, it's like you're starting to be too observant for your own good.
Hey, if you don't stay on your toes, you wind up on your ass.
Have any clever sayings about drive by shootings? No, but my dad always said, "Never trust a guy who hasn't done time.
" Feeling better about the situation already.
Anytime, boss.
The list? [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Why so fixed? Why so stressed? You know, once you'd had your life given back to you, you wanna give it back to somebody else.
Nature took it to ten You'll never know if they're worthy until it all plays out.
- [GRUNTS.]
- When I was 18, I got into a fight just days after I landed in Miami.
I didn't start it, but I finished it.
[BOTTLES SHATTERING.]
- Beat a guy up pretty good.
- [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
Got arrested.
My scholarship was in question.
I was really fucked until one of my professors vouched for me.
Luck comes in random ways.
- Here you go, baby.
- Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
Nonalcoholic? Ain't gonna be no beer while you on painkillers.
You don't need no alcohol only leads to depression.
See, that's why I try the plant based high.
If I drink wine, you could fill a empty bottle with my tears.
You should be less concerned with the emotions, TTD, and more concerned with the sugars and saturated fats.
See, not everybody gonna look like you, Amber, and don't think it's nice that you body shame me.
All right, people, people.
If I'm gonna be holed up here for the new few months, I'ma need everybody to take it down a notch, especially you, TTD, please.
Sounds like self pity settin' in.
[SCOFFS.]
It's not self pity, all right? It's just obvious.
What's that? It's definite.
It's over, y'all.
You retiring again? Don't be a dick, TTD.
For the last and final.
It's clear to me that this is God's plan.
He put that car on that street for a reason.
Are you sure that was God and not some soccer mom with her celery juice looking at an iPhone? She coulda killed me, T, but God spared me, so he must have something in mind for me.
Any idea what that is? Nope.
But that ain't the point, is it? I'm proud of you, baby.
That's the way to think.
On to the next.
[SMOOCHES.]
Hey, TTD, give us a minute.
What? Get the fuck outta here.
Whoa, you ain't gonna talk to me like that.
[MUTTERS.]
Y'all Jerrets a trip.
- 'Sup, man? - What up, Pop? I just wanna tell you how proud I am of you.
[CHUCKLES.]
I appreciate it, old man, but you ain't have to say that.
Yes, I do.
Not only that, I wanted to.
You've had an amazing career, Ricky.
Much better than mine.
- [SCOFFS.]
Yeah, right.
- Ah, nah, it's true.
And way better than most.
It's not just your God-given talent.
But your key to success was your effort and your drive, Ricky.
That's what I'm proud of.
Now you gonna get that jacket, man.
I had more left.
Well, you're just gonna have to find someplace else to put it.
- Hi.
- Hey, OBJ.
There he is.
- Yes.
- What's up, my bro? Joe.
Meet the Illuminati.
- How you doing? - [LAUGHS.]
Lance doesn't shut up about y'all.
Well, Lance doesn't shut up about much of anything, does he? Some of the nice things I said about Joe, I may have embellished.
[LAUGHS.]
Honestly, I was a bit stunned when Lance said he knew you.
I've never met this man before in my life.
Oy! - That makes sense.
- Please.
I've known Odell since he was catching dimes in diapers.
Hooked up with his parents in the French Quarter.
I was tripping off my nuts.
Shitfaced on Bourbon Street.
- [LAUGHS.]
- I don't know.
I can't think of anything better than that.
Yeah, I can being under a mound of cocaine in London in the '90s.
[BRITISH ACCENT.]
Ah, a bit of charlie.
- [LAUGHTER.]
- The mates love him.
I met him on a meditation retreat, I think.
Well, actually, Lance is very, very good at his job.
Which is what? Like, all I know is you used to work for Spencer.
Uh, Joe is an expert in finance, Lance, a marketing genius, Dan's Head of Branding, and I'm Creative Director.
That's a dope team.
So where do I fit? - Where don't you fit? - We are Cultural curators.
I get it.
Obviously with my accent, I bring the culture.
So who brings the ideas? Well, I got one for you.
We are about to break ground on a one-of-a-kind campus.
Sports, art, fashion, music.
You can and should be the face of that.
Oh, yeah.
- I might fuck with that.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I mean, what better way to evolve your brand, right? Performance is key, and that's what you and we are known for.
- That's right.
- Y'all share a brain, or what? - [BOTH LAUGHING.]
- Little bit, like Uh, we share a vision of the future.
I like to think that the future's now.
I like to think the past is best left in the past.
Yeah, okay, well, in the midst of all this profundity and all this musing about time, I'm gonna show you something so beautiful, it's gonna give you alopecia on your bollocks.
Check this out, my friend.
[MUSTARD & MIGOS' "PURE WATER".]
You don't say much, do you? I'm not allowed to.
All right, Dan.
It's your turn to shine, you crazy diamond.
- Drop the tarp.
- Let's go - Uh - Whoo, whoo - No Master P - Ay - Ten bad bitches - That's hard.
- Whoa.
- When we're done, this is gonna be the house that O built.
Careful what you wish for.
I got ideas too.
- Ice chain, pure water - Ice, ice, ice You got the cash but can't afford it - Cash - You got the bag Mm, it's good.
It's accurate.
You know what we're looking at here? - What? - A future legend.
This effervescent warrior princess closed OBJ without a bead of sweat or a twitch on her face.
I know.
She was so cool.
How are you so cool? I don't know.
Must be the shoes.
It's gotta be the shoes.
This calls for a celebration.
- Yeah.
- Obviously not for me.
I've got chronic liver damage due to bad life choices.
- A toast - A toast? What is this, "The Great Gatsby"? - Come on, give me a cuddle.
- Ah, bring it in, boys.
- Amazing today.
- Ah, good work.
We're the best.
We're the best.
- No Master P - Ay Money.
Must be the shoes.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Looking for a dunk, like a athlete Uh Big drip, what you call it? Big drip [MUSIC FADES.]
[MELLOW POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Well, is that the look of victory? Well, it all depends.
On what? [SIGHS.]
On you.
Need to assemble a management team.
Well, I thought closing was your strength.
Now you need my help? Well, even I know my own limitations.
Nothing sexier.
I need you.
You're a key piece.
I'm flattered ish.
Key to To help run the organization.
I need you to be the new president of the Chiefs.
[SIGHING.]
Ah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Nice title.
Yeah, paycheck ain't bad either.
Poaching people already.
Well, I call it recognizing talent.
Mm.
Well, unfortunately, I fancy myself a boss an owner.
Besides, I'm getting a promotion.
They're making me the number two behind Roger.
- For delivering me.
- High tide raises all boats.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
You set me up.
Well, if I did, it was unintentional.
Well, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right? But I would call your bosses and tell them that that deal is about to fall through.
Hm.
I think I'll wait on that.
Because I know that you're resourceful.
And there is no one I'd bet on more than Spencer Strasmore.
[LITTLE SIMZ'S "BOSS".]
[CHUCKLES.]
Nigga, you was my dream, fool I don't need that stress That stress I'm a boss in a fucking dress Nigga, stay in line Hype shit, never hype, bitch Know now that you're dealing with a crisis Never been nice, never been nice, nigga I'm a thrift store kid, real fly, nigga Haven't seen a show till you see me live, nigga At 23, sold dreams to my side nigga See God when you look me in my eyes, nigga Learnt from 'ye then went and touched the sky nigga 15 when I wrote "Will To Survive", nigga Fast-forward seven years, "Low Tides", nigga Stayed in my own lane, never sidetracked I serve-serve, let me prep it Let me dice that You likkle rodents went and fell into my mice trap And you can send a diss, I will never write back Never lack, still whippin' main road, nigga Man, they should've never let me discover the mic Stop fucking with my heart Ooh Nigga, you was my dream, fool Little bitch.
Oh, now you a man, ho? Stop fuckin' with my heart [BRIGHT TONE.]
ANDERSON: Your brother and I met with the bankers this morning and they're in.
You need to get a quality GM.
I'm working on it.
You're obsessing about your ex-partner.
I wanna bury the fuckin' guy.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) I don't want to be David anymore, I want to be Goliath.
Goliath lost to David.
You've missed the point of that story entirely.
CHARLES GREANE: Um, I'm hearing there's some more information about that situation that you may have left out? Damn.
- Oh, yes.
- (WOMAN GIGGLES) You have lost your damn shit.
Come on, man, why you trippin'? I'm just having a good time.
Oh, so you back to being Dirty Ricky? I don't need you judging me, alright? I'm not judging you, man! I want you to be my new GM.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)