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- Previously on The Game...
- Garret Evans,

- will you go on tour with me?
- What?

You can see the show
and maybe meet my mom.

There are things about
her past you should know.

I don't need
your background check.

Raquel's special.

Whatever dirt my dad
dug up on Raquel,

- I don't care.
- It's about her mom.

She been doing hard time
in prison in New York.

Maybe I'll spend
more time in Vegas

when Auntie's sole owner.

Sole owner?
What do you mean?

You really know
how players think.

I know how everyone
in this game thinks.

- Shannon Dixon?
- TEE TEE: You cried three days

when she stood you up
at the Sadie Hawkins dance.

DR. MILLER: The fibroids
will eventually grow back.

A hysterectomy
should be in your near future.

Brittany, please, you won.
Jamison loves you.

[tires screeching]

Boy, I hate surprises.

I know, I know,
I know, Mom.

But you're gonna
love this one, trust me.

- Okay.
- All right, almost there.

Okay.

[music sting]

We have breaking news,
sports fans.

- Okay.
- Chance Worley,

head of the players' union,

just announced they have
dissolved the current CBA.

So, what does that mean?

It means that the All-Pro
Football Alliance is real.

It means, with rumors swirling
that ex-super agent Tasha Mack

will be the AFA's
first commissioner,

it could actually work.

It also means that everything
that you know

about pro football
has changed overnight.

- I'll be damned.
- [chuckles]

Commissioner?

Ma, look around.

Huh?

Oh, it's my jet!

It's my damn jet!

No, no, no.
This is the jet

of the new league commissioner.

Your no-nonsense style
impressed Nelson

and the other owners.

- They're offering you the job.
- Oh, well, damn.

They gonna bribe me
with my own jet?

[laughing]
'Cause that's a damn good bribe.

This is a big damn deal.

This is everything
we ever wanted and more.

Wow.

Yeah.

- [shower running]
- Baby!

It's like an igloo in here!

GARRET:
The shower's hot. Come join me.

[laughs]
I'm putting on clothes,

not taking them off.

Ooh, I need socks.

What do you want to eat?

Oh, your fancy French toast.

My French toast is amazing.

What you think?
You gonna take the deal?

'Cause I'm borrowing the jet
either way.

[laughs]
I mean, it is a damn good deal.

But, you know, I just--
I don't know.

- I got to think about it.
- What is there to talk about?

You know, when you got skills
as good as mine,

you just can't
give 'em away for free.

Mom, 18 million a year
is not free.

- Say what now?
- Mm-hmm.

Oh.

Okay, well...

That's a good starting point.

[chuckles]
So, uh...

Just give me a minute, okay?

Okay, but I'm still
gonna borrow the jet.

Just saying.

All right!

[exhales]

[shower turning off]

My mind's still dirty,
but the rest of me's clean.

- [door closes]
- Raquel?

Raq...

Shit.

Fuck.

[high-pitched ringing]

[heartbeat pounding]

The patient's care was
underwater for several minutes.

We bagged him on-site.
O2 saturation 89.

- Faint pulse, unresponsive.
- Okay, we'll take it from here.

Good luck, buddy.
You'll need it.

♪ ♪

Hey, here's the budget report
that you wanted.

Perfect. And I need you to cover
the food and beverage call.

I have a meeting
that I can't miss.

Okay, cool, consider it done.

Um, I'll take it
in the Colonel's office,

if that's okay.

Actually,
I can do you one better.

Colonel's office
is now your office.

You've earned it, Brittany.

Thank you, Sara.
Wow.

Okay, question.
Could this fancy new office

come with a fancy new title?

Like what?

- Like VP of Entertainment.
- Beau's old job?

I know what
you're thinking, Sara,

but I would be perfect
for this position.

Brittany, you have no idea
what I'm thinking,

but for the record,
I think you are overreaching.

You have no experience.

And I respectfully disagree.

I grew up
around football,

I worked in hospitality,
I created Club EndZone.

That's nice,
but we are talking

about being the VP of
a multibillion-dollar company.

I was VP in my senior class
in high school.

And some of those kids
were multi-billionaires.

Or their parents were, so...

Okay, so you want a shot?

- Show me, don't tell me.
- Okay.

We'll revisit this later.

Don't forget
about the budget call.

Would the VP-to-be ever forget?

[chuckles]
Thank you.

Mm-hmm.

[sighs]

Paxton.

Yeah, this new football league
wants me to be a commissioner.

Mm-hmm.
I sent you over the contract.

It's $18 mil a year
and I get my old jet back.

Uh, yeah.

It's a... it's a sweet deal.

But I got a lot going on,
so I'm gonna pass.

All right?
But I made you rich.

[chuckles]
So review the deal anyway.

All right.

[groaning]

Oh, shit.

Ooh.

[exhaling sharply]

Mm!

[groaning]

[screaming]
Shit!

[panting, grunting]

[screaming]

Shit!

Hey, Ms. Dixon!

I was in the neighborhood,

so I thought I'd stop by
and say hi.

To make up for what
you didn't do five years ago?

[laughs]
Yeah, cute, huh?

It's a little stalker-ish
but cute.

Why are you really here, Malik?

Shannon, I'm here
to convince you

that we belong together.

I mean, girl, I flew
all the way to St. Louis

just to take you to lunch.

That's how bad
I want us to work.

I appreciate that.

But I have
a parent-teacher conference

and a deposition.
I can't just go to lunch.

I have a life, Malik.

No, yeah, I-I know you have
a life, Shannon.

But I'm just trying
to be a part of your life.

I mean, look at us,
we ain't young anymore.

Gee, thanks.

No, no, no.

- [chuckles]
- What I mean is,

if this can work,
then I want to know.

I don't want to waste another
moment of my life without you.

Okay.

I'll be in Vegas tomorrow

tying up loose ends
on the Thatcher case.

Let's hang out then.

Oh, like a date, huh?

Let's hold off
on the labels, okay?

Okay, okay, all right.

But a brother's
still got to eat.

So, is there a Phatty's nearby?

Maybe I can eat
and play Undercover Boss.

How about playing
garbageman first?

[chuckles]

Anything you want.

- Thank you, sir.
- Thank you.

[phone ringing]

[ringing stops]

WOMAN: Looking for anything
in particular?

Hmm, not really.
Just something that says

I'm starting a new life,
you know?

- That sounds exciting.
- And I want to feel

like a million bucks,
but for 40.

Actually, you know what?
Scratch that.

You can't put a price on me.

Try these.

They just came in today
from Paris.

- Oui, oui!
- [laughs]

Now, that screams star.

Hell yeah, that's exactly
what they should be screaming.

[phone chimes]

I'll take 'em.

- [groaning]
- [door closes]

Mommy, I'm home.

Mommy!

- [grunting]
- Mommy, are you okay?

- Hey.
- Should I call Malik?

No, baby, Mommy's fine, okay?

You know, actually,
it's a teachable moment.

Never wear heels
on a glass bridge

your crazy brother
insisted on having.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yeah.
Never better, baby.

- Okay?
- BRITTANY: Hey, babe,

I hope you're having fun

jiggling with the Whittakers.

I know cell reception is bad,
but, dang,

I'm starting to worry
that Ms. Gladys stole my man.

[chuckles]
Well, give me a call,

'cause I have some great news
about work, okay?

Talk to you later, bye.

[rapid knocking]

This fuchsia, frenzied-- fuzz--
frenzied, fuchsia...

[rapid knocking continues]

- Renee?
- I am in a shit ton of trouble,

and I didn't know
who else to turn to.

What about your aunt?

Especially not Aunt Sara.

Look, I know we only
hung out once,

but I feel like
I can trust you.

Okay.
All right.

Come in.
Have a seat.

So... catch me up.

Okay, so, um, I'm in town
for a bachelorette party.

And we were snow-coning and...

- Snow-coning?
- Champagne and cocaine.

Poorly named-- I thought
it was a frozen delicious treat.

- But keep going.
- Anyway,

I was feeling frisky
and I slept with this guy.

Oh. [chuckles]
Sounds like a good night so far.

- Oh, shit.
- I hate Vegas.

All right, well,
let's not panic,

'cause it's not that hard
to get an annulment.

Uh, don't you think
I thought of that?!

All right, first,
lose the attitude,

because you asked me
to help you, remember?

Sorry, sorry.
Um... okay, uh...

It's just, an annulment
isn't an option because--

this is the worst part--
he knows how much

my family's worth.

All right,
this would be the point

where most people panic,
but lucky for you,

I know the best magician
in Vegas.

You know David Copperfield?

Better.

My magician
makes marriages disappear.

Okay?
Let's take a ride.

Honey, nothing is gonna
happen to me, okay?

And you said it
in your Mogy speech.

You said I make you feel safe,
and I'm gonna always do that.

I didn't feel safe just now.

Well, you were scared.

Everybody gets scared.
It's okay.

You don't get scared.

Yeah.
I get scared.

God gave us that emotion
so we know how it feels

when you can't pay the bills.
[chuckles]

Okay, well, what scares you?

Lots of things,
like spiders,

uh, growing older.

Your brother's girlfriends?

Ooh, they scare
the heck out of me.

[both laugh]

Oh, and I just got
a new job opportunity

that's really scary.

Well, you being sick
scares me.

Well, it shouldn't,

because Mommy takes
real good care of herself.

Then how come you fell?

[sighs]

Because I've been too afraid
to get help.

But Mommy's overcoming
her fears, all of 'em.

And I'm gonna go to the doctor,

and I'm gonna get
everything perfect,

and I'm gonna make sure
that you always feel safe.

I hope when I get older,
I'm as strong as you.

Ooh!
Now, that's good, Kai.

I want you to make sure
you put that

in your speech next time

when I repeat
as Mogul of the Year.

- Yes?
- Yeah.

Give me some.

- Pow.
- Pow.

- I love you.
- Love you, too.

And this fuzzied, frenzied,
fuchsia ball of energy

is Furious Freddy,
our lovable mascot

and the new center
for our marketing campaign.

Think about what Gritty did
for the Philadelphia Flyers.

I don't know what Gritty did,

but I know what you did
for Renee.

[scoffs]
Ex-Excuse me?

- Don't play coy.
- [chuckles]

Assuming that I did
do something,

how would you know what I did?

Billionaires
know most things.

Billionaire aunts with nieces
who like trouble

know everything,
except for how you did it.

Renee needed help,
so I helped her.

Hmm. Fine.
Don't tell me.

But no secrets
as VP of Entertainment.

Wait, are you--
are you saying...

I'm saying you got your shot.
Don't blow it.

[sighs]
Okay.

So, Furious Freddy...

Now that the union's
approved the league,

we need to get to work.

Get a jump on the other teams,
I like it.

Dawg, but ain't you supposed
to be going on tour with Raquel?

Raquel saw Dad's
background check.

- Whoa-ho.
- Yeah.

So, what, this is like
damage-control time.

Oh, I wish.
I lost control.

She won't return my calls
or my texts.

- [scoffs]
- Maybe I should do what you did.

Stalk her like prey,
wear her down.

[laughs]
Shit, dawg, that didn't work.

Thought I was coming home
with a future.

Instead, I came back
with a friendship date.

Oh, a date!
A date with who?

Oh, your son's alone
on Lovesick Island.

Look who's talking.

Well, certainly not Raquel,
and not to you.

That's low.
Even for you.

Ooh!
Okay, look, I'm here

for the power of attorney.

I need you to sign here,
here, and initial there.

Wow, okay, well, now you can
legally take all my money, huh?

Mm-hmm, just like Uncle Sam.

- Mm, mm, mm.
- Okay.

Now, Mama Mack is here

with years of bad relationship
advice.

So, go.

Well, basically, Nelson did
a background check on Raquel,

- and she found out.
- Oh!

Damn, he's still
doing that shit?

- Mm-hmm.
- Did he find any dirt?

Actually, no.
Nothing at all.

Wow, okay.

Well, there's only one way
you gonna get her back.

Okay, you got to do
something unexpected.

- Mm.
- You know, take her mind

off that little piece of paper.

- That's a good idea, Tasha.
- Yes.

I know exactly what to do.

Mm-hmm.

- All right, good luck.
- Ah, okay.

- All right, dawg.
- All right.

So, we got one fool down
and one fool to go.

- [sighs]
- What's your issue, 'Lik?

You don't want to know, Ma,
it's about Shannon.

Ah.

You can't get her
off of your mind, can you?

[groans]

Mama, she is all
I can think about.

I'm like a teenage boy
all over again,

except I'm not using
lotion at night.

Okay, can you leave
those images out of my head?

I am still your mother.

Ma, I just want more,
all right?

And I'm just not sure that
we're ever gonna get there.

But I already know
what you're thinking.

"Okay, Malik,
that's what's best."

Okay, well, after all
these years,

you should know you never know
what I'm thinking.

Well...

do tell.

Okay, I am thinking,
same kind of fool,

same kind of advice,
you got to go big.

Mama, are you telling me,
Malik El DeBarge Wright,

that I need to go
after Shannon Dixon?

I am telling you
that I'm not worried if you do.

Okay, I'm tired of being scared
if she's gonna hurt you again.

Mm-hmm, okay.
Well, I don't believe you.

But I'll go with it, Ma, okay.

- Okay.
- So, what do you think

I should do, huh?
What's going big?

Do I look like Alexa?

Baby, I do not have
the answers, okay?

But after two decades,
there's got to be something

that you always wanted to do.

Just do it big, baby.

- Okay?
- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, and give me that.
- Oh.

[both chuckle]

- All right?
- All right.

Stop being "scurred."

- Do it big.
- Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Do it big.

[sighs]
I tried his mom Lula Fields,

but the number's disconnected.

I hate making these calls.

What about trying her?

Who's Brittany?

Don't you watch Hard Blocks?

I think it's his girlfriend.

[phone ringing]

["Out of the Dark" playing]

[ringing stops]

♪ Harder to believe... ♪

Oh, my...

♪ Fighting to break free,
nothing stopping me... ♪

Oh my...
Garret, this is so sweet.

But I'm sorry,
Raquel's not here right now.

Oh, it-it-it's cool.

Just tell her that I, uh...

...that I came by.

It's beautiful, though.

♪ From out of the dark ♪

♪ Oh. ♪

You see that?

That man put your name
in lights on a billboard.

Girl, I'm going on tour.

My name's gonna be in lights
every night.

Ew.
Don't be like that.

It's true.

Okay, but go talk to him.

Give that a man
a chance to explain.

Oh, my--
there's nothing to explain.

He didn't even do anything.
His dad did that crap.

Why are you taking his side?

Besides, Raquel,
you have nothing to hide.

No.

I'll be gone tomorrow,
and he'll be on his way

to forgetting me.
It's true.

- [laughing]
- Uh-huh.

Okay, remember when I said
we could hang?

This feels like
more than hanging.

Well, keep 'em closed.
Keep 'em closed.

- Turn, turn, turn.
- Okay.

One, two, three, open.

["Happy" by Ashanti playing]

♪ Boy, you fill me with... ♪

The Sadie Hawkins dance?

Yes, it is more than hanging,

but it's not officially
a date yet,

because you have
to ask me to go.

So, you just throw a whole dance
for just the two of us?

Not exactly.

♪ So glad
that you fell in love with me ♪

♪ My love is so good ♪

♪ That I wouldn't be... ♪

Malik.

Thanks so much for this.

- Nice to meet you, Shannon.
- Nice to meet you, too.

I'm Martin,
principal at St. James High.

Malik has spoken
a lot about you.

- Has he, now?
- Just so you know,

this man set all this up

for these underprivileged teens
in a single day.

Was even thoughtful enough
to buy 'em new clothes.

Giving back,
that's what I'm doing now.

Brother Martin,
thank you so much.

I could not have done this
without you, my man.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

Hmm?

But why the Sadie Hawkins dance?

Well, you took off the night
before we were supposed to go.

This is two decades
in the making, Shannon.

I wanted to give us both
the night that never was.

I can honestly say...

I'm blown away.

I'll admit, I was so consumed
with how I left

that I-- I completely
wiped the dance from my memory.

Well, for me it's the opposite.

I've been thinking about
this dance for years now.

Well, as I recall,
dozens of girls

asked you to that dance.

[chuckles]

You could have gone
with anyone.

But there was no point,

because the only girl
I loved was gone.

Well, that girl was a fool.

And a woman is here now.

Malik Wright, will you go
to this dance with me?

Hmm.

Absolutely.

[laughing]

♪ I've been searching for you ♪

♪ Every day ♪

♪ So glad
that I found you, boy. ♪

I come with gi-- gifts.

Oh, I thought she was here.

Okay, let's leave a note.

Purple.
[humming]

"Dear Ms. Powell..."

[muttering]
"...bidders"?

What the hell?

[footfalls approaching]

Sara.
I got you a gift.

What are you doing?

You're selling the team?

That's my business, Brittany.

You gave me Beau's job
because you knew

there wasn't gonna be
a job much longer.

How could you do this?

Probably the same way you gave
Tasha a heads-up

about my interview
discussing Malik.

Yeah, we all have
our secrets, don't we?

And I trust that you
will keep mine

if you want me to put in
a good word with the new owners.

[phone ringing]

This is Brittany.

Yeah, I know Jamison Fields.

I-- I'm on my way.

All right, everyone, it's time
for our special announcement.

You all voted,
and the Sadie Hawkins

king and queen are
our very own

Shannon Dixon
and Malik Wright.

[cheers and applause]

["All My Life"
by K-Ci & JoJo playing]

♪ Ooh... ♪

♪ I will never find
another lover ♪

♪ Sweeter than you,
sweeter than you... ♪

You know who gave me the idea
for this dance?

- Hmm?
- My mom.

- That's a shock.
- Hmm?

I thought she still
hated me for hurting you.

[chuckles]
Yeah, me, too.

Is that what you thought
when we were younger,

that-- that she
wanted us apart?

She just wanted
what was best for you

and your future.
Football.

♪ All my life... ♪

Is that why you left?

No.
I had my own reasons.

But I'm glad we're here now.

All right.

So, does that mean that
you'll go steady with me?

That means we should
stop talking and just dance.

[laughing]
Okay.

All right, I got you.

As you wish, Ms. Dixon.

♪ Feel the same way, too ♪

♪ Yes, I pray that ♪

♪ You do love me, too. ♪

CARI: Today I'd like
to give the players' union

and its members mad flowers,
because I know it's hard

leaving a sure thing
to do the right thing.

And if I was a player,
I'd be afraid to go home

and tell my family
I'm doing this.

But if I did, I would tell them
that Black is beautiful,

but Black and bold is gorgeous.

And this move ensuring
lifetime health care

in a league that is 90% Black
is as bold as it gets.

Mmm!

[sighs]

Paxton.
Hey.

You know how
it's a woman's prerogative

to change her mind?

Well, as a Black woman,
it's her God-given right.

I'm taking
this commissionership.

Mm-hmm.
[laughing]

You just make sure I'm not
signing my life away, hear?

All right.

[laughing]
Whoo!

[both laughing]

Oh, I had an amazing time.

Yeah, me, too.

I'm really glad
I asked you to the dance.

Hey, and I'm really glad
I said yes, Ms. Dixon.

Would you like to come in?

Hell yeah.

But no.

Shannon, I really want

to restart our relationship
the right way.

And what's the right way?

Well, maybe I can ask you
out on a date this time.

Hmm.
I'd like that.

[chuckles]

And you can also
ask me for a kiss good night.

Good night, Mr. Wright.

Good night, Ms. Dixon.

[lock beeps]

[door closes]

[exhales sharply]

Hey, Brit.
Um, I'm gonna miss you,

but I left my tour dates
on the fridge.

- [knocking]
- Oh, I think that's my driver.

[nasally]: I'll call you later
from my town car, darling.

Mwah, mwah, mwah.

I think we need to talk
before you go.

[normal voice]: Everything
you need to know about me

is in that
background check.

That was my father, not me.

Okay, you want to talk?
Let's talk.

Um, let's see.

[sighs]
My mother's been in

the New York State
Correctional Facility

since I was 14,

and that's why we talk
the same time every week.

That's where I go to visit her,

that's why I was in
the foster system,

which probably explains
my trust issues.

I'm a walking stereotype.
You happy?

Raquel, I-I don't care
that your mom's in jail.

That has nothing to do
with how I feel.

How about how I feel?

I decided to trust you.

That's why
I invited you on tour.

I wanted to show you my life,
tell you everything.

I mean, Brit doesn't even...

Raquel, what else
do I need to do

to prove to you
that this is real?

That it wasn't my fault?

Yeah, but you had that letter.

You had it
and you didn't tell me.

That is your fault.

And for that, I was wrong.

But the reason
I didn't say anything

was because I wanted you
to tell me when you were ready.

That's why it hurts so much,
because I was ready.

[knocking]

[sighs]

MAN:
Ms. Navarro?

- Hi, I'm Dan, your driver.
- Hi.

May I, uh, take
your bags to the car?

Please.

I'm just really glad I found out
before it was too late.

Found out what, Raquel?

That I'd never be good enough
for your family or for you.

- Whoa.
- I'm-I'm looking

for a Jamison Fields.

- Are you family?
- I'm the closest thing

- he has to family.
- Well, that's not...

Jamison.

- Hey, what's wrong with him?
- He's in a coma.

Lucky to be alive.

I'll give you a minute.

No. No.
No, no, no, no.

No. No.

Well, I came back for you.

Come back to me, Jamison.
Please, baby.

Excellent decision, Tasha.
I can get you in tomorrow.

The procedure will take an hour

and you'll be back to normal
in a week.

Minus my baby maker.

Not that I use it anymore,
though.

[chuckles]
Thanks, Dr. Miller.

You're welcome.

I'm sorry,
am I interrupting something?

No.

I was just overcoming
some fears,

which is why
I wanted to see you.

Malik got the team together
for a workout,

so he'll be back a little later.

I'm really proud of him.
He's become quite the leader.

Yeah, he's a good man.

But you already
know that, huh?

Yeah.

Shannon, I want to apologize.

If you and Malik want
to be together, then you should.

What changed your mind?

Fear... of getting
in God's way.

It's obvious He wanted you
in Malik's life.

I mean, the odds
of the attorney I call

to take down Beau just happens
to be my son's true love?

He does work
in mysterious ways.

Tell me about it.

And you've already proven
that you can keep your word,

because what happened
in Richmond

stays in Richmond.

Forever.

That's not easy, Tasha.

Every time I look at you,
I think of that moment.

I don't.

There are too many moments
in life

to focus on just one.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

Because that moment
changed all of our lives.

So, Shannon, I made
the appointment like you asked.

Do you need a ride?

Look, Ms. Mack,
I know I asked for your help,

but I think I'm having
second thoughts.

And it's natural.

But if you have this baby,

it could destroy
both of your dreams.

Well, did having Malik
destroy your dreams?

This ain't about me, Shannon.

Now, Malik is going places,
and the question is,

do you want to be
what holds him back?

There's $5,000.

That's five times the amount
that you asked for.

It'll cover the procedure,

and it'll give you a chance
to start a new life.

So, you really think
I should do it?

Shannon, I'm not telling you
what to do,

but if you do this,
I need you to leave

and never come back.

Malik.

Mama, what the hell did you do?