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- Previously on
"God Friended Me"...

- Can I have everybody's
attention?

IdentitySeal has been sold.

- To who?
- Simon Hayes.

- What if Simon Hayes
is behind the God Account?

- Simon wants to design
the first app

that can analyze
and identify potential fraud.

I want you to lead the team
that's going to code it.

- Surprise!
- Hey, what's up with the bags?

- Is it cool if I crash here
for a couple days?

- Of course, of course.
As much time as you need.

- Dee and I got into
a huge fight.

I just don't think she's
the right one for me.

- I'm sorry.
I'm lucky to have you.

- You're gonna be happy to
have me a little while longer.

[funky music]
- ♪ Ooh

♪

- There are many paths
life can take you on,

but for most of us, where we
end up isn't always where

we imagine our lives
would turn out,

so it is only natural for us
to question how we got here.

You--
- Got to be kidding me!

No, no, no, you've been on
the schedule since last week.

I can't.
I have clinicals at noon.

I have a thesis meeting
at 2:00.

No--and then I have
to TA a lecture. I can't.

Yeah, yeah.

No, let me call you back.
All right.

I'm sorry, my barback
had an audition,

and I didn't know
you were recording.

- Nah, it's okay.

- Are you sure you're not mad?

[sighs]
Having me here is a lot.

- I'm not mad.
I'm proud.

Yeah, I forgot about
all the stuff

that you're juggling
with school, the bar.

- Yeah.
- Sis, you are a badass.

- Hey, thanks.
And don't worry.

I will be out of your hair,
find my own place, I promise.

- Al, you know I love
having you here,

although it would be nice if I
could have just a little bit

of hot water in the morning.
I'd really appreciate it.

- You are the best big bro
a girl can ask for.

- All right,
I gotta get to work.

- All right.

- Miles, I got a big problem,
dude.

It's my team.
They hate me.

- Hey, are you sure
you're not overreacting?

Okay, what exactly
did they say?

- It's not about words, Miles.

I'm really good at reading
body language,

and their body language tells
me that they do not like me.

- Well, yeah,
because you're the boss.

Everybody hates the boss.

We hate Phil.

- True.
- Right.

- It's just, I have this need
to be liked, all right?

It's this curse all Singh men
are born with.

- Look, bro, I think
you're imagining it, okay?

Be yourself.
Everything else will work out.

- Yeah.
[cell phone chimes and buzzes]

What's up?
- It's Cara.

We're supposed to be
getting lunch.

You wanna come with?

- I'd love to, but I gotta go
win my team over.

You are lucky, Miles.

CSR, no responsibilities.

I miss those days.

All right.

Say hi to Cara.
- Yup.

[peaceful music]

Can I ask you something?

Have you ever felt like
your life

isn't where
you expected it to be?

- Yeah.
- Yeah?

- Yeah, of course.
Everyone does.

Where is this coming from?

- It's just, Ali's getting her
PhD and running the bar.

You're at the top of the
leader board every week.

Rakesh is running his team.

I just don't want to wake up
in my 30s

still trying to get
my podcast off the ground,

working at IdentitySeal.

- You know what I think?

I think you should submit
your podcast again.

- No, no, it didn't work out
last time.

You remember,
with Frequency?

- Yes, but there's a new
podcast collective

called FreeVerse.

They're kinda like
an upstart NPR,

not corporate at all,

and they're looking
for new shows.

- Look, last thing I need
right now, Cara,

is for another station
to tell me

what my podcast
should or shouldn't be.

- Yeah, but you don't know
that's what it's gonna be like.

- Miles!

- Cal!
Whoa.

- It's really you, man.
It's been, what, seven years?

- Yeah, what--what are you
doing back in town?

- Oh, I moved back
a couple years ago.

- Oh, I didn't hear.

- Hi, I'm Cara.

- Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.
This is Cara Bloom.

Cal and I went
to high school together.

- It's nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you too.

- Yo, Cal, so how you been?

- Good, good.
Man, things couldn't be better.

What about you?

Still trying to convince
the world God doesn't exist?

- Uh, yeah,
something like that.

I got a podcast.
It's doing really great.

Big following,
so no complaints.

- Oh, that's good to hear.

Well, anyway,
I gotta run but, man,

it was good bumping into you.

- Yeah, yeah, you too, man.
- All right.

[tense music]

- Uh, big following?

- [sighs]
It's a long story.

It was always
a competition between us.

- So I take it you two weren't
best friends in high school?

- Actually, we were.
- Really?

- Yup.
- What happened?

[cell phone buzzes]

Oh, we got a new
Friend Suggestion.

Derrick Gomez,
17 years old

and plays...baseball
for my high school?

- Wait, so you haven't seen Cal
in years and then we get

a Friend Suggestion for someone
from your high school?

- Yeah, well, maybe the God
Account is feeling nostalgic.

- Or it's no coincidence.

- Oh, he just posted.
"Heading to practice."

All right, let's get down there
and see what we can find out.

- Okay.

[knock at door]
- Lester, come in.

- Thanks for seeing me, Arthur.

- Everything good
at the vestry?

- The board is fine.
- Uh-huh.

- The reason I came to see you
is because the diocese

has decided to send us
a new assistant rector.

- Really?

We haven't had an assistant
priest in...years.

- Which means
we're long overdue.

- [laughs]

- His name's
Reverend Andrew Carver.

- Mm.
- They're very high on him.

- I appreciate that, but
I really don't need the help.

- Arthur, I know how important
this church is to you,

but after 25 years,
do you really want to do

every single afternoon service?

- Yes, but...clearly this is
what the diocese wants,

and of course I will happily
welcome Reverend Carver.

- Wonderful.

I'll set up a time
for you two to sit down.

- Look forward to it.

[tense music]

♪

- Whoo,
kid's got a live arm.

It explains why
the scouts are here.

- According to Derrick's
Facebook page,

he's one of the best
high school pitching prospects

in the country.

You okay?

- Yeah, yeah,
it's...just strange,

running into Cal and being
back out on this field.

- What do you mean?

- Cal and I played baseball
together in high school.

He was the pitcher
and I was his catcher.

- What?
- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, I knew
that you liked baseball.

I didn't know you played.

- Second team, all-city.

Made it into the semifinals
my senior year.

The winner got
to move on to play

in the championship
at Yankee Stadium.

- Hmm.
- Yeah.

- And you lost.

- We were up two
in the bottom of the ninth.

Two on, two out.

The batter had double
off Cal

on a curve
earlier in the game,

so I called for a fastball.

Cal shook me off
and threw the curve.

The batter ripped a home run.

Cal and I got into
a huge argument.

We stopped talking
to each other.

Cal was a pro prospect.

He went off to the minors,
got injured,

and I have not
seen him since.

- So you lost
your best friend over a game?

- Well, it wasn't
just about the game.

I said something
he didn't want to hear

and it ended our friendship.

[whistle blows]

- All right!
Let's go! Bring it in!

- Well, maybe the God Account
has plans on fixing that.

- What, by helping Derrick?

I mean, the kid
doesn't even know Cal.

- Actually, he does.

Look.

He's his coach.

- Good work, guys.
Derrick, come over here.

Y'all keep playing the way
y'all been playing this season,

that championship is ours.

All right?

- Clearly the God Account is
trying to pull a two-for-one.

Our Friend Suggestion
just so happens

to be coached by your
former best friend?

- Okay, I get it.

Let's just focus
on Derrick, okay?

- Okay.

- Cal!
- See you, man.

What are you doing here, Miles?

- Um, I was just feeling
a little nostalgic

after we ran into you,
so I thought I'd stop by.

How long have you been
coaching here?

- This is my second season,
but this year's squads

are already the favorite
to win the state championship.

- Well, your pitcher seems to
be drawing a lot of attention.

- Yeah, Derrick Gomez,

best high school arm
I've seen since me.

Derrick!
Come over here a second.

I want you to meet Miles Finer.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- How's it going?

- And Cara Bloom.
- Nice to meet you.

- One hell of an arm
you got there, man.

- Thank you.

- That's a high compliment
coming from Miles.

He was my catcher in high
school, never met anyone

who called a better game
than him.

Not that we always agreed.

- Is Coach
as good as he claims?

- I used to have to ice
my hand after every game.

- That's right.

- So have you thought
about what you're gonna do

after high school?

- Derrick has offers from
every college in the country.

But he's narrowed it down
between Stanford,

Arizona State,
and Florida.

He's gonna announce on Friday.

- Congratulations, man.
That's amazing.

- Thank you. Couldn't have
done it without Coach.

All right,
I gotta head to work.

It was nice to meet you guys.

- He's a Harlem Parochial
on scholarship.

Mom runs a bakery in the Bronx.
It's just the two of them.

Picks up hours
after school to help out.

- Well, he seems
like a good kid.

- He is.

It was good seeing you, Miles.
We should catch up sometime.

- Yeah, yeah, sure.
- Well, actually,

Miles' sister
runs a really great bar

called the Honeysuckle Rose.

We were gonna go down there
and have drinks tonight.

You should--you should come.
- Okay, sounds like fun.

I'll see you there.

- See ya.
- See ya.

[tense music]

- What? Look, is catching up
with an old friend

really the end of the world?

Besides, he's Derrick's coach.

He probably knows
what's going on in his life.

- True, except Derrick
doesn't look like

he needs any help
with baseball.

- Yeah, so where
does that leave us?

- Maybe the problem's
closer to home.

Cal said that his mom
runs a bakery.

Let's go talk to her.

- So just take a look
and let me know

if you have any questions.

So, guys, how's the, uh--

how's the data analytics
coming along?

- Oh-ho!
- That's a kill shot.

- Okay, you're playing video
games, not working at all.

Um...

Hey, guys, I just--if y'all
would listen for one second,

I just want to get something
off my chest real quick.

I, uh--I've been picking up
this vibe

that you guys hate me and--

- Oh, we don't hate you.

- Okay.

- We're just not gonna
work for you.

- What?
- That's right.

Instead, we're gonna sit back
and watch you fail.

- Why?
- I been in IT for eight years.

That promotion
should have been mine.

Everyone agrees.
- Mm-hmm.

- Look, guys, I'm sorry, but if
you're not gonna work for me,

I'm just gonna
have to let you go.

- Mm, wrong again.
I checked.

You don't have the power
to fire anyone

inside the IT department,
which is...all of us.

- I don't?
- No.

What you can do
is report your team's

total lack of progress
on your weekly TPR report.

And when you do, who do you
think they're gonna blame?

A team of IT professionals

or the headset
from customer service?

♪

- So anything else from your
high school experience

you want to share?

Prom date? Yearbook quote?

- Oh, uh, Brandy King
and...

"To protect the sheep,
you gotta catch the wolf,

and it takes a wolf
to catch a wolf."

- Hmm, the Bible?
- Denzel, "Training Day."

What about you?
- Um...

Kenny Woodruff and,

"The distance means nothing
if one has a motive."

Jane Austen.

- Wait, wait, wait.
Is that Derrick?

- Yeah.

- Uh, look at
the license plate. GCM.

That is a sports agency.
They rep a few of the Yankees.

- If Derrick's going
to college,

why would he need an agent?

- He wouldn't.

[tense music]

♪

- Hey.
- Hey.

- What are you two doing here?

- Uh, Cal mentioned

that you worked
at your mom's bakery,

and Cara is always on the
lookout for a good dessert.

- Guilty as charged.

- Well, you guys came
to the right place.

Come on in.

♪

- Where have you been?

You took out the trash
20 minutes ago.

- I was talking to Candace.

- You can talk to your
girlfriend on your own time.

- Okay, Ma.
These are friends of Coach.

- Nice to meet you.

- All right, well,
I gotta head out.

I gotta study
for a test tomorrow.

- Remember, no staying up
late tonight, okay?

You need to open the shop
in the morning.

- On it.

It was good to see you guys.
- Mm-hmm.

- So you're friends with Cal.

- Yes, we used to play ball
together in high school.

- Um, so Cal mentioned
that Derrick was deciding

between three colleges?

- Yes, but his heart's set
on Stanford.

He'll be the first in our
family to go to college.

- Well, has he talked about
entering the draft?

Maybe taking a shot
at the minors instead?

- Of course, but he knows
how important college is.

Cal's helped him
realize that dream.

I don't know
what I'd do without him.

Let me grab you
some tres leches.

♪

- If Derrick
is going to college,

then why lie to his mom
about talking to an agent?

- I don't know.

♪

[funky music]

- He did not.
- Oh, he did.

He almost won the singing
talent show too.

- Wait, what song did you sing?

- Uh, "Get It On Tonite"
by Montell Jordan,

but it was Cal's fault, okay?

Victoria Grant
was swerving me all year

and he said it would
get her attention.

- Unfortunately it got

Sister Margaret's
attention as well.

Miles got detention
for two weeks.

- Almost missed the last game
of the season.

- Oh, I'm assuming
he told you we lost

because I waved off his call
and threw my curve.

- He might have mentioned it.
- Oh, yeah?

Did he mention that I had been
throwing my fastball all game

and could barely lift my arm?

Not to mention,
the batter was waiting for it.

- Winning that game
was my only chance

to play at Yankee Stadium,
to know what it felt like

to be on the same field
as Derek Jeter,

Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez.

Not everyone was heading
to the show.

- Yeah, well....

- Miles said you got hurt?

- Yeah, I tore my UCL
in the game

against the Dayton Dragons.

Only been on the Single-A
roster for a few months.

- I'm sorry.

- Hey, it's the risk of trying
to make it to the bigs.

Thankfully I found my way back
to baseball through coaching.

- Oh, we wanted to ask you
about Derrick.

We stopped by
his mom's bakery earlier

and saw him talking
to an agent from GCM.

- Oh, man, they come around
all the time.

He just humors them, you know?
To maintain the relationship.

- So you're sure
it's nothing more?

He lied to his mom about it.
- I mean, if he's thinking

about declaring for the draft,
he might not tell you.

- No, trust me, he would.

Look, I appreciate
your concern,

but Derrick's got
his priorities straight.

[cell phone chiming]

I'm sorry, Derrick's--
his mom is calling me.

Hey. Yeah.

No, no, I'm glad you did.

I'll take care of it.

[sighs]

I'm sorry,
I gotta cut this short.

- Is everything okay?

- Well, apparently
Derrick snuck out.

His mom said he posted
from some place called Aqua.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.
I know that place.

It's a club in Chelsea.

- He's not old enough
to get into a club.

If he gets arrested,
he could jeopardize everything.

- Well, hey,
it's not too far from here.

- You guys should go.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- Let's go, man.

- Club's a few blocks up.

- Hey, don't get me wrong,
Miles,

I appreciate you
coming with me,

but I definitely put this
in the...

above-and-beyond category.

- Well, kinda been going
for some extra credit.

Besides, I see how important
Derrick is to you.

It's the least I can do.

- Where was this levelheaded
guy in high school?

- You sayin' I was opinionated?
- I mean, just a little.

[both laugh]

But seriously,
it seems like everything

turned out exactly
how you hoped.

- Yeah, well, about that,
I may have overstated

how well my podcast is doing.

I've actually been struggling
to find an audience.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- Well, man, because
it's always been

a competition between us.

- Yeah, I remember.

- Look, what I said back then

about how you weren't ready
for the majors,

I have regretted that
ever since.

- I appreciate you saying so,

but that's water
under the bridge, brother.

[dance music]

♪

You see him?

- Yeah, yeah, over there.

♪

- Derrick.

- Coach, hey.

- What the hell
are you doing here?

- I'm just chilling with
some friends. It's no big deal.

- Oh, they must be some
really rich friends,

'cause that's a $400 bottle
of tequila right there.

- What's he doing here?

- Look, you don't get
to ask the questions.

How'd you pay for that?
- It's on the house.

- Let's go. We're getting
out of here. Come on.

- No.
- You don't get it.

You're jeopardizing
everything you've worked for.

Look, we've got a plan, right?
And this isn't part of it.

- I'm sticking to the plan.

I'm doing everything
we talked about.

I just wanted to have some fun
with my friends.

- And there's nothing wrong
with that, okay,

but just not here.

You get arrested, it will
cost you your scholarship.

Don't throw
your future away on this.

♪

- Whatever.
I'm tired anyways.

See you guys.

♪

- You think he'll be
all right?

- Yeah, he's just blowing off
some steam.

It'll be fine.

I should call his mom,
let her know he's okay.

Thanks again for everything.
- Hey, no problem.

- See you, Miles.
- Mm-hmm.

♪

- Let me be the first
to welcome you

to Harlem Episcopal,
Andrew.

- Thank you.
- Take a seat.

- Hey, I have to confess,
I'm an admirer.

- [chuckles]
- What you've done here,

I should be so blessed.

- Well, I'm sure
one day, you will be.

So tell me about yourself.

- Well, my path to God
was a bit unorthodox.

I was actually studying
at Harvard.

- Harvard Divinity?
- Astrophysics.

- [chuckles]
- Yeah.

I was raised in the church
but never had any problem

reconciling science
and faith...and still don't.

- Okay, I'm intrigued.
What happened?

- Something I'm surprised
doesn't happen more often.

If you study the universe,
I mean, you really look at it,

it's hard not to be humbled

by the scope and beauty
of its design.

Science can explain the how,

but I started asking the bigger
question of why, and...

the answer I found was both
simple and profound.

- God.
- Yeah.

Anyhow,
I can't wait to jump in.

I feel like I have a lot
of ideas of how to address

some of Harlem Episcopal's
current issues.

- [laughs] And what issues
would those be?

- Oh, I didn't
mean it like that.

- No, please, it's okay.
I want to know.

- Harlem Episcopal doesn't
utilize social media in the way

a lot of other parishes
are starting to.

- We have a Facebook page.

- Yeah, but there are not
enough engagements on that page

to attract new, young
parishioners

who might not
find us otherwise.

Not to mention we could stream
your sermons online

and collect donations
through Venmo.

[tense music]

Um, sorry, I'm getting ahead
of myself, aren't I?

- Um, it's fine.

I tell you what, um,

why don't we start with a tour?
- [laughs] Yeah.

- I thought Cal had everything
under control with Derek,

but after last night,
I'm not so sure.

- Probably just
cutting the kid some slack.

We all done stupid stuff
in high school, right?

- True, but if Derrick's
deciding to skip college

and enter the draft,
Cal needs to know.

- What's the big deal?
I mean, kid goes pro,

he's got chance to pitch
at Yankee Stadium next year.

That's--that's kind of amazing.

- Rakesh, it's not like getting
drafted by the NFL or the NBA.

He's not going
to Yankee Stadium.

He's going to the minors,

competing against
6,500 other guys

who's trying to make it
to the bigs,

most of which
never make it close.

- Hmm. Which is why you think

the God Account
sent us his name,

'cause he might be making
the wrong choice.

- Exactly. Look, Derrick's
making a huge announcement

about his future tomorrow,
and if he's decided

to enter the draft,
we don't have much time.

- Oh, Rakesh,
could you do us a favor?

The agent's license plate
was GCM023.

Could you run it and see
if we can get a name?

- Yeah, yes.

♪

Ow.

- Uh, bro, you okay?
- Yeah.

I had to pull an all-nighter
'cause my team is plotting

a coup against me led by some
evil nerd king named Tom

who's convinced everybody
not to lift a finger, so...

- Right, but doing your entire
team's work is not sustainable.

- Yeah, well, if I don't do
the work, I'm gonna get fired,

so what choice do I have?
- You could change their minds.

- How?
- Well, by showing them

firsthand what
a brilliant coder you are.

I mean, that's really
the only way

you're ever gonna get them
to respect you.

- Mm.

Oh, okay, here we go.

License plate is registered
to a Pete Garrity.

Huh.
- What?

- What was the name of the club
you found Derrick at?

- Aqua, why?

- 'Cause, according
to Pete's credit card,

there's a charge
for $1,200 there last night.

- Now we know who got him
in the club

and paid for those drinks.

- Mm-hmm.

- You know there's only
four of us here tonight.

I mean, I think
there's enough food for ten.

- Actually, 12.
- What?

- But leftovers
are the best part.

- So, Dad,
how did your meeting

with the new
assistant priest go?

- Oh, fine.

- Fine? Really?
- Yeah.

- I got this.
- Good.

Then I will see you guys
for dinner tonight.

- Thanks.

So I take it things
did not go fine.

- He, um...

I don't know,
he's got a lot of new ideas.

- I see, and they don't quite
align with yours, is that it?

- No, he said he wants
to bring Harlem Episcopal

into the modern age,

which really means he wants to
bring me into the modern age.

- You have nothing
to worry about, Arthur.

Your congregation reveres you.

- I appreciate that,
but if the diocese feels

that the time is right
for me to take on

an assistant priest,
that might be their way

of telling me
that life after the pulpit

is closer than I think.

- Is that so bad?

I mean, certainly you must have

thought about retirement
at some point.

- Well, I have.
Of course I have.

I just thought...
[sighs]

It was still a few years away.

- Arthur, you have plenty
of good years left

to give to your church.

And maybe this new priest
has come into your life

to help make the most of them.

- Mm.

[touching music]

- So you guys wanted to talk
about Derrick.

What's up?
- Look, I get it.

You see a million-dollar arm
and you're ready to cash in.

But you need to back off.

- Is that so?
- He's going to college.

That's what his mom wants,
and so does his coach.

- Uh, I hate to break it
to you,

but that's not
what Derrick wants.

Trust me,
I'm not twisting his arm.

I'm just helping him
realize his dream.

- So he signed with you?
- Not yet.

He turns 18 in a few weeks.

Then he'll cross the Ts
and dot the Is.

But he's gonna declare
for the draft tomorrow.

- There is no way Cal
is gonna let that happen.

- [laughs] You don't get it.

Who do you think
introduced me to Derrick?

Cal orchestrated
the whole thing.

They're a package deal.

Whatever team drafts the kid
is gonna hire him

as a pitching coach
in their farm system.

[tense music]

Give us a call if you guys want
tickets to one of their games.

♪

- Cal lied to us.
He's using Derrick

to get himself a second
opportunity at the majors.

♪

[dramatic music]

♪

- Nice drop on your curveball.

- [laughing] Oh.

Hey, man. What's up?

- How fast you throwing
these days?

- I don't know.
Just need to keep my skills up

if I'm gonna be coaching
kids like Derrick.

- You mean if you
keep coaching Derrick.

I talked to Pete.

He told me about the deal
you made.

- That's none
of your business, Miles.

- Does Derrick know you're
using him to leverage a job

as an assistant coach
wherever he signs?

- It was his idea.

He wants me with him.
I'm not using anyone.

- So then why lie to his mom
about it?

She thinks
he's going to college.

- 'Cause he knows how much
she wanted that.

He's talking to her now,
letting her know his decision.

- His decision or yours?

[ball clatters in bucket]

- You come all the way
down here to judge me, Miles?

You don't know
what I been through,

and you sure as hell don't know
what's best for Derrick.

- Then explain it to me.

Come on, explain it to me.
Explain how a 17-year-old kid

bypassing a full-ride
college education

to take his chances
in the minors

is looking out for him?

- Man, you haven't
changed at all.

- What is that
supposed to mean?

- You think you know
what's best for everyone.

You always have.
- No, that is not true.

- Really?

You were supposed to be
my best friend,

the one person who I trusted.

But instead of having my back,
you told me I wasn't ready.

- You said that didn't matter.
- It didn't matter?

I was 18 years old.

I had to carry that
around with me

as I was trying
to take my shot.

You have any idea what
that did to my confidence?

- Wait a minute.

The way you were
just throwing up there,

you don't come back after
a torn UCL and pitch like that.

[somber music]

♪

You didn't get hurt, did you?

♪

- No.

Turns out you were right.

I wasn't ready.

As soon as batters saw
my curve, they pounced.

I lost my confidence
and washed out.

♪

- Look, I'm--I'm sorry, man.
I never wanted that.

- This isn't where I was
supposed to end up, Miles.

♪

A high school coach?

Back at my own damn
high school, no less,

like none of my...
dreams even mattered.

They did.

They still do.

I just needed
to adjust them a bit.

♪

- Hey, look, I get that.
I do.

But what if Derrick winds up
paying the price?

- He won't, because unlike me,
he's gonna have someone

in his corner letting him know
he can make it,

helping him do whatever
it takes to reach his dreams,

reach the majors.

Look, just stay away
from him, Miles.

The last thing he needs
is your voice in his head.

Believe me.

♪

- So rules are simple.
We pick a closed system.

First one to hack into it
is the winner.

- [chuckles]
Challenge accepted.

But let's raise the stakes.

Whoever loses quits.

- You really don't want
to make that bet.

- Actually, I really do.

IdentitySeal recently upgraded
their network security.

First one past the firewall?
- Sure.

Just don't say
I didn't warn you.

- Hmm.

[tense music]

[soda can fizzes and pops]

♪

[scoffs]
What are you doing?

- Mm, just pacing myself.

Ah, so let me guess,
you are gonna go

for a brute-force attack
on the data packets.

- Psh. Maybe.

- See, now, I prefer to look
for a stack overflow exploit.

That way, I can just
open a port,

find a back door,

and maybe even install
a man-in-the-middle app.

♪

- Whoa, how'd you
break through so quickly?

- No way.
[scoffs]

♪

I don't get it.

You're just
a customer service rep.

- I tried to tell you.

Man, there's a reason
I got the job.

You just weren't ready
to listen.

♪

- This is really great, Trish.
Usually Dad just orders in.

- Hey!

It takes a certain skill
to order the perfect takeout.

- Mm.
- Like a phone?

[laughter]

- So, Miles,
how's everything with you?

- It's fine.

- Fine? Really?

Why do you Finer men insist

on us having to drag
everything out of you?

- She has a point.
What's going on?

- It's just about
a Friend Suggestion.

- Oh, the God Account?
- Hmm?

- Your father and I listen
to your podcast every week.

I love it.

- I don't know about
every week, but continue.

- Thank you.
Uh, do you remember Cal Davis?

- Of course, fastball
like Roger Clemens,

drafted by the Diamondbacks,
right?

- Mm-hmm, and now he's coaching
for Harlem Parochial.

- Uh-huh.
- Miles played catcher.

He and Cal
were thick as thieves.

- And now he's
your Friend Suggestion?

- Oh, no, no, no,
one of his players.

He's a pitcher.

I think Cal is pushing him
to enter the draft.

- And you don't think
he's good enough to make it?

- I don't know.
All I know is, the God Account

wouldn't have sent me his name
if it was the right decision.

- So what does the God Account
know that you don't?

- I have no idea, and I'm not
sure how I can find out.

- I might.

[soft jazz music playing]

- Cryptic.

♪

- Oh, man, this is my old
catcher's mitt.

I haven't seen this in years.

- You always said that
to really judge a pitcher,

you had to catch him,

see him throw from the only
seat in the entire park

that really mattered.
- Behind the plate.

- Mm.

[hopeful music]

- Thanks.

♪

- Looking good.
Make sure you ice up tonight.

- Yup.

- What are you doing here?
- Is Cal around?

- No, he'll be back soon.

- Mind if I catch for you?

- [chuckles]
Sure you can handle it?

- [laughs]
I'll try my best.

[energetic hip-hop music]

- All right, I'll ease you in
with my fastball.

- All right.

♪

- ♪ Unh, I go dumb

- Nice.
Okay, give me another.

- All right.

- ♪ Unh, it's okay
if you choose it ♪

♪ Pick a winner, baby,
not some playing do or die ♪

♪ When I roll up
in the old school ♪

- Whoo! Even better.

All right, show me
your changeup.

- ♪ Baby looking at me and
she say that I'm a hooligan ♪

♪ Like her daddy gon' show up
and be mad at me ♪

♪ I do it big,
get some True Religions ♪

♪ Her daddy see
the paychecks ♪

♪ That I been getting,
he'll be mad happy ♪

♪

[somber music]

♪

- What?
- What's going on?

- I'm just showing him
some of my stuff.

- Grab your bag
and wait for me outside.

I need to talk to Miles.

♪

- I told you
to stay away from him.

- His changeup
isn't there yet.

I haven't been behind
the plate in seven years,

and even I
can see that.

My guess is,
the scouts can too.

- They did,
and they all agreed

he could work it out
in the minors.

- What, like you did?
- [scoffs]

- Just listen.

Imagine if you had went
to college,

worked on your curve
without having the pressure

of making it to the show.

- This is different.
- How?

- Because I'll be there making
sure nothing gets in his way,

no one gets in his head.

- [sighs]

Derrick isn't ready yet,

and you know it.

He won't listen
to anyone else but you.

And if you really care
about him,

you would tell him
the truth.

♪

[bright music]

♪

- So you think
you got through to Cal?

- About to find out.

[cheers and applause]

[tense music]

- Pete's here.
- Yeah.

- That can't be a good sign.

What are you gonna do?

- Derrick's
our Friend Suggestion.

We can't let him make
the wrong decision.

He needs to know the truth.

♪

[sighs] Derrick.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Thanks for coming.
- Yeah.

- Miles, now's not a good time.
- No, I think it is.

Derrick, you're not ready.

- [scoffs]

Excuse me?
- What do you mean?

- Your changeup
is nowhere close, okay?

You go to the minors,
you're gonna get exposed.

You go to college,
work things out,

you'll get there.

Different path, same end goal.

- What do you know about it?

♪

- I had a friend once

who was in the exact same
position you're in,

and he thought I didn't
have his back, but I did.

I wanted to see him go to the
majors more than anyone else.

And I knew that if
I told him the truth,

it would cost us
our friendship.

♪

- So what happened?

♪

- I didn't listen.

And it did.

♪

Miles is right.

You're not ready.

- [scoffs]
- I lied to you.

I never got hurt.

I had a pitch that wasn't ready
for the majors.

But I didn't want to admit it,
and I was willing to throw away

a friendship
rather than face reality.

Maybe if I had, things would
have turned out differently.

[somber music]

♪

Don't make the same mistake
I made.

♪

- You wanted to see me?
- Oh, please, come in.

Um,

I spent last night
thinking about

Matthew's Sermon on the Mount,
specifically the two roads.

- I'm not following.

- When I first came
to Harlem Episcopal,

I had some big ideas.

The reverend at the time,
Reverend Baldwin,

was old-school.

He liked to slip Latin in
whenever he could

to keep people on their toes.

Needless to say that he and I
did not see eye to eye

on the direction
the church was taking.

- I think I know
where this is going.

I didn't mean to overstep.
- Neither did I back then.

But I did, and I think it was
the right thing to do

for the church, just like your
arrival and your ideas are.

So either I can stick my head
in the proverbial sand

and ignore my insecurities
and continue to run the church

the way I always have,

or I can take your arrival
as a sign

that things need
to change around here,

that I need to change.

[touching music]

I could use a hand.

- I'd be honored.

♪

- So just to recap.
- Mm-hmm.

- You told a friend something
they weren't ready to hear,

and in the end,
they came around?

- You want me
to send my podcast

to FreeVerse, don't you?

- Whatever gave you that idea?

[both laugh]

- We all have moments
from our past,

decisions we've made
that even years later,

we still wonder about,
still question.

What would have happened
if I had done things different?

The big decisions we recognize
in the moment,

we know the magnitude
and weight they carry

moving forward...

[cheers and applause]

[Lucius' "Until We Get There"]

- ♪ What do you say

♪ Is this unwise

♪ To think my fears

♪ Will not reprise

- What we might have lost

if we hadn't made
the decision to act.

- ♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh

- Hey, Tom?

- If you're gonna gloat,
let me save you the trouble.

You won.
- No, I didn't.

Winning would be
creating a great app,

and I need the best coders
to do that, man.

- Mr. Singh, I've just
been looking over

the yearly TCP reports, and
they're looking very promising.

Everyone upstairs
is quite impressed.

- Thank you, but I can't
really take all the credit.

It really was a team effort.

Have you met Tom? Tom is
an integral part of the team.

- It's nice to meet you, Tom.
- Oh, nice to meet you.

- So I'll see you inside?

- Sure thing.
- Thank you, Tom.

- Well, thanks
to your team effort,

you have caught the attention
of Mr. Simon Hayes.

- Oh, I have?
- Yes, and he's making a visit

to IdentitySeal next week, and
he has asked to meet with you.

Congratulations.
- Thank you.

♪

- ♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo

- Sometimes people
come into our lives

at just the right time,

preparing us for the future,

whatever it may hold.

♪

- Andrew! How are you?

- Good. Arthur went home
for the evening,

but I'll tell him
you came by.

- Actually, I wanted
to speak with you.

- Oh?

- I wanted to let you know,
between the two of us,

Arthur's tenure here
at Harlem Episcopal

might be coming to an end
sooner than expected,

and we think you would make
an excellent replacement.

♪

- But I think the most
difficult decisions

we're faced with are not
about success or failure...

♪

But finding the courage
to simply try again.

♪

- ♪ Another day

♪

♪ Another day

♪

♪ Another day

- ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh

♪

Cal!
- What up?

- So, uh,
what are we doing here?

- I wanted to thank you.

If you hadn't stepped in,

Derrick would have made
the same mistake I did.

- Look, Cal, I know how hard
it was for you to walk away

at another shot
at the majors.

- But it was the right thing.

Plus, I got a state
a championship

to deliver
to Harlem Parochial.

- Your team makes it here,
I will be front row.

- Actually, I can do you
one better, man.

- What?

[upbeat music]

Wait, so how did you
get us in here?

- A friend of mine
has some pull with the team.

- This is amazing.

- You know.

♪

- Wait, wait, wait,
that is CC Sabathia.

He's, like, one of the greatest
Yankee pitchers ever.

- Yeah, he's not too bad.
What's up, boy?

- How you doin', man?
- CC, I want you to meet

Miles Finer,
one of my oldest friends.

- 'Sup, Miles?
How you doin', man?

- Oh, I'm great,
I'm a huge, huge, fan.

I mean, you helped bring home
the title in '09.

- Yeah, thanks, man.
It was a team effort, though.

- Thanks for hooking us up, CC.
- Of course.

- We won't be too long.
- No worries.

Make sure y'all turn off
the lights when y'all leave.

- All right.
- Yeah, gotcha.

- They had the
Pinstripe Bowl here.

Haven't converted the field
back to a diamond,

so this will have to do.

- For what?

- You said you wanted to catch
in Yankee Stadium.

- Don't play with me.
- I'm not playing, man.

You ready?
Here we go.

- ♪ Play it again

♪ So play it again

- All right,
show me that curve.

- ♪ We could ride it
all night ♪

♪ Staying past the sun

♪ Play it while we're

- Whoo! Nice.

That's all you got, though?
[laughs]

- Boy, please.
You know this is what I do.

- ♪ Play it while we're
young ♪

♪ With a song in our head
always on ♪

♪ Yeah, this is real life

♪ Play it while we're young

♪ Play it while we're

♪ Da, da, da-da-da-da

♪ Da, da,
da-da-da-da ♪

♪ Da, da,
play it while we're young ♪

♪ While we're young,
we'll play it ♪

♪ Da, da, play it
while we're ♪

- Greg, move your head.