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Previously on Cherish the Dead. Trying hard not to get emotional here.

Nothing's gonna change.

Everything's gonna change.

You can call me bougie, but I know what you want.

You should keep your guard up.

They're different people than us.

He said once you got in a store like this, he knew you'd want something

You don't care about what I want. That's not true. You care about what other

people think. That is not true. Be real with me.

I just see you.

Listen. Do us.

And forget the rest.

How deep love can be

pink shirt from dry cleaning?

Bottom row bag.

Still in the plastic.

Thank you. Love you.

You're busting out the specials since today, huh?

It's a big day.

My day is getting this place in order.

Oh, hey, I'll help you with that when I get back.

What?

It's been two years since Jay and I launched Soberry, and we finally have

possible investors.

I guess we should have planned the party after we got the investment.

Put it out into the universe and let it come back.

That's real, you know.

We did it big last night in anticipation of success, but success is imminent.

I got you.

Gee, I need all the magic I can get.

Give it to me.

Get that win, baby.

Thank you.

Hey.

Where's the iPad I got you? Just use reminders.

I like paper.

Hey,

Chief here.

And yeah, I got the call an hour ago.

Is it up gently?

So what time do they want to meet?

Yeah, you know what? I think they want us to meet the venture capitalist.

The data raider.

The venture capitalist.

The data devil, shit.

Jay, your energy's killing the man.

Look, you gotta get on board. I think today's gonna be a good day. I got a

feeling about it.

She's just trying to get us paid.

This is a disaster, man.

Bye, J. Doe.

Bye, Drama King.

I actually already did most of the laundry.

It wasn't that much.

I think there's still a few things in there, though.

It's been two years, and your cleaning lady still hates me. Our cleaning lady.

And if you stop doing her work for her, she'd like you just fine.

I don't like other people doing my laundry, touching all of my laundry and

stuff.

Have a good day, babe.

Oh, and I hope your meeting with Miss Luma goes well.

Okay, you remember.

Give them to me.

Yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, my God.

I remember everything when it comes to you.

Text me where you want to go for dinner tonight.

Okay. But it might be a late night.

Okay.

Work hard. Play harder. Hey, you know how we do.

Yeah,

I know. I'm on the way.

For you to enjoy the richness of a long, bountiful relationship, you both must

be willing to consider the other first.

Sacrificing your idea of a perfect partner is a big part of that,

you, gently.

You're his rib.

The key is accepting that he is flawed, accepting him as he is.

Philip, what did I ask of you, dear?

Don't help.

Please.

Don't help.

Are you comfortable?

Very. Can I get anything else for you?

Gas.

I'm sorry, gas?

Gas. Can you put some gas?

In my car, dear.

Are you sure?

Very sure.

So,

how's

he working out?

How's he working out?

He couldn't find the water if he fell off of a boat.

Guess what?

He cheats at chess.

What? Mm -hmm.

I guess I have to stop comparing you with other folks.

Yeah.

Well,

you look good.

Why not?

It's not hard.

Okay, so what time are the festivities starting?

Well, Barbara should be here soon.

So, should I call you Miss Luma or Madame Luma Cronkite?

Walter Cronkite did not hold classical movies on his local

channel. And that's because he was a newsman.

Well, I bet he wished he did.

Besides, you're the only news I care about.

Girl, you're too much.

Aren't you excited, Miss Luma?

I mean, it's kind of a big deal to be on television, telling your stories and

picking whatever movies you want to share with people.

Oh, it's absolutely exciting.

It really is.

It is nice to be seen.

It's also nice to help someone else be seen.

Because I think that's what life is all about.

Huh? You just give a little and you sit back and you watch and see what

wonderful things happen.

Yes.

I'm so proud of you.

And I delight in having you close to me.

Okay, so now just hurry up and have a little bit of fun before the cheater

back.

You better stop!

We're up to bat, boys.

We got our guys on the bases, but we're not making the home runs.

We're not getting off third.

We need a Cal Ripken.

And all we got is a Bart Johnson.

Maha Shah has a reputation as a raider.

She goes into companies, and she sells the family silver. We worked hard for

that silver.

This is a small company, and Jay and I have goals beyond the bottom line. You

know this. We've been very forthright. So for a woman like this, she's not how

we see ourselves.

Do you know anything about Lou Gehrig?

The nicest guy in baseball. One of the greatest of all time.

But you knew who else was on his team?

Babe Ruth.

Now, Ruth was nasty on and off the field, but together...

Together, they created one of the strongest lineups in the history of the

Just hear out her plan.

I know she has a reputation, but it's dinner.

Have dinner with her, Evan.

Get to know her.

You won't regret it.

And then we can talk again.

in this baseball crap, man.

We should not have a board that is completely against, that is completely

against the fundamentals of our company.

We're supposed to let, what, my high shop, this corporate raider come into

house so she can sell to our customers? That's not who we are, man.

They have no idea who we are or what we stand for. They have no idea. They don't

give a shit. We've been building this business our way for the past two years.

We're not supposed to stop just because they don't get it, man.

I don't know, man.

You don't know?

What the hell you don't know, man?

Come on.

I thought we were on the same page. We are.

But we can make money and do the things for the community that we always talked

about. Maybe Cheryl's valuable for us.

I want to meet with her, see what she's talking about. You never know.

That could be something to our advantage.

Did you get that article I clipped for you? 12 Most Influential Blacks in Tech.

I said, how come my nephew isn't on there? I'm on my way on that.

Okay.

This morning I was coming here and so excited to take you to your big

But then I got a call.

You know, we've been in this rat race for a long time.

This is the part that I hate.

What's the bad news, Barbara?

They called this morning.

They did not expect so much interest in the hosting gig.

I mean, it airs at 1 a .m. on public access, for God's sakes.

People came out of the woodwork.

They're going with someone with more exposure.

That's life, isn't it?

Some things just aren't fair, my dearest.

Nothing about your career has ever been fair.

Yes, I guess it's true.

But you've always been there. You pushed me.

You held me up.

You gave me confidence. You were always there.

I'm grateful.

Things could have been worse.

I mean, we're used to it, aren't we, sweetheart?

Unfortunately, that's true.

Have comfort in knowing that I ripped them a new one.

Old Jewish grandmother style.

Help me.

Like I said, my dear, better to laugh than cry.

Better to laugh than cry.

Hey, babe, are you crying?

Gee,

hey. What's wrong?

I just... I wanted this for her.

You know?

She deserves this. She deserves something.

Maybe I thought it was a sure thing.

Me too.

She's just gotten so many no's and so much rejection.

She's such a giving, beautiful spirit. She can't be all there is for her, you

know?

Just can't be.

She's had a good life, has a good life, with much more to come, with a lot of

love. Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right, you're right.

My God, this is so stupid. to be out here crying like this.

Especially on your big day.

I'm okay.

I'm okay.

How are you?

Any news yet?

Oh, not yet.

I'm still in the thick of it.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

I promise.

I actually got to feel bad for her now.

Don't be mad, but, um...

I may need to hold something again at the house.

Okay, when?

Tonight, maybe.

Just text me what you need me to do.

Thanks, babe.

Hey.

You can't even get me.

There's got to be something we can do.

Maybe I can get a petition started to send to the station.

I could get signatures from the library and around the neighborhood.

Everyone knows we're around there. I feel like I could at least get about 300

400 signatures.

Oh, honey, honey, after 30 years of working with my Luma, I learned that

world sucks sometimes.

There's just some things that we have to accept.

She should have been a star.

We all should have been.

Tristan!

Tristan! Get your little rear down here now!

Jack, come on!

Before I kiss you or something, come on!

I used to have a roster full of the most exceptional colored clients.

Black clients, I mean.

And I loved them all. But I just couldn't get them to where they should

been.

This town.

Ugly sometimes.

Okay, well then maybe we bypass the town.

Hollywood isn't all there is to life. There's new ways of doing things.

And her stories are incredible.

Maybe we can just think of some other way for her to tell them.

I hate to break it to you, honey, but, you know, public access ain't exactly

Hollywood.

Wait a minute, YouTube?

Oh, my God.

A podcast.

I've heard of those. Yeah.

It's like the old school radio show she's always telling me about. It's just

talking, telling her stories, re -record it, and put it online.

Interviews and stage advice about Luma Langston's life in front of and behind

the camera. How the history is so rich.

And folks listen to all types of crazy niche podcasts.

cult following i bet we could get listeners you had me at sage advice you

what people are gonna love this i'm low -key very excited right now so am i it's

a fabulous idea is there anything you need from me ah damn it what is it what

happened barbara let me call you back

It's just me, baby. You do not. Okay. Ooh.

Okay. I almost forgot where you're from, huh?

What you doing?

You know what I'm doing.

Don't you got dinner guests coming in an hour?

I'm going to need at least that.

At least the olives?

Mm -hmm.

My favorite.

Mm.

Mm -hmm.

Mm -hmm.

Oh, babe, I should have asked you to get some more cheese.

I got champagne.

She likes bourbon.

For us.

Doing a podcast.

What? Yeah.

Oh, that sounds amazing.

Hey, do we have capers?

No, we don't have capers, but yes, I want to talk about my podcast.

Okay, I'm so happy for you, G, but can we talk about it after dinner?

Is that cool?

Come on, I just... I just want to take a shower and stay focused and...

Okay. You're right.

I want to hear all about it. I'm listening.

Babe, hey, hey, hey, hey.

I'm listening.

Go ahead and take your shower, Evan.

Look, I was just really excited to share my idea with you, and it feels like you

really don't give a damn.

Are you picking a fight with me right now?

You know how important this dinner is to me. Okay, and my thing is important to

me, just as important. Just as important as a $17 million investment into a

company who allows you to have as many dreams as you want without having to

think about mortgage or insurance or even a bill.

I didn't.

You didn't mean it.

And you're actually right.

I do live a good life without any worries because of you, and I don't... I

take that for granted.

Gently.

No, I'm just being honest.

I'm not mad.

I'm not offended. I'm not tripping.

You have a lot on your shoulders, and I don't want to add any extra weight to

that.

At least not tonight.

Don't. You've been working for years to get to this moment.

You're gonna kill it tonight.

Okay?

You're gonna say okay?

Okay. Okay.

Go take your shower.

different people than us.

What happened?

He is, Jen.

And look, that's not a bad thing, but you got to go in with your eyes open.

This ain't his life.

Right? It's interesting to him, and maybe he even likes it, but it ain't

It ain't in his bones.

Yeah, maybe not, but I don't judge where he comes from. He don't judge where I

come from.

All right. Fair enough.

But be smart.

smart enough to respect the differences.

Lemon cake and rum soaked cake are two different things.

Alright, they're not acting like they're the same.

They're both good, but they're made up of different stuff.

And the more you accept that, the better y 'all be in the long run.

Yeah, 19 minutes.

You know I'm your number one fan, baby.

My life for you.

Do you know that I cherish you?

Do you know that I cherish you?

We gotta pick up the tape.

It's almost 8.

How you feeling?

I feel good. I feel like I'm going to get a win.

Good.

Your pastor is hella old school.

He basically said to let you do your thing.

And I have to accept it because it's my duty as a woman.

Hey, hey.

You know you're my red, though, right?

Ugh. I'll break your ribs if you keep talking like that.

You know how important this dinner is to me. Okay, and my thing is important to

me. Just as important. Just as important as a $17 million investment to a

company who allows you to have as many dreams as you want without having to

think about mortgage or insurance or even a bill.

Hey, what?

Barbara, I can't really hear you. Where are you?

I'm at home.

I'm having a dinner. I'm at the offices of Ear Hustle.

Ear who?

Ear Hustle. My son invited me to an event for one of his accounting clients

thank you for taking care of his brats.

They're sweet kids, but they're total brats. Anyway, the event is at this

called Ear Hustle.

It's a freaking podcast studio.

I would have thought they made Casper insects in pods or something. What do I

know? But today, today, this could be exactly what my luba needs.

It's too in sync. It's meant to be.

Yeah, well, keep somebody's card.

Go find the top dog. Tell him about our idea.

Oh, I'd be happy to, honey, but I barely know what it is.

Plus, hearing it from a pretty young lady like you gets the message across.

You're cool.

You're edgy.

They're generation.

Look, come. Come crash for cocktails.

Then I figure out how to get you in front of the powers that be about your

Are you sure that'll work? There are no mistakes.

Get over here and get you and Miss Luma a podcast and some money. Honey!

Um, okay, how much longer are you going to be there?

Two, three hours tops.

I have Evan's dinner.

Evan's a businessman.

He'll get it.

Let me see.

Okay. I'm going to try my best.

Okay, bye.

Hey.

Who was that?

Barbara.

Who's Barbara?

Miss Luna's agent.

What does she want?

Nothing you care about.

What is that supposed to mean?

I mean, do you really care about anything that ain't got to do with you?

I can't win with you. I don't know what I did, I don't know what I did. I just

don't want to fight anymore, okay?

Let's just do that.

Maha, it's a pleasure to finally meet you. Oh, lovely to finally meet.

This must be your lovely wife?

Yes, this is Jen Lee, my one and only.

Gorgeous. I love the name. Gently. Thank you.

I'm Breno, the husband she forgets to introduce.

I'm so sorry, yes. This is my beautiful husband, Breno.

Let's get inside.

It's chilly out here.

Your home is gorgeous.

Such a great flow.

How long have you been here?

About seven years, right, babe?

Well... This is actually Evan's house. I've just been here for two years. Oh,

nice.

Spectacular.

Tragic. I want the name of this artist.

Oh, well, we try to stay abreast on all the emerging artists and gently knows

them all.

Please.

Oh, this looks amazing. You did this.

I have something for you.

How delighted am I? I'd say very much.

Gently. I'm sorry.

I'm in love with your husband.

Well, it's for you.

More bourbon.

Honey, please.

I'm not a fan of whiskey, but everyone knows my wife is, so it's everywhere we

go. Well, Bruno, I got you.

We need to stick together, you know. I know.

Obrigado.

I love it. Oh, yeah.

Do we eat?

Oh, baby, this is amazing.

Okay, what am I tasting?

I'm about to eat all of it.

Over here, we have a Swiss selection.

There's an Emmental, there's an Altschweizer, and a Cotbert Gruyere.

And then in the middle is a selection from Portugal, the Serra da Estela, and

Tramontana. Swiss and Portuguese for Breno and I.

It's very impressive and thoughtful.

Right now, I feel like I've heard that name before.

Voce Brasileiro?

Si.

Voce fala portugues?

A little bit.

Muito impressionante.

Is there anything she doesn't do?

I found out something new about her every day.

Yeah, I picked up a little bit when I was backpacking through South America.

I was there for like eight or nine months.

Leading.

Oh. Wow.

It's okay. I'm fine.

I just caught myself earlier.

Now I was preparing.

I'll be right back.

I mean, do you really care about anything that ain't got to do with you?

I can't win with you. I don't know what I did. I don't know what I said. I just

don't want to fight anymore, okay?

Let's just do this.

Evan, why don't you and I get down to business?

Okay.

Do you mind, darling?

Para amar y apreciar.

To love and to cherish.

To love and to cherish.

Hey, hey.

Hey. Hey.

So, where are you headed to tomorrow?

Back to Bahia, with the family.

Oh, my God, I love Bahia.

There's so many amazing people there.

LA is nice, but Bahia, nothing like home.

When was the last time you've been back home?

I've been back a few months, but I visited a few places in between.

Zurich, Berlin, Lagos. Man, I'm jealous.

You seem like you travel a lot.

Yeah, I have.

You know, there's always more to see.

I love the world.

It's been a couple years since I've said hello to it, though.

Just miss feeling the warmth of other sons, you know?

I've never been home for more than a couple weeks in my adult life until

recently.

You traveled alone?

Mm -hmm.

Always alone.

You?

A lot of it is the company Maha Gigs.

But I'm free to travel wherever I want six months out of the year.

Free?

I don't have to worry about money.

Whatever the company doesn't cover, Maha does.

Seems like Evan makes a nice living.

Why can't you do the same?

You don't have to worry about working anymore.

So why not go?

See the world if you can.

Say hello.

Because my husband's here.

That's the thing.

I used to think marriage was like prison, but I've never felt so free.

When you're confident in it, you can go and return.

And if they're waiting for you... Uh...

Catherine?

Mike, did they... I'll make a deal with you.

Hmm. You got your app, and I'm gonna make it to those falls.

Deal.

You were... Twelve years old? Yes. Did your mother know? Nope.

I took it apart, put it back together. She never knew. And that's when I fell

love with computers.

Oh, that's great.

Do you mind if I stop smiling?

Yeah. Oh, thank God.

Americans are so smiley.

I had a dog once. He used to smile before he bit you.

Could never tell if he was happy that he bit you or he bit you because he was

happy. That's terrifying.

I miss that dog.

Let me be honest with you.

I love your company.

That's good to hear.

I know what my reputation is.

I want you to understand I'm not coming in to pillage the family jewels.

I genuinely love the product.

That is a relief.

I can tell.

You haven't smiled much since I got here.

That's how I know an American is telling the truth.

And that's exactly why your app is so perfect.

People light themselves every day.

Why not have an app that does it for you?

I agree that people light themselves, but that's not what our app does.

Enlighten me.

Well, Jay and I have...

Worked for a long time on the formula, the right questions to secure the right

info. We've constructed a algorithm, delicate, but it works.

That nagging voice you hear in your head, the one that lies to you and tells

that you're too fat, not smart enough, not good enough.

Well, our app wants you to tune that part out. It's the other voice we want

amplify, the voice that dares you to find something great, find your truth.

Find your peace.

That's what our app aligns you with.

That voice you're talking about.

You want to know what it's saying in my head right now?

It's screaming for me to tell you that you're sitting on a gold mine. We feel

the same way.

Oh, no, not the app.

I mean, that's fine. Whatever. Truth, peace, I get it. It's great that you

this spirit.

It's the data.

The information you're gathering, those intimate details, it's priceless.

Yes.

There are no people in capitalism, Evan. There is product and there are

behaviors. Your concern right now is product. That's small.

I sell behaviors.

That's infinite.

The more we know about how people consume, the better we can cater the

to the consumer.

Consumers are people. No.

No, no, no. This is not about people.

And you know that.

That's why you took a meeting with me.

That's why you have gently working so hard to impress me.

You know as well as I do, this is about nameless, faithless streams of data,

transactions and patterns.

The only people involved are you.

And that's...

stunning wife of yours.

Those should be the people you're concerned about.

I want a better life for her and for us, but I want to help people.

Help people after you're wealthy.

Look at Bill Gates or Jeff Skoll.

They do good, but they have personal wealth.

They're not rich.

They're wealthy.

Generational wealth. The kind that never goes away.

You're a good guy, Evan.

You want to do good.

But make money, too.

To do that, it's got to be embedded in your systems early.

Now.

You have to sacrifice some of the touchy feelings of if data is your endgame.

The data.

Gets you where you really want to go.

Hey, Han, are you coming?

Yeah, what's the address?

Oh, fantastic.

I'll text it to you now.

Oh, you're a good girl, gently. You want to do good, but who's to say you can't

make a little money, too?

Honestly, I think it's very smart of you to sacrifice tonight with Evan for

this. You could stand by your man, but at some point, take it from me, you've

got to stand by yourself.

Am I right?

I don't know.

But I guess I'll see.

But what about people who don't make each other happy?

I mean, like, what if I pick the Oreo?

Or what if I wanted to take you to a restaurant with tables and chairs?

Because we wouldn't be sitting here happy.

As in you'd be upset?

No.

As in I'd be gone.

Life's too short.

You know?