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Previously on Love It. What the hell are we doing here again?

We're documenting your 20th anniversary.

Hi. Yes, sir.

Harry. Will is my TV takeout chill guy. Keith is my church first

communion brunch guy.

And then there's this super romantic new guy.

I have two tickets if you went to Marcella's. Would you like to go?

I hope Nui doesn't mind that you have a kid, no job, and no place to stay.

Because I do think it's time you leave.

What if we were together for a year already? What would you say to me?

I would say, I love you.

I love you too.

Come on, just admit it.

Admit it.

You used your Ramadan prayers to save you.

Excuse me, are we talking about our first date or not? Well, we've all had

talk about it. I'll try.

That was not my finest moment.

But desperate times require one to get on their knees until they figure it out.

Nigga, I'm back on it.

Damn. What happened?

You know, being myself.

Hey, I think I need therapy.

Can I owe you a gym card?

I'm gonna need a place to shower.

My dude, there was a crowd for help, but sure, yes, you can use it.

What happened with you?

Man, Ruby put two and two together and found out that it equals nerve.

It's amazing how these body sensors work.

Guy really gave an upper hand with that one.

I fell for her.

Yeah, man.

That quick, huh?

I don't know how you do it, man.

Broke is a joke, but you still a man to pull a fine -ass woman.

I told her I love her.

Hey, hold up, hold up, hold up.

You sure you're not just hung just because it's Ramadan?

I mean, maybe you're throwing our love yous out there because you're hoping

somebody feeds you. I'm not deprived from food, man. I'm fasting.

My man, what's the difference?

Hey, yo, hold up, man. Let me go ahead and be daddy around here. Hey, man, y

'all still going to the concert?

Nigga. I'm sleeping on the couch. The couch is, what, two days, right?

Mm -hmm.

That's a lot of time away from me right now.

Oh, shoot.

The sun's about to wake up.

Don't let God get you eating.

Hey, man, I'm going to hit you later about that gym card.

All right, man. Stay up, man. All right, stay up. Peace.

You called.

Hey.

I know it's early, but I had to talk to you.

I know the concert's only two days away, but I can't wait that long to see you.

You called.

Of course I did.

elephant elephant is minding its own business they don't make elephants like

you anymore nary hang up the phone

I tell her I love her.

I kiss her with the future on my lips.

And I cannot get this woman back on the phone.

You know, light -skinned girls back in the 90s, they thought they could treat a

brother any old kind of way. You were busy getting kicked out, and you didn't

pay your paycheck.

What if you call me right back?

We could have at least made a plan to go to the concert, and we wouldn't have to

worry about whether the other one was going to show up or not.

Okay, so basically, in two days, we went from being in love and wanting to start

our lives together to just doubting if the connection that we felt was even

real. I had to believe it was real.

You and the concert was all I had left in my life.

Hmm.

I feel bad, because I was always at work.

I mean...

Always working.

All right, all right. Y 'all can give it up for the one and only Wendy Renee

Jenkins!

You can laugh. It's funny.

This is it, y 'all. The show, brother. Give it up for Norman Reynolds!

Everybody, get up on your feet. This brother right here is the funniest

that I know. The star of the show. Give it up for Marvin!

y 'all for being loyal and coming out, making us the number one show on this

here new network.

All right. Love y 'all. Peace.

Give it up one more time for the cast of Marvel!

Yo.

Hot. Man.

Hot tonight, cuz.

Yo, it's like you're writing a little book or something. Goodness.

Who made those prison jokes?

Oh, that's my new Padawan.

Well, bring him to the spot now. Oh, yes. I want to hear more of that. I got

you. Hey, no, no, no.

For real.

That's the direction I want to go. And I found a smart, still connected to the

street. That's the new direction I've been telling you about. Hey, I felt it

me. You got it. Felt it. Build on it. All right. I need a little bit. All

cuz. Love you. I love you, cuz. All right. Peace.

Padawan.

Great show, boss.

What are you doing tonight?

I don't care. You're coming with me.

Meet me at George's tonight.

Ask for Marvin's table.

George's, Marvin's table.

All right.

You look good.

Hi.

Hey. You're hard to get a hold of. I've been trying to reach you all day.

I'm sorry.

I was working.

I was starting to think that last night was just a dream.

I hope not.

I've been thinking about you all day.

Is that right?

Have you ever been to Georgia's?

You mean the black bougie people's spot?

Yes, that one.

No? Well, I finally got in.

You look beautiful in it. Follow me.

And Marvin was talking to me so much.

This prison joke is crazy. A meditation room? Club meds?

Yeah, that's some clever stuff right there.

Where you getting this from?

Well, I... Uh -uh, uh -uh, Padawan.

Don't ever tell them where you get your jokes from. No, I'm not. Uh -uh. They

will go behind your back and get them cheaper.

How you think he got that shirt?

I've been working for that show for six months, and he's barely said boo to me.

And now I'm sitting at VIP with him.

And Marvin was telling me how he wants his character to be smarter.

And how he wants to say something with the show. Like Cosby did in A Different

World.

He doesn't want to be a buffoon.

In some ways, he knows they're using him. But he's using them too, you know.

I couldn't believe he was saying all those things to me.

I can't.

Well. This is good news, bad news for you, Padawan.

The good news is he sees you and he thinks you can deliver.

The bad news is he sees you and he thinks you can deliver.

Tap dance, Ginger Rogers, and know that the minute you don't deliver, your ass

will be on that long line outside to get in here.

It's nice in here, ain't it?

It's nice.

Keith Morris. I'm an executive at DGN. I'm here all the time.

Spend a lot of money here.

I'm sorry. I don't see you on the list.

Well, look, is Marvin here tonight?

Excuse me, sir. I need to tend to our other guests. Can you please step to the

side? Can I do something?

Nuri? Keith!

Hey. How did you get in here?

Huh? Oh, I mean, yeah. How did you get in here?

Because they're not letting nobody in here tonight.

I guess I'm somebody.

Of course. Of course you're somebody.

Come on.

Marvin invited me.

Cool.

Business or... Or what?

Are we going to pretend that you're not beautiful?

I'm also smart and funny and work really hard. And he's 5 '2". My bad. My bad. I

was jealous and possessive.

Good night, Keith.

Wait, hold on, hold on.

I'm sorry.

Are you cool?

Good night.

Good night.

Nuri.

Hey. Hey, Will.

What are you doing?

Can't walk your car by yourself.

Oh, it's just right down there, you know.

Then I'll just...

Walk down there.

Okay.

So, uh, what's up with us?

Will, can this wait?

For how long?

Look, I'm sorry.

Will, you don't have to be sorry.

This was supposed to be fun.

Like playing.

But now you're making it all serious.

I'm the bad guy.

I'm sorry.

See you at work.

Every black man want to be the man that he dreams about being.

No different than anybody else.

But society.

It makes it so easy for us to compromise that.

Offer us so little, we take anything.

They all see what they want in you, Nuri.

I miss you.

I love you.

Please don't say that if you don't mean it.

You thought last night was a game.

No.

I'm just... Please don't hurt me.

I said I love you.

I... Let me call you back. Yes, dear.

Bye. Okay, bye. We need to make plans for the concert.

Hello?

I was watching you sleep trying to decide if I hated you enough to throw

coffee on you or loved you enough to throw this coffee on you.

And to think that I can escape those odds. That's because I concluded that

indifferent. Or numb.

Or still in shock and I'm going to cook some grits later.

You're a wild girl, Ruby.

That's what you used to like about me.

You know... Damn.

You can't be threatening me with hot grits and then sneaking up on me.

I'm sorry. Didn't mean to scare you. But I was just wondering, since we're still

friends, if you could help me out with something.

I mean, we are still friends, right?

Yeah, sure. What's up?

Remember my client from Brentwood? The one whose husband is giving her hobby

money? Yeah.

Well, she's opening up a yoga slash cycling studio.

That's weird, but okay. I agree, but I would be launching the yoga site for

I know she's talking to some other instructors, but I also know that she

you.

Asks about you all the time.

That's because she want to have sex with me. I know, but I wanted to suggest the

four of us have dinner.

I think it will give me an edge. Sure.

So when do you want to pit me out?

Tomorrow.

Ruby, I got the jazz concert.

Yeah.

That's right.

Okay, what if I came by for drinks and excused myself for dinner because I'm

fasting? Well, that doesn't make any sense because if you were breaking fast,

you would want to eat. Look, I can't do dinner, but I can do drinks. But you

don't drink.

You want me to be there for you?

Yes. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Could you help me pick out my outfit?

I was like, would you pick?

Sure.

Cool. Are you free now?

Yeah, I'll be in there in a minute.

They're paged too.

Yes, they are.

We've been so busy.

Had to go the other night, and you gave Night in Shining Armor back the ticket.

I

said

that I loved him, and then I cried.

Stop lying to me! No!

It was the most honest thing I could say.

I'm not sure if I'm suffering from toxic shock syndrome because I've had the

tampon in too long, or I didn't hear you right.

Yep. I told him I loved him.

Because I do.

How the hell you go from giving him back the ticket to falling in love with him?

You're dating off the internet.

What? A stupid, silly, black girl in love.

The revolution will not be televised, but she will certainly write for TV.

up. No, really.

You're like the black girl from the horror film with Ben.

Let's go check out the house.

after the house is. Get out.

It never happens. Oh. Which is why it's so refreshing.

Thank you. That wasn't a compliment.

Yo!

Norman wants the writers in the room.

Hey, Will. Have I gotten any messages?

I don't know.

I just get lunches.

Going forward, he's gonna fit in your food.

Yeah.

So, which one?

The first dress.

The first one?

Yeah. Your turn.

What are you going to wear?

I can't.

I know it's Ramadan, but would you like to eat somewhat while you're breaking

fast?

I think it's time for me to go.

I appreciate everything, Ruby.

Everything.

I promise you I'll be there tomorrow.

If you care anything about me, please don't show up. No, Ruby, I want to be

there. Don't bother.

Hear ye!

Hear ye!

I got news.

I got good news.

Marvin has just been asked to host... The Sorcerer!

Which means, there you

go. I bet you was one of them kids that was scouring the house looking for

Christmas presents until you found one.

Wasn't you?

Just jacked up your parents' whole year.

Hey, Mom and Dad, you don't need that joy. Let me stomp all the...

Settle down. Look, we need to do the next show early.

By early, I mean tomorrow.

Yes, after 24 hours, folks.

All right? The good news is, next week, we'll have a little lighter week.

Better news is, you still have jobs.

I need my soldiers.

So, cancel your plans, call your wives, and let them know that you going to war

so they can go shopping.

All right? Come on, y 'all. Let's gangbang this bitch.

All right.

I want you to pick a partner and draw straws for scenes.

So, after Marvin says, I know you ain't talking about my mama, maybe he could

say something about... Tell me now.

This is not what the ancestors dreamed for us when they risked their lives to

learn to read and write. Come on, or we're going to be here all night.

You're not going to the concert tomorrow. We'll be taping the show.

So let it go.

That night that we fell in love, I knew that was a leap, but not being able to

simply connect with him and make a plan for the concert, I was beginning to feel

foolish.

Being at your lowest, having nothing but faith.

And even that begins to unravel.

It was like the universe was conspiring against us.

Or fortifying us.

That's what you tell yourself.

That the trial is a test.

That the struggle is a blessing.

Somehow.

Or you could whine to your girlfriend and hide in the bathroom all night.

Nuri.

Nuri, you in here?

I can see your shoes, dummy.

Look. We only got two more scenes to write before we can get out of here.

Only to be right back here in eight hours.

I need at least three hours of sleep.

Come on and help me write these damn scenes.

Some of the guys are already done and going home.

Why haven't I heard from him all day?

Because he fell in love with somebody else already.

Don't mock me. I bare my soul to you.

Stop rolling your eyes.

I get it. You felt the little spark, and you want to feel that rush again.

Right now, we got work to do, and Marvin is the only man who's calling you.

I have to go to the concert.

I have to see him again to know if it's real.

What's real is we have another show tomorrow, so that's not happening.

We wouldn't be in this tragic scene if you would have just listened to me in

first place and given him his damn ticket back.

There was something wrong with the pager.

Or maybe...

His roommate is more like an on -again, off -again girlfriend.

And right now, they're on again.

You are mean.

The guys talk over us, and Norman barely uses our ideas.

But we're making a difference just by being at the table.

This is your career, Nuri.

Don't be distracted by some cute, random dude who you had one conversation with.

But I can't stop thinking about him.

If you don't come on.

How you doing, sir?

Hey, listen, I understand that you guys had to cut off my page, but what I'm

asking you is, can you retrieve a number for me?

Okay, was any other way that you can just turn it on real quick so I can get

number off of it?

It's an emergency and the number's on the pager.

Sir, if I had the $113 .14, don't you think that... Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Hey, you got a couple of messages.

Oh. Let me see.

Uh, when did this come in?

Oh, I think when Will was covering the phones.

Come on, you guys. I was right here working.

Hey, sorry.

You know we were all thrown for a loop today with the new schedule and all.

Sorry.

Hello?

Hi. May I speak to Yasir?

Hello?

You've got the wrong number.

Is this 5550197?

It is, but he doesn't live here and...

I'd appreciate it if you don't call here anymore.

I'm sorry.

You can try a spager.

I did.

It's out of service.

Well, good luck.

What the fuck?

Look, all I'm saying is a cry for help requires a crying out.

Like calling, nigga.

I did call you.

But it didn't have no urgency behind it.

Look, I need things spelled out.

Or else I will assume things have worked out in ways that give me comfort.

You and Camille get back on track? Yeah, had to eat out for about an hour.

Jaw still hurts, but it's all good. We made a game out of it.

What's the while you work? Oh, okay. In front of your daughter?

You're damn skippy.

Oh, she gonna give him hell.

I'm telling her everything.

Man, what are you doing?

You don't sell these tickets.

For a sold -out concert, you get three times what you paid for it.

Hell, that's what I did.

That's why we was out buying steak when I found your broke ass.

I'm going to the concert.

And she'll be there.

Maybe that little bit of attention she gave you felt like love when all it was

was someone being nice to you?

I mean, maybe her purpose was to lift your spirits.

You know, wake Ruby's ass up.

Right. I mean, come on. You haven't really talked to her since you fell in

with her.

You can't even make plans for a date. We made plans.

She already has her ticket. I know she's going to be there tonight.

Nigga, you was out in your drawers a few days ago.

You're homeless and you don't got a pager.

All I'm saying is do some drawer exercises, brother.

Humble yourself a little bit.

Get things back on track with Ruby. I mean, she got a shelter. She got a

She got hot water. Lord knows you need hot water.

Hey, man,

did you ever read that book that I gave you?

The Alchemist?

Well, in it, the main character, the Spanish Shepherd, all he wants to do is

the pyramids.

It's just a desire, a dream.

Getting there, following that path, that desire led him ultimately to himself.

Now, although me being a director is why I'm here, my pyramid, the concert feels

like, it feels like the oasis that he found in the desert.

And if I can just get there, I'll find refuge from this war that I'm in.

And she could be my Fatima.

This is why I don't like to read.

Get your false hoping ideas or fuck your life up.

my real man was work i loved my

job i loved everything about it especially show night i would spend

hours the night before picking out the perfect outfit because i was gonna look

good for work work

Work was the most loyal man I knew.

Hey,

cuz, I got something for you.

Is it real?

No. Then I don't want it. For real, cuz. I wrote a song for the church talent

show tonight, and I want you to perform it.

But that show night, something was different.

How about you get back in?

I couldn't think about anything else but you, sir. My pitching wasn't going

well.

I couldn't get him off my mind.

Baby, oh, baby.

And every song the DJ played felt like God was trying to tell me something.

I remember what it smelled like.

Damn, Leroy.

Ten seniors at church, my grandmama gonna be there.

But first place, $500.

Then we split it right down the middle, $56 ,000.

Leroy, even if you had a job, even if you paid your rent on time, Had it in

a record label.

And, uh... All right, let's just run that back, all right?

Writers need to do their job.

Guys, we need an alternate pomade, okay? That last line was a little wordy.

Proud of my team. We are chillin' tonight.

24 hours in, remember?

Makes me think we need to gangbang all these bitches.

Get crackin', I'll be back. Right down the middle, uh... I'm gonna split your

head right down the middle.

Uh... I'm going to split your head 50 -60 if you don't learn how to add.

I'll tell you, we could split 50 -60 as the rent. I get 50, you get 60.

I like that. That's it. I'll get 50 -60.

You got to understand that skipping out on work is not in my DNA.

I was the girl who loved school. I was the teacher's pet who was always asking

for extra credit homework.

And yet, here I was.

willing to risk it all.

And I didn't even know if he was going to be there.

I want to go to the concert.

Will you come with me?

I was like, you want to do what?

I want to go to the concert.

I know it sounds crazy. Hell yes, it's crazy.

We're fine.

Norman is happy.

Tonight is the worst time to leave.

He's looking to say thank you. He's high -fiving us and shit.

Do you know how long... it takes to get a compliment in this business?

Rare.

And because they know that, they want to see you giddy when they give it.

Listen

to

this song.

This is not a sign. His old ad plays it every week because he's stuck in the

80s. Shit.

I love Luther too, but damn.

I've heard never too much, too much.

He's standing there waiting for me.

And I need to be there.

Did you ever get in touch with him? No, but I have my ticket.

You're risking it all over some man you think you're in love with.

I am in love with him.

It ain't that bad out there for us.

These articles say we'll never get married. They're just to make white

feel good about themselves.

We are getting married. Things are happening for us.

Please, don't be a desperate dummy chasing after stupid.

Okay.

But will you help me?

Okay.

I'll help you.

You're crazy.

Hey, girl.

How are your script pitches coming?

Not so good. I need to work on it.

I think because we're in such good shape here, I should go back to my

office and work on it.

In fact, I should grab some snacks.

Chips?

Granola? Chocolate?

Okay, girl.

Pager.

And it's also the only safety net that stupid over here had to protect her from

ruining her life.

Okay, well, tell them about our system, because it works.

Yeah, it was simple.

If I paged her with the number one, her ass had to get her butt to work. Do not

collect $200, fly, skip, create Uber, then call you one. I don't care how you

get here, but get here.

Then if I paged her with the number two, well, that meant... call so we could

talk, I would have observed something that we need to discuss so she could

determine if she's going to give up her life for a man who is a man.

Oh, you know, working late.

Nuri. Edit to a concert.

I just remembered you had a few messages from the theater.

Please don't tell anyone.

I now know why they make people like you in this world.

They force you to make a sharp left in life and head down a different path.

Make you turn your obsessiveness into your motivation.

It's about yourself.

If only the sole purpose is to make that one person regret the day they ever

overlooked you.

So thank you.

So thank you for being the stink underneath my arms that led me to get up

ass and go wash my ass.

To find some other ass.

Since your ass don't want me.

Well, we want you, Marvin.

Yeah, but she see.

What you say?

You see, I'm that ruby that you don't see.

But when I'm through dusting myself off, you will see me.

And you will obsess over this moment.

The moment you didn't choose me.

Here's the thing.

In order for your omen to take effect, I have to leave you.

So you're trying to get cheeky with me when I have your life in my hands.

Look, I just fell in love with someone else.

And for the record, you have coffee in your hand, not my life.

That's mine.

If I pager with the number

three, that was good news, bad news.

Good news is, ain't nobody looking for you. Come on!

That newbie ain't nobody looking for you.

Excuse me.

You guys don't have any extra tickets, do you? Sorry about that. Good luck,

though.

Hey, man.

You don't have any extra tickets, do you?

Just here.

Sorry man, I don't

You

thought

I wouldn't