1 00:00:05,034 --> 00:00:09,586 "Will Martin Richardson end the Dupree political dynasty?" 2 00:00:09,689 --> 00:00:11,137 [scoffs] Like hell. 3 00:00:11,138 --> 00:00:12,240 [deep voice]: Guess who. 4 00:00:12,241 --> 00:00:14,379 Oh, who else but my best girl? 5 00:00:14,482 --> 00:00:16,862 Mm, always the politician. 6 00:00:16,965 --> 00:00:18,551 Always the father. 7 00:00:18,552 --> 00:00:21,481 You were hedging. Your best girl could be me, Nicole, or Mother. 8 00:00:21,482 --> 00:00:23,724 [chuckles] 9 00:00:23,827 --> 00:00:25,448 That a story about Martin? 10 00:00:25,551 --> 00:00:27,655 It's more like a hatchet job. 11 00:00:28,655 --> 00:00:30,724 Mm. Reporter thinks he's sly, 12 00:00:30,725 --> 00:00:32,585 insulting you and Martin at the same time. 13 00:00:32,586 --> 00:00:35,965 He's talking about Martin being primaried in June. 14 00:00:36,931 --> 00:00:38,275 How's my girl? 15 00:00:38,379 --> 00:00:40,586 She doesn't want you to drop this, 16 00:00:40,689 --> 00:00:43,413 even though politics isn't her first language. 17 00:00:43,517 --> 00:00:46,275 Is Martin's campaign manager counter-messaging? 18 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:48,413 No doubt. Yeah. 19 00:00:48,517 --> 00:00:50,000 And you just missed Martin. 20 00:00:50,103 --> 00:00:55,586 Uh, the second he left, this news piece went live. 21 00:00:55,689 --> 00:00:57,310 You think it has legs? 22 00:00:57,413 --> 00:00:58,896 Eh. 23 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,137 24-hour news cycle cuts both ways. 24 00:01:02,241 --> 00:01:05,102 You can stomp down one crisis and... 25 00:01:05,206 --> 00:01:07,000 only to have another one pop up. 26 00:01:07,103 --> 00:01:09,724 When faced with digital Whac-a-Mole, 27 00:01:09,827 --> 00:01:12,448 you don't fight it, you outlast it. 28 00:01:12,551 --> 00:01:14,000 Bill taught me that. 29 00:01:14,001 --> 00:01:17,619 CHELSEA: Is it conceited to look at my own work 30 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:19,068 and be all, "Damn, girl"? 31 00:01:19,069 --> 00:01:20,205 BILL: Chelsea, 32 00:01:20,206 --> 00:01:22,068 you know how I feel about that word. 33 00:01:22,069 --> 00:01:23,205 Oh, please, 34 00:01:23,206 --> 00:01:24,654 you and Mom filled the swear jar 35 00:01:24,655 --> 00:01:26,206 on a regular back in the day. 36 00:01:27,241 --> 00:01:29,531 The objectionable word here is "conceited." 37 00:01:29,620 --> 00:01:33,344 Use, um, use "confident" or "crazy-cool," whatever. 38 00:01:33,345 --> 00:01:34,481 Just be proud. 39 00:01:34,482 --> 00:01:35,620 I am. 40 00:01:35,723 --> 00:01:37,896 Well, thanks- not just for the compliment 41 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,310 but for the crazy-cool hookup/best present ever. 42 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:44,423 Lauren Fenmore is like the First Lady of department stores. 43 00:01:44,424 --> 00:01:47,067 It would have taken Kat and me forever to get a meeting. 44 00:01:47,068 --> 00:01:48,895 Nah, no, you would have gotten there eventually, 45 00:01:48,896 --> 00:01:51,137 but since Michael Baldwin owed me a favor, 46 00:01:51,138 --> 00:01:53,377 I figured, why not support your enterprise? 47 00:01:53,378 --> 00:01:55,032 All you have to worry about is meeting the moment. 48 00:01:55,033 --> 00:01:56,032 I know. 49 00:01:56,033 --> 00:01:57,343 Kat's on her way, and I'm working 50 00:01:57,344 --> 00:01:59,309 on a presentation for the Fenmore buyer. 51 00:01:59,310 --> 00:02:04,586 Having our bags in her stores all across the country? 52 00:02:04,587 --> 00:02:06,550 It's going to be purse game-changing. 53 00:02:06,551 --> 00:02:08,481 Yeah, yeah, I know, and not to mention 54 00:02:08,482 --> 00:02:10,447 the e-commerce and the social media shops- 55 00:02:10,448 --> 00:02:12,724 man, the verticals on those. [chuckles] 56 00:02:12,827 --> 00:02:15,172 You'll have more eyes on your bags than ever. 57 00:02:15,173 --> 00:02:16,481 You added The Business of Fashion 58 00:02:16,482 --> 00:02:18,042 to your morning news rotation? 59 00:02:18,137 --> 00:02:21,137 Well, you know, I keep up with my baby girl's passions. 60 00:02:21,138 --> 00:02:22,240 Aw. 61 00:02:22,241 --> 00:02:23,517 [chuckles] Well, 62 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:25,965 your mother gets credit for my fashion vocab. 63 00:02:26,068 --> 00:02:27,517 I mean, I was married 64 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:30,517 to one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet. 65 00:02:35,344 --> 00:02:37,965 ? ? 66 00:03:05,413 --> 00:03:07,724 Sorry, sorry, we're having issues 67 00:03:07,827 --> 00:03:10,275 with the install on the new lipo machine. 68 00:03:10,379 --> 00:03:12,275 Far be it from me to stand in the way 69 00:03:12,379 --> 00:03:16,034 of Fairmont Crest's nips and sucks. 70 00:03:16,137 --> 00:03:18,275 Well, what did you order for me? 71 00:03:18,379 --> 00:03:20,103 I was waiting. 72 00:03:20,206 --> 00:03:21,586 What? 73 00:03:21,587 --> 00:03:24,205 Usually when I'm this late, you order for the both of us. 74 00:03:24,206 --> 00:03:26,412 I mean, how many times have you ordered zucchini fries 75 00:03:26,413 --> 00:03:27,913 when you know I hate zucchini? 76 00:03:27,931 --> 00:03:30,275 Everyone should love them. 77 00:03:30,379 --> 00:03:31,965 They're delicious. 78 00:03:33,275 --> 00:03:36,586 You're letting me choose and you have that look. 79 00:03:36,689 --> 00:03:38,482 What look? 80 00:03:38,483 --> 00:03:41,378 Why do I feel like you're being this sweet 81 00:03:41,379 --> 00:03:43,549 because you've done something dreadful? 82 00:03:43,550 --> 00:03:47,205 GRAYSON: The only time I've ended up in the ER... 83 00:03:47,206 --> 00:03:48,447 -ASHLEY: Mm-hmm. -...I thought I had 84 00:03:48,448 --> 00:03:51,103 enough balloons to float a chair up into the sky. 85 00:03:51,104 --> 00:03:52,619 -[Ashley chuckles] -Yeah, 86 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:56,586 but I only had enough to tip it and me 87 00:03:56,689 --> 00:03:58,689 onto the driveway, and I broke my arm 88 00:03:58,690 --> 00:03:59,826 -on the pavement. -Aw. 89 00:03:59,827 --> 00:04:01,000 Mm-hmm. 90 00:04:01,001 --> 00:04:03,274 Well, you were a kid trying to impress a girl. 91 00:04:03,275 --> 00:04:04,551 Is it working? 92 00:04:04,655 --> 00:04:07,034 Ash, you got a minute? 93 00:04:07,137 --> 00:04:10,862 Um... I'm up to here with work, so I... 94 00:04:10,965 --> 00:04:12,206 Working or working it? 95 00:04:12,310 --> 00:04:14,448 Excuse me? 96 00:04:14,449 --> 00:04:16,963 -You mind just coming back another time? -Derek. 97 00:04:16,964 --> 00:04:18,862 I'm so sorry, Grayson. 98 00:04:18,964 --> 00:04:21,194 Uh, if you could just move it along, Gray, uh... 99 00:04:21,274 --> 00:04:22,484 GRAYSON: It's Grayson. 100 00:04:22,586 --> 00:04:24,310 And you should know that by now 101 00:04:24,413 --> 00:04:27,517 because somehow you're always here where I am. 102 00:04:27,518 --> 00:04:29,895 Step off, bro, I-I could bench-press three of you. 103 00:04:29,896 --> 00:04:31,689 Look, I don't have the bandwidth 104 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:33,654 for your rebound boy right now, okay? 105 00:04:33,655 --> 00:04:35,095 Hey, listen, I'm not your bro. 106 00:04:35,172 --> 00:04:37,344 Ashley's not your girlfriend anymore, 107 00:04:37,448 --> 00:04:40,517 and if there's anyone who needs to step off, I think it's you. 108 00:04:40,620 --> 00:04:41,862 Or what? 109 00:04:45,828 --> 00:04:48,930 How are we back to you accusing me 110 00:04:48,931 --> 00:04:52,551 of every past, present and future crime under the sun? 111 00:04:52,655 --> 00:04:55,275 I mean, what'd I do this time? Oh. 112 00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:59,379 There's this big ole volcanic eruption somewhere this week. 113 00:04:59,482 --> 00:05:00,655 Was that me, too? 114 00:05:00,758 --> 00:05:03,965 If it happened to affect a certain Articulette 115 00:05:04,068 --> 00:05:08,000 and her whole entire family, I wouldn't put it past you. 116 00:05:09,034 --> 00:05:11,206 I wish I could give you a real assist. 117 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:14,344 I was tearing the pages out of Mother's Voguemagazine, 118 00:05:14,345 --> 00:05:15,826 plastering them on my walls, 119 00:05:15,827 --> 00:05:18,205 and dreaming of walking the runway in New York and Paris 120 00:05:18,206 --> 00:05:19,896 instead of learning at your knee. 121 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,586 All of that political knowledge, and I didn't drink my fill. 122 00:05:23,689 --> 00:05:25,965 Meanwhile, Nicole was there, eyes wide, 123 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:27,826 singing along to Schoolhouse Rock! 124 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:30,177 as they taught us how to change a bill into a law. 125 00:05:30,241 --> 00:05:32,034 [chuckles] That song was catchy. 126 00:05:32,035 --> 00:05:33,412 For a minute I thought Nicole was going 127 00:05:33,413 --> 00:05:34,931 to follow you into Congress. 128 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:40,000 Nah, Nicole was destined to help people in a whole other way. 129 00:05:40,103 --> 00:05:43,586 You came into the world, I knew you couldn't be 130 00:05:43,689 --> 00:05:46,310 more gloriously different from one another. 131 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:49,793 I came in howling, and Nicole came in so quiet, 132 00:05:49,794 --> 00:05:51,688 Mother was worried something was wrong. 133 00:05:51,689 --> 00:05:54,620 Yeah, but still you became the best of friends, 134 00:05:54,724 --> 00:05:56,517 each other's sissies. 135 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:58,655 I'm the chocolate to her peanut butter. 136 00:06:00,034 --> 00:06:03,241 Your closeness gives us comfort. 137 00:06:03,344 --> 00:06:08,172 But don't you underestimate your strategic acumen. 138 00:06:08,275 --> 00:06:12,896 Your business has as much intrigue and jockeying as mine. 139 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,965 And a whole lot more stilettos. 140 00:06:15,931 --> 00:06:18,137 Yeah, my baby girl. 141 00:06:18,241 --> 00:06:21,000 Yeah, you did a lot more than dream. 142 00:06:21,103 --> 00:06:25,206 No, you hustled your way onto that Voguecover. 143 00:06:25,310 --> 00:06:29,448 You broke ground with your beauty and your brains. 144 00:06:29,551 --> 00:06:33,758 I did for one brief, luminous moment. 145 00:06:33,862 --> 00:06:37,448 And you're ascending again, making a big comeback. 146 00:06:37,551 --> 00:06:38,965 Wow. 147 00:06:39,068 --> 00:06:41,517 We've never been prouder. 148 00:06:41,620 --> 00:06:44,931 Watching you step into your power. 149 00:06:45,034 --> 00:06:49,206 Finally you're free of that deadwood Bill Hamilton. 150 00:06:50,862 --> 00:06:52,362 Baby, you know that context is 151 00:06:52,363 --> 00:06:53,999 the mother of all misunderstandings. 152 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,275 Shh. 153 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:58,517 I know exactly what kind of father you are. 154 00:06:58,620 --> 00:06:59,670 It's okay. 155 00:06:59,758 --> 00:07:01,344 Hmm. 156 00:07:01,345 --> 00:07:02,895 Is that the kind of "it's okay" 157 00:07:02,896 --> 00:07:04,619 that gets me benched from the bedroom? 158 00:07:04,620 --> 00:07:06,793 You were just using Dani 159 00:07:06,896 --> 00:07:09,068 to make up for lost ground with your kid. 160 00:07:09,172 --> 00:07:12,103 Or am I missing some of that context? 161 00:07:13,758 --> 00:07:15,586 Man, you know how to read me. 162 00:07:15,689 --> 00:07:17,758 It was just a dad-daughter pep talk. 163 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:19,067 You know, Chelsea and Kat finally have 164 00:07:19,068 --> 00:07:20,654 a date and time for the Fenmore's meeting. 165 00:07:20,655 --> 00:07:24,241 Mm, so why apologize for being a good daddy? 166 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:26,310 Come on. Are we going to pretend 167 00:07:26,311 --> 00:07:28,654 that you didn't hear me call Dani beautiful? 168 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:30,758 Why downgrade the compliment? 169 00:07:30,862 --> 00:07:33,793 The words you used were 170 00:07:33,896 --> 00:07:37,862 "one of the most beautiful supermodels on the planet." 171 00:07:39,310 --> 00:07:40,360 I hate this. 172 00:07:40,361 --> 00:07:41,930 I'm just going to pay an Etsy witch 173 00:07:41,931 --> 00:07:44,724 to increase my techie skills, and poof. 174 00:07:44,725 --> 00:07:49,102 Okay, why aren't you all about our make-or-break Zoom? 175 00:07:49,103 --> 00:07:50,102 Are you okay? 176 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:51,896 I was with Gran earlier, 177 00:07:51,897 --> 00:07:53,654 and she didn't even blink at the Mom situation. 178 00:07:53,655 --> 00:07:56,827 Oh, you mean how Aunt Nicole is getting her groove back? 179 00:07:56,931 --> 00:07:59,931 You mean taking somebody else's groove? 180 00:08:00,034 --> 00:08:02,137 I didn't even recognize her. 181 00:08:02,138 --> 00:08:03,688 I should've sent you a picture. 182 00:08:03,689 --> 00:08:05,862 Okay, our brand is about empowering women 183 00:08:05,965 --> 00:08:08,620 to be and wear whatever they want. 184 00:08:08,724 --> 00:08:10,354 How can you not want her to flex? 185 00:08:10,413 --> 00:08:12,862 She's a newly single smokeshow. 186 00:08:12,863 --> 00:08:14,274 Why aren't you backing her up? 187 00:08:14,275 --> 00:08:17,482 Because she's not acting like herself. 188 00:08:17,586 --> 00:08:21,172 She's got two guys on the hook at the same time. 189 00:08:21,275 --> 00:08:23,310 Gasp. 190 00:08:23,413 --> 00:08:26,310 Throw a woman in there, and I would call that paradise. 191 00:08:26,413 --> 00:08:28,310 Well, I would BFM. 192 00:08:28,413 --> 00:08:33,068 BFM, like the crime show with those fine Mafia brothers? 193 00:08:33,172 --> 00:08:36,000 Okay, that's BMF: Black Mafia Family. 194 00:08:36,102 --> 00:08:39,068 I mean BFM- before finding Madison. 195 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:40,413 Oh, right. 196 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:41,758 Y'all good again? 197 00:08:43,861 --> 00:08:46,172 You know how I can sometimes overshoot? 198 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,275 Girl, what did you do? 199 00:08:49,827 --> 00:08:54,034 I proposed to Madison in the least romantic way. 200 00:08:59,451 --> 00:09:03,067 Oh, my God, why did you let me go on like that 201 00:09:03,068 --> 00:09:05,481 when you were sitting on our very first proposal? 202 00:09:05,482 --> 00:09:08,172 -Okay, where's the ring? -No ring. 203 00:09:09,206 --> 00:09:12,068 You can't propose without a ring. 204 00:09:12,172 --> 00:09:15,310 You've got to set the tone for, like, your whole life. 205 00:09:15,311 --> 00:09:16,654 No wonder it wasn't romantic. 206 00:09:16,655 --> 00:09:18,551 You didn't have my help. 207 00:09:18,655 --> 00:09:19,758 What did you say? 208 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:21,378 What did she say? Did you get a video? 209 00:09:21,379 --> 00:09:22,482 Oh, we need champagne. 210 00:09:22,586 --> 00:09:24,275 Okay, hey, no champagne. 211 00:09:24,379 --> 00:09:26,689 No ring, no yes. 212 00:09:26,690 --> 00:09:28,171 And I didn't tell you right away 213 00:09:28,172 --> 00:09:30,522 because I spent all night trying to figure out 214 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:31,896 how to take it back. 215 00:09:33,482 --> 00:09:35,931 Okay, all right, all right, down, boy. 216 00:09:36,034 --> 00:09:37,758 -What, me? -Yes, you. 217 00:09:37,759 --> 00:09:39,171 If you came here looking for a fight, 218 00:09:39,172 --> 00:09:42,000 you're going to get one with security. 219 00:09:43,655 --> 00:09:46,172 Sorry, Grayson, this, this isn't about you. 220 00:09:47,413 --> 00:09:50,827 Something happened today, and I... 221 00:09:50,828 --> 00:09:52,619 Ash and I may not be together anymore, 222 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:55,862 but she's still the person I need to tell things to. 223 00:09:55,965 --> 00:09:59,896 If she'll let me after the way I just showed out. 224 00:10:01,172 --> 00:10:03,000 Well, I think that's up to Ashley. 225 00:10:04,205 --> 00:10:06,481 I'd like to hear him out. 226 00:10:06,482 --> 00:10:08,620 Yeah, all right. 227 00:10:08,724 --> 00:10:10,931 -You text me if you need me. -Yeah. 228 00:10:11,034 --> 00:10:13,482 WOMAN [over P.A.]: Nurse Tina to Bed 632. 229 00:10:13,483 --> 00:10:16,826 I thought we were getting to a good place, a, a friend place. 230 00:10:16,827 --> 00:10:18,551 Look, this isn't me backsliding. 231 00:10:18,552 --> 00:10:20,205 Well, then you better tell it to me quick 232 00:10:20,206 --> 00:10:22,378 'cause the guy who just hulked out- he's gonna be hauled out. 233 00:10:22,379 --> 00:10:25,172 He can't be here. -I had my fit-for-duty eval today. 234 00:10:25,275 --> 00:10:27,344 Oh, Derek. 235 00:10:27,448 --> 00:10:31,793 Okay, so, um, when can you fight fires again? 236 00:10:31,896 --> 00:10:33,137 Another few months? 237 00:10:33,241 --> 00:10:34,517 Never. 238 00:10:35,965 --> 00:10:37,724 They're forcing me to retire. 239 00:10:38,965 --> 00:10:41,586 You're lighting up the room. 240 00:10:41,689 --> 00:10:44,103 At the risk of being old-fashioned, 241 00:10:44,206 --> 00:10:46,758 I'm going to give Andre a little bit of credit. 242 00:10:46,862 --> 00:10:49,620 He's earned it, but today is all Giles- 243 00:10:49,724 --> 00:10:52,137 best massage of my life. 244 00:10:52,241 --> 00:10:55,137 Deep tissue with a seaweed wrap chaser. 245 00:10:55,241 --> 00:10:59,551 Hmm, your mother might like a, a massage, hmm, 246 00:10:59,655 --> 00:11:01,379 but it has to be gentle. 247 00:11:01,482 --> 00:11:04,482 -Is Giles oncology-trained? -I'll ask. 248 00:11:04,483 --> 00:11:07,378 You know, I'd like to be at Mother's next chemo treatment. 249 00:11:07,379 --> 00:11:09,862 I can be quiet or not quiet. 250 00:11:09,965 --> 00:11:12,793 [chuckling]: I'd pay to see you quiet. 251 00:11:12,794 --> 00:11:15,102 You know, there may be a little something we can do for Mother, 252 00:11:15,103 --> 00:11:17,275 even if it's a bit woo-woo. 253 00:11:17,379 --> 00:11:19,344 -I'm listening. -What about Reiki? 254 00:11:19,448 --> 00:11:22,379 It's not actually a body massage- 255 00:11:22,482 --> 00:11:24,034 more like an energy shift. 256 00:11:24,035 --> 00:11:26,033 So, the practitioner lays their hands 257 00:11:26,034 --> 00:11:28,274 above you or barely touches, and the idea is that 258 00:11:28,275 --> 00:11:31,931 they're balancing the energy and maybe relieving some discomfort, 259 00:11:31,932 --> 00:11:34,033 helping you to tap into something bigger than you. 260 00:11:34,034 --> 00:11:35,103 Hmm. 261 00:11:35,104 --> 00:11:36,861 Well, the practice of laying on of hands 262 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:38,448 has been around for centuries. 263 00:11:38,551 --> 00:11:41,103 There's no guarantee it'll help, but... 264 00:11:41,206 --> 00:11:45,724 There are no guarantees, period, except our family's love. 265 00:11:45,827 --> 00:11:48,586 Mm, I'll run it by your mother, thanks. 266 00:11:48,689 --> 00:11:49,896 Anytime. 267 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,137 Oh, I hate to have to go, 268 00:11:52,241 --> 00:11:54,724 but I have to see a man about a runway. 269 00:11:54,827 --> 00:11:56,689 Okay. [chuckles] 270 00:11:56,793 --> 00:11:58,827 You crashed last night 271 00:11:58,931 --> 00:12:02,172 and slipped out without waking me this morning. 272 00:12:02,275 --> 00:12:04,965 Don't tell me we're already so married 273 00:12:05,068 --> 00:12:08,862 that you're no longer going to surprise me with a big ole... 274 00:12:08,863 --> 00:12:11,378 You were lying there, looking so damn gorgeous, 275 00:12:11,379 --> 00:12:12,759 I didn't want to disturb you. 276 00:12:14,241 --> 00:12:17,724 I had an early client meeting, but tonight I'm all yours. 277 00:12:17,827 --> 00:12:19,724 That's not good enough. 278 00:12:21,034 --> 00:12:23,103 You're still mad about the Dani thing. 279 00:12:24,793 --> 00:12:27,379 Why put off for tonight... 280 00:12:28,413 --> 00:12:32,034 ...what we can do right now? 281 00:12:32,137 --> 00:12:34,758 [Bill moans, chuckles] 282 00:12:34,862 --> 00:12:39,586 No harm has been done to a Dupree by me. 283 00:12:40,620 --> 00:12:45,931 Not Anita or your precious ex-fairy godmother Nicky 284 00:12:46,034 --> 00:12:48,965 or even your demon half sister Kitty Kat. 285 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:52,241 I'm not buying that you woke up all happy like that. 286 00:12:53,620 --> 00:12:57,172 The medicine that's been in your bloodstream for years. 287 00:12:57,275 --> 00:13:02,793 Is there no universe where your mama is just putting out joy? 288 00:13:02,794 --> 00:13:03,895 No. 289 00:13:03,896 --> 00:13:05,344 Look at me, baby. 290 00:13:05,448 --> 00:13:09,103 I am rich, I'm gorgeous, 291 00:13:09,206 --> 00:13:13,413 and I'm on the verge of having everything I want. 292 00:13:13,517 --> 00:13:16,620 Then what is missing? 293 00:13:18,310 --> 00:13:22,000 Locking down the man of my dreams. 294 00:13:24,898 --> 00:13:28,136 You cannot be catching feelings 295 00:13:28,137 --> 00:13:30,103 for Old Spice Hottie Shaft. 296 00:13:30,206 --> 00:13:33,482 I am tapping Marcel short-term, okay? 297 00:13:33,586 --> 00:13:38,241 Now, he is here to protect and serve an itch. 298 00:13:38,344 --> 00:13:40,896 Okay, your father will always be goals. 299 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,241 Okay, but to use Marcel, ew. 300 00:13:45,344 --> 00:13:46,793 Lesser of two evils. 301 00:13:46,896 --> 00:13:48,310 You know, most kids- 302 00:13:48,311 --> 00:13:51,102 they actually want their parents to get back together. 303 00:13:51,103 --> 00:13:54,233 -What's wrong with you? -Well, you and Dad wrecked each other. 304 00:13:54,689 --> 00:13:56,482 We made you. 305 00:13:56,586 --> 00:13:59,206 That has to come from someplace good. 306 00:13:59,310 --> 00:14:02,137 Well, pearls come from oyster innards, 307 00:14:02,241 --> 00:14:04,655 and diamonds come from two regular old rocks 308 00:14:04,758 --> 00:14:06,517 pressed together. 309 00:14:06,620 --> 00:14:10,206 I know the hell you didn't just call your mama an old rock. 310 00:14:10,310 --> 00:14:12,482 The point is, Dad is with Shanice, okay? 311 00:14:12,483 --> 00:14:14,757 -And it seems like they're sticking. -[sighs] 312 00:14:14,758 --> 00:14:15,862 All right, look. 313 00:14:17,275 --> 00:14:20,931 I knew there'd always be a Shanice, all right? 314 00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:25,241 Not specifically this ratchet candy striper 315 00:14:25,344 --> 00:14:29,586 but a-a palate cleanser between good girl and bad girl, 316 00:14:29,689 --> 00:14:33,551 between past and future, and here she is. 317 00:14:33,655 --> 00:14:36,344 And, yes, she's light and she's tart 318 00:14:36,448 --> 00:14:41,827 and she's, she's, uh, destined to pave the way 319 00:14:41,931 --> 00:14:47,379 for forever the main course, which is moi. 320 00:14:47,482 --> 00:14:50,517 And if Dad takes too long with his meal? 321 00:14:50,620 --> 00:14:52,862 Then I guess she'll just, uh, 322 00:14:52,965 --> 00:14:56,758 have to enjoy my Teddy Bear while it lasts. 323 00:14:56,862 --> 00:15:02,172 Because I am sure he is drafting up her eviction notice. 324 00:15:02,275 --> 00:15:05,620 Unless she's going to run first. 325 00:15:05,724 --> 00:15:08,586 -Hmm. [chuckles] -Why would she? 326 00:15:08,689 --> 00:15:11,586 Oh, honey, please. Romances around this time- 327 00:15:11,689 --> 00:15:13,931 the holidays- they don't last long. 328 00:15:14,034 --> 00:15:17,103 I mean, maybe up until Valentine's Day. 329 00:15:17,206 --> 00:15:19,931 You know, cuffing season and all. 330 00:15:20,034 --> 00:15:23,448 You were telling the truth about not messing with the Duprees. 331 00:15:23,551 --> 00:15:25,721 You've done something to Shanice instead. 332 00:15:27,492 --> 00:15:30,930 Just tell me if I should be worried 333 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:34,310 about cuffing season or handcuffing season. 334 00:15:34,413 --> 00:15:36,172 He-he. [chuckles] 335 00:15:36,275 --> 00:15:37,655 I panicked. 336 00:15:37,656 --> 00:15:39,516 She was a breath away from saying bye forever. 337 00:15:39,517 --> 00:15:42,310 -I had to pivot. -But she's crazy about you. 338 00:15:42,413 --> 00:15:45,551 Was until she started thinking that I would choose 339 00:15:45,655 --> 00:15:48,862 party favors over her, which I wouldn't. 340 00:15:48,965 --> 00:15:50,724 How do I fix this? 341 00:15:50,827 --> 00:15:54,275 Oh, well, you and Madison had just gotten started 342 00:15:54,379 --> 00:15:57,000 when you went through some heavy trauma. 343 00:15:57,103 --> 00:15:59,103 Maybe she's just afraid you'll return 344 00:15:59,206 --> 00:16:01,413 to your original factory settings? 345 00:16:03,172 --> 00:16:04,793 When you were a lot more, um, 346 00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:07,068 multiple choice in your love life? 347 00:16:07,172 --> 00:16:09,137 She did mention that, 348 00:16:09,241 --> 00:16:12,896 like she thinks my party girl self is my authentic self. 349 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,482 No shade, but is it so ridiculous 350 00:16:16,586 --> 00:16:19,758 to think that maybe a part of you misses 351 00:16:19,862 --> 00:16:23,000 those multiple choice days and nights? 352 00:16:23,103 --> 00:16:24,620 -Ladies. -KAT: Hey. 353 00:16:29,862 --> 00:16:33,379 What the hell's your mom doing with Jacob's brother? 354 00:16:35,965 --> 00:16:37,137 [chuckles] 355 00:16:37,241 --> 00:16:39,000 Are you trying to kill me? 356 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:42,965 You're the boss. 357 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:46,482 Take the rest of the day off. 358 00:16:47,896 --> 00:16:49,931 You just might be the boss right now. 359 00:16:50,034 --> 00:16:53,482 Well, then come home and let me take care of you. 360 00:16:55,827 --> 00:16:57,241 -Baby? -Hmm? 361 00:16:57,344 --> 00:16:59,344 Baby, hey, hey. 362 00:16:59,448 --> 00:17:01,517 Okay, wait, wait, okay. 363 00:17:03,103 --> 00:17:05,344 You can be the boss later. 364 00:17:05,448 --> 00:17:07,827 -[groans] -Baby, I need a minute. 365 00:17:08,896 --> 00:17:11,137 [sighs] 366 00:17:11,241 --> 00:17:12,619 Okay. 367 00:17:14,344 --> 00:17:16,344 [sighs]: Oh, God. 368 00:17:23,655 --> 00:17:25,586 I'm always the boss. 369 00:17:43,275 --> 00:17:45,344 [hums tune] 370 00:17:47,344 --> 00:17:49,655 [both sigh] 371 00:17:50,655 --> 00:17:54,172 I need you in top form, okay? 372 00:17:54,275 --> 00:17:57,034 You're not going to sleep on me tonight. 373 00:17:57,137 --> 00:17:58,187 Yes, ma'am. 374 00:18:03,228 --> 00:18:07,309 God, I'm still that kid who was just standing 375 00:18:07,310 --> 00:18:09,896 outside the firehouse, searching for a purpose. 376 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,137 I just... 377 00:18:12,551 --> 00:18:15,793 I never thought I'd find myself back on the outside looking in. 378 00:18:15,896 --> 00:18:18,586 -Well, you can appeal, right? -No. 379 00:18:18,689 --> 00:18:21,639 There's no room for anyone who can't pull their own weight. 380 00:18:21,689 --> 00:18:23,620 Okay, well, with a little more PT, 381 00:18:23,621 --> 00:18:25,033 you're going to get back out there and... 382 00:18:25,034 --> 00:18:27,137 Look, that's not gonna fix my spine, Ash. 383 00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:29,325 I'm out of place. 384 00:18:29,344 --> 00:18:31,103 We're going to think of something. 385 00:18:32,172 --> 00:18:33,724 We? 386 00:18:35,655 --> 00:18:37,862 Even if we're not together anymore, 387 00:18:37,965 --> 00:18:40,206 it doesn't mean I don't still care 388 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:41,965 about what happens to you. 389 00:18:44,137 --> 00:18:45,931 Fighting fires. 390 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,620 No job's ever going to replace that. 391 00:18:50,689 --> 00:18:52,758 And I sure as hell can't replace you. 392 00:18:52,862 --> 00:18:55,896 A year ago, if you'd asked me who I was, I'd say, 393 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,482 "I'm a firefighter who's in love 394 00:18:58,586 --> 00:19:00,096 -with Ashley Morgan." -Derek. 395 00:19:00,827 --> 00:19:04,034 No, I'm, I'm sorry... this is so not your problem. 396 00:19:04,137 --> 00:19:08,310 I just... I've never been this lost. 397 00:19:08,413 --> 00:19:10,448 ASHLEY: I got you. 398 00:19:11,448 --> 00:19:14,931 Why even bother changing if my own daughter doesn't believe me? 399 00:19:15,034 --> 00:19:16,827 No one goes cold turkey, 400 00:19:16,931 --> 00:19:20,034 and there isn't exactly an AA for attempted murderers. 401 00:19:20,137 --> 00:19:21,448 Eva. 402 00:19:21,551 --> 00:19:22,871 Well, consider me your AA, 403 00:19:22,872 --> 00:19:24,999 and if you ever feel yourself backsliding, 404 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,379 I am where you come. 405 00:19:26,482 --> 00:19:28,551 Will you give out those little coins? 406 00:19:29,793 --> 00:19:31,379 I'll have 'em made up. 407 00:19:33,206 --> 00:19:34,586 I keep thinking that, 408 00:19:34,587 --> 00:19:35,895 now that you've got all this money, 409 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:38,448 I can keep the bogey-mama away, 410 00:19:38,449 --> 00:19:39,930 but you've had to hustle for so long, 411 00:19:39,931 --> 00:19:41,655 maybe you don't know how to stop. 412 00:19:41,758 --> 00:19:43,551 Will you quit fretting? 413 00:19:44,896 --> 00:19:48,655 The good Lord has come through for me at last, 414 00:19:48,758 --> 00:19:52,620 and he's going to deliver to me what's due me, 415 00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:55,724 even if I have to give him an occasional nudge. 416 00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:57,275 Come on, God, come on. 417 00:19:57,379 --> 00:20:01,689 Okay, well, as much as I want to keep shouting to the void... 418 00:20:02,655 --> 00:20:04,379 Uh, so, hey, you going 419 00:20:04,482 --> 00:20:07,655 on a date with that tall baby Lenny Kravitz? 420 00:20:07,758 --> 00:20:11,655 Oh, listen, we are barreling toward destiny, baby. 421 00:20:11,758 --> 00:20:15,448 So how do you feel about a, uh, double wedding? 422 00:20:15,551 --> 00:20:17,206 Later, Mama. 423 00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:19,482 [hums Wagner's "Bridal Chorus"] 424 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:21,310 Bye-bye, baby. 425 00:20:21,413 --> 00:20:23,896 I was surprised when you popped in my phone. 426 00:20:23,897 --> 00:20:26,378 I'm not exactly sure where our Venn diagram overlaps 427 00:20:26,379 --> 00:20:27,517 besides my brother. 428 00:20:27,620 --> 00:20:29,490 My proposal doesn't involve Jacob, 429 00:20:29,551 --> 00:20:31,931 but it could involve you not getting out of bed 430 00:20:32,034 --> 00:20:34,517 for less than what you made all last semester. 431 00:20:35,551 --> 00:20:38,310 I took an offer that sounds a lot like this one once, 432 00:20:38,311 --> 00:20:39,792 and I could've ended up in a cage 433 00:20:39,793 --> 00:20:41,723 if my old man and a friend hadn't run interference. 434 00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:43,620 How do you feel about nudity? 435 00:20:43,621 --> 00:20:45,343 Modesty could be a deal-breaker. 436 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:47,344 [laughs] What now? 437 00:20:47,448 --> 00:20:50,620 I want you to sign with my modeling agency. 438 00:20:50,724 --> 00:20:53,689 Cologne brands do love bare buns in their ads. 439 00:20:53,793 --> 00:20:56,586 [laughing] 440 00:20:57,620 --> 00:21:00,551 Okay, my big bro got me good. 441 00:21:00,655 --> 00:21:05,103 This is not your brother razzing you. 442 00:21:05,206 --> 00:21:06,827 This is all about your rizz. 443 00:21:07,862 --> 00:21:11,689 Izaiah Hawthorne, you could be a top model. 444 00:21:15,172 --> 00:21:18,344 Your mom just felt up Jacob's brother. 445 00:21:18,448 --> 00:21:21,379 My mom's not the only one letting her freak flag fly. 446 00:21:21,482 --> 00:21:23,862 Uh, okay, I can't take back my proposal, 447 00:21:23,965 --> 00:21:25,517 but you can take that back. 448 00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:28,724 My mom has worked too hard for her happily-ever-after 449 00:21:28,827 --> 00:21:32,000 to get her freak on with anybody else but her little hubby. 450 00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:34,172 -[laughs] -Aw, look... you're blushing. 451 00:21:34,173 --> 00:21:35,654 -I- I've never... -You're so cute when you blush. 452 00:21:35,655 --> 00:21:38,310 You're right, okay, but not too long ago 453 00:21:38,413 --> 00:21:40,931 our moms were married to our dads, 454 00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:45,689 and they were boring and reliable, and I loved it. 455 00:21:45,690 --> 00:21:47,757 But now their marriages have blown up, 456 00:21:47,758 --> 00:21:52,862 I have a half sister who I hate, and Gran has cancer. 457 00:21:53,931 --> 00:21:55,413 When did our family drama go 458 00:21:55,517 --> 00:21:57,793 from zero to Shakespeare overnight? 459 00:22:03,068 --> 00:22:05,448 Hello, Bill. Goodbye, Bill. 460 00:22:05,551 --> 00:22:07,310 Hey, don't run off so fast. 461 00:22:11,034 --> 00:22:12,586 Are you okay? 462 00:22:12,689 --> 00:22:14,551 Yeah. 463 00:22:14,655 --> 00:22:16,655 Yeah, you know, I've just been... 464 00:22:16,758 --> 00:22:19,689 [clears throat] just been reminiscing, you know. 465 00:22:19,690 --> 00:22:23,067 I remember the first time you brought me in here, 466 00:22:23,068 --> 00:22:25,724 showed me all the pictures on the wall, 467 00:22:25,827 --> 00:22:28,724 all the Dupree history. 468 00:22:28,827 --> 00:22:31,103 Thought you'd honor what came before. 469 00:22:31,206 --> 00:22:33,724 And then you invited me to play squash. 470 00:22:33,725 --> 00:22:36,688 My ignorant butt didn't know the difference 471 00:22:36,689 --> 00:22:38,758 between squash and racquetball, 472 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:41,205 but I thought, hey, with my height and my youth, 473 00:22:41,206 --> 00:22:42,862 I'd have an edge. 474 00:22:44,034 --> 00:22:47,206 Gave it my all and I still didn't measure up. 475 00:22:48,689 --> 00:22:50,482 Squash is no joke. 476 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:53,344 You also pointed out how more deals are made 477 00:22:53,448 --> 00:22:57,137 between ball bounces than in all the storied rooms in this town. 478 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,344 I lived for our weekly game. 479 00:23:01,448 --> 00:23:02,965 I did. 480 00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:04,516 It took me forever to master it 481 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:06,724 because I wanted so much to impress you. 482 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:10,482 You didn't think you deserved my respect. 483 00:23:10,586 --> 00:23:12,516 That was always your biggest problem. 484 00:23:12,551 --> 00:23:13,827 Son, 485 00:23:13,931 --> 00:23:17,068 I can't tell if you let me win or if your head was 486 00:23:17,172 --> 00:23:20,000 just somewhere else for the whole game. 487 00:23:21,827 --> 00:23:23,482 Son. 488 00:23:23,483 --> 00:23:24,757 Yeah, I don't think I'll ever get tired 489 00:23:24,758 --> 00:23:25,862 of you calling me that. 490 00:23:25,965 --> 00:23:30,482 Well, you must be used to it by now. 491 00:23:30,586 --> 00:23:32,758 What's all this melancholy? 492 00:23:32,862 --> 00:23:35,965 [sighs] Well, you know, hurting from that loss, for one. 493 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:40,379 [chuckles] But I just, you know, sometimes I just wonder, 494 00:23:40,482 --> 00:23:43,620 you know, like, who would I be if I had the luxury 495 00:23:43,724 --> 00:23:46,965 of being raised by you instead of that sorry... 496 00:23:47,931 --> 00:23:51,448 Some men aren't meant to be fathers. 497 00:23:51,551 --> 00:23:56,517 But at a certain point a man makes himself. 498 00:23:56,620 --> 00:23:59,827 You made yourself, Bill. 499 00:23:59,931 --> 00:24:03,103 I'm damn proud to call you "son." 500 00:24:03,206 --> 00:24:04,758 Don't you forget that. 501 00:24:06,103 --> 00:24:08,620 I'm the person I am because of you. 502 00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:12,068 You actually think that's a compliment? 503 00:24:16,348 --> 00:24:19,826 Vernon, would you just... just wait, please? 504 00:24:19,827 --> 00:24:23,379 You remember the first time I brought you here. 505 00:24:23,482 --> 00:24:25,413 I remember the last. 506 00:24:26,413 --> 00:24:28,172 Right. 507 00:24:28,275 --> 00:24:30,724 Yeah, the night before I left Dani. 508 00:24:31,724 --> 00:24:33,586 All the time you knew. 509 00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:35,517 Yeah, I knew, I... 510 00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:38,551 [sighs] I just knew you wouldn't... 511 00:24:38,655 --> 00:24:41,103 you would never look at me the same way again. 512 00:24:41,206 --> 00:24:43,796 You know, I mean, Vernon, I needed that last memory. 513 00:24:44,793 --> 00:24:49,724 So we laughed, made plans... hugged. 514 00:24:51,344 --> 00:24:55,517 And all the while you knew that, come morning, I'd play the fool. 515 00:24:55,986 --> 00:24:59,930 Maybe everything would have been different 516 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:02,206 if I explained it all to you that day. 517 00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:03,758 I-I guess. 518 00:25:03,862 --> 00:25:08,827 You put Dani on a pedestal to keep her from shining... 519 00:25:08,931 --> 00:25:13,482 and then crashed her back down to Earth... 520 00:25:13,586 --> 00:25:14,906 when you were done with her. 521 00:25:14,907 --> 00:25:16,240 That's not what I set out to do. 522 00:25:16,241 --> 00:25:18,241 But that's what you did. 523 00:25:18,344 --> 00:25:20,620 You broke all our hearts. 524 00:25:22,793 --> 00:25:25,517 You're not the son I never had. 525 00:25:25,620 --> 00:25:28,482 You're a liar and a disappointment. 526 00:25:32,379 --> 00:25:34,489 I tried to make the marriage work, Vernon. 527 00:25:35,586 --> 00:25:40,620 You came this close to swallowing our family whole. 528 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:44,551 But you have no power over us anymore. 529 00:25:46,379 --> 00:25:49,103 If it's absolution you're looking for... 530 00:25:50,517 --> 00:25:52,241 ...you won't find it here. 531 00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:54,620 Not from me. 532 00:25:55,965 --> 00:25:57,620 Okay. 533 00:25:57,724 --> 00:25:59,758 Yeah, I understand. I don't blame you. 534 00:26:01,413 --> 00:26:02,463 Look... 535 00:26:02,551 --> 00:26:06,724 I know forgiveness is too big an ask, 536 00:26:06,725 --> 00:26:08,688 and I don't have the right to say this to you, 537 00:26:08,689 --> 00:26:11,551 but I need to tell you that... 538 00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:13,379 you know, I think that, um... 539 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:18,379 ...I think I made a mistake leaving Dani. 540 00:26:20,551 --> 00:26:22,103 Damn straight you did, 541 00:26:22,104 --> 00:26:24,688 and you'll have to spend the rest of your life knowing 542 00:26:24,689 --> 00:26:27,724 that everything that was happiness, 543 00:26:27,827 --> 00:26:33,517 everything that was love was yours... 544 00:26:33,620 --> 00:26:35,482 and you let her slip away. 545 00:26:42,241 --> 00:26:43,827 [phone chimes] 546 00:26:52,482 --> 00:26:54,172 So what do you say? 547 00:26:54,275 --> 00:26:56,172 I'm very flattered. [laughs] 548 00:26:56,275 --> 00:26:59,413 But for real, though, I'm, I'm no model. 549 00:26:59,517 --> 00:27:01,000 Let the OG be the judge. 550 00:27:01,103 --> 00:27:03,344 I'm modeling since I'm 17. 551 00:27:03,448 --> 00:27:05,517 And you're what now, 28, 29? 552 00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:07,103 And there he is. 553 00:27:07,206 --> 00:27:08,689 How's that? 554 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:11,965 A model has to sell a bill of goods. 555 00:27:12,068 --> 00:27:14,034 You can do that, Izaiah. 556 00:27:14,137 --> 00:27:16,931 Not only have the gods blessed you. 557 00:27:17,034 --> 00:27:18,517 Your face tells a story. 558 00:27:19,793 --> 00:27:21,241 And what's it say? 559 00:27:22,379 --> 00:27:24,551 That Banneker was an easy place to fall 560 00:27:24,655 --> 00:27:26,413 with a little penance thrown in. 561 00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:31,448 Something tells me that, as fine as you are, 562 00:27:31,551 --> 00:27:34,137 you haven't received nearly the celebration 563 00:27:34,241 --> 00:27:36,344 that you should have... 564 00:27:36,448 --> 00:27:38,344 or could still get. 565 00:27:39,586 --> 00:27:41,620 So call me. 566 00:27:41,621 --> 00:27:44,585 When you're ready for your close-up. 567 00:27:44,586 --> 00:27:46,586 [R and B playing] 568 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:53,379 My mom is beautiful and happy and laughing with a cute guy 569 00:27:53,482 --> 00:27:56,379 despite having a gene mutation that could kill her. 570 00:27:56,482 --> 00:27:58,931 I am in love with a woman who loves me back. 571 00:27:59,034 --> 00:28:01,827 I just said the wrong thing at the wrong time. 572 00:28:01,931 --> 00:28:05,000 If my mom can rise up from what's bringing her down, 573 00:28:05,103 --> 00:28:06,153 so can I. 574 00:28:06,172 --> 00:28:07,862 We're Duprees. 575 00:28:07,965 --> 00:28:10,435 If anyone can find a way to rebrand your proposal 576 00:28:10,436 --> 00:28:11,654 so that you don't break your heart 577 00:28:11,655 --> 00:28:13,724 -and Madison's... -You're proposing? 578 00:28:13,827 --> 00:28:17,586 Where, when, and what does heartbreak have to do with it? 579 00:28:17,689 --> 00:28:21,551 Okay, short story- I threw a hail-marry-me proposal. 580 00:28:21,655 --> 00:28:23,034 -Baby! -Okay, 581 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:25,585 and before you give me those mother-of-the-bride eyes, 582 00:28:25,586 --> 00:28:26,965 I blew it. 583 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:28,620 Madison turned you down? 584 00:28:28,724 --> 00:28:32,896 It's more like... she didn't believe I was serious. 585 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,758 Oh, Chelsea, I'm so sorry. 586 00:28:34,862 --> 00:28:37,310 No, I don't need your pity. I need a plan. 587 00:28:37,413 --> 00:28:41,965 Then, no spin- honesty and kindness are the way. 588 00:28:42,068 --> 00:28:45,793 Speaking of, can you tell us what was going on 589 00:28:45,794 --> 00:28:47,999 with our not-relative hottie over there? 590 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,827 Just, you know, ease my mind. 591 00:28:49,931 --> 00:28:52,448 You don't owe us any explanation. 592 00:28:52,449 --> 00:28:55,033 Since when does your mind take a shortcut to the bedroom? 593 00:28:55,034 --> 00:28:56,033 CHELSEA: Ooh. 594 00:28:56,034 --> 00:28:57,620 The only interest I have 595 00:28:57,724 --> 00:28:59,931 in easy-on-the-eyes Izaiah over there 596 00:29:00,034 --> 00:29:01,758 is his modeling potential. 597 00:29:01,759 --> 00:29:02,861 Told you. 598 00:29:02,862 --> 00:29:04,827 If we get a yes, 599 00:29:04,931 --> 00:29:07,103 he's our Tyson Beckford meets Alpha Dia. 600 00:29:07,206 --> 00:29:09,206 I can see it. 601 00:29:09,310 --> 00:29:10,390 Okay, we need a confab. 602 00:29:10,391 --> 00:29:12,240 I'll cancel with Pamela, and we can rehearse 603 00:29:12,241 --> 00:29:13,343 what you're going to say to Madison. 604 00:29:13,344 --> 00:29:14,586 Mom, don't. 605 00:29:14,689 --> 00:29:19,586 I think I just need a little me time to clear my head. 606 00:29:19,689 --> 00:29:22,344 But you could give me a pep talk on my way to the car. 607 00:29:22,448 --> 00:29:24,448 -Deal. -Kat, coming? 608 00:29:24,551 --> 00:29:27,517 You go. I'm going to untangle that slide presentation 609 00:29:27,620 --> 00:29:30,551 you were working on, and I'll meet you at the house. 610 00:29:30,655 --> 00:29:32,241 -Okay, thanks. -Bye, sweetie. 611 00:29:32,344 --> 00:29:33,551 KAT: Bye. 612 00:29:37,241 --> 00:29:39,689 Lynette? 613 00:29:39,793 --> 00:29:43,586 Damn, look at that, us crossing paths again. 614 00:29:43,689 --> 00:29:46,137 It might be the stars lining things up. 615 00:29:53,517 --> 00:29:54,837 Here are my walking papers. 616 00:29:55,793 --> 00:29:59,724 You may not know who you are right now... but I do. 617 00:30:01,379 --> 00:30:04,137 You are so much more than the job. 618 00:30:04,241 --> 00:30:06,379 You're so much more than the man I loved. 619 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:10,758 Derek, you are a good man... 620 00:30:10,862 --> 00:30:12,310 with so much heart to offer. 621 00:30:12,311 --> 00:30:13,895 You're just going to have to find a new way 622 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:15,276 to put it out into this world. 623 00:30:16,137 --> 00:30:19,931 How? I mean, how do I even start to do that? 624 00:30:20,034 --> 00:30:22,655 Well... [sighs] 625 00:30:22,758 --> 00:30:25,172 if I couldn't be a nurse anymore, 626 00:30:25,173 --> 00:30:27,964 I would think about all the reasons that I love this job 627 00:30:27,965 --> 00:30:30,413 and I would try to find another one 628 00:30:30,517 --> 00:30:33,000 that offered as many of those perks as possible. 629 00:30:33,103 --> 00:30:35,620 Physically, I can't fight fires anymore. 630 00:30:35,724 --> 00:30:36,827 So, what... 631 00:30:36,828 --> 00:30:39,550 ...become a smoke jumper or something? 632 00:30:39,551 --> 00:30:41,655 You fought fires because you're brave 633 00:30:41,758 --> 00:30:45,517 and you love working as part of a team. 634 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:48,137 And you really enjoy saving people. 635 00:30:48,241 --> 00:30:50,379 See, that's the irony. 636 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:52,724 I didn't even get to go out a hero. 637 00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:57,482 I got to tell people in interviews that I lost my job 638 00:30:57,586 --> 00:30:59,137 because I crashed my bike. 639 00:30:59,241 --> 00:31:00,724 [laughs] 640 00:31:01,724 --> 00:31:02,862 Yeah. 641 00:31:04,965 --> 00:31:08,724 Just tell me, what am I supposed to do with the rest of my life? 642 00:31:08,827 --> 00:31:12,655 Live it and enjoy the hell out of it. 643 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:14,724 Come here. 644 00:31:21,135 --> 00:31:25,343 -Hey, sweetheart. -I booked a quick spa treatment, 645 00:31:25,344 --> 00:31:26,343 and then it's back to work 646 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:27,723 prepping for the Fenmore's meeting. 647 00:31:27,724 --> 00:31:30,310 Okay, all right, that's good, that's good. 648 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,724 You look like you lost your bestie. 649 00:31:35,724 --> 00:31:37,137 [chuckles] 650 00:31:37,241 --> 00:31:39,827 More like the father I always wanted but never had. 651 00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:42,172 Granddad? 652 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:46,758 Yeah, yeah, it turns out he was humoring me from the jump, 653 00:31:46,862 --> 00:31:48,275 like every other Dupree. 654 00:31:48,379 --> 00:31:51,724 -I'm a Dupree, too. -No, you're half. 655 00:31:51,827 --> 00:31:55,862 And it's your other half that allows you to still forgive me. 656 00:31:55,965 --> 00:31:58,482 What's with all the sappy energy today? 657 00:31:58,586 --> 00:32:00,275 I've got it, you've got it. 658 00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:03,137 Yeah, well, mine's a long time coming, baby. 659 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:04,723 What's so different about today? 660 00:32:04,724 --> 00:32:07,171 Yeah, I don't know, I'm just, I'm just really bothered 661 00:32:07,172 --> 00:32:09,896 by how much I screwed up with your mother. 662 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,275 You know, I'm trying to make up for it, 663 00:32:12,379 --> 00:32:15,448 although your grandfather is not having it, 664 00:32:15,551 --> 00:32:16,827 and I don't blame him. 665 00:32:18,068 --> 00:32:20,103 I see you're trying. 666 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:21,585 And I don't think it has anything to do 667 00:32:21,586 --> 00:32:23,827 with me being a Dupree or a Hamilton. 668 00:32:23,931 --> 00:32:27,241 It's... me realizing just 669 00:32:27,344 --> 00:32:31,827 how very messy life and I can be. 670 00:32:31,931 --> 00:32:33,034 No, come on, now. 671 00:32:33,035 --> 00:32:34,826 My Chelsea Bear has never hurt anybody, 672 00:32:34,827 --> 00:32:36,310 not intentionally. 673 00:32:36,413 --> 00:32:37,931 See, and that's the thing. 674 00:32:38,034 --> 00:32:40,103 No one intends to hurt someone, 675 00:32:40,206 --> 00:32:42,551 but if they feel unloved or disrespected 676 00:32:42,655 --> 00:32:46,482 by something you said or did, that hurt is still on you, 677 00:32:46,483 --> 00:32:49,378 and if I can't find a way to make things right with Madison, 678 00:32:49,379 --> 00:32:50,861 my relationship is going to end up 679 00:32:50,862 --> 00:32:53,103 exactly where yours did with Mom- 680 00:32:53,206 --> 00:32:55,000 dead and buried. 681 00:32:55,103 --> 00:32:56,517 Well, let me help you. 682 00:32:56,518 --> 00:32:59,378 I don't want to miss my appointment. 683 00:32:59,379 --> 00:33:01,206 I need to relax my body 684 00:33:01,207 --> 00:33:03,550 so I can clear my mind and find a way to fix this. 685 00:33:03,551 --> 00:33:06,172 Okay, well, hey, my money's on you, sweetheart. 686 00:33:06,173 --> 00:33:08,240 Thanks, Dad. 687 00:33:08,241 --> 00:33:10,724 -You know what? -What? 688 00:33:10,827 --> 00:33:12,413 I love you. 689 00:33:12,517 --> 00:33:13,793 -I love you, too. -Mwah. 690 00:33:17,137 --> 00:33:19,967 Dang, girl, did you have to get the beans from Colombia? 691 00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:23,103 You're snapping a little bit. 692 00:33:23,206 --> 00:33:24,344 Marriage problems? 693 00:33:24,448 --> 00:33:28,000 No, I'm good, I was just asking a question. 694 00:33:28,103 --> 00:33:29,973 Don't mind me, just passing through. 695 00:33:30,068 --> 00:33:32,551 My friend and I already claimed this table. 696 00:33:32,655 --> 00:33:35,551 Friend? What'd you do, pick her up on eBay? 697 00:33:35,655 --> 00:33:38,344 I have plenty of friends. 698 00:33:38,448 --> 00:33:39,862 And she looks so realistic. 699 00:33:39,965 --> 00:33:41,931 Excuse me? 700 00:33:41,932 --> 00:33:44,412 Well, you have to be one of those AI-generated bots. 701 00:33:44,413 --> 00:33:46,930 Now, I thought those were only used for naughty reasons, 702 00:33:46,931 --> 00:33:50,827 but I have read that there are some pathetic rich people 703 00:33:50,931 --> 00:33:52,344 who need to buy friends. 704 00:33:57,827 --> 00:33:59,241 I think she might be broken. 705 00:33:59,344 --> 00:34:01,137 No, just fangirling. 706 00:34:01,241 --> 00:34:03,137 When I was younger, 707 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:05,448 I saw you in a magazine and I wanted to be you. 708 00:34:05,551 --> 00:34:07,862 I mean, you were the- 709 00:34:07,965 --> 00:34:10,827 you are the prettiest woman I've ever seen. 710 00:34:10,931 --> 00:34:13,275 Aren't you sweet? 711 00:34:13,379 --> 00:34:15,620 Far too sweet to be mixed up with this one. 712 00:34:15,621 --> 00:34:16,792 What's your name, honey? 713 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:18,620 Oh, I'm Lynette. 714 00:34:18,724 --> 00:34:20,414 I'm one of the firm's new clients. 715 00:34:20,482 --> 00:34:23,379 It's bad enough you force-friended Caroline. 716 00:34:23,482 --> 00:34:26,034 Now Bill's pimping out his actual clients? 717 00:34:26,137 --> 00:34:27,551 Or does Bill know? 718 00:34:27,655 --> 00:34:29,827 It's not just his firm. 719 00:34:29,828 --> 00:34:31,240 I'm the firm's paralegal, 720 00:34:31,241 --> 00:34:32,655 and you no longer need 721 00:34:32,757 --> 00:34:35,275 to concern yourself with how we run our business. 722 00:34:35,379 --> 00:34:37,551 That firm is my daughter's inheritance. 723 00:34:37,655 --> 00:34:40,655 Like it or not, we are entangled forever. 724 00:34:40,757 --> 00:34:43,241 Lynette, a little warning. 725 00:34:43,344 --> 00:34:46,724 I'm sure right now it's all gossip and pedicures, 726 00:34:46,827 --> 00:34:48,757 but pretty soon 727 00:34:48,862 --> 00:34:52,241 she'll have her hands all over something you care about. 728 00:34:53,482 --> 00:34:54,862 Lovely to meet you. 729 00:34:54,965 --> 00:34:56,551 Nice to meet you, too. 730 00:34:58,827 --> 00:35:00,551 You weren't kidding. 731 00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:02,095 The claws are out around here. 732 00:35:03,724 --> 00:35:07,103 Buy you a third espresso if you take a break with me. 733 00:35:07,104 --> 00:35:09,136 Happy to stop staring at admission essays. 734 00:35:09,137 --> 00:35:10,379 [chuckles] 735 00:35:10,482 --> 00:35:13,103 -Long time, Kat. -Izaiah. 736 00:35:13,206 --> 00:35:15,827 You know... 737 00:35:15,828 --> 00:35:17,550 you wouldn't be going through this torture 738 00:35:17,551 --> 00:35:19,171 if you were on the runways of Milan. 739 00:35:19,172 --> 00:35:21,965 Dani filled you in on her indecent proposal. 740 00:35:22,068 --> 00:35:24,517 What's indecent about it? 741 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:27,551 Turning my back on years of work just to... 742 00:35:27,655 --> 00:35:29,825 auction off my body in designer lighting? 743 00:35:30,655 --> 00:35:32,827 A runway isn't a plank. 744 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:36,724 It's a diving board toward a bigger life. 745 00:35:36,827 --> 00:35:39,379 Make a lot of money to help a ton of kids, 746 00:35:39,482 --> 00:35:42,310 if that's your thing, or just help yourself. 747 00:35:42,311 --> 00:35:45,481 Nah, you really know how to sell just about anything 748 00:35:45,482 --> 00:35:47,481 when you're not playing detective with my big bro. 749 00:35:47,482 --> 00:35:50,432 [chuckles] So, you going to take Aunt Dani up on her offer? 750 00:35:50,517 --> 00:35:52,482 I didn't say all that... 751 00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:54,964 but you and your aunt gave me a lot to think about. 752 00:35:54,965 --> 00:35:58,620 Hmm, so my power of persuasion is still intact? 753 00:35:58,724 --> 00:35:59,965 Was there any doubt? 754 00:36:00,068 --> 00:36:04,620 Well... I was just telling Chelsea about how 755 00:36:04,724 --> 00:36:07,724 the world's upside-down... 756 00:36:07,827 --> 00:36:11,689 but talking to you, I realized that some things are eternal. 757 00:36:11,690 --> 00:36:13,757 IZAIAH: Like bending people to your will? 758 00:36:13,758 --> 00:36:15,310 Exactly. 759 00:36:15,413 --> 00:36:16,896 [Izaiah and Kat laugh] 760 00:36:16,897 --> 00:36:18,964 I'm telling you, you would be a really good model. 761 00:36:18,965 --> 00:36:20,235 IZAIAH: Oh, I don't know. 762 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:29,620 Captioning sponsored by CBS 763 00:36:29,621 --> 00:36:32,462 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 764 00:36:32,463 --> 00:36:37,013 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0