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Just breathe.

OK.

Olivia, I think you're bleeding.

No. It's too early.

Yeah, I think she's going into early labor.

You gotta get here now.

Khalil?

Khalil, where are they taking Liv?

Bev... Beverly Reed.

I gotta take him. He shouldn't drive.

But look, she's lucky you were here, all right?

Yo, Khalil, boy, why ain't you at that damn showcase?

Oh, what the hell happened here?

Khalil?

Talk to me, man.

Is it Jordan?

His sister.

She went into early labor.

Come on, son. Come on.

No matter what happens to ol' girl...

shouldn't no family come home

to a mess like this.

Let's get this place cleaned up.

- J. - Why? Why?

Why can't I see her?

J. You are not helping, J.

- We know that she's here. - Jordan.

Please. Someone talk to me, please.

- Outside! - Hey, hey, get him outside.

- Hey, hey, why can't I see her? - I got this, all right?

Look, no one's giving me an answer.

Maybe 'cause you're screaming in everyone's face.

Let's give them a second.

- My sister is in there. - Right!

She is in there with professionals.

Let's give 'em some space, let 'em do their jobs.

They will let you know when you can see her.

- I don't know what to do. - Sit with me.

- OK. - Take a second to breathe, man.

No, I mean, I can't get ahold of Spencer.

Where the hell is he?

And Layla. Layla's not picking up the phone.

I still gotta call my mom and Grace.

Hey! Hey.

Deep breaths with me, all right?

Good.

One more.

There we go.

Take a seat, man. Come on.

It's too early, Cassius.

It is way too early for the twins, OK?

This... this cannot be happening.

The doctors are doing everything they can.

Liv's strong. The babies are strong.

I mean, they part Baker after all, right?

J., I'm here for you.

I will call Spencer and Layla

and everybody else in your family, OK?

Mr. Baker.

Our family.

Yeah, let's go. Let's go.

Under the sink.

OK.

You look like you loved here.

I am.

Why's she calling?

It's nothing.

So what, y'all just hanging out on the regular now?

Talk about you, yeah.

I'm glad I could bring y'all back together.

The other night,

did you mean what you said?

Gonna give her another shot?

Saw the game.

You weren't bad.

Excuse me just a second.

Hey, hold up.

What's your name?

Yo, yo, yo.

Thank you, and thank you all for coming out

to karaoke night at Layla's Lounge,

especially South Crenshaw's QB1

and new state champion Khalil Edwards.

Y'all make some noise.

All right. All right. Without further ado,

we got our next guest coming up.

Y'all make some noise, help me welcome her to the stage.

♪ Ooh... ♪

♪ All you got to do ♪

♪ Is just walk away ♪

♪ And pass me by ♪

♪ Don't acknowledge my smile ♪

♪ When I try to say hello... ♪

Oh. Go easy on him, ladies.

What are you doing here?

Hi, son.

My name's Khalil.

I know this seems out of the blue.

I... I wanted to see you.

To talk.

I saw you in the paper.

Congrats on winning the championship.

That was amazing.

Of course.

The "Times" has a write-up on the new Crenshaw QB,

and you pop after what,

17 years?

So I got value to you now?

No, no, no, no. That's not...

Mm.

Can we restart?

- Too late. - Please.

I was a child.

Let me prove to you I'm not the same person who left.

Hey, what's going on?

Who's this?

Tash...

his mother.

I take it you're who Khalil's been living with.

I like to think of him as part of our family.

I just wanted a moment to talk to my son.

Khalil, is that what you want?

I think it's best you head out, Tash.

And if Khalil wants to talk, he'll reach out.

That's, of course,

assuming you leave a number this time.

I'm sorry.

This is not how I wanted this to go down.

If you change your mind.

I don't know if I wanna give her another shot.

When she surprised me like that,

all the hurt...

I ain't like that feeling.

How did you forgive her so easily?

She left you, too.

You know what? You've had a day.

And I don't want you getting all caught up

in our grownup mess.

Let's just focus on cleaning up the crib.

No.

Why do y'all keep brushing me off

like I can't handle it?

Anybody that ever gave me anything

that looked like a family are at Beverly Reed right now,

fighting for the lives of their loved ones.

And the ones that didn't want me,

they won't even talk to me.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. Hold up.

I always wanted you, son.

But Mom didn't.

I need to know why.

Man, that drive to Castaic is the worst.

Worst. There ain't no uglier highway than the 5.

So you know we gotta get Preach out ASAP.

What's up? You still ain't been able to get no sleep?

I can't stop thinking about my dad.

Seeing him in there,

locked up for trying to protect me from ICE.

He doesn't deserve to be in there.

None of them do.

I agree.

But I been on the phone with Ms. Baker,

and we're close.

We're close.

I promise you, we gonna get Preach out.

Whoa. Whoa.

It's just my phone, girl. You good?

I'm sorry. Journalists have been blowing up my phone

since I got out.

I, uh, had to turn it off just to relax.

Guess I'm a little jumpy.

Yeah? Well, it ain't working.

The only way you gonna recover is

some real R & R.

So how about you grab

one of those $100 pair of sweatpants you got,

I'll order up some of those bomb tacos you love,

and we chill?

Thank you, Auntie Coop.

Come on. I got you, girl.

Get you some rest.

Eagles!

All right. There you go. There you go.

Keep your form tight. All right.

Good work, y'all. Good work. Good work.

Good work. All right.

Make sure you guys grab some more waters

before you head out to the field.

OK.

Yeah!

Kingston Jeremy.

Hey.

So when do we get to see you

and rival Khalil Edwards go toe-to-toe?

Ah.

You're gonna have to wait for that main event,

but before then, we have plenty of talented players

to showcase.

All right. We'll be watching.

Man, I can't believe you.

Man, relax. This is for you.

You had a hell of a day, son.

Let this top shelf ease some of them nerves.

All right, man, look...

All right, man, you 18, right?

So that mean you a grown man.

Grown-ass man deserves the truth.

And the truth is...

you got to chill out with some of that smoke

you got for your mom.

Nah, hear me out.

It wasn't all her fault.

We were both young and dumb.

And Tash ain't exactly have

all of these Baker blessings.

Her mom had her when she was a teen, too.

She already saw how that story played out.

She got afraid.

So she left.

Now, look, she did something bad,

but she's not a bad person.

Just give her a chance, man.

Let her show you that she changed.

But I did that already.

There he is.

Hey, soak up this moment, OK?

You will remember this for the rest of your life.

So we each really get our own championship ring?

Yes, sir. Although, you know,

back in my day, they weren't as nice.

Hey, don't worry, Coach.

You can borrow mine whenever you want.

How kind. Yeah.

I'll make sure not to wear

my two NCAA national championship rings that day.

So it's like that, huh?

Yeah, it's like that.

You still got a long way to go

to catch up to old Coach.

You see your mom?

Not yet.

She's gonna come right after her shift, though.

It's about a 4-hour drive from Fresno.

I still can't believe she's been this close to L.A.

these last few years.

Well, listen, um,

no matter what, enjoy tonight.

This is a celebration of your hard work, OK?

And I'll be here with you.

And so will your dad.

And that is my cue to walk away.

All right. I'm proud of you.

Thank you.

There he go, our state champion.

Yes, sir, baby boy!

Glad you could make it, Pop.

Oh, man, I wouldn't miss it for the world,

especially with you being nominated

for bad ass of the year award.

It's the Brave Heart Award, Pop.

That's the same thing.

My bad ass baby boy got the bravest of hearts.

Was you expecting somebody?

Nah. Everybody I want is here.

Word.

OK. Good evening, everyone,

and welcome.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who showed up

to celebrate the state champions,

our South Crenshaw Chargers. Come on.

Tonight is not just a celebration

of a victory.

We are honouring each of our boys,

who started the season with a single goal

and worked together to achieve it.

Not many make it to greatness. Most don't even bother trying.

But what we did together on that field is a rarity.

So cherish it and be proud.

Now, before we get to the rings,

I want to single out a player.

South Crenshaw's Brave Heart Award

has been awarded for 50 years.

It's voted on by both coaches and players.

It... it recognises an individual

whose courage and selflessness can be seen

on and off the field.

Now, this player despite the odds

overcame every obstacle in his way

and showed up and continued to contribute to his team.

It is my honour to call up to the stage

this year's Brave Heart Award-winner

Khalil Edwards.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for this award.

Why you ain't say nothing?

'Cause it didn't matter.

What you mean, it don't matter?

You sitting there, hurting on the biggest night of your life,

and it don't matter?

You could've at least said something.

I could've tried to help.

I didn't need your help. I needed hers.

But she didn't show.

She never shows.

That's what I been trying to tell you.

She hasn't changed.

The only way that I can guarantee

that she doesn't hurt me again

is if I don't give her the chance to.

Gotta go see if there's an update on Olivia.

Meena, let's get our taco on.

Oh, what the hell y'all got going on?

Amina Simms, care to make a comment about

ICE's activity at South Crenshaw?

She don't have no comment. Back up.

What about your father, Cardell Simms?

Is there worry he'll face...

Bro, you got two seconds to get back on the curb

before I have all y'all arrested for trespassing.

Back up.

I'm sorry. It's OK.

They still out there?

Yeah, unfortunately.

Why won't they just leave me alone?

I'm not trying to be the face of a movement.

I was just trying to do the right thing.

I know. Come on.

Have a seat.

Drink something.

Thanks.

If I had seen your call that day, I...

It's OK.

No, it ain't.

I mean, you should not have to answer

some dumb-ass reporters,

and... and Preach should not be sleeping in a jail cell.

I should've been here to protect y'all,

but I forgot what was important to me...

you, Preach, my community.

I didn't see the sellout happening.

I didn't...

but you did.

Auntie Coop, come on. You didn't sell out.

Look, I'm sorry for implying that you did.

You're allowed to dream big and try new things

if it makes you happy.

And you're allowed to course correct

if it doesn't.

Aren't you gonna...?

OK.

Uh, any word on the sister?

Jordan won't answer his phone.

Hey, look, man, just take a break for a second.

Now, if you gonna keep pressing me to talk to Moms.

It ain't even like that, man.

I just wanna talk to you real quick.

Hey, listen, just...

I just wanna talk to you.

Khalil, the fact that that happened to you...

your mom bailing on you that night

and you felt like you couldn't tell me?

I wasn't trying to call you out.

But you did, and you was right to.

I'm... I'm realising, man, I...

I'm the one that's messing you up.

Even though I been here, I ain't really been here.

Look, man, you deserve an apology

and some real truths.

Since you offering real truths...

did you make Mom leave?

I didn't make it easy for her to stay.

Man...

back in the day,

Tash put up with a lot

just 'cause of my lifestyle.

I wasn't the easiest person to deal with.

I was wilin' out.

I had issues with my mama...

issues with Tash.

I guess you could say

I had a complicated relationship with women.

Maybe we got that in common.

We both drive away

women that we truly care about,

intentional or not.

Yeah.

Maybe we do.

Man, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, man.

Any news on Khalil Edwards?

We seen every Crenshaw player but him.

Yeah, yeah.

Nah, he's... he's definitely around here somewhere.

You probably just missed him.

There's no record of him weighing in,

and he hasn't been seen at any of the skill events.

Also, where are Coach Baker and Coach Jeremy?

A few of the assistant coaches

I have been able to find

can't seem to answer that question for me either.

I mean, that is the perks of Beverly.

Am I right? I mean, we have a big campus over here.

So I'm sure everyone's around here somewhere.

As for Khalil and I,

we're just saving the best for last.

Ha ha. Gentlemen, what a day we are having.

Ha ha ha ha! Does Beverly know how to throw an event or what?

I hear the shuttle runs are about to start on the field.

You don't want to miss out.

OK!

Now, wanna tell me

what's really going on, son?

Hey, I got the law on my side.

Y'all don't wanna play with me right now.

Oh, ya... y'all asking for it, ain't you?

I just told you... Breonna!

Do you want to get charged with assault?

This is how people get charged with assault.

What is going on?

I tried calling. I thought I could help

you guys with the circus you have outside.

I was helping her. I told her not to talk to them.

Hmm. Or hit them with a baseball bat.

I was not gonna hit them, all right?

It was a scare tactic.

Did you really think that was gonna work?

Well, it scared you.

Oh, my God.

All I want is peace. Please.

I don't want to talk to anyone,

let alone those reporters.

Now, I'm going in my room.

I'm going to turn on noise cancelation,

and I'm gonna give you two some privacy

because it sounds like y'all really need to do the talking.

OK? OK.

She's a smart one.

Yeah. Real genius.

I guess we... we do need to talk.

You want to put the bat down first?

Right.

Look, I was so out of pocket

the night Amina got out.

I was stressed a lot

and... and just mad at myself for choosing J&R

over my community.

And that's why I resigned.

I heard.

Audrey told me that you two had quite the conversation.

It would've been nice to be a part of that.

Look, she just... she helped me see

that I need to be a disruptor...

you know, go, live in my purpose.

And you couldn't do that at J&R?

You couldn't give it a... a little bit of time

to figure it out?

Look, baby, I appreciate everything

that you've done for me,

but if I'mma be honest with you,

I'm just not J&R people.

And what is that supposed to mean?

Finally! The tacos.

Um, just in case, just in case.

Oh! Back up.

Amina, come get these tacos.

Amina?

Where'd she go?

She left a note.

"Helping out KJ.

"Plus, no headphones in the world

can block out y'all."

Great.

Meen, what are you doing here?

I should be asking you.

KJ texted me. Why aren't you at the showcase?

You don't know.

Know what?

What did you do? This you?

Damn.

For something so small, you hit hard.

Are you the reason he's not at the showcase?

I was wrong.

You ain't driven 'em all away.

I'mma let y'all have a minute.

Khalil, what the hell's going on here?

It's been one hell of a week.

I mean, can we just...

skip to us making up and be good?

No. No more bypassing the hard conversation.

We have to have this out.

Have what out? I already said, my bad.

"My bad"?

Is making up even what you want?

What I wanted was some tacos.

OK. Well...

we're having this conversation.

So what did you mean

when you said you're not Jefferson and Rimmer people?

I meant that...

I'm not some power suit-wearing lawyer

with a corner office in some high-rise,

who spends a gang of money on an expensive retreat

in Ojai with a company card.

So you meant you're not a lawyer like me.

Baby, you asked me why I left the internship.

I gave you my truth.

I didn't mean to hurt you in that.

Like you didn't mean to hurt me

the day before yesterday when we were looking for Amina?

You know, Patience was wrong.

This is not about

hurting the people that we love the most.

You spoke to Patience?

This is about the fact that you blame me

and the life that we're building together

for why you didn't answer Amina's calls that day.

That's just not...

Please just let me finish.

I feel like I need to make one thing clear.

I didn't choose torts for you.

I didn't choose this life for you, Coop.

I just chose you.

And in choosing you,

I just tried to ease the path

to the life you said you wanted.

If you had said you wanted to study

alien rights laws on the moon,

I would be at NASA right now

trying to figure out how to make that happen for you,

and you know that.

Because that is what you do when you love someone.

But this isn't about me loving you.

It's about you loving you.

There's a war going on inside of you, Coop...

between who you were and who you want to be.

And you'll never be truly happy

until you figure that out.

I'm trying to.

I know.

And I have faith that you will figure it out.

I have so much faith in you.

And when you do, you'll have to decide

if I fit in that life.

But for the record,

I would've loved any and every version of you.

I can't get ahold of Coop or Breonna.

No one's calling me back.

What do we do? Do we go over there?

Yeah. We could head to the hospital or...

Jordan's with Liv at the hospital.

They're taking care of her.

It's gonna be OK, Meen.

It has to be.

OK.

The ENTs must have knocked it over

when they were getting Liv.

Maybe we can save it.

Do you have some glue?

- That Coop? - It's these reporters.

They keep calling me 'cause they want me to talk about

what happened with ICE.

What you did was brave, Meen.

No.

No, what you did here, saving Liv,

that was brave.

Fine. What we both did was brave.

But what you did can inspire others

to stand up for what's right.

Yeah, maybe, but I wouldn't consider myself

some kind of activist.

I was just trying to show up to help

the people who needed me at the school that day.

No excuses.

I'mma catch y'all later.

About the other night, I can explain.

I got nothing to say to you.

Please, Khalil.

On my way to your ceremony, there was an accident.

I'm a nurse, so I got out to help.

And the driver was in bad shape, and I...

I don't wanna hear it.

No matter what it is,

there's always some excuse with you...

always some reason why you never show up for me.

It's whatever.

I gave you another chance, and you messed it up.

I'm done.

Why didn't you send that text?

Things weren't right between us,

not like they're great now.

Look, I'm sorry for leaving the way that I did, Khalil.

I... I wasn't digging for that.

I know, but I am.

I know people moving in and out of your life

isn't the easiest thing for you.

And if I'd been a little less focused on me

at the time, I would've remembered that.

So you think you know me now?

Yeah, a little bit.

Perks of being best friends.

That is, before I messed it all up.

Nah, we both played a part in messing it up.

And you don't gotta apologize

for putting yourself first for once

and bouncing to Dinsberg.

You didn't cause my problems.

My mom, my dad... hell, even Miranda...

all my troubles come from my abandonment issues

and my fear of being alone.

Hey, but I'm working on it.

So about the whole BFFs thing,

since we're both sorry...

you think we can get back to that someday,

be the old us again

when things were simple?

I miss you.

But I don't wanna wait on someday.

How about today?

Today sounds good.

But I'm not calling you my BFF.

How about bestie?

Hell no.

Road dawg?

I don't think so.

OK! I give up.

As a freshly reappointed OG best friend,

can I make an observation?

Please do.

I seen the way you look at KJ,

and it's the same way he looks at you.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do.

I know things are complicated.

But don't make the same mistake I did

and wait too long to tell the person you love

that you love him.

Tomorrow's not guaranteed.

I... I guess we're done.

Yeah. I think we are.

I don't know. This don't look right.

Maybe that's OK.

Sure, it doesn't look like it did before...

I can tell you that much...

but maybe it's better this way.

Maybe the cracks are the scars

that show it can withstand whatever life throws it.

Kind of like our friendship.

That was cute.

Corny but cute.

KJ, I'm here to help, OK?

Now, you're doing a brilliant job

keeping things afloat on your own,

but I put a lot on the line for your dad,

so where is he?

Um, well, he left to help Coach Baker

with a family emergency.

All right. But he knows what you did for him

and how important this showcase is, so...

I know he'll be right back.

Hey, tell him to take his time.

After all, family first, right?

I'm here for you.

It's like I always say:

chaos breeds opportunity.

Thanks for trusting me, son.

Ol' girl leave?

Uh, she couldn't get in touch with Coop or Breonna,

so she went back to get 'em.

You doing that all wrong.

Blood ain't no joke.

Gotta use the right stuff, get stains out like this.

Do I even wanna know how you learned to clean that?

Relax, man.

It ain't like that.

I learned this a long time ago.

Your mama taught it to me, actually.

I learned it when you was a baby.

It was actually on the first night

she came home from the hospital.

What happened?

Boy, I remember me and your mama was tired as hell.

You hear me?

But for whatever reason, you just wanted

to party all night.

And I could tell your mom was running on empty,

so I told her, take a load off,

get some shut-eye.

I'll take care of lil' man.

It took your mama one minute to pass out.

She was cooked.

Then it was just you and me.

I had you in my arms,

looking at your little laughing face.

And then you had a blowout.

What's a blowout?

It's exactly what it sound like.

Here you go.

Man, I tried my best to clean it up

so your mom wouldn't have to worry about it.

But guess I made too much noise.

So she woke up, she start laughing,

I start laughing.

We look over at you,

and now you try and join in on the fun.

We got everything cleaned up.

We spent the rest of the night

just laughing and loving on you.

You loved her.

Yeah.

I did.

How'd you forgive her so easily?

Wasn't easy.

In fact, if it was this time last year,

I would've told her to keep it pushing.

But I've been watching you.

I've been seeing the work you been putting in here...

at this house.

You've grown into a great young man...

a much better man than me.

I guess what I'm saying is...

I learned how to forgive just watching you.

I love you, son.

I love you, too, Pop.

Look, I told y'all to stay away.

I... Breonna! What?

Oh. What's wrong?

Have you not checked your phone?

Amina and Cassius have been trying

to get in touch with both of us.

It's Olivia. She went into labor early,

and no one can find Spencer.

Thank you so much for this award.

Thank you, Coach JB, Coach Bobby,

all my teammates.

I feel like I shouldn't be the only one standing up here.

Y'all talk about

how I found the strength to overcome obstacles.

The truth is I didn't find nothing.

Y'all gave it to me.

All right, man, I'll be here.

Go check on your guy.

Thanks, Pop.

Coach, how is she?

I'm sorry I didn't get there sooner.

I did everything I could.

No. You did everything right.

You saved her life. Thank you.

I will never be able to repay you.

You already have.

OK, come here.

Khalil, voice-over: You believed in me,

gave me an opportunity. And when things got hard

and I thought I couldn't go no further, you were there.

Finally! What the hell is going on?

Olivia went into labor early.

Is she OK?

We don't know yet. She's stabilised,

but they still won't let Jordan see her.

Look, I just spoke to Layla.

She was in some meetings, so she missed our calls,

but she is on her way.

Still can't reach Jordan's mom, though.

And for whatever reason, nobody can reach Spencer,

not even his agents.

Look, just tell me something good, man.

Please. How's the showcase?

Oh, you haven't gotten any of my texts?

What's going on?

It... it's Cliff.

All right. That dude is on one.

He has a plan to take down Jordan,

and I need to stop him.

Khalil, voice-over: Even when circumstances

tested my loyalty, you were there.

But the doctors are doing everything they can

to slow down the twins from coming, but...

But they're coming.

Yeah.

But you bought her time.

OK?

And I'll never stop saying thank you.

How did you know what to do?

Khalil, voice-over: Even when I personally pushed y'all away,

screamed at you, tried to pick a fight...

you wouldn't let me go at it alone.

- Khalil? - I need your help, Mom.

It's Liv. She's going into early labor.

I don't know what to do.

I'm right here, baby.

Nothing I haven't dealt with in 10 years on the job.

What's her condition? Tell me everything.

She's having twins.

She said something about 32 weeks, and, uh,

the contractions, they... they look painful.

There... there's blood.

OK, I need you to listen.

Follow my instructions exactly.

I don't know if I can do this.

Yes, you can. I know you can. I believe in you.

I'm gonna run through a list of supplies

that you need to gather right away.

Then I'll go over some breathing techniques.

Khalil, voice-over: Like guardian angels,

y'all stayed with me, kept me in the light,

the path.

My mom,

she told me what to do.

Smart lady.

Now, will you please take some advice from me?

Go to the showcase.

You have worked too hard.

It's probably halfway over by now, Coach.

Whatever shot I had, it's gone.

Maybe, maybe not.

You will never know until you go and try.

Khalil, your life is as important

as the ones you just saved.

You gotta know that.

OK, now it's time for you to go be great.

I believe in you.

We all believe in you.

Thank you.

And you're right. I'mma give it my all at the showcase.

Damn right you are.

Just got one thing to do first.

Go.

Hey.

Thanks for coming.

How's Olivia?

She's not out of it yet.

But thanks to you, she's alive.

Happy I could help,

especially for a family that's given you so much.

You want to know why it took me so long to come back?

I could barely take care of myself

when I left, let alone a baby.

I wasn't headed anywhere good.

Told myself I would come back once I bettered myself,

when I felt I was...

I was good enough for your love.

But then one year became 3,

then 5.

Next thing I knew, you were all grown.

And while I had finally made something of myself...

I still didn't think I was worthy of you.

I couldn't forgive myself for what I'd done,

so I knew there was little chance you would.

And so I took the cowardly route...

and stayed away,

telling myself it was for your own good.

What changed?

I saw your name in the paper,

saw what you made of yourself.

I was so proud.

Despite all the ways I set you up for failure,

you became something great.

And I figured, if you were strong enough to do that,

then I could be strong enough

to come and apologise face to face.

Strong enough to let you know

you were loved every day of your life,

even if I was too selfish

to stick around and show you.

You showed up today...

when it counted.

And while I can't make no promises...

I wanna work on the whole forgiveness thing...

but only if you'll forgive yourself first.

That's how I got here...

standing on this stage, holding this award.

Nobody does anything alone.

We find people who believe in us,

people who see past our mistakes.

We find our villages.

Khalil, voice-over: Through this team,

I finally found mine.

Greg, move your head.