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No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

$1,000. $1,000. God is putting that on my heart. Child, that's between you and

Black Jesus. Move along.

You all right?

Come on, please. My refund should be higher than this, considering I ain't

got no room. But since it's not, I decline.

Uncle Sam's not about to have me pay back a refund from my loan just to hit

me with a grip of interest.

You can have it. You're not taking a check? No. What happened? No, I'm going

to get a check. Watch this. I don't know. Hey, Deborah Wayne.

Refund check, please.

As in President Wayne's daughter.

Miss Wayne, you know you don't have any financial aid, so what makes you think

you'd receive a refund?

Go to class, girl.

That's nice of you. Next.

It's a different world than where you come from.

It's a different world than where you come from.

It's a different...

Homecoming about to make me poor and unhoused. Right? So I already got my

tickets for Gospel Explosion, and I still need to get my tickets for the

Pearls Brunch, but I'm most excited for Friday Fest.

This is going to be my first secular concert.

I feel so naughty.

Come on, Mary Magdalene. Thank you.

Next, I'll teach you about... Hey, hey, listen to me, listen to me. Did you hear

that Young Sully canceled for Friday Fest? Are you serious? What?

Exactly. How? It's in two days. Well, apparently his barber died, and my man

will not perform without a fresh fade. Nobody can fault him for that. Rest in

peace, barber. Isn't he the headliner?

Does that mean Friday Fest is canceled? This must be what the emergency

homecoming meeting later is about. I'm there. With all the celebs in town for

homecoming, we should easily be able to find somebody.

Since when have you ever been a part of any committee?

Only thing I've seen you involved in was somebody else's business.

Why am I always casting strays?

Hello, I'm Artiste.

I was on the events committee for Chote.

Imagine me saving homecoming.

I can turn my whole rep around after Gavin's working.

Needed. That's my cue. I'm going to go back to work.

Gosh,

the old pit, it looks just incredible.

And check that out. Hi, you guys must be alums. Welcome and happy homecoming.

What can I start you off with?

Oxtail. Oxtail. Hush puppies.

Hush puppies. Yes.

Our boy's first homecoming, and he's starting in the game.

How you doing? How you doing?

You getting pumped up some?

You want me to be honest?

Yeah.

I'm not going to lie. I got my arm on my mind heavy.

Me too.

But we both know she would want us both to be turned up for her beloved Hillman

homecoming. She would have been the loudest one in the stands. I can't hear

her now. Yeah, but you got to stay locked in.

I've been locked in since I was nine years old, and that ain't going to never

change.

Could do without the circus for just a week.

Especially this one.

You got a strike while the iron's hot.

Enough talk.

Game time.

Hey!

Look what it is!

Oh, and you!

Oh, I've been following your very impressive football career.

Thank you, sir. I really appreciate that. It was real good seeing y'all

again. Yeah, yeah.

Pops, I'm gonna go find the table. Okay.

You had a great kid there, Ron. I definitely hit the lottery. Yeah, yeah,

yeah. Parenthood's a joy. Look, I really need to know if this is true, that, you

know, they separated.

I didn't hear it from me.

Okay. I'm gonna see y'all later on? Yeah, yeah, for sure. Okay.

So,

look, maybe when we see Wayne and Whitley, we don't mention the

separation. Spare anyone any embarrassment?

I mean, I wouldn't dream of it.

Okay, well, this is going to be great.

I did a little TikTok research. And, hey, hey, I am a replacement for Friday

Fest. Hey, DeBoer, remember, this is not your moment, okay? Keep it cute and keep

your mouth shut. Thank you. Yeah, because I plan on joining this committee

next year to build my resume for when I become, you know, Miss Hillman.

So, behave. I know how you get. Mind if I sit here?

We'd be mad if you didn't. Thank you all for shuffling around your schedules for

this emergency planning meeting.

Bottom line, no headliner, no Friday Fest.

So, who's got ideas?

You might as well throw the whole thing away.

There's no homecoming without Friday Fest. Okay, look, teacher, do you really

need to be taking out your braids right now? A girl's gotta multitask. Plus, you

know, I only have this time outside of class and band practice. Great. Anyone

else?

I have the perfect person to... Sit down. Mm-hmm.

I would like the committee to remember that freshmen are invited to silently

observe, not to speak. But I could solve everything. There's a hierarchy,

Deborah.

Candace, come on.

Let's hear her out.

What do we have to lose?

Fine, fine. Go ahead. I would like to propose Summer Walker as our

replacement, and she happens to be in Richmond for a tour stop. We will add

her to our list of potential replacements. I know Summer personally.

I met her a few summers ago at Governor's Ball. I could easily hit her.

Well, if you can book Summer Walker, then by all means, do it. But if you

can't, I will make it my personal mission to ensure that the entire yard

knows that Deborah Wayne killed Friday Fest.

Now, do we have any ideas from the upperclassmen? Girl, you never told us

you know Summer Walker.

Guess I don't.

So I would prefer that our little marital hiatus be kept private

now that we're in the public eye.

And I would prefer to focus less on image and more on how I'm supposed to

fix Hillman's...

My natural problems. You know, I've been seeing you two for weeks now. I know

you've been separated for almost six months.

I know no one's filed for divorce, but I do not know why.

Okay, well, when Whitley hit big with Glitter by Gilbert, we were both

thrilled. Beauty mobile status.

She was getting more money, more exposure, more connections, more, more,

more, more, more.

But after I left my position at Kanishi, where I had to come back into higher

education, I realized...

I wanted less. Thank you for sharing that, Dwayne. But it still doesn't tell

me squat.

Okay, fine.

The truth is we have a very different set of priorities beyond our kids.

And image is always at the top of Whitley's list. How's that for squat?

Dwayne is a saint.

Hardworking, honest, smart, compassionate.

Have you ever tried living with a saint, Dr. Henry? What I see is balance.

You balance each other like a team.

Yeah. Yeah.

We were.

Once. So what do you want to do now about the separation?

Why don't you ask Whitney?

Okay, according to Sternberg's triarchic theory, there are three types of

intelligence. What are they?

Amir? Hello?

Um, I don't know.

Scorpio, Pisces, and Aquarius? Amir! Okay, you know what?

I am gonna go study alone and leave you to do your little haircuts, okay?

Hey, what's up?

I'm Jalen.

You're Amir, right? Shaquille said you could hear. Jalen.

Jalen Hughes.

Basketball player, right? Yeah.

I'm Amir. It's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.

You play basketball with all those pretty freckles?

Oh.

I'm Hazel. Hi.

Well, nice to meet you, Hazel.

So you know what you're doing, right?

If you mess me up, man, I'm gonna have to mess you up.

Nah, you know, I've been cutting hair since I was 14.

You can ask anyone in Harlem about my skills.

Oh, snap, you from Harlem?

Okay, that's what's up. I'm from Houston.

I'm from Elgin.

Illinois.

For sure. So, what is it that you are wanting?

Oh, a tin fade.

All right. You can do that, right? Yeah, yeah, I can do that.

Knowing Summer Walker's lash tech is basically the same as knowing Summer.

And the only thing that I have been associated with at Hillman is scandal,

okay? And this is the perfect opportunity for me to be known as

somebody who adds value.

How is Kayla still going to leave me on read?

If you don't get Summer, I'll kill you.

You see what I did there?

Wait, wait. No, because...

Girls need love, too. You see what I did?

No.

Kojo's gonna lose his mind.

Who said anything about Kojo?

What if he doesn't like it?

I mean, he fancy. He said we spoke the other day. Girl, girl, girl.

The dress is perfect.

I can't believe I spent so much money on clothes.

I should have sent my parents that refund. No, no.

I feel like a horrible daughter.

I mean, I'm obviously not as bad as you, but still.

Okay, girl, please.

My parents are constantly on my ass about all my credit card spending.

What am I supposed to do? Repeat a outfit for homecoming? No, no, look.

You can return everything after you wear the dress for Friday Fest.

Then send them the money. Just keep the tag on.

See what I'm saying?

That's good.

Ha! Ha-ha!

The lash cops have spoken.

As I look around this room and see all my beautiful, beautiful Hillman family.

Now, I'm not going to sugarcoat it for you, but Hillman's survival, it's not

guaranteed. Not unless we take action. So I need everybody in here. Please dig

deep and do whatever you can to save this place we love so much.

Please.

Hey, now.

Hey, now.

Excellent work, Mr. President. Oh, stop.

And please, please.

Delisa and I would be honored if you'd take this.

What?

I don't know what to say.

Just say you're going to save our school.

I'm definitely going to try.

Oh, thank you.

I'm so proud of you.

Dwayne, the Taylors were telling me earlier about their farmhouse in South

Carolina and their gaggle of grandchildren. Can you imagine?

Wow, what exactly is a gaggle? Oh, that's a bunch. That's 10, 11, and 20 at

least. It's four.

Brad? Well, it feels like 12, 13, 14, you know?

That's retirement, I guess. So what about you two?

Oh, well, we're obviously too young for grandchildren, but our kids are doing

great. Whitley, your daughter Marion, is literally only one year younger than

Armani, but okay.

Oh, well, I guess age looks different on everybody.

Charlene!

I'm going to need you to hold me back.

Chain, chain.

What in the world?

I want to donate, but my cash app is broke. Is yours working?

I don't know, because the way my loans are set up... Girl, these look

good.

You made the right choice splurging on mink.

Summer only wears mink. Splurge?

How much does that cost? I already got a return dress. I already told you,

Rashida. The lashes are on me. Do not worry about it.

So, I'm going to keep it real with you, Kayla.

I didn't actually need my lashes done today because, as you can see, they are

still behaving. Not from where I'm standing.

But your choice.

You know, I really appreciate you throwing me all this extra business

while I'm in town. Anytime.

Choke for life.

Choke for life.

I'd die for you. That's not even really necessary, though.

But if you really do want to do me a favor, what do you think about...

Helping me get Summer for Friday Fest tomorrow?

Oh, baby, I can't help you with that.

What do you mean? Summer and I are close, but I can't book her for gigs.

You can't even help me get her her manager's contact or something?

Sorry, Dee, but that would just really be out of my lane.

I just can't.

All set, Rashida?

Okay, Kyla. Come on, Mink.

All I need now is a credit card.

Yes.

That should be the receipt.

Girl, $10,000?

U.S.? I can't even get the friends and family discount?

Baby, don't even worry about it. Come on and take them all.

Deborah. Kayla. I am Summer Walker's lash tech.

Okay. I assumed you'd assume I was expensive.

Now, I've already done about a dozen girls on your floor. Miss Kayla, I

thought my eyelids were stronger than this. Not now, Deidre.

Like I was saying.

i gotta go soak my fingers because i'm supposed to meet summer later at the

carter you know what you right girl

what am i what am i thinking i appreciate you i appreciate you i knew

me i knew you

And these two knuckleheads used to get in trouble every week because they

enjoyed my lectures so much. Oh, that's not exactly how I remember it, Dr.

Ward. Sorry, you let them call you Dr. Ward? No.

Yeah, we didn't usually call him that through his face. Definitely not.

Yeah, wow, this is pretty surreal being here on campus with my boy and his kid,

my kid.

Which is why we got to fight so hard for Hillman.

This institution made men of these two. Mm-hmm. And also introduced us to the

women who inspired us to be better men. Mm-hmm. Hear, hear. Well, hopefully we

can find that one day.

One day. One day.

Not two days.

But seriously, like, how do we fix it? Well, I'll tell you exactly how.

Mr. President here needs to divert money into the Hillman football program and

use Shaquille's presence to attract donors. Couldn't have said it any

better. See? Oh, thank you. Welcome, Mr. Assistant. Listen.

Football is not going to be the thing to fix this. I'm telling you. The man's got

six eyes. He still can't see the vision. That's the problem. Go on and sit down

somewhere. Wait a minute, fellas.

Hang on a second.

Business calls. Shaquille, come on. There's somebody I want you to meet.

There's an old Spice exec here, and apparently it was his idea to put that

six-foot brother shirtless on the back of that unicorn or whatever it was.

Pops, Pops, Pops, I'm not trying to learn how to ride no horse for no brand

deal.

I'm sorry.

I just don't care about none of this right now.

Jacqueline, what do I do?

You got 20 minutes, and then I'm out.

I'm not going down for this. Girl, calm down. Seriously, it is not a heist.

Let me have my fun.

You know what? I'll just study while I wait for y'all.

Deborah, this is crazy. We can't just be going on, knocking on people's doors.

Somebody gonna get shot.

It's a boutique hotel, okay? We only have, like, 30 more doors until we find

her.

Oh!

Hi! Hi!

There you are!

I'm Deborah.

Rashida. Kayla's intern.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

I didn't know lash techs had interns.

Same, girl. Same. Which is what makes Kayla so special. So, anyway...

Wait, so is she on the way here, or are you about to do my lashes? Yes, I just

need to... No, she's not.

Summer, look, we know you are a huge supporter of HBCUs, and you have tons of

fans at Hillman, so we...

We would be honored if you would consider headlining our Friday Fest

event tomorrow.

So you're not a last-tick intern?

Well, she's more of an apprentice.

Stalkers. Security.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're safe.

You're safe.

I promise.

Look, let me level with you some, some, some, some, some. Can I call you some,

some? Absolutely not.

Okay. Honestly, sweetie, I would love to. I'm really flattered, but it's just,

you know, too short notice.

And I want everything to be right, you know? I hear you, but it would be iconic

if you even showed up as a surprise guest.

Yes.

You would basically be saving our homecoming.

Hillman has been going through it.

Okay, just please, just picture it, right? Thousands of students with their

phones out, and just imagine the joy that you would bring, okay? It would be

giving, historic.

Yeah,

I'm so sorry, but I'm just not going to be able to do it. It's just not enough

time, but it was really nice meeting you guys, and I'm so sorry. I hope that you

can understand.

Come on this way, ladies. Nice to meet you, guys.

You're so handsome. Thank you so much.

Girl,

Kayla, where are you at? You got these crazy people up in here. I know, girl,

but Hillman Homecoming could be a good look for you.

Hear me out.

Kayla, I trust you, girl.

I'm listening.

Well, I heard Dwayne was actually sleeping with President Davenport.

That's why he got her fired, and that's why he and Whitley split up.

You know, Dwayne didn't even graduate.

What?

Diabolical.

Still motor mouths, commenting on grown folks' business.

Uh, no, girl, because, see, we was just talking about my cousin, Whitney.

Anyways, her and her man, uh, DeJuan.

Whitney and DeJuan.

What?

They had this toxic, but...

Enduring love. Oh, you know what? Mm-mm. We gon' go. We gon' go. Yep. We gon' go.

I'm toxic.

Hey, there.

Do your grandchildren call you Nana? Oh, dear God.

Okay, can you just cut the crap?

Whitley, can we be real?

What do you mean?

I'm being as real as those diamonds you're wearing.

You know, Jaleesa, may or may not have heard some rumors that

you and Whitley were going through it.

I just never thought that the two of us would be like... Yours is.

Are you kidding me?

Oh, yeah, we separated about ten years ago.

Right after I beat cancer.

Prostate cancer.

Oh. Yeah, that's okay. I caught it in time.

But I started blaming her for all of our problems.

Brad and I have been through just about everything.

Including an affair.

That scoundrel. No,

no. Actually, I'm the one that had the affair.

With Walter.

Walter Oaks? Yeah.

Why? I mean, what for?

Is he wealthy now? I regretted it immediately.

Wow. Mm-hmm.

How did your marriage survive that?

Ooh.

Therapy, patience, and a substantial amount of tequila. I don't know.

I don't know what's gonna make me better until I get a hold of something I can

control of, like this Hillman financial situation, you know? If you want to beat

that battle for Hillman, then you're gonna have to make some difficult

decisions. Budget cuts.

You're gonna have to get lean, soldier.

Huh? Yeah. All right.

And check that prostate.

Yes, sir.

I wish I knew where my marriage was going.

Look at me.

Whitley, you have more say in this than you think.

Relax.

Relax. Relax.

Tequila.

What

about

him, YT?

Straight, straight for sure.

Wrong again my turn That one in the in the green shirt Oh couldn't be

gayer Yeah, someone's gay dark clearly needs calibrating. That's why you

thought Jalen was feeling No, he was definitely

Okay, well, clearly I was wrong. He was definitely feeling it.

Congratulations. Thank you. All right, all right, you win!

Y'all having a good time?

All right, we got our surprise headliner coming up. Listen, son, there's not a

day that goes by that I don't think about your mother.

She was the love of my life.

But I got to keep it together just like I did when she passed.

I had this vision of you and I supporting each other through this

second anniversary, and everything was just going to be fine.

Then it got real and I did what I always do up I Push all that down.

I even tried distracting you with work Just needed my dad

Well, I'm always gonna be Maybe a little shorter,

but I'm always be I Love you.

I love you boy

Congrats. I knew you could pull it off.

I appreciate your faith in me, but I wasn't so sure. I'm pretty sure Summer

almost had her security guard tase me.

And how'd you turn that around?

I got a call from her last tech, Kayla, last night, and Summer appreciated my

passion and audacity.

Gets them every time.

It is magnetic.

All right, human, it's time for our very special guest, Summer Walker!

What's up, Hillman College?

I'm so happy to be here today and shout out to Deborah Wayne for making all of

this happen.

That's me. That's me. I'm Deborah.

She's mispronouncing my name. Girl, you are crazy.

Y'all ready?

This is crazy.

I gotta find my people.

I gotta... Okay. Excuse me. Rashida!

All in my phone, I got options.

And I don't want to tell you to drop it.

Because I don't want to play unfair.

Something that makes me look at you too often.

And maybe I can give something.

Hair, dress, and skin.

How greedy.

I think my whole life just changed.

Why shut it up?

You forgot the tag.

Well, despite everything, our daughter is pretty amazing. Look what she pulled

off.

Yes, I am very impressed, but I'm also furious.

What are we going to do about Deborah's spending?

I have no idea, but whatever we do, we got to do it together.

This kind of reminds me of when we were students and started dating.

Mm-hmm. I miss this.

Maybe we could be a team again.

You know, to work on the funding situation.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'd like to be a team again.

As long as it's not on the Spain's table, because you are awful.

That's not true.

I have improved.

That's you?

No.

You're a stranger.

What's up?

You know, I didn't forget what today is, right?

I'm here if you need to talk.

That means a lot to you, honestly.

May I have this dance?

It's all I wanted all week.

You spent $14,000.

On lashes and clothes of all things? What were you thinking? We have to pay

for this card. I was spending money.

For a good reason.

Hello, because of me. Now, Hillman, it is trending and in a positive way this

time.

You've been ODing is what you've been doing. And we've been enabling it. But

now we're cutting you off.

What? No. And you owe us $14,000.

Check my bank account, sis, what are you worth? Five figures on a wrist, got a

new purse.

And a ride so clean, call me Uber.

Mama never raised a broke, broke love. That's why I'm your favorite topic.

Mama never raised a broke, broke love. Are you out of pocket?

I'm a whole mood, two, two times up. I'm a whole mood, two, two times up. I'm a

whole mood. I'm a whole mood. I'm a whole mood, two, two times up. I'm a

whole mood, two, two times up. what you heard check my bank account sis what are

you worth five figures on the wrist got a new purse and a ride so clean call me

uber mama never raised a bro bro bro bro that's why i'm your favorite topic mama

never raised a bro bro

Are you, are you out of pocket?

I'm a whole mood, two, two times up I'm a whole mood, two, two times up I'm a

whole mood, I'm a whole mood I'm a whole mood, two, two times up I'm a whole

mood, two, two times up I'm a whole mood, two, two times up I'm a whole

mood, I'm a whole mood I'm a whole mood, two, two times up

I'm two times up