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(James Brown's
"Super Bad" plays)

♪ Watch me ♪

♪ I got it ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ I got soul,
and I'm super bad ♪

♪ Huh ♪

-Whoo!
-Come on now!

(laughter)

Hey, hey!

NIKKI: Hello, Oak Bluffs!

So, did you know
that the Black elite

have been coming here
since the late 1800s?

Oh, and we have to go
to Nancy's Restaurant

because Sasha Obama
had a summer job there.

Okay. Goals. Thank you.

"Goals"? What?
Working at a restaurant?

Being Sasha Obama.

(laughs)

Why you got us riding around,

hair blowing, like white women
selling shampoo?

Now, you know we're selling
more than shampoo.

What are we selling?

Identity and...?

ALL: Freedom!

Yes! Yes, girl!

-But I swear, if this wig fall off...
-(laughs)

Mom, pull over.

PIGGY: That water is probably
cold, baby girl.

I don't care.

This is my first time
at the beach.

Cold or not, I'm getting in.

There's gonna be a lot of firsts
for you this summer.

Really? Well...

let's have a swim, then.

-Eee!
-First swim of the summer!

PIGGY: Well, I ain't going
near the water.

I don't want my 'do to get wet.

-Ooh.
-Whoo!

Feels good!

-(screams)
-(laughs)

You coming for me?!

-Oh, you -- you coming --
-Uh-huh!

(laughter)

You okay, Ange?

♪♪

(sighs)

♪♪

(crying)
All this reminds me of Mama.

We're only here because of her.

The deed she left
on that old building...

I'm sorry. I just...

Yes, we are here because of her,

to finish what she couldn't.

Opening up a pop-up shop
where she used to work as a maid

is full circle.

And this is your homage, child.

So you ain't got to apologize
for the feeling.

I always said grieving people
should have, like,

wristbands or something,

'cause it just -- it just
rolls in when it wants to.

Well, just let it roll, baby.

'Cause my baby sister --
she's here.

♪♪

I love you.

♪♪

♪♪

I know she is
smiling down at us right now,

asking who stole
her conditioner.

-(laughter)
-Mm-hmm.

Talkin' 'bout "shea butter
does not grow on trees."

Yes, it do.

-(laughter)
-I'm like...

♪♪

(jet engines roaring)

♪ Prada, Louis, Gucci ♪

♪ Fendi bags and pearls ♪

♪ Diamonds of all colors ♪

-♪ Trips around the world ♪
-Okay.

So, we just got to the Vineyard.

Kek4drake wants to know
what I'm wearing.

Thirsty Couture 2021.

Okay, Lauren, we do not
flaunt our money.

We do not sell our bodies.
We use our minds.

You know, there's a higher
expectation for you both.

You're Duponts and Franklins.

Don't ever forget that.

Let's put away the phone,
sweetheart.

(whispers) For now.

-(squeals)
-Welcome back!

I'll have the luggage
loaded into the car.

Thank you, Jackie.

Well, you were supposed
to be here over an hour ago.

I started thinking
I was going to have to prep

for tonight's gala alone.

Well, I told you
I had it under control.

Well, do you?

Because summer starts tonight,
and this party sets the bar

for the Graceties'
fundraising efforts.

Kids, why don't you
and Mama Liv go catch up?

♪♪

LAUREN: What you looking
all good for?

LEAH: Thanks for having my back.

-RAYMOND: Of course.
-Mm-hmm.

You know, I birthed two
beautiful grandchildren for her,

and she still comes for me.

Well, you know Mama Liv's
always on 10.

-Mm.
-And you wouldn't love her if she wasn't.

(chuckles) You wanna bet?

No, not at all. (chuckles)

But as this summer is about us

getting our marriage
back on track,

back to where we were,
I'll always have your back.

Mm. I like that.

Mm-hmm.

And if you're good,
a little bit later,

I'll make sure I tend to
that "back," personally.

Ooh. Mm.

-Mm.
-(chuckles)

(indistinct chatter)

♪♪

Oh, my God.

♪♪

♪♪

My God. Is -- Is this --

This old boarding house
is all ours.

Mama never said a word.

PIGGY: This is where your mother
started doing hair.

She had all these maids dyed,
fried, and laid to the side.

She swore she'd never come back

after what happened
with your father.

She never even told you
his name?

She died with that secret, too.

(door opens)

(indistinct conversations
in distance)

LITTLE ANGELA: Ow, Mama.

Angie, I know you're excited
to meet your daddy,

but sit still.

Why ain't I ever met him before?

He was busy getting
everything ready.

But now we're gonna live
like a real family

in a castle on the water.

I wanna look real pretty.

♪♪

Okay.

How do I look?

-You look beautiful.
-(doorbell rings)

(sighs)

You wait right here.

♪♪

EVE: You made me keep quiet.

You want to pay me off?

Get out!

Before I beat the Black
off of you.

Get out of this house right now!

♪♪

(door opens, closes)

Daddy!

(door opens)

♪♪

(thunder rumbling, rain falling)

I'm here now, Mom.

♪♪

♪ Head high ♪

♪ Confident ♪

♪ Strong mind ♪

♪ Resilient ♪

♪ You can't break me,
I was born to rise ♪

♪ Our kind of people ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Our kind of people ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪♪

You know, all this time
we were eating instant grits,

we could have been
dining on steak

at some waterfront property.

I did love her grits, though.

Me, too.

So, um, when are we gonna
spread her ashes?

(sighs) Let's just get settled
first, all right?

You've had a really rough year.

I got expelled from school
for fighting.

I caught a case.
You can say it, Mom.

♪♪

Mom.

(snaps fingers) Come here.

-Mom.
-Come here!

-(laughing) Mom!
-Get up here!

Okay!

(laughing) Stop!

(sighs)

I want this to be a fresh start
for both of us.

I want to create some
generational wealth up in here,

for you, your kids --
if you want them.

I mean, I was even thinking
you could join Jack and Jill.

No, Mom.

I read about that club,
and those kids start hanging out

when they're like 3 years old,

and they don't want
some new girl in the mix.

-And I don't want to be in the mix.
-Um, excuse me.

Have you met yourself?

You are everything.

Anybody would love
to hang out with you.

I'm just trying to give you
more and better than I had.

These people can help us.

Just need you
to give me a chance.

(sighs) Okay?

Okay.

So, you know,
how are you gonna get it?

'Cause I know you always have
a hustle, or whatever you do.

As a matter of fact, I just
got us invited to a party.

Oh!

Well...

let's go to the party.

It's gonna be all right.

Okay.

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Don't be giving me
the run-around ♪

♪ You know what I mean ♪

♪ Smiling faces suddenly
turn into frowns ♪

Well, your mother was right.

But don't tell her I said that.

All eyes are on me tonight.

Baby, you are the baddest woman
at this party.

All eyes should be on you.

There's too much riding on
this summer

for me to make mistakes.

The Graceties, work,
the kids, and you.

I have never seen you
drop a ball in your life.

You are stronger than you think.

Together, we're even stronger.

♪ But nothing lasts forever ♪

♪♪

We are not in Boston
anymore, y'all.

(laughs)

Mama Eve used to work
this party?

Mm-hmm.

You know, my father
could be here

and I wouldn't even know it.

It's his loss.

Always has been.

-Angie!
-(screams)

(laughs)

Girl, I'm so glad you got in.

You remember the baby?

-Oh, my God.
-Can you believe it?

Nikki!

Aunt Piggy.

All right, Nikki, try to have
some fun, all right?

-You, too, Piggy.
-PIGGY: Uh-huh.

From your mouth to God's ears.

You look just the same.

(both laugh)

-I wanna say hi to the host.
-Oh.

Oh, you wanna wade
into the deep waters.

-Yeah.
-Well, that's Leah Franklin-Dupont, girl.

I know. What? You forgot?

I can charm a black dog white.

True.

♪ I got the feeling,
I'm about to blow ♪

♪ Been in the kitchen
and cookin' on the low ♪

Sorry.

Uh, can I have, like, a --

a club -- club soda
or something, please? Thank you.

These parties are boring
as hell if you're not lit.

Let's do vodka for the lady.

BARTENDER:
Coming right up, Mr. Dupont.

So, is this, like,
your party, or...?

No. This is my parents' party.

My parties are
way better than this.

(chuckles) Okay.

Um, hello?

We're supposed to be taking
this Jack and Jill photo

on the beach for my feed.

-Okay.
-Lo, you're being rude.

I'm Taylor.

This is Lauren.

Hi. Uh, I-I'm Nikki.

Um, I'm kind of, like,
new around here,

but my mom's opening a store
on Delois Street.

It's like a Black hair care --

Guys, are we taking
this photo or not?

I guess they don't teach manners
in the sunken place.

-(both chuckle)
-That actually wasn't funny.

-It was a little funny.
-I see you, new girl.

We need some fresh blood
around here.

A few of us are getting together
tomorrow night,

if you want to hang.

I'm okay. Thank you, though.

TAYLOR: Cool.
Meet us on the dock at 9:00.

Until then, let's grab my photo.

Quincy?

♪♪

Excuse me.

I just had to meet
the host of this party.

I am Angela Vaughn.
I'm Josephine's friend.

This is such a great party.
It's such a pleasure.

-Nice to meet you.
-Oh, it is lovely to meet you

and your husband?
Is he here, too?

I'm not married.

I do have a 17-year-old
daughter, going on 30.

Mm. Yeah, well, we have one of those, too.

Yes, we do.

She's 17 and full of...

-opinions.
-Exactly.

You know, they grow up so fast.

Too fast.

I'm just happy
to have her with me

while I open my pop-up shop,
Eve's Crown.

RAYMOND: Wait, Eve's Crown.

Where have I heard
that name before?

I applied for the small business
incubator program at Franklin.

Yes. Yes, yes. Black hair care.

-You know, it's hot right now.
-Mm.

A Black woman's relationship
with her hair starts

well before she can even walk,
continues from the moment

her mother teaches her
how to do her own hair.

It evolves. It's generational.

It's personal.

It's a lot more than
"hot right now,"

and I think I'd be a great fit
for your program.

Well, if you keep that passion,
you just might make the cut.

And I did want to say
how amazing it is

that you are raising money

for the Single Mother
Outreach tonight,

and I wanted to give you
a donation

on behalf of my business,
Eve's Crown.

Uh, the donation box
is at the entrance.

♪♪

♪ Unh ♪

PIGGY: You know, I still don't
know why Miss Thang-Thang

snubbed her nose to your check.

It's good money.

It is good, isn't it?

Oh, pl-- Of course it's good.

I just gotta figure out
how things work around here,

that's all.

Ow! Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Looks like someone had fun.

I didn't think I would get
a chance to meet you tonight.

Can I --
Can I help you with that?

Oh, yes. Please. Thank you.

♪ Ain't no escaping ♪

♪ So I'll just let you in ♪

Oh. Oh!

♪ You're such a work of art ♪

(chuckles)

♪ The way you draw to me ♪

(clears throat) Thank you.

Um...

I'm Angela Vaughn.

Tyrique.

Guess I'll be seeing you
around the Bluffs.

I guess you will, Ms. Vaughn.

♪ You take me away, away, away ♪

Good Lord.

Chocolate does melt
in the summer, right?

-Piggy --
-'Cause I'm trying to sop all that up.

-Piggy...
-Ooh. Let the summer begin.

Okay, well, I am not here
to make new friends.

I'm here for the win.

Head up, crown on.

♪♪

I told you I was moving to
the Vineyard for the summer,

and you know what that means.

Humidity.

All right, we're using
this conditioner today.

My mother always said a woman
who can do her own hair

is not dependent on anybody.

Time to claim your power.

♪♪

EVE: I had dreams, baby.

I had a small salon,

and I was gonna make it
something big, but...

♪♪

LITTLE ANGELA: Mama, don't cry.

I'm done crying.
It's on you now.

You're still gonna be a queen.

Take one part honey and add it
to this coconut oil.

Then take the rose water
and mix it all together.

This is my homemade conditioner.

You got that?

I love you.

I love you, too, Mommy.

♪♪

Franklin Holdings has
a deeply rooted history

here in the Bluffs and in
the African American community.

We are the largest
holdings company,

with shares and assets
to more than 150 companies,

and you all know
where we started.

-(door opens)
-LEAH: Sanitation.

Sorry I'm late, Dad.

Oh, no, little girl,
you are right on time.

I was just about to announce
our new golden egg.

Franklin Athletics is in talks
to buy the Boston Tide.

Under our ownership, we would
propose to move the team

to our newly built
Franklin Stadium

and revive a depressed area.

The synergy of business
and community service.

That is Franklin.

I know all your dirt.

Now get your damn hands off me.

How about we all take a break?

LEAH: I spent my morning getting
caught up on our stadium deal,

and it turns out
you're a crook and a liar.

And what is it
you think you know?

While I was finishing
the stadium deal,

you bribed local officials,
interfered with zoning.

I've spent my entire life

trying to live up to
the great Teddy Franklin.

Have you learned nothing
sitting at my right hand?

Generations of this family
built all of this.

Your great-grandparents
came to Boston

with nothing in their pockets

and became one of the first
families to make it up north.

My father built on that.
I multiplied on what he built.

So, we didn't just "make it."

We rose above it.

And we maintained that legacy
generation after generation

by continuing to build,
educate, and refine,

and we do these things not
to show that we have arrived.

We do this so that we can
keep our heads up high

and the least of us
never has to bend his back

in a cotton field ever again.

Seeing this family,
the Franklins,

gives our people hope,
and as patriarch of this family,

I take that very seriously.

So, yes, eventually,
I will lift the neighborhood

that you care so much about
with the revenue

brought by a stadium
that Franklin built.

You have twisted the legacy
of this family

to serve your own greed.

Do you know why
I bought this table?

Because it was the biggest one
I could find.

And I put it in this room
because of the incline,

so that everyone
sitting around this table

has to raise their head
to look up at me,

a Black man in America,

holding the American dream
in my Black hands.

So, don't you tell me
that you don't like the dirt

under my fingernails.

You can keep your seat
at the foot of this table.

Just never forget who sits
at the head of it, little girl.

♪♪

♪♪

-How you doing, Jim?
-I'm good. How are you?

Good. Good.

QUINCY: What you trying to do
with that?

Only that right there.

That's luck.

Yeah, well, thanks
for giving me the change.

Listen, son, I was, uh --

was hoping we could spend
a little quality time

-together this summer.
-All right.

Also, to attend this
Kingship induction ceremony

with me tomorrow night.

Okay. Yeah.

But, I mean,
what would I even do there?

Observe, listen, learn,
absorb the power

that's gonna be in that room.

I tell you, I remember my, uh --
my first club meeting.

The rest of America --
they had to wait

until Obama was president
to see a Black man in power.

I've had the privilege
of seeing that my entire life.

Every man in our family
has succeeded as a king.

That's what I want for you, son.
To be a king.

Make sense?

-Yeah.
-Good.

What did you want
to talk to me about?

I'm good.

♪ 'Cause we go
'round the clock ♪

Getting in with the Franklins
can help Eve's Crown.

Yeah, but nominating you
for a membership so soon?

This is Leah's first Graceties
meeting as chapter president.

Her mom is the GOAT,
so she has a lot to prove.

Well, I just need to show her

that I'm a serious
businesswoman,

not some ratchet-ass chick
from Boston.

-Yeah, but you are.
-(laughter)

Got it honest, too.

And it's not just
about business.

No, these women are activists
in white gloves, honey.

That's what I'm about --

- uplifting the culture.
-(knock on door)

That's why I took out
all those loans

just to be here this summer.

I can't go back
to selling product

out the trunk of my Camry,
that's for sure.

-A package?
-Ooh, I bet you

that witch Leah sent a horse head.

(laughing) You're silly.

What is it?

I just got invited
to a party tonight.

Oh!

Let me see that.

(laughs)

Oh!

A Tyrique Chapman party.

You see, Nikki's already out
making friends.

I think you need to do the same.

The kind with "benefits."

(laughs)

What? You know, I might be gray,

but I still got a fire
in the furnace.

I just need you to nominate me.

Please?

Fine. You win. You always do.

Yes! Thank you!

-You know, it is time.
-Yes.

17 years since you let somebody
touch that thang since Nate.

-Okay --
-Girl, you gotta clear them cobwebs out.

Clear them out, Mama.

My -- My cobwebs --
leave them alone.

I bet you she ain't got
no cobwebs.

JOSEPHINE: You know I don't.

♪ I-I'm trying to keep
my distance ♪

♪ I only got time
for my bread ♪

♪ Busy whippin' up
in my kitchen ♪

♪ 'Cause everybody know
that I'm up next ♪

♪ Soon as I move
a little different ♪

♪ Everybody tryna do my dance ♪

-Yo, you came!
-Hi.

-'Sup, girl? How are you?
-It's good seeing you.

Hi.

Wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Hey, yo, Q. Come here.

I'm trying to hook you up
with a little

extracurricular activity
this summer.

-No, no. Stop.
-QUINCY: Hey, you came.

♪ Flow, flow, flow, flow ♪

♪ I know how to make
the cash flow ♪

♪ Ca-Ca-Cash flow ♪

♪♪

♪ I take my time,
I'm finessing ♪

♪ Can't get too high,
out the question ♪

♪ I keep all them guessing ♪

♪ Give me all my blessings ♪

♪ She been waiting,
I been taking long ♪

♪ She just wanna hear me
sing my song ♪

♪ She been living life faster ♪

♪ I been working,
tryna take it slow ♪

I can buy my own shoes.

Can I at least get you a drink?

♪ Can't get too high,
out the question ♪

Sure.

(indistinct conversations
in distance)

LAUREN (screaming): Taylor!

Taylor!

Taylor! Taylor!

Taylor!

What the hell just happened?!

LAUREN:
Oh, my God! I don't know!

We were arguing,
and she was drunk --

Taylor!

Help! Help!

ANGELA: So, you're
a shoe-sending kind of brother?

Not really.

I just thought you needed
a better intro to the Bluffs.

And especially if you're trying
to join the Graceties.

All I can say is...
don't poke the bear.

Leah can be tough.

I can handle my own.

Yeah, I got no doubt about that.

I don't summer in the Bluffs.

I grew up about two houses
down from here.

The small one on the corner.

My father worked for the man

who put me through
boarding school,

then Ivy League.

And now I own
a construction company.

So you're trying to be
my fairy godfather?

Somebody's gotta get you ready
for the ball.

♪ 'Cause if it's really real,
if it's really real ♪

♪ Then tell me how you feel,
tell me how you feel ♪

♪ You asked me
what I care so much for ♪

♪ 'Cause, girl, that's
what I'm here for ♪

♪ 'Cause, girl,
that's what I'm here for ♪

(cellphone ringing)

Mnh-mnh.

♪♪

Oh, it's my...

Nikki?

(siren chirps)

(indistinct conversations,
police radio chatter)

Oh, my God.

-I'm just so happy you guys are okay.
-Nikki.

You okay, baby?

QUINCY: They got her out.
Taylor's alive.

Are you okay?

Officer, is there
any news on Taylor?

Miss Woods has been rushed
to St. Mary's,

but our main focus now
is on how the accident happened.

A Nikki Vaughn said that Lauren

was with Taylor
right before the fall,

so we need to take both girls
to the station for questioning.

I was nowhere near her
when it happened,

and that Nikki girl,
she's drunk as hell.

My daughter does not drink.

Smell her breath.

Okay, I'm Leah Franklin-Dupont,

and my daughter's
not going anywhere.

Well, neither is mine.

-Drunk?!
-I had one drink!

(door slams)

What's going on?

Nikki is lit.

Cops almost arrested her
for underage drinking.

You're lucky
that girl's not dead.

Were you smoking weed
again, too?

What? No!

We had to beg and pray
to get you a diversion program

instead of jail time.

One whiff of tonight's mess,

that judge could put you
all the way behind bars,

and I don't have
the right skin color

or bank account to get you out.

You're grounded.

Oh, we trying to act
like a mom now?

You've always been so thirsty.

All right, now.
Slow your roll, baby girl.

You're obsessed with
getting in with these people,

just like you were obsessed

with putting me
in some private school

with people
who are nothing like me,

who look nothing like me.

Well, maybe it's on you
why I was drinking and smoking.

♪♪

NIKKI: The whole point
of being grounded

is that I stay in my room,
at home.

Sit up straight. Fix your face.

I'm trying to show you
something.

JOSEPHINE: All right.

So, when they call for noms,
I'll say your name.

You're gonna get
some shady looks,

and then the interview process
will start.

(gavel banging)

As your outgoing
chapter president,

I would like to call
the meeting to order

and officially pass the torch
to your next chapter president.

She's a legacy member.

Her mother, Rose Franklin,

was this chapter's
most revered president.

I give you Leah Franklin-Dupont.

(applause)

I'd like to start
with a moment of silence

for Taylor Woods' family.

Her mother is a part
of our special sisterhood

that we all cherish and love.

And as we say, "Many are called,
but few are chosen."

Our sisterhood is sacred.

For 100 years,
The Kingship held the line

in the African American
community.

When no one appears
to be watching, we are.

Inductees, step forward, please.

♪♪

Out of the night that covers me,

black as the pit
from pole to pole...

TEDDY: I thank
whatever gods may be

for my unconquerable soul.

RAYMOND: In the fell clutch
of circumstance,

I have not winced
nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeoning of chance,

my head is bloody, but unbowed.

It matters not
how straight the gate,

how charged with punishments
the scroll.

I am the master of my fate.

I am the captain of my soul.

JOSEPHINE:
I nominate Angela Vaughn.

Ms. Vaughn, I was surprised
to hear your nomination.

We don't know very much
about you.

ANGELA: I'm from Boston.

My mother's name
was Evelyn Vaughn,

and she was the smartest woman
I've ever known.

OLIVIA: Evelyn Vaughn.

What did your mother do
for a living?

-She was...
-(woman coughs)

a businesswoman.

She would summer here
in the mid-'80s.

Now that she's gone,
I am following her dream,

which has become my dream, too.

Membership in this organization
would help with that,

and I would be honored
to be in this sisterhood.

OLIVIA: Thank you.

All the women
that were interviewed

are under consideration.

Uh, but you'll need the vote
of two-thirds of the membership,

which will happen
at the Grand Illumination Ball

at the end of the summer.

Now, until then,
we're gonna be watching you,

seeing who you are.

You know, seeing
what you bring to the table.

But the first event
of the season

will be our annual
mother-daughter fashion show.

So, who can help with glam?

Oh. That is my lane. I can do --

Traci, why don't you
handle glam?

Ms. Vaughn, you could assist
with food and beverages.

Snacks? You want me on snacks?

Well, there's no task too small
for the sisterhood, right?

Meeting adjourned.

♪ I been keeping things
in the shadow of my mind ♪

♪ For some time,
for a little too long ♪

♪ Let nobody in, don't know
what ya gonna find ♪

♪ Even if I did,
wouldn't stay long ♪

♪ 'Cause I got
a garden of secrets ♪

♪ That I been keepin' ♪

(laughs)

Ohh!

Thought you were taking Nik
to dinner to talk.

Yeah, I thought I'd wash
that wig first, girl.

-This salt air water ain't no joke.
-Yeah.

You haven't made
a homemade batch

of your conditioner
in a hot minute.

Yeah.

Guess I just wanted to be close
to Mama after that meeting.

Nikki told me
you lied about Eve.

I just wanted those women to see
how special Eve's Crown can be.

But when I saw
Nikki's face after...

Hey, Nik.

Can we talk?

About how you're getting faded
in the kitchen

after yelling at me
for a few shots of Cîroc?

I am grown. You are not.

♪ But who is there for me ♪

♪ When I could use a shoulder
to cry on? ♪

(sighs)

Maybe you were right about how
this place is making me feel.

But everything I'm doing --
everything is still for you.

When that last breath
left my mother's body,

I promised myself that
I would be a better one to you.

I'd really like for you to come

to the mother-daughter
fundraiser with me

tomorrow night.

Well, I'm still grounded, so
it's not like I have a choice.

(clatter)

Ah.

♪♪

♪♪

TAYLOR: You know, your mom
thinks I'm the bad influence.

I promise,
I will tell everybody.

All right.

Come here.

♪♪

LEAH: This looks amazing.

Not a good look for the chapter
president to be late.

This is your first event,
and all eyes are on you.

Mama Liv, is this how
you're gonna treat me

my entire term as president?

Is this how you plan to lead
the Graceties?

Because this certainly
isn't the way

your mother would have done it.

This organization has worked
too hard to earn our 40 acres

that were promised
and never delivered.

And we will stop anything

that threatens to undermine
what we're trying to build here.

Now, that Angela Vaughn woman...

is a disruptor.

And her family has a long,
dark history on this island.

Now, can you take care of it?

Or do I need to call your father
to handle it for you?

♪♪

-She looks good.
-Right?

JOSEPHINE:
Your skills are insane.

Like, you need to get
these hands insured, bitch.

What's going on here?

She did that. That's all.

Mm-hmm.

We were supposed to have
a top stylist.

Well, you got one. Me.

Apparently, your stylist
fell through,

and instead of staying
on snack duty,

letting this whole event fail,
I stepped up.

'Cause that's what
real sistahs do.

Well, this is a Graceties event,
so don't embarrass me.

Or yourself.

EMCEE: All right, everybody,
let's get this show started.

Styled by Eve's Crown.

(cheers and applause)

♪ Yeah, where my bad girls at? ♪

♪ Where my bad girls at? ♪

♪ Super bad body,
face like a goddess ♪

♪ When it come to bad bads,
I'm the hottest ♪

♪ Super bad body,
face like a goddess ♪

♪ When it come to bad bads,
I'm the hottest ♪

Looks like Wakanda
came to the Bluffs.

Not Wakanda -- Eve's Crown.

♪ Super bad body,
face like a goddess ♪

♪ When it come to bad bads,
I'm the hottest ♪

♪ Hey, yeah ♪

♪ I'm a bad girl,
I be doing bad tings ♪

♪ Don't even worry 'bout it,
Papi, I'm a bad dream ♪

♪ See the way I bounce it up and
down just like a trampoline ♪

♪ It's gon' take a lot for you
to keep up with my energy ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Had to, had to look back,
whoa ♪

♪ Had to, had to look back ♪

♪ See the way I bounce it up and
down just like a trampoline ♪

PIGGY: You wanted them to see

how special
Eve's Crown could be?

They're seeing it, baby!

♪ Face like a goddess ♪

♪ When it come to bad bads,
I'm the hottest ♪

♪ Super bad body,
face like a goddess ♪

♪ When it come to bad bads,
I'm the hottest ♪

♪ Super bad body,
face like a goddess ♪

LAUREN: You are wasted.

Taylor! Taylor!

(cheers and applause)

-Are you okay?
-(sobbing)

-Lauren, you're --
-What?

Hey.

Look, I know
we're not really...

-Don't touch me.
-...friends or anything,

but, uh, I-I saw
the two of you together.

What?

♪♪

Where'd you get that?

Uh, Taylor must have put it
in my bag, you know?

Maybe she wanted someone
to know the truth.

So you don't have to hide.
I-I can --

No, what do you --
what do you want me to do?

Huh?

Y-You want me to around
and slap pronouns on my chest?

-Well, we don't get to do that here.
-Shh. Be quiet.

-Look, I sat by my grandmother's bed...
-Ugh.

...look, waiting for her
to wake up,

and she was the only one
who really knew me, so...

But lying to the police
about being with her that night

is worse than lying
about who you are, so...

You better keep your mouth shut.

-LEAH: Lauren.
-I'm sorry.

What's going on?

Uh, M-Mom, she --
she keeps threatening --

-threatening me.
-Threatening you?

What is with you
and your family?

-Whoa, whoa, whoa.
-I didn't --

You got some nerve.

Leah, you know what?

I saved you tonight.

This victory is mine, not yours.

But you still haven't
said thank you.

Act like you were raised right.

Raised right?

(scoffs)

♪♪

Why don't we turn that mirror
around on you?

What now, Leah? Geez.

Ever since I got here,
you've been on me,

judging me for everything I do.

-What --
-Because you've been lying!

Your mother never summered here.

She was a maid.

You trying to tear me down
in front of all these people?

-Mom --
-Does it make you feel good?

Yeah, my mother was a maid,
and I know who I am.

I know my worth.

I know that you're hiding
the truth about your mother.

Yeah, Evelyn Vaughn --
she was a maid here,

but she was also arrested

for intent to distribute
over in Edgartown.

Oh, yeah, she was peddling it
out of her makeshift salon.

(chuckles)

So you can try to twist this
any way you want to

and try to make it seem like
I am mistreating you.

But we all know
that you've been lying

to gain access into this club.

No. This -- I --

(crying) It's not true. I...

♪♪

♪♪

(door closes)

I assumed that
the request to meet

meant that your tantrum
was done.

I tore someone down today

out of the belief
that I was doing good,

but I don't think my ends
justified my means.

And that made me think about you
and all that you've done.

And I will not stand for it.

You see, you may be
the patriarch now,

but I am the heir apparent.

So, I'm taking over the company.

(laughs)

(chuckles)

Wait for it, Daddy. Wait for it.

You're retiring early.

(both laugh)

And why would I agree to that?

I have a dossier filled
with your dirty deeds.

I mean, I'm sure the feds would
love to investigate your deals

with just one phone call
from me.

I cut the legs
off your precious table.

I-I fixed the incline.

Uh-huh.

You know, ever since
I was little,

all I ever wanted from you
was your respect.

You have my love.
Respect is earned.

Well, you asked me to find
a seat at your table.

-Mm-hmm.
-And I found one.

-(chuckles)
-Yours.

So, I'm gonna move to be named
head of this company,

because it's not
just about the money.

It's about building up
Black folks.

Ah.

You think you're different,

but you're just as addicted
to money and power as I am.

I mean, my blood runs
through your veins.

But you win.

Tonight.

I'm just better at this
than you are.

Enjoy the rest of your summer,
Daddy.

I mean, but it won't be
in this room.

♪♪

(door opens, closes)

♪♪

All right.

Here are all the documents
from her case.

Thank you. I know you had to
call in a favor for this.

Perk of being a D.A. Okay?

Now, I have to have this back
to the station by morning.

-Thank you.
-All right.

PIGGY: Eve never touched a drug
a day in her life.

Damn near disowned me

when I got hooked up
with a dealer back in the '80s.

Oh, my God.

Y'all, come here.

Teddy, tell them I didn't
sell drugs in the shop!

TEDDY: It's gonna be okay,
but you have to listen to me.

♪♪

(thunder rumbling)

♪♪

♪♪

Teddy Franklin is my father.

(sobs)

No. No, she would've told me.

But she didn't, and you two
were like white on rice.

We gotta start asking why.

I mean, we just watched him
shut her up.

Mama Eve hid
this building from me

until right before she died,

'cause she wanted me
to come here

and find out what he did to her.

That's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

♪♪

Thought you were gonna be at
the office late for a meeting.

I was. With my father.

Turns out, he's retiring early.

-Your father's retiring?
-Mm-hmm.

And I'm gonna be named
chairwoman of Franklin Holdings.

I'm gonna control all of it.

Well, I guess congratulations
are in order.

-(door opens)
-JACKIE: Mrs. Franklin-Dupont?

Ms. Vaughn is here
to retrieve her wig.

LEAH: I hear you wanted
to pick the wig up yourself.

ANGELA: They cost a lot to make.

I don't have money
to just throw away.

Well, I'm glad you stopped by.

I wanted to talk about
what happened earlier.

I'm not in the business
of tearing down Black women.

I'm actually in the business
of building up our sisters.

Hell, I want to build
a whole community,

because that's what being
a Gracetie means to me.

We do the same thing,
just differently.

We're two sides
of the same coin.

Two very different
sides of the same coin.

Because of the amount of money
in our bank accounts?

I'm starting to get the rules
around here.

To be honest with you,
from where I stand,

you're a slave to them.

I'm not a slave to anything.

But you humiliated me,

all because
you were so desperate

to serve this lifestyle.

(chuckles) Maybe you
the real "maid" up in here.

My mother left me one thing,
the one thing she had.

It's that old boarding house
down on Delois Street.

You know it?

My family used to own it.

Come see about me.

Eve's Crown can hook up
those dry ends.

♪ Huh ♪

♪ Now, I gotta move
that tells me what to do ♪

♪ Sometimes it's easy, ha ♪

♪ Now, I gotta move ♪

Daddy, who's that girl?

TEDDY: No one you need
to concern yourself with, Leah.

♪ I feel so nice I want to try
myself with you ♪

Angie!

♪ I got soul,
and I'm super bad ♪

♪ Huh ♪

♪ I love, love to do my thing ♪

♪ Ha ♪

♪ And I, and I don't need
no one else ♪

♪♪

♪ Sometimes I feel so nice,
good God ♪

♪ I jump back,
I want to kiss myself ♪

Gotta secure the crown,
right, Mama?

♪ And I'm super bad ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪