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NELLA: Previously, on
The Other Black Girl...
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VERA: Needles and Pins. NELLA:
Shartricia is problematic.
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[applause]
- I really liked the book.
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VERA: You will apologize.
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NELLA: This whole thing with Colin
is undoing the past two years.
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Just in time for its 35th anniversary,
a rerelease of Burning Heart.
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- I mean, she never looked out for
me the way that we're supposed to.
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You know what I mean?
- Colin, I'm sorry.
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- I had an idea. We should
do a sensitivity read.
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- Wasn't the sensitivity
read Nella's idea?
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I got your back from now on.
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♪ I’ll Take You There by
The Staple Singers playing ♪
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♪ I know a place ♪
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KENDRA RAE PHILLIPS:
D, are you almost done?
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DIANA GORDON: Almost.
Dang, you impatient.
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KENDRA: Yeah, it hurt. DIANA:
'Kay, well, take it easy.
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- Ah, ah. Not so tight, D.
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- Not my fault. You
got a soft head.
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That's on Auntie Bev for
giving you such a soft life.
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- [laughs] Oh, I can't
wait 'til I'm in Boston
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and I can meet someone who won't
give me shit while they do my braids.
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- In Boston? [laughs]
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Good luck findin' anybody
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who could do this.
[Kendra laughs]
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- Ah.
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- Sorry, I just don't get
why you have to leave.
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Harvard is Harvard, but
Diana is Diana, too.
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There's only one of me.
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- Yeah, and I'm lucky I got you.
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- Damn right.
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- Huge, man-sized feet and all.
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- Wow. You see how you do?
[Kendra laughs]
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[Diana laughs]
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- [softly] Come here.
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I'm never really
gonna leave you.
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All right? I just...
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You've always known you
want to tell stories.
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I need to figure myself out.
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And Harvard's the
best place for that.
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Even if that means some
pasty ass Red Sox fan
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has to jack up my
scalp once or twice.
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- [chuckles] You know they will.
- Yeah, they will.
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[both laughing]
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- Call me every day.
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'Kay, Kenny? I don't care
if you run out of quarters.
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Forget your laundry.
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You're gonna wear a dirty bra
and call your best friend, okay?
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On lock?
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- On lock.
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[Diana chuckles]
♪ Little lady ♪
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♪ All right ♪
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♪ Mm-mm-mm, mm ♪
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♪ Mm, duh-duh-duh ♪
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♪ And suck it so ♪
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[cat meows]
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[sighs]
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NELLA: Oh, my God.
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OWEN [mouthful]: What, "Oh,
my God?" Is that cat back?
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- No, I completely
forgot about this thing
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that Vera wanted me to read
at the office last night,
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and I guess that Hazel
just... dropped it off.
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- Oh. Seems nice.
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- Yep. She lives in Harlem. That's,
like, over an hour train ride.
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- Huh.
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Maybe she was visiting her
boyfriend, or girlfriend,
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or grandma, grandma's girlfriend.
I don't know. People go places.
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I think you're overthinking
it. It seems really nice.
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- Like, too nice.
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- There's no such thing.
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I gotta go. I swallowed so much
toothpaste to have this conversation.
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- Hm.
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♪ Theme music playing ♪
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♪ light, mellow music playing ♪
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- Hazel told me we have the
same brow shape. [chuckles]
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- I know, and you've told
me four times this week.
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- Hey.
- Hi.
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- Did you come to my
apartment last night?
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- So, you got... the manuscript?
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- Yeah.
[Hazel chuckles]
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- Thanks, I mean, I really can't believe
that you went so far outta your way
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just to help me like that.
- It's not a problem at all.
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I was at this wine bar in
your neighborhood, Olla's.
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Have you been?
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- No, it's kind... Uh,
uh, well, yeah, once, um,
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it's just a little pricey.
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- [laughs] But so worth it.
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- Yeah. So worth...
all that money.
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But... thank you
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for... standing up for me
in the meeting yesterday
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and for the manuscript.
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I mean, you have the same 24
hours in a day that I do, right?
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- I told you... Got your back.
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VERA: Did you read
it? [clears throat]
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The Garcia manuscript. Did you read it?
- [mouthing] Thank you!
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- [mouthing] You're
welcome. NELLA: Yes, I did.
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I loved it. Um, quick read.
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You could almost... read
it in one subway ride.
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- Wow, I totally agree.
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And we should add that to
the marketing campaign.
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Nothing's more relatable
than the subway.
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- Nothing. VERA: Oh,
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I have the worst headache in the
history of the Western world.
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I hate to ask you, but will
you go to the break room
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and get something for me?
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Uh, Advil, Lorazepam,
whatever they have in there.
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- Yeah.
- I'll give you a hand with that, Nell.
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[Vera sighs]
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- Oh, well, don't you
wanna wait for Maisy?
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- Nah, she's not gonna
be in 'til later today.
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- Well, time is just a construct
when your trust fund kicks in at 16.
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Uh... don't tell
her I said that.
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- Oh, it's okay. I get it.
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She's got a doctor's appointment
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every Friday
afternoon. VERA: Mm.
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- Didn't know the doctor makes house calls
to her boyfriend's apartment. [gasps]
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- [laughs] Oh,
Hazel... you're bad.
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[Vera chuckling]
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- This is really
a one-person job.
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- Look. Come to a
party with me tonight.
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- What? What party?
- [chuckling] Yeah.
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- Isn't it, like, a Wednesday?
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- [scoffs] Girl, my friend
who works at Condé Nast
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said that there's a huge fundraiser
for MoMa uptown somewhere.
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- You got invited?
- [sings] ♪ No ♪ [snaps fingers]
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- So, you're just gonna crash?
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- [snaps fingers] Tell people you
belong and they'll believe it.
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[Nella sighs]
- Nella, this is the kinda thing
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that cultural elites go to.
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Okay? A.K.A., people who
wanna write books, right?
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Maybe Anna Wintour has a book
about under seasonin' chicken
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and reusin' teabags she
just can't wait to write.
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And she's waiting at this party
for an up-and-coming editor
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to coax it out of her.
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But we gotta get there by,
like, six so we can roll in.
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- Okay, well, that's
never gonna happen
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because Vera has never let
me outta here before six.
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When her grandmother died, she
made me go sit shiva... with her.
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- Damn.
- Yeah.
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- Maisy already said that
she was leavin' early
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so she could try and poach
an author. [clicking tongue]
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So, we just need to
get Vera out somehow.
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Maybe that's it.
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What's the deal with them?
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- Vera and Maisy?
- Mm.
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- They hate each other.
[Hazel laughs]
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So, Vera and Maisy were
assistants together.
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They've, kind of, always been pitted
against each other from day one.
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[gulping]
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- Ooh. Rough night?
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- No. Why?
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- Oh, you just look tired.
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- [chuckles] Well, when you
have a best-selling author...
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Oh, you wouldn't understand.
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- Bye.
- Bye, now.
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- Bitch. VERA: Bitch.
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NELLA: When they were
both promoted to editor,
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Wagner only trusted them
with female-skewing books.
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Gone Girl, Girl on a Train,
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Girl Does Crazy Thing,
What's Wrong With Girl?
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Basically, anything with
"girl" in the title.
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Now, anytime one succeeds,
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they feel like it's at
the expense of the other.
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- [chuckles] Perfect.
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♪ Ambient music playing on speaker ♪
[Vera groans]
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[door knocks]
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[stops music]
- Hazel.
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- I was just checkin' in
to see how you're feelin'.
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- Oh, do you have a spare
semi-truck to run over my forehead?
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- [chuckles] Uh, if
you need anything,
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you know an extra pair of
eyes on something, I'm here.
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Maisy said that
she's leaving early
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to try to poach an
author, so I'll be free.
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- Mm, author? What? Who is it?
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- I really shouldn't say in
case it doesn't work out.
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- Um.
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[quietly] Just between
us. You can tell me.
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And it's fine. It's fine.
Maisy and I are old friends.
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I've known all
three of her noses.
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- [laughs] Uh, I, I guess
you'll find out eventually.
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It's, um, Kevin McMicheals,
the mystery novelist.
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Yeah, he lives in Idaho, but he
comes to New York once a year
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to pitch his next book,
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and he always has a cocktail
at 5:00 P.M. at Chez Zou.
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So... Maisy's gonna go
and... introduce herself.
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- Wow.
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We are so lucky to
have you, Hazel.
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♪ Ominous music playing ♪
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Nella, I'm heading out.
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This headache, it just
makes me want a drink.
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[whispering] Can you make me a
reservation for Chez Zou at five?
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- [whispers] Yep.
- [whispers] Great.
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And... I'm sorry
about yesterday.
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Sometimes I think I work too
hard and I work you too hard.
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So... no more calls tonight.
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Just take off. When you're done.
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NELLA: What did you do to her?
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- Gave her exactly
what she wanted.
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Come on, let's get changed.
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- I mean, all I have
is my work clothes.
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Well, I do have a sweatshirt that
I keep here for when it gets cold,
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but it's got a big picture
of Steve Urkel on it.
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- [laughs] Are you serious?
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- Yeah.
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- Oh my... Okay, come on. Mm-mm.
[laughs] I got you.
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- Oh.
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♪ Conceited by SZA playing ♪
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[inaudibly speaking]
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♪ I don't like nobody, I
don't feel guilty about it ♪
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♪ I just got my body done,
ain't got no guilt about it ♪
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♪ I just heard your opinion,
I could've did without it ♪
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♪ All these bitches is minions,
despicable like, ooh, oh ♪
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♪ Feeling like Mike Lowrey, oh ♪
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♪ Proud about my
salary, oh, ooh, oh ♪
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♪ Heard they calling me out ♪
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♪ Love it when they
calling me out, oh ♪
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♪ I got no reason
to depend on you ♪
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Oh, wow. I...
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You kinda made me look like you.
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- You're welcome.
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Or not. Damn!
- No, I-I love it.
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Did we just do something
fucked up? [Hazel sighs]
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With Vera and Maisy?
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Like, did we contribute to the
already fucked-up-ness of the system?
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- You can't take all the problems of
the world on your shoulders like that.
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Colin? Then this?
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We just out here
tryin' to survive.
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- By survive you mean...
get some free champagne
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and watch Anna Wintour get
sloppy on the dance floor?
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- You and I know exactly
how fucked up the system is,
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more than Vera and Maisy.
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We're taking advantage of something
created by the powers that be
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long before you and I both
stepped onto those elevators.
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You need to take the wins
where we can get them.
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And tonight, that means [snapping
fingers] we gon' draaaaank.
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[Hazel laughs]
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[sighs] Just promise me you'll
take this for what it is.
237
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A win.
238
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♪ Low ominous music playing ♪
239
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Promise.
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- I promise.
241
00:11:36,530 --> 00:11:37,948
♪ Ominous music continues ♪
242
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Oh, my God. You're bleeding.
243
00:11:41,159 --> 00:11:42,201
- What?
- Do you need, like, a Band-Aid
244
00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,162
or something?
- Just... I'm fine, I'm fine!
245
00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:51,086
Uh... I'm gonna
meet you downstairs.
246
00:11:51,795 --> 00:11:53,172
We're gonna crush that party.
247
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♪
248
00:12:02,848 --> 00:12:04,266
[sighs]
249
00:12:05,392 --> 00:12:07,394
♪
250
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- Wow.
251
00:12:20,699 --> 00:12:23,702
Okay. Ivy League. [laughs]
252
00:12:25,954 --> 00:12:28,290
You need to graduate so
we can afford a taxi.
253
00:12:29,625 --> 00:12:33,587
- [sighs] I'm so, so
happy you're here.
254
00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:35,589
- Me too.
255
00:12:36,381 --> 00:12:40,134
So, what do you wanna do tonight?
How does Harvard get down?
256
00:12:40,135 --> 00:12:41,844
Have they even heard
of Stevie Wonder?
257
00:12:41,845 --> 00:12:42,929
[both laughing]
258
00:12:42,930 --> 00:12:45,766
- Uh, well, actually I, um,
259
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I figured we could
stay in and catch up.
260
00:12:50,312 --> 00:12:51,688
- Is everything okay?
261
00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:53,482
- Um,
262
00:12:55,526 --> 00:12:57,236
sometimes it feels like
263
00:12:58,362 --> 00:12:59,947
everybody's looking at me.
264
00:13:01,073 --> 00:13:03,157
- That's just white
people, Kenny.
265
00:13:03,158 --> 00:13:05,117
You gotta let these
things roll off your back.
266
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,870
- Well, it's easy
for you to say.
267
00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:11,249
- Or you could transfer.
[Kendra sighs]
268
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You're not happy. Right? So, you...
- No, no, I can't just give up.
269
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I'm lucky to be here
in the first place.
270
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- Okay, well, I wish I could help, but
it doesn't seem like you want me to.
271
00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:25,764
- [sighs] Because you
can't. You don't get it.
272
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- I'ma go wash my face.
273
00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,185
- Diana, I didn't mean...
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D...
275
00:13:34,481 --> 00:13:36,817
[acoustic guitar strumming]
276
00:13:38,277 --> 00:13:42,906
- FYI, there is a naked man
playing guitar in your hallway.
277
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[door thuds]
278
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[ambient street sounds]
279
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♪ Welcome To My Island by
Caroline Polachek playing ♪
280
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[laughter]
281
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♪ Welcome to my island ♪
282
00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:03,801
♪ See the palm trees
wave in the wind ♪
283
00:14:03,802 --> 00:14:05,553
[indistinct party chatter]
284
00:14:05,554 --> 00:14:07,346
- Can't believe
this is happening.
285
00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:09,432
I'm sweating so much right
now, my body is, like, peeing.
286
00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:10,516
Is that possible?
287
00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:11,977
- Girl, you need to chill.
288
00:14:13,937 --> 00:14:17,273
Ooh, ooh. Hey! Hey!
289
00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:19,275
Oh, my God, hi!
290
00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:22,195
Oh, you're back from London.
291
00:14:22,196 --> 00:14:24,989
- Yeah, just got
back. HAZEL: Hm.
292
00:14:24,990 --> 00:14:26,450
- How do I know you again?
293
00:14:27,284 --> 00:14:28,869
- Oh, my bad. You not Pharrell.
294
00:14:30,037 --> 00:14:31,621
- How did you know
he was in London?
295
00:14:31,622 --> 00:14:32,663
- Girl, that hat.
296
00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:35,209
If he wasn't in London, he
wanted to pretend he was.
297
00:14:36,293 --> 00:14:39,337
- This is...
- Ah, cute.
298
00:14:39,338 --> 00:14:41,130
Okay, you ready to go
talk to some people?
299
00:14:41,131 --> 00:14:43,549
- Uh, could we maybe, like,
get a drink or something first?
300
00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,552
- Look, all you gotta do is
just chat a little bit, okay?
301
00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:49,472
That is how you move
up in the world.
302
00:14:49,473 --> 00:14:54,936
- Girls! I-I'm Kate, the
hostess of this little shindig.
303
00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:57,481
Um, tell me again
who invited you?
304
00:14:58,273 --> 00:15:00,942
- I... Well, I... We are...
305
00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:03,903
- I'm Hazel-May McCall
and this is Nella Rogers.
306
00:15:03,904 --> 00:15:06,531
We're editors at Wagner
Books, junior editors.
307
00:15:06,532 --> 00:15:09,033
You know, I was at
drinks with Giselle Chung
308
00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:10,535
from Penguin Random
House last week,
309
00:15:10,536 --> 00:15:13,204
and she mentioned that you
were having this thing tonight,
310
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but I... I haven't seen her.
311
00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:18,209
- Oh, well, Giselle's
in Greece for two weeks.
312
00:15:18,210 --> 00:15:20,002
You know.
- Oh, right, right.
313
00:15:20,003 --> 00:15:22,463
- She'll be so sad she
missed you, I'm sure.
314
00:15:22,464 --> 00:15:25,216
Yeah. You know what's so
funny is I, I didn't know that
315
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Wagner had two... new
editors. [Nella laughs]
316
00:15:28,971 --> 00:15:31,472
- [laughs] That is really funny.
317
00:15:31,473 --> 00:15:33,808
You know, I am just gonna have
to tell Richard that I need
318
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that press release next
time. [snaps fingers]
319
00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:38,020
[Nella chuckles]
320
00:15:38,021 --> 00:15:41,692
Oh, my God, is that an
original Danielle Mabry?
321
00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:46,696
- Well, I think it's safe to say
that you have a very good eye.
322
00:15:46,697 --> 00:15:48,781
[group chuckling]
323
00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:50,825
You know, Hazel, if you
are into modern sculpture,
324
00:15:50,826 --> 00:15:53,160
there's someone over here you really should meet.
- Um.
325
00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:55,789
♪ Welcome To My Island
continues playing ♪
326
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Hi. Yeah. Thanks.
327
00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:06,632
♪ The ocean blue ♪
328
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:08,968
♪ I am my father's
daughter in the end ♪
329
00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:11,387
♪ He says watch your ego,
watch your head, girl ♪
330
00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:13,764
♪ You're so smart, so talented ♪
331
00:16:13,765 --> 00:16:17,018
- Hi, I'm Nella Rogers. I'm an
assistant editor at Wagner Books.
332
00:16:17,019 --> 00:16:20,062
Have you seen... the sculpture?
333
00:16:20,063 --> 00:16:21,523
- Are you feelin' okay, honey?
334
00:16:22,065 --> 00:16:25,067
- Yes. I'm sorry. I'm
just... I'm very nervous.
335
00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:27,279
- I'm Lena. Lena Jordan.
336
00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:31,199
- Wait, as in, "...and this is our
podcast producer, Lena Jordan?"
337
00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,618
With Get the Real
with Jesse Watson?
338
00:16:33,619 --> 00:16:36,705
That podcast is, like, my Bible.
339
00:16:36,997 --> 00:16:39,833
I actually have to
admit, I sent him a DM.
340
00:16:40,042 --> 00:16:43,503
- Not you, too... He
gets a million DMs.
341
00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:44,712
Lots of feet pics.
342
00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:48,090
- [laughs] No, not
that kind of DM.
343
00:16:48,091 --> 00:16:51,969
I was actually trying to convince him
to come and write something at Wagner.
344
00:16:51,970 --> 00:16:55,974
I just know that he has a
brilliant book inside of him.
345
00:16:57,559 --> 00:16:59,602
Oh, what, you don't think so?
346
00:16:59,603 --> 00:17:01,896
- Oh, no. I know he does.
347
00:17:01,897 --> 00:17:04,941
But I also know that Wagner is
absolutely not the right place for him.
348
00:17:04,942 --> 00:17:07,401
They haven't had a Black editor since...
- Kendra Rae Phillips.
349
00:17:07,402 --> 00:17:09,070
- A million years ago?
350
00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:11,948
- Listen, I know that Wagner has a
bad reputation for people like us,
351
00:17:11,949 --> 00:17:13,951
and I know firsthand
that it is well deserved.
352
00:17:14,493 --> 00:17:18,079
We are gonna change them
from the inside out.
353
00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,289
They were a trailblazing
company back in the day,
354
00:17:20,290 --> 00:17:22,583
and they can be that again.
355
00:17:22,584 --> 00:17:24,669
- Honey, I love that
you believe in yourself,
356
00:17:24,670 --> 00:17:26,421
but having 15 years on you,
357
00:17:27,464 --> 00:17:29,466
I know nothing ever changes.
358
00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,719
Good luck on your journey.
359
00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:37,724
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
360
00:17:38,976 --> 00:17:41,603
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
361
00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:44,105
[phone line ringing]
362
00:17:44,106 --> 00:17:45,815
NELLA: Come on, come on.
363
00:17:45,816 --> 00:17:47,233
HAZEL [on voicemail]: You've
reach Hazel-May McCall.
364
00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:49,236
Please leave a
message. [phone beeps]
365
00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:53,699
[indistinct party chatter]
366
00:17:56,869 --> 00:17:58,871
[phone buzzing]
367
00:18:02,583 --> 00:18:03,792
- Hello?
368
00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:05,669
Hazel?
369
00:18:06,837 --> 00:18:08,045
I'm in the stairwell.
370
00:18:08,046 --> 00:18:11,174
CALLER [through phone]:
[laughing] Hazel?
371
00:18:11,175 --> 00:18:13,134
[sighs] Good luck.
372
00:18:13,135 --> 00:18:14,760
- Who is this?
373
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:16,637
[call disconnects]
374
00:18:16,638 --> 00:18:17,848
- Hey.
375
00:18:18,682 --> 00:18:20,183
You okay?
376
00:18:20,184 --> 00:18:23,561
- Yeah... Just
needed a breather.
377
00:18:23,562 --> 00:18:25,396
Had a weird conversation.
378
00:18:25,397 --> 00:18:27,565
Two weird
conversations, actually.
379
00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:30,109
- You know what goes really
great with weird conversations?
380
00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:31,195
- What?
381
00:18:31,737 --> 00:18:34,238
- Mini sandwiches and champagne.
382
00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:35,364
- [laughs] Oh.
- Mm-hm.
383
00:18:35,365 --> 00:18:38,159
You want? [chuckles]
- Thank you.
384
00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,538
♪ Mellow electronic
music playing ♪
385
00:18:42,206 --> 00:18:44,208
[both giggling]
386
00:18:49,004 --> 00:18:51,255
- Oh, my God, you are
so fuckin' moody, girl.
387
00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:54,592
Like, I have never met
anyone more clearly a Cancer.
388
00:18:54,593 --> 00:18:57,094
- I know, I know. I
just... I'm feeling,
389
00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:59,972
[inhales sharply] like, wistful.
390
00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:02,183
[Hazel laughs] No, I am.
391
00:19:02,184 --> 00:19:04,310
Well, I'm startin' to feel like
I'm not going anywhere at Wagner
392
00:19:04,311 --> 00:19:06,395
and I've just wasted
the last two years.
393
00:19:06,396 --> 00:19:07,522
- You know what?
394
00:19:07,523 --> 00:19:11,400
I am about to "Iyanla,
Fix Your Life."
395
00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:15,321
[laughs] You have all
the tools in the toolbox.
396
00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:18,616
You just, you just
need to use them.
397
00:19:18,617 --> 00:19:20,827
Like, fuckin' take a risk.
398
00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:24,664
Why is an up-and-coming
editor hiding in a stairwell
399
00:19:24,665 --> 00:19:26,458
from the party of the year?
400
00:19:28,126 --> 00:19:29,753
- Okay, fair.
- Yeah.
401
00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:33,257
- But don't you wanna be
the up-and-coming editor?
402
00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,134
- Well, sure.
403
00:19:36,927 --> 00:19:39,346
- Well, then why are
you being so nice to me?
404
00:19:40,097 --> 00:19:41,306
We're competition.
405
00:19:43,058 --> 00:19:44,810
- Look at Vera and Maisy.
406
00:19:46,103 --> 00:19:48,104
They make each other miserable,
407
00:19:48,105 --> 00:19:51,108
and there is more than enough room
in the world for both of them.
408
00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:53,360
I don't wanna be that.
409
00:19:54,820 --> 00:19:56,070
Do you?
410
00:19:56,071 --> 00:19:57,698
- Definitely not.
411
00:19:59,491 --> 00:20:02,703
- You shine. I shine.
412
00:20:03,328 --> 00:20:05,497
[clicks tongue] On periodt.
413
00:20:07,666 --> 00:20:09,625
Let's get back in there.
414
00:20:09,626 --> 00:20:12,128
Everyone's probably
talkin' about Steve Urkel,
415
00:20:12,129 --> 00:20:16,300
and... you're not even
there. [Nella chuckles]
416
00:20:16,884 --> 00:20:19,386
Come on, come on. Get your stuff.
- Okay, okay.
417
00:20:20,179 --> 00:20:23,307
♪ Upbeat funk music playing ♪
418
00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:27,352
[people chattering]
419
00:20:34,818 --> 00:20:38,654
Hi... I'm Nella. I'm an
editor at Wagner Books.
420
00:20:38,655 --> 00:20:40,406
I'm really sorry to interrupt.
421
00:20:40,407 --> 00:20:42,116
I just wanted to talk to you
422
00:20:42,117 --> 00:20:44,452
about some of the titles we
have on our upcoming slate
423
00:20:44,453 --> 00:20:46,621
that I am really,
really excited about.
424
00:20:46,622 --> 00:20:48,206
- Do you have a business card?
425
00:20:48,207 --> 00:20:50,082
- Yeah. Well, not exactly...
426
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,294
- I don't think she's
had them printed yet.
427
00:20:52,878 --> 00:20:54,296
Isn't that right, Nella?
428
00:20:55,464 --> 00:20:58,508
- Richard... I...
- Let's have a chat.
429
00:20:58,509 --> 00:21:00,511
♪
430
00:21:10,646 --> 00:21:12,647
- So, what would you do?
431
00:21:12,648 --> 00:21:13,940
- What?
432
00:21:13,941 --> 00:21:16,442
- Oh, you're a big, fancy
editor, I understand.
433
00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:17,818
What's your first project?
434
00:21:17,819 --> 00:21:22,824
- I'm really sorry. I didn't...
- Ya didn't think you'd get caught.
435
00:21:25,035 --> 00:21:27,662
You took a big risk, Nella.
436
00:21:27,663 --> 00:21:31,040
Impersonating an editor...
- I know. It's not me.
437
00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:34,001
This party, the
lying... this lip color.
438
00:21:34,002 --> 00:21:36,672
- is the ballsiest thing
I've ever seen you do.
439
00:21:37,339 --> 00:21:38,340
- Wait, what?
440
00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:40,843
- Keep going.
441
00:21:42,719 --> 00:21:45,137
Tell me about your
first project.
442
00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:46,139
- Um.
443
00:21:50,227 --> 00:21:51,311
Burning Heart.
444
00:21:51,728 --> 00:21:56,149
It's the 35th anniversary,
and... I think that you...
445
00:21:57,276 --> 00:22:00,279
that Wagner should
do a rerelease.
446
00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:04,949
- Go on.
- Wow, okay.
447
00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:08,286
I-I, uh, actually have a
whole presentation with P&Ls,
448
00:22:08,287 --> 00:22:10,663
and art mock-ups, and we
could do a new foreword,
449
00:22:10,664 --> 00:22:13,040
maybe by Diana Gordon
or Kendra Rae Phillips?
450
00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:14,042
- No.
451
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:16,460
- S-Sorry?
452
00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:19,881
- No. Kendra Rae
Phillips is not possible.
453
00:22:19,882 --> 00:22:22,258
- I know that no one has heard
from her since she left publishing,
454
00:22:22,259 --> 00:22:24,635
but we could find her.
455
00:22:24,636 --> 00:22:26,054
I could find her.
456
00:22:30,142 --> 00:22:32,144
I'm really sorry. I didn't...
457
00:22:32,644 --> 00:22:35,104
I shouldn't have brought it up.
I don't know what I was thinking.
458
00:22:35,105 --> 00:22:37,148
- You know, after all this time,
459
00:22:37,149 --> 00:22:40,777
Burning Heart is still the thing
I'm most proud of in my career?
460
00:22:41,987 --> 00:22:45,616
And Kendra Rae Phillips
is my biggest regret.
461
00:22:48,577 --> 00:22:50,203
Couple weeks after
the book came out,
462
00:22:50,204 --> 00:22:54,498
they found her bag and her
ID on a subway platform,
463
00:22:54,499 --> 00:22:56,710
no one ever heard
from her again.
464
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,755
That's the official story.
465
00:23:02,758 --> 00:23:04,051
But that's bullshit.
466
00:23:05,052 --> 00:23:07,470
Kendra Rae took her own life.
467
00:23:07,471 --> 00:23:08,888
Broke my heart.
468
00:23:08,889 --> 00:23:12,059
♪ Gentle somber music playing ♪
469
00:23:21,235 --> 00:23:23,862
- I am so sorry for your loss.
470
00:23:27,783 --> 00:23:29,659
And I don't mean to
speak out of turn here,
471
00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:32,787
but shouldn't we do a
rerelease of the book?
472
00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:34,414
To honor Kendra Rae?
473
00:23:36,041 --> 00:23:37,751
- You know, you
remind me of her.
474
00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:44,591
You cannot keep an idea inside no
matter how up against it you are.
475
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,556
Let's talk about
it more tomorrow.
476
00:23:51,265 --> 00:23:53,267
Maybe there's something there.
477
00:23:54,601 --> 00:23:55,435
- Really?
478
00:23:57,813 --> 00:23:58,647
- Really.
479
00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:02,608
Goodnight, Nella.
480
00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:06,445
♪ Living in the Moment by Coops
and Isabelle Brown playing ♪
481
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:09,449
♪ Livin' in the moment ♪
482
00:24:14,872 --> 00:24:16,039
[elevator dings]
483
00:24:17,583 --> 00:24:19,834
- Kenny! [giggles]
484
00:24:19,835 --> 00:24:23,922
- Diana, what are you... Look,
you can't just show up here.
485
00:24:27,259 --> 00:24:28,676
- But I brought sandwiches.
486
00:24:28,677 --> 00:24:30,553
- Yeah, I can't eat those.
487
00:24:30,554 --> 00:24:33,681
- What?
- [laughs] Also, I can't leave for lunch.
488
00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:36,101
I just can't let them
think I'm slacking.
489
00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,771
- Wagner has been
working you too hard.
490
00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:46,195
Is that Richard?
491
00:24:46,862 --> 00:24:48,237
That's your boss?
492
00:24:48,238 --> 00:24:50,866
- Now, quit.
- Mm-mm. 'Scuse me?
493
00:24:51,658 --> 00:24:54,828
Are you Richard Wagner?
- I am.
494
00:24:55,495 --> 00:24:59,665
- I'm sorry. I just wanted to say
that you have such a superstar
495
00:24:59,666 --> 00:25:03,211
in my friend, Kendra
Rae Phillips, here.
496
00:25:03,212 --> 00:25:04,421
- We're lucky to have her.
497
00:25:05,339 --> 00:25:07,840
She never says hello to me on
the elevator, but I get it.
498
00:25:07,841 --> 00:25:10,384
I'm scary. [chuckles]
- Oh. [laughs]
499
00:25:10,385 --> 00:25:13,429
- What's your name?
- I'm Diana Gordon.
500
00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:16,057
I'm a writer.
- She any good?
501
00:25:16,058 --> 00:25:18,226
- Uh, yes, she's fantastic.
502
00:25:18,227 --> 00:25:22,939
Um, early Faulkner mixed with
Angelou, but still uniquely Diana.
503
00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:24,440
- Well, you'll have to show
me what you're workin' on.
504
00:25:24,441 --> 00:25:27,486
Maybe over a lunch a little more
exciting than what you have there.
505
00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:30,447
- I'd love that.
- Great.
506
00:25:30,906 --> 00:25:33,909
Meet me downstairs in five? The
three of us, we can talk shop.
507
00:25:34,743 --> 00:25:36,035
It was nice to meet you, Diana.
508
00:25:36,036 --> 00:25:38,038
- Likewise. [chuckles]
509
00:25:42,042 --> 00:25:43,835
Uh, uh, uh. [snapping]
510
00:25:43,836 --> 00:25:46,255
Can you believe that? [laughs]
511
00:25:47,548 --> 00:25:49,383
You okay? What's wrong?
512
00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:54,011
- Did you come here to have lunch with
me or just to pitch yourself to my boss?
513
00:25:54,012 --> 00:25:57,515
- Whoa, what? I just
did us both a favor.
514
00:25:57,516 --> 00:26:00,226
We are having lunch with
the Wagner of Wagner Books.
515
00:26:00,227 --> 00:26:02,020
Are you serious right now?
516
00:26:02,771 --> 00:26:05,399
- [sighs] No, you're
right. You're right.
517
00:26:06,441 --> 00:26:09,444
Let's go to lunch.
[Diana/Kendra laugh]
518
00:26:10,362 --> 00:26:12,405
[horns beeping]
[Hazel chuckles]
519
00:26:12,406 --> 00:26:14,699
- That could've been
so, so, so, so bad.
520
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,492
- Ah! But it wasn't, I told you.
521
00:26:16,493 --> 00:26:17,952
- Oh, my God, is this
what cocaine feels like?
522
00:26:17,953 --> 00:26:20,538
- [chuckles] Yeah, no.
- Oh.
523
00:26:20,539 --> 00:26:25,627
- You have so much potential, Nella.
It just... needs to be unlocked.
524
00:26:26,211 --> 00:26:29,672
- And I mean, wasn't it so crazy what
he said about Kendra Rae Phillips?
525
00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:31,215
- Oh, I get it.
526
00:26:31,216 --> 00:26:35,179
She was totally alone
and she just... lost it.
527
00:26:35,596 --> 00:26:40,225
- Yeah... I mean, thank
God we're not... alone.
528
00:26:42,561 --> 00:26:44,980
- Not anymore. [chuckles]
529
00:26:45,939 --> 00:26:49,609
Weird thought, should
we get more food?
530
00:26:49,610 --> 00:26:51,402
- You know what? I'm
glad you said somethin'
531
00:26:51,403 --> 00:26:53,696
because I was startin' to wonder
if 24-hour ramen was a thing?
532
00:26:53,697 --> 00:26:56,449
- Ooh, invent it.
Invent it right now.
533
00:26:56,450 --> 00:26:58,534
- Wanna go over...?
- Ooh, yes!
534
00:26:58,535 --> 00:27:00,162
NELLA/HAZEL: Taxi!
535
00:27:02,372 --> 00:27:05,791
- Hi! NELLA: We're
looking for some ramen.
536
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:09,045
♪ Gentle suspenseful
music playing ♪
537
00:27:09,046 --> 00:27:10,255
- Things have changed.
538
00:27:13,383 --> 00:27:14,801
I need you.
539
00:27:16,637 --> 00:27:18,639
♪
540
00:27:40,994 --> 00:27:42,996
♪
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