All language subtitles for The.Other.Black.Girl.S01E05

NELLA: Previously, on
The Other Black Girl...

I was wondering if you wanted
to come over for dinner

on Saturday.
- Yes, I would love to.

- If we pull everything the
sensitivity reader flagged,

there won't be a book left.

- How would you feel about
meeting Diana Gordon?

- Instead of a rerelease,
what about a memoir?

- Maybe this is something
we can do together.

HAZEL: Jealousy's
not my style.

I'm happy when good things
happen to my friends.

- It is so fake and I can't
believe you don't see that.

- How is she fake?

- Nella and I are working
closely together now,

so I suggest you
get used to that.

- Her name isn't Hazel, it's Eva.
- What the fuck?

- Hey, hey!

[alarm blares]

[sharp exhale]

♪ tense music playing ♪

[people chattering]

[ambient city street noise]

[alarm blares]

[grunts]

[people chattering]

[alarm blares]

♪ tense music continues ♪

[people chattering]
[distant siren wails]

[phone ringing]

- Owen? OWEN [on phone]: Babe.

NELLA [on phone]: What's wrong?
- You haven't been answerin' my calls.

I was worried.

- I was on the subway.
Aren't you at work?

- School was canceled.
We have asbestos.

- What? Oh, okay. Look, I'm
about to head into work,

and I really can't have
this conversation again.

- You shouldn't even be at work
at all. You're bein' followed.

NELLA: Babe, I'm okay.

Sure, that woman was scary, and,
yeah, I didn't sleep last night,

but I told myself at 3 A.M.
that her problem was with Hazel,

who she thinks is
Eva for some reason.

- Just promise me that
you won't go see her.

- I promise.

As soon as I see Hazel, I'm
gonna get some answers, okay?

I love you.

♪ Ominous music plays ♪

♪ theme music playing ♪

[elevator dings]

VERA: No, no, that is
not what I'm saying.

I'm saying it is
absolutely under control.

Um, handle this. Nella!
Nella! Oh, finally.

Oh, this morning's been
an absolute nightmare.

I couldn't even get my
eyebrows on straight.

Thank God you got my coffee.

- Oh, um, that's actually...

And you're done.
[frenzied chatter]

What's going on?
- There's no time.

Colin's book.

It was leaked.

- Leaked? By who?
[Vera exhales]

- The sensitivity
reader, we think.

Doesn't matter. Point is,
the book is out there!

And the response is... [groans]

Well, [scoffs] well, see
for yourself. [sighs]

NELLA: Oh, my God, Jesse
Watson canceled Wagner?

How did this happen? I have
Google Alerts for all those words.

- Well, the internet moves fast,

and, apparently, the consensus
is that Wagner is racist.

- Right... Who knew?

- [sharp exhale] Look, I
should've listened to you.

Not about the sensitivity reader,
that person screwed us all over,

but about the book. It was bad.

- So, why didn't you
do anything about it?

- I was trying to do the
right thing for Wagner!

- I was doing what was right
for Wagner and the world.

- And somebody leaked it,
and now we're both drowning.

And, and... they want
us to drop Colin.

He's our biggest asset.

He single-handedly keeps Wagner and
the pageboy cap industry in business.

Look, I need your help.

- Oh... No, no, I'm not very
good at that kinda stuff.

My friend, Malaika, is
the one who does the...

- I need you.

- [sighs] Oh, my God.

[Nella groans]

'Kay.

- Hey, listen, um,

I begged Colin to save your job,

and... [inhales] now I really need your
help to save everyone's in this building.

Richard has gone to talk to
the board, and I am here.

I'm left in charge of damage
control until he gets back.

But [whispers] Nella, Nella,
Nella, I cannot go down like this.

Please.

- Okay.
[Vera gasps]

- [sharp exhale] Thank you.

NELLA: Vera Parini
will see you soon.

Okay, thank you. Bye.
[frenzied office chatter]

- Holy crap.

Can you believe this? Do you
think our jobs are in trouble?

- Yes. Have you seen Hazel?

I need to talk to her
about something else.

SOPHIE: She called in sick.

- Seriously?

- I can't blame her.

Being affiliated with any kind of
racial injustice makes me sick, too.

- Totally.

[sharp exhale]

[line ringing, call connects]

Hi, Trish, this is Nella
in Vera Parini's office.

Vera wanted me to let you know

that Wagner is gonna be handling
press for the time being

and that we have
everything under control.

VERA: Nella!

Will you get me another coffee?

- I gotta go,
Trish. Thanks, bye.

- Get one for yourself because
you need to stay caffeinated. Mm!

- Nella.

Glad you're free.
We have a crisis.

- Yep, I'm dealing with it right
now. BRIDGET: Oh, not that.

Today is Shannon's birthday,
and Hazel signed up to help.

But she's out sick,

so I'm gonna need you to get
everyone to sign the card.

- All right, okay. I'll do
it, all right? I'll do it.

- Oh, and don't worry.
I'll handle the crepe chef.

- Crepe chef.

- [gasps] Nella.
Oh, God, thank you.

I need you to gather everyone
in the conference room

for an all-hands
meeting. Hurry up!

- Okay, and don't forget
the card for Shannon,

and don't mention
the crepe chef.

It's a surprise!
- Okay.

- Did I... [sniffles]

NELLA: Maisy?

- Yes. [sniffles]

NELLA: You okay?
- Yeah, I'm fine. I'm...

Oh, I'm just fine.
[chuckles, sniffles]

Did Hazel not come in today
because she thinks I'm... racist?

- What? No.

I think.

- I am a good person.

I volunteer, you
know, when I can.

And, and now I have
all of these authors

that I've been nurturing
for a very long time

calling me and telling me that
they cannot be associated with me.

All of my assistants
have been POCs,

and now this is
happening, to me!

Like, they're...
- Okay, um, are you angry?

- Am I allowed to be?

- Okay, listen...
This is not about you.

And if I, of all people,
can buck the fuck up

and do my job
today... so can you.

- You're right. NELLA
[whispers]: Yeah.

- You're right.

Oh, God... Thank you.

NELLA: Oh, okay.
[camera shutter clicks]

- Did you just take a picture of
me? "Hashtag support Black women."

- You know, I'll delete
it. I'll delete it!

VERA: All right, everyone.

[groans] Richard is on his way,
but I want you all to rest assured

that I have everything
under control.

Colin knows that he has to come
here immediately to the office,

but in the meantime,

we are going to focus on composing...
[snaps fingers] his public apology.

MAISY: A public apology?
- [sighs] Maisy.

- It's, like, isn't
this a little too late?

- What? MAISY: I
mean, let's be honest.

Colin... has always
been a problem.

- We were alone in
the elevator one time

and he looked me straight
into the eye while he farted.

[phone vibrates] VERA: He's
allergic to everything.

It happens all the time.

- Problem. VERA: Okay,
focus your mind, Bridget.

Focus your mind!

Who has a good idea? We would
like to start this apology well.

[line ringing]

[ringing, call connects]
- What's going on? Are you okay?

MALAIKA [on phone]:
Whoa, I'm good.

You the one with the stalker.

- No, that's Hazel's stalker.

And can you blame me for
being worried? You said "911."

- With a dancer emoji

to emphasize that this is
a 911 of spicy, hot tea.

NELLA [on phone]: Yeah,
and on any other day,

I would really appreciate that,
but today has been kinda rough.

MALAIKA: I saw.

Black Twitter plus
Sophie is goin' off,

but it's about to get
better... I think.

- What're you talkin' 'bout?

- You will not believe who is havin'
lunch at my third favorite bougie spot.

- I don't care where A-Rod eats.

- No, no. Richard
Wagner and Hazel.

- What?

- Shit, they gettin' up.

- No, no, no.
[whispers] That's, that's impossible.

Hazel's out sick and Richard is...
- A zaddy. Pfft!

But wait... isn't he married?

- [whispers] To a Kennedy!

- I told you that
company was a hellhole.

They all rotten to the core, even
though I don't believe in monogamy.

NELLA: I can't believe
she's pretending to be sick.

And what is Richard doing?
Hazel is an employee.

- Or is it Eva? [laughs] Isn't
that what the stalker called her?

Clearly, this girl
has a lot of secrets.

NELLA: Oh, my God,
this is so fucked.

You know, maybe that
stalker was right.

- You not meetin' with
her tonight, right?

VERA: Nella!

MALAIKA: to reassess that...
- [whispers] Oh, I gotta go.

- Nella? Nella?

♪ Light music playing
through restaurant speakers ♪

She hung up on me.

Where's my seafood tower?

[horns honking,
ambient street noise]

- Let's not lose focus. We
really have to get this done.

Oh, thank you for joining us.

Okay, besides some
slight... complications,

we are going to go
forward with my plan

for the public apology, so
I need you to take notes.

- Maybe Colin should take notes.

- [sighs] Excuse me?

♪ Intense percussive
music playing ♪

- I mean, [sighs]

Colin clearly has no idea
that he's done anything wrong.

So, what is this apology for?

Nobody's gonna
believe a word of it.

And if we wanna
write an apology,

it should be on behalf of Wagner
and this entire department

for letting this mess happen.
- I have been doing everything that I can

to get us out of this mess.

- Actually, I wanna know what
Nella thinks we should do.

- Oh, well.

- I think we should
cancel the release.

[group murmurs]
- But Richard wants the book to go out.

So, do you like your jobs?

Fine, end of discussion.

- You said the book was bad
and you don't wanna release it.

- It's not about what I want.
It's about what other people need!

- If you were thinking
of other people,

you wouldn't have buried
the sensitivity read.

[group murmurs indistinctly]

- That's not exactly
what happened.

- You are so afraid of losing
this book, about losing money,

that you didn't see
how offensive it was

and that we might all
just lose our jobs anyway.

And now Colin's gonna make a fake
apology and it won't change anything.

And I'm gonna be stuck
in this bad dream

where we're all just sitting around
eating crepes for Shannon's birthday.

- Really?!
- It was a surprise!

VERA: Enough!

You're wrong about one
thing. Change is afoot.

Because while we may
be here eating crepes,

you will be fired.

[group murmurs indistinctly]

Please go collect your things.

- Nella isn't going anywhere.

♪

- Richard! Ah! [chuckles]

- Vera, let's talk
outside, you and I.

- Oh, no. I, uh, I don't
think that's necessary.

Um... I have everything
under control.

So, whatever you wanna
say, you can say here.

- Well, in that
case, I have news.

In light of the inherent
and glaring problems

with Needles and Pins,

we will be dropping the
book effective immediately.

[indistinct murmuring]

- Well, you can't
be serious, Richard.

- I am, yes.

- But just this morning...
you told me to save the book.

- That was this morning.

I've been listening to some of
the concerns raised recently.

I want this company to
reflect the diversity,

the inclusivity, and
the values of 2023.

Values, which by the way,
do not include burying

the negative results
of a sensitivity read

for one of our most
important releases.

- I don't know what people
have been telling you...

RICHARD: People, Vera?

This isn't about
anybody but you.

I thank you... for your many
years of devoted service,

service which must
now come to an end.

I need to ask you... to
collect your things and go.

[indistinct murmuring]

- Col-Collect my...

You can't... M-Me?

[yells] What the actual fuck?!

[Richard clears throat]

Okay.
- [mouths] Oh, shit.

VERA: Okay, fine. Fine.

Maybe I wasn't always as
conscientious as I could have been,

but... I worked my ass off
for this company, for decades,

and everyone in
this room knows it!

I gave, [inhales] I
gave up everything!

Ha!

Well,

I'm not gonna let this
little bump in the road

compromise my... dignity.

[deep breath in and out]

[sniffles] I am walking out of
here with my head held high.

Nella, my bag.

RICHARD: Nella doesn't
work for you anymore.

[Vera chuckles]

- Right.

Mm.

Well,

Nella,

looks like someone turned you
into a force to be reckoned with.

You're welcome.

[crepe cart rattling]

Ugh, you have got
to be kidding me!

- I'm sorry if that was
uncomfortable for anyone.

In the midst of the chaos today, I
was thinking a lot about the past,

specifically about
Burning Heart,

a book which represents
both this company's past

and its future.

I think we should pause work
on Diana Gordon's memoir

in favor of Nella's
brilliant idea

of a dedicated rerelease
of Burning Heart.

I've spoken to Diana
about this and she agrees.

Nella, you will be running point
on this as assistant editor.

Hazel will be there to
help you along the way.

Not only that,

Diana will be
launching a new imprint

focusing on and
celebrating diverse voices,

and the Burning Heart rerelease

will be the centerpiece
of that imprint's launch.

We have been ignoring the
problems here for t...

Hm.

I have.

I've made mistakes,

and for that, I'm sorry.

But I am so proud

to be steering this
company down a new path.

Let's all... make Wagner Books

a place we can call home.

[group applauds]

[cheers and applause]

[applause continues] ♪
light music playing ♪

♪ upbeat party music playing on speakers ♪
- Hazel, this cake is so good.

I can't stop eating it. HAZEL:
Yeah, the place that I got it from

uses some special
kinda spiced rum.

SOPHIE: Hm.
- Actually, it was my grandparents' wedding cake.

GROUP: Aw.
- Yeah, yeah.

Basically, if you got married in Harlem
in, like, the last hundred years,

you had this cake.

SOPHIE: [exhales] Well,
it's incredible. [laughs]

- Oh, and I love that you share
it with us. COLIN: Vera! Vera!

Vera! Richard, what's going on?

Why is there cake and
crepes? And w-where is Vera?

- Happy birthday, Shannon.
[Bridget chuckles]

- Thank you so much, Richard.

- Colin, let's talk in my office.
- What? No.

I'm not gonna be summoned to your
office like I'm a naughty child.

My books paid for all of this.

They, they, they, they paid for
these desks, and that chair,

even these stupid
fucking balloons!

[Shannon gasps]

- Thank you for making
this so much easier to say.

Colin, you are no
longer a Wagner author.

[all murmuring]

Somebody call security.
- Oh, I-I'd love to.

[phone button
beeps, line ringing]

- [clears throat] Hello,
yes, we need security.

No, not dangerous. Just some
clown who doesn't get it.

[ambient city street noise]

- Nella! Nella.

Hey, hey, hey. [laughs]
- Hi.

- Congratulations! Aren't you excited?
- [quietly] Yeah.

- You haven't even said anything
since we heard the good news.

- Yeah. No, I'm super
excited. I'm, I'm just...

I'm tired, and I, I
feel kinda blindsided.

- Ooh, in a good way?
- Yeah.

- Okay, 'cause somebody had to tell
Richard about that sensitivity read.

And once I did, it was
pretty safe to assume

that he'd do somethin'
about it. [chuckles]

- So, you weren't sick?

- Look, someone was gonna have to
take the fall, and I made a move.

Vera has never done
anything to me personally...

- She was my boss for two years.
- But she wasn't promoting you.

And we both wanna
be editors, right?

So, I genuinely feel
sorry for anyone

who was unfortunate enough
to be in our way. [laughs]

Ooh! You know what?
Wait a minute.

I have something that
I wanna give you.

[groans] Oh. [sighs] Oh, God.

♪ Ominous music playing ♪
Can't...

Ah, here it is.

It's a crepe. [laughs]

They're delicious, and I
saw you didn't get one.

- Oh, thanks.

You know, everybody was
fawning over the cake,

so I really only tried that.

- Ugh, that fuckin'
cake. I hate that cake.

It, ugh, reminds me of
pukin' up Captain Morgan's.

I mean, honestly, it's my fault because
I told 'em to send the last thing

they had in stock.
- W-Wait, wait, sorry.

So, that wasn't your
grandparents' wedding cake?

- [laughs] Girl, no! What?!

I don't know what my grandparents
ate on their wedding day,

let alone all of Harlem.

Sometimes, you just have to be the
person they want you to be, right?

Anyway,

congratulations.

It's gonna be a wild ride.

[Hazel chuckles]

- Her name isn't
Hazel. It's Eva.

♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪

[train rattling]

♪

- Hey, it's me.
Everything's fine.

I... just got held up at work,
so I'm gonna be... a little late.

Okay. Bye.

♪ Suspenseful music playing ♪

- Name.

- Oh, um...

Nella?

- This way.

♪ Suspenseful music continues ♪

GOTH ATTENDANT: This
is your room. Enjoy.

♪ End Of The Road by
Boyz II Men playing ♪

♪ Spinning around and around ♪

[tires screeching] ♪
Although we've come ♪

SHANI: Hey!

♪ To the end of the road ♪
[fighting, indistinct yelling]

♪ Still I can't let go ♪
[tires screeching]

[phone dings]

♪ I belong to you ♪

♪ Come ♪

- [through computer] The craziest
thing about this whole situation is,

is, is, i-is that I
am, in point of fact,

the least racist
person that I know.

[sharp inhale] I mean, in truth, I,
I, I, I, I, I don't even see colors.

I see characters.

♪ End Of The Road continues ♪

♪ You belong to me ♪

♪ I belong to you ♪

♪ Come to the end of the road ♪

♪ Still I can't let you go ♪

♪ It's unnatural ♪

♪ You belong to me ♪

♪ I belong to you ♪

♪ Girl, I know you
really love me ♪

♪ You just don't realize ♪

♪ You've never
been there before ♪

♪ It's only your first time ♪

♪ Maybe I'll forgive you ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Maybe you'll try ♪

♪ We should be happy
together forever ♪