Queens (2021) s01e04 Episode Script

1 - Do you love me? - Of course I do.
Full disclosure I'm happy we're the only ones here.
I need to know who my dad is.
Jojo is yours? I love you.
I'm willing to try.
Jeff? Hello? My husband is dead.
Is this the right place to call? One more night.
Mom? Is everything okay? Is Dad awake, too? Get some sleep, baby.
Is he still taking us to the Lakers game tomorrow? We're gonna figure everything out in the morning, okay? He passed peacefully.
I-I don't know when it happened.
I'm gonna tell the kids in the morning.
I know.
I know he loved me, and I know you loved your son.
Okay, let's let's talk in the morning.
Try and get some sleep.
I'm so, so sorry.
Put your hands in the air now You a good woman Put your hands in the air now You want it all Put your hands in the air now New music from the former Nasty Bitches, now Queens.
A midnight release, and whoa.
I guess P-Sex, Xplicit Lyrics, Jill Da Thrill, and Butter Pecan are back to claim their damn throne.
Meanwhile, where's Lil Muffin? And what P-Sex talking about anyway? Her husband cheated on her? That boy must be a damn fool.
It comes A visible horizon Right where it starts, it ends Oh, and then we start the end It comes A visible illusion Morning, Mom.
Morning, baby.
Is Dad up? Uh, I made pancakes.
What are you idiots doing? The game is in, like, 12 hours.
Can't high-five for that.
It's stupid.
Come on, man.
Thank you.
Oh, you guys got the socks and the shoes and the shorts? Here you go.
Take some.
Take some.
Hey, Mom, you okay? There's something I have to tell you guys.
- Am I Jojo's dad? - Lower your voice! I was listening to your old verses.
"House with a man who ain't my spouse.
A life grows inside of me, there isn't any doubt.
" Don't do this right now.
- Come on.
- What's going on? Oh.
Nothing, baby.
Who's this? This is, um - I'm Eric.
- Nice to meet you.
Same.
Hey.
What? Okay, I'm gonna I'll head over.
Brianna's husband is dead.
Crap.
Crap! - Oh, crap.
- What? Tina is in LA to surprise me.
Like, in a car right now, on her way here.
It's not funny.
- It's a little funny.
- Get out.
I'm sorry.
That was rude.
Please leave.
It's funny because you think your first lesbian relationship is gonna be your last.
Look, you're a superstar, a queer icon who finally gets to explore her new queer reality.
I love Tina.
So much that I'm naked in your bed.
This was a momentary lapse.
Two momentary lapses, but go off, sis.
I don't mean to be glib, but you didn't do anything wrong.
You did something you wanted to do.
Don't let unnecessary guilt rob you of joy.
I'll shower quickly.
You've held yourself back long enough, Jill.
Bree? Oh, no.
Are there any words you would like for me to say about your husband? Bree? Um husband, father adulterer.
Maybe leave that part out? This is a time to celebrate his life.
Not focus on his mistakes.
Don't worry.
I'll write something beautiful, but you should certainly prepare your remarks.
My remarks? It's customary that a family member speaks also.
Sure.
I'll handle the flowers, making sure the church is set up, - taking care of your family, Jeff's family, as well.
- Okay.
Anything you need, I got you.
Naomi has a beautiful song she wants Jill to sing at the service.
It's gonna be beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Dear Lord, please form a hedge of protection around Brianna and her children, and just grant them comfort during the most challenging time in their lives.
We ask these blessings in your name, Christ Jesus.
Amen.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Amen.
How did the kids take it? I blacked out when I told them.
I really appreciate you all coming, but you don't have to stay.
- No.
- No! We're not leaving.
We're here for you.
Whatever you need.
I need to talk about something else.
What's up with y'all? - Not much.
- This is about you.
I'm good.
Remarks? I have no idea what to say about my dead husband.
Is she off? Off? Her husband just died.
It doesn't look like she's shed a tear.
Thank you both for coming.
Of course.
How are you feeling? Like Jeff got off easy.
He never had to make up for cheating.
He dumped this mess in my lap and dipped, and now I've got to clean it up and do it with a smile on my face.
Well, you have the freedom to feel whatever you want.
- Mom.
- Yeah? Olivia won't stop crying.
No, I don't.
I didn't know Jeff cheated on her.
With his student.
In their bed.
I don't know how you forgive that.
Darren forgave us.
It's different.
I think it's weird, also.
Couples move past cheating all the time.
I guess, but why should they have to? I mean, no one made Jeff make the commitment he made to Brianna.
Well, good thing we will never find out.
Yo.
We need to talk.
Don't be selfish.
Our friend is grieving.
Me? Selfish? You know what's selfish? All the bathrooms are full but I'd rather pee in a bush than stand in whatever's going on here.
No.
Stay.
You look nice in that dress.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Hey.
I gotta pee.
- I gotta pee.
- Okay.
You owe me answers.
Naomi and I? Off and on since I signed the Nasty Bitches.
So there was never a time you were with me and not with her? She wanted us to be a secret.
So, you would have chosen her if she chose you? It's complicated.
- You don't get to be the victim.
- I'm not trying to be.
You're the first person I told I loved in my life.
And that wasn't a lie.
I was always second place, and I didn't even know it? I hate feeling stupid, and I hate getting played, and how lame that part of my beef with Naomi was over some dude? Like I said, it is complicated If you say "it's complicated" one more time, I will knee your balls into your esophagus.
I'm sorry.
I am.
All right, you should be mad.
Look, I have a lot to make up for.
Handle your business, bro.
It's Jeff's phone.
Do you think maybe you should turn it off? I'm sorry.
Is that Alexis Alexis? - As in Jeff's mistress? - Oh, hell naw.
She probably has no idea Jeff died.
Jeff said it was over, but she's been calling since yesterday.
Maybe you should answer.
Maybe she deserves to know.
She deserves deez hands.
It wasn't her fault Jeff cheated.
He was married, she wasn't.
Well, we have no idea why Jeff cheated.
Um, but you should do whatever you feel is best.
She shouldn't have to think about this woman for another second.
She's a victim, too.
Jeff is 20 years older than her.
He was her professor.
He was married.
She's not evil.
The other woman is still a human being with feelings, not some demon.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean we have to invite her over for a drink.
Well, maybe there's a middle ground.
If you were her, wouldn't you want to know? Spaghetti for dinner? - We should help.
- Yeah.
More flowers? Muffin sent these.
- Aww.
- Aww.
"Can't cap, dis a trip high key.
On da dome, sis.
" She's thinking about you.
That's nice.
Look, you two should go home.
Nah.
We don't want to leave you alone.
We are right here if you and the kids need anything.
Okay.
Yeah.
Play me something.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And she's always gone too long Anytime she goes away Wonder this time where she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away Oh, oh, oh And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know Hey, I oughta leave young thing alone Ain't no sunshine when she's gone Ooh-ooh Ain't no sunshine when she's gone Only darkness every day Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away Anytime she goes away There's something you should know.
He's dead? How? - Combo of the brain cancer and - Cancer? You hadn't spoken to him? Since it all happened.
I called.
I was ashamed.
I felt awful for Brianna.
But I also What? I was in love with him.
Why why would you come to tell me? - I thought you deserved to know.
- Why? You always ask so many questions? I'm sorry.
This is a lot.
But I blinked, and I was in it.
I'm an idiot.
You're not.
Cry tonight.
Then shut it down.
When you wake up tomorrow, you gotta decide who you're gonna be from this point forward.
Yeah.
When's the funeral? Jeff is your past.
Don't look back.
Who knew the death industry had so many options? This is like the Cheesecake Factory menu, but for bodies.
Brianna's cool with us picking out a casket for her husband? She hasn't a written a word of the eulogy.
I can't say I've ever seen her like this.
Let's just go with the Last Supper.
What is going on, Jill? Huh? Something is going on with you, and it's not just about your friend.
I'm not an idiot.
I can hardly get you on the phone.
Last night, you acted like you were allergic to my hands.
So what is going on? I do We should talk about something.
What, Jill? Move in with me.
Move? - I miss you.
- What? So it is hard to be on the phone because it makes me sad.
I mean, I want to be Jill Da Thrill and I want to see where the group can go, but it doesn't mean anything if I don't get to do it with you.
I am not myself when I'm not with you.
Of course.
I want to be where you are.
Yo.
What did you say to Valeria yesterday? Bahr, let me call you back, man.
All right, peace.
Did you tell her about Jojo? Oh, now you want to talk about Jojo? 'Cause you've been throwing me shade as if you found out my funky little secret.
Are you gonna answer my question? No, I'm not.
Because mine is way more important.
How could you not tell me that I was Jojo's dad? - You really don't get it, do you? - Get what? I'm not one of Dionne Warwick's psychic homies, so please, whatever you can say to help explain this whole deranged scenario, please do it.
Deranged? You know that's not what I mean, but I just found out I have a 20-year-old daughter I didn't meet until yesterday.
You think about that.
Yo, I found out I was pregnant right before the San Diego show.
You were with Valeria, and you two had stolen the thing that matters most in the world to me my music.
So I quit.
I got in my car, and I drove for five days and just thought about everything.
I was at a diner in Dallas and decided I wasn't ready to be a mother.
Then, at a gas station in Oklahoma, I changed my mind.
Lexington? Abortion.
When I landed in Philly, I just I didn't do it.
You and Valeria were on the cover of Us Weekly, and I just figured my life was my life and yours was yours.
And that's it.
That's the explanation.
I'm not sure if it makes sense, but that's it.
So, what now? I can't think about what you want, Eric.
I got Jojo to think about.
- My daughter.
- Our daughter.
- Eric, please.
- Come on, she deserves to know.
But that should be on me, right? I should make the decision on if and when I want to tell her.
How can I trust you'll do the right thing? That's always been our problem.
I will never forgive you if you say something to her before I'm ready.
After everything you've done to me, you owe me that.
What am I supposed to say in this eulogy if I can't tell the truth? Is Jeff's cheating the only truth? So I'm supposed to stand up in front of a church full of people and act like Jeff was Frederick Douglass? He's more than one mistake.
Why do you keep defending him? Because if he's irredeemable, so am I.
Listen, what you did with Tina was wrong, but it's different.
It wasn't just Tina.
Wait, you cheated on Darren with someone else? I cheated on Tina with someone else.
Please.
Don't try to make me feel better.
Don't tell me that I'm not a terrible person.
Okay, you can tell me that I'm not a terrible person.
What is wrong with you? Why is everyone so damn selfish? What ever happened to commitment and honesty? Look where that got you.
Really? Sorry.
You sure are.
Look, nothing that I did changes the way I feel about Tina.
Excuses.
Either you want to be with Tina or you don't, but you have to tell her what you did.
It's fine.
We we're moving in together.
That's a terrible idea.
What y'all talking about? - Caskets.
- Caskets.
- What were you and Naomi talking about? - Music.
- Cool.
- Cool.
Did Jeff keep any beer around? He drank bourbon, but there might be some in the fridge in the basement.
Wait! Don't let the door close! It locks.
Damn.
Bree and Jill aren't answering.
Neither is my mom.
So, V took the kids to Neiman's? I specifically came down here to get away from old people's feelings.
I'm not old.
Okay, Boomer.
I don't think you're using that exactly the way Okay, Boomer.
So, I heard you got a music scholarship.
That's dope.
I guess music is in your DNA.
Sometimes I like to think that my dad is the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic so she can't take all the credit.
She talk about him? Your dad? It's embarrassing.
She doesn't know, and I try not to dwell on what that says about her.
Mm.
Hip hop was wild back in the day.
I mean, we was wild.
You got to cut her some slack.
It's cool to see her happy.
It's cool to see this thing that was such a huge part of her life before I was born.
So All right.
You want a beer? I won't tell your mom.
That's it.
To getting to know new friends.
Mm.
Is this what beer is supposed to taste like? March 18, 2017.
You was, like, what, 6? I think it's bad karma to pour out a dead man's beer.
You probably right.
This is the first beer I ever had.
I'm glad to share this terribly disgusting beer with you.
Would you want to know? Hmm? I mean, you're a successful young woman.
You you've done all right.
Would you want to know who your dad is after not knowing for so long? I don't know what kind of relationship we'd have, but yeah.
It feels like there's a piece of me that's missing, and I always wondered if he were around, maybe my mom would have been around more.
Do you know anything? - About? - You were there.
You must have seen who she was hanging out with.
I try to stay out of Naomi's business.
I like my life.
Hmm.
But your mom is really proud of you, and wherever your dad is, whoever he is, he'd be, too.
I'm sure of it.
Hey, what's going on? Um, just getting to know Mr.
Eric.
Eric.
Baby, go upstairs.
I need to talk to Eric.
- Did you tell her? - I didn't.
But I would love nothing more than to get to know her.
I'll follow your lead.
I get it.
That's fair.
But that's what I want.
How was Bree last night? I was sleeping on the couch, and I woke up to her screaming.
- Crying? - I don't think so.
She came down a minute later and asked if I wanted to play backgammon.
She won.
I hate her.
Well, maybe it'll all hit her today at the funeral.
On God, I bet you she thinks crying is selfish.
You know Bree.
I'm ready to bury my husband.
Your place or mine? Huh? Where we're gonna live.
Your place is bigger, but it's also the house you shared with Darren.
Or maybe we can find a new place together? Something smaller, since we won't be spending all of our time in Montana.
Yeah.
That's probably the right move.
Oh, I need to talk to Father Dylan about Bree's eulogy.
It's complicated.
That's what everyone keeps saying.
Look, Valeria, I'm sorry.
I know how you You don't have to apologize.
We're good.
I'm just sorry he affected us.
Yeah.
You're a one-of-a-kind woman and a one-of-a-kind artist.
Mad respect.
And you were right.
I stood on your back.
Yeah, but you took our group to the next level.
I mean, I can't front.
I would want to know.
If I were Jojo, I would want to know.
It messes with you.
Not knowing who my mom is colors everything I do.
You have to tell her.
He'd make a good father.
I mean, he's corny, but he'd be a good, corny dad.
Nasty Bitches forever.
Bitch, you gonna have to come up with a new catch phrase.
It's been three weeks since my last confession.
They always say start with the most difficult sin, so I cheated on my girlfriend.
I cheated on the girlfriend that I cheated on my husband with.
I'm a cheater.
And I love Tina.
But am I ready to settle down again right away? What should I do? I mean, do I tell her? Do Do I tell Tina? Father? You're an inspiration.
"I never knew I would end up kissing a girl.
But thanks to you, I can tell the whole world.
" I saw the BET Awards.
Ah.
Tears.
- Thank you.
- I love God.
I love professing the Gospel, but the Priesthood comes with restrictions.
You're a hero.
Are you happy, Father? We're asked to make sacrifices for God, and that was my choice.
But I often wonder, what would my life be like if I was free of expectations or restrictions? Me too, Father.
Me too.
Yo, who is that? Oh, no.
It's Alexis.
Alexis, Alexis? I told her not to come! What? You talked to her? Nnn, yes-ish-kinda not yup, I did.
What are y'all We'll handle it.
Yeah, beat her ass.
Naomi.
I'll do it.
I should do it.
I'll kindly tell her to leave.
Bree.
Bree, I don't think it's What are you thinking being here? Whoa! - Bree! - Bree! - Come on.
- Bree! Bree! Okay.
Okay.
How dare you? How dare you?! Okay.
Okay.
It It's okay.
You can't make this up.
That was Professor Sex.
Mad embarrassing.
Can we talk about how this is all Valeria's fault? It feels so beside the point.
How am I supposed to explain her to my kids? Why did she come? White privilege is an epidemic.
As misguided as it is, she thinks she loves your husband in the same way you do.
I want to talk to her.
You don't owe that girl an apology.
I know.
And I want to talk to her.
Did you love him? What did you love about him? What is the vibe in there? Like a Tyler Perry play.
I can't believe she had the nerve to show up I slept with someone else.
I was wondering when you were gonna tell me.
Just a feeling.
The distance.
Sporadic contact.
All of the new, amazing things in your life.
- I know you.
- It didn't mean anything.
Listen, we're adults.
We've both been married.
I can get past this if it was something you had to get out of your system.
But if it's something more I cheated on Darren.
I cheated on you.
- I ch - It is not about the cheating.
It's about what you want.
I don't know what I want.
That's It's fair.
I love you.
I have waited a long time for you to come to me.
Guess I'll have to wait a little bit longer.
Good luck, Jill.
Tina.
Should we go in? It's been quiet for a while.
We can't let Bree catch a murder charge at her husband's funeral, fam.
I can't believe he's gone! I can't believe he's gone.
I'm ready.
I know what I want to say about my husband.
We don't know the hour We don't know the day When the ones we love are gonna fly far away But when that day comes Know the tears will flow Nothing else will matter more Than the truth we know That when we reach our journey's end, we'll know Inside, we tried And no matter what was lost One thing will survive Like rivers, like mountains They forgive every storm that tries to break them Wide open So, I know that love remains When hard times, they shake us They take us into darkness where we stumble But light comes Even when we hide Love still finds us Yes, we made mistakes And we lose our way I've been unprepared a lot of times in my life before, but this, by far, is the most embarrassing.
But hey, I'm a widow at 42, so shut up.
I get to do what I want.
I don't know why writing these remarks was so difficult.
Maybe because I felt compelled to talk about what a great man Jeff was.
He wasn't.
He was human.
He was flawed.
He chewed Juicy Fruit like a grandma.
He never stopped chewing Juicy Fruit, even when it wasn't cool.
I don't really think it was ever cool, but you get what I'm saying.
And I think that's the point.
Jeff was real.
He said what he felt.
He told me he was gonna marry me as he walked me back to my car on our first date.
For 15 years, without fail, he would sprint in front of me to open any door.
He loved big.
He never let a moment pass, because he knew that that next moment isn't promised to us.
Yes, I know you did your best If he were here, those would be his last words to us "Don't let a moment pass.
" Oh, I hope you forgive me He'd tell every single person in this room that he loved them.
Oh, I hope you forgive me I love you.
Daddy loves you.
He was flawed.
Find us, love will But I loved him.
Love will find us Mm-mm Love will find us It's okay.
It's okay.
It's gonna be okay.
Ew! She puked on him! That's nasty! Oh, my God.
I am sorry.
I am so sorry.
You're pregnant, aren't you?