Queens (2021) s01e07 Episode Script

1 Supreme is the Queens when we come through Ladies gotta do it how they want to This is Rodrigo Canales, the hottest music-video director in the game.
Yes, Naomi! You are the queen! The last couple of months have been rough.
We'll get through it I promise.
VALERIA: My mother showing back up in my life is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
We caught your mom taking pictures of your credit cards.
LIL MUFFIN: I got dropped by my label.
I owe them $750,000.
And I'm homeless.
I fixed it with the label.
I paid off the debt.
We cool.
You can crash with me until we figure something out.
If I knew I'd get this much attention, I would have said I was gay ages ago.
RACHEL: You getting back together? It's like we never broke up.
Tina, I'm sorry you got the wrong impression, - but - You used me.
You're disgusting.
BRIANNA: So a mom, a washed-up musician, a disgraced daytime TV host, a lesbian church lady, and a young rapper fresh out of rehab are going on a world tour? [GUNSHOT, SHELL CASING CLATTERS.]
BRIANNA: I've forgiven Jeff.
He cheated, but I'm letting it go.
I'm at peace.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
ERIC: [IN DISTANCE.]
It's dope, right? LIL MUFFIN: [IN DISTANCE.]
Yeah.
- What happened to your face? - I'm good.
BRIANNA: [ECHOING.]
Bruh, what happened? ERIC: This is about you guys.
Your future.
Redemption.
Okay, hey, listen - [GASPS.]
- Oh, my God.
- Oh! Oh, my God! - [GUN COCKS.]
- Oh, my God! - You don't want to do this! Listen, I'll get you your money.
[GUNSHOT, WOMEN SCREAMING.]
MAN: Ladies and gentlemen - all rise for the Queens! - [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
Supreme is the queens - When we come through - PHOTOGRAPHER: Look at me.
Fierce.
- Ladies gotta do it how they gonna do - Oh, give it! Nicely done, Valeria.
I used to be the spokeswoman for Herbal Essences.
- The moans were totally my idea.
- [CHUCKLING.]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
Just think, number-one song, hot video, and now a world tour.
We're back.
Can I get Lil Muffin? Konichiwa, Lil Babies.
Girl, if you don't get over here You can't eat a feast, turn around and give us scraps You visit Puerto Rico at your leisure PHOTOGRAPHER: Keep that energy up, ladies.
These photos are gonna be seen around the world.
If you think Jones Beach is gonna cut it for their New York homecoming, you're buggin'.
We need The Garden.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
Hold on.
[VIBRATING CONTINUES.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS.]
Yo, sorry.
I'm still here.
- You good? - Yeah.
I'm broke and crashing at E-Roc's.
Label took my samurai swords everything but the iguanas.
Well, the tour will get you back on track financially.
Yeah, well, Eric went whisper, whisper like he do in the label's ear, and the punks forgave the $750,000 I "owed" them.
It ain't about the bread, though.
Pocket's light, but now I'm Morgan Freeman.
- What? - Free.
Da Bakery gone.
I don't have a label anymore.
But that mean I don't have bosses.
- But I got da Queens.
- [CHUCKLES.]
What's it like being boo'd up with Tina again? [SIGHS.]
We're not together.
Oh.
Yeah.
Well, I guess we both Morgan Freeman.
That's it.
Billboard in every city.
Yeah, I want the one in front of Staples Center up tonight, though.
A'ight.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
[SIGHS.]
[BUTTON CLICKS.]
I don't know how you haven't confronted her about this yet.
Your mom, who shows up after 30 years, gets caught taking pictures of your credit cards? I'm keeping a close eye on the account.
There haven't been any charges.
I left out my jewelry, my Birkins nothing.
I'm sure there's an innocent explanation.
Mm-hmm.
That, apparently, you're not interested in hearing.
Old Valeria is cynical.
She assumes the worst.
I don't want to be her.
MAN: They're just five minutes out.
They're in touch-up, so Yeah.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING.]
PHOTOGRAPHER: Yes! Mm! [CLICKING CONTINUES.]
Yes! That's the billboard.
[FLASH BULB POPPING.]
Can you believe this? Honestly? That troll doll mad respect [LAUGHS.]
samples our song, and now we're about to go on a world tour 20 years after we broke up.
This all feels right, though.
Like it had to happen this way.
Bree, we have everything we want.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yo, where did Jill sneak off to? I don't know.
All right.
Those photos looking fly.
So next up, we got the press conference to announce the tour at 4:00 p.
m.
today.
Make sure Jill shows up on time since Are you good? Yeah, why? - I mean, you you smiling.
- Well, it's a photo shoot.
I was told that smiling was obligatory.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Okay.
So who is this mystery texter that has you mad giddy? Nobody.
"Nobody" as in Rodrigo's fine ass? - [CHUCKLES.]
- It's okay.
It's good to see you smile.
Weird and completely out of character, but it's good.
It's fun to flirt.
I mean, he's funny.
He knows music, and he loves my music.
Umm, then homeboy is definitely speaking your love language.
But I just agreed to a date.
But that's how these things usually happen.
We're going on tour.
I mean, what's the point of starting something now? Mm.
This is you trying to find a problem, like old Valeria.
It's my first date.
In a while.
I get that.
No, like in like, ever.
- Don't look at me like that.
- [MOUTHS WORDS.]
Look, I had whatever I had with Eric.
You know, that wasn't normal.
Then I had a kid at 21, and I've basically been living on the road since I was 18.
That's not normal.
Rodrigo seems normal.
And nice, and into you, and wants to take you on a date.
Then I don't know normal.
I'm not letting you sabotage this date.
What is it Rodrigo said at the video shoot? The first step to feeling good is looking good.
We're looking for something sexy.
Who says I need a dress to be sexy? Fine.
Probably for the best.
You know, I wore a dress on my first date with Jeff, and in the middle of dinner, he leans across the table to try to kiss me, and dude spills an entire glass of wine down the front of my dress.
Then he sprints out of the restaurant, and I thought he bailed, but 10 minutes later, he came back with a sweatshirt that said "I Love LA" - for me to change into.
- Mm.
And you married him anyway.
Uh, it was memorable.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
That was Jeff messy but memorable.
How could you not tell me that you and Eric [GAGGING.]
had a thing back in the day? You just [GAGS.]
gagged in the middle of asking the question.
- [BOTH LAUGH.]
- What about now? Do you think you'd ever get back together? I thought you was all gung-ho on me dating Rodrigo.
I mean, I am, but it's just that you've been raising Jojo all alone.
And I don't know you could maybe have a family.
Girl, one thing at a time.
- Date.
I agreed to a date.
- Ooh.
- This one's perfect for you.
- Ooh.
And I'm gonna rock this one.
Yes, bitch.
Your grown, no-date-having ass needs a chaperone.
What's that? She got a date, and this is where you smile and act like you ain't peanut butter and jelly.
Jealous? It's good.
I'm glad.
Peanut butter and jelly.
[CHUCKLES.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS.]
- [GUNSHOT.]
- [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS.]
This is embarrassing.
Which part? The part where you think I'm trying to steal from you.
Why else would you be taking pictures of my credit cards? Well, I guess that's embarrassing, too.
I was in your trailer during the video shoot.
Your purse fell, I was picking up all the stuff, and your wallet was open, and I-I saw this.
You have to understand, I am on the set of my daughter's music video, staring at an Amex Black Card.
I didn't even think they were real.
I was proud.
I took a picture of it.
I know how it looks.
It was stupid.
But I was just proud.
That's it.
[SIGHS.]
It's hard for me to trust people.
It's okay.
I need to earn it.
I need to be your mother and show you that's the only reason I'm here.
And I will.
I swear.
So Rosie's prints are definitely on it? Made sure of it.
You have a guy, right? Old security is a PI.
I used him to find out who sold those nudes of you - to the Enquirer.
- Right.
He was good.
A lot of time and bread only to find out it was you.
Yeah.
He's good.
[CHUCKLES.]
[SIGHS.]
I just need to know if she's as good as she seems.
I hope she is.
'Cause you deserve it.
Vanilla and chocolate, grind like a mosh pit Rock me, unlock me, you locksmith Take my body as long as the clock ticks Handcuffs locked, keep me hostage Lick my soul, why don't cha? Blow my mind right outta control, why don't cha? It's toxic, the way that the plot twist The way that the champagne pops And the passion got us locked in, unh Feels like magic, feels like the mattress is floatin' The ocean is partin' And I'm a real savage I gotta go ham wit it Madison Square at The Garden That means I'm puttin' on a show That means I ain't puttin' on clothes That means I'm showin' up, high heels on Wit my sex drive on High-speed naked up under a trench coat, unh [CLAPPING.]
Yo.
I was expecting something special, but, damn, you killed it.
Thank you so much.
I'm just honored that you asked me to do this.
Are you kidding me? After I saw you on the BET Awards your bravery, your talent I knew I had to lock into your energy.
So, I gotta ask you something, though artist to artist what do you think of the track? Uh, it's fantastic.
Really.
I-I love it.
I hear you, but your face is saying something totally different.
Talk to me.
All right.
I do think that your vocals could have a little more depth in the hook.
I'd add another layer, maybe pitch down an octave.
Okay.
Or [SIGHS.]
you can just ignore everything I just said.
No, no, no.
Not at all.
Honestly, it did sound a little bit flat.
You got pipes? You sing? Never outside of a church, but, yeah, I sing.
A rapper, a singer that got something to say? Ah, you're a unicorn.
Ah, I don't know about all of that.
[CHUCKLES.]
So what if I told you, let's catch a vibe? Lay some vocals, put some harmonies, you sing that hook up an octave, put my vocal up against that.
What do you say? - Really? - Yeah.
You got a place that you have to be? [CHUCKLES.]
No.
No, I'm all yours.
Let's do it.
- Let's do it.
- Okay, then.
Let's do it.
[SIGHS.]
[SNIFFS.]
[CRUNCHING.]
Hmm.
Okay.
Okay.
[COUGHS.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
[COUGHS.]
Mm-hmm.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
[CRUNCHING.]
[DOORBELL RINGS RAPIDLY.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
You didn't have to bring these two with you.
Clearly, your phone ain't working.
I saw your calls.
Been busy.
Well, it's time to open up your schedule, ya wallet, and pay back that cake you owe.
Can you keep it down? You got a lot of rules for someone who owes me 750K.
We made a deal, Jones.
You were thirsty for cash to pay off - ya little Looney Tunes rapper's debt.
- "Looney Tunes"? You tell me you're gonna pay back the first 100 racks by the 11th.
It's the 11th.
Where's my money? The Queens' tour is about to kick off.
I'm good for it.
Why you stressing? You don't have it, is what you're telling me.
I'm telling you I will.
Hip-hop has changed.
People's word meant something back in the day.
Rap music rose up out of the streets where reneging got you shot.
Nowadays, these beefs ain't even real.
You got fools running around talking 'bout going to war in skinny jeans across catwalks at Paris Fashion Week.
That's not me.
I'm old school.
I don't wear skinny jeans, I hate fashion shows, and my word is my word.
Get me my money, or we make this a flashback to the old days.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS.]
You got until tonight.
Peace, Jones.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Mm! [BREATHES SHARPLY.]
What was that about? - Nothing.
- Not nothing.
You borrowed money from those thugs to pay off my debt? - Don't worry about it.
- I'm worried.
Come on.
We gotta get to the tour announcement.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- So Brianna is getting touched up by Trent, and Jill is ? Oh.
We don't even need to say it.
She late.
Again.
Do you need condoms? Rodrigo is hot and looks dangerously fertile.
I don't need any condoms, yo.
Damn.
Too old? Too "I'm not having sex with him," okay? It's a date.
My first one in, like, ever, - so I'm just going to try to enjoy myself.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
[SIGHS.]
I'm late.
No excuses, just the truth.
I was recording a song with Wyclef, and I don't want to hide it.
It's one song.
I wanted to do it.
I did it, but I am committed to us.
I'm committed to this tour.
I love you guys.
Queens against the world.
- [ERIC CLAPPING.]
- Mm-hmm! Remember, don't let them divide you.
Buddah Bless this beat ALL: We're going on a world tour! [LAUGHS.]
Tickets go on sale Friday.
Check our socials for the deets.
Uh, who's got questions? - Jill! Jill! Jill! - [INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
You've recently emerged as the group's breakout star.
How does the new hierarchy feel the second time around? Just tryna string it out like Latimore Hierarchy? [SCOFFS.]
Yo, the only hierarchy that matters is us getting back to the top and showing the world what real hip-hop is all about.
Again, for Jill your "This Morning America" interview with Tina was a real inspiration.
Will she be joining you on tour? I adore Tina.
[LAUGHS.]
But she has her own busy life.
- Jill! Jill! Jill! - Jill! Jill! Another one! Jill! Are there any questions about the tour, or anyone besides Jill? REPORTER: This one's for Lil Muffin.
You gave the Queens your stage at the BET Awards, and now you're opening for them.
[SCOFFS.]
Um, I'm not sure that's a question, but opening Uh, co-headlining.
Simply sharing the stage with these Queens is a dream come true.
Do better, girl.
We're all a family, including our honorary Queen, Lil Muffin.
And shout out to our manager, E-Roc, for bringing us together and always looking out.
When can we expect a Queens album? NAOMI: Well, as soon as we finish the tour, our plan is to start recording right away.
If you make it that far, but what's to stop you from imploding like you did in 2001? [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING.]
L look, we've been through too much.
We didn't know we needed each other then like we do now.
These women have lifted me up through the toughest moment of my life my husband's death.
In the past six months, we've been through divorces, crappy performances, rehab, and we still found our swag.
We're sitting up here not as rap stars we're representing every woman out there that wakes up every day, puts her feet on the ground, and gets stuff done, so we ain't going nowhere, chick.
We here.
what they got to say I throw it up, it's fallin' down Does that answer your question? More than three - Nice work! - [SIGHS.]
What's your plan to get Jada his money? This is not your problem, all right? That man had a gun.
We should ask the girls.
No, no, no.
I can't do that.
I'm still earning back their trust.
- I can help.
- No.
I can get the money.
This old, rich codger, Walter Westcott, has been in my DMs since before Jesus, tryna get me to do a private show.
We never did privates.
You said they were corny.
They are, but if I can get, like, $250,000 off of him for an hour's work, why not? - I learned in rehab that - [CLICKS TONGUE.]
I have to take responsibility for my actions.
Eric, I'm helping.
Okay.
- But I'm coming.
- Mm-hmm.
All right, not a word to Naomi and the others.
- Mm-hmm.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Okay.
What you got? Okay.
Okay, go on.
So my mom's real name is Valentina Gorgoza not Rosie? Rap sheet is thick, too.
She's been in and out of prison since she was a teenager.
Aggravated assault? Armed robbery? 14 counts of fraud? So my mom's a lying criminal.
What? She's not your mom.
What? How do you Well, Rosie said she had you when she was 19.
When this woman was 19, she was locked up in Maryland.
It's a con.
[SIGHS.]
People tell me I'm cold.
They say I'm conniving, I'm a bitch, but nobody ever asks me why.
This is why.
[VOICE BREAKING.]
Every time I let someone in, they make me look like a fool.
I take advantage of people and situations because those are the only kinds of relationships I know.
That's not true.
Not about you, not about other people.
No one gives me anything, and then they look at me like I'm crazy when I take what I want.
Is my actual mom alive? I mean, my guy didn't go all the way there, but he could find out.
She knows.
Rosie.
Valentina.
She knows.
Whoa, wait, where you going? To kick that lying-ass ho out of my house.
No.
Let me go.
This woman is dangerous, bottom line, and if you go in there and blow up her spot, she's gonna lash out on you, and we don't know what that looks like.
You got to trust me.
My guy's coming up with a plan to get her out of your life safely, without blowback.
So what? I'm supposed to just Y-you just go home.
Act like you don't know what you know.
We'll fix it.
She's gonna pay for what she did to you, 100%.
She better.
[CHUCKLES.]
What are you doing? This.
This is what I'm doing finally telling you the truth.
- Tina - No, shut up.
It's time for you to listen.
I'm worried about you.
Another lie.
You're not worried.
You're scared.
You're scared that maybe if I'm feeling some type of way about you, I can go to the press and reveal your lies, show them who you really are, and that wouldn't be good for your career.
You're scared.
Guess what? I like that.
You hide behind this sweet, conflicted moral exterior, when deep inside, you are a vapid little bitch who uses her past to justify all the terrible things she does to people.
- That is not true.
- You know it is, but if you believed it, you would just kill yourself.
I came here to tell you the truth that no amount of money, fame, or love is gonna make you happy, because you are evil.
You are evil, Jill.
You need to know that.
You're gonna get what's coming to you, Jill, I promise.
Your reckoning is coming very soon.
[SPITS.]
- [GUNSHOT.]
- Wait, you didn't tell me your date was here.
Didn't think it was important.
Is it? No.
I can't do it.
I can't go in there.
- What? Why? - You'll be fine.
You look good.
Just be chill.
Bree, what's going on? If you think you're gonna sabotage this, call me.
Sorry.
Bree.
[SCOFFS.]
You look amazing.
Well, these aren't my clothes, and I'm still wearing the makeup from my press conference.
I stared at my closet for five hours, trying to find the perfect outfit.
You look nice.
Why did you say that like someone programmed to be on a date? Honest answer? Who says no to that? This ain't my thing, man.
Wine? Dates.
Oh, me neither.
Then what are we doing? Getting to know interesting people is my thing.
We just happen to be at a table, drinking wine in a restaurant, doing what a majority of the world considers to be a date, but I'd get to know you anywhere.
Hm.
You're hot.
Thank you.
You think I'm hot? Incredibly simplified, but yeah.
Then let's get to where we both know we want this to go.
That sounds easy.
You don't strike me as someone who likes easy or simple, and I know I don't.
Anything rewarding is a little difficult, a little uncomfortable.
You feel that way about music, right? Yeah.
Then I have to say no.
As tempting as that sounds, I can't let you off the hook that easily.
What looks good? [CHUCKLES.]
[DMX'S "PARTY UP (UP IN HERE)" PLAYING.]
Lots more people here than I'm comfortable with.
- Come on.
- Lose my mind Up in here, up in here Y'all gon' make me go all out Up in here, up in here I thought you said dude was old.
His name is Walter Westcott.
That's all the investigating you did? Ohh, snap! Le Muff Muff has arrived.
Walter Westcott.
Where's the money? You brought your pops? Dis my manager.
It's all good, Double Dub.
Oh, Walter Westcott.
Double Dub.
I knew you'd be sharp.
I told everyone you'd be sharp.
The money? This is the launch party for my new app.
- Pretty cool, right? - What's the app? Doesn't have a name yet, but we've raised $80 million.
That sound like a hustle.
Insane compliment, coming from you.
Come with me.
She isn't going anywhere without me or without getting the money first.
I'm a billionaire, bro.
We're good.
Tried to diss you Shall we? So are the fleeces, like, a uniform, or just a lame coincidence? Y'all gon' make me lose my mind Up in here, up in here [BEACH HOUSE'S "SILVER SOUL" PLAYING.]
Gather matters of the heart - So we can act a fool - [CELLPHONE RINGS.]
I don't have any condoms.
[LAUGHING.]
What? Lemme guess you're sabotaging.
He's cool.
It was going fine.
We were flirting.
Then he started asking all kinds of questions, trying to get to know me for real.
Ooh, the bastard.
Lemme Google the most painful way to kill a man.
Bree, I'm serious.
I-I know.
That's what's scary.
[LAUGHS.]
Ooh, I'm kinda drunk, yo.
See, this is why I don't date.
It delays sex.
You can get sex anywhere.
Finding a connection, someone you vibe with, someone who's into you that's what you need.
That's what I had.
I've known you since we were 14.
And when you spin out like this, I know the words coming out of your mouth do not line up with how you feel.
You're spinning out because I like him.
That's what's up.
[CHUCKLES.]
I haven't heard you say that for real for real since 10th grade.
It's scary.
It's good.
I know.
But, yo, you good? Why'd you leave like that? I'm good.
I'm only not good if you sabotage this date.
[CHUCKLES.]
All right.
I'm going back.
Thank you.
Always.
[LAUGHING.]
[TV SHOW PLAYING INDISTINCTLY.]
[LAUGHING.]
Oh.
[TV SHOW CONTINUES.]
You have every channel.
It is amazing.
What's your cable bill? [LAUGHS.]
I don't know.
[TV SHOW CONTINUES.]
- Sit down.
Relax.
- [REMOTE CLICKS, TV SHUTS OFF.]
I made dinner.
I'll bring it in to you.
What do you want, Valentina? [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
Let's talk about this.
Game over, bitch.
Honey, why do you always keep looking for some ulterior motive? I saw your rap sheet.
You can't con your way out of this.
Leave! I'll pack.
Do you know who my real mom is? You want me to leave? I'm leaving.
I'm going to the cops.
- You are not going to do that.
- Aah! [CHOKING.]
You belong in jail.
I am never going back to jail.
[CHOKING.]
Let go.
Let go.
[GASPS.]
You won't go to the cops, because now you know what I'm capable of, but also 'cause I have the one piece of information that your sad, 40-year-old little-girl self wants I know who your mom is.
How would I be able to pull this fraud off if I didn't? I knew she didn't want anything to do with you and would never reach out, so I took my shot.
I missed.
What's her name? You let me go quietly, and you can have it.
I want you out of my life.
No cops, and you will never hear from me again.
Rosalind Marquez.
How do I know you're not lying? [SCOFFS.]
Everything you read about me is true, but most of those really terrible things I did? I never got caught.
Don't try me, honey.
Keep your word.
I kept mine.
- [GUNSHOT.]
- Who shot ya? Separate the weak from the ob-solete Hard to creep them Brooklyn streets I like your hair.
Super cool.
I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek Nasty fingers don't touch this do.
Your heartbeat sound like Sasquatch feet - Muffalicious.
- Mm-hmm.
I've got a surprise for you.
Come hither.
Neighbors call the cops, said they heard mad shots World-class blow.
Saw me in the drop, three and a quarter Rehab was a stunt, right? Old school, new school, need to learn, though - I'm Gucci.
- [CHUCKLING.]
Oh! You think I'm gonna give you 250K for selfies? I'm paying for the full Muffin experience.
Look, I know you probably didn't go to business school like me, but I'm the customer.
I bought a product, and the customer is always right.
Huh? Bumps and bruises and Land Cruisers Walk away.
Oh, bad move, boss.
Get him out of here.
I know that cash rules Everything around me two 9s I'm not leaving until she gets her guap and I know she's safe.
Okay.
Are you gonna do this blow, or what? Hmm? You rewind this, Bad Boy's behind this It's okay.
I can't let you do this.
We out.
All right.
Make sure they both find the door, then.
Go! To give you what you need I'm sorry.
Nah, I'm sorry.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYS.]
Thanks for dinner.
My pleasure.
I'm really glad we did this.
Me too.
[DUCKWRTH'S "KISS U RIGHT NOW" PLAYING.]
I think I wanna kiss you Right here, in front of everybody, right now Yeah, mm I think I wanna miss you I want to Purposely leave so I can come back to you Right now Right now, unh You're going on tour.
I am.
Which means I won't see you for a while.
So, can we keep this night going? There's this amazing speakeasy around the corner.
Look, it doesn't have to be that, but I'm not ready to say goodbye.
- Let's do it.
- Perfect.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- [CELLPHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES.]
- - Wait a minute.
- [MESSAGE SWOOPS.]
- - What's wrong? - [MESSAGE SWOOPS.]
- - It's Bree.
I don't know.
- Something's up.
- [MESSAGE SWOOPS.]
- [MESSAGE SWOOPS.]
- Listen, I don't I don't want the night to end, either, but my girl needs me.
I get it.
Now, this is the last time you're gonna hear me say this, but go.
You take me higher than vanilla skies You take me Whenever we touch, I feel alive I feel alive Engine is going, baby, you're the drive I know a hit.
[SCOFFS.]
That's a hit! You take me higher than vanilla skies What's up? You good? Yeah.
All good.
Jill, you got this.
I want to be straight up with you.
I want to produce your solo album.
I mean, you're a one-of-a-kind talent.
Go on tour with the Queens, - then we get started as soon as you land.
- [BREATHES SHARPLY.]
Hell, I'll pick you up from the airport.
[LAUGHS.]
I-I Wow.
I mean, I'm flattered, truly.
But? I'm supposed to record a Queens album after the tour.
Damn.
I love the group.
I mean, I can't front.
The Nasty Bitches, they paved the way for a lot of female artists.
But I think you might be selling yourself short until you see what you can do on your own.
'Cause, you know, groups they don't really last forever.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY.]
I I can't.
I mean, the Queens are the reason I even have a voice for you to want.
I would have never found the courage to come out at the BET Awards if they weren't up there with me, supporting me.
And all I've done is lie and manipulate the people I care about for my own benefit.
I'm sorry.
I just can't hurt any more people I love.
Fair enough.
But thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING.]
[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING.]
[RADIO CHATTER IN DISTANCE.]
- [GUNSHOT.]
- BRIANNA: I'm sorry I ruined your night.
NAOMI: No, I had a great night.
I just lost it when I saw that restaurant.
You know, I thought I got over the whole grief thing that everybody tells you about, but I guess not.
[GROANS.]
Jeff was my homie.
Let's never get out of this bed again.
Mm.
I'm down with that.
I should have been there for you back then.
The whole Eric mess, Jojo? - Mm.
- You went through that all alone.
I wish I would have known.
I wish I would have been there.
You're here now.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
- Ooh! - The front door was open, and I brought in some more company.
- Mm.
- Mmm! I need them.
[LAUGHTER.]
So, how was your date? Oh.
Good.
Like, really good.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Listen, I know I haven't been myself these past couple of months, but I'm figuring it out? I'm sorry.
I mean, what does V always say? There's always a messed-up member in the family? I think we all pass that honor around.
- Yes, we do.
- [BAG DROPS.]
Ooh.
Damn.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
Oh, that's so good.
Hm.
What? [SIGHS.]
Before Jeff's surgery, he gave me this in case he didn't make it.
You gonna open it? We can leave if you want.
No.
Stay.
[PAPER RUSTLING.]
[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY.]
What the hell? Hey, Bree.
Well [CHUCKLES.]
if you're watching this, I guess I didn't make it.
And that is annoying, because I know things have not been great between us.
That's my bad, obviously.
All I can say is, Bree, I'll never forgive myself for hurting you.
You're beautiful.
You're wonderful.
You're a force.
And you deserved better.
All these years, you [SIGHS.]
you were so selfless, you know, putting my dreams and the kids' all before yours, and I did not realize it until I saw you slay at the BET Awards.
Baby, you took my breath away, and it's not a side effect of the tumor.
I checked.
[LAUGHS.]
Uh, but please, don't be selfless all the time.
Whatever makes you happy, I want you to do it.
Hey, do you remember our honeymoon? [CHUCKLES.]
We were in the jungle in Piedras Blancas.
We were staying in that treehouse, just trying to make babies, and we made a pact.
We said that one day we would move back there with the kids that we didn't have yet [LAUGHING.]
and we would we would let them grow up with animals and books instead of TV.
You remember that? [INHALES SHAKILY.]
Well, obviously, I can't do that anymore, but if I can make one last ask of you, it would be that do whatever makes you happy.
- Mm.
- And take our kids to that jungle, and you tell them that their father loved them, and he loved their mother with all of his heart.
Because I did.
And I still do wherever I am.
[SNIFFLING.]
I love you.
[CRYING.]
- Oh, Bree.
- [BEEPS.]
It's okay.
[SNIFFLES.]
[CELLPHONES CHIMING.]
Oh, wait.
It's from Eric.
Our first billboard is up.
Should we go? This is too sad.
I need to feel good.
[SNIFFLES.]
- Let's go.
- Yeah? Let's go celebrate all the hard work that we've done.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Let's do it.
- Love you.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- - ERIC: The billboard by Staples Center's up? Ha, ha! Dope.
Yeah, I'm gonna shoot the crew a text right now.
[MESSAGE SWOOPS.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING.]
What's good? Obviously nothing my pocket's still empty.
I tried.
I did.
You gonna have to wait, or go ahead and pop off.
What it look like, Jada out here cappin' fools in the street? I'm a businessman first, Jones, and I anticipated your washed ass not having my cake, so I came up with a proposition.
I went home, my lady was bumping the Queens, telling me I had to get her tickets for our anniversary.
What, you want free tickets? This clown.
Nah, I want in on the profits.
10% partners.
Up to the $750,000 I owe you? The other deal expired when you didn't have my money on time.
10% total profits.
Yo, it's not my money to give.
Sound like a "you" problem.
Bro, they'd kill me.
You basically invented shady accounting.
I'm sure you can figure something out without them knowing.
I can't do that to them.
[GRUNTS.]
Get him in the car.
We need to have a more intimate, persuasive dialogue.
[BLOWS THUMP.]
Ahh! [SCUFFLING AND GRUNTING.]
[TIRES SQUEAL.]
- [GUNSHOTS.]
- [WOMEN SCREAMING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[SCUFFLING.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GROANS.]
I let 'em get away.
[PANTING.]
I let 'em get aw [ENGINE REVS, TIRES SQUEAL.]
JILL: Dear Lord, thank you for getting me back in touch with my sisters.
We didn't know we needed each other, but we do.
And, Lord, give us the strength to stand in our truth, in who we are.
Thank you.
Amen.
- Amen.
- Amen.
- Oh, my God! - [WOMEN SCREAMING.]
Stay with me.
Stay with me.
Come on, come on.
Stay with me.
Stay with me.
- Bree! - Bree? - [GASPING.]
- Bree? - Who was that?! - Oh, my God.
- Bree, Bree.
- Who was that? - Bree, Bree.
- Who was that?! We need help.
My friend just got shot.
- Bree.
Stay with me, Bree.
- [GASPS.]
Bree? Yes.
Yeah, she is, yes.
[CRYING.]
- It's okay.
It's okay.
- [GASPS.]